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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank12
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads849737
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.447 %0.302 %
As % of the category below26.89 %25.16 %
Salaries quoted780659
Average minimum salary£29,503£28,680
Average salary£32,110£30,924
% change on same period last year+3.83 %
Average maximum salary£34,717£33,168
UK excluding London average salary£34,034£33,900
% change on same period last year+0.39 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads31572929
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.663 %1.201 %
Salaries quoted28502585
Average minimum salary£32,515£31,743
Average salary£35,739£34,357
% change on same period last year+4.02 %
Average maximum salary£38,964£36,970
UK excluding London average salary£38,194£39,492
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Cheshire Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonNo change0184£32,480+6.48 %
ChesterUp+4165£30,065+1.19 %
CreweUp+458£28,823-9.84 %
MacclesfieldDown-346£30,989+25.02 %
WilmslowUp+437£30,621-12.51 %
RuncornUp+332£34,313+30.71 %
KnutsfordDown-728£29,632-1.88 %
NorthwichNo change020£31,525+10.08 %
WidnesNew entry-12£25,091-
NantwichNo change09£26,278-21.39 %
Ellesmere PortUp+16£27,833+17.88 %
WinsfordNew entry-3--
CongletonUp+22£28,000-13.84 %
DaresburyNew entry-2£15,400-
Alderley EdgeNew entry-1£42,000-
LymmUp+11£36,500+15.87 %
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1842 (51.15 %).NET
2686 (41.68 %)SQL
3671 (40.77 %)SQL Server
4664 (40.34 %)C#
5543 (32.99 %)ASP.NET
6400 (24.30 %)Java
7338 (20.53 %)XML
8337 (20.47 %)HTML
9314 (19.08 %)Oracle
10293 (17.80 %)J2EE
11283 (17.19 %)JavaScript
12266 (16.16 %)CSS
13264 (16.04 %)VB
14246 (14.95 %)VB.NET
15223 (13.55 %)OO
16222 (13.49 %)SQL Server 2000
17206 (12.52 %)WebServices
18205 (12.45 %)Microsoft
19202 (12.27 %)AJAX
20199 (12.09 %)SQL Server 2005
21187 (11.36 %)Finance
22167 (10.15 %)PL/SQL
23165 (10.02 %)Transact-SQL
24153 (9.295 %)Windows
25151 (9.174 %)Degree
26147 (8.931 %)C++
27127 (7.716 %)E-Commerce
28125 (7.594 %)Pensions
29124 (7.533 %)ASP
30121 (7.351 %)Visual Studio

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1842 (51.15 %).NET
2543 (32.99 %)ASP.NET
3338 (20.53 %)XML
4337 (20.47 %)HTML
5293 (17.80 %)J2EE
6266 (16.16 %)CSS
7206 (12.52 %)WebServices
8202 (12.27 %)AJAX
9124 (7.533 %)ASP
10116 (7.047 %).NET Framework
11112 (6.804 %)JSP
11112 (6.804 %)XHTML
12109 (6.622 %)EJB
1380 (4.860 %)Hibernate
1475 (4.557 %)WinForms
1574 (4.496 %)XSLT
1668 (4.131 %)Servlets
1759 (3.584 %)Struts
1851 (3.098 %)J2ME
1947 (2.855 %)JDBC
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
185 (5.164 %)IIS
253 (3.220 %)JBoss
344 (2.673 %)SharePoint
443 (2.612 %)Tomcat
528 (1.701 %)Apache
625 (1.519 %)SharePoint Server 2007
724 (1.458 %)CMS
724 (1.458 %)WebLogic
813 (0.790 %)MTS
911 (0.668 %)SAS
911 (0.668 %)BizTalk Server
1010 (0.608 %)Oracle Application Server
119 (0.547 %)Lotus Notes
127 (0.425 %)Joomla!
136 (0.365 %)Oracle Workflow
145 (0.304 %)SharePoint Portal Server
145 (0.304 %)ArcGIS
145 (0.304 %)Oracle 9iAS
154 (0.243 %)NetWeaver
154 (0.243 %)WebSphere MQ
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1112 (6.804 %)MS Excel
242 (2.552 %)MS Office
336 (2.187 %)Photoshop
416 (0.972 %)MS Visio
512 (0.729 %)Fireworks
611 (0.668 %)MS PowerPoint
79 (0.547 %)Adobe Captivate
88 (0.486 %)Adobe Illustrator
96 (0.365 %)FrameMaker
103 (0.182 %)Adobe Director
103 (0.182 %)CA Clarity
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (1.397 %)Oracle Applications
214 (0.851 %)Oracle 11i
313 (0.790 %)Oracle EBS
411 (0.668 %)Pivotal CRM
57 (0.425 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
65 (0.304 %)Dynamics AX
65 (0.304 %)Axapta
74 (0.243 %)Navision
74 (0.243 %)SAP Retail
74 (0.243 %)Line 500
83 (0.182 %)Dynamics NAV
92 (0.122 %)Dynamics CRM
101 (0.061 %)Microsoft CRM
101 (0.061 %)Oracle Financials
101 (0.061 %)Oracle ERP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
184 (5.103 %)Internet
264 (3.888 %)Intranet
327 (1.640 %)HTTP
415 (0.911 %)LAN
415 (0.911 %)WAN
514 (0.851 %)Extranet
69 (0.547 %)GPRS
77 (0.425 %)SMTP
77 (0.425 %)FTP
85 (0.304 %)TCP/IP
94 (0.243 %)SSL
103 (0.182 %)Firewall
112 (0.122 %)VPN
112 (0.122 %)GSM
112 (0.122 %)VoIP
112 (0.122 %)VLAN
121 (0.061 %)LDAP
121 (0.061 %)Ethernet
121 (0.061 %)IP Telephony
121 (0.061 %)MPLS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1671 (40.77 %)SQL Server
2222 (13.49 %)SQL Server 2000
3199 (12.09 %)SQL Server 2005
490 (5.468 %)MySQL
586 (5.225 %)Oracle 9i
675 (4.557 %)Oracle Reports
764 (3.888 %)Oracle 10g
853 (3.220 %)Crystal Reports
952 (3.159 %)Oracle 8/8i
1049 (2.977 %)ETL
1148 (2.916 %)MS Access
1243 (2.612 %)Datawarehouse
1340 (2.430 %)SQL Server 7
1438 (2.309 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1535 (2.126 %)RDBMS
1626 (1.580 %)DTS
1725 (1.519 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1818 (1.094 %)SQLPlus
1913 (0.790 %)OLAP
2012 (0.729 %)Oracle Discoverer
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1121 (7.351 %)Visual Studio
275 (4.557 %)Oracle Forms
359 (3.584 %)Flash
441 (2.491 %)Dreamweaver
539 (2.369 %)Subversion
632 (1.944 %)Eclipse
720 (1.215 %)JDeveloper
812 (0.729 %)VSS/SourceSafe
99 (0.547 %)Oracle APEX
108 (0.486 %)Ant
108 (0.486 %)Rational Rose
117 (0.425 %)Zend Studio
126 (0.365 %)NUnit
126 (0.365 %)JUnit
135 (0.304 %)InstallShield
135 (0.304 %)MorphX
135 (0.304 %)JIRA
143 (0.182 %)Oracle Developer 2000
152 (0.122 %)Paros
152 (0.122 %)Fiddler
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1187 (11.36 %)Finance
2125 (7.594 %)Pensions
380 (4.860 %)Health
453 (3.220 %)Marketing
541 (2.491 %)Retail
633 (2.005 %)Education
732 (1.944 %)Telecoms
829 (1.762 %)Banking
928 (1.701 %)Government
1025 (1.519 %)Pharmaceutical
1123 (1.397 %)Graphic Design
1222 (1.337 %)3D Graphics
1321 (1.276 %)Chemicals
1419 (1.154 %)Legal
1518 (1.094 %)Insurance
1617 (1.033 %)Publishing
1713 (0.790 %)Advertising
1811 (0.668 %)Manufacturing
1910 (0.608 %)Multimedia
209 (0.547 %)Games
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (1.640 %)Computer Science
224 (1.458 %)Client/Server
321 (1.276 %)N-Tier
416 (0.972 %)IVR
515 (0.911 %)Blackberry
614 (0.851 %)PDA
711 (0.668 %)Replication
810 (0.608 %)Device Driver
810 (0.608 %)Mathematics
98 (0.486 %)W3C
98 (0.486 %)Management Information System
107 (0.425 %)DTV
107 (0.425 %)EPoS
107 (0.425 %)NHS
116 (0.365 %)Clustering
116 (0.365 %)Web 2.0
125 (0.304 %)Informatics
125 (0.304 %)Tandem
133 (0.182 %)Speech Recognition
133 (0.182 %)E-Learning
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1153 (9.295 %)Windows
286 (5.225 %)UNIX
348 (2.916 %)Linux
420 (1.215 %)Windows Mobile
58 (0.486 %)Windows CE
62 (0.122 %)Symbian OS
62 (0.122 %)Embedded Linux
62 (0.122 %)Windows NT
62 (0.122 %)VMS
71 (0.061 %)zOS
71 (0.061 %)Windows Vista
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1223 (13.55 %)OO
2127 (7.716 %)E-Commerce
397 (5.893 %)UML
481 (4.921 %)Web Development
570 (4.253 %)OOA/OOD
663 (3.827 %)Unit Testing
754 (3.281 %)Business Intelligence
833 (2.005 %)Security Cleared
931 (1.883 %)Project Management
1029 (1.762 %)OOD
1128 (1.701 %)Agile Software Development
1226 (1.580 %)CRM
1324 (1.458 %)CAD
1422 (1.337 %)Migration
1422 (1.337 %)Requirements Analysis
1422 (1.337 %)DV Cleared
1521 (1.276 %)Web Design
1617 (1.033 %)Workflow
1716 (0.972 %)OOP
1716 (0.972 %)Content Management
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1686 (41.68 %)SQL
2664 (40.34 %)C#
3400 (24.30 %)Java
4283 (17.19 %)JavaScript
5264 (16.04 %)VB
6246 (14.95 %)VB.NET
7167 (10.15 %)PL/SQL
8165 (10.02 %)Transact-SQL
9147 (8.931 %)C++
10115 (6.987 %)PHP
11108 (6.561 %)VB6
1286 (5.225 %)DHTML
1372 (4.374 %)C
1436 (2.187 %)VBA
1529 (1.762 %)VC++
1625 (1.519 %)ActionScript
1724 (1.458 %)VBScript
1822 (1.337 %)Delphi
1918 (1.094 %)PHP5
2015 (0.911 %)Perl
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1151 (9.174 %)Degree
244 (2.673 %)Microsoft Certification
320 (1.215 %)MCSD
418 (1.094 %)Oracle Certification
512 (0.729 %)MCPD
67 (0.425 %)MCTS
67 (0.425 %)MCSA
67 (0.425 %)MCP
74 (0.243 %)MCAD
74 (0.243 %)HND
74 (0.243 %)Postgraduate
83 (0.182 %)Sun Certification
92 (0.122 %)GNVQ
92 (0.122 %)OCP
101 (0.061 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (1.397 %)QA
212 (0.729 %)SLA
310 (0.608 %)Basel II
41 (0.061 %)WCAG
41 (0.061 %)WAI
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.182 %)Active Directory
22 (0.122 %)AquaLogic
31 (0.061 %)Terminal Services
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1314 (19.08 %)Oracle
2205 (12.45 %)Microsoft
333 (2.005 %)Adobe
432 (1.944 %)BEA
525 (1.519 %)SAP
620 (1.215 %)IBM
719 (1.154 %)Symbian
813 (0.790 %)Teradata
813 (0.790 %)Dundas
912 (0.729 %)Ab Initio
1011 (0.668 %)Cognos
119 (0.547 %)Sybase
119 (0.547 %)Sage
119 (0.547 %)Lotus
127 (0.425 %)Business Objects
127 (0.425 %)Zend
134 (0.243 %)Unica
134 (0.243 %)Progress
134 (0.243 %)Borland
134 (0.243 %)ESRI
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