The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Developer
Rank 102 92 86
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 7 10 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.415% 0.681% 0.516%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.438% 0.708% 0.539%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 7
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1597 1412 1298
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.78% 96.19% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1338 1263 1129
Average salary £41,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.21% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Developer
West Midlands

Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Applications Developer Salary Trend

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Birmingham Applications Developer Salary Histogram

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

1 8 (66.67%) .NET
2 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (58.33%) Java
3 6 (50.00%) C#
3 6 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) HTML
4 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
4 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
4 5 (41.67%) CSS
4 5 (41.67%) Android
4 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
4 5 (41.67%) Mobile App
5 4 (33.33%) jQuery
5 4 (33.33%) MVC
5 4 (33.33%) Finance
6 3 (25.00%) Subversion
6 3 (25.00%) PRINCE
6 3 (25.00%) Python
6 3 (25.00%) XHTML
6 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (25.00%) OO
6 3 (25.00%) C++
6 3 (25.00%) Delphi
6 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
6 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
6 3 (25.00%) MySQL
6 3 (25.00%) Web Development
6 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
6 3 (25.00%) Open Source
6 3 (25.00%) CSS3

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (66.67%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) HTML
2 5 (41.67%) CSS
3 4 (33.33%) jQuery
4 3 (25.00%) XHTML
4 3 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (25.00%) CSS3
4 3 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (16.67%) iOS SDK
5 2 (16.67%) J2EE
5 2 (16.67%) J2ME
6 1 (8.333%) Ajax
6 1 (8.333%) NHibernate
6 1 (8.333%) LAMP
6 1 (8.333%) XML
6 1 (8.333%) ASP
6 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
6 1 (8.333%) Silverlight
6 1 (8.333%) Zend Framework
6 1 (8.333%) Ext JS
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (25.00%) MySQL
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (16.67%) SQLite
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (8.333%) Data Mining
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Subversion
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (16.67%) Eclipse
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (8.333%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (8.333%) CruiseControl
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle APEX
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (8.333%) Automotive
3 1 (8.333%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Mobile App
2 3 (25.00%) Open Source
3 2 (16.67%) Social Media
4 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Android
1 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) MVC
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (25.00%) OO
2 3 (25.00%) Web Development
3 1 (8.333%) Migration
3 1 (8.333%) Code Coverage
3 1 (8.333%) OOP
3 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
3 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Java
2 6 (50.00%) C#
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
3 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (25.00%) Python
4 3 (25.00%) C++
4 3 (25.00%) Delphi
4 3 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (16.67%) PHP
6 1 (8.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Zend
2 1 (8.333%) Sencha