The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Programmer 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
Lead Programmer
Rank - 81 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Programmer 0 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 0.304% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.316% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Average salary - £50,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -15.78%
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%
Lead Programmer
East of England

Lead Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Lead Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Lead Programmer Salary Trend

Lead Programmer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Lead Programmer 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 Lead Programmer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Sybase
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 2 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) DOC1
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Exstream
1 2 (100.00%) Exstream Dialogue
1 2 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) XMPie
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

Lead Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Lead Programmer 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 Lead Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Exstream Dialogue
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) DOC1
1 2 (100.00%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Sybase
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) XMPie