The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 82 72 70
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 36 37 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.990% 2.262% 1.802%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.104% 2.381% 1.916%
Number of salaries quoted 34 36 23
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,200 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1711 1554 1305
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.58% 94.99% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1457 1380 1126
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £26,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
West Midlands

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Birmingham Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 46 (67.65%) .NET
2 38 (55.88%) C#
3 34 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 34 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 33 (48.53%) SQL
5 28 (41.18%) JavaScript
6 25 (36.76%) jQuery
7 20 (29.41%) HTML
8 19 (27.94%) MVC
9 17 (25.00%) VB.NET
10 16 (23.53%) C++
10 16 (23.53%) Microsoft
10 16 (23.53%) Degree
11 15 (22.06%) CSS
12 14 (20.59%) T-SQL
12 14 (20.59%) ASP.NET MVC
13 12 (17.65%) Visual Studio
14 11 (16.18%) OO
15 10 (14.71%) WCF
16 8 (11.76%) Web Services
16 8 (11.76%) Windows
16 8 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
16 8 (11.76%) TDD
17 7 (10.29%) Subversion
17 7 (10.29%) XML
17 7 (10.29%) .NET Framework
18 6 (8.824%) ASP.NET MVC 3
18 6 (8.824%) Computer Science
18 6 (8.824%) MySQL
18 6 (8.824%) Oracle

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 46 (67.65%) .NET
2 34 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 25 (36.76%) jQuery
4 20 (29.41%) HTML
5 15 (22.06%) CSS
6 14 (20.59%) ASP.NET MVC
7 10 (14.71%) WCF
8 8 (11.76%) Web Services
9 7 (10.29%) XML
9 7 (10.29%) .NET Framework
10 6 (8.824%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 5 (7.353%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 5 (7.353%) OpenGL
11 5 (7.353%) DirectX
11 5 (7.353%) WinForms
12 3 (4.412%) Ajax
12 3 (4.412%) WPF
12 3 (4.412%) Zend Framework
12 3 (4.412%) XHTML
12 3 (4.412%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.882%) IIS
2 3 (4.412%) Apache
3 1 (1.471%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.471%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.471%) MS Project Server
3 1 (1.471%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 3 (4.412%) Photoshop
1 3 (4.412%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (2.941%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.471%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.471%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.941%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.824%) MySQL
3 5 (7.353%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (5.882%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (4.412%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.941%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (2.941%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.941%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.471%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.471%) MS Access
7 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (1.471%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 12 (17.65%) Visual Studio
2 7 (10.29%) Subversion
3 4 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.941%) MSBuild
4 2 (2.941%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (1.471%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (1.471%) Selenium
5 1 (1.471%) TestComplete
General
1 6 (8.824%) Finance
2 4 (5.882%) Retail
3 2 (2.941%) Automotive
3 2 (2.941%) Legal
3 2 (2.941%) Advertising
3 2 (2.941%) Games
4 1 (1.471%) Banking
4 1 (1.471%) Back Office
4 1 (1.471%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.471%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.824%) Computer Science
2 4 (5.882%) Mathematics
3 2 (2.941%) Physics
3 2 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.471%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.471%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Windows
2 3 (4.412%) Linux
3 2 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.471%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.471%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) MVC
2 11 (16.18%) OO
3 8 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (11.76%) TDD
4 5 (7.353%) OOP
5 4 (5.882%) CRM
5 4 (5.882%) B2B
5 4 (5.882%) B2C
5 4 (5.882%) CAD
5 4 (5.882%) Project Management
5 4 (5.882%) Integration Acceptance Testing
5 4 (5.882%) Scrum
5 4 (5.882%) MVVM
6 3 (4.412%) Web Development
6 3 (4.412%) Workflow
6 3 (4.412%) E-Commerce
6 3 (4.412%) OOD
7 2 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (2.941%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (2.941%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 38 (55.88%) C#
2 33 (48.53%) SQL
3 28 (41.18%) JavaScript
4 17 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 16 (23.53%) C++
6 14 (20.59%) T-SQL
7 5 (7.353%) PHP
8 4 (5.882%) VB
8 4 (5.882%) Java
9 3 (4.412%) Perl
10 2 (2.941%) Delphi
10 2 (2.941%) Ruby
10 2 (2.941%) PowerShell
10 2 (2.941%) Python
11 1 (1.471%) MATLAB
11 1 (1.471%) VB6
11 1 (1.471%) VBA
11 1 (1.471%) VC++
11 1 (1.471%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (23.53%) Degree
2 5 (7.353%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.941%) MCSD
4 1 (1.471%) MCSE
4 1 (1.471%) ISEB
4 1 (1.471%) MCP
4 1 (1.471%) MCAD
4 1 (1.471%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.941%) QA
2 1 (1.471%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.471%) TickIT
System Software
1 2 (2.941%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.824%) Oracle
3 3 (4.412%) Zend
4 2 (2.941%) Citrix
5 1 (1.471%) Epicor
5 1 (1.471%) Borland
5 1 (1.471%) NEC
5 1 (1.471%) SAP
Birmingham, Midlands, UK, West Midlands
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Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
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IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £46000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Health
Posted: 12 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
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OPUS
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP60000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
OPUS
Salary: GBP50000 to GBP60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013