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

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3335
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads4729
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.026 %0.012 %
As % of the category below6.638 %4.149 %
Salaries quoted4728
Average minimum salary£34,043£34,536
Average salary£36,926£36,696
% change on same period last year+0.62 %
Average maximum salary£39,809£38,857
UK excluding London average salary£33,335£32,603
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Croydon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads708699
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.387 %0.293 %
Salaries quoted647626
Average minimum salary£35,209£37,057
Average salary£37,607£39,195
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
Average maximum salary£40,006£41,333
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Programmer LondonProgrammer
London

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Croydon Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Croydon Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

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

Croydon Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

142 (72.41 %)SQL Server
234 (58.62 %)Datawarehouse
333 (56.90 %)SQL Server 2000
429 (50.00 %)Finance
528 (48.28 %)SQL
627 (46.55 %)Pensions
724 (41.38 %)Health
823 (39.66 %)Migration
823 (39.66 %)Data Modelling
823 (39.66 %)Data Migration
921 (36.21 %)Business Intelligence
921 (36.21 %)Oracle
1019 (32.76 %)XML
1118 (31.03 %).NET
1217 (29.31 %)ETL
1316 (27.59 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1316 (27.59 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1316 (27.59 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1415 (25.86 %)ProClarity
1514 (24.14 %)VB.NET
1514 (24.14 %)WebServices
1514 (24.14 %)ASP.NET
1514 (24.14 %)Visual Studio
1613 (22.41 %)Transact-SQL
1613 (22.41 %)C#
1613 (22.41 %)HTML
1613 (22.41 %)MS Excel
1710 (17.24 %)VSS/SourceSafe
189 (15.52 %)OLAP
189 (15.52 %)XSLT

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (32.76 %)XML
218 (31.03 %).NET
314 (24.14 %)ASP.NET
314 (24.14 %)WebServices
413 (22.41 %)HTML
59 (15.52 %)XSLT
64 (6.897 %)LAMP
64 (6.897 %)AJAX
64 (6.897 %)CSS
73 (5.172 %)SOAP
73 (5.172 %)ADO.NET
73 (5.172 %)ASP.NET 2.0
73 (5.172 %)MVC
82 (3.448 %)RSS
82 (3.448 %)ASP
91 (1.724 %)MFC
91 (1.724 %)WAMP
Croydon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (6.897 %)Apache
14 (6.897 %)CMS
Croydon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (22.41 %)MS Excel
21 (1.724 %)CA Clarity
21 (1.724 %)Photoshop
Croydon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.724 %)Intranet
Croydon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (72.41 %)SQL Server
234 (58.62 %)Datawarehouse
333 (56.90 %)SQL Server 2000
417 (29.31 %)ETL
516 (27.59 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
516 (27.59 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
516 (27.59 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
69 (15.52 %)SQL Server 2005
69 (15.52 %)DTS
69 (15.52 %)OLAP
74 (6.897 %)MySQL
81 (1.724 %)GIS
81 (1.724 %)SQLite
Croydon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (24.14 %)Visual Studio
210 (17.24 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (6.897 %)Oracle Forms
34 (6.897 %)Subversion
Croydon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (50.00 %)Finance
227 (46.55 %)Pensions
324 (41.38 %)Health
45 (8.621 %)Insurance
53 (5.172 %)Government
62 (3.448 %)Retail
71 (1.724 %)Games
Croydon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.448 %)Mathematics
Croydon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (8.621 %)UNIX
24 (6.897 %)Windows
24 (6.897 %)Linux
Croydon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
123 (39.66 %)Data Modelling
123 (39.66 %)Migration
123 (39.66 %)Data Migration
221 (36.21 %)Business Intelligence
36 (10.34 %)Web Development
45 (8.621 %)OO
54 (6.897 %)E-Commerce
54 (6.897 %)OOD
54 (6.897 %)Project Management
54 (6.897 %)Business Analysis
63 (5.172 %)OOP
63 (5.172 %)Content Management
72 (3.448 %)Logistics
81 (1.724 %)Software Engineering
81 (1.724 %)Refactoring
Croydon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (48.28 %)SQL
214 (24.14 %)VB.NET
313 (22.41 %)Transact-SQL
313 (22.41 %)C#
47 (12.07 %)JavaScript
56 (10.34 %)C++
64 (6.897 %)PHP
64 (6.897 %)PL/SQL
64 (6.897 %)PHP5
73 (5.172 %)Ruby
73 (5.172 %)Perl
73 (5.172 %)DHTML
73 (5.172 %)Java
73 (5.172 %)VB
73 (5.172 %)Python
82 (3.448 %)VB6
82 (3.448 %)C
91 (1.724 %)VBScript
91 (1.724 %)VBA
91 (1.724 %)Delphi
Croydon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.724 %)Degree
Croydon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (36.21 %)Oracle
215 (25.86 %)ProClarity
31 (1.724 %)XMPie