The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Dorchester region. 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 23 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 Dorchester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 3 - 1
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 3 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorchester 23.08% - 100.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 23.08% - 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 6
Average salary £21,500 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Dorchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
13 32 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorchester 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 6
Average salary £25,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
Dorset

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorchester Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Dorchester Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Dorchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Dorchester Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorchester 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.

1 10 (83.33%) VB.NET
1 10 (83.33%) .NET
1 10 (83.33%) Oracle
1 10 (83.33%) CSS
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
1 10 (83.33%) Linux
1 10 (83.33%) Windows XP
1 10 (83.33%) Oracle 10g
1 10 (83.33%) Citrix
1 10 (83.33%) Migration
1 10 (83.33%) Windows Vista
1 10 (83.33%) Oracle 11g
1 10 (83.33%) Data Migration
2 9 (75.00%) HTML
3 7 (58.33%) C#
3 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (58.33%) Visual Studio
4 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (25.00%) PHP
5 3 (25.00%) PL/SQL
5 3 (25.00%) SQL
5 3 (25.00%) MySQL
5 3 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (25.00%) Web Services
5 3 (25.00%) WCF
5 3 (25.00%) WSE
6 2 (16.67%) jQuery
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 1 (8.333%) Facebook

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorchester 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.

Application Development
1 10 (83.33%) .NET
1 10 (83.33%) CSS
2 9 (75.00%) HTML
3 3 (25.00%) Web Services
3 3 (25.00%) WCF
3 3 (25.00%) WSE
4 2 (16.67%) jQuery
5 1 (8.333%) HTML5
5 1 (8.333%) CSS3
5 1 (8.333%) XML
5 1 (8.333%) J2EE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) Oracle 10g
1 10 (83.33%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (25.00%) MySQL
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Visual Studio
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
1 10 (83.33%) Linux
1 10 (83.33%) Windows XP
1 10 (83.33%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Migration
1 10 (83.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (8.333%) TDD
2 1 (8.333%) Pair Programming
2 1 (8.333%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) VB.NET
2 7 (58.33%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (25.00%) PHP
4 3 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 3 (25.00%) SQL
5 1 (8.333%) VB
5 1 (8.333%) Java
5 1 (8.333%) VB6
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Oracle
1 10 (83.33%) Citrix
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) Facebook