The first table below looks at the demand for the Front-End 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 Front-End Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Front-End Developer
Rank 112 89 81
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Front-End Developer 6 11 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.353% 0.742% 0.744%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.373% 0.773% 0.779%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 10
Average salary £45,000 £35,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.76% +5.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,750 £25,000 £22,250
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £35,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
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%
Front-End Developer
West Midlands

Front-End Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Front-End Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Front-End Developer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Front-End Developer Salary Trend

Front-End Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Front-End Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Front-End Developer Salary Histogram

Front-End Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Front-End 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 Front-End Developer in their job title.

1 31 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 31 (100.00%) CSS
2 22 (70.97%) HTML
3 16 (51.61%) jQuery
3 16 (51.61%) CSS3
4 14 (45.16%) HTML5
5 13 (41.94%) XHTML
6 11 (35.48%) PHP
7 10 (32.26%) Open Source
7 10 (32.26%) Ajax
8 7 (22.58%) OOP
8 7 (22.58%) Adobe
8 7 (22.58%) Android
8 7 (22.58%) Apple iOS
9 6 (19.35%) Sass
9 6 (19.35%) LESS
9 6 (19.35%) Mobile App
9 6 (19.35%) Python
9 6 (19.35%) Photoshop
9 6 (19.35%) Django
9 6 (19.35%) WordPress
10 5 (16.13%) Web Development
10 5 (16.13%) Facebook
11 4 (12.90%) Marketing
11 4 (12.90%) JSON
11 4 (12.90%) TDD
11 4 (12.90%) E-Commerce
12 3 (9.677%) B2B
12 3 (9.677%) IBM
12 3 (9.677%) MVC

Front-End Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Front-End 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 Front-End Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 31 (100.00%) CSS
2 22 (70.97%) HTML
3 16 (51.61%) jQuery
3 16 (51.61%) CSS3
4 14 (45.16%) HTML5
5 13 (41.94%) XHTML
6 10 (32.26%) Ajax
7 6 (19.35%) Sass
7 6 (19.35%) LESS
7 6 (19.35%) Django
8 4 (12.90%) JSON
9 3 (9.677%) DOM
9 3 (9.677%) .NET
9 3 (9.677%) WebSphere
9 3 (9.677%) Backbone.js
9 3 (9.677%) KnockoutJS
9 3 (9.677%) Semantic HTML
10 2 (6.452%) Underscore.js
10 2 (6.452%) ASP.NET
10 2 (6.452%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (19.35%) WordPress
2 3 (9.677%) SharePoint Server
2 3 (9.677%) CMS
2 3 (9.677%) Drupal
3 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Photoshop
2 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.677%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.226%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (9.677%) Subversion
2 1 (3.226%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (12.90%) Marketing
2 3 (9.677%) Games
2 3 (9.677%) Advertising
3 1 (3.226%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 10 (32.26%) Open Source
2 6 (19.35%) Mobile App
3 3 (9.677%) Mashup
3 3 (9.677%) New Media
3 3 (9.677%) Social Media
4 1 (3.226%) W3C
4 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.226%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Android
1 7 (22.58%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) OOP
2 5 (16.13%) Web Development
3 4 (12.90%) TDD
3 4 (12.90%) E-Commerce
4 3 (9.677%) B2B
4 3 (9.677%) MVC
4 3 (9.677%) Content Management
4 3 (9.677%) Scrum
4 3 (9.677%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (9.677%) Social Media Marketing
5 1 (3.226%) SEO
5 1 (3.226%) CRM
5 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.226%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.226%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (35.48%) PHP
3 6 (19.35%) Python
4 2 (6.452%) C#
5 1 (3.226%) SQL
5 1 (3.226%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.226%) Ruby
5 1 (3.226%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (3.226%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Adobe
2 5 (16.13%) Facebook
3 3 (9.677%) IBM
3 3 (9.677%) BT
3 3 (9.677%) Google
3 3 (9.677%) ATG
3 3 (9.677%) EPiServer
3 3 (9.677%) hybris
4 2 (6.452%) Twitter
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Posted: 22 May 2013