The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester 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 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 Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 10 14 29
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 24 35 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 13.87% 17.77% 7.631%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.37% 17.95% 7.787%
Number of salaries quoted 22 31 19
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £35,000 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
167 195 244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 96.53% 98.98% 97.99%
Number of salaries quoted 135 162 204
Average salary £34,250 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Developer
Essex

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Colchester Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 32 (71.11%) SQL
2 22 (48.89%) .NET
3 18 (40.00%) VB.NET
3 18 (40.00%) C#
4 17 (37.78%) ASP
4 17 (37.78%) Degree
4 17 (37.78%) Computer Science
5 15 (33.33%) CRM
5 15 (33.33%) ERP
5 15 (33.33%) Django
5 15 (33.33%) PHP
5 15 (33.33%) XML
5 15 (33.33%) Python
6 14 (31.11%) ASP.NET
7 11 (24.44%) JavaScript
7 11 (24.44%) HTML
8 9 (20.00%) SQL Server
8 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
9 7 (15.56%) Android
9 7 (15.56%) jQuery
9 7 (15.56%) Ajax
9 7 (15.56%) Mobile App
9 7 (15.56%) Visual Studio
9 7 (15.56%) OO
9 7 (15.56%) MySQL
9 7 (15.56%) CSS
9 7 (15.56%) .NET Framework
10 6 (13.33%) C++
10 6 (13.33%) QNX
10 6 (13.33%) Firmware

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 22 (48.89%) .NET
2 17 (37.78%) ASP
3 15 (33.33%) Django
3 15 (33.33%) XML
4 14 (31.11%) ASP.NET
5 11 (24.44%) HTML
6 7 (15.56%) jQuery
6 7 (15.56%) Ajax
6 7 (15.56%) CSS
6 7 (15.56%) .NET Framework
7 5 (11.11%) WCF
7 5 (11.11%) WPF
7 5 (11.11%) Silverlight
7 5 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (11.11%) J2ME
8 2 (4.444%) WebSphere
8 2 (4.444%) XML-RPC
8 2 (4.444%) JSP
8 2 (4.444%) SOAP
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (15.56%) MySQL
3 2 (4.444%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.444%) PROIV
General
1 4 (8.889%) Finance
2 2 (4.444%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (37.78%) Computer Science
2 7 (15.56%) Mobile App
3 6 (13.33%) Firmware
4 2 (4.444%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.56%) Android
2 6 (13.33%) VxWorks
3 4 (8.889%) Linux
4 2 (4.444%) Apple iOS
4 2 (4.444%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) CRM
1 15 (33.33%) ERP
2 7 (15.56%) OO
3 5 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
3 5 (11.11%) MVC
4 2 (4.444%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (4.444%) Web Application Development
4 2 (4.444%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 32 (71.11%) SQL
2 18 (40.00%) VB.NET
2 18 (40.00%) C#
3 15 (33.33%) PHP
3 15 (33.33%) Python
4 11 (24.44%) JavaScript
5 6 (13.33%) C++
6 5 (11.11%) Objective-C
6 5 (11.11%) Java
7 2 (4.444%) PL/SQL
7 2 (4.444%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (37.78%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.33%) QNX
3 2 (4.444%) Tableau
3 2 (4.444%) Oracle
Colchester, Essex
This position will be working within an established software teams and the role has arisen on the back of a number of new project and contract winds. You...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35k - 45k per year
Posted: 12 June 2013
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This position will be working within an established software teams and the role has arisen on the back of a number of new project and contract winds. You...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35k - 45k per year
Posted: 12 June 2013
Colchester, Essex
Analyst Programmer, SQL, ERP (Syteline), VB, .NET - Colchester... Keywords: Analyst Programmer, SQL, ERP (Syteline), VB, .NET, Software Developer, C# Developer, SQL Developer, T-SQL, VB, Crystal Reports, Windows...
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Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
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