The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 32 26 22
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 5 12 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 4.310% 8.955% 1.667%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.386% 9.231% 1.695%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 1
Average salary £36,500 £35,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.81% -5.33%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -
All Job Titles
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
114 130 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 98.28% 97.01% 98.33%
Number of salaries quoted 100 129 58
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Developer
Manchester

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

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

Bolton Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

1 18 (90.00%) .NET
2 14 (70.00%) HTML
3 12 (60.00%) C#
3 12 (60.00%) ASP.NET
4 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
4 9 (45.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (40.00%) Retail
5 8 (40.00%) jQuery
5 8 (40.00%) Back Office
5 8 (40.00%) CSS
5 8 (40.00%) VB.NET
6 7 (35.00%) SQL
6 7 (35.00%) MVC
7 6 (30.00%) T-SQL
7 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
7 6 (30.00%) OOP
7 6 (30.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (30.00%) Web Development
7 6 (30.00%) Mobile App
8 4 (20.00%) Razor View Engine
8 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (15.00%) Scrum
9 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
9 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (10.00%) Degree
10 2 (10.00%) JSON
10 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
10 2 (10.00%) WCF
10 2 (10.00%) TDD

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (90.00%) .NET
2 14 (70.00%) HTML
3 12 (60.00%) ASP.NET
4 8 (40.00%) jQuery
4 8 (40.00%) CSS
5 4 (20.00%) Razor View Engine
5 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (10.00%) JSON
6 2 (10.00%) WCF
6 2 (10.00%) WinForms
6 2 (10.00%) Web Services
6 2 (10.00%) XML
7 1 (5.000%) HTML5
7 1 (5.000%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.00%) CMS
3 1 (5.000%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
1 9 (45.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (30.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (15.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) PEAR
General
1 8 (40.00%) Retail
1 8 (40.00%) Back Office
2 2 (10.00%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) UNIX
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) MVC
2 6 (30.00%) OOP
2 6 (30.00%) Web Development
3 4 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (15.00%) Scrum
5 2 (10.00%) TDD
5 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (10.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) C#
2 8 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 7 (35.00%) SQL
4 6 (30.00%) T-SQL
4 6 (30.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Bolton, Lancashire
Desirable: JQuery and Javascript... They are currently looking for an experienced Senior Mobile Application Developer with experience in either Ios/Iphone, Android or Windows phones... Key skills required: -...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013