The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Wales region. 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 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Wales region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 10 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 11 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Wales 15.07% 5.882% -
As % of the Job Titles category 15.49% 5.970% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 0
Average salary £35,000 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
West Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
71 67 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Wales 97.26% 98.53% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 65 64 57
Average salary £32,000 £27,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.51% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,000 £40,200
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
Wales

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the West Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Wales Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

West Wales Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the West Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Swansea +7 11 £35,000 +40.00%
Software Engineer
Wales

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Wales 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.

1 16 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (68.75%) C
3 7 (43.75%) Windows
4 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
5 5 (31.25%) Embedded C
6 4 (25.00%) Embedded C++
6 4 (25.00%) UML
6 4 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
7 3 (18.75%) Degree
7 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
7 3 (18.75%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (18.75%) Python
7 3 (18.75%) STL
7 3 (18.75%) Automotive
7 3 (18.75%) Scrum
8 2 (12.50%) Linux
8 2 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (12.50%) Assembly Language
8 2 (12.50%) Embarcadero
8 2 (12.50%) Borland
8 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
8 2 (12.50%) Subversion
8 2 (12.50%) DO-178B
8 2 (12.50%) JTAG
8 2 (12.50%) Avionics
8 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
8 2 (12.50%) Qt
9 1 (6.250%) WCF
9 1 (6.250%) WPF
9 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Wales 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.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) STL
1 3 (18.75%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (12.50%) Qt
3 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 1 (6.250%) Web Services
3 1 (6.250%) WCF
3 1 (6.250%) WPF
3 1 (6.250%) HTML
3 1 (6.250%) .NET
3 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.250%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 3 (18.75%) Automotive
2 2 (12.50%) Avionics
3 1 (6.250%) Electronics
3 1 (6.250%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.250%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 4 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (25.00%) UML
3 3 (18.75%) Scrum
4 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 2 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.250%) MVC
5 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (6.250%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C++
2 11 (68.75%) C
3 5 (31.25%) Embedded C
4 4 (25.00%) Embedded C++
5 3 (18.75%) Python
6 2 (12.50%) Assembly Language
7 1 (6.250%) C#
7 1 (6.250%) SQL
7 1 (6.250%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) JTAG
1 2 (12.50%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Embarcadero
1 2 (12.50%) Borland
2 1 (6.250%) Twitter
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft