The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Worcester 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 19 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 Worcester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 16 24 10
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 4 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 3.846% 4.167% 15.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.947% 4.301% 16.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 10
Average salary £41,500 £22,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+84.44% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Job Titles
Worcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
76 93 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 97.44% 96.88% 98.55%
Number of salaries quoted 61 90 66
Average salary £35,000 £29,750 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +2.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Engineer
Worcestershire

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Worcester Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 5 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
3 3 (60.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (40.00%) MVC
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) JBoss
5 1 (20.00%) VC++
5 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
5 1 (20.00%) Python
5 1 (20.00%) TOAD
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) SQLPlus
5 1 (20.00%) CAD
5 1 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (20.00%) Perl
5 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) Oracle
5 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
5 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
5 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (20.00%) QA
5 1 (20.00%) WCF

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) WCF
3 1 (20.00%) WPF
3 1 (20.00%) COM
3 1 (20.00%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) TOAD
1 1 (20.00%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Automotive
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
3 1 (20.00%) CAD
3 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) VC++
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) Perl
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) JBoss
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle