The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Programmer
Rank 212 - 186
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Programmer 5 0 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.096% - 0.215%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.102% - 0.229%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 11
Average salary £40,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,309
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +6.20%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4908 5802 4813
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.54% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3903 4946 3993
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Programmer
South East

Software Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Software Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Software Programmer Salary Trend

Software Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Programmer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Reading - 3 £40,000 -
Newbury - 2 £40,000 -
Software Programmer
South East

Software Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Programmer in their job title.

1 7 (77.78%) C#
1 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 2 (22.22%) Java EE 5
4 2 (22.22%) C++Builder
4 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
4 2 (22.22%) Borland
4 2 (22.22%) J2EE
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) C++
4 2 (22.22%) Java
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
5 1 (11.11%) IIS
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) AutoCAD
5 1 (11.11%) Autodesk
5 1 (11.11%) C
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) GSM
5 1 (11.11%) UMTS
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded C
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) WinForms
5 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Revit
5 1 (11.11%) SketchUp

Software Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) Java EE 5
3 2 (22.22%) J2EE
4 1 (11.11%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) AutoCAD
1 1 (11.11%) Revit
1 1 (11.11%) SketchUp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) GSM
1 1 (11.11%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) C++Builder
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Borland
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Autodesk