The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 62 25 50
Rank change year-on-year
-37 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 56 146 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.106% 7.453% 4.462%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.241% 7.799% 4.734%
Number of salaries quoted 50 138 64
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £28,500 £23,300
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
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
1728 1872 1542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.84% 95.56% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1373 1646 1312
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £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%
Software Developer
North West

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Warrington -15 15 £30,000 -14.28%
Chester -26 15 £30,000 -
Macclesfield -1 6 £28,500 +26.66%
Wilmslow - 6 £31,750 -
Runcorn - 3 £35,000 -
Crewe 0 2 £25,000 +25.00%
Winsford - 2 £30,500 -
Congleton - 1 £40,000 -
Software Developer
North West

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 123 (80.39%) .NET
2 106 (69.28%) C#
3 102 (66.67%) ASP.NET
4 86 (56.21%) CSS
5 83 (54.25%) HTML
6 81 (52.94%) Web Services
7 80 (52.29%) SQL Server
8 74 (48.37%) SQL
9 73 (47.71%) JavaScript
10 55 (35.95%) Ajax
11 48 (31.37%) XML
12 44 (28.76%) .NET Framework
13 43 (28.10%) jQuery
13 43 (28.10%) VB.NET
14 34 (22.22%) MVC
15 33 (21.57%) OO
16 32 (20.92%) Microsoft
17 31 (20.26%) T-SQL
18 30 (19.61%) SQL Server 2008
19 28 (18.30%) Java
20 26 (16.99%) Windows
21 25 (16.34%) C++
21 25 (16.34%) Visual Studio
21 25 (16.34%) Degree
22 24 (15.69%) Web Development
22 24 (15.69%) WinForms
23 22 (14.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
24 20 (13.07%) Computer Science
24 20 (13.07%) SQL Server 2005
25 19 (12.42%) Agile Software Development

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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
1 123 (80.39%) .NET
2 102 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 86 (56.21%) CSS
4 83 (54.25%) HTML
5 81 (52.94%) Web Services
6 55 (35.95%) Ajax
7 48 (31.37%) XML
8 44 (28.76%) .NET Framework
9 43 (28.10%) jQuery
10 24 (15.69%) WinForms
11 22 (14.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 18 (11.76%) SOAP
13 17 (11.11%) WCF
14 16 (10.46%) HTML5
15 14 (9.150%) LINQ
16 12 (7.843%) Flash
16 12 (7.843%) XML-RPC
17 11 (7.190%) Middleware
18 10 (6.536%) REST
18 10 (6.536%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.961%) CMS
1 3 (1.961%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (9.804%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.614%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.654%) Final Cut Pro
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.922%) TCP/IP
1 6 (3.922%) Internet
2 5 (3.268%) DVB
2 5 (3.268%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (3.268%) Bluetooth
2 5 (3.268%) GPRS
2 5 (3.268%) GSM
2 5 (3.268%) UMTS
2 5 (3.268%) VoIP
2 5 (3.268%) WLAN
2 5 (3.268%) NFC
3 4 (2.614%) HTTP
4 2 (1.307%) Broadband
5 1 (0.654%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (52.29%) SQL Server
2 30 (19.61%) SQL Server 2008
3 20 (13.07%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (8.497%) MySQL
5 6 (3.922%) SQL Server 2012
6 5 (3.268%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (1.961%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.307%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.654%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.654%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.654%) Big Data
9 1 (0.654%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (16.34%) Visual Studio
2 14 (9.150%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (7.190%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 6 (3.922%) PhoneGap
4 6 (3.922%) Subversion
5 4 (2.614%) Xcode
6 3 (1.961%) Eclipse
7 2 (1.307%) Git (software)
8 1 (0.654%) JUnit
8 1 (0.654%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.654%) GitHub
General
1 8 (5.229%) Finance
2 7 (4.575%) Multimedia
3 6 (3.922%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (3.922%) Electronics
4 5 (3.268%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.614%) Local Government
5 4 (2.614%) Games
6 3 (1.961%) Legal
7 2 (1.307%) Back Office
7 2 (1.307%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.654%) Advertising
8 1 (0.654%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.07%) Computer Science
2 7 (4.575%) Device Driver
2 7 (4.575%) N-Tier
2 7 (4.575%) Mathematics
3 6 (3.922%) Ontologies
3 6 (3.922%) Fixed Income
3 6 (3.922%) Grid Computing
4 5 (3.268%) MPEG
4 5 (3.268%) iPhone
4 5 (3.268%) Data Integration
4 5 (3.268%) Speech Recognition
5 4 (2.614%) Physics
5 4 (2.614%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (1.307%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.307%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.654%) W3C
7 1 (0.654%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.654%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.654%) SaaS
7 1 (0.654%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 26 (16.99%) Windows
2 15 (9.804%) Linux
3 9 (5.882%) UNIX
4 6 (3.922%) Windows 8
4 6 (3.922%) Android
5 5 (3.268%) Windows 7
5 5 (3.268%) Nucleus RTOS
5 5 (3.268%) Windows Mobile
5 5 (3.268%) Windows Phone
5 5 (3.268%) Windows Phone 8
5 5 (3.268%) Windows Phone 7
6 2 (1.307%) Windows CE
7 1 (0.654%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (22.22%) MVC
2 33 (21.57%) OO
3 24 (15.69%) Web Development
4 19 (12.42%) Agile Software Development
5 14 (9.150%) TDD
5 14 (9.150%) Scrum
6 12 (7.843%) Web Application Development
7 11 (7.190%) Unit Testing
7 11 (7.190%) E-Commerce
8 10 (6.536%) Pair Programming
9 9 (5.882%) Multithreading
10 7 (4.575%) Workflow
11 6 (3.922%) Parallel Processing
11 6 (3.922%) Bioinformatics
11 6 (3.922%) Project Management
12 5 (3.268%) Mobile Commerce
12 5 (3.268%) DRM
12 5 (3.268%) System Testing
12 5 (3.268%) Requirements Analysis
13 4 (2.614%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 106 (69.28%) C#
2 74 (48.37%) SQL
3 73 (47.71%) JavaScript
4 43 (28.10%) VB.NET
5 31 (20.26%) T-SQL
6 28 (18.30%) Java
7 25 (16.34%) C++
8 16 (10.46%) PHP
9 12 (7.843%) Python
10 11 (7.190%) C
11 6 (3.922%) R
11 6 (3.922%) MATLAB
12 5 (3.268%) Objective-C
13 4 (2.614%) VB
14 3 (1.961%) VB6
14 3 (1.961%) VBA
14 3 (1.961%) XPath
15 2 (1.307%) ActionScript 3.0
15 2 (1.307%) ActionScript
16 1 (0.654%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 25 (16.34%) Degree
2 15 (9.804%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.922%) PhD
4 5 (3.268%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.654%) Sun Certification
5 1 (0.654%) MCP
5 1 (0.654%) MCTS
5 1 (0.654%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.922%) QA
Vendors
1 32 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.575%) Sencha
3 6 (3.922%) Google
4 2 (1.307%) Zend
4 2 (1.307%) Oracle
4 2 (1.307%) Adobe
5 1 (0.654%) Apple
5 1 (0.654%) Progress
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
Wilmslow, North West
My client, launched in April 2007, is set to become Cheshire’s fastest growing business.Working for some of the UK’s largest blue chip organisations they provide...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £30k - 32k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based in Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for a skilled ASP.NET Software Developer... The resolution of ad hoc technical issues on a variety of web,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
In addition to this, there will be an opportunity to cross train onto other platforms / languages including iOS, .Net, PHP and Ruby on Rails... The Skills Java Development...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key Skills: - Visual Basic 6 - Essential - SQL Server 2000 and later/MYSQL - Essential - Web Development PHP/HTML/JAVA - Essential - Data Migration (Import/Export) - XML - Advantage - PRINCE 2/Agile/...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Required Skills: ASP.NET (4.0) using C# / Entity Framework SQL Server 2000 or later, HTML5 / CSS 3 /JavaScript AJAX / Web Services / JQuery Highly Desired Skills: Any experience...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
ASP.NET C# Software Developer - ASP.NET / C# / SQL / Macclesfield £25-32K.Our client based in Macclesfield is currently looking for a skilled ASP.NET C# Software Developer.
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Skills Required *Experience with C#, ASP.NET and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010/ 2012. *Experience of designing, building and maintaining SQL Server 2005/2008 R2/MySQL databases. *Experience of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
PHP / MySQL / LAMP / Apache / HTML / JavaScript / CSS / XML / Object Orientated Programming / OOP / Test Driven Development / TDD / SCRUM My client has an urgent requirement for a PHP Developer to...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013