The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. 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 17 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 7 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 162 220 235
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 14.94% 22.29% 27.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.74% 23.21% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 150 201 228
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £22,850
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1029 948 812
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.93% 96.05% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 911 805 767
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £56,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
East of England

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedfordshire Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford 0 75 £42,500 +21.42%
Luton -23 24 £35,000 -14.63%
Dunstable -27 1 £35,000 -11.39%
Developer
East of England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

1 285 (72.34%) .NET
2 276 (70.05%) C#
3 219 (55.58%) SQL Server
4 207 (52.54%) ASP.NET
5 193 (48.98%) SQL
6 166 (42.13%) MVC
7 157 (39.85%) JavaScript
8 143 (36.29%) Microsoft
9 138 (35.03%) HTML
10 103 (26.14%) TDD
11 102 (25.89%) Web Services
12 99 (25.13%) T-SQL
13 95 (24.11%) XML
14 92 (23.35%) WCF
15 91 (23.10%) Windows
16 89 (22.59%) .NET Framework
17 88 (22.34%) CSS
18 84 (21.32%) Scrum
19 81 (20.56%) ASP.NET MVC
20 63 (15.99%) E-Commerce
21 61 (15.48%) Team Foundation Server
22 60 (15.23%) Silverlight
22 60 (15.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 59 (14.97%) SharePoint
23 59 (14.97%) MS Excel
24 56 (14.21%) WPF
25 55 (13.96%) SQL Server 2008
26 53 (13.45%) WinForms
27 48 (12.18%) Visual Studio
28 46 (11.68%) Oracle

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 285 (72.34%) .NET
2 207 (52.54%) ASP.NET
3 138 (35.03%) HTML
4 102 (25.89%) Web Services
5 95 (24.11%) XML
6 92 (23.35%) WCF
7 89 (22.59%) .NET Framework
8 88 (22.34%) CSS
9 81 (20.56%) ASP.NET MVC
10 60 (15.23%) Silverlight
11 56 (14.21%) WPF
12 53 (13.45%) WinForms
13 43 (10.91%) jQuery
14 38 (9.645%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 36 (9.137%) LINQ
16 33 (8.376%) Ajax
17 29 (7.360%) XSLT
18 25 (6.345%) WF
19 23 (5.838%) ASP.NET MVC 3
19 23 (5.838%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 59 (14.97%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.599%) Windows Azure
3 20 (5.076%) SharePoint 2010
4 13 (3.299%) Exstream Dialogue
5 12 (3.046%) SharePoint Server
6 11 (2.792%) BizTalk Server
6 11 (2.792%) CMS
7 10 (2.538%) IIS
7 10 (2.538%) Drupal
8 9 (2.284%) SharePoint 2013
8 9 (2.284%) Apache
9 5 (1.269%) WordPress
9 5 (1.269%) Magento
10 4 (1.015%) WebLogic
10 4 (1.015%) WebSphere Message Broker
11 2 (0.508%) WebSphere Application Server
11 2 (0.508%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
11 2 (0.508%) ESB
11 2 (0.508%) ColdFusion
11 2 (0.508%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 59 (14.97%) MS Excel
2 14 (3.553%) DOC1
2 14 (3.553%) PrintSoft PReS
3 2 (0.508%) MS Office
3 2 (0.508%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.508%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.254%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 16 (4.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.553%) Exstream
3 6 (1.523%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.523%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.254%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.254%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.254%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (9.645%) Internet
2 4 (1.015%) HTTP
2 4 (1.015%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.508%) SSL
4 1 (0.254%) Intranet
4 1 (0.254%) RFID
4 1 (0.254%) GSM
4 1 (0.254%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (55.58%) SQL Server
2 60 (15.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 55 (13.96%) SQL Server 2008
4 37 (9.391%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 26 (6.599%) SQL Server 2005
6 23 (5.838%) Crystal Reports
7 21 (5.330%) RDBMS
8 18 (4.569%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (4.315%) SQL Server 2012
10 13 (3.299%) MS Access
11 11 (2.792%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 10 (2.538%) SQL Server 2000
13 8 (2.030%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (1.777%) Oracle 8/8i
14 7 (1.777%) MySQL
14 7 (1.777%) Oracle 11g
15 6 (1.523%) Oracle BI EE
16 5 (1.269%) GIS
17 2 (0.508%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 2 (0.508%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 61 (15.48%) Team Foundation Server
2 48 (12.18%) Visual Studio
3 23 (5.838%) NUnit
3 23 (5.838%) MSTest
4 21 (5.330%) Subversion
5 14 (3.553%) Visual Studio Team System
5 14 (3.553%) PowerBuilder
6 13 (3.299%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 12 (3.046%) Moq
8 7 (1.777%) Rhino Mocks
8 7 (1.777%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (1.523%) JIRA
10 5 (1.269%) Xcode
11 4 (1.015%) Git (software)
12 3 (0.761%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.761%) Selenium
12 3 (0.761%) MSBuild
13 2 (0.508%) PROIV
13 2 (0.508%) Maven
13 2 (0.508%) JUnit
General
1 24 (6.091%) Retail
2 21 (5.330%) Finance
3 5 (1.269%) Banking
4 4 (1.015%) Telecoms
5 3 (0.761%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (0.761%) Games
5 3 (0.761%) Manufacturing
5 3 (0.761%) Investment Banking
5 3 (0.761%) Marketing
6 2 (0.508%) French Language
6 2 (0.508%) Billing
6 2 (0.508%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.254%) Law
7 1 (0.254%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.315%) N-Tier
1 17 (4.315%) Computer Science
2 15 (3.807%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.553%) SaaS
4 12 (3.046%) Inversion of Control
5 11 (2.792%) Digital Media
6 8 (2.030%) Tandem
7 6 (1.523%) Mathematics
8 5 (1.269%) Physics
8 5 (1.269%) Wiki
8 5 (1.269%) FMCG
8 5 (1.269%) iPhone
8 5 (1.269%) iPad
9 4 (1.015%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.015%) Data Integration
10 3 (0.761%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.508%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.508%) Social Network
11 2 (0.508%) Telematics
12 1 (0.254%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 91 (23.10%) Windows
2 10 (2.538%) Linux
3 8 (2.030%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (1.269%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.015%) UNIX
6 3 (0.761%) Android
7 2 (0.508%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.508%) AIX
7 2 (0.508%) Solaris
8 1 (0.254%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.254%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (42.13%) MVC
2 103 (26.14%) TDD
3 84 (21.32%) Scrum
4 63 (15.99%) E-Commerce
5 45 (11.42%) Unit Testing
6 40 (10.15%) Web Development
7 38 (9.645%) OO
8 34 (8.629%) SOA
9 28 (7.107%) ETL
10 27 (6.853%) Agile Software Development
11 23 (5.838%) Dependency Injection
11 23 (5.838%) Web Application Development
12 21 (5.330%) BDD
12 21 (5.330%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (4.061%) CRM
13 16 (4.061%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (4.061%) Kanban
14 13 (3.299%) Multithreading
15 12 (3.046%) Logistics
15 12 (3.046%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 276 (70.05%) C#
2 193 (48.98%) SQL
3 157 (39.85%) JavaScript
4 99 (25.13%) T-SQL
5 31 (7.868%) VB
6 24 (6.091%) VB6
7 22 (5.584%) PHP
8 21 (5.330%) Java
9 18 (4.569%) VB.NET
10 13 (3.299%) ABAP
11 12 (3.046%) VBScript
12 11 (2.792%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 11 (2.792%) XAML
13 10 (2.538%) PL/SQL
14 9 (2.284%) VBA
15 7 (1.777%) C
15 7 (1.777%) C++
15 7 (1.777%) Ruby
16 5 (1.269%) Objective-C
17 4 (1.015%) VC++
Qualifications
1 32 (8.122%) Degree
2 12 (3.046%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (2.792%) MCP
3 11 (2.792%) MCAD
3 11 (2.792%) MCSD
4 9 (2.284%) MCTS
5 5 (1.269%) PhD
6 1 (0.254%) Sun Certification
6 1 (0.254%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.538%) QA
2 1 (0.254%) ISO/IEC 14443
2 1 (0.254%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 143 (36.29%) Microsoft
2 46 (11.68%) Oracle
3 14 (3.553%) SAP
3 14 (3.553%) HP
4 13 (3.299%) XMPie
5 7 (1.777%) Informatica
6 5 (1.269%) Typemock
6 5 (1.269%) IBM
7 4 (1.015%) Apple
7 4 (1.015%) Telerik
7 4 (1.015%) Sybase
8 3 (0.761%) Zend
9 2 (0.508%) DevExpress
9 2 (0.508%) Capita
9 2 (0.508%) ILOG
10 1 (0.254%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.254%) BEA
10 1 (0.254%) Google
10 1 (0.254%) Business Objects
10 1 (0.254%) Adobe
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The successful .NET Web Developer will have a proven commercial experience developing, ideally web hosted, applications using C# with ASP.NET... b) Excellent working knowledge of C# and...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedfordshire
A innovative software house are seeking 2 Senior C# Developers that embrace new technologies to join a thriving Agile driven team creating innovative web/windows solutions utilising C#,...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
You must have a high level of programming experience and development with frameworks with an excellent understanding of the principles and design of enterprise- level database (preferably Oracle...
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £40000 - £52000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
e-Commerce, Agile, SCRUM, C#, ASP.Net, Programming, Microsoft, SQL Server) Is it time for a change?... You will have an excellent commercial track record developing in .Net,...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Net Developer ( C# ASP.Net ) / Web Applications Developer required by expanding international technology organisation based in based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire... You will have a solid background in...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 35-45k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
C# Developer C# Developer required in Bedford... Day to day duties include, but are not limited to:-Attending development meetings-Liaise with the offshore team-gradually get involved...
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
You will be degree educated with a good understanding of web application development and excellent communication skills. Key Skills Front end development experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript & JQuery...
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bedfordshire
Following completion of a comprehensive training on the company's bespoke software the successful candidates will be liaising with clients over the phone providing technical presentations to sell...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, South East
SQL Database Developer - (SQL, SSIS, SSRS, XML and XSL) -Luton The opportunity: SQL Database Developer - (SQL, SSIS, SSRS, XML and XSL) is needed of my client, a leading...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, South East
SQL Database Developer - (SQL, SSIS, SSRS, XML and XSL) The Opportunity: SQL Database Developer - (SQL, SSIS, SSRS, XML and XSL) is needed of my client, a leading solutions...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Bedford, South East
We are currently engaged in a major project to replace bespoke legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint 2013... Essential Experience/Skills: We are looking for someone...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
We are currently engaged in a major project to replace bespoke legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint 2013... The following skills are essential: C# Dynamics CRM...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Using the following technology: C#.Net, SQL, Win Forms, Web Forms, T-SQL, nUnit, MSTest, XML, Web Services, Crystal Reports, SSRS, WWF, WPF, Silverlight, MVC, VSTS, HTML, CSS...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
Luton, South East
Reporting to the Digital Media Manager, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects of which will include building, testing and maintaining websites...
Salary: £22000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bedfordshire
Main skills are: HTML CSS CSS CMS Photoshop Indesign Illustrator This is an exciting oppertunity for a junior designer/developer, Applicants must be eligible to live and work...
J-Com
Salary: £27000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
You'll have skills in the following areas: *Fortran 77 *C or C++ *Linux This is a great opportunity for some who is trully motivated by problem solving...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bedford, South East
Required Qualifications: Strong development experience using IBM MQ Family tool sets including IBM Message Broker V6.0/V7.0, IBM MQ V6.0 and IBM WBI Adapters Knowledge...
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Required Qualifications: Strong development experience using IBM MQ Family tool sets including IBM Message Broker V6.0/V7.0, IBM MQ V6.0 and IBM WBI Adapters Knowledge...
QUANTICA
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bedford, South East
Skills for the Websphere Message Broker Developer: Expert in WMB/WMQ, Architectural & design understanding of Applications and Business Process landscape You will also ensure Technical delivery teams within...
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013