The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 224 152 198
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 39.16% 35.43% 34.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 39.72% 36.10% 36.00%
Number of salaries quoted 208 142 176
Average salary £32,500 £32,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.77% -14.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £27,250
10% offered a salary of more than £42,150 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
564 421 550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 98.60% 98.14% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 500 394 514
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
South Wales

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cardiff Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Cardiff Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1 220 (44.62%) .NET
2 197 (39.96%) SQL Server
3 182 (36.92%) SQL
4 173 (35.09%) C#
5 153 (31.03%) Java
5 153 (31.03%) ASP.NET
6 137 (27.79%) HTML
7 119 (24.14%) CSS
8 118 (23.94%) JavaScript
9 117 (23.73%) Microsoft
10 108 (21.91%) OO
11 99 (20.08%) XML
12 98 (19.88%) Finance
13 94 (19.07%) Visual Studio
14 88 (17.85%) Oracle
15 86 (17.44%) Scrum
16 84 (17.04%) Agile Software Development
17 83 (16.84%) Web Development
17 83 (16.84%) .NET Framework
18 81 (16.43%) MVC
19 78 (15.82%) MS Excel
20 77 (15.62%) jQuery
21 73 (14.81%) Spring
22 66 (13.39%) Apache
23 64 (12.98%) Web Services
24 55 (11.16%) MySQL
25 52 (10.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
25 52 (10.55%) Degree
26 51 (10.34%) VB.NET
26 51 (10.34%) SharePoint

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 220 (44.62%) .NET
2 153 (31.03%) ASP.NET
3 137 (27.79%) HTML
4 119 (24.14%) CSS
5 99 (20.08%) XML
6 83 (16.84%) .NET Framework
7 77 (15.62%) jQuery
8 73 (14.81%) Spring
9 64 (12.98%) Web Services
10 38 (7.708%) Hibernate
11 34 (6.897%) J2EE
12 33 (6.694%) RESTful
13 29 (5.882%) Ajax
13 29 (5.882%) SOAP
14 28 (5.680%) Java EE
14 28 (5.680%) WCF
15 27 (5.477%) ASP.NET MVC
16 26 (5.274%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 22 (4.462%) JSON
17 22 (4.462%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 66 (13.39%) Apache
2 51 (10.34%) SharePoint
3 29 (5.882%) Tomcat
4 22 (4.462%) CMS
5 21 (4.260%) BizTalk Server
6 20 (4.057%) Sitecore CMS
7 18 (3.651%) Tuxedo
8 10 (2.028%) WebLogic
9 9 (1.826%) Umbraco
10 8 (1.623%) SharePoint Server
11 6 (1.217%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (1.014%) WordPress
13 3 (0.609%) IIS
14 2 (0.406%) Joomla!
14 2 (0.406%) Drupal
14 2 (0.406%) ColdFusion
14 2 (0.406%) Magento
15 1 (0.203%) Apache Solr
15 1 (0.203%) Windows Azure
15 1 (0.203%) GlassFish
Applications
1 78 (15.82%) MS Excel
2 4 (0.811%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.811%) MS Office
3 1 (0.203%) ZBrush
3 1 (0.203%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.203%) Maya
3 1 (0.203%) 3ds Max
3 1 (0.203%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 23 (4.665%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.623%) Staffware
3 1 (0.203%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.203%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.057%) Internet
2 6 (1.217%) VoIP
3 4 (0.811%) HTTP
4 2 (0.406%) Intranet
4 2 (0.406%) 4G
5 1 (0.203%) NFC
5 1 (0.203%) ISDN
5 1 (0.203%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (39.96%) SQL Server
2 55 (11.16%) MySQL
3 52 (10.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 50 (10.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 24 (4.868%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (4.057%) MongoDB
7 19 (3.854%) SQL Server 2008
8 18 (3.651%) QlikView
9 15 (3.043%) OLAP
9 15 (3.043%) SQL Server 2000
9 15 (3.043%) Data Mining
9 15 (3.043%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (3.043%) Big Data
10 11 (2.231%) SQL Server 2012
11 8 (1.623%) SQL Server 2005
11 8 (1.623%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.623%) Oracle 8/8i
12 7 (1.420%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 7 (1.420%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.217%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 94 (19.07%) Visual Studio
2 40 (8.114%) Team Foundation Server
3 34 (6.897%) Maven
4 28 (5.680%) Eclipse
5 27 (5.477%) Ant
6 14 (2.840%) Subversion
6 14 (2.840%) JUnit
7 9 (1.826%) ReSharper
8 8 (1.623%) Concordion
8 8 (1.623%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.420%) JIRA
10 6 (1.217%) Git (software)
11 4 (0.811%) Visual Studio Team System
12 3 (0.609%) VSS/SourceSafe
13 2 (0.406%) Xcode
13 2 (0.406%) Oracle Forms
14 1 (0.203%) Mercurial
14 1 (0.203%) WebDriver
14 1 (0.203%) Hudson
14 1 (0.203%) Phing
General
1 98 (19.88%) Finance
2 33 (6.694%) Telecoms
3 27 (5.477%) Marketing
4 24 (4.868%) Legal
5 17 (3.448%) Games
6 16 (3.245%) Retail
7 13 (2.637%) Advertising
7 13 (2.637%) Banking
8 8 (1.623%) Law
9 7 (1.420%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.420%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.203%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.274%) Computer Science
2 15 (3.043%) Neural Network
3 13 (2.637%) Digital Media
4 11 (2.231%) Mobile Banking
4 11 (2.231%) iPhone
5 9 (1.826%) N-Tier
6 7 (1.420%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.217%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.217%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.014%) Replication
8 5 (1.014%) Open Source
8 5 (1.014%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.406%) SCORM
9 2 (0.406%) Animation
9 2 (0.406%) Data Integration
10 1 (0.203%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.203%) Social Media
10 1 (0.203%) iPad
10 1 (0.203%) Java Card
10 1 (0.203%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 41 (8.316%) Linux
2 14 (2.840%) Android
3 13 (2.637%) Windows
4 7 (1.420%) UNIX
5 6 (1.217%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.203%) Windows Phone
6 1 (0.203%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.203%) Windows Phone 8
6 1 (0.203%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (21.91%) OO
2 86 (17.44%) Scrum
3 84 (17.04%) Agile Software Development
4 83 (16.84%) Web Development
5 81 (16.43%) MVC
6 44 (8.925%) CRM
7 34 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
8 31 (6.288%) TDD
9 29 (5.882%) ETL
10 25 (5.071%) Software Engineering
10 25 (5.071%) Kimball Methodology
11 24 (4.868%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (4.868%) OOD
11 24 (4.868%) OOP
12 19 (3.854%) Project Management
13 17 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
14 15 (3.043%) Automated Testing
14 15 (3.043%) Web Mining
14 15 (3.043%) Inmon Methodology
15 14 (2.840%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 182 (36.92%) SQL
2 173 (35.09%) C#
3 153 (31.03%) Java
4 118 (23.94%) JavaScript
5 51 (10.34%) VB.NET
6 43 (8.722%) C++
7 29 (5.882%) T-SQL
7 29 (5.882%) PHP
8 25 (5.071%) VB
9 23 (4.665%) Perl
10 16 (3.245%) VB6
11 9 (1.826%) VC++
11 9 (1.826%) PHP5
12 7 (1.420%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.014%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.811%) C
15 2 (0.406%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.203%) ActionScript 3.0
16 1 (0.203%) ActionScript 2.0
16 1 (0.203%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 52 (10.55%) Degree
2 16 (3.245%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (0.406%) MCP
3 2 (0.406%) MCSD
4 1 (0.203%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.609%) WCAG
Vendors
1 117 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 88 (17.85%) Oracle
3 25 (5.071%) Sitecore
4 18 (3.651%) Salesforce.com
5 10 (2.028%) Thunderhead
6 9 (1.826%) BEA
7 5 (1.014%) Zend
8 4 (0.811%) Google
9 3 (0.609%) ESRI
9 3 (0.609%) Alterian
10 2 (0.406%) Business Objects
10 2 (0.406%) BT
10 2 (0.406%) Cognos
11 1 (0.203%) Adobe
11 1 (0.203%) RedDot
11 1 (0.203%) Open Text
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