The first table below looks at the demand for the Development Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Development Specialist 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Development Specialist
Rank 811 853 839
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Specialist 33 16 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.032% 0.014% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.015% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 28 13 18
Average salary £45,000 £57,500 £55,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.73% +3.60%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,372 £30,999
10% offered a salary of more than £102,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,250 £30,340 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+9.59% -36.12%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96088 107696 114482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80815 93104 97727
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Development Specialist
UK

Development Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Development Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Development Specialist
Salary Trend

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

England Development Specialist Salary Trend

Development Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

England Development Specialist Salary Histogram

Development Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +44 17 £70,000 +5.66%
North West - 9 £32,500 -
South East +13 4 £42,500 +23.18% 2
East Midlands - 2 £45,000 -
Development Specialist
UK

Development Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Development Specialist 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 Development Specialist in their job title.

1 26 (56.52%) CSS
2 25 (54.35%) HTML
2 25 (54.35%) .NET
3 21 (45.65%) JavaScript
4 19 (41.30%) C#
4 19 (41.30%) ASP.NET
4 19 (41.30%) XML
5 18 (39.13%) Web Development
6 16 (34.78%) SQL
7 15 (32.61%) OO
8 14 (30.43%) MVC
8 14 (30.43%) TDD
9 13 (28.26%) Scrum
9 13 (28.26%) SharePoint
9 13 (28.26%) Microsoft
10 12 (26.09%) Internet
10 12 (26.09%) Agile Software Development
11 11 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (21.74%) QA
12 10 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (21.74%) BDD
12 10 (21.74%) Project Management
12 10 (21.74%) Web Services
13 9 (19.57%) EDI
13 9 (19.57%) SAP
13 9 (19.57%) SQL Server
13 9 (19.57%) Refactoring
14 8 (17.39%) Java
14 8 (17.39%) Oracle
15 7 (15.22%) Business Development

Development Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Development Specialist 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 Development Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (56.52%) CSS
2 25 (54.35%) HTML
2 25 (54.35%) .NET
3 19 (41.30%) ASP.NET
3 19 (41.30%) XML
4 10 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (21.74%) Web Services
5 9 (19.57%) EDI
6 7 (15.22%) jQuery
7 4 (8.696%) XSLT
7 4 (8.696%) JDBC
7 4 (8.696%) Servlets
7 4 (8.696%) Spring
7 4 (8.696%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 4 (8.696%) WCF
7 4 (8.696%) WPF
7 4 (8.696%) WebSphere
8 3 (6.522%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (2.174%) Smarty
9 1 (2.174%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 13 (28.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.87%) Apache
3 4 (8.696%) Tomcat
3 4 (8.696%) IIS
4 3 (6.522%) Windows Azure
5 1 (2.174%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.174%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (2.174%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.348%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Tridion
2 2 (4.348%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (26.09%) Internet
2 4 (8.696%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.174%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (8.696%) Ant
1 4 (8.696%) Maven
2 3 (6.522%) JIRA
2 3 (6.522%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.174%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (2.174%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (8.696%) Telecoms
1 4 (8.696%) Front Office
2 3 (6.522%) Multimedia
2 3 (6.522%) Marketing
3 2 (4.348%) Finance
3 2 (4.348%) Publishing
3 2 (4.348%) Banking
4 1 (2.174%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.696%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (8.696%) Derivative
1 4 (8.696%) Equities
2 3 (6.522%) Kindle
2 3 (6.522%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.348%) Social Media
4 1 (2.174%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.174%) SaaS
4 1 (2.174%) E-Learning
4 1 (2.174%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.174%) Windows
1 1 (2.174%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (39.13%) Web Development
2 15 (32.61%) OO
3 14 (30.43%) MVC
3 14 (30.43%) TDD
4 13 (28.26%) Scrum
5 12 (26.09%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (21.74%) BDD
7 10 (21.74%) Project Management
8 9 (19.57%) Refactoring
9 7 (15.22%) Business Development
10 6 (13.04%) Kanban
10 6 (13.04%) Dependency Injection
10 6 (13.04%) Product Management
10 6 (13.04%) Pair Programming
10 6 (13.04%) Content Management
10 6 (13.04%) Load Balancing
11 5 (10.87%) OOP
12 4 (8.696%) PRINCE
12 4 (8.696%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (45.65%) JavaScript
2 19 (41.30%) C#
3 16 (34.78%) SQL
4 8 (17.39%) Java
5 5 (10.87%) C
6 4 (8.696%) Perl
6 4 (8.696%) C-shell
6 4 (8.696%) Bash shell
6 4 (8.696%) Groovy
6 4 (8.696%) F#
7 3 (6.522%) C++
8 2 (4.348%) T-SQL
9 1 (2.174%) PHP5
9 1 (2.174%) PHP
9 1 (2.174%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.522%) Degree
2 2 (4.348%) MBA
3 1 (2.174%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.74%) QA
2 3 (6.522%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 13 (28.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.57%) SAP
3 8 (17.39%) Oracle
4 4 (8.696%) Sybase
5 2 (4.348%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.348%) Adobe
5 2 (4.348%) Google
Fareham, South East
The Group employs technology and automation to deliver success to the business and is commencing a strategic review of all its business applications. This is expected to result...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus, healthcare
Posted: 14 June 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
To assist in achieving its objective the Group seeks to recruit a Senior Software Development specialist who will report to the Group C.E.O. Applicants must demonstrate...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus, healthcare
Posted: 14 June 2013