The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 73 82 112
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 46 44 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.698% 2.171% 0.524%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.861% 2.229% 0.550%
Number of salaries quoted 45 31 9
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £41,700
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1608 1974 2001
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 94.31% 97.39% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1441 1689 1824
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Programmer
Cambridgeshire

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cambridge Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 46 (64.79%) Degree
2 37 (52.11%) C++
3 32 (45.07%) C#
3 32 (45.07%) .NET
4 28 (39.44%) Computer Science
5 27 (38.03%) Java
6 22 (30.99%) ASP.NET
7 21 (29.58%) C
8 17 (23.94%) HTML
9 16 (22.54%) SQL Server
9 16 (22.54%) CSS
9 16 (22.54%) XML
9 16 (22.54%) Python
9 16 (22.54%) Artificial Intelligence
9 16 (22.54%) Erlang
10 14 (19.72%) Oracle
10 14 (19.72%) Perl
10 14 (19.72%) Haskell
11 13 (18.31%) WPF
11 13 (18.31%) Windows
12 10 (14.08%) JavaScript
12 10 (14.08%) SQL
13 9 (12.68%) UNIX
13 9 (12.68%) OO
13 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
14 8 (11.27%) TDD
14 8 (11.27%) Pair Programming
14 8 (11.27%) VB.NET
14 8 (11.27%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (11.27%) BDD

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (45.07%) .NET
2 22 (30.99%) ASP.NET
3 17 (23.94%) HTML
4 16 (22.54%) CSS
4 16 (22.54%) XML
5 13 (18.31%) WPF
6 7 (9.859%) Hibernate
6 7 (9.859%) Java EE
6 7 (9.859%) GWT
6 7 (9.859%) Spring
6 7 (9.859%) JSF
7 5 (7.042%) WinForms
7 5 (7.042%) Web Services
7 5 (7.042%) Ajax
7 5 (7.042%) Silverlight
8 4 (5.634%) jQuery
9 2 (2.817%) WF
9 2 (2.817%) MFC
10 1 (1.408%) Flash
10 1 (1.408%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.042%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.817%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (8.451%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.408%) GenStat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.408%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (22.54%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.042%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (7.042%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.225%) Big Data
4 1 (1.408%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (9.859%) Visual Studio
2 4 (5.634%) Eclipse
3 3 (4.225%) ClearCase
General
1 5 (7.042%) Electronics
2 4 (5.634%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.817%) Finance
3 2 (2.817%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.408%) Advertising
4 1 (1.408%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 28 (39.44%) Computer Science
2 16 (22.54%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (8.451%) Mathematics
4 5 (7.042%) Physics
5 2 (2.817%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.817%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.817%) Statistics
6 1 (1.408%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (18.31%) Windows
2 9 (12.68%) UNIX
3 3 (4.225%) Solaris
4 1 (1.408%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (12.68%) OO
2 8 (11.27%) TDD
2 8 (11.27%) Pair Programming
2 8 (11.27%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (11.27%) BDD
3 7 (9.859%) Supply Chain Management
4 6 (8.451%) Software Engineering
4 6 (8.451%) OOD
5 5 (7.042%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (4.225%) Software Testing
7 2 (2.817%) Web Development
7 2 (2.817%) Web Design
7 2 (2.817%) Programme Management
7 2 (2.817%) MVC
8 1 (1.408%) Statistical Analysis
8 1 (1.408%) Clinical Data Management
8 1 (1.408%) Data Management
8 1 (1.408%) Supplier Management
8 1 (1.408%) Data Analysis
8 1 (1.408%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 37 (52.11%) C++
2 32 (45.07%) C#
3 27 (38.03%) Java
4 21 (29.58%) C
5 16 (22.54%) Python
5 16 (22.54%) Erlang
6 14 (19.72%) Perl
6 14 (19.72%) Haskell
7 10 (14.08%) JavaScript
7 10 (14.08%) SQL
8 8 (11.27%) VB.NET
9 5 (7.042%) T-SQL
10 3 (4.225%) VB
10 3 (4.225%) VB6
11 2 (2.817%) Clojure
11 2 (2.817%) Embedded C
12 1 (1.408%) PHP
12 1 (1.408%) PL/SQL
12 1 (1.408%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 46 (64.79%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) Oracle
2 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.042%) Macromedia
4 1 (1.408%) Zend
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