Cheshire Software Developer Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Developer
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Aldershot Altrincham Andover Ascot Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Banchory Barnsley Barnstaple Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Buckley Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Church Stretton Cirencester City of London Clapham Colchester Cornwall Coventry Crawley Crewe Crewkerne Croydon Cumbria Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devizes Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Droitwich Dudley Dundee Dunfermline Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ellesmere Port England Epsom Essex Evesham Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Flintshire Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grantham Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harlow Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Havant Haverhill Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horley Hull Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Kent Kettering Kidderminster Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leigh-on-Sea Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Ludlow Luton Lutterworth M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malton Manchester Mansfield Marlow Matlock Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes New Malden New Milton Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Penicuik Penrith Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Romsey Ross-on-Wye Rotherham Rugby Ruislip Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Seaford Sheffield Shepton Mallet Shropshire Slough Smethwick Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Spalding St Albans St Neots Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stamford Stansted Stevenage Stirling Stirlingshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tamworth Taunton Telford Tewkesbury Thetford Totnes Trowbridge Truro Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Waltham Abbey Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Weymouth Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodbridge Worcester Worcestershire Wrexham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	42	54
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching permanent IT job ads	137	112
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.072 %	0.046 %
As % of the category below	4.340 %	3.824 %
Salaries quoted	115	100
Average minimum salary	£27,565	£29,513
Average salary	£29,802	£31,752
% change on same period last year	-6.14 %
Average maximum salary	£32,039	£33,991
UK excluding London average salary	£33,149	£33,143
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	3157	2929
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.663 %	1.201 %
Salaries quoted	2850	2585
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 %
Software Developer North West

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

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Job Locations

This section 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 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	+10	35	£31,129	+6.16 %
Wilmslow	-	29	£30,440	-
Warrington	-17	24	£26,294	-23.26 %
Macclesfield	-16	6	£30,000	+31.14 %
Ellesmere Port	-	5	£28,000	-
Runcorn	-13	3	£27,500	+10.00 %
Northwich	-7	2	£26,500	-5.35 %
Crewe	+6	1	£26,000	-23.37 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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.

1 191 (74.32 %) .NET 2 177 (68.87 %) C# 3 109 (42.41 %) SQL Server 4 102 (39.69 %) SQL 5 98 (38.13 %) ASP.NET 6 61 (23.74 %) C++ 7 57 (22.18 %) XML 8 55 (21.40 %) Microsoft 9 54 (21.01 %) Windows 10 51 (19.84 %) VB 11 48 (18.68 %) Java 12 44 (17.12 %) WebServices 13 43 (16.73 %) WinForms 14 42 (16.34 %) OO 15 41 (15.95 %) AJAX

15 41 (15.95 %) .NET Framework 16 40 (15.56 %) VB.NET 17 36 (14.01 %) Transact-SQL 18 32 (12.45 %) Degree 18 32 (12.45 %) Finance 19 31 (12.06 %) SQL Server 2000 20 30 (11.67 %) JavaScript 21 29 (11.28 %) C 22 28 (10.89 %) DHTML 23 25 (9.728 %) SQL Server 2005 23 25 (9.728 %) HTML 23 25 (9.728 %) ASP 24 22 (8.560 %) CSS 24 22 (8.560 %) J2ME 24 22 (8.560 %) MS Excel

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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 1 191 (74.32 %) .NET 2 98 (38.13 %) ASP.NET 3 57 (22.18 %) XML 4 44 (17.12 %) WebServices 5 43 (16.73 %) WinForms 6 41 (15.95 %) AJAX 6 41 (15.95 %) .NET Framework 7 25 (9.728 %) HTML 7 25 (9.728 %) ASP 8 22 (8.560 %) CSS 8 22 (8.560 %) J2ME 9 16 (6.226 %) Silverlight 10 11 (4.280 %) J2EE 11 9 (3.502 %) XSLT 11 9 (3.502 %) OpenGL 11 9 (3.502 %) DirectX 12 7 (2.724 %) EJB 13 6 (2.335 %) JSP 13 6 (2.335 %) MFC 13 6 (2.335 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 13 (5.058 %) IIS 2 6 (2.335 %) Lotus Notes 3 3 (1.167 %) SharePoint 4 2 (0.778 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 1 (0.389 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (0.389 %) Tomcat 5 1 (0.389 %) JBoss 5 1 (0.389 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 1 (0.389 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 22 (8.560 %) MS Excel 2 12 (4.669 %) MS Office 3 4 (1.556 %) MS Visio 4 3 (1.167 %) Adobe Director 4 3 (1.167 %) Photoshop 5 2 (0.778 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 20 (7.782 %) HTTP 2 8 (3.113 %) Internet 3 6 (2.335 %) FTP 4 4 (1.556 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (1.556 %) Intranet 4 4 (1.556 %) WAN 4 4 (1.556 %) LAN 5 3 (1.167 %) SMTP 6 2 (0.778 %) GPRS 6 2 (0.778 %) GSM 7 1 (0.389 %) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 109 (42.41 %) SQL Server 2 31 (12.06 %) SQL Server 2000 3 25 (9.728 %) SQL Server 2005 4 12 (4.669 %) Crystal Reports 5 9 (3.502 %) MySQL 6 7 (2.724 %) MS Access 7 6 (2.335 %) SQL Server 7 8 2 (0.778 %) RDBMS 8 2 (0.778 %) GIS 8 2 (0.778 %) DTS 9 1 (0.389 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 1 (0.389 %) Datawarehouse 9 1 (0.389 %) Oracle Reports 9 1 (0.389 %) Oracle 9i 9 1 (0.389 %) SQL Anywhere	Development Applications 1 18 (7.004 %) Visual Studio 2 14 (5.447 %) Flash 3 3 (1.167 %) Dreamweaver 4 2 (0.778 %) InstallShield 4 2 (0.778 %) Rational Rose 5 1 (0.389 %) Oracle Forms 5 1 (0.389 %) NUnit
General 1 32 (12.45 %) Finance 2 20 (7.782 %) Health 3 18 (7.004 %) Pensions 4 8 (3.113 %) 3D Graphics 4 8 (3.113 %) Chemicals 4 8 (3.113 %) Pharmaceutical 5 5 (1.946 %) Marketing 5 5 (1.946 %) Telecoms 6 4 (1.556 %) Banking 7 3 (1.167 %) Insurance 7 3 (1.167 %) Graphic Design 7 3 (1.167 %) Education 8 2 (0.778 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.389 %) Automotive 9 1 (0.389 %) Government 9 1 (0.389 %) Manufacturing	Miscellaneous 1 14 (5.447 %) Blackberry 2 11 (4.280 %) Client/Server 3 9 (3.502 %) N-Tier 4 7 (2.724 %) Device Driver 5 5 (1.946 %) Clustering 6 4 (1.556 %) Mathematics 7 2 (0.778 %) Informatics 7 2 (0.778 %) NHS 7 2 (0.778 %) Management Information System 8 1 (0.389 %) IVR 8 1 (0.389 %) Data Protection Act 8 1 (0.389 %) Computer Science
Operating Systems 1 54 (21.01 %) Windows 2 8 (3.113 %) Linux 3 4 (1.556 %) Windows Mobile 4 2 (0.778 %) Symbian OS 5 1 (0.389 %) Windows Vista 5 1 (0.389 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 42 (16.34 %) OO 2 19 (7.393 %) UML 3 15 (5.837 %) OOA/OOD 4 13 (5.058 %) Unit Testing 5 11 (4.280 %) Requirements Analysis 5 11 (4.280 %) CAD 6 8 (3.113 %) Migration 7 5 (1.946 %) Project Management 7 5 (1.946 %) Configuration Management 7 5 (1.946 %) RAD 7 5 (1.946 %) Agile Software Development 7 5 (1.946 %) Business Analysis 8 4 (1.556 %) OOD 8 4 (1.556 %) Web Development 8 4 (1.556 %) Integration Testing 8 4 (1.556 %) SSADM 8 4 (1.556 %) PRINCE2 8 4 (1.556 %) Software Engineering 9 3 (1.167 %) E-Commerce 10 2 (0.778 %) DRM
Programming Languages 1 177 (68.87 %) C# 2 102 (39.69 %) SQL 3 61 (23.74 %) C++ 4 51 (19.84 %) VB 5 48 (18.68 %) Java 6 40 (15.56 %) VB.NET 7 36 (14.01 %) Transact-SQL 8 30 (11.67 %) JavaScript 9 29 (11.28 %) C 10 28 (10.89 %) DHTML 11 21 (8.171 %) VB6 12 13 (5.058 %) Delphi 13 10 (3.891 %) PHP 14 9 (3.502 %) VC++ 15 7 (2.724 %) VBA 16 5 (1.946 %) VBScript 17 4 (1.556 %) Pascal 18 3 (1.167 %) ActionScript 18 3 (1.167 %) PL/SQL 19 2 (0.778 %) LotusScript	Qualifications 1 32 (12.45 %) Degree 2 11 (4.280 %) Microsoft Certification 3 7 (2.724 %) MCP 4 4 (1.556 %) MCSD 4 4 (1.556 %) Postgraduate 5 2 (0.778 %) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.778 %) QA	Vendors 1 55 (21.40 %) Microsoft 2 8 (3.113 %) Oracle 3 6 (2.335 %) Lotus 4 5 (1.946 %) Adobe 5 4 (1.556 %) Symbian 5 4 (1.556 %) IBM 6 3 (1.167 %) Borland 7 1 (0.389 %) Teradata 7 1 (0.389 %) Alterian 7 1 (0.389 %) Unica 7 1 (0.389 %) Sybase