The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry 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 21 May 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 46 22 41
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 20 29 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 3.268% 8.123% 3.183%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.454% 8.580% 3.252%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 12
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% -8.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,550 £24,000 £32,750
10% offered a salary of more than £38,350 £40,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
579 338 369
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 94.61% 94.68% 97.88%
Number of salaries quoted 496 300 350
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -14.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £24,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
West Midlands

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Coventry Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 23 (58.97%) JavaScript
1 23 (58.97%) .NET
2 19 (48.72%) SQL Server
3 18 (46.15%) ASP.NET
3 18 (46.15%) SQL
4 17 (43.59%) C#
5 16 (41.03%) HTML
6 15 (38.46%) CSS
6 15 (38.46%) Linux
7 13 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (28.21%) OO
9 9 (23.08%) Apache
10 8 (20.51%) MVC
10 8 (20.51%) XML
11 7 (17.95%) OOP
11 7 (17.95%) T-SQL
11 7 (17.95%) VB.NET
11 7 (17.95%) Oracle
11 7 (17.95%) Python
11 7 (17.95%) HTTP
12 6 (15.38%) DNS
12 6 (15.38%) C
12 6 (15.38%) Web Services
12 6 (15.38%) Open Source
12 6 (15.38%) Squid
12 6 (15.38%) Web Development
13 5 (12.82%) Degree
13 5 (12.82%) WCF
13 5 (12.82%) jQuery
13 5 (12.82%) ASP.NET MVC

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 23 (58.97%) .NET
2 18 (46.15%) ASP.NET
3 16 (41.03%) HTML
4 15 (38.46%) CSS
5 8 (20.51%) XML
6 6 (15.38%) Web Services
7 5 (12.82%) WCF
7 5 (12.82%) jQuery
7 5 (12.82%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (10.26%) WinForms
8 4 (10.26%) LINQ
8 4 (10.26%) Silverlight
9 3 (7.692%) Zend Framework
9 3 (7.692%) .NET Framework
9 3 (7.692%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 3 (7.692%) XHTML
10 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC 2
10 2 (5.128%) WPF
11 1 (2.564%) NHibernate
11 1 (2.564%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (23.08%) Apache
2 2 (5.128%) ESB
3 1 (2.564%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.564%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (2.564%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.564%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (7.692%) Photoshop
1 3 (7.692%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Summit
2 1 (2.564%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.95%) HTTP
2 6 (15.38%) DNS
3 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.564%) VoIP
4 1 (2.564%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (48.72%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (10.26%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (7.692%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.692%) Subversion
1 3 (7.692%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.564%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (10.26%) Finance
2 1 (2.564%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Open Source
2 4 (10.26%) Cryptography
3 1 (2.564%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.564%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 15 (38.46%) Linux
2 5 (12.82%) Windows
3 4 (10.26%) Windows Phone 8
3 4 (10.26%) Windows Phone
4 2 (5.128%) UNIX
5 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (28.21%) OO
3 8 (20.51%) MVC
4 7 (17.95%) OOP
5 6 (15.38%) Web Development
6 5 (12.82%) Unit Testing
7 4 (10.26%) ETL
7 4 (10.26%) Integration Testing
8 3 (7.692%) TDD
8 3 (7.692%) CRM
8 3 (7.692%) SOA
9 2 (5.128%) MVVM
9 2 (5.128%) BDD
9 2 (5.128%) Automated Testing
9 2 (5.128%) Software Testing
10 1 (2.564%) Requirements Analysis
10 1 (2.564%) PLM
10 1 (2.564%) E-Commerce
10 1 (2.564%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 23 (58.97%) JavaScript
2 18 (46.15%) SQL
3 17 (43.59%) C#
4 7 (17.95%) T-SQL
4 7 (17.95%) VB.NET
4 7 (17.95%) Python
5 6 (15.38%) C
6 5 (12.82%) Java
6 5 (12.82%) C++
7 4 (10.26%) COBOL
7 4 (10.26%) Delphi
7 4 (10.26%) PL/SQL
8 3 (7.692%) Perl
8 3 (7.692%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) Degree
2 1 (2.564%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Squid
2 1 (2.564%) Samba
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Oracle
2 3 (7.692%) Zend
3 1 (2.564%) Microsoft
Coventry, West Midlands
Software Developer - Coventry - C#, C#.NET, C++Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 DOEMy innovative client are in the process of changing how we view one of the most...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
Senior Software Developer - Coventry - C#, C#.NETSalary: £35,000 - £40,000 DOEMy innovative client are in the process of changing how we view one of the most common...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The position of Web Software Developer (.NET / ASP.NET / MVC / C#) will encompass developing web enterprise business software solutions on time and to budget... Key Skills for this...
Bond Mckenzie
Salary: From £32,000 to £42,000 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
You will be a part of the agile development team with a focus on UI development. You will work with the rest of the team primarily coding asp...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The Ideal Software Developer: Degree in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Physics or Engineering) Must be competent in C++ or C# Excellent communication skills, flexible & self-motivated... Experience...
Hired Online
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Plus Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The Ideal Senior Software Developer: Degree (2.1 minimum) in a relevant discipline (Computer Science, Physics or Engineering) Must have 5 year professional programming experience and at least...
Hired Online
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Plus Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate should possess a computing related degree with at least 4 years as a developer and having mastered the following technologies: *Java/J2EE, SOA architecture, Web...
SEC Recruitment Limited
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013