The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 95 115 123
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 44 36 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.713% 1.252% 0.734%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.799% 1.301% 0.770%
Number of salaries quoted 41 29 22
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,300 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,800 £49,700
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+9.87% +1.25%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2446 2767 2856
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.25% 96.21% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2185 2346 2538
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 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Developer
East of England

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Senior Software Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +9 39 £45,000 -
Huntingdon 0 1 £37,500 -16.66%
Peterborough - 1 £37,500 -
Senior Software Developer
East of England

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (50.00%) C
1 36 (50.00%) Linux
2 31 (43.06%) .NET
3 30 (41.67%) SQL
4 29 (40.28%) C#
5 27 (37.50%) C++
5 27 (37.50%) Python
6 26 (36.11%) Perl
6 26 (36.11%) Finance
7 25 (34.72%) Microsoft
8 23 (31.94%) ASP.NET
8 23 (31.94%) Automated Testing
8 23 (31.94%) Degree
9 21 (29.17%) JIRA
9 21 (29.17%) WCF
9 21 (29.17%) Manual Testing
10 20 (27.78%) Computer Science
11 19 (26.39%) Selenium
11 19 (26.39%) Software Testing
11 19 (26.39%) Test Scripting
11 19 (26.39%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (26.39%) Web Services
11 19 (26.39%) QuickTest Pro
12 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (25.00%) MS Excel
13 15 (20.83%) WPF
14 14 (19.44%) COM
14 14 (19.44%) DCOM
14 14 (19.44%) JavaScript
15 12 (16.67%) OO

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 31 (43.06%) .NET
2 23 (31.94%) ASP.NET
3 21 (29.17%) WCF
4 19 (26.39%) Web Services
5 15 (20.83%) WPF
6 14 (19.44%) COM
6 14 (19.44%) DCOM
7 11 (15.28%) XML
7 11 (15.28%) HTML
8 10 (13.89%) CSS
9 8 (11.11%) Ajax
9 8 (11.11%) jQuery
10 7 (9.722%) HTML5
11 3 (4.167%) Silverlight
12 2 (2.778%) STL
12 2 (2.778%) MFC
13 1 (1.389%) OpenGL
13 1 (1.389%) Natural Language Processing
13 1 (1.389%) RESTful
13 1 (1.389%) ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.556%) MediaWiki
1 4 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.556%) Google Apps
2 4 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (1.389%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.556%) Text Mining
2 4 (5.556%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.389%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (29.17%) JIRA
2 19 (26.39%) Selenium
2 19 (26.39%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (9.722%) Visual Studio
4 5 (6.944%) JUnit
4 5 (6.944%) Eclipse
4 5 (6.944%) SCons
4 5 (6.944%) GCC
5 4 (5.556%) GoogleTest
5 4 (5.556%) Mercurial
5 4 (5.556%) Bugzilla
6 3 (4.167%) Subversion
General
1 26 (36.11%) Finance
2 9 (12.50%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.389%) Electronics
3 1 (1.389%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 20 (27.78%) Computer Science
2 19 (26.39%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (9.722%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.556%) Mathematics
4 4 (5.556%) Semantic Web
4 4 (5.556%) Visualisation
4 4 (5.556%) Grid Computing
5 2 (2.778%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.389%) Device Driver
6 1 (1.389%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 36 (50.00%) Linux
2 9 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (9.722%) Windows
4 1 (1.389%) UNIX
4 1 (1.389%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.389%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.94%) Automated Testing
2 21 (29.17%) Manual Testing
3 19 (26.39%) Software Testing
3 19 (26.39%) Test Scripting
4 12 (16.67%) OO
5 11 (15.28%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (12.50%) Scrum
6 9 (12.50%) Multithreading
7 7 (9.722%) SOA
8 5 (6.944%) Software Architecture
8 5 (6.944%) Test Automation
8 5 (6.944%) TDD
9 4 (5.556%) Software Engineering
9 4 (5.556%) Unit Testing
9 4 (5.556%) OOP
10 2 (2.778%) Web Development
10 2 (2.778%) Automation Testing
11 1 (1.389%) Information Security
11 1 (1.389%) Business Intelligence
11 1 (1.389%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 36 (50.00%) C
2 30 (41.67%) SQL
3 29 (40.28%) C#
4 27 (37.50%) C++
4 27 (37.50%) Python
5 26 (36.11%) Perl
6 14 (19.44%) JavaScript
7 6 (8.333%) Java
8 1 (1.389%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.389%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.389%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.389%) PHP
8 1 (1.389%) R
8 1 (1.389%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (31.94%) Degree
2 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.167%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) JTAG
Vendors
1 25 (34.72%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.556%) Google
3 2 (2.778%) Perforce
4 1 (1.389%) 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: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The Wireless Software group works in small, agile teams and uses excellent engineering processes and tools to develop cutting edge products for varied markets.Our client is looking...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The Wireless Software group works in small, agile teams and uses excellent engineering processes and tools to develop cutting edge products for varied markets... Other languages are occasionally...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k
Posted: 21 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: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Summary: Imaging algorithms, C, ISP, multimedia, Cambridge, to £55k + benefits... You will join the imaging group which designs image and pixel processing algorithms, camera drivers and camera system...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k plus excellent package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Summary: Imaging algorithms, C, ISP, multimedia, Cambridge, to £55k + benefits.Global company with UK based design centres focussed on developing IC cores and associated software... You will join...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k plus excellent package
Posted: 22 May 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