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This section looks at the demand for the Software 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 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
Rank3732
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads66
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.974 %2.222 %
Salaries quoted65
Average minimum salary£35,833£28,400
Average salary£35,833£31,000
% change on same period last year+15.59 %
Average maximum salary£35,833£33,600
UK excluding London average salary£33,149£33,143
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads304270
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.160 %0.111 %
Salaries quoted290243
Average minimum salary£30,154£31,568
Average salary£32,842£33,737
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
Average maximum salary£35,530£35,906
UK excluding London average salary£38,194£39,492
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Software Developer BedfordshireSoftware Developer
Bedfordshire

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Bedford Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

119 (90.48 %)SQL
119 (90.48 %).NET
218 (85.71 %)Transact-SQL
314 (66.67 %)VB.NET
49 (42.86 %)AJAX
58 (38.10 %)SQL Server
58 (38.10 %)IIS
58 (38.10 %)ASP.NET
67 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
67 (33.33 %)Crystal Reports
67 (33.33 %)C#
76 (28.57 %)XML
85 (23.81 %)Information Management
85 (23.81 %)Oracle
85 (23.81 %)Intranet
94 (19.05 %)Construction
94 (19.05 %)HTML
94 (19.05 %)VB
103 (14.29 %)VBA
103 (14.29 %)JavaScript
103 (14.29 %)RDBMS
112 (9.524 %)Pensions
112 (9.524 %)WinForms
112 (9.524 %).NET Framework
112 (9.524 %)SEO
112 (9.524 %)PL/SQL
121 (4.762 %)C
121 (4.762 %)PHP
121 (4.762 %)Java
121 (4.762 %)C++

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (90.48 %).NET
29 (42.86 %)AJAX
38 (38.10 %)ASP.NET
46 (28.57 %)XML
54 (19.05 %)HTML
62 (9.524 %)WinForms
62 (9.524 %).NET Framework
71 (4.762 %)ASP.NET 2.0
71 (4.762 %)SOAP
71 (4.762 %)WebServices
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (38.10 %)IIS
21 (4.762 %)SAS
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.762 %)MATLAB
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (23.81 %)Intranet
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (38.10 %)SQL Server
27 (33.33 %)Crystal Reports
33 (14.29 %)RDBMS
41 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (4.762 %)MySQL
Bedford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (19.05 %)Construction
22 (9.524 %)Pensions
31 (4.762 %)Health
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)Statistics
11 (4.762 %)Mathematics
11 (4.762 %)Computer Science
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.762 %)Linux
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (23.81 %)Information Management
22 (9.524 %)SEO
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (90.48 %)SQL
218 (85.71 %)Transact-SQL
314 (66.67 %)VB.NET
47 (33.33 %)C#
54 (19.05 %)VB
63 (14.29 %)JavaScript
63 (14.29 %)VBA
72 (9.524 %)PL/SQL
81 (4.762 %)C
81 (4.762 %)PHP
81 (4.762 %)C++
81 (4.762 %)Java
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.762 %)PhD
11 (4.762 %)Degree
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (23.81 %)Oracle
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