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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank6886
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads241277
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.155 %0.124 %
As % of the category below3.167 %2.427 %
Salaries quoted230254
Average minimum salary£37,525£32,504
Average salary£40,983£36,041
% change on same period last year+13.71 %
Average maximum salary£44,442£39,578
UK excluding London average salary£33,775£33,007
% change on same period last year+2.32 %
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 %
Software Developer South EastSoftware Developer
South East

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer 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+1566£37,417+2.28 %
NewburyUp+1034£43,424+34.40 %
WokinghamDown-316£32,188-15.57 %
SloughDown-168£33,000-11.70 %
AscotDown-67£50,071+25.17 %
HungerfordNew entry-3£27,500-
WindsorDown-93£45,000+7.39 %
MaidenheadDown-112£38,000+10.35 %
BracknellUp+71£48,000+27.76 %
CrowthorneNew entry-1£27,500-
Software Developer South EastSoftware Developer
South East

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1293 (58.25 %).NET
2269 (53.48 %)C#
3219 (43.54 %)C++
4196 (38.97 %)ASP.NET
5186 (36.98 %)SQL Server
6153 (30.42 %)Java
7122 (24.25 %)C
8100 (19.88 %)SQL
8100 (19.88 %)Windows
987 (17.30 %)OO
1080 (15.90 %)Linux
1177 (15.31 %)COBOL
1276 (15.11 %)Agile Software Development
1371 (14.12 %)UNIX
1470 (13.92 %)Degree
1567 (13.32 %)Computer Science
1661 (12.13 %)XML
1661 (12.13 %)VB
1751 (10.14 %)HTML
1751 (10.14 %)Microsoft
1850 (9.940 %)WebServices
1947 (9.344 %)Oracle
2046 (9.145 %)VB.NET
2139 (7.753 %)SQL Server 2005
2237 (7.356 %)Education
2336 (7.157 %).NET Framework
2435 (6.958 %)JavaScript
2435 (6.958 %)J2EE
2534 (6.759 %)ASP
2630 (5.964 %)MS Visio

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1293 (58.25 %).NET
2196 (38.97 %)ASP.NET
361 (12.13 %)XML
451 (10.14 %)HTML
550 (9.940 %)WebServices
636 (7.157 %).NET Framework
735 (6.958 %)J2EE
834 (6.759 %)ASP
924 (4.771 %)WinForms
1019 (3.777 %)Struts
1118 (3.579 %)AJAX
1216 (3.181 %)Hibernate
1216 (3.181 %)XSLT
1216 (3.181 %)CSS
1314 (2.783 %)WCF
149 (1.789 %)Adobe Flex
149 (1.789 %)SOAP
149 (1.789 %)JMS
158 (1.590 %)XML Schema
158 (1.590 %)MFC
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (4.175 %)CICS
212 (2.386 %)Apache
310 (1.988 %)JBoss
47 (1.392 %)Tomcat
47 (1.392 %)IIS
55 (0.994 %)WebLogic
64 (0.795 %)ColdFusion
71 (0.199 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.199 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.199 %)CMS
71 (0.199 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (0.199 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
130 (5.964 %)MS Visio
219 (3.777 %)MS Excel
33 (0.596 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.795 %)Microsoft CRM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (4.771 %)Wireless
220 (3.976 %)Internet
315 (2.982 %)TCP/IP
413 (2.584 %)WAN
56 (1.193 %)VoIP
65 (0.994 %)H.323
65 (0.994 %)SMTP
74 (0.795 %)3G
83 (0.596 %)Extranet
83 (0.596 %)HTTP
83 (0.596 %)Intranet
83 (0.596 %)Bluetooth
92 (0.398 %)GSM
92 (0.398 %)Ethernet
92 (0.398 %)FTP
92 (0.398 %)POP3
92 (0.398 %)Gigabit Ethernet
101 (0.199 %)UMTS
101 (0.199 %)DECT
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1186 (36.98 %)SQL Server
239 (7.753 %)SQL Server 2005
327 (5.368 %)Crystal Reports
416 (3.181 %)SQL Server 2000
510 (1.988 %)MySQL
69 (1.789 %)SQL Server Integration Services
76 (1.193 %)RDBMS
84 (0.795 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.596 %)OLTP
93 (0.596 %)DB2
102 (0.398 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (0.398 %)DTS
102 (0.398 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
102 (0.398 %)PostgreSQL
111 (0.199 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (0.199 %)IDOL
111 (0.199 %)Informix
111 (0.199 %)Oracle Reports
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (5.368 %)Visual Studio
211 (2.187 %)MSI
211 (2.187 %)InstallShield
36 (1.193 %)VSS/SourceSafe
36 (1.193 %)Eclipse
44 (0.795 %)Subversion
44 (0.795 %)Ant
52 (0.398 %)Rational Rose
61 (0.199 %)ProC
61 (0.199 %)Omnis Studio
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (7.356 %)Education
228 (5.567 %)Finance
325 (4.970 %)Health
424 (4.771 %)Telecoms
521 (4.175 %)Retail
620 (3.976 %)Marketing
719 (3.777 %)Insurance
817 (3.380 %)Pensions
97 (1.392 %)Electronics
106 (1.193 %)Billing
114 (0.795 %)Games
123 (0.596 %)Manufacturing
123 (0.596 %)Publishing
123 (0.596 %)Government
132 (0.398 %)Banking
141 (0.199 %)Multimedia
141 (0.199 %)Electric
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
167 (13.32 %)Computer Science
220 (3.976 %)Client/Server
37 (1.392 %)Mathematics
46 (1.193 %)N-Tier
46 (1.193 %)Multithreading
55 (0.994 %)EPoS
64 (0.795 %)Mainframe
73 (0.596 %)IBM Mainframe
82 (0.398 %)Fat Client
82 (0.398 %)Data Integration
82 (0.398 %)Physics
82 (0.398 %)IPTV
82 (0.398 %)Derivative
82 (0.398 %)Statistics
82 (0.398 %)Thin Client
82 (0.398 %)MPEG
82 (0.398 %)Fixed Income
82 (0.398 %)Grid Computing
91 (0.199 %)Clustering
91 (0.199 %)STB
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1100 (19.88 %)Windows
280 (15.90 %)Linux
371 (14.12 %)UNIX
419 (3.777 %)Windows Mobile
517 (3.380 %)zOS
615 (2.982 %)Windows XP
713 (2.584 %)Windows CE
84 (0.795 %)Red Hat Linux
93 (0.596 %)Windows Server 2003
102 (0.398 %)Windows 2000
111 (0.199 %)AIX
111 (0.199 %)VxWorks
111 (0.199 %)Embedded Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
187 (17.30 %)OO
276 (15.11 %)Agile Software Development
327 (5.368 %)Software Engineering
426 (5.169 %)OOP
523 (4.573 %)UML
612 (2.386 %)GAP Analysis
79 (1.789 %)OOD
87 (1.392 %)Configuration Management
87 (1.392 %)Requirements Analysis
87 (1.392 %)Web Design
96 (1.193 %)CRM
105 (0.994 %)ERP
105 (0.994 %)Systems Analysis
105 (0.994 %)Web Development
105 (0.994 %)Business Intelligence
105 (0.994 %)Unit Testing
105 (0.994 %)Integration Testing
105 (0.994 %)Security Cleared
114 (0.795 %)DSDM
114 (0.795 %)Project Management
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1269 (53.48 %)C#
2219 (43.54 %)C++
3153 (30.42 %)Java
4122 (24.25 %)C
5100 (19.88 %)SQL
677 (15.31 %)COBOL
761 (12.13 %)VB
846 (9.145 %)VB.NET
935 (6.958 %)JavaScript
1021 (4.175 %)Perl
1118 (3.579 %)JCL
1215 (2.982 %)Assembly Language
1313 (2.584 %)VB6
1412 (2.386 %)Python
1412 (2.386 %)DHTML
1511 (2.187 %)PL/1
169 (1.789 %)ActionScript
178 (1.590 %)PHP
187 (1.392 %)VC++
187 (1.392 %)Ruby
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
170 (13.92 %)Degree
28 (1.590 %)PhD
34 (0.795 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.398 %)MCP
51 (0.199 %)MCSD
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.199 %)ISO9001
11 (0.199 %)QA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.199 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
151 (10.14 %)Microsoft
247 (9.344 %)Oracle
317 (3.380 %)Micro Focus
410 (1.988 %)Intel
59 (1.789 %)IBM
65 (0.994 %)Cisco
74 (0.795 %)Sybase
74 (0.795 %)Red Hat
81 (0.199 %)Apple
81 (0.199 %)BEA
81 (0.199 %)Motorola
81 (0.199 %)Siemens