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

 Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank21
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads335296
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.183 %0.124 %
As % of the category below42.78 %52.30 %
Salaries quoted306253
Average minimum salary£27,221£28,867
Average salary£29,607£31,488
% change on same period last year-5.97 %
Average maximum salary£31,994£34,108
UK excluding London average salary£33,990£34,005
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
Devon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Devon
Matching permanent IT job ads783566
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.427 %0.238 %
Salaries quoted708485
Average minimum salary£27,389£29,798
Average salary£29,721£31,773
% change on same period last year-6.45 %
Average maximum salary£32,054£33,747
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Developer South WestDeveloper
South West

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Devon Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Devon Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Devon Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Devon region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ExeterNo change0161£30,652-5.19 %
PlymouthUp+559£25,636-16.78 %
TorquayDown-821£32,048-0.62 %
ExmouthNew entry-2£31,250-
BarnstapleNew entry-1--
TotnesNew entry-1--
Developer South WestDeveloper
South West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Devon region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1326 (51.99 %)SQL Server
2320 (51.04 %).NET
3226 (36.04 %)SQL
4220 (35.09 %)C#
5204 (32.54 %)VB.NET
6179 (28.55 %)Java
7169 (26.95 %)HTML
8148 (23.60 %)JavaScript
9140 (22.33 %)ASP.NET
10135 (21.53 %)VB
11132 (21.05 %)XML
12123 (19.62 %)AJAX
13122 (19.46 %)C++
14101 (16.11 %)OO
1595 (15.15 %)Windows
1692 (14.67 %)PHP
1789 (14.19 %)CSS
1882 (13.08 %)Oracle
1980 (12.76 %)Microsoft
2071 (11.32 %)SQL Server 2005
2168 (10.85 %)Transact-SQL
2266 (10.53 %)VB6
2361 (9.729 %)Web Development
2459 (9.410 %)XHTML
2459 (9.410 %)Pensions
2556 (8.931 %)MySQL
2654 (8.612 %)C
2753 (8.453 %)Summit
2852 (8.293 %)VC++
2950 (7.974 %)Spring

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Devon region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Devon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1320 (51.04 %).NET
2169 (26.95 %)HTML
3140 (22.33 %)ASP.NET
4132 (21.05 %)XML
5123 (19.62 %)AJAX
689 (14.19 %)CSS
759 (9.410 %)XHTML
850 (7.974 %)Spring
949 (7.815 %)Struts
1042 (6.699 %)ASP
1134 (5.423 %)J2EE
1134 (5.423 %).NET Framework
1233 (5.263 %)Hibernate
1233 (5.263 %)WebServices
1322 (3.509 %)Swing
1421 (3.349 %)WinForms
1421 (3.349 %)JSP
1518 (2.871 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1617 (2.711 %)XSLT
1716 (2.552 %)LAMP
Devon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
140 (6.380 %)Apache
217 (2.711 %)LiveLink
313 (2.073 %)SharePoint
412 (1.914 %)Tomcat
511 (1.754 %)IIS
511 (1.754 %)CMS
511 (1.754 %)Oracle Spatial
66 (0.957 %)SharePoint Server 2007
75 (0.797 %)ColdFusion
84 (0.638 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Devon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
149 (7.815 %)MS Excel
212 (1.914 %)MS Office
38 (1.276 %)Photoshop
45 (0.797 %)MS Visio
45 (0.797 %)Fireworks
54 (0.638 %)InfoPath
62 (0.319 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.159 %)MS PowerPoint
Devon IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
153 (8.453 %)Summit
25 (0.797 %)Oracle Applications
Devon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (3.668 %)Internet
214 (2.233 %)Intranet
39 (1.435 %)Extranet
45 (0.797 %)LDAP
54 (0.638 %)Firewall
54 (0.638 %)Reverse Proxy
63 (0.478 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.319 %)HTTPS
72 (0.319 %)HTTP
Devon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1326 (51.99 %)SQL Server
271 (11.32 %)SQL Server 2005
356 (8.931 %)MySQL
444 (7.018 %)SQL Server 2000
523 (3.668 %)SQL Server Integration Services
523 (3.668 %)Crystal Reports
523 (3.668 %)DTS
619 (3.030 %)Oracle Reports
718 (2.871 %)GIS
817 (2.711 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
914 (2.233 %)Datawarehouse
1011 (1.754 %)Oracle 10g
1110 (1.595 %)Oracle 8/8i
128 (1.276 %)BusinessObjects
137 (1.116 %)Crystal Enterprise
145 (0.797 %)Oracle 9i
145 (0.797 %)SQL Server 2008
145 (0.797 %)TOAD
154 (0.638 %)FileMaker
163 (0.478 %)dBASE
Devon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
147 (7.496 %)Flash
244 (7.018 %)Visual Studio
325 (3.987 %)Oracle Forms
412 (1.914 %)Dreamweaver
58 (1.276 %)Oracle Developer 2000
65 (0.797 %)Oracle APEX
65 (0.797 %)Oracle Designer/2000
65 (0.797 %)Eclipse
73 (0.478 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (0.319 %)Ant
91 (0.159 %)JUnit
91 (0.159 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.159 %)Subversion
Devon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
159 (9.410 %)Pensions
238 (6.061 %)Finance
326 (4.147 %)Education
418 (2.871 %)Health
515 (2.392 %)Multimedia
613 (2.073 %)Marketing
711 (1.754 %)Advertising
89 (1.435 %)Insurance
98 (1.276 %)Government
107 (1.116 %)Retail
116 (0.957 %)Billing
124 (0.638 %)Interactive Media
133 (0.478 %)Banking
142 (0.319 %)Military
142 (0.319 %)Construction
142 (0.319 %)Telecoms
142 (0.319 %)Animation
151 (0.159 %)Video Editing
151 (0.159 %)Graphic Design
151 (0.159 %)Back Office
Devon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (3.828 %)Client/Server
212 (1.914 %)Web 2.0
212 (1.914 %)Computer Science
310 (1.595 %)Multithreading
49 (1.435 %)Mathematics
56 (0.957 %)Data Protection Act
56 (0.957 %)RIA
65 (0.797 %)Social Network
65 (0.797 %)Informatics
65 (0.797 %)AS400
65 (0.797 %)BBC
73 (0.478 %)Interactive TV
73 (0.478 %)EPoS
73 (0.478 %)W3C
73 (0.478 %)Mainframe
73 (0.478 %)Remote Sensing
73 (0.478 %)DataPower
81 (0.159 %)Physics
81 (0.159 %)DTV
81 (0.159 %)IPTV
Devon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
195 (15.15 %)Windows
235 (5.582 %)Linux
37 (1.116 %)UNIX
44 (0.638 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (0.638 %)Windows 2000
44 (0.638 %)FreeBSD
44 (0.638 %)Windows XP
53 (0.478 %)OS/400
61 (0.159 %)Solaris
Devon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1101 (16.11 %)OO
261 (9.729 %)Web Development
336 (5.742 %)Unit Testing
431 (4.944 %)Systems Analysis
530 (4.785 %)OOD
629 (4.625 %)Project Management
726 (4.147 %)Agile Software Development
824 (3.828 %)OOA/OOD
920 (3.190 %)OOP
1017 (2.711 %)UML
1113 (2.073 %)E-Commerce
1211 (1.754 %)ERP
1211 (1.754 %)Migration
1310 (1.595 %)Content Management
149 (1.435 %)Knowledge Management
149 (1.435 %)SEO
158 (1.276 %)Data Modelling
158 (1.276 %)Business Analysis
158 (1.276 %)Requirements Analysis
167 (1.116 %)Data Protection
Devon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1226 (36.04 %)SQL
2220 (35.09 %)C#
3204 (32.54 %)VB.NET
4179 (28.55 %)Java
5148 (23.60 %)JavaScript
6135 (21.53 %)VB
7122 (19.46 %)C++
892 (14.67 %)PHP
968 (10.85 %)Transact-SQL
1066 (10.53 %)VB6
1154 (8.612 %)C
1252 (8.293 %)VC++
1340 (6.380 %)PL/SQL
1431 (4.944 %)VBScript
1516 (2.552 %)Delphi
1516 (2.552 %)DHTML
169 (1.435 %)VBA
176 (0.957 %)Perl
185 (0.797 %)RPG
194 (0.638 %)ActionScript
Devon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
144 (7.018 %)Degree
226 (4.147 %)Microsoft Certification
315 (2.392 %)MCSD
412 (1.914 %)HND
510 (1.595 %)MCP
65 (0.797 %)MCAD
71 (0.159 %)A+ Certification
Devon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.478 %)QA
Devon IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (1.754 %)Active Directory
Devon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
182 (13.08 %)Oracle
280 (12.76 %)Microsoft
317 (2.711 %)Sybase
414 (2.233 %)ESRI
58 (1.276 %)Adobe
58 (1.276 %)Business Objects
66 (0.957 %)Sun
74 (0.638 %)Macromedia
83 (0.478 %)IBM
83 (0.478 %)Mapinfo
83 (0.478 %)HP
92 (0.319 %)MAPICS
92 (0.319 %)Progress
92 (0.319 %)Sage
101 (0.159 %)Borland