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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Bedford 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank17
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads7334
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.015 %
As % of the category below29.08 %12.10 %
Salaries quoted7130
Average minimum salary£30,437£26,833
Average salary£33,894£29,400
% change on same period last year+15.28 %
Average maximum salary£37,352£31,967
UK excluding London average salary£34,217£34,180
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads251281
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.169 %0.128 %
Salaries quoted235258
Average minimum salary£31,182£33,818
Average salary£33,927£38,506
% change on same period last year-11.89 %
Average maximum salary£36,673£43,194
UK excluding London average salary£38,491£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Developer BedfordshireDeveloper
Bedfordshire

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Bedford Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Bedford Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1165 (73.99 %)PHP
2159 (71.30 %)AJAX
3158 (70.85 %)XML
4133 (59.64 %)Marketing
5124 (55.61 %)Games
6120 (53.81 %)OOP
7118 (52.91 %)BT
7118 (52.91 %)Digital Marketing
853 (23.77 %)CSS
946 (20.63 %)XHTML
1045 (20.18 %).NET
1142 (18.83 %)JavaScript
1237 (16.59 %)MySQL
1336 (16.14 %)C#
1428 (12.56 %)SQL Server
1428 (12.56 %)E-Commerce
1524 (10.76 %)ASP.NET
1623 (10.31 %)SQL
1722 (9.865 %)Microsoft
1821 (9.417 %)Web Development
1920 (8.969 %)Content Management
1920 (8.969 %)HTML
2018 (8.072 %)Oracle
2116 (7.175 %)OO
2116 (7.175 %)WebServices
2215 (6.726 %)XML-RPC
2215 (6.726 %)PHP5
2215 (6.726 %)PHP4
2314 (6.278 %)Web 2.0
2314 (6.278 %)Windows

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1159 (71.30 %)AJAX
2158 (70.85 %)XML
353 (23.77 %)CSS
446 (20.63 %)XHTML
545 (20.18 %).NET
624 (10.76 %)ASP.NET
720 (8.969 %)HTML
816 (7.175 %)WebServices
915 (6.726 %)XML-RPC
1011 (4.933 %).NET Framework
118 (3.587 %)WinForms
118 (3.587 %)jQuery
125 (2.242 %)SOAP
125 (2.242 %)J2EE
125 (2.242 %)ASP
133 (1.345 %)EJB
133 (1.345 %)JSP
133 (1.345 %)ActiveX
133 (1.345 %)WCF
142 (0.897 %)WF
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (2.691 %)IIS
16 (2.691 %)SharePoint
16 (2.691 %)CMS
23 (1.345 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (0.897 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.448 %)Apache
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (2.691 %)MS Excel
22 (0.897 %)MS Office
31 (0.448 %)MS Visio
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.345 %)FTP
22 (0.897 %)SMPP
31 (0.448 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.448 %)Intranet
31 (0.448 %)Internet
31 (0.448 %)Extranet
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
137 (16.59 %)MySQL
228 (12.56 %)SQL Server
311 (4.933 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (3.587 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (2.242 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
64 (1.794 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (1.345 %)RDBMS
81 (0.448 %)DB2
81 (0.448 %)MS Access
81 (0.448 %)DTS
Bedford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.345 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.448 %)ClearCase
21 (0.448 %)Dreamweaver
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1133 (59.64 %)Marketing
2124 (55.61 %)Games
34 (1.794 %)Electronics
34 (1.794 %)Pensions
43 (1.345 %)Government
52 (0.897 %)Health
52 (0.897 %)Advertising
52 (0.897 %)Finance
52 (0.897 %)Back Office
61 (0.448 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (0.448 %)Retail
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (6.278 %)Web 2.0
28 (3.587 %)Social Network
35 (2.242 %)Replication
44 (1.794 %)Management Information System
53 (1.345 %)Mainframe
61 (0.448 %)Blog
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (6.278 %)Windows
22 (0.897 %)Linux
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1120 (53.81 %)OOP
2118 (52.91 %)Digital Marketing
328 (12.56 %)E-Commerce
421 (9.417 %)Web Development
520 (8.969 %)Content Management
616 (7.175 %)OO
710 (4.484 %)OOD
710 (4.484 %)TDD
88 (3.587 %)Internet Marketing
88 (3.587 %)Mobile Commerce
94 (1.794 %)Agile Software Development
103 (1.345 %)UML
112 (0.897 %)Business Intelligence
121 (0.448 %)CRM
121 (0.448 %)Configuration Management
121 (0.448 %)Project Management
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1165 (73.99 %)PHP
242 (18.83 %)JavaScript
336 (16.14 %)C#
423 (10.31 %)SQL
515 (6.726 %)PHP5
515 (6.726 %)PHP4
611 (4.933 %)VB
710 (4.484 %)VB.NET
88 (3.587 %)Java
97 (3.139 %)C++
97 (3.139 %)Transact-SQL
104 (1.794 %)VBA
113 (1.345 %)VC++
113 (1.345 %)PL/SQL
113 (1.345 %)COBOL
122 (0.897 %)C
122 (0.897 %)VBScript
131 (0.448 %)VB6
131 (0.448 %)ActionScript
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (0.897 %)Microsoft Certification
Bedford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.345 %)ISO9001
13 (1.345 %)TickIT
21 (0.448 %)QA
21 (0.448 %)21 CFR Part 11
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.897 %)Active Directory
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1118 (52.91 %)BT
222 (9.865 %)Microsoft
318 (8.072 %)Oracle
41 (0.448 %)Actuate
41 (0.448 %)Mapinfo
41 (0.448 %)Amdocs
41 (0.448 %)Google