The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 36 46 41
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 112 74 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 6.497% 4.277% 4.491%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.679% 4.523% 4.828%
Number of salaries quoted 108 69 56
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,700 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1677 1636 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.27% 94.57% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1445 1402
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
South West

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 190 (71.70%) .NET
2 180 (67.92%) C#
3 143 (53.96%) SQL Server
4 107 (40.38%) ASP.NET
5 76 (28.68%) HTML
5 76 (28.68%) CSS
6 74 (27.92%) SQL
6 74 (27.92%) MVC
7 68 (25.66%) JavaScript
8 67 (25.28%) OO
8 67 (25.28%) Agile Software Development
9 59 (22.26%) Degree
10 55 (20.75%) Scrum
11 54 (20.38%) C++
12 50 (18.87%) Microsoft
13 45 (16.98%) Finance
13 45 (16.98%) WCF
14 43 (16.23%) Windows
15 38 (14.34%) VB.NET
16 34 (12.83%) Java
17 30 (11.32%) Computer Science
17 30 (11.32%) C
18 29 (10.94%) SOA
19 28 (10.57%) Visual Studio
19 28 (10.57%) VB
19 28 (10.57%) Web Services
19 28 (10.57%) Continuous Integration
20 27 (10.19%) T-SQL
21 26 (9.811%) .NET Framework
22 25 (9.434%) ASP.NET MVC

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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
1 190 (71.70%) .NET
2 107 (40.38%) ASP.NET
3 76 (28.68%) HTML
3 76 (28.68%) CSS
4 45 (16.98%) WCF
5 28 (10.57%) Web Services
6 26 (9.811%) .NET Framework
7 25 (9.434%) ASP.NET MVC
8 22 (8.302%) XML
8 22 (8.302%) WPF
9 16 (6.038%) XSLT
9 16 (6.038%) SOAP
10 15 (5.660%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 12 (4.528%) JSON
12 11 (4.151%) jQuery
12 11 (4.151%) ASP
13 8 (3.019%) STL
13 8 (3.019%) REST
14 7 (2.642%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 7 (2.642%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 13 (4.906%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.774%) CMS
3 8 (3.019%) Windows Azure
4 6 (2.264%) WebLogic
5 5 (1.887%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (1.509%) Apache
7 3 (1.132%) GlassFish
7 3 (1.132%) Umbraco
7 3 (1.132%) Kentico
8 2 (0.755%) Sitefinity
8 2 (0.755%) WordPress
8 2 (0.755%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.755%) DotNetNuke
9 1 (0.377%) IIS
9 1 (0.377%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.377%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.377%) Drupal
9 1 (0.377%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 8 (3.019%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.755%) InfoPath
2 2 (0.755%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.019%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.377%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.755%) Intranet
1 2 (0.755%) HTTP
2 1 (0.377%) GSM
2 1 (0.377%) WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (53.96%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.283%) MySQL
3 12 (4.528%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (4.528%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (2.642%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (2.264%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.887%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 5 (1.887%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (1.509%) Hadoop
7 4 (1.509%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (1.132%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.132%) MS Access
9 2 (0.755%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.377%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.377%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.377%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (0.377%) Pentaho
10 1 (0.377%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.377%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.377%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 28 (10.57%) Visual Studio
2 16 (6.038%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (3.019%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 7 (2.642%) Subversion
5 5 (1.887%) Eclipse
5 5 (1.887%) StarTeam
5 5 (1.887%) NUnit
5 5 (1.887%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
6 3 (1.132%) NetBeans
7 2 (0.755%) MSBuild
7 2 (0.755%) JUnit
8 1 (0.377%) Git (software)
8 1 (0.377%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 45 (16.98%) Finance
2 22 (8.302%) Telecoms
3 16 (6.038%) Legal
4 11 (4.151%) Law
5 8 (3.019%) Games
6 7 (2.642%) Banking
7 6 (2.264%) Retail
8 4 (1.509%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.509%) Advertising
9 2 (0.755%) Marketing
9 2 (0.755%) Electronics
10 1 (0.377%) Front Office
10 1 (0.377%) Back Office
10 1 (0.377%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.32%) Computer Science
2 21 (7.925%) Digital Media
3 16 (6.038%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (3.774%) N-Tier
5 7 (2.642%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.642%) Open Source
6 5 (1.887%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.509%) Statistics
8 3 (1.132%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (1.132%) Machine Learning
8 3 (1.132%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.755%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.755%) Mathematics
9 2 (0.755%) Physics
9 2 (0.755%) W3C
9 2 (0.755%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.377%) DTV
10 1 (0.377%) MPEG
10 1 (0.377%) Data Integration
10 1 (0.377%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 43 (16.23%) Windows
2 20 (7.547%) UNIX
3 17 (6.415%) Apple iOS
4 16 (6.038%) Android
5 15 (5.660%) Linux
6 4 (1.509%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.755%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (27.92%) MVC
2 67 (25.28%) OO
2 67 (25.28%) Agile Software Development
3 55 (20.75%) Scrum
4 29 (10.94%) SOA
5 28 (10.57%) Continuous Integration
6 24 (9.057%) E-Commerce
7 22 (8.302%) OOD
7 22 (8.302%) Unit Testing
8 19 (7.170%) TDD
9 14 (5.283%) OOA/OOD
10 10 (3.774%) Software Engineering
10 10 (3.774%) Web Development
10 10 (3.774%) Multithreading
11 8 (3.019%) Content Management
12 7 (2.642%) ETL
12 7 (2.642%) Project Management
13 6 (2.264%) Business Analysis
14 5 (1.887%) OOP
14 5 (1.887%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 180 (67.92%) C#
2 74 (27.92%) SQL
3 68 (25.66%) JavaScript
4 54 (20.38%) C++
5 38 (14.34%) VB.NET
6 34 (12.83%) Java
7 30 (11.32%) C
8 28 (10.57%) VB
9 27 (10.19%) T-SQL
10 21 (7.925%) PHP
11 14 (5.283%) Python
12 11 (4.151%) VB6
12 11 (4.151%) VBScript
13 7 (2.642%) VBA
13 7 (2.642%) Ruby
14 4 (1.509%) Lua
14 4 (1.509%) Perl
15 3 (1.132%) Delphi
16 2 (0.755%) XPath
16 2 (0.755%) VC++
Qualifications
1 59 (22.26%) Degree
2 5 (1.887%) PhD
2 5 (1.887%) SC Cleared
2 5 (1.887%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.377%) ISEB
3 1 (0.377%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.377%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.755%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.755%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 50 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.660%) Oracle
3 11 (4.151%) Google
4 6 (2.264%) JBoss
5 4 (1.509%) Facebook
5 4 (1.509%) Twitter
5 4 (1.509%) Salesforce.com
6 3 (1.132%) Sybase
6 3 (1.132%) Apple
7 2 (0.755%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.755%) VMware
8 1 (0.377%) SAP
8 1 (0.377%) CA
8 1 (0.377%) GigaSpaces
8 1 (0.377%) Zend
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