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This section looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the Aberdeen 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3624
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads517
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below1.767 %4.899 %
Salaries quoted28
Average minimum salary£27,500£29,750
Average salary£31,750£35,250
% change on same period last year-9.92 %
Average maximum salary£36,000£40,750
UK excluding London average salary£33,149£33,143
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Aberdeen
Matching permanent IT job ads283347
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.149 %0.142 %
Salaries quoted150231
Average minimum salary£43,240£33,648
Average salary£46,516£36,937
% change on same period last year+25.93 %
Average maximum salary£49,792£40,225
UK excluding London average salary£38,194£39,492
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Software Developer ScotlandSoftware Developer
Scotland

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Aberdeen Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Software Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

118 (90.00 %).NET
217 (85.00 %)SQL Server
312 (60.00 %)C#
411 (55.00 %)Oracle
411 (55.00 %)ASP.NET
411 (55.00 %)XML
510 (50.00 %)Microsoft
68 (40.00 %)WebServices
77 (35.00 %)Delphi
86 (30.00 %)Visual Studio
86 (30.00 %)Windows
95 (25.00 %)OO
95 (25.00 %)Borland
95 (25.00 %)PowerBuilder
95 (25.00 %)SOAP
95 (25.00 %)MS Office
104 (20.00 %)VB.NET
104 (20.00 %)SharePoint
113 (15.00 %)OpenGL
113 (15.00 %)SQL
122 (10.00 %)VB
122 (10.00 %)HTML
122 (10.00 %)DirectX
122 (10.00 %)Pascal
122 (10.00 %)RDBMS
122 (10.00 %)OOP
122 (10.00 %)Unit Testing
122 (10.00 %)3D Graphics
122 (10.00 %)Multimedia
122 (10.00 %)VB6

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Software Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (90.00 %).NET
211 (55.00 %)ASP.NET
211 (55.00 %)XML
38 (40.00 %)WebServices
45 (25.00 %)SOAP
53 (15.00 %)OpenGL
62 (10.00 %)DirectX
62 (10.00 %)HTML
71 (5.000 %)WinForms
71 (5.000 %)ASP
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (20.00 %)SharePoint
Aberdeen IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (25.00 %)MS Office
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (85.00 %)SQL Server
22 (10.00 %)RDBMS
31 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (5.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (30.00 %)Visual Studio
25 (25.00 %)PowerBuilder
Aberdeen IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.00 %)3D Graphics
12 (10.00 %)Multimedia
21 (5.000 %)Education
Aberdeen IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Statistics
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (30.00 %)Windows
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (25.00 %)OO
22 (10.00 %)OOP
22 (10.00 %)Unit Testing
31 (5.000 %)Web Development
31 (5.000 %)Risk Analysis
Aberdeen IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (60.00 %)C#
27 (35.00 %)Delphi
34 (20.00 %)VB.NET
43 (15.00 %)SQL
52 (10.00 %)VB
52 (10.00 %)Pascal
52 (10.00 %)VB6
61 (5.000 %)VBA
61 (5.000 %)Java
Aberdeen IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.000 %)MCP
11 (5.000 %)Microsoft Certification
Aberdeen IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (55.00 %)Oracle
210 (50.00 %)Microsoft
35 (25.00 %)Borland
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