The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 21 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 103 74 104
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 40 84 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.520% 2.926% 1.643%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.594% 3.043% 1.727%
Number of salaries quoted 39 53 44
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,100 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2509 2760 2837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.33% 96.13% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2240 2335 2525
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £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%
Programmer
East of England

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge -8 37 £41,250 +8.55%
Huntingdon +5 2 £30,000 +20.00%
Peterborough -18 2 £44,000 +25.71%
St Neots - 1 - -
Programmer
East of England

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 41 (60.29%) Degree
2 34 (50.00%) C++
3 32 (47.06%) C#
4 30 (44.12%) Computer Science
5 29 (42.65%) .NET
6 27 (39.71%) Java
7 24 (35.29%) C
8 21 (30.88%) ASP.NET
9 19 (27.94%) Artificial Intelligence
10 16 (23.53%) Erlang
10 16 (23.53%) Python
11 15 (22.06%) Perl
12 14 (20.59%) Haskell
12 14 (20.59%) Oracle
12 14 (20.59%) XML
13 13 (19.12%) CSS
13 13 (19.12%) HTML
14 12 (17.65%) SQL Server
15 11 (16.18%) SQL
16 10 (14.71%) WPF
16 10 (14.71%) Windows
17 9 (13.24%) Microsoft
17 9 (13.24%) Mathematics
18 8 (11.76%) UNIX
18 8 (11.76%) VB.NET
18 8 (11.76%) OO
19 7 (10.29%) JavaScript
19 7 (10.29%) Hibernate
19 7 (10.29%) Agile Software Development
19 7 (10.29%) Spring

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 29 (42.65%) .NET
2 21 (30.88%) ASP.NET
3 14 (20.59%) XML
4 13 (19.12%) CSS
4 13 (19.12%) HTML
5 10 (14.71%) WPF
6 7 (10.29%) Hibernate
6 7 (10.29%) Spring
7 6 (8.824%) JSF
7 6 (8.824%) GWT
7 6 (8.824%) Java EE
8 5 (7.353%) Web Services
8 5 (7.353%) Silverlight
8 5 (7.353%) Ajax
9 3 (4.412%) WinForms
9 3 (4.412%) jQuery
9 3 (4.412%) .NET Framework
10 2 (2.941%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (2.941%) ASP
10 2 (2.941%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.353%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.941%) SAS
3 1 (1.471%) Mule
3 1 (1.471%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (7.353%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.941%) HTTP
2 1 (1.471%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.353%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (7.353%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (2.941%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (8.824%) Visual Studio
2 5 (7.353%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (2.941%) Telecoms
1 2 (2.941%) Advertising
2 1 (1.471%) Games
2 1 (1.471%) Electronics
2 1 (1.471%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 30 (44.12%) Computer Science
2 19 (27.94%) Artificial Intelligence
3 9 (13.24%) Mathematics
4 4 (5.882%) Physics
5 2 (2.941%) Statistics
6 1 (1.471%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.471%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.471%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.71%) Windows
2 8 (11.76%) UNIX
3 3 (4.412%) Solaris
4 2 (2.941%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (11.76%) OO
2 7 (10.29%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (8.824%) Supply Chain Management
3 6 (8.824%) TDD
3 6 (8.824%) Pair Programming
3 6 (8.824%) Continuous Integration
3 6 (8.824%) BDD
4 5 (7.353%) E-Commerce
4 5 (7.353%) OOD
4 5 (7.353%) Web Development
5 4 (5.882%) MVC
6 3 (4.412%) Software Engineering
7 2 (2.941%) Statistical Analysis
7 2 (2.941%) Data Analysis
7 2 (2.941%) Web Design
8 1 (1.471%) Clinical Data Management
8 1 (1.471%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (50.00%) C++
2 32 (47.06%) C#
3 27 (39.71%) Java
4 24 (35.29%) C
5 16 (23.53%) Erlang
5 16 (23.53%) Python
6 15 (22.06%) Perl
7 14 (20.59%) Haskell
8 11 (16.18%) SQL
9 8 (11.76%) VB.NET
10 7 (10.29%) JavaScript
11 5 (7.353%) T-SQL
12 3 (4.412%) MATLAB
12 3 (4.412%) VB
12 3 (4.412%) PHP
12 3 (4.412%) VB6
13 1 (1.471%) Embedded C
13 1 (1.471%) Shell Script
13 1 (1.471%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 41 (60.29%) Degree
2 1 (1.471%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.471%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (20.59%) Oracle
2 9 (13.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.353%) Macromedia
4 1 (1.471%) JBoss
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