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This section looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7367
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads234244
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.126 %0.102 %
As % of the category below2.924 %2.921 %
Salaries quoted188230
Average minimum salary£31,160£30,267
Average salary£34,543£32,711
% change on same period last year+5.60 %
Average maximum salary£37,926£35,154
UK excluding London average salary£35,986£35,073
% change on same period last year+2.60 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads80038352
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.308 %3.481 %
Salaries quoted68457254
Average minimum salary£32,827£33,784
Average salary£35,731£36,559
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum salary£38,635£39,334
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Software Engineer EnglandSoftware Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Software Engineer Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarwickshireDown-373£35,708+1.43 %
BirminghamUp+765£33,618+25.67 %
WorcestershireDown-440£34,792+12.75 %
CoventryDown-239£36,100+7.22 %
HerefordshireDown-3110£31,150-17.51 %
StaffordshireDown-109£35,313+27.63 %
HalesowenNew entry-7£35,000-
SolihullNew entry-5£32,100-
DudleyNew entry-3£33,333-
ShropshireNew entry-3£28,833-
SmethwickNew entry-2£25,000-
WolverhamptonNew entry-1£23,000-
Software Engineer EnglandSoftware Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title.

1320 (68.23 %)C++
2180 (38.38 %)C
3152 (32.41 %)Windows
4139 (29.64 %)Degree
5133 (28.36 %)Java
6128 (27.29 %)OO
7116 (24.73 %)C#
896 (20.47 %).NET
983 (17.70 %)UML
1082 (17.48 %)Pensions
1181 (17.27 %)Finance
1274 (15.78 %)MFC
1361 (13.01 %)SQL
1361 (13.01 %)UNIX
1459 (12.58 %)Linux
1557 (12.15 %)VC++
1653 (11.30 %)Embedded C
1749 (10.45 %)Configuration Management
1843 (9.168 %)SQL Server
1942 (8.955 %)VB
1942 (8.955 %)OOD
2040 (8.529 %)Health
2135 (7.463 %)Automotive
2135 (7.463 %)Mathematics
2233 (7.036 %)Electronics
2332 (6.823 %)Computer Science
2332 (6.823 %)XML
2431 (6.610 %)ISO9000
2530 (6.397 %)Microsoft
2530 (6.397 %)TickIT

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
196 (20.47 %).NET
274 (15.78 %)MFC
332 (6.823 %)XML
426 (5.544 %)J2EE
523 (4.904 %)HTML
523 (4.904 %)Spring
621 (4.478 %)ASP.NET
716 (3.412 %)JSP
815 (3.198 %)Swing
911 (2.345 %).NET Framework
109 (1.919 %)AJAX
116 (1.279 %)OpenGL
116 (1.279 %)CSS
116 (1.279 %)ATL
125 (1.066 %)COM
125 (1.066 %)WebServices
125 (1.066 %)XSLT
125 (1.066 %)VXML
134 (0.853 %)CGI
134 (0.853 %)DCOM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (0.853 %)JBoss
23 (0.640 %)Apache
32 (0.426 %)Tomcat
41 (0.213 %)SharePoint
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (3.198 %)MATLAB
26 (1.279 %)Simulink
26 (1.279 %)MS Excel
31 (0.213 %)AutoCAD
31 (0.213 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.426 %)LabWindows
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (2.132 %)Wireless
27 (1.493 %)TCP/IP
35 (1.066 %)SNMP
44 (0.853 %)DVB
44 (0.853 %)Megaco
44 (0.853 %)Ethernet
53 (0.640 %)SDH
62 (0.426 %)UMTS
62 (0.426 %)GPRS
62 (0.426 %)3G
71 (0.213 %)DSL
71 (0.213 %)ASN.1
71 (0.213 %)TETRA
71 (0.213 %)GSM
71 (0.213 %)VoIP
71 (0.213 %)ATM
71 (0.213 %)Intranet
71 (0.213 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
143 (9.168 %)SQL Server
214 (2.985 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (2.345 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (1.706 %)RDBMS
54 (0.853 %)MySQL
61 (0.213 %)Crystal Reports
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (4.051 %)Visual Studio
23 (0.640 %)ClearQuest
23 (0.640 %)yacc
31 (0.213 %)JMeter
31 (0.213 %)Flash
31 (0.213 %)ClearCase
31 (0.213 %)TestDirector
31 (0.213 %)LoadRunner
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
182 (17.48 %)Pensions
281 (17.27 %)Finance
340 (8.529 %)Health
435 (7.463 %)Automotive
533 (7.036 %)Electronics
624 (5.117 %)Manufacturing
717 (3.625 %)Telecoms
814 (2.985 %)Financial Institution
913 (2.772 %)Education
913 (2.772 %)Aerospace
1011 (2.345 %)Insurance
117 (1.493 %)Marketing
124 (0.853 %)Banking
124 (0.853 %)3D Graphics
124 (0.853 %)Electric
133 (0.640 %)Retail
141 (0.213 %)Games
141 (0.213 %)Government
141 (0.213 %)Back Office
141 (0.213 %)Pharmaceutical
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
135 (7.463 %)Mathematics
232 (6.823 %)Computer Science
317 (3.625 %)SCADA
413 (2.772 %)Physics
58 (1.706 %)Firmware
67 (1.493 %)Mainframe
76 (1.279 %)Speech Recognition
76 (1.279 %)Multithreading
84 (0.853 %)DTV
84 (0.853 %)MPEG
93 (0.640 %)Device Driver
93 (0.640 %)Pocket PC
102 (0.426 %)Smartphone
102 (0.426 %)N-Tier
111 (0.213 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1152 (32.41 %)Windows
261 (13.01 %)UNIX
359 (12.58 %)Linux
414 (2.985 %)VxWorks
59 (1.919 %)Windows Vista
65 (1.066 %)Embedded Linux
65 (1.066 %)Windows XP
73 (0.640 %)Windows CE
73 (0.640 %)ThreadX
73 (0.640 %)pSOS
73 (0.640 %)Windows Mobile
73 (0.640 %)Nucleus RTOS
82 (0.426 %)Windows NT
82 (0.426 %)Solaris
82 (0.426 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.426 %)Red Hat Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1128 (27.29 %)OO
283 (17.70 %)UML
349 (10.45 %)Configuration Management
442 (8.955 %)OOD
530 (6.397 %)Validation
627 (5.757 %)RUP
627 (5.757 %)Data Validation
726 (5.544 %)RAD
825 (5.330 %)Software Engineering
923 (4.904 %)OOP
1017 (3.625 %)Requirements Analysis
1116 (3.412 %)Unified Process
1213 (2.772 %)Software Testing
1213 (2.772 %)Project Management
1312 (2.559 %)CAD
1312 (2.559 %)Automated Testing
1411 (2.345 %)Agile Software Development
1411 (2.345 %)OOA/OOD
156 (1.279 %)Web Development
165 (1.066 %)Manual Testing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1320 (68.23 %)C++
2180 (38.38 %)C
3133 (28.36 %)Java
4116 (24.73 %)C#
561 (13.01 %)SQL
657 (12.15 %)VC++
753 (11.30 %)Embedded C
842 (8.955 %)VB
923 (4.904 %)JavaScript
1017 (3.625 %)PHP
1017 (3.625 %)Embedded C++
1116 (3.412 %)Perl
1211 (2.345 %)VB.NET
136 (1.279 %)PHP5
144 (0.853 %)PL/SQL
153 (0.640 %)Tcl
161 (0.213 %)VB6
161 (0.213 %)Ruby
161 (0.213 %)ActionScript
161 (0.213 %)Delphi
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1139 (29.64 %)Degree
222 (4.691 %)ISEB
312 (2.559 %)ISEB Practitioner
42 (0.426 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.213 %)MCP
51 (0.213 %)MCSD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (6.610 %)ISO9000
230 (6.397 %)TickIT
35 (1.066 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (6.397 %)Microsoft
29 (1.919 %)IBM
35 (1.066 %)MontaVista
44 (0.853 %)Oracle
52 (0.426 %)Hitachi
52 (0.426 %)Red Hat
61 (0.213 %)QNX
61 (0.213 %)ION Trading
61 (0.213 %)i-GRasp
61 (0.213 %)Compuware