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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Dorset 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank13
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads281351
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.164 %0.150 %
As % of the category below33.33 %27.81 %
Salaries quoted256297
Average minimum salary£29,218£39,023
Average salary£31,765£40,808
% change on same period last year-22.15 %
Average maximum salary£34,312£42,593
UK excluding London average salary£34,042£34,101
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Dorset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Dorset
Matching permanent IT job ads8431262
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.492 %0.541 %
Salaries quoted7391071
Average minimum salary£32,011£41,439
Average salary£34,765£43,494
% change on same period last year-20.06 %
Average maximum salary£37,519£45,549
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Dorset Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
BournemouthUp+3127£31,440-21.80 %
PooleUp+4104£31,073-26.87 %
WimborneNew entry-8£25,625-
WeymouthNew entry-5£34,625-
DorchesterNew entry-2£35,000-
Developer South WestDeveloper
South West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

1307 (45.35 %).NET
2260 (38.40 %)C#
3207 (30.58 %)ASP.NET
4206 (30.43 %)SQL
5205 (30.28 %)HTML
6179 (26.44 %)JavaScript
7170 (25.11 %)XML
8165 (24.37 %)CSS
9133 (19.65 %)SQL Server
10132 (19.50 %)PHP
11126 (18.61 %)Java
12119 (17.58 %)Oracle
13117 (17.28 %)Pensions
14106 (15.66 %)VB.NET
14106 (15.66 %)AJAX
15101 (14.92 %)OO
1699 (14.62 %)XHTML
1792 (13.59 %)C++
1889 (13.15 %)Microsoft
1985 (12.56 %)Insurance
2081 (11.96 %)UML
2081 (11.96 %)MySQL
2081 (11.96 %)Degree
2180 (11.82 %)VB
2278 (11.52 %)Finance
2377 (11.37 %)Scrum
2377 (11.37 %)J2EE
2463 (9.306 %)Photoshop
2560 (8.863 %)C
2560 (8.863 %)WebServices

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Dorset 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.

Dorset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1307 (45.35 %).NET
2207 (30.58 %)ASP.NET
3205 (30.28 %)HTML
4170 (25.11 %)XML
5165 (24.37 %)CSS
6106 (15.66 %)AJAX
799 (14.62 %)XHTML
877 (11.37 %)J2EE
960 (8.863 %)WebServices
1057 (8.419 %)ASP
1155 (8.124 %)XSLT
1253 (7.829 %)SOAP
1339 (5.761 %)Oracle Fusion
1430 (4.431 %)WebSphere
1529 (4.284 %).NET Framework
1623 (3.397 %)LAMP
1721 (3.102 %)COM
1818 (2.659 %)Middleware
1915 (2.216 %)Ruby on Rails
2014 (2.068 %)ATL
Dorset IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
139 (5.761 %)Apache
229 (4.284 %)JBoss
324 (3.545 %)WebLogic
421 (3.102 %)IIS
421 (3.102 %)ESB
517 (2.511 %)SharePoint
615 (2.216 %)ATG Dynamo
712 (1.773 %)Tomcat
810 (1.477 %)BizTalk Server
810 (1.477 %)SharePoint Server 2007
95 (0.739 %)SAS
103 (0.443 %)CMS
112 (0.295 %)SAP EP
112 (0.295 %)Joomla!
121 (0.148 %)WebSphere MQ
121 (0.148 %)MTS
121 (0.148 %)Lotus Notes
121 (0.148 %)Lotus Domino
Dorset IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
163 (9.306 %)Photoshop
251 (7.533 %)MS Excel
251 (7.533 %)Fireworks
314 (2.068 %)MS Visio
42 (0.295 %)MS Project
51 (0.148 %)MS Office
51 (0.148 %)Adobe Illustrator
Dorset IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.443 %)Global One
Dorset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
146 (6.795 %)Internet
217 (2.511 %)Intranet
311 (1.625 %)TCP/IP
410 (1.477 %)HTTP
58 (1.182 %)SSH
64 (0.591 %)Wireless
72 (0.295 %)VoIP
72 (0.295 %)SSL
Dorset IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1133 (19.65 %)SQL Server
281 (11.96 %)MySQL
322 (3.250 %)Oracle 10g
419 (2.806 %)Oracle Discoverer
518 (2.659 %)SQL Server 2000
518 (2.659 %)Oracle 9i
614 (2.068 %)TOAD
712 (1.773 %)Datawarehouse
811 (1.625 %)Crystal Reports
910 (1.477 %)Oracle OWB
910 (1.477 %)SQL Server 2005
109 (1.329 %)BusinessObjects
115 (0.739 %)OLTP
115 (0.739 %)OLAP
115 (0.739 %)Oracle OLAP
124 (0.591 %)RDBMS
124 (0.591 %)Data Mart
132 (0.295 %)ETL
141 (0.148 %)DTS
141 (0.148 %)Oracle Reports
Dorset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
154 (7.976 %)Visual Studio
223 (3.397 %)Flash
319 (2.806 %)ClearCase
414 (2.068 %)VSS/SourceSafe
511 (1.625 %)Ant
67 (1.034 %)Dreamweaver
76 (0.886 %)PowerBuilder
76 (0.886 %)CruiseControl
85 (0.739 %)Oracle APEX
93 (0.443 %)InstallShield
102 (0.295 %)PVCS
111 (0.148 %)Oracle Forms
111 (0.148 %)Rational Rose
111 (0.148 %)Eclipse
111 (0.148 %)QuickTest Pro
Dorset IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1117 (17.28 %)Pensions
285 (12.56 %)Insurance
378 (11.52 %)Finance
454 (7.976 %)Graphic Design
547 (6.942 %)Retail
639 (5.761 %)Health
731 (4.579 %)Banking
816 (2.363 %)Telecoms
913 (1.920 %)Marketing
1010 (1.477 %)Music
119 (1.329 %)Multimedia
128 (1.182 %)Advertising
136 (0.886 %)Education
145 (0.739 %)Automotive
145 (0.739 %)Construction
154 (0.591 %)FMCG
163 (0.443 %)Back Office
172 (0.295 %)Electronics
172 (0.295 %)Government
172 (0.295 %)Home Office
Dorset IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (1.773 %)W3C
112 (1.773 %)Derivative
211 (1.625 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
310 (1.477 %)Tandem
49 (1.329 %)Computer Science
57 (1.034 %)Client/Server
66 (0.886 %)AS400
75 (0.739 %)Web 2.0
75 (0.739 %)Mainframe
75 (0.739 %)Physics
83 (0.443 %)Management Information System
91 (0.148 %)NHS
91 (0.148 %)Device Driver
91 (0.148 %)Replication
91 (0.148 %)Mathematics
91 (0.148 %)Credit Risk
91 (0.148 %)Data Extraction
Dorset IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
160 (8.863 %)Windows
240 (5.908 %)Linux
329 (4.284 %)UNIX
48 (1.182 %)Solaris
57 (1.034 %)Mac OS X
62 (0.295 %)AIX
71 (0.148 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.148 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.148 %)Windows XP
Dorset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1101 (14.92 %)OO
281 (11.96 %)UML
377 (11.37 %)Scrum
459 (8.715 %)RUP
551 (7.533 %)SOA
646 (6.795 %)OOD
742 (6.204 %)Web Design
840 (5.908 %)E-Commerce
938 (5.613 %)BPEL
1031 (4.579 %)Web Development
1128 (4.136 %)Configuration Management
1221 (3.102 %)Project Management
1221 (3.102 %)Software Engineering
1320 (2.954 %)System Testing
1417 (2.511 %)Project Planning
1417 (2.511 %)Business Intelligence
1514 (2.068 %)Extreme Programming
1613 (1.920 %)User Acceptance Testing
1711 (1.625 %)Use Case
1711 (1.625 %)Disaster Recovery
Dorset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1260 (38.40 %)C#
2206 (30.43 %)SQL
3179 (26.44 %)JavaScript
4132 (19.50 %)PHP
5126 (18.61 %)Java
6106 (15.66 %)VB.NET
792 (13.59 %)C++
880 (11.82 %)VB
960 (8.863 %)C
1046 (6.795 %)VC++
1144 (6.499 %)PL/SQL
1242 (6.204 %)VBScript
1326 (3.840 %)Perl
1423 (3.397 %)VB6
1521 (3.102 %)Transact-SQL
1619 (2.806 %)VBA
1715 (2.216 %)Ruby
1715 (2.216 %)ActionScript
1811 (1.625 %)Shell Script
1811 (1.625 %)Python
Dorset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
181 (11.96 %)Degree
218 (2.659 %)Microsoft Certification
316 (2.363 %)MCAD
316 (2.363 %)MCSD
415 (2.216 %)MCP
55 (0.739 %)ITIL Certification
62 (0.295 %)MCPD
71 (0.148 %)HND
71 (0.148 %)PhD
Dorset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.625 %)SLA
25 (0.739 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.443 %)ISO9001
41 (0.148 %)TickIT
41 (0.148 %)QA
Dorset IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.295 %)NFS
Dorset IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (1.920 %)AutoSys
21 (0.148 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Dorset IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1119 (17.58 %)Oracle
289 (13.15 %)Microsoft
321 (3.102 %)Sybase
415 (2.216 %)ATG
59 (1.329 %)Business Objects
66 (0.886 %)Sage
75 (0.739 %)Cognos
75 (0.739 %)Progress
84 (0.591 %)SAP
84 (0.591 %)Adobe
92 (0.295 %)Applix
92 (0.295 %)Lagan
101 (0.148 %)Thunderhead
101 (0.148 %)Sun
101 (0.148 %)Citrix
101 (0.148 %)Hyperion
101 (0.148 %)Lotus
101 (0.148 %)Borland