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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Birmingham 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank12
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads522602
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.305 %0.258 %
As % of the category below24.12 %21.06 %
Salaries quoted481547
Average minimum salary£30,060£28,497
Average salary£33,381£31,236
% change on same period last year+6.86 %
Average maximum salary£36,703£33,975
UK excluding London average salary£34,042£34,101
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads21642859
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.263 %1.226 %
Salaries quoted19222411
Average minimum salary£35,988£35,623
Average salary£39,507£39,113
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Average maximum salary£43,026£42,603
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Developer West MidlandsDeveloper
West Midlands

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Birmingham Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1626 (54.01 %).NET
2477 (41.16 %)SQL Server
3467 (40.29 %)ASP.NET
4440 (37.96 %)C#
5356 (30.72 %)SQL
6283 (24.42 %)XML
7268 (23.12 %)VB.NET
8226 (19.50 %)JavaScript
9209 (18.03 %)HTML
10192 (16.57 %)ASP
11180 (15.53 %)Java
12171 (14.75 %)CSS
13154 (13.29 %)Degree
14145 (12.51 %)Oracle
15129 (11.13 %)Microsoft
16125 (10.79 %)Web Development
17121 (10.44 %)VB
18118 (10.18 %)Windows
19108 (9.318 %)Finance
2098 (8.456 %)SQL Server 2005
2197 (8.369 %)Visual Studio
2295 (8.197 %)WebServices
2394 (8.110 %).NET Framework
2492 (7.938 %)C++
2586 (7.420 %)Pensions
2683 (7.161 %)AJAX
2683 (7.161 %)OO
2779 (6.816 %)MS Excel
2877 (6.644 %)XHTML
2975 (6.471 %)J2EE

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1626 (54.01 %).NET
2467 (40.29 %)ASP.NET
3283 (24.42 %)XML
4209 (18.03 %)HTML
5192 (16.57 %)ASP
6171 (14.75 %)CSS
795 (8.197 %)WebServices
894 (8.110 %).NET Framework
983 (7.161 %)AJAX
1077 (6.644 %)XHTML
1175 (6.471 %)J2EE
1250 (4.314 %)Struts
1342 (3.624 %)Spring
1441 (3.538 %)XSLT
1537 (3.192 %)WinForms
1537 (3.192 %)Hibernate
1636 (3.106 %)WebSphere
1731 (2.675 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1824 (2.071 %)JSP
1923 (1.984 %)SAP XI
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
161 (5.263 %)SharePoint
252 (4.487 %)IIS
335 (3.020 %)CMS
421 (1.812 %)Tomcat
520 (1.726 %)Apache
614 (1.208 %)NetWeaver
713 (1.122 %)BizTalk Server
811 (0.949 %)Oracle Spatial
811 (0.949 %)WebLogic
98 (0.690 %)MQSeries
98 (0.690 %)Umbraco
107 (0.604 %)OpenEdge
116 (0.518 %)SharePoint Server 2007
125 (0.431 %)SAS
125 (0.431 %)TeamSite
134 (0.345 %)Lotus Notes
143 (0.259 %)Lotus Domino
143 (0.259 %)Oracle Workflow
152 (0.173 %)SAP EP
152 (0.173 %)WebSphere Application Server
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
179 (6.816 %)MS Excel
244 (3.796 %)Photoshop
38 (0.690 %)Adobe Illustrator
44 (0.345 %)MS Office
44 (0.345 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.259 %)InfoPath
53 (0.259 %)MS Visio
62 (0.173 %)Adobe Director
62 (0.173 %)PrintSoft PReS
71 (0.086 %)DOC1
71 (0.086 %)Fireworks
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
126 (2.243 %)SAP CRM
215 (1.294 %)Navision
312 (1.035 %)Dynamics NAV
47 (0.604 %)Microsoft CRM
53 (0.259 %)Google Analytics
53 (0.259 %)Dynamics CRM
53 (0.259 %)Misys Equation
61 (0.086 %)Retail-J
61 (0.086 %)Line 500
61 (0.086 %)SAP HR
61 (0.086 %)Movex
61 (0.086 %)Oracle Applications
61 (0.086 %)arcHouse
61 (0.086 %)Oracle Financials
61 (0.086 %)Oracle 11i
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
160 (5.177 %)Internet
212 (1.035 %)Intranet
36 (0.518 %)TCP/IP
43 (0.259 %)HTTP
43 (0.259 %)UMTS
43 (0.259 %)LDAP
43 (0.259 %)Extranet
52 (0.173 %)Wireless
52 (0.173 %)GPRS
52 (0.173 %)GSM
52 (0.173 %)3GPP
61 (0.086 %)Broadband
61 (0.086 %)FTP
61 (0.086 %)SSH
61 (0.086 %)3G
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1477 (41.16 %)SQL Server
298 (8.456 %)SQL Server 2005
370 (6.040 %)SQL Server 2000
468 (5.867 %)MySQL
541 (3.538 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
636 (3.106 %)SQL Server Integration Services
734 (2.934 %)BusinessObjects
734 (2.934 %)DTS
828 (2.416 %)Oracle 10g
828 (2.416 %)GIS
925 (2.157 %)SAP BI
925 (2.157 %)Datawarehouse
1016 (1.381 %)Crystal Reports
1113 (1.122 %)Oracle 8/8i
1113 (1.122 %)RDBMS
1113 (1.122 %)BusinessObjects XI
1211 (0.949 %)MS Access
1310 (0.863 %)BODI
149 (0.777 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
149 (0.777 %)Oracle 9i
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
197 (8.369 %)Visual Studio
254 (4.659 %)Flash
319 (1.639 %)Dreamweaver
48 (0.690 %)Oracle Forms
56 (0.518 %)Eclipse
65 (0.431 %)Visual LANSA
74 (0.345 %)Subversion
74 (0.345 %)OpenDeploy
82 (0.173 %)Log4j
82 (0.173 %)JDeveloper
82 (0.173 %)JUnit
82 (0.173 %)VSS/SourceSafe
91 (0.086 %)PVCS
91 (0.086 %)Synon
91 (0.086 %)COOL2E
91 (0.086 %)StarTeam
91 (0.086 %)CruiseControl
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1108 (9.318 %)Finance
286 (7.420 %)Pensions
349 (4.228 %)Health
436 (3.106 %)Insurance
528 (2.416 %)Retail
620 (1.726 %)Construction
620 (1.726 %)Manufacturing
718 (1.553 %)Law
817 (1.467 %)Marketing
916 (1.381 %)Banking
1015 (1.294 %)Government
1015 (1.294 %)Education
1113 (1.122 %)Telecoms
1211 (0.949 %)3D Graphics
1211 (0.949 %)Multimedia
1211 (0.949 %)Local Government
139 (0.777 %)Animation
139 (0.777 %)Automotive
147 (0.604 %)Pharmaceutical
156 (0.518 %)Back Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
161 (5.263 %)Mathematics
235 (3.020 %)AS400
327 (2.330 %)Computer Science
423 (1.984 %)W3C
518 (1.553 %)Client/Server
617 (1.467 %)N-Tier
711 (0.949 %)Life Science
89 (0.777 %)Physics
89 (0.777 %)Pocket PC
96 (0.518 %)Statistics
104 (0.345 %)Multithreading
104 (0.345 %)Web 2.0
112 (0.173 %)Social Network
112 (0.173 %)Blackberry
112 (0.173 %)Management Information System
112 (0.173 %)Replication
112 (0.173 %)Clustering
121 (0.086 %)IVR
121 (0.086 %)BBC
121 (0.086 %)SCADA
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1118 (10.18 %)Windows
236 (3.106 %)UNIX
314 (1.208 %)Mac OS X
314 (1.208 %)Solaris
314 (1.208 %)Linux
47 (0.604 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (0.604 %)Windows XP
55 (0.431 %)Windows Vista
64 (0.345 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (0.173 %)Windows Mobile
72 (0.173 %)Windows 2000
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1125 (10.79 %)Web Development
283 (7.161 %)OO
365 (5.608 %)Business Intelligence
461 (5.263 %)CRM
545 (3.883 %)E-Commerce
644 (3.796 %)Content Management
742 (3.624 %)Web Design
838 (3.279 %)SOA
936 (3.106 %)UML
1033 (2.847 %)Unit Testing
1129 (2.502 %)Project Management
1228 (2.416 %)OOD
1327 (2.330 %)Data Modelling
1327 (2.330 %)SEO
1422 (1.898 %)Software Testing
1521 (1.812 %)Migration
1618 (1.553 %)OOP
1717 (1.467 %)B2B
1717 (1.467 %)Agile Software Development
1816 (1.381 %)Workflow
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1440 (37.96 %)C#
2356 (30.72 %)SQL
3268 (23.12 %)VB.NET
4226 (19.50 %)JavaScript
5180 (15.53 %)Java
6121 (10.44 %)VB
792 (7.938 %)C++
874 (6.385 %)PHP
950 (4.314 %)VB6
1043 (3.710 %)Transact-SQL
1142 (3.624 %)C
1142 (3.624 %)ActionScript
1234 (2.934 %)RPG
1333 (2.847 %)PL/SQL
1430 (2.588 %)VBScript
1430 (2.588 %)ABAP
1523 (1.984 %)Perl
1619 (1.639 %)Delphi
1718 (1.553 %)VBA
1815 (1.294 %)VC++
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1154 (13.29 %)Degree
228 (2.416 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (0.949 %)MCSD
48 (0.690 %)MCAD
48 (0.690 %)Sun Certification
55 (0.431 %)MCTS
62 (0.173 %)MCP
62 (0.173 %)HND
71 (0.086 %)MCITP
71 (0.086 %)SCJD
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (1.898 %)SLA
25 (0.431 %)QA
32 (0.173 %)WCAG
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.086 %)MSMQ
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1145 (12.51 %)Oracle
2129 (11.13 %)Microsoft
359 (5.091 %)SAP
434 (2.934 %)Business Objects
520 (1.726 %)Progress
617 (1.467 %)IBM
714 (1.208 %)Cognos
813 (1.122 %)Sun
813 (1.122 %)FatWire
911 (0.949 %)Borland
109 (0.777 %)Interwoven
115 (0.431 %)Lotus
115 (0.431 %)LANSA
115 (0.431 %)Kronos
124 (0.345 %)Google
124 (0.345 %)Infragistics
124 (0.345 %)Redback
124 (0.345 %)Onyx
124 (0.345 %)Adobe
133 (0.259 %)Misys