The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. 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 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 25 36 31
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 14 12 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 5.447% 3.509% 4.167%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.009% 3.797% 4.211%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 12
Average salary £28,750 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.85% +6.06%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
233 316 285
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 90.66% 92.40% 98.96%
Number of salaries quoted 201 288 269
Average salary £45,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.92% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Programmer
London

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

This 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

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

Croydon Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 24 (92.31%) C
2 22 (84.62%) Linux
3 14 (53.85%) C++
4 12 (46.15%) Embedded Linux
4 12 (46.15%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (46.15%) Embedded C
4 12 (46.15%) Assembly Language
5 11 (42.31%) MATLAB
5 11 (42.31%) Device Driver
6 10 (38.46%) Electronics
6 10 (38.46%) Software Engineering
7 7 (26.92%) Project Management
7 7 (26.92%) Embedded C++
8 5 (19.23%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 4 (15.38%) Digital Signal Processing
9 4 (15.38%) Signal Processing
10 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
11 2 (7.692%) PBX
11 2 (7.692%) VoIP
11 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
11 2 (7.692%) SC Cleared
11 2 (7.692%) Security Cleared
11 2 (7.692%) Degree
12 1 (3.846%) WCF
12 1 (3.846%) jQuery
12 1 (3.846%) Integration Testing
12 1 (3.846%) WordPress
12 1 (3.846%) Web Development
12 1 (3.846%) .NET Framework
12 1 (3.846%) VB6

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (3.846%) WCF
1 1 (3.846%) jQuery
1 1 (3.846%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.846%) HTML5
1 1 (3.846%) CSS3
1 1 (3.846%) .NET
1 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.846%) CSS
1 1 (3.846%) Web Services
1 1 (3.846%) XML
1 1 (3.846%) XHTML
1 1 (3.846%) HTML
1 1 (3.846%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) WordPress
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
2 2 (7.692%) PBX
2 2 (7.692%) VoIP
3 1 (3.846%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) MySQL
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (38.46%) Electronics
2 1 (3.846%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (46.15%) Embedded Systems
2 11 (42.31%) Device Driver
3 5 (19.23%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (3.846%) iPhone
4 1 (3.846%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 22 (84.62%) Linux
2 12 (46.15%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.846%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 7 (26.92%) Project Management
3 4 (15.38%) Digital Signal Processing
3 4 (15.38%) Signal Processing
4 1 (3.846%) Integration Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Web Development
4 1 (3.846%) Web Accessibility
4 1 (3.846%) Information Architecture
4 1 (3.846%) OO
4 1 (3.846%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 24 (92.31%) C
2 14 (53.85%) C++
3 12 (46.15%) Embedded C
3 12 (46.15%) Assembly Language
4 11 (42.31%) MATLAB
5 7 (26.92%) Embedded C++
6 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.846%) VB6
7 1 (3.846%) PHP
7 1 (3.846%) VB
7 1 (3.846%) VB.NET
7 1 (3.846%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.692%) Security Cleared
1 2 (7.692%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (3.846%) Microsoft