The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 62 49 67
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +18
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 15 37 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.722% 3.642% 1.756%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.072% 4.507% 2.480%
Number of salaries quoted 13 35 17
Average salary £27,500 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% -3.75%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
724 821 766
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 83.12% 80.81% 70.79%
Number of salaries quoted 650 703 707
Average salary £39,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.29% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wiltshire Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Wiltshire Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Swindon +3 15 £27,500 -31.25%
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering.

1 36 (67.92%) C++
2 27 (50.94%) Degree
2 27 (50.94%) Computer Science
3 18 (33.96%) Multithreading
4 17 (32.08%) Automated Testing
5 16 (30.19%) CppUnit
5 16 (30.19%) OO
5 16 (30.19%) GoogleTest
6 11 (20.75%) Web Services
6 11 (20.75%) C
7 10 (18.87%) Perl
7 10 (18.87%) .NET
8 9 (16.98%) Java
8 9 (16.98%) C#
9 8 (15.09%) PHP
9 8 (15.09%) STL
9 8 (15.09%) .NET Framework
10 7 (13.21%) Continuous Integration
10 7 (13.21%) Games
10 7 (13.21%) Linux
11 6 (11.32%) Windows
11 6 (11.32%) Visual Studio
11 6 (11.32%) JavaScript
11 6 (11.32%) MFC
11 6 (11.32%) Python
12 5 (9.434%) Test Automation
12 5 (9.434%) PhD
12 5 (9.434%) JSP
12 5 (9.434%) XML
12 5 (9.434%) Open Source

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (20.75%) Web Services
2 10 (18.87%) .NET
3 8 (15.09%) .NET Framework
3 8 (15.09%) STL
4 6 (11.32%) MFC
5 5 (9.434%) JSP
5 5 (9.434%) XML
6 4 (7.547%) Hibernate
6 4 (7.547%) Spring
6 4 (7.547%) SOAP
6 4 (7.547%) HTML
6 4 (7.547%) CSS
6 4 (7.547%) J2EE
6 4 (7.547%) Ext JS
6 4 (7.547%) Node.js
7 3 (5.660%) jQuery
7 3 (5.660%) Java EE
8 2 (3.774%) REST
8 2 (3.774%) Backbone.js
8 2 (3.774%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.887%) Tomcat
1 1 (1.887%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 3 (5.660%) Simulink
2 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.887%) MS Project
3 1 (1.887%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.660%) 3GPP
1 3 (5.660%) Ethernet
1 3 (5.660%) Wireless
2 2 (3.774%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.887%) 3G
3 1 (1.887%) DVB
3 1 (1.887%) RTP
3 1 (1.887%) TELNET
3 1 (1.887%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.887%) FTP
3 1 (1.887%) VoIP
3 1 (1.887%) DHCP
3 1 (1.887%) 2G
3 1 (1.887%) 2.5G
3 1 (1.887%) TETRA
3 1 (1.887%) WiMAX
3 1 (1.887%) HSPA
3 1 (1.887%) LTE
3 1 (1.887%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.547%) Hadoop
1 4 (7.547%) Big Data
2 2 (3.774%) CouchDB
2 2 (3.774%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.774%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.887%) MySQL
3 1 (1.887%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.887%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (30.19%) CppUnit
1 16 (30.19%) GoogleTest
2 6 (11.32%) Visual Studio
3 3 (5.660%) LabVIEW
4 2 (3.774%) Eclipse
4 2 (3.774%) MSBuild
5 1 (1.887%) Subversion
5 1 (1.887%) Git (software)
5 1 (1.887%) LLVM
5 1 (1.887%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.887%) GCC
General
1 7 (13.21%) Games
2 3 (5.660%) Electronics
2 3 (5.660%) Finance
3 2 (3.774%) Marketing
4 1 (1.887%) Advertising
4 1 (1.887%) Music
Job Titles
1 35 (66.04%) Software Engineer
2 21 (39.62%) Graduate
3 20 (37.74%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 15 (28.30%) Developer
5 12 (22.64%) Software Developer
5 12 (22.64%) C++ Software Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) C++ Developer
6 6 (11.32%) C# Developer
6 6 (11.32%) C++ Software Developer
6 6 (11.32%) C++/C# Developer
7 5 (9.434%) Test Engineer
7 5 (9.434%) Software Test Engineer
8 4 (7.547%) Java Engineer
9 2 (3.774%) LAMP Developer
9 2 (3.774%) Systems Engineer
10 1 (1.887%) Development Manager
10 1 (1.887%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 1 (1.887%) Java Developer
10 1 (1.887%) Architect
10 1 (1.887%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 27 (50.94%) Computer Science
2 5 (9.434%) Open Source
3 3 (5.660%) Mathematics
3 3 (5.660%) Physics
4 2 (3.774%) Device Driver
4 2 (3.774%) CUDA
4 2 (3.774%) Social Media
5 1 (1.887%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.21%) Linux
2 6 (11.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.96%) Multithreading
2 17 (32.08%) Automated Testing
3 16 (30.19%) OO
4 7 (13.21%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (9.434%) Test Automation
6 4 (7.547%) UML
6 4 (7.547%) Project Management
7 3 (5.660%) OOP
7 3 (5.660%) OOD
7 3 (5.660%) Business Development
7 3 (5.660%) Unit Testing
7 3 (5.660%) Game Development
8 2 (3.774%) Signal Processing
8 2 (3.774%) Image Processing
8 2 (3.774%) Pattern Recognition
8 2 (3.774%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (3.774%) SEO
9 1 (1.887%) Validation
9 1 (1.887%) Programme Management
9 1 (1.887%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 36 (67.92%) C++
2 11 (20.75%) C
3 10 (18.87%) Perl
4 9 (16.98%) C#
4 9 (16.98%) Java
5 8 (15.09%) PHP
6 6 (11.32%) JavaScript
6 6 (11.32%) Python
7 4 (7.547%) Embedded C
7 4 (7.547%) Embedded C++
7 4 (7.547%) Scala
7 4 (7.547%) Clojure
7 4 (7.547%) R
8 3 (5.660%) MATLAB
8 3 (5.660%) Tcl
9 2 (3.774%) VC++
10 1 (1.887%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.887%) VB6
10 1 (1.887%) SQL
10 1 (1.887%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (50.94%) Degree
2 5 (9.434%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.774%) ISO 9001
1 2 (3.774%) SLA
1 2 (3.774%) JTAG
Vendors
1 1 (1.887%) Oracle
1 1 (1.887%) Microsoft
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