The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 83 96 101
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 39 32 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.110% 1.601% 0.981%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.212% 1.663% 1.039%
Number of salaries quoted 36 25 21
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.43% +3.75%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1763 1924 2021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.40% 96.25% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1560 1635 1844
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Developer
Cambridgeshire

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Senior Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Senior Software Developer Salary Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridge Senior Software Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title.

1 36 (63.16%) Linux
2 35 (61.40%) C
3 27 (47.37%) Python
4 26 (45.61%) C++
4 26 (45.61%) Perl
5 24 (42.11%) Finance
6 23 (40.35%) Automated Testing
7 21 (36.84%) JIRA
7 21 (36.84%) Manual Testing
8 20 (35.09%) Degree
9 19 (33.33%) Selenium
9 19 (33.33%) Software Testing
9 19 (33.33%) Test Scripting
9 19 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
10 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
10 18 (31.58%) SQL
10 18 (31.58%) Computer Science
11 17 (29.82%) .NET
11 17 (29.82%) Web Services
12 16 (28.07%) ASP.NET
12 16 (28.07%) C#
13 14 (24.56%) MS Excel
13 14 (24.56%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (22.81%) WPF
15 12 (21.05%) WCF
15 12 (21.05%) COM
15 12 (21.05%) DCOM
16 9 (15.79%) Multimedia
16 9 (15.79%) Scrum

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 17 (29.82%) Web Services
1 17 (29.82%) .NET
2 16 (28.07%) ASP.NET
3 13 (22.81%) WPF
4 12 (21.05%) WCF
4 12 (21.05%) COM
4 12 (21.05%) DCOM
5 9 (15.79%) HTML
6 4 (7.018%) XML
7 3 (5.263%) CSS
8 2 (3.509%) STL
8 2 (3.509%) MFC
9 1 (1.754%) jQuery
9 1 (1.754%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 1 (1.754%) RESTful
9 1 (1.754%) Natural Language Processing
9 1 (1.754%) OpenGL
9 1 (1.754%) Ajax
9 1 (1.754%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.018%) MediaWiki
2 2 (3.509%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (24.56%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.018%) Google Apps
2 4 (7.018%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.754%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.018%) SQL Server
1 4 (7.018%) Data Mining
1 4 (7.018%) Text Mining
2 1 (1.754%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (36.84%) JIRA
2 19 (33.33%) Selenium
2 19 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (12.28%) Visual Studio
4 5 (8.772%) Eclipse
4 5 (8.772%) GCC
4 5 (8.772%) SCons
4 5 (8.772%) JUnit
5 4 (7.018%) GoogleTest
5 4 (7.018%) Mercurial
5 4 (7.018%) Bugzilla
General
1 24 (42.11%) Finance
2 9 (15.79%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.754%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 18 (31.58%) Computer Science
3 4 (7.018%) Semantic Web
3 4 (7.018%) Grid Computing
3 4 (7.018%) Mathematics
3 4 (7.018%) Visualisation
4 1 (1.754%) Open Source
4 1 (1.754%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.754%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 36 (63.16%) Linux
2 9 (15.79%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (12.28%) Windows
4 1 (1.754%) UNIX
4 1 (1.754%) Android
4 1 (1.754%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (40.35%) Automated Testing
2 21 (36.84%) Manual Testing
3 19 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 19 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 9 (15.79%) Multithreading
4 9 (15.79%) Scrum
5 5 (8.772%) OO
5 5 (8.772%) TDD
5 5 (8.772%) Test Automation
5 5 (8.772%) Software Architecture
6 4 (7.018%) OOP
6 4 (7.018%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (3.509%) Web Development
7 2 (3.509%) Automation Testing
8 1 (1.754%) MVVM
8 1 (1.754%) ERD
8 1 (1.754%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.754%) Data Analysis
8 1 (1.754%) Bioinformatics
8 1 (1.754%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (61.40%) C
2 27 (47.37%) Python
3 26 (45.61%) C++
3 26 (45.61%) Perl
4 18 (31.58%) SQL
5 16 (28.07%) C#
6 7 (12.28%) JavaScript
7 6 (10.53%) Java
8 1 (1.754%) PHP
8 1 (1.754%) Ruby
8 1 (1.754%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) Degree
2 14 (24.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.263%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) JTAG
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.018%) Google
3 2 (3.509%) Perforce
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have excellent object-oriented C++ programming with commercial experience of the full development lifecycle as well as experience with typical industry tools. Experience required: Linux and...
Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum Excellent Benefits package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The successful applicant will have knowledge in the following skills - C# WPF SQL ASP.NET Any additional skills in WCF, Web Services, COM/DCOM or MS reporting services...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: c50k + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Keywords: desktop software, application development, GUI, user interface components, C#, C++, MFC, Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF, Team Foundation Server, TFS, code profiling tools, Visual Studio Profiler, AQtime, dotTrace,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £48k DoE + excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior) Desktop Software Developer for leading software house, C#, C++, strong academics needed, Cambridge.Our client is an established, growing software house providing solutions to one of the...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £48k DoE + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful, rapidly growing company.Key responsibilities for the Senior C++ Software Engineer:Participation the full development life cycle: Requirement...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Flexi-time, pension, health
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
A Cambridge-based internet technology company is building modern online services to mine the rich veins of modern media content in the cloud. Using sophisticated software developed in...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k plus benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013