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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 664 743 670
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 36.91% 37.00% 40.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 38.49% 38.78% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 579 670 603
Average salary £32,500 £34,750 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.47% +4.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,600 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1725 1916 1556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.89% 95.42% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1371 1684 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
North West

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below 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 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
Chester 0 125 £35,000 +7.69%
Macclesfield +2 112 £30,250 -6.92%
Warrington -1 100 £30,000 -14.28%
Crewe 0 66 £42,500 +21.42%
Knutsford +4 35 £32,500 -3.70%
Wilmslow +2 32 £34,250 +2.23%
Northwich -4 8 £36,750 -2.00%
Nantwich +3 6 £35,000 -6.66%
Congleton - 6 £24,000 -
Ellesmere Port +1 5 £37,500 -
Runcorn -7 3 £35,000 -6.66%
Winsford 0 2 £30,500 -12.85%
Developer
North West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 969 (62.24%) .NET
2 853 (54.78%) C#
3 744 (47.78%) ASP.NET
4 686 (44.06%) SQL Server
5 669 (42.97%) JavaScript
6 637 (40.91%) SQL
7 602 (38.66%) HTML
8 566 (36.35%) CSS
9 501 (32.18%) MVC
10 456 (29.29%) Web Services
11 420 (26.97%) jQuery
12 374 (24.02%) XML
13 279 (17.92%) Ajax
14 264 (16.96%) Java
15 245 (15.74%) Microsoft
16 238 (15.29%) OO
17 237 (15.22%) PHP
18 227 (14.58%) ASP.NET MVC
19 217 (13.94%) WCF
20 201 (12.91%) Agile Software Development
21 198 (12.72%) Web Development
21 198 (12.72%) E-Commerce
22 191 (12.27%) .NET Framework
23 190 (12.20%) SQL Server 2008
24 186 (11.95%) TDD
25 185 (11.88%) Visual Studio
26 181 (11.62%) Finance
27 179 (11.50%) Degree
28 176 (11.30%) VB.NET
29 174 (11.18%) Windows

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 969 (62.24%) .NET
2 744 (47.78%) ASP.NET
3 602 (38.66%) HTML
4 566 (36.35%) CSS
5 456 (29.29%) Web Services
6 420 (26.97%) jQuery
7 374 (24.02%) XML
8 279 (17.92%) Ajax
9 227 (14.58%) ASP.NET MVC
10 217 (13.94%) WCF
11 191 (12.27%) .NET Framework
12 173 (11.11%) HTML5
13 132 (8.478%) SOAP
14 123 (7.900%) XHTML
15 103 (6.615%) CSS3
16 102 (6.551%) J2EE
17 100 (6.423%) WPF
18 96 (6.166%) Spring
19 92 (5.909%) WinForms
20 83 (5.331%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 66 (4.239%) Apache
2 56 (3.597%) Magento
3 48 (3.083%) CMS
4 42 (2.697%) WordPress
5 40 (2.569%) IIS
6 35 (2.248%) Tomcat
7 30 (1.927%) SharePoint
8 24 (1.541%) Drupal
9 15 (0.963%) Sitecore CMS
10 11 (0.706%) Apache Solr
10 11 (0.706%) Umbraco
11 10 (0.642%) WebLogic
12 7 (0.450%) Windows Azure
13 5 (0.321%) ExpressionEngine
13 5 (0.321%) ActiveMQ
14 4 (0.257%) SharePoint Server
14 4 (0.257%) LiveLink
14 4 (0.257%) nginx
15 3 (0.193%) SharePoint 2010
15 3 (0.193%) Joomla!
Applications
1 78 (5.010%) MS Excel
2 55 (3.532%) Photoshop
3 26 (1.670%) Fireworks
4 12 (0.771%) MS Office
5 4 (0.257%) MS Project
5 4 (0.257%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.193%) InfoPath
7 2 (0.128%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.128%) PaintShop Pro
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 16 (1.028%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.385%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.321%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 4 (0.257%) BASE24
5 1 (0.064%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 128 (8.221%) Internet
2 62 (3.982%) HTTP
3 42 (2.697%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.092%) Intranet
5 11 (0.706%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.321%) Bluetooth
6 5 (0.321%) UMTS
6 5 (0.321%) VoIP
6 5 (0.321%) WLAN
6 5 (0.321%) GPRS
6 5 (0.321%) GSM
6 5 (0.321%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.321%) DVB
6 5 (0.321%) NFC
7 4 (0.257%) ATM
8 2 (0.128%) Wireless
8 2 (0.128%) Broadband
8 2 (0.128%) ADSL
9 1 (0.064%) SSL
9 1 (0.064%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 686 (44.06%) SQL Server
2 190 (12.20%) SQL Server 2008
3 171 (10.98%) MySQL
4 139 (8.927%) SQL Server 2005
5 85 (5.459%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 78 (5.010%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 55 (3.532%) Data Warehouse
8 37 (2.376%) SQL Server 2000
9 30 (1.927%) OLTP
10 27 (1.734%) RDBMS
11 23 (1.477%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 22 (1.413%) Oracle 10g
13 18 (1.156%) Oracle 9i
14 17 (1.092%) Oracle 11g
15 14 (0.899%) PostgreSQL
15 14 (0.899%) SQL Server 2012
16 13 (0.835%) Oracle 8/8i
16 13 (0.835%) Microsoft Analysis Services
17 11 (0.706%) GIS
18 9 (0.578%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 185 (11.88%) Visual Studio
2 75 (4.817%) Subversion
3 52 (3.340%) NUnit
4 51 (3.276%) Team Foundation Server
5 49 (3.147%) Rhino Mocks
6 47 (3.019%) Git (software)
7 40 (2.569%) MSTest
8 38 (2.441%) Moq
8 38 (2.441%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 36 (2.312%) JUnit
10 27 (1.734%) Eclipse
10 27 (1.734%) Ant
11 13 (0.835%) PhoneGap
12 9 (0.578%) JIRA
13 8 (0.514%) Maven
13 8 (0.514%) Dreamweaver
14 7 (0.450%) PHPUnit
15 6 (0.385%) Selenium
15 6 (0.385%) Synon
16 5 (0.321%) Oracle Forms
General
1 181 (11.62%) Finance
2 68 (4.367%) Retail
3 54 (3.468%) Marketing
4 28 (1.798%) Legal
5 24 (1.541%) Telecoms
6 17 (1.092%) Music
7 16 (1.028%) Back Office
8 14 (0.899%) Manufacturing
9 13 (0.835%) Banking
10 12 (0.771%) Games
11 11 (0.706%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (0.706%) Advertising
12 9 (0.578%) Multimedia
13 6 (0.385%) Automotive
13 6 (0.385%) Electronics
14 4 (0.257%) Local Government
15 3 (0.193%) Law
15 3 (0.193%) Publishing
15 3 (0.193%) French Language
15 3 (0.193%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 114 (7.322%) Computer Science
2 74 (4.753%) W3C
3 49 (3.147%) Open Source
4 47 (3.019%) Mobile App
5 38 (2.441%) Inversion of Control
6 37 (2.376%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (1.541%) Fixed Income
8 21 (1.349%) Digital Media
9 18 (1.156%) Client/Server
10 15 (0.963%) N-Tier
10 15 (0.963%) Replication
10 15 (0.963%) Data Integration
11 14 (0.899%) Mathematics
12 13 (0.835%) iSeries
12 13 (0.835%) SaaS
12 13 (0.835%) Clustering
12 13 (0.835%) Web 2.0
13 11 (0.706%) iPhone
13 11 (0.706%) Streaming Music
14 9 (0.578%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 174 (11.18%) Windows
2 139 (8.927%) Linux
3 108 (6.936%) UNIX
4 31 (1.991%) Apple iOS
5 29 (1.863%) Android
6 11 (0.706%) Windows 8
6 11 (0.706%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (0.578%) Windows 7
7 9 (0.578%) Windows Phone
8 7 (0.450%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (0.450%) Windows Mobile
9 5 (0.321%) Windows Phone 8
9 5 (0.321%) Windows Phone 7
9 5 (0.321%) Nucleus RTOS
10 4 (0.257%) Windows XP
10 4 (0.257%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.193%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.128%) Windows CE
13 1 (0.064%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.064%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (32.18%) MVC
2 238 (15.29%) OO
3 201 (12.91%) Agile Software Development
4 198 (12.72%) Web Development
4 198 (12.72%) E-Commerce
5 186 (11.95%) TDD
6 150 (9.634%) Scrum
7 118 (7.579%) Web Application Development
8 108 (6.936%) Unit Testing
9 68 (4.367%) OOP
10 65 (4.175%) Continuous Integration
10 65 (4.175%) Web Design
10 65 (4.175%) Project Management
11 63 (4.046%) Business Intelligence
12 60 (3.854%) Kanban
13 59 (3.789%) Dependency Injection
14 53 (3.404%) MVVM
15 52 (3.340%) Configuration Management
16 50 (3.211%) ETL
17 44 (2.826%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 853 (54.78%) C#
2 669 (42.97%) JavaScript
3 637 (40.91%) SQL
4 264 (16.96%) Java
5 237 (15.22%) PHP
6 176 (11.30%) VB.NET
7 167 (10.73%) T-SQL
8 83 (5.331%) PL/SQL
9 71 (4.560%) C++
10 65 (4.175%) VB
11 63 (4.046%) Python
12 49 (3.147%) C
13 37 (2.376%) Perl
14 27 (1.734%) PHP5
15 26 (1.670%) XPath
16 22 (1.413%) VBA
16 22 (1.413%) Shell Script
17 16 (1.028%) Ruby
17 16 (1.028%) Objective-C
18 13 (0.835%) VB6
Qualifications
1 179 (11.50%) Degree
2 103 (6.615%) Microsoft Certification
3 78 (5.010%) MCTS
4 68 (4.367%) MCP
5 67 (4.303%) MCAD
5 67 (4.303%) MCSD
6 30 (1.927%) Security Cleared
7 8 (0.514%) PhD
8 6 (0.385%) ISEB
9 2 (0.128%) SCJA
9 2 (0.128%) SCJP
10 1 (0.064%) Sun Certification
10 1 (0.064%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.064%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (1.156%) QA
2 4 (0.257%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.193%) Terminal Services
2 1 (0.064%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 245 (15.74%) Microsoft
2 145 (9.313%) Oracle
3 49 (3.147%) Zend
4 36 (2.312%) Google
5 27 (1.734%) Ab Initio
5 27 (1.734%) Adobe
6 23 (1.477%) IBM
7 21 (1.349%) Sitecore
8 19 (1.220%) JBoss
9 12 (0.771%) Twitter
10 11 (0.706%) ESRI
10 11 (0.706%) Apple
11 10 (0.642%) hybris
12 9 (0.578%) EPiServer
13 8 (0.514%) Facebook
14 7 (0.450%) Sencha
15 6 (0.385%) JD Edwards
16 5 (0.321%) Cognos
16 5 (0.321%) VMware
16 5 (0.321%) Avaya
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Key skills - C#, .NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server, C# Developer, .NET Developer C# Developer / .NET Developer needed urgently for a new opportunity to join a leading brand based...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Congleton, North West
A great opportunity has come available for a Software Developer specialising in C# development to join an organisation where you can really take your career to the next...
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
The company have recently deployed a very successful web application and due to enormous success they require a Software Developer with strong skills in C#, ASP.Net and...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
ASP.NET Web Developer / C# / SQL Server / MVC / JavaScript / CSS / HTML / Warrington... Applicants to this role must have 2-3 years' experience with: *ASP.NET *C# *SQL Server *...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £23000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chester, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software for my client. Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set,...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
This is a fantastic opportunity for talented C# and Asp.net developers to contribute to their expanding office located in Knutsford. The ideal candidate should have a number...
TEKsystems
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension
Posted: 22 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
C# SQL Developer £25-40K + Benefits. Our Client based near Macclesfield is currently looking for an experience C#, .NET Developer... C# (Very Strong) .NET ? Visual Studio 2008 ? AJAX ?...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
The key skills required for the C# Developer role are: Strong experience with C# and ASP.Net development. Experience with Javascript and good knowledge of OO / Object Oriented...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Implement, customise, and manage CMS/ecommerce sites as well as bespoke applications 3... Very strong working knowledge of .NET4 using C# 2. Knowledge of MVC framework 3. Very...
Blueleaf
Salary: £Attractive
Posted: 24 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based in Macclesfield is currently looking for a skilled .NET Developer... * Technical lead on projects as required * Contribute to the production of all necessary project documentation...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
Skills Essential - * C# * ASP.Net * SQL Server * JQuery * HTML, CSS, Javascript Desirable - * ASP.Net-MVC * LINQ * Entity Framework This is a successful company that promote the use of...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Crewe, North West
They will be primarily working using C#, ASP.Net, SQL databases, JQuery, web services ... Proven commercial experience in a software development role using .Net and C# is essential...
Mint
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + holidays
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chester, North West
The company produces EPoS systems for a range of companies in the Leisure and Hospitality sector in the UK and after the successful launch of their core product.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Warrington Collegiate require a Systems Developer to design, develop and maintain the College’s management information systems... You will need a Degree in a Computer Science or IT...
Warrington Collegiate
Salary: From £25,096 to £33,824 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
ASP.Net, web forms, MVC, JSON JavaScript Object Notation, AJAX (VB.NET / C#). - Strong DBMS skills on SQL Server (2005/2008)... ADO.Net development experience... - Strong object-oriented...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits, Great Environment, Career
Posted: 24 May 2013
Crewe, North West
C# Developer, .Net Developer, VB.Net, Web DeveloperSalary: To £45,000 plus benefits Location: Crewe, CheshireStart: ASAP Ideal skills: C# / VB.net / ASP.net + MVC/Agile Job: C#,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 45k per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
C# API Developer£30,000 MacclesfieldA steadily growing and successful financial organisation requires a Web Service Developer to join a passionate team and assist in the continued development...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £25000 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
You will report to the Development Manager, to define standards with JavaScript, CSS, (X) HTML and other technologies... You will be an expert with JavaScript, CSS and (X)...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Runcorn, North West
As a Software Developer your responsibilities will include:*Software Development of software products*Work on product release projects*Work with support to address customer issues*Interface with teams...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £48000 per annum + Competitive Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Work with SOAP based web services... > Knowledge of MVC framework. > Very strong working knowledge of SQL (in particular MySQL) > Strong working knowledge of XHTML. > Strong working knowledge of...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum up to £35,000 dependent on skills & experience
Posted: 23 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Technologies used are ASP.Net, C# & VB.Net (v4.0), Webservices, HTML and CSS... Primary Skills (Essential) - MS Visual Studio - ASP.NET & VB.Net - Web application development Secondary...
Integrity IT Solutions
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum Health/ Life Insurance/ Pension
Posted: 24 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Experience needed: C# / ASP.NET Entity Framework Visual Studio SQL Server Linq JQuery, JavaScript This is an amazing opportunity for a C# / ASP .Net Developer who wants to...
Computer Futures
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wilmslow, North West
Our client, a Software Company based Wilmslow, Cheshire is currently looking for a skilled C# Web Developer. The company builds e-commerce sites for consumer and trade sales,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
You be heavily involved in .Net4, C#, MVC Framework, JQuery and SQL Server in order to develop the applications successfully... Excellent knowledge of C# AND .Net... Possess a...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
A Senior C#.Net Developer with skills in ASP.Net and SQL is required to join an innovative and successful organisation based in Warrington. The C#.Net Developer...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013