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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs within the Cambridge 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5163
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads11165
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.027 %
As % of the category below4.017 %2.564 %
Salaries quoted9763
Average minimum salary£36,175£36,206
Average salary£40,090£39,647
% change on same period last year+1.11 %
Average maximum salary£44,004£43,087
UK excluding London average salary£39,690£40,465
% change on same period last year-1.91 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads27632535
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.529 %1.063 %
Salaries quoted23502084
Average minimum salary£32,384£33,456
Average salary£35,603£36,484
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Average maximum salary£38,821£39,512
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Senior Developer CambridgeshireSenior Developer
Cambridgeshire

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Cambridge Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

177 (35.81 %).NET
273 (33.95 %)Java
372 (33.49 %)UNIX
468 (31.63 %)C#
564 (29.77 %)SQL
654 (25.12 %)CSS
753 (24.65 %)JavaScript
849 (22.79 %)C++
849 (22.79 %)Linux
946 (21.40 %)HTML
1041 (19.07 %)Degree
1137 (17.21 %)ASP.NET
1137 (17.21 %)Windows
1236 (16.74 %)SQL Server
1334 (15.81 %)Computer Science
1431 (14.42 %)Perl
1527 (12.56 %)SQL Server 2005
1626 (12.09 %)C
1725 (11.63 %)Microsoft
1824 (11.16 %)Games
1824 (11.16 %)OO
1923 (10.70 %)Finance
2022 (10.23 %)Agile Software Development
2120 (9.302 %)Apache
2120 (9.302 %)J2EE
2219 (8.837 %)VB.NET
2219 (8.837 %)AJAX
2317 (7.907 %)Pensions
2317 (7.907 %)XML
2317 (7.907 %)Project Management

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
177 (35.81 %).NET
254 (25.12 %)CSS
346 (21.40 %)HTML
437 (17.21 %)ASP.NET
520 (9.302 %)J2EE
619 (8.837 %)AJAX
717 (7.907 %)XML
811 (5.116 %)XHTML
910 (4.651 %)WCF
910 (4.651 %)WPF
109 (4.186 %)Silverlight
117 (3.256 %)Spring
117 (3.256 %)WebServices
117 (3.256 %)JSP
126 (2.791 %)Struts
126 (2.791 %)Hibernate
126 (2.791 %)jQuery
126 (2.791 %)ASP.NET 2.0
135 (2.326 %)LAMP
135 (2.326 %).NET Framework
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (9.302 %)Apache
26 (2.791 %)Tomcat
35 (2.326 %)ColdFusion
43 (1.395 %)ColdFusion MX
43 (1.395 %)JBoss
51 (0.465 %)IIS
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (1.860 %)MS Visio
22 (0.930 %)MATLAB
22 (0.930 %)MS Excel
31 (0.465 %)Photoshop
31 (0.465 %)MS Office
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.465 %)PeopleSoft Financials
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (2.791 %)SSL
23 (1.395 %)Wireless
31 (0.465 %)3G
31 (0.465 %)VoIP
31 (0.465 %)Ethernet
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (16.74 %)SQL Server
227 (12.56 %)SQL Server 2005
314 (6.512 %)MySQL
49 (4.186 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (3.256 %)Crystal Reports
64 (1.860 %)Oracle 9i
64 (1.860 %)RDBMS
73 (1.395 %)Oracle 10g
73 (1.395 %)SQL Server 2008
81 (0.465 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.465 %)dBASE
81 (0.465 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (6.047 %)Visual Studio
26 (2.791 %)Flash
35 (2.326 %)Subversion
44 (1.860 %)Eclipse
44 (1.860 %)Ant
52 (0.930 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.465 %)Visual Studio Team System
61 (0.465 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.465 %)InstallShield
61 (0.465 %)NUnit
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (11.16 %)Games
223 (10.70 %)Finance
317 (7.907 %)Pensions
416 (7.442 %)Health
510 (4.651 %)Insurance
68 (3.721 %)Banking
76 (2.791 %)Multimedia
76 (2.791 %)Construction
76 (2.791 %)Pharmaceutical
76 (2.791 %)Telecoms
84 (1.860 %)Government
84 (1.860 %)3D Graphics
93 (1.395 %)Publishing
93 (1.395 %)Billing
102 (0.930 %)Retail
111 (0.465 %)Investment Banking
111 (0.465 %)Music
111 (0.465 %)Marketing
111 (0.465 %)Education
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
134 (15.81 %)Computer Science
211 (5.116 %)Multithreading
37 (3.256 %)Physics
37 (3.256 %)Data Protection Act
37 (3.256 %)Client/Server
46 (2.791 %)N-Tier
52 (0.930 %)Mathematics
61 (0.465 %)Applied Mathematics
61 (0.465 %)Fat Client
61 (0.465 %)Thin Client
61 (0.465 %)BBC
61 (0.465 %)IPTV
61 (0.465 %)Statistics
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
172 (33.49 %)UNIX
249 (22.79 %)Linux
337 (17.21 %)Windows
47 (3.256 %)Windows XP
56 (2.791 %)Windows Vista
56 (2.791 %)Windows Server 2008
62 (0.930 %)Solaris
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (11.16 %)OO
222 (10.23 %)Agile Software Development
317 (7.907 %)Project Management
414 (6.512 %)Scrum
511 (5.116 %)Web Development
610 (4.651 %)Software Engineering
610 (4.651 %)OOD
78 (3.721 %)UML
87 (3.256 %)OOP
87 (3.256 %)Data Protection
96 (2.791 %)E-Commerce
96 (2.791 %)SEO
96 (2.791 %)Data Analysis
96 (2.791 %)Bioinformatics
102 (0.930 %)ERP
102 (0.930 %)Unit Testing
102 (0.930 %)Technical Architecture
111 (0.465 %)System Testing
111 (0.465 %)Data Architecture
111 (0.465 %)Systems Analysis
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
173 (33.95 %)Java
268 (31.63 %)C#
364 (29.77 %)SQL
453 (24.65 %)JavaScript
549 (22.79 %)C++
631 (14.42 %)Perl
726 (12.09 %)C
819 (8.837 %)VB.NET
914 (6.512 %)VB
1012 (5.581 %)Python
1012 (5.581 %)VB6
118 (3.721 %)Transact-SQL
126 (2.791 %)PHP
135 (2.326 %)ActionScript
143 (1.395 %)VC++
143 (1.395 %)PL/SQL
152 (0.930 %)Embedded C
152 (0.930 %)Embedded C++
161 (0.465 %)Assembly Language
161 (0.465 %)Delphi
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
141 (19.07 %)Degree
23 (1.395 %)PhD
31 (0.465 %)Microsoft Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.930 %)QA
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (11.63 %)Microsoft
213 (6.047 %)Oracle
34 (1.860 %)IBM
43 (1.395 %)PeopleSoft
52 (0.930 %)SAP
52 (0.930 %)Sun
52 (0.930 %)Kofax
61 (0.465 %)ATG
61 (0.465 %)Perforce
61 (0.465 %)Google