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This section looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the Bath 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3925
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching permanent IT job ads3623
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.010 %
As % of the category below5.195 %6.053 %
Salaries quoted3523
Average minimum salary£31,000£29,304
Average salary£33,657£32,652
% change on same period last year+3.07 %
Average maximum salary£36,314£36,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,268£33,351
% change on same period last year-0.24 %
Bath IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bath
Matching permanent IT job ads693380
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.378 %0.160 %
Salaries quoted608342
Average minimum salary£30,107£30,004
Average salary£33,405£32,873
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum salary£36,703£35,742
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Software Developer SomersetSoftware Developer
Somerset

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Bath region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Bath Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bath 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.

134 (79.07 %).NET
230 (69.77 %)ASP.NET
230 (69.77 %)C#
328 (65.12 %)JavaScript
427 (62.79 %)SQL Server
526 (60.47 %)AJAX
620 (46.51 %)DHTML
716 (37.21 %)ASP
815 (34.88 %)XML
815 (34.88 %)Software Engineering
914 (32.56 %)Degree
1012 (27.91 %)HTML
1012 (27.91 %)VB
1110 (23.26 %)VBA
129 (20.93 %)Pensions
138 (18.60 %)SQL
146 (13.95 %)Java
146 (13.95 %)C++
146 (13.95 %)C
146 (13.95 %)VB6
155 (11.63 %)Computer Science
155 (11.63 %)OO
155 (11.63 %)MS Excel
155 (11.63 %)ADO.NET
155 (11.63 %)CSS
164 (9.302 %)SQL Server 2000
164 (9.302 %)Health
164 (9.302 %)SQL Server 2005
164 (9.302 %)Security Cleared
173 (6.977 %)Games

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bath 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.

Bath IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
134 (79.07 %).NET
230 (69.77 %)ASP.NET
326 (60.47 %)AJAX
416 (37.21 %)ASP
515 (34.88 %)XML
612 (27.91 %)HTML
75 (11.63 %)ADO.NET
75 (11.63 %)CSS
82 (4.651 %)XSL
82 (4.651 %)ASP.NET 2.0
91 (2.326 %)WinForms
91 (2.326 %)Struts
91 (2.326 %)WebServices
91 (2.326 %)EJB
91 (2.326 %)J2EE
Bath IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.651 %)SharePoint
21 (2.326 %)CMS
21 (2.326 %)WebLogic
Bath IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (11.63 %)MS Excel
Bath IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (62.79 %)SQL Server
24 (9.302 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (9.302 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.326 %)MySQL
Bath IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.326 %)Ant
11 (2.326 %)Visual Studio
Bath IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (20.93 %)Pensions
24 (9.302 %)Health
33 (6.977 %)Games
41 (2.326 %)Finance
41 (2.326 %)Education
41 (2.326 %)Government
Bath IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (11.63 %)Computer Science
21 (2.326 %)Mathematics
Bath IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (6.977 %)UNIX
13 (6.977 %)Linux
22 (4.651 %)Windows
Bath IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (34.88 %)Software Engineering
25 (11.63 %)OO
34 (9.302 %)Security Cleared
43 (6.977 %)CRM
52 (4.651 %)E-Commerce
52 (4.651 %)Business Intelligence
52 (4.651 %)SC Cleared
61 (2.326 %)UML
61 (2.326 %)Web Development
Bath IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (69.77 %)C#
228 (65.12 %)JavaScript
320 (46.51 %)DHTML
412 (27.91 %)VB
510 (23.26 %)VBA
68 (18.60 %)SQL
76 (13.95 %)Java
76 (13.95 %)C++
76 (13.95 %)VB6
76 (13.95 %)C
83 (6.977 %)Perl
92 (4.651 %)PHP
92 (4.651 %)VB.NET
101 (2.326 %)Transact-SQL
Bath IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (32.56 %)Degree
21 (2.326 %)HND
Bath IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (2.326 %)Microsoft
11 (2.326 %)Sage