The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Programmer 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
Software Programmer
Rank 119 129 144
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Programmer 20 22 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.779% 0.765% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.818% 0.795% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 1
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +2.01%
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%
Software Programmer
East of England

Software Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Software Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Software Programmer Salary Trend

Software Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Programmer across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Software Programmer Salary Histogram

Software Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Programmer 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 +4 20 £45,000 +12.50%
Software Programmer
East of England

Software Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Software 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 Software Programmer in their job title.

1 24 (77.42%) C++
1 24 (77.42%) Degree
2 21 (67.74%) Computer Science
3 17 (54.84%) C
4 16 (51.61%) Python
4 16 (51.61%) Artificial Intelligence
4 16 (51.61%) Erlang
5 15 (48.39%) Perl
6 14 (45.16%) C#
6 14 (45.16%) Haskell
7 12 (38.71%) .NET
8 10 (32.26%) Windows
9 8 (25.81%) OO
10 7 (22.58%) SQL Server
11 6 (19.35%) Visual Studio
12 5 (16.13%) Java
12 5 (16.13%) MS Excel
12 5 (16.13%) OOD
12 5 (16.13%) WPF
13 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
13 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
14 3 (9.677%) UNIX
14 3 (9.677%) VB
14 3 (9.677%) VB.NET
14 3 (9.677%) WinForms
14 3 (9.677%) Software Engineering
14 3 (9.677%) VB6
14 3 (9.677%) jQuery
15 2 (6.452%) Big Data
15 2 (6.452%) Telecoms

Software Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Software 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 Software Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (38.71%) .NET
2 5 (16.13%) WPF
3 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
4 3 (9.677%) WinForms
4 3 (9.677%) jQuery
5 2 (6.452%) MFC
6 1 (3.226%) HTML
6 1 (3.226%) CSS
6 1 (3.226%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (22.58%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.452%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (6.452%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.226%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) Computer Science
2 16 (51.61%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.226%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (32.26%) Windows
2 3 (9.677%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.81%) OO
2 5 (16.13%) OOD
3 3 (9.677%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (77.42%) C++
2 17 (54.84%) C
3 16 (51.61%) Python
3 16 (51.61%) Erlang
4 15 (48.39%) Perl
5 14 (45.16%) C#
5 14 (45.16%) Haskell
6 5 (16.13%) Java
7 3 (9.677%) VB
7 3 (9.677%) VB.NET
7 3 (9.677%) VB6
8 1 (3.226%) Embedded C
8 1 (3.226%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 24 (77.42%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
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