Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank8483
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads209284
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.127 %
As % of the category below2.746 %2.489 %
Salaries quoted171258
Average minimum salary£33,094£33,106
Average salary£36,157£35,848
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
Average maximum salary£39,220£38,590
UK excluding London average salary£33,509£33,065
% change on same period last year+1.34 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Programmer South EastProgrammer
South East

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+2370£39,646-3.21 %
BracknellUp+1421£31,833-10.90 %
SloughDown-288£34,375-14.64 %
WokinghamDown-148£28,125-7.68 %
NewburyDown-198£30,125+0.23 %
MaidenheadUp+146£36,667-7.87 %
WindsorDown-93£28,667-12.60 %
ThatchamNew entry-1£32,000-
HungerfordNew entry-1£30,000-
Programmer South EastProgrammer
South East

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited 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 Programmer in their job title.

1163 (34.24 %).NET
2144 (30.25 %)SQL Server
3130 (27.31 %)Oracle
4128 (26.89 %)Java
5121 (25.42 %)SQL
6116 (24.37 %)XML
7104 (21.85 %)Finance
894 (19.75 %)ASP.NET
988 (18.49 %)HTML
1081 (17.02 %)VB.NET
1169 (14.50 %)Degree
1267 (14.08 %)C#
1365 (13.66 %)C++
1460 (12.61 %)ASP
1460 (12.61 %)UNIX
1558 (12.18 %)Visual Studio
1654 (11.34 %)SQL Server 2000
1753 (11.13 %)VB
1851 (10.71 %)J2EE
1949 (10.29 %)VBScript
2046 (9.664 %)JavaScript
2145 (9.454 %)OO
2145 (9.454 %)Microsoft
2243 (9.034 %)C
2340 (8.403 %)MS Excel
2439 (8.193 %)Transact-SQL
2439 (8.193 %)PL/SQL
2537 (7.773 %)IBM
2537 (7.773 %)Adabas
2636 (7.563 %)Datawarehouse

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1163 (34.24 %).NET
2116 (24.37 %)XML
394 (19.75 %)ASP.NET
488 (18.49 %)HTML
560 (12.61 %)ASP
651 (10.71 %)J2EE
734 (7.143 %)XSL
826 (5.462 %)WebServices
922 (4.622 %)Servlets
1020 (4.202 %)CSS
1020 (4.202 %)AJAX
1118 (3.782 %)JSP
1212 (2.521 %)XSLT
1310 (2.101 %)WebSphere
146 (1.261 %).NET Framework
146 (1.261 %)XHTML
146 (1.261 %)JRules
155 (1.050 %)TAPI
155 (1.050 %)MAPI
155 (1.050 %)ODBC
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (5.462 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
225 (5.252 %)SAS
313 (2.731 %)IIS
46 (1.261 %)WebSphere Application Server
46 (1.261 %)WebLogic
46 (1.261 %)OpenEdge
54 (0.840 %)Lotus Notes
54 (0.840 %)Lotus Domino
54 (0.840 %)Tomcat
63 (0.630 %)CICS
72 (0.420 %)Office Communications Server
81 (0.210 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.210 %)SharePoint
81 (0.210 %)Apache
81 (0.210 %)JBoss
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
140 (8.403 %)MS Excel
220 (4.202 %)MS Office
31 (0.210 %)Photoshop
31 (0.210 %)Fireworks
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (4.202 %)Oracle EBS
27 (1.471 %)Applix TM1
35 (1.050 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.210 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.210 %)Oracle 11i
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (1.471 %)Internet
25 (1.050 %)Intranet
32 (0.420 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.210 %)VPN
41 (0.210 %)DNS
41 (0.210 %)LAN
41 (0.210 %)VoIP
41 (0.210 %)WAN
41 (0.210 %)DHCP
41 (0.210 %)Ethernet
41 (0.210 %)Kerberos
41 (0.210 %)SNMP
41 (0.210 %)MPLS
41 (0.210 %)DSL
41 (0.210 %)TELNET
41 (0.210 %)Wireless
41 (0.210 %)WiMAX
41 (0.210 %)SSH
41 (0.210 %)VPLS
41 (0.210 %)NGN
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1144 (30.25 %)SQL Server
254 (11.34 %)SQL Server 2000
337 (7.773 %)Adabas
436 (7.563 %)Datawarehouse
531 (6.513 %)Oracle Reports
628 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2005
722 (4.622 %)Base SAS
722 (4.622 %)Oracle 8/8i
820 (4.202 %)MS Access
919 (3.992 %)ETL
1016 (3.361 %)RDBMS
1016 (3.361 %)Crystal Reports
1114 (2.941 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
1212 (2.521 %)Oracle 9i
139 (1.891 %)MySQL
148 (1.681 %)Informix
148 (1.681 %)DB2
148 (1.681 %)BusinessObjects
155 (1.050 %)SQL Server 2008
164 (0.840 %)OLAP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
158 (12.18 %)Visual Studio
24 (0.840 %)Eclipse
32 (0.420 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.210 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.210 %)Ant
41 (0.210 %)JUnit
41 (0.210 %)NUnit
41 (0.210 %)FrontPage
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1104 (21.85 %)Finance
236 (7.563 %)Pensions
330 (6.303 %)Manufacturing
429 (6.092 %)Pharmaceutical
528 (5.882 %)Health
617 (3.571 %)Insurance
715 (3.151 %)Advertising
812 (2.521 %)Government
812 (2.521 %)Telecoms
812 (2.521 %)Legal
911 (2.311 %)Multimedia
911 (2.311 %)Publishing
1010 (2.101 %)Marketing
119 (1.891 %)Retail
119 (1.891 %)Education
119 (1.891 %)Chemicals
128 (1.681 %)Construction
136 (1.261 %)Financial Institution
136 (1.261 %)Banking
142 (0.420 %)Automotive
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (6.092 %)Computer Science
221 (4.412 %)Mathematics
315 (3.151 %)Mainframe
414 (2.941 %)Physics
513 (2.731 %)Client/Server
612 (2.521 %)Chemistry
612 (2.521 %)Biology
74 (0.840 %)Data Integration
82 (0.420 %)IBM Mainframe
82 (0.420 %)AS400
82 (0.420 %)Statistics
91 (0.210 %)Robotics
91 (0.210 %)Finnish Language
91 (0.210 %)French Language
91 (0.210 %)Italian Language
91 (0.210 %)HACMP
91 (0.210 %)Biometrics
91 (0.210 %)Management Information System
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
160 (12.61 %)UNIX
233 (6.933 %)Windows
320 (4.202 %)AIX
48 (1.681 %)Linux
56 (1.261 %)Windows XP
56 (1.261 %)Windows Vista
65 (1.050 %)Windows Server 2008
65 (1.050 %)Windows Server 2003
74 (0.840 %)HPUX
82 (0.420 %)MVS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
145 (9.454 %)OO
234 (7.143 %)E-business
331 (6.513 %)Data Management
424 (5.042 %)OOP
519 (3.992 %)ITIL
615 (3.151 %)Security Cleared
713 (2.731 %)GAP Analysis
811 (2.311 %)Change Management
99 (1.891 %)Software Testing
99 (1.891 %)Business Intelligence
99 (1.891 %)Risk Assessment
99 (1.891 %)BPEL
99 (1.891 %)RAD
99 (1.891 %)SSADM
99 (1.891 %)Technical Architecture
108 (1.681 %)Web Development
108 (1.681 %)Web Testing
108 (1.681 %)System Testing
117 (1.471 %)Unit Testing
126 (1.261 %)Business Development
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1128 (26.89 %)Java
2121 (25.42 %)SQL
381 (17.02 %)VB.NET
467 (14.08 %)C#
565 (13.66 %)C++
653 (11.13 %)VB
749 (10.29 %)VBScript
846 (9.664 %)JavaScript
943 (9.034 %)C
1039 (8.193 %)Transact-SQL
1039 (8.193 %)PL/SQL
1126 (5.462 %)COBOL
1225 (5.252 %)VB6
1322 (4.622 %)NATURAL
1419 (3.992 %)VBA
1515 (3.151 %)PHP
168 (1.681 %)Progress 4GL
175 (1.050 %)FoxPro (VFP)
175 (1.050 %)JCL
184 (0.840 %)Shell Script
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
169 (14.50 %)Degree
227 (5.672 %)PhD
32 (0.420 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.420 %)MCP
41 (0.210 %)MCAD
41 (0.210 %)MCSD
41 (0.210 %)HNC
41 (0.210 %)HND
41 (0.210 %)MCTS
41 (0.210 %)MCPD
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.840 %)QA
21 (0.210 %)WCAG
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.210 %)NFS
11 (0.210 %)Active Directory
11 (0.210 %)Samba
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (1.471 %)ServiceCenter
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1130 (27.31 %)Oracle
245 (9.454 %)Microsoft
337 (7.773 %)IBM
428 (5.882 %)JD Edwards
525 (5.252 %)HP
69 (1.891 %)Sybase
78 (1.681 %)Business Objects
87 (1.471 %)Progress
87 (1.471 %)Applix
96 (1.261 %)ILOG
96 (1.261 %)BEA
104 (0.840 %)Lotus
104 (0.840 %)Kerridge
113 (0.630 %)SAP
122 (0.420 %)Popkin
122 (0.420 %)Micro Focus
122 (0.420 %)Peregrine
131 (0.210 %)Siemens
131 (0.210 %)Borland
131 (0.210 %)Yahoo!