The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 June 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 45 - 59
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.336% - 0.344%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.357% - 0.358%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
280 163 279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.96% 98.19% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 156 152 266
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £46,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Programmer
Cheshire

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Chester Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

1 6 (85.71%) C#
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
1 6 (85.71%) MVC
1 6 (85.71%) CMS
1 6 (85.71%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 5 (71.43%) Sitecore CMS
2 5 (71.43%) Sitecore
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (71.43%) XHTML
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) HTTP
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Apple
3 1 (14.29%) Sony
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) MySQL
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) ASP
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 1 (14.29%) COM
3 1 (14.29%) Magento
3 1 (14.29%) Open Source
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) jQuery
3 1 (14.29%) WordPress
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile App

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Application Development
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
1 6 (85.71%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 5 (71.43%) XHTML
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) ASP
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 1 (14.29%) COM
3 1 (14.29%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) CMS
2 5 (71.43%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (14.29%) Magento
3 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Open Source
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) MVC
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C#
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) PHP
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Sitecore
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) Sony
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle