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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Bolton 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
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads5226
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.011 %
As % of the category below39.69 %30.95 %
Salaries quoted5122
Average minimum salary£24,765£23,773
Average salary£27,353£27,318
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Average maximum salary£29,941£30,864
UK excluding London average salary£34,042£34,101
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Bolton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bolton
Matching permanent IT job ads13184
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.036 %
Salaries quoted11274
Average minimum salary£27,567£23,505
Average salary£29,774£25,404
% change on same period last year+17.20 %
Average maximum salary£31,981£27,303
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Developer ManchesterDeveloper
Manchester

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Bolton Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

192 (65.71 %).NET
192 (65.71 %)SQL Server
270 (50.00 %)XML
369 (49.29 %)ASP.NET
460 (42.86 %)C#
554 (38.57 %)SQL
646 (32.86 %)VB
739 (27.86 %)Pensions
836 (25.71 %)VB.NET
935 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
935 (25.00 %)Health
1031 (22.14 %)WebServices
1130 (21.43 %)JavaScript
1229 (20.71 %)SQL Server 2005
1327 (19.29 %)CSS
1426 (18.57 %)ASP
1426 (18.57 %)Web Development
1523 (16.43 %)C++
1622 (15.71 %)OO
1622 (15.71 %).NET Framework
1721 (15.00 %)WinForms
1820 (14.29 %)VB6
1820 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
1918 (12.86 %)WCF
1918 (12.86 %)MVC
1918 (12.86 %)PHP
2017 (12.14 %)C
2017 (12.14 %)Visual Studio
2017 (12.14 %)Scrum
2017 (12.14 %)WPF

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Bolton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
192 (65.71 %).NET
270 (50.00 %)XML
369 (49.29 %)ASP.NET
431 (22.14 %)WebServices
527 (19.29 %)CSS
626 (18.57 %)ASP
722 (15.71 %).NET Framework
821 (15.00 %)WinForms
918 (12.86 %)WCF
918 (12.86 %)MVC
1017 (12.14 %)WPF
1017 (12.14 %)LINQ
1114 (10.00 %)XHTML
1114 (10.00 %)EDI
1213 (9.286 %)ADO
1213 (9.286 %)HTML
1310 (7.143 %)MFC
1310 (7.143 %)AJAX
148 (5.714 %)J2EE
157 (5.000 %)COM+
Bolton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (2.857 %)Apache
23 (2.143 %)CMS
32 (1.429 %)Tomcat
32 (1.429 %)JBoss
41 (0.714 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Bolton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (4.286 %)MS Excel
23 (2.143 %)CA Clarity
Bolton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (5.714 %)Intranet
27 (5.000 %)Internet
33 (2.143 %)LAN
33 (2.143 %)WAN
Bolton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (65.71 %)SQL Server
229 (20.71 %)SQL Server 2005
317 (12.14 %)SQL Server 2008
413 (9.286 %)MySQL
511 (7.857 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (4.286 %)MS Access
74 (2.857 %)Crystal Reports
82 (1.429 %)PostgreSQL
91 (0.714 %)RDBMS
Bolton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (12.14 %)Visual Studio
24 (2.857 %)Flash
32 (1.429 %)Eclipse
41 (0.714 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.714 %)JUnit
Bolton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
139 (27.86 %)Pensions
235 (25.00 %)Health
314 (10.00 %)Finance
314 (10.00 %)Insurance
45 (3.571 %)Back Office
53 (2.143 %)Marketing
53 (2.143 %)Graphic Design
62 (1.429 %)Retail
71 (0.714 %)Advertising
71 (0.714 %)Publishing
71 (0.714 %)Games
Bolton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.714 %)Management Information System
26 (4.286 %)N-Tier
31 (0.714 %)Pocket PC
31 (0.714 %)Photography
31 (0.714 %)Computer Science
Bolton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (11.43 %)Windows
26 (4.286 %)Linux
32 (1.429 %)UNIX
41 (0.714 %)Windows CE
Bolton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (18.57 %)Web Development
222 (15.71 %)OO
320 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
417 (12.14 %)Scrum
59 (6.429 %)E-Commerce
66 (4.286 %)SEO
73 (2.143 %)Migration
73 (2.143 %)Agile Software Development
73 (2.143 %)Risk Management
73 (2.143 %)OOP
82 (1.429 %)Requirements Analysis
91 (0.714 %)CRM
91 (0.714 %)Content Management
Bolton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
160 (42.86 %)C#
254 (38.57 %)SQL
346 (32.86 %)VB
436 (25.71 %)VB.NET
535 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
630 (21.43 %)JavaScript
723 (16.43 %)C++
820 (14.29 %)VB6
918 (12.86 %)PHP
1017 (12.14 %)C
1114 (10.00 %)Java
1213 (9.286 %)VBA
133 (2.143 %)PHP5
133 (2.143 %)PHP4
141 (0.714 %)VC++
141 (0.714 %)FoxPro (VFP)
141 (0.714 %)Clipper
141 (0.714 %)VBScript
141 (0.714 %)Delphi
141 (0.714 %)DHTML
Bolton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.857 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (2.143 %)Degree
31 (0.714 %)MCP
Bolton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.714 %)MSMQ
Bolton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (8.571 %)Microsoft
26 (4.286 %)Oracle
33 (2.143 %)Cyberscience
41 (0.714 %)Cognos