The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bath region. 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bath region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 38 36 31
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 11 7 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 2.941% 3.286% 5.340%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.073% 3.286% 5.340%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 10
Average salary £32,782 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.33% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,300 £33,200 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,000 £42,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
358 213 206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 95.72% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 334 210 193
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £25,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Somerset

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Bath region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bath Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 24 (61.54%) Degree
1 24 (61.54%) Computer Science
2 18 (46.15%) Web Services
2 18 (46.15%) XML
3 16 (41.03%) SOAP
3 16 (41.03%) Java
3 16 (41.03%) Ant
3 16 (41.03%) XML Schema
3 16 (41.03%) QA
3 16 (41.03%) Unit Testing
3 16 (41.03%) Continuous Integration
3 16 (41.03%) TDD
3 16 (41.03%) Trapeze
3 16 (41.03%) Hudson
4 15 (38.46%) Visual Studio
5 14 (35.90%) JavaScript
5 14 (35.90%) C++
6 13 (33.33%) SQL
6 13 (33.33%) Oracle
7 12 (30.77%) .NET
8 11 (28.21%) HTML
8 11 (28.21%) C#
9 10 (25.64%) JSP
9 10 (25.64%) UNIX
9 10 (25.64%) Spring
10 9 (23.08%) jQuery
10 9 (23.08%) Linux
10 9 (23.08%) Microsoft
11 8 (20.51%) RDBMS
11 8 (20.51%) JBoss

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 18 (46.15%) Web Services
1 18 (46.15%) XML
2 16 (41.03%) SOAP
2 16 (41.03%) XML Schema
3 12 (30.77%) .NET
4 11 (28.21%) HTML
5 10 (25.64%) JSP
5 10 (25.64%) Spring
6 9 (23.08%) jQuery
7 8 (20.51%) Hibernate
7 8 (20.51%) Google Maps API
7 8 (20.51%) JSTL
7 8 (20.51%) Ajax
7 8 (20.51%) Bing Maps
7 8 (20.51%) Ext JS
8 6 (15.38%) .NET Framework
9 5 (12.82%) STL
9 5 (12.82%) MFC
10 4 (10.26%) CSS
10 4 (10.26%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.564%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) RDBMS
2 3 (7.692%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.128%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (41.03%) Ant
1 16 (41.03%) Hudson
2 15 (38.46%) Visual Studio
3 8 (20.51%) JUnit
3 8 (20.51%) jMock
4 1 (2.564%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (10.26%) Telecoms
1 4 (10.26%) Finance
2 3 (7.692%) Banking
3 1 (2.564%) Marketing
3 1 (2.564%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 24 (61.54%) Computer Science
2 8 (20.51%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.128%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.564%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.564%) iPad
4 1 (2.564%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) UNIX
2 9 (23.08%) Linux
3 7 (17.95%) Windows
4 2 (5.128%) Apple iOS
4 2 (5.128%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Unit Testing
1 16 (41.03%) Continuous Integration
1 16 (41.03%) TDD
2 8 (20.51%) Data Modelling
2 8 (20.51%) Waterfall
3 6 (15.38%) OO
3 6 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 3 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (7.692%) TOGAF
4 3 (7.692%) MVC
4 3 (7.692%) SOA
4 3 (7.692%) ITIL
5 2 (5.128%) ERP
5 2 (5.128%) CRM
5 2 (5.128%) Investment Management
5 2 (5.128%) Integration Testing
5 2 (5.128%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (2.564%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (2.564%) Data Transformation
6 1 (2.564%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) Java
2 14 (35.90%) JavaScript
2 14 (35.90%) C++
3 13 (33.33%) SQL
4 11 (28.21%) C#
5 3 (7.692%) PL/SQL
6 2 (5.128%) C
6 2 (5.128%) PHP
7 1 (2.564%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.564%) Assembly Language
7 1 (2.564%) Ada
7 1 (2.564%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 24 (61.54%) Degree
2 3 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (41.03%) QA
2 3 (7.692%) COBIT
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) Trapeze
2 13 (33.33%) Oracle
3 9 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 8 (20.51%) JBoss
4 8 (20.51%) Google
Bath, South West
Skills & Experience - Windows or Linux - C/ C++/ Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Strong Mathematical Background Desirable Skills - Real Time Operating Systems - Embedded Systems - Client Facing Experience-...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits & Training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
The Company is enjoying a period of sustained success and are now looking to grow there already successful team and developing team.The successful candidate will have a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Exceptional benefits & extensive training
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The Company is enjoying a period of sustained success and are now looking to grow there already successful team and developing team.The successful candidate will have a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The Company is enjoying a period of sustained success and are now looking to grow there already successful team and developing team.The successful candidate will have a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits * Exceptional Training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Exceptional benefits & extensive training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Senior Software Developer - API Team, C#, MS SQL Server, T-SQL, £38-42,000 plus great benefits, Bristol City Centre. Key Skills:- Significant experience developing web API's.-...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £38-42,000 + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Knowledge of OO Design (OOD) and Service Orientated Architectures (SOA)... - Experience using XAML / Expression... This successful C# Software Developer ( Programmer, Software Engineer, .NET, UI, Silverlight, WPF, SQL Server )...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £35-42,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013