The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 196 205 231
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 69 70 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.832% 0.790% 0.362%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.872% 0.817% 0.382%
Number of salaries quoted 66 58 33
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,400 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £44,750 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.29% +6.25%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7911 8567 8894
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.39% 96.65% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6899 7165 7627
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Senior Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the East of England region.

East of England Senior Software Developer Salary Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Senior Software Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +16 45 £45,000 -
Hertfordshire +14 22 £45,000 -18.18%
Essex +20 2 £50,000 +8.10%
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Senior Software 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title.

1 66 (58.41%) .NET
2 63 (55.75%) C#
3 61 (53.98%) SQL
4 53 (46.90%) ASP.NET
5 42 (37.17%) C++
6 39 (34.51%) Linux
7 36 (31.86%) C
7 36 (31.86%) Automated Testing
8 35 (30.97%) SQL Server
9 30 (26.55%) Scrum
9 30 (26.55%) WPF
10 29 (25.66%) MVC
10 29 (25.66%) Agile Software Development
10 29 (25.66%) Microsoft
11 28 (24.78%) Finance
11 28 (24.78%) Degree
12 27 (23.89%) Python
13 26 (23.01%) Web Services
13 26 (23.01%) JavaScript
13 26 (23.01%) Perl
14 25 (22.12%) WCF
15 21 (18.58%) Manual Testing
15 21 (18.58%) JIRA
15 21 (18.58%) Computer Science
16 20 (17.70%) ASP.NET MVC
16 20 (17.70%) MS Excel
17 19 (16.81%) QuickTest Pro
17 19 (16.81%) OO
17 19 (16.81%) CSS
17 19 (16.81%) Software Testing

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Senior Software 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 66 (58.41%) .NET
2 53 (46.90%) ASP.NET
3 30 (26.55%) WPF
4 26 (23.01%) Web Services
5 25 (22.12%) WCF
6 20 (17.70%) ASP.NET MVC
7 19 (16.81%) CSS
7 19 (16.81%) jQuery
8 17 (15.04%) HTML
9 15 (13.27%) XML
9 15 (13.27%) MFC
10 13 (11.50%) WinForms
10 13 (11.50%) ATL
10 13 (11.50%) COM
10 13 (11.50%) COM+
10 13 (11.50%) DCOM
10 13 (11.50%) Ajax
11 12 (10.62%) HTML5
12 8 (7.080%) .NET Framework
13 7 (6.195%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 7 (6.195%) IIS
2 4 (3.540%) MediaWiki
2 4 (3.540%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.770%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.885%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 20 (17.70%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.540%) Google Apps
2 4 (3.540%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.850%) HTTP
2 2 (1.770%) Network Security
3 1 (0.885%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (30.97%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.540%) Data Mining
2 4 (3.540%) Text Mining
3 2 (1.770%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.885%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.885%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.885%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.885%) MySQL
4 1 (0.885%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (0.885%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 21 (18.58%) JIRA
2 19 (16.81%) QuickTest Pro
2 19 (16.81%) Selenium
3 7 (6.195%) Visual Studio
4 5 (4.425%) Eclipse
4 5 (4.425%) JUnit
4 5 (4.425%) SCons
4 5 (4.425%) GCC
5 4 (3.540%) Mercurial
5 4 (3.540%) GoogleTest
5 4 (3.540%) Subversion
5 4 (3.540%) Bugzilla
6 2 (1.770%) NUnit
7 1 (0.885%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (24.78%) Finance
2 9 (7.965%) Multimedia
3 1 (0.885%) Electronics
3 1 (0.885%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.58%) Computer Science
2 19 (16.81%) Cloud Computing
3 15 (13.27%) Client/Server
3 15 (13.27%) N-Tier
4 10 (8.850%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.540%) Semantic Web
5 4 (3.540%) Visualisation
5 4 (3.540%) Mathematics
5 4 (3.540%) Grid Computing
6 2 (1.770%) iPhone
6 2 (1.770%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.770%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.770%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.885%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.885%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.885%) Replication
7 1 (0.885%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 39 (34.51%) Linux
2 9 (7.965%) Embedded Linux
2 9 (7.965%) Windows
3 4 (3.540%) UNIX
4 3 (2.655%) Android
5 1 (0.885%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (31.86%) Automated Testing
2 30 (26.55%) Scrum
3 29 (25.66%) MVC
3 29 (25.66%) Agile Software Development
4 21 (18.58%) Manual Testing
5 19 (16.81%) OO
5 19 (16.81%) Software Testing
5 19 (16.81%) Test Scripting
6 13 (11.50%) User Stories
7 11 (9.735%) TDD
8 9 (7.965%) Multithreading
8 9 (7.965%) Software Engineering
9 7 (6.195%) SOA
10 6 (5.310%) OOP
11 5 (4.425%) Unit Testing
11 5 (4.425%) Web Development
11 5 (4.425%) Test Automation
11 5 (4.425%) Software Architecture
12 4 (3.540%) E-Commerce
13 2 (1.770%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 63 (55.75%) C#
2 61 (53.98%) SQL
3 42 (37.17%) C++
4 36 (31.86%) C
5 27 (23.89%) Python
6 26 (23.01%) JavaScript
6 26 (23.01%) Perl
7 12 (10.62%) Java
8 11 (9.735%) VB.NET
9 6 (5.310%) VB
10 4 (3.540%) VB6
11 3 (2.655%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.885%) Ruby
12 1 (0.885%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 1 (0.885%) Assembly Language
12 1 (0.885%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.885%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.885%) PHP
12 1 (0.885%) VBA
12 1 (0.885%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (24.78%) Degree
2 17 (15.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.655%) Postgraduate
4 2 (1.770%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.770%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.965%) JTAG
2 1 (0.885%) QA
Vendors
1 29 (25.66%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.540%) JBoss
2 4 (3.540%) Google
3 3 (2.655%) Oracle
4 2 (1.770%) Perforce
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum Excellent Benefits package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The Wireless Software group works in small, agile teams and uses excellent engineering processes and tools to develop cutting edge products for varied markets.Our client is looking...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The Wireless Software group works in small, agile teams and uses excellent engineering processes and tools to develop cutting edge products for varied markets... Other languages are occasionally...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The successful applicant will have knowledge in the following skills - C# WPF SQL ASP.NET Any additional skills in WCF, Web Services, COM/DCOM or MS reporting services...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: c50k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior) Desktop Software Developer for leading software house, C#, C++, strong academics needed, Cambridge.Our client is an established, growing software house providing solutions to one of the...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £48k DoE + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
ASP.NET, Agile, OO Design and Development, nUnit Testing, TDD, Web SQL Server database... Expert level C#.NET ASP.NET v2.0 to v4.0... Professional experience working...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £38,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful, rapidly growing company.Key responsibilities for the Senior C++ Software Engineer:Participation the full development life cycle: Requirement...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Flexi-time, pension, health
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
A Cambridge-based internet technology company is building modern online services to mine the rich veins of modern media content in the cloud. Using sophisticated software developed in...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k plus benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013