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The table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2544
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads4624
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.027 %0.010 %
As % of the category below10.38 %3.709 %
Salaries quoted4323
Average minimum salary£25,651£29,348
Average salary£28,453£30,478
% change on same period last year-6.64 %
Average maximum salary£31,256£31,609
UK excluding London average salary£33,363£33,059
% change on same period last year+0.92 %
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads443647
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.259 %0.277 %
Salaries quoted415589
Average minimum salary£30,230£30,332
Average salary£32,940£33,124
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
Average maximum salary£35,651£35,916
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Software Developer CheshireSoftware Developer
Cheshire

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Chester Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Chester Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Chester region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Chester Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

171 (84.52 %).NET
262 (73.81 %)C#
360 (71.43 %)ASP.NET
455 (65.48 %)SQL Server
543 (51.19 %)SQL
634 (40.48 %)HTML
729 (34.52 %)JavaScript
729 (34.52 %)XML
729 (34.52 %)AJAX
828 (33.33 %)Windows
926 (30.95 %)Transact-SQL
1023 (27.38 %)WebServices
1121 (25.00 %)CSS
1121 (25.00 %)DHTML
1121 (25.00 %)VB.NET
1220 (23.81 %)WinForms
1220 (23.81 %)SQL Server 2005
1220 (23.81 %)SQL Server 2000
1319 (22.62 %)Microsoft
1319 (22.62 %)VBScript
1418 (21.43 %)ASP
1516 (19.05 %)VB
1615 (17.86 %)OOA/OOD
1615 (17.86 %)VB6
1714 (16.67 %)Finance
1714 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
1812 (14.29 %)XSL
1812 (14.29 %)MS Excel
1911 (13.10 %)OO
1911 (13.10 %)Configuration Management

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
171 (84.52 %).NET
260 (71.43 %)ASP.NET
334 (40.48 %)HTML
429 (34.52 %)XML
429 (34.52 %)AJAX
523 (27.38 %)WebServices
621 (25.00 %)CSS
720 (23.81 %)WinForms
818 (21.43 %)ASP
912 (14.29 %)XSL
107 (8.333 %)MVC
107 (8.333 %)WCF
107 (8.333 %)WPF
107 (8.333 %)LINQ
116 (7.143 %)Adobe Flex
125 (5.952 %).NET Framework
125 (5.952 %)ADO.NET
134 (4.762 %)ADO
134 (4.762 %)ODBC
143 (3.571 %)WSDL
Chester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (5.952 %)IIS
Chester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (14.29 %)MS Excel
26 (7.143 %)MS Office
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (8.333 %)Internet
23 (3.571 %)HTTP
Chester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (65.48 %)SQL Server
220 (23.81 %)SQL Server 2000
220 (23.81 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2008
45 (5.952 %)Crystal Reports
54 (4.762 %)DTS
63 (3.571 %)Oracle 9i
72 (2.381 %)Oracle 10g
72 (2.381 %)SQL Server 7
72 (2.381 %)MySQL
81 (1.190 %)Oracle Discoverer
81 (1.190 %)RDBMS
81 (1.190 %)Datawarehouse
81 (1.190 %)Oracle Reports
Chester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
23 (3.571 %)NUnit
23 (3.571 %)Visual Studio Team System
32 (2.381 %)InstallShield
41 (1.190 %)Oracle Forms
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (16.67 %)Finance
29 (10.71 %)Pensions
35 (5.952 %)Health
44 (4.762 %)Marketing
52 (2.381 %)Manufacturing
52 (2.381 %)Telecoms
61 (1.190 %)Pharmaceutical
61 (1.190 %)Education
61 (1.190 %)Government
61 (1.190 %)Local Government
Chester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (10.71 %)NHS
25 (5.952 %)Clustering
31 (1.190 %)Data Protection Act
31 (1.190 %)Client/Server
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
128 (33.33 %)Windows
24 (4.762 %)Linux
31 (1.190 %)Windows Vista
31 (1.190 %)UNIX
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (17.86 %)OOA/OOD
211 (13.10 %)OO
211 (13.10 %)Configuration Management
39 (10.71 %)Web Development
48 (9.524 %)Agile Software Development
55 (5.952 %)Unit Testing
64 (4.762 %)Direct Marketing
73 (3.571 %)Integration Testing
73 (3.571 %)Business Analysis
81 (1.190 %)PRINCE2
81 (1.190 %)Migration
81 (1.190 %)Scrum
81 (1.190 %)Data Protection
81 (1.190 %)TDD
81 (1.190 %)Information Management
81 (1.190 %)Data Analysis
81 (1.190 %)SSADM
81 (1.190 %)Data Modelling
Chester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
162 (73.81 %)C#
243 (51.19 %)SQL
329 (34.52 %)JavaScript
426 (30.95 %)Transact-SQL
521 (25.00 %)VB.NET
521 (25.00 %)DHTML
619 (22.62 %)VBScript
716 (19.05 %)VB
815 (17.86 %)VB6
98 (9.524 %)Delphi
107 (8.333 %)Java
116 (7.143 %)ActionScript
124 (4.762 %)VBA
133 (3.571 %)PL/SQL
141 (1.190 %)C
141 (1.190 %)C++
141 (1.190 %)Shell Script
Chester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (7.143 %)Degree
21 (1.190 %)Microsoft Certification
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (22.62 %)Microsoft
26 (7.143 %)Adobe
33 (3.571 %)Oracle