The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 33 29 29
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 196 217 226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 7.380% 7.649% 7.459%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.735% 7.955% 7.847%
Number of salaries quoted 185 173 220
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
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
2534 2728 2880
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.41% 96.16% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2259 2299 2561
Average salary £38,000 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.29% +10.00%
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%
Software Developer
East of England

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 -5 160 £40,000 +6.66%
Huntingdon -1 5 £37,500 -11.76%
Peterborough -17 3 £37,500 +7.14%
St Neots -2 1 £32,500 -23.52%
Software Developer
East of England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 248 (68.70%) C#
2 179 (49.58%) .NET
3 157 (43.49%) C++
4 144 (39.89%) Degree
5 119 (32.96%) SQL
6 117 (32.41%) ASP.NET
7 116 (32.13%) Computer Science
8 115 (31.86%) SQL Server
9 106 (29.36%) C
10 99 (27.42%) Java
11 82 (22.71%) XML
12 80 (22.16%) Microsoft
13 78 (21.61%) Linux
14 77 (21.33%) JavaScript
15 74 (20.50%) HTML
16 73 (20.22%) CSS
17 70 (19.39%) Perl
17 70 (19.39%) Mathematics
18 67 (18.56%) OO
19 56 (15.51%) Windows
20 54 (14.96%) Python
21 53 (14.68%) MS Excel
22 46 (12.74%) Ajax
22 46 (12.74%) Software Testing
23 45 (12.47%) WCF
24 41 (11.36%) Finance
25 40 (11.08%) jQuery
26 38 (10.53%) Selenium
27 36 (9.972%) Agile Software Development
27 36 (9.972%) XSLT

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 179 (49.58%) .NET
2 117 (32.41%) ASP.NET
3 82 (22.71%) XML
4 74 (20.50%) HTML
5 73 (20.22%) CSS
6 46 (12.74%) Ajax
7 45 (12.47%) WCF
8 40 (11.08%) jQuery
9 36 (9.972%) XSLT
10 35 (9.695%) WinForms
11 30 (8.310%) WPF
12 29 (8.033%) Web Services
13 21 (5.817%) MFC
14 19 (5.263%) HTML5
15 15 (4.155%) Flash
16 13 (3.601%) SOAP
17 11 (3.047%) COM
17 11 (3.047%) DCOM
18 10 (2.770%) STL
18 10 (2.770%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 16 (4.432%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.324%) IIS
3 9 (2.493%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (1.108%) OpenEdge
4 4 (1.108%) MediaWiki
5 2 (0.554%) Magento
5 2 (0.554%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.277%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.277%) Apache
6 1 (0.277%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.277%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 53 (14.68%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.108%) Google Apps
2 4 (1.108%) MS Office
3 2 (0.554%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.216%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.648%) HTTP
2 19 (5.263%) Internet
3 5 (1.385%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.554%) GPRS
4 2 (0.554%) GSM
4 2 (0.554%) IGMP
4 2 (0.554%) RTSP
4 2 (0.554%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (31.86%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.540%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 20 (5.540%) SQL Server 2005
2 20 (5.540%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (4.432%) MySQL
4 15 (4.155%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (3.047%) MS Access
6 10 (2.770%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.939%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.662%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.385%) Oracle 11g
9 5 (1.385%) Oracle 10g
9 5 (1.385%) Oracle 8/8i
9 5 (1.385%) Oracle 9i
10 4 (1.108%) Data Mining
10 4 (1.108%) Text Mining
11 3 (0.831%) Big Data
12 2 (0.554%) Firebird
12 2 (0.554%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 38 (10.53%) Selenium
2 32 (8.864%) Visual Studio
3 26 (7.202%) Team Foundation Server
4 22 (6.094%) JIRA
5 19 (5.263%) QuickTest Pro
5 19 (5.263%) WebDriver
5 19 (5.263%) MSTest
6 14 (3.878%) Subversion
7 10 (2.770%) JUnit
8 9 (2.493%) Git (software)
9 5 (1.385%) WinDbg
9 5 (1.385%) GCC
9 5 (1.385%) SCons
9 5 (1.385%) Eclipse
10 4 (1.108%) Bugzilla
10 4 (1.108%) GoogleTest
10 4 (1.108%) Mercurial
11 2 (0.554%) GitHub
11 2 (0.554%) Xcode
12 1 (0.277%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 41 (11.36%) Finance
2 20 (5.540%) Electronics
3 19 (5.263%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.324%) Retail
5 11 (3.047%) Multimedia
6 4 (1.108%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (0.831%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.831%) Automotive
8 2 (0.554%) Legal
8 2 (0.554%) Marketing
9 1 (0.277%) Music
9 1 (0.277%) Games
9 1 (0.277%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 116 (32.13%) Computer Science
2 70 (19.39%) Mathematics
3 30 (8.310%) Physics
4 28 (7.756%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (5.263%) Cloud Computing
6 11 (3.047%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.385%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.108%) Visualisation
8 4 (1.108%) Semantic Web
8 4 (1.108%) Grid Computing
9 3 (0.831%) Pocket PC
9 3 (0.831%) Device Driver
9 3 (0.831%) Open Source
9 3 (0.831%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.554%) STB
10 2 (0.554%) IPTV
11 1 (0.277%) MPEG
11 1 (0.277%) LIMS
11 1 (0.277%) Statistics
11 1 (0.277%) Biology
Operating Systems
1 78 (21.61%) Linux
2 56 (15.51%) Windows
3 24 (6.648%) UNIX
4 11 (3.047%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (2.493%) Android
6 7 (1.939%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.831%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.831%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (18.56%) OO
2 46 (12.74%) Software Testing
3 36 (9.972%) Agile Software Development
4 31 (8.587%) Automated Testing
5 27 (7.479%) Test Scripting
6 26 (7.202%) Scrum
7 22 (6.094%) Software Engineering
8 21 (5.817%) Manual Testing
9 19 (5.263%) Web Testing
10 18 (4.986%) Web Development
10 18 (4.986%) OOD
11 17 (4.709%) SOA
12 16 (4.432%) Multithreading
13 14 (3.878%) OOP
13 14 (3.878%) TDD
14 11 (3.047%) Software Architecture
14 11 (3.047%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (2.770%) Unit Testing
15 10 (2.770%) Project Management
16 9 (2.493%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 248 (68.70%) C#
2 157 (43.49%) C++
3 119 (32.96%) SQL
4 106 (29.36%) C
5 99 (27.42%) Java
6 77 (21.33%) JavaScript
7 70 (19.39%) Perl
8 54 (14.96%) Python
9 23 (6.371%) VB.NET
10 12 (3.324%) VBA
11 10 (2.770%) Embedded C
11 10 (2.770%) Objective-C
12 8 (2.216%) VC++
12 8 (2.216%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.939%) Ruby
14 6 (1.662%) PHP
14 6 (1.662%) PL/SQL
15 4 (1.108%) VB
15 4 (1.108%) Delphi
15 4 (1.108%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 144 (39.89%) Degree
2 22 (6.094%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (2.216%) ISTQB
3 8 (2.216%) PhD
3 8 (2.216%) ISEB
4 4 (1.108%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.141%) QA
2 11 (3.047%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.554%) Puppet
Vendors
1 80 (22.16%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.418%) Oracle
3 4 (1.108%) Sybase
3 4 (1.108%) Google
4 3 (0.831%) Epicor
4 3 (0.831%) webMethods
4 3 (0.831%) Perforce
5 2 (0.554%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.554%) Facebook
5 2 (0.554%) Twitter
6 1 (0.277%) JBoss
Cambridge, East Anglia
Position: Contract Software Developer (C#, SQL)Location: Cambridge. Skills: C#.NET, PHP, SQL ServerRate: £250-£320 per day.My established, growing and successful client, within Cambridge are looking...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £250 - £320 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
St. Neots, Cambridgeshire
The role requires you to be working on both Windows and Web based applications and you will be expected to have knowledge of C#, ASP.Net and both...
Focus IT Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £36,000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
As a Software Engineer you will be joining an experienced team of developers and be developing both new and existing software packages, working with various different types of...
Computer People
Salary: £20000.00 - £29000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To be considered you'll be degree educated and be comfortable working with mixture of technologies including C#, C++, OO design and Visual Studio and .Net tools... Essential:...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Fantastic + prospects
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The Graduate Software Developer will design and develop software using Microsoft .NET framework (C#) and SQL Server for the web, desktop and server and learn to get the...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £30k + pension + share options
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
An innovative company specialising in materials, joining and engineering technologies, the successful candidate will work along side talented developers specialising in the latest versions of Microsoft technologies. As...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35k + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
As the successful Software Engineer / Developer, you will have a minimum of a bachelors degree in Computer Science or other numerate subject with a high software engineering content.....
Computer People
Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
My client would also expect candidates applying for the role to have exposure to either Java, Python, Perl or C... Technical Skills *C++ Programming *Python, Perl, Java, C (...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 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
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, 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, 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, Cambridgeshire
C# .NET Developer - OO SQL ASP.NET Visual Studio AJAX MVC AJAX AGILE - £45k + Benefits... Essential skills include; *.NET development *Sound object oriented programming skills in C#. *Database...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £45000 per annum + Pension + Bonus + Life/Health
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Practical knowledge of design patterns and avoidance of anti-patterns is a must.Applicants must have at least 4 years of commercial software development or equivalent open source...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Extensive Benefits Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We would love to hear from straight graduates or experienced Graduate Software Engineer / Developer -Java / C++ / Perl... You should have some programming knowledge, and we would be particularly...
Computer People
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
You'll work on both internal and external sites, providing a consistent user experience to millions of website visitors.The successful Web Software Developer will have demonstrable programming,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: up to £35k
Posted: 24 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
perhaps more for exceptional candidates) Senior Software Test Developer required to join an industry leading organisation providing advanced IP networking that facilitates rapid video content delivery over the...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Your responsibilities will include algorithm development, maths modelling, statistical modelling and data analysis and C++ OO programming... To be considered must have achieved a good degree in ideally...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Fantastic + Benefits + Prospects
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Cutting edge company looking for a Software Developer with expertise using Visual Studio C++... Additionally, you will have at least a year's experience in developing GUI software...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Good + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Our client is a world leading provider of Digital Media Delivery Platforms. With strong growth they are looking for experienced Software Test Developers.Role: - Undertake various automated and...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Excellent
Posted: 2 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Ideally but not essentially, you will also have commercial exposure to Apache (Apache Tomcat/ Apache HTTP Server), AJAX, Linux, C or C ++ and MySQL... If you are looking...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + 20% performance related bonus
Posted: 4 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
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The C++ Developer will be applying machine learning techniques in providing innovative solutions addressing the issues within Big Data... C/C++, Web Services, machine learning, multi-threading, mathematical...
Ability Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Pension, BUPA, Share Options
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
2+ years recent experience of C# programming - 1+ years recent experience of software testing - Testing and/or developing applications based on Microsoft technologies - Unit testing libraries (for example,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 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
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key words: Embedded software, embedded C, C++, Cambridge, software engineer An Embedded software engineer with C++ software development experience is needed at an established and innovative Cambridge based...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £48000 to £58000 per annum - Competitive package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Do you consider yourself to be a strong C engineer?... Your experience will be coding with likes of C, PHP, Python. Apache web servers, a variety of Linux...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Awesome Prospects
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Any of EUTRA/LTE/GRPS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA, WIMAX, Wifi, DECT, BT, CDMA, ISDN, TCP/UDP/RCP/IP, Ethernet, ADSL, etc. - Experience of programming in C/C++/C#... -...
Blackberry
Salary: Competitive + Comprehensive Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 April 2013