Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

 Programmer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank823547
Rank change year-on-year
Down-47Up+12
Matching permanent IT job ads1791132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire1.166 %6.373 %4.069 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.261 %6.904 %4.311 %
Salaries quoted1686127
Average salary£25,000£29,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.25 %-15.71 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£25,200£24,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£40,150£46,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
--1.510 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
134813183062
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire92.46 %92.30 %94.39 %
Salaries quoted122612112787
Average salary£34,000£32,500£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.610 %-2.980 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£50,000£49,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Programmer North WestProgrammer
North West

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cheshire Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonDown-63£30,260+0.86 %
CreweDown-42£27,250-0.90 %
ChesterDown-211£35,000-
Programmer North WestProgrammer
North West

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

127 (51.92 %).NET
226 (50.00 %)SQL Server
323 (44.23 %)SQL
323 (44.23 %)JavaScript
421 (40.38 %)C#
520 (38.46 %)HTML
617 (32.69 %)CSS
716 (30.77 %)ASP
814 (26.92 %)ASP.NET
814 (26.92 %)XML
814 (26.92 %)Java
913 (25.00 %)PHP
1012 (23.08 %)JSP
1111 (21.15 %)AJAX
1210 (19.23 %)Finance
139 (17.31 %)MySQL
148 (15.38 %)VB
148 (15.38 %)IIS
148 (15.38 %)SEO
148 (15.38 %)XHTML
148 (15.38 %)Apache
157 (13.46 %)VB6
157 (13.46 %)Python
157 (13.46 %)Oracle
157 (13.46 %)Perl
166 (11.54 %)Web Services
166 (11.54 %)RDBMS
175 (9.615 %)Degree
175 (9.615 %)JSON
175 (9.615 %)Stripes Framework

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
127 (51.92 %).NET
220 (38.46 %)HTML
317 (32.69 %)CSS
416 (30.77 %)ASP
514 (26.92 %)ASP.NET
514 (26.92 %)XML
612 (23.08 %)JSP
711 (21.15 %)AJAX
88 (15.38 %)XHTML
96 (11.54 %)Web Services
105 (9.615 %)JSON
105 (9.615 %)Struts
105 (9.615 %)J2EE
105 (9.615 %)Stripes Framework
112 (3.846 %)DHTML
112 (3.846 %)WCF
112 (3.846 %)WPF
112 (3.846 %)jQuery
112 (3.846 %)XSLT
121 (1.923 %)ADO.NET
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (15.38 %)IIS
18 (15.38 %)Apache
25 (9.615 %)BizTalk Server
33 (5.769 %)CMS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (3.846 %)MS Excel
21 (1.923 %)PrintSoft PReS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.923 %)Intranet
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (50.00 %)SQL Server
29 (17.31 %)MySQL
36 (11.54 %)RDBMS
44 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (3.846 %)Crystal Reports
61 (1.923 %)OLTP
61 (1.923 %)SQL Server 2008
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (9.615 %)Ant
15 (9.615 %)JUnit
15 (9.615 %)Dreamweaver
21 (1.923 %)Oracle APEX
21 (1.923 %)Visual Studio
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (19.23 %)Finance
23 (5.769 %)Government
23 (5.769 %)Health
23 (5.769 %)Pensions
32 (3.846 %)Retail
32 (3.846 %)Telecoms
41 (1.923 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (1.923 %)Chemicals
41 (1.923 %)Education
41 (1.923 %)Insurance
41 (1.923 %)Banking
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (7.692 %)Computer Science
23 (5.769 %)N-Tier
31 (1.923 %)Client/Server
31 (1.923 %)French Language
31 (1.923 %)Multithreading
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (1.923 %)Windows
11 (1.923 %)Windows Mobile
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (15.38 %)SEO
25 (9.615 %)Web Development
25 (9.615 %)Unit Testing
33 (5.769 %)OO
42 (3.846 %)E-Commerce
42 (3.846 %)MVC
51 (1.923 %)UML
51 (1.923 %)OOD
51 (1.923 %)Content Management
51 (1.923 %)Business Analysis
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
123 (44.23 %)JavaScript
123 (44.23 %)SQL
221 (40.38 %)C#
314 (26.92 %)Java
413 (25.00 %)PHP
58 (15.38 %)VB
67 (13.46 %)Python
67 (13.46 %)VB6
67 (13.46 %)Perl
73 (5.769 %)C++
73 (5.769 %)VB.NET
81 (1.923 %)VBA
81 (1.923 %)VBScript
81 (1.923 %)C
81 (1.923 %)PL/SQL
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (9.615 %)Degree
22 (3.846 %)MCAD
22 (3.846 %)MCSD
22 (3.846 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (3.846 %)MCTS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (13.46 %)Oracle
25 (9.615 %)Interwoven
34 (7.692 %)Microsoft
42 (3.846 %)Sybase
51 (1.923 %)Kerridge