The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham 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 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 17 40 36
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 28 18 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 13.08% 4.455% 0.810%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.40% 4.700% 0.844%
Number of salaries quoted 28 17 2
Average salary £32,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.47% +8.57%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
209 383 237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 97.66% 94.80% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 202 287 178
Average salary £33,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.84% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Gloucestershire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 41 (73.21%) SQL
2 40 (71.43%) C#
3 37 (66.07%) .NET
3 37 (66.07%) ASP.NET
4 30 (53.57%) SQL Server
5 23 (41.07%) PL/SQL
5 23 (41.07%) T-SQL
6 22 (39.29%) HTML
7 19 (33.93%) Oracle
7 19 (33.93%) CSS
7 19 (33.93%) W3C
7 19 (33.93%) Unit Testing
8 18 (32.14%) C++
9 15 (26.79%) MVC
10 14 (25.00%) OO
11 13 (23.21%) MFC
12 12 (21.43%) Windows
13 11 (19.64%) VC++
14 10 (17.86%) Microsoft
14 10 (17.86%) Banking
14 10 (17.86%) Logistics
15 9 (16.07%) .NET Framework
16 6 (10.71%) RIA
16 6 (10.71%) Silverlight
16 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET MVC
16 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
16 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2000
16 6 (10.71%) Flash
17 4 (7.143%) PMI
17 4 (7.143%) PMI Certification

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 37 (66.07%) .NET
1 37 (66.07%) ASP.NET
2 22 (39.29%) HTML
3 19 (33.93%) CSS
4 13 (23.21%) MFC
5 9 (16.07%) .NET Framework
6 6 (10.71%) Silverlight
6 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (10.71%) Flash
7 1 (1.786%) POSIX
7 1 (1.786%) XHTML
7 1 (1.786%) JSP
7 1 (1.786%) XML
Applications
1 2 (3.571%) Simulink
1 2 (3.571%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.786%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (53.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (1.786%) GDB
General
1 10 (17.86%) Banking
2 4 (7.143%) Advertising
3 3 (5.357%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.571%) Electronics
4 2 (3.571%) Avionics
5 1 (1.786%) Mandarin Language
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.93%) W3C
2 6 (10.71%) RIA
3 4 (7.143%) PMI
4 2 (3.571%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.786%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.786%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.43%) Windows
2 1 (1.786%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (1.786%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Unit Testing
2 15 (26.79%) MVC
3 14 (25.00%) OO
4 10 (17.86%) Logistics
5 2 (3.571%) Six Sigma
5 2 (3.571%) Software Engineering
5 2 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (1.786%) Multithreading
6 1 (1.786%) UML
6 1 (1.786%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 41 (73.21%) SQL
2 40 (71.43%) C#
3 23 (41.07%) PL/SQL
3 23 (41.07%) T-SQL
4 18 (32.14%) C++
5 11 (19.64%) VC++
6 3 (5.357%) Assembly Language
6 3 (5.357%) Ada
6 3 (5.357%) C
6 3 (5.357%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.571%) Java
7 2 (3.571%) Embedded C++
7 2 (3.571%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.786%) Bash shell
8 1 (1.786%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 4 (7.143%) PMI Certification
1 4 (7.143%) Degree
2 2 (3.571%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.571%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 19 (33.93%) Oracle
2 10 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.786%) Twitter
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