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This section looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1827
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads255149
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.066 %
As % of the category below8.805 %5.894 %
Salaries quoted220128
Average minimum salary£31,025£29,137
Average salary£35,742£33,018
% change on same period last year+8.25 %
Average maximum salary£40,459£36,898
UK excluding London average salary£33,272£32,866
% change on same period last year+1.23 %
Job Titles CambridgeJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads28962528
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.420 %1.119 %
Salaries quoted25142107
Average minimum salary£32,608£32,783
Average salary£35,960£36,145
% change on same period last year-0.51 %
Average maximum salary£39,311£39,507
UK excluding London average salary£38,585£39,157
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Software Developer CambridgeshireSoftware Developer
Cambridgeshire

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Cambridge region over the past 3 months.

Cambridge Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Software Developer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Developer.

1261 (50.10 %)C++
2225 (43.19 %)C#
3207 (39.73 %).NET
4201 (38.58 %)Degree
5139 (26.68 %)Java
6125 (23.99 %)Windows
7106 (20.35 %)Computer Science
8105 (20.15 %)C
9104 (19.96 %)Linux
1094 (18.04 %)SQL
1192 (17.66 %)ASP.NET
1291 (17.47 %)OO
1385 (16.31 %)SQL Server
1468 (13.05 %)Health
1468 (13.05 %)Mathematics
1563 (12.09 %)Oracle
1563 (12.09 %)Unix
1657 (10.94 %)Microsoft
1751 (9.789 %)XML
1849 (9.405 %)Pensions
1947 (9.021 %)VB
2046 (8.829 %)PHP
2145 (8.637 %)JavaScript
2243 (8.253 %)HTML
2342 (8.061 %)MFC
2441 (7.869 %)Python
2441 (7.869 %)Insurance
2540 (7.678 %)Perl
2639 (7.486 %)VB.NET
2639 (7.486 %)Visual Studio

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Software Developer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Developer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1207 (39.73 %).NET
292 (17.66 %)ASP.NET
351 (9.789 %)XML
443 (8.253 %)HTML
542 (8.061 %)MFC
633 (6.334 %)J2EE
726 (4.990 %)AJAX
824 (4.607 %)STL
921 (4.031 %)ASP
1018 (3.455 %)CSS
1116 (3.071 %)Hibernate
1116 (3.071 %)J2ME
1215 (2.879 %)OpenGL
1314 (2.687 %)WebServices
1413 (2.495 %).NET Framework
1511 (2.111 %)Struts
1610 (1.919 %)Spring
1610 (1.919 %)Grails
178 (1.536 %)WinForms
187 (1.344 %)JSP
Application Platforms
115 (2.879 %)Apache
212 (2.303 %)Tomcat
311 (2.111 %)JBoss
311 (2.111 %)Smallworld
410 (1.919 %)SharePoint
55 (0.960 %)WebLogic
64 (0.768 %)ColdFusion
71 (0.192 %)ColdFusion MX
71 (0.192 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.192 %)CMS
Applications
122 (4.223 %)MS Excel
214 (2.687 %)3ds Max
313 (2.495 %)MATLAB
411 (2.111 %)MS Visio
411 (2.111 %)Maya
53 (0.576 %)InfoPath
61 (0.192 %)Stateflow
61 (0.192 %)S-PLUS
Business Applications
14 (0.768 %)Axapta
21 (0.192 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
135 (6.718 %)Internet
214 (2.687 %)DVB
313 (2.495 %)TCP/IP
412 (2.303 %)HTTP
412 (2.303 %)Intranet
511 (2.111 %)Wireless
68 (1.536 %)Bluetooth
68 (1.536 %)VoIP
75 (0.960 %)Ethernet
75 (0.960 %)SMS
84 (0.768 %)WINS
84 (0.768 %)Wi-Fi
93 (0.576 %)SSL
102 (0.384 %)CTI
111 (0.192 %)2G
111 (0.192 %)2.5G
111 (0.192 %)3G
Database & Business Intelligence
185 (16.31 %)SQL Server
223 (4.415 %)MySQL
317 (3.263 %)SQL Server 2005
413 (2.495 %)SQL Server 7
512 (2.303 %)GIS
610 (1.919 %)SQL Server 2000
610 (1.919 %)Oracle 10g
610 (1.919 %)Oracle 9i
610 (1.919 %)MS Access
78 (1.536 %)Data Mining
84 (0.768 %)RDBMS
93 (0.576 %)Text Mining
102 (0.384 %)Oracle 11g
111 (0.192 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.192 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
111 (0.192 %)OLAP
Development Applications
139 (7.486 %)Visual Studio
26 (1.152 %)Ant
26 (1.152 %)JUnit
35 (0.960 %)Eclipse
44 (0.768 %)Subversion
53 (0.576 %)MorphX
53 (0.576 %)MSI
62 (0.384 %)InstallShield
62 (0.384 %)LabVIEW
62 (0.384 %)NUnit
71 (0.192 %)Flash
General
168 (13.05 %)Health
249 (9.405 %)Pensions
341 (7.869 %)Insurance
427 (5.182 %)Finance
518 (3.455 %)Telecoms
518 (3.455 %)Multimedia
617 (3.263 %)Games
712 (2.303 %)3D Graphics
712 (2.303 %)Education
712 (2.303 %)Pharmaceutical
811 (2.111 %)Manufacturing
910 (1.919 %)Electronics
910 (1.919 %)Retail
910 (1.919 %)Animation
105 (0.960 %)Electric
114 (0.768 %)Publishing
114 (0.768 %)Construction
123 (0.576 %)Automotive
123 (0.576 %)Chemicals
132 (0.384 %)Banking
Miscellaneous
1106 (20.35 %)Computer Science
268 (13.05 %)Mathematics
326 (4.990 %)Physics
416 (3.071 %)Artificial Intelligence
416 (3.071 %)N-Tier
515 (2.879 %)Client/Server
614 (2.687 %)IPTV
712 (2.303 %)STB
89 (1.727 %)Multithreading
97 (1.344 %)Tandem
97 (1.344 %)DTV
105 (0.960 %)BBC
105 (0.960 %)iDTV
105 (0.960 %)Neural Network
105 (0.960 %)JavaCard
114 (0.768 %)MPEG
114 (0.768 %)Grid Computing
123 (0.576 %)Device Driver
123 (0.576 %)Bioinformatics
123 (0.576 %)Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1125 (23.99 %)Windows
2104 (19.96 %)Linux
363 (12.09 %)Unix
416 (3.071 %)Embedded Linux
515 (2.879 %)Solaris
65 (0.960 %)Windows XP
65 (0.960 %)Mac OS X
72 (0.384 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.192 %)VxWorks
81 (0.192 %)LynxOS
81 (0.192 %)Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies
191 (17.47 %)OO
235 (6.718 %)OOP
330 (5.758 %)OOD
423 (4.415 %)Software Engineering
517 (3.263 %)CAD
517 (3.263 %)Project Management
517 (3.263 %)Data Modelling
517 (3.263 %)Resource Management
614 (2.687 %)Agile Software Development
712 (2.303 %)PLM
810 (1.919 %)Data Analysis
99 (1.727 %)Business Analysis
99 (1.727 %)User Acceptance Testing
99 (1.727 %)QMS
107 (1.344 %)UML
107 (1.344 %)MVC
107 (1.344 %)CAE
116 (1.152 %)Migration
125 (0.960 %)ERP
125 (0.960 %)OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1261 (50.10 %)C++
2225 (43.19 %)C#
3139 (26.68 %)Java
4105 (20.15 %)C
594 (18.04 %)SQL
647 (9.021 %)VB
746 (8.829 %)PHP
845 (8.637 %)JavaScript
941 (7.869 %)Python
1040 (7.678 %)Perl
1139 (7.486 %)VB.NET
1230 (5.758 %)VB6
1327 (5.182 %)VC++
1421 (4.031 %)Embedded C
1515 (2.879 %)Transact-SQL
1611 (2.111 %)PL/SQL
1611 (2.111 %)Magik
178 (1.536 %)VBScript
187 (1.344 %)Delphi
196 (1.152 %)Assembly Language
Qualifications
1201 (38.58 %)Degree
227 (5.182 %)PhD
34 (0.768 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (0.576 %)MCAD
43 (0.576 %)MCSD
52 (0.384 %)Postgraduate
52 (0.384 %)Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.727 %)GAMP
27 (1.344 %)QA
32 (0.384 %)DICOM
41 (0.192 %)PCI DSS
Vendors
163 (12.09 %)Oracle
257 (10.94 %)Microsoft
35 (0.960 %)Red Hat
35 (0.960 %)Symbian
44 (0.768 %)Sun
44 (0.768 %)Sybase
53 (0.576 %)Apple
62 (0.384 %)Siemens
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