The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems 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
System Developer
Rank 53 34 64
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Developer 13 17 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 2.273% 3.963% 1.232%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.305% 4.038% 1.273%
Number of salaries quoted 13 17 7
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- -10.25%
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%
Systems Developer
South Wales

Systems Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff Systems Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cardiff Systems Developer Salary Trend

Systems Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 31 (88.57%) jQuery
2 30 (85.71%) XML
3 25 (71.43%) Web Development
4 24 (68.57%) Degree
5 17 (48.57%) HTML
5 17 (48.57%) Perl
5 17 (48.57%) .NET
6 16 (45.71%) SQL Server
6 16 (45.71%) Linux
6 16 (45.71%) Apache
6 16 (45.71%) MVC
6 16 (45.71%) Scrum
6 16 (45.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (45.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (42.86%) JSON
7 15 (42.86%) OO
7 15 (42.86%) SQL Server 2000
8 14 (40.00%) C#
8 14 (40.00%) Oracle
8 14 (40.00%) Java
8 14 (40.00%) Software Engineering
8 14 (40.00%) MongoDB
8 14 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (37.14%) Tuxedo
9 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
10 11 (31.43%) Computer Science
11 8 (22.86%) Oracle 8/8i
12 7 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
13 6 (17.14%) .NET Framework
13 6 (17.14%) Team Foundation Server

Systems Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 31 (88.57%) jQuery
2 30 (85.71%) XML
3 17 (48.57%) HTML
3 17 (48.57%) .NET
4 15 (42.86%) JSON
5 6 (17.14%) .NET Framework
6 3 (8.571%) Middleware
6 3 (8.571%) ASP.NET
6 3 (8.571%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 3 (8.571%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (2.857%) Velocity
7 1 (2.857%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 16 (45.71%) Apache
2 13 (37.14%) Tuxedo
3 3 (8.571%) CMS
3 3 (8.571%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (8.571%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (45.71%) SQL Server
1 16 (45.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 16 (45.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 15 (42.86%) SQL Server 2000
3 14 (40.00%) MongoDB
4 8 (22.86%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (11.43%) Visual Studio Team System
2 4 (11.43%) Concordion
3 3 (8.571%) Subversion
3 3 (8.571%) Git (software)
4 2 (5.714%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.857%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (8.571%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 11 (31.43%) Computer Science
2 3 (8.571%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 16 (45.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (71.43%) Web Development
2 16 (45.71%) MVC
2 16 (45.71%) Scrum
3 15 (42.86%) OO
4 14 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 14 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (11.43%) TDD
7 3 (8.571%) E-Commerce
8 2 (5.714%) OOP
9 1 (2.857%) Project Management
9 1 (2.857%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (48.57%) Perl
2 14 (40.00%) C#
2 14 (40.00%) Java
3 1 (2.857%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (40.00%) Oracle
2 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.571%) Sitecore