Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Programmer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank505141
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Down-10
Matching permanent IT job ads8278183
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire3.466 %3.479 %4.244 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.712 %3.730 %4.478 %
Salaries quoted7872127
Average salary£36,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.850 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,200£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£39,000£43,600£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
--1.510 %
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
220920914087
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire93.36 %93.26 %94.78 %
Salaries quoted199518213426
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£50,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Programmer East of EnglandProgrammer
East of England

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+1265£35,000+11.11 %
PeterboroughDown-62£18,000-53.84 %
Programmer East of EnglandProgrammer
East of England

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

175 (51.37 %)C++
257 (39.04 %)SQL
353 (36.30 %).NET
452 (35.62 %)Degree
544 (30.14 %)C#
642 (28.77 %)XML
739 (26.71 %)Java
836 (24.66 %)Microsoft
935 (23.97 %)SQL Server
1033 (22.60 %)Windows
1128 (19.18 %)Web Services
1227 (18.49 %)C
1227 (18.49 %)Computer Science
1326 (17.81 %)HTML
1425 (17.12 %)VB.NET
1425 (17.12 %)Mathematics
1523 (15.75 %)Intranet
1523 (15.75 %)AJAX
1523 (15.75 %)Web Development
1621 (14.38 %)J2EE
1720 (13.70 %)IIS
1819 (13.01 %)PHP
1819 (13.01 %)Middleware
1819 (13.01 %)Physics
1912 (8.219 %)Finance
1912 (8.219 %)RPG
2011 (7.534 %)Software Engineering
2110 (6.849 %)Visualisation
2110 (6.849 %)Electronics
2110 (6.849 %)3D Graphics

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
153 (36.30 %).NET
242 (28.77 %)XML
328 (19.18 %)Web Services
426 (17.81 %)HTML
523 (15.75 %)AJAX
621 (14.38 %)J2EE
719 (13.01 %)Middleware
88 (5.479 %)Hibernate
96 (4.110 %)Spring
96 (4.110 %)MFC
96 (4.110 %)ASP.NET
96 (4.110 %)EJB
96 (4.110 %)EJB 3.0
104 (2.740 %)JDBC
104 (2.740 %)OpenGL
104 (2.740 %)DirectX
113 (2.055 %)JAX-RPC
113 (2.055 %)JAXP
113 (2.055 %)JAXB
113 (2.055 %)WebSphere
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (13.70 %)IIS
28 (5.479 %)SharePoint
35 (3.425 %)ColdFusion
35 (3.425 %)Tomcat
43 (2.055 %)Smallworld
43 (2.055 %)Apache
51 (0.685 %)SAS
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (2.740 %)MATLAB
14 (2.740 %)S-PLUS
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
123 (15.75 %)Intranet
26 (4.110 %)Wireless
35 (3.425 %)Internet
42 (1.370 %)HTTP
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (23.97 %)SQL Server
27 (4.795 %)Crystal Reports
36 (4.110 %)SQL Server 2000
36 (4.110 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (2.055 %)GIS
51 (0.685 %)RDBMS
51 (0.685 %)MySQL
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (2.055 %)Ant
13 (2.055 %)JUnit
13 (2.055 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.370 %)ProC
31 (0.685 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.685 %)Eclipse
31 (0.685 %)IntelliJ
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (8.219 %)Finance
210 (6.849 %)Electronics
210 (6.849 %)3D Graphics
210 (6.849 %)Games
39 (6.164 %)Education
45 (3.425 %)Pharmaceutical
45 (3.425 %)Health
45 (3.425 %)Insurance
45 (3.425 %)Pensions
45 (3.425 %)Online Games
53 (2.055 %)Manufacturing
62 (1.370 %)Government
71 (0.685 %)Retail
71 (0.685 %)Music
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
127 (18.49 %)Computer Science
225 (17.12 %)Mathematics
319 (13.01 %)Physics
410 (6.849 %)AS400
410 (6.849 %)Visualisation
54 (2.740 %)Open Source
54 (2.740 %)Statistics
62 (1.370 %)Applied Mathematics
62 (1.370 %)iSeries
62 (1.370 %)Management Information System
71 (0.685 %)Chemistry
71 (0.685 %)Biology
71 (0.685 %)Robotics
71 (0.685 %)Cybernetics
71 (0.685 %)Economics
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
133 (22.60 %)Windows
26 (4.110 %)Linux
34 (2.740 %)UNIX
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (15.75 %)Web Development
211 (7.534 %)Software Engineering
310 (6.849 %)UML
49 (6.164 %)Agile Software Development
58 (5.479 %)OO
65 (3.425 %)ITIL
74 (2.740 %)OOP
74 (2.740 %)Project Management
74 (2.740 %)MVC
74 (2.740 %)Rapid Prototyping
83 (2.055 %)OOD
92 (1.370 %)Configuration Management
92 (1.370 %)DSDM
101 (0.685 %)Business Intelligence
101 (0.685 %)Risk Management
101 (0.685 %)Quality Management
101 (0.685 %)Refactoring
101 (0.685 %)Numerical Analysis
101 (0.685 %)3D Rendering
101 (0.685 %)Data Analysis
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
175 (51.37 %)C++
257 (39.04 %)SQL
344 (30.14 %)C#
439 (26.71 %)Java
527 (18.49 %)C
625 (17.12 %)VB.NET
719 (13.01 %)PHP
812 (8.219 %)RPG
99 (6.164 %)Embedded C
99 (6.164 %)Embedded C++
108 (5.479 %)JavaScript
108 (5.479 %)VB
108 (5.479 %)VB6
117 (4.795 %)Assembly Language
126 (4.110 %)T-SQL
126 (4.110 %)Perl
126 (4.110 %)Python
132 (1.370 %)VC++
132 (1.370 %)Magik
141 (0.685 %)COBOL
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
152 (35.62 %)Degree
29 (6.164 %)Security Cleared
35 (3.425 %)PhD
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.685 %)QA
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (24.66 %)Microsoft
26 (4.110 %)Oracle
35 (3.425 %)JBoss
43 (2.055 %)Wall Street Systems
52 (1.370 %)IBM
52 (1.370 %)Sun
52 (1.370 %)CODA
52 (1.370 %)Remedy