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

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3020
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads710
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below4.118 %5.814 %
Salaries quoted710
Average minimum salary£26,714£21,000
Average salary£29,143£22,500
% change on same period last year+29.52 %
Average maximum salary£31,571£24,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,363£33,059
% change on same period last year+0.92 %
Blackburn IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Blackburn
Matching permanent IT job ads170172
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.099 %0.074 %
Salaries quoted149156
Average minimum salary£25,150£22,791
Average salary£28,216£24,917
% change on same period last year+13.24 %
Average maximum salary£31,283£27,043
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Software Developer LancashireSoftware Developer
Lancashire

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Blackburn Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Blackburn Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

18 (80.00 %)C#
27 (70.00 %).NET
27 (70.00 %)SQL Server
27 (70.00 %)ASP.NET
36 (60.00 %)XML
36 (60.00 %)SQL
45 (50.00 %)WebServices
54 (40.00 %)ASP
54 (40.00 %)HTML
63 (30.00 %)Delphi
72 (20.00 %)VB
72 (20.00 %)CSS
72 (20.00 %)JavaScript
72 (20.00 %)Windows
72 (20.00 %)XHTML
72 (20.00 %)N-Tier
72 (20.00 %)Progress
72 (20.00 %)Windows Mobile
72 (20.00 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (20.00 %).NET Framework
72 (20.00 %)B2B
81 (10.00 %)Eclipse
81 (10.00 %)JBuilder
81 (10.00 %)Linux
81 (10.00 %)Java
81 (10.00 %)C
81 (10.00 %)C++

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Blackburn IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (70.00 %).NET
17 (70.00 %)ASP.NET
26 (60.00 %)XML
35 (50.00 %)WebServices
44 (40.00 %)HTML
44 (40.00 %)ASP
52 (20.00 %)CSS
52 (20.00 %)XHTML
52 (20.00 %).NET Framework
Blackburn IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (70.00 %)SQL Server
Blackburn IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)JBuilder
11 (10.00 %)Eclipse
Blackburn IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)N-Tier
Blackburn IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)Windows
12 (20.00 %)Windows Mobile
21 (10.00 %)Linux
Blackburn IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)B2B
12 (20.00 %)Requirements Analysis
Blackburn IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (80.00 %)C#
26 (60.00 %)SQL
33 (30.00 %)Delphi
42 (20.00 %)VB
42 (20.00 %)JavaScript
51 (10.00 %)C
51 (10.00 %)Java
51 (10.00 %)C++
Blackburn IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Progress