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This section looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs within the Chester 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4646
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads817
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.007 %
As % of the category below2.174 %2.967 %
Salaries quoted817
Average minimum salary£25,750£32,706
Average salary£33,000£33,765
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum salary£40,250£34,824
UK excluding London average salary£39,839£40,349
% change on same period last year-1.26 %
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads368573
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.201 %0.241 %
Salaries quoted334516
Average minimum salary£29,041£29,802
Average salary£31,438£32,126
% change on same period last year-2.14 %
Average maximum salary£33,834£34,449
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Senior Developer CheshireSenior Developer
Cheshire

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

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

Chester Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

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

Chester Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Chester region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Chester Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

120 (71.43 %)SQL
218 (64.29 %)SQL Server
317 (60.71 %)C#
317 (60.71 %).NET
416 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
515 (53.57 %)XML
611 (39.29 %)AJAX
710 (35.71 %)MS Excel
89 (32.14 %)JavaScript
98 (28.57 %)DHTML
98 (28.57 %)HTML
98 (28.57 %)J2EE
98 (28.57 %)Oracle
98 (28.57 %)CSS
98 (28.57 %)WebServices
107 (25.00 %)ASP
107 (25.00 %)VB
107 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
116 (21.43 %)OO
116 (21.43 %)JBoss
116 (21.43 %)Java
116 (21.43 %)EJB
125 (17.86 %)IIS
125 (17.86 %)Struts
125 (17.86 %)Spring
125 (17.86 %)Hibernate
125 (17.86 %)Clustering
125 (17.86 %)Degree
134 (14.29 %)Marketing
134 (14.29 %)Direct Marketing

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (60.71 %).NET
216 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
315 (53.57 %)XML
411 (39.29 %)AJAX
58 (28.57 %)WebServices
58 (28.57 %)CSS
58 (28.57 %)J2EE
58 (28.57 %)HTML
67 (25.00 %)ASP
76 (21.43 %)EJB
85 (17.86 %)Struts
85 (17.86 %)Hibernate
85 (17.86 %)Spring
94 (14.29 %)ODBC
94 (14.29 %)XHTML
94 (14.29 %)ADO
103 (10.71 %)MVC
103 (10.71 %)SOAP
112 (7.143 %)XSLT
112 (7.143 %)Apache OpenJPA
Chester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (21.43 %)JBoss
25 (17.86 %)IIS
34 (14.29 %)Tomcat
42 (7.143 %)WebLogic
Chester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (35.71 %)MS Excel
24 (14.29 %)MS Office
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.571 %)Intranet
Chester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (64.29 %)SQL Server
27 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
34 (14.29 %)DTS
43 (10.71 %)MySQL
43 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (7.143 %)Oracle 9i
Chester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.571 %)Eclipse
11 (3.571 %)Subversion
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (14.29 %)Marketing
23 (10.71 %)Finance
23 (10.71 %)Banking
32 (7.143 %)Pensions
32 (7.143 %)Health
Chester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (17.86 %)Clustering
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (14.29 %)Windows
21 (3.571 %)Linux
21 (3.571 %)Windows CE
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (21.43 %)OO
24 (14.29 %)Direct Marketing
33 (10.71 %)OOP
42 (7.143 %)OOA/OOD
42 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
51 (3.571 %)Validation
51 (3.571 %)Business Analysis
51 (3.571 %)UML
Chester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (71.43 %)SQL
217 (60.71 %)C#
39 (32.14 %)JavaScript
48 (28.57 %)DHTML
57 (25.00 %)VB
66 (21.43 %)Java
74 (14.29 %)VBA
74 (14.29 %)VB6
74 (14.29 %)VBScript
83 (10.71 %)VB.NET
83 (10.71 %)Transact-SQL
91 (3.571 %)PHP
91 (3.571 %)C++
Chester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (17.86 %)Degree
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (28.57 %)Oracle
22 (7.143 %)BEA
31 (3.571 %)Red Hat