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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs within the Belfast 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads110
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below9.649 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted40
Average minimum salary£26,500-
Average salary£30,375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£34,250-
UK excluding London average salary£40,650£40,101
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads114129
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.077 %0.059 %
Salaries quoted5991
Average minimum salary£28,862£33,614
Average salary£32,005£37,025
% change on same period last year-13.55 %
Average maximum salary£35,149£40,436
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Senior Developer County AntrimSenior Developer
County Antrim

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

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

Belfast Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

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

Belfast Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Belfast Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

118 (72.00 %)SQL Server
216 (64.00 %)Java
314 (56.00 %)RDBMS
412 (48.00 %)Finance
511 (44.00 %)Spring
511 (44.00 %)Python
511 (44.00 %)Perl
511 (44.00 %)Sybase
511 (44.00 %)Struts
511 (44.00 %)UNIX
68 (32.00 %)Microsoft
77 (28.00 %).NET
86 (24.00 %)C#
86 (24.00 %)ASP.NET
95 (20.00 %)Wireless
95 (20.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
95 (20.00 %)QA
95 (20.00 %)SharePoint
104 (16.00 %)MS Excel
104 (16.00 %)Visual Studio
104 (16.00 %)VB.NET
104 (16.00 %)Configuration Management
113 (12.00 %)MS Office
113 (12.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
122 (8.000 %)WebServices
122 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2005
122 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2000
131 (4.000 %)Education
131 (4.000 %)SharePoint Portal Server
131 (4.000 %)QMS

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (44.00 %)Struts
111 (44.00 %)Spring
27 (28.00 %).NET
36 (24.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (8.000 %)WebServices
Belfast IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (20.00 %)SharePoint
15 (20.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (4.000 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Belfast IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (16.00 %)MS Excel
23 (12.00 %)MS Office
Belfast IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.000 %)Microsoft CRM
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (20.00 %)Wireless
Belfast IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (72.00 %)SQL Server
214 (56.00 %)RDBMS
32 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (4.000 %)MS Access
41 (4.000 %)MySQL
Belfast IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (16.00 %)Visual Studio
23 (12.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Belfast IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (48.00 %)Finance
21 (4.000 %)Education
21 (4.000 %)Financial Institution
Belfast IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (44.00 %)UNIX
Belfast IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (16.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (4.000 %)Service Delivery
21 (4.000 %)Change Management
21 (4.000 %)Regression Testing
21 (4.000 %)Content Management
21 (4.000 %)QMS
21 (4.000 %)UML
21 (4.000 %)CRM
Belfast IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (64.00 %)Java
211 (44.00 %)Perl
211 (44.00 %)Python
36 (24.00 %)C#
44 (16.00 %)VB.NET
51 (4.000 %)VBA
Belfast IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (20.00 %)QA
21 (4.000 %)ISO9001
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (44.00 %)Sybase
28 (32.00 %)Microsoft