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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the England 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9997
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads34604529
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.003 %1.949 %
As % of the category below2.343 %2.232 %
Salaries quoted31333988
Average minimum salary£31,840£32,464
Average salary£35,512£36,168
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Average maximum salary£39,184£39,872
UK excluding London average salary£33,407£33,069
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads147664202900
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled85.48 %87.31 %
Salaries quoted124179163979
Average minimum salary£39,004£40,365
Average salary£42,652£44,143
% change on same period last year-3.37 %
Average maximum salary£46,300£47,921
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Software Developer UKSoftware Developer
UK

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

England Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

England Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

England Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 10 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
South EastDown-11843£35,907+1.74 %
LondonDown-26680£45,400-3.50 %
South WestUp+6476£32,946+6.23 %
East of EnglandUp+3439£35,306-3.73 %
North WestDown-3322£30,048-4.67 %
West MidlandsUp+25268£32,372+6.90 %
YorkshireDown-16227£30,489+2.65 %
East MidlandsUp+14206£31,836+5.65 %
North EastDown-1533£26,694-9.38 %
MidlandsUp+1010£34,833-1.30 %
Software Developer UKSoftware Developer
UK

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited 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 Software Developer in their job title.

14246 (58.29 %).NET
23654 (50.16 %)C#
33001 (41.20 %)SQL Server
42453 (33.68 %)ASP.NET
52252 (30.92 %)C++
62229 (30.60 %)SQL
71804 (24.77 %)Java
81677 (23.02 %)XML
91492 (20.48 %)VB.NET
101389 (19.07 %)Degree
111353 (18.57 %)OO
121343 (18.44 %)VB
131229 (16.87 %)Microsoft
141214 (16.67 %)JavaScript
151210 (16.61 %)Windows
161156 (15.87 %)HTML
171048 (14.39 %)Finance
18919 (12.62 %)C
19824 (11.31 %)Oracle
20718 (9.857 %)UNIX
21716 (9.830 %)WebServices
22714 (9.802 %)AJAX
23710 (9.747 %)CSS
24652 (8.951 %)VB6
25646 (8.869 %)Linux
26645 (8.855 %)ASP
27634 (8.704 %)SQL Server 2005
27634 (8.704 %)Pensions
28618 (8.484 %)Visual Studio
29606 (8.320 %)UML

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14246 (58.29 %).NET
22453 (33.68 %)ASP.NET
31677 (23.02 %)XML
41156 (15.87 %)HTML
5716 (9.830 %)WebServices
6714 (9.802 %)AJAX
7710 (9.747 %)CSS
8645 (8.855 %)ASP
9577 (7.921 %).NET Framework
10437 (5.999 %)J2EE
11382 (5.244 %)WinForms
12328 (4.503 %)XSLT
13273 (3.748 %)MFC
14217 (2.979 %)Hibernate
15204 (2.801 %)XHTML
16198 (2.718 %)JSP
17195 (2.677 %)Spring
18179 (2.457 %)STL
19160 (2.197 %)ADO.NET
20145 (1.991 %)XSL
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1169 (2.320 %)SharePoint
2164 (2.252 %)IIS
3109 (1.496 %)Apache
466 (0.906 %)JBoss
565 (0.892 %)WebLogic
664 (0.879 %)Tomcat
760 (0.824 %)BizTalk Server
845 (0.618 %)CMS
938 (0.522 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1021 (0.288 %)MS Exchange
1119 (0.261 %)ColdFusion
1119 (0.261 %)Smallworld
1212 (0.165 %)MTS
1311 (0.151 %)ArcGIS
1410 (0.137 %)Lotus Notes
1410 (0.137 %)SharePoint Portal Server
159 (0.124 %)Exchange Server 2003
166 (0.082 %)EPiServer
175 (0.069 %)Oracle Application Server
175 (0.069 %)Oracle Workflow
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1560 (7.688 %)MS Excel
274 (1.016 %)MS Office
350 (0.686 %)Photoshop
449 (0.673 %)MS Visio
536 (0.494 %)MATLAB
615 (0.206 %)CA Clarity
712 (0.165 %)MS PowerPoint
712 (0.165 %)CATIA
712 (0.165 %)Adobe Director
811 (0.151 %)3ds Max
99 (0.124 %)InfoPath
108 (0.110 %)MS Project
117 (0.096 %)Adobe Illustrator
126 (0.082 %)Maya
134 (0.055 %)AutoCAD
143 (0.041 %)Fireworks
143 (0.041 %)Paint Shop Pro
143 (0.041 %)PrintSoft PReS
152 (0.027 %)S-PLUS
161 (0.014 %)Doxygen
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (0.192 %)Microsoft CRM
212 (0.165 %)Dynamics AX
310 (0.137 %)Axapta
48 (0.110 %)Summit
56 (0.082 %)SAP Business One
65 (0.069 %)Dynamics CRM
74 (0.055 %)Oracle Applications
83 (0.041 %)Eagle PACE
83 (0.041 %)Misys Equation
92 (0.027 %)Endur
92 (0.027 %)Oracle Financials
92 (0.027 %)Navision
101 (0.014 %)Metrica
101 (0.014 %)Oracle 11i
101 (0.014 %)MFGPRO
101 (0.014 %)arcHouse
101 (0.014 %)SalesLogix
101 (0.014 %)GoldMine
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1290 (3.981 %)Internet
2156 (2.142 %)TCP/IP
3113 (1.551 %)Intranet
497 (1.332 %)HTTP
577 (1.057 %)Wireless
634 (0.467 %)VoIP
731 (0.426 %)GSM
827 (0.371 %)GPRS
925 (0.343 %)SMTP
1023 (0.316 %)SMS
1023 (0.316 %)DVB
1121 (0.288 %)FTP
1217 (0.233 %)DNS
1217 (0.233 %)SS7
1316 (0.220 %)Ethernet
1415 (0.206 %)UMTS
1415 (0.206 %)Broadband
1514 (0.192 %)Bluetooth
1514 (0.192 %)3GPP
1514 (0.192 %)SNMP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13001 (41.20 %)SQL Server
2634 (8.704 %)SQL Server 2005
3417 (5.725 %)SQL Server 2000
4343 (4.709 %)MySQL
5188 (2.581 %)Crystal Reports
6179 (2.457 %)RDBMS
797 (1.332 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
881 (1.112 %)MS Access
971 (0.975 %)DTS
1059 (0.810 %)GIS
1156 (0.769 %)Oracle Reports
1254 (0.741 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1337 (0.508 %)Oracle 10g
1436 (0.494 %)BusinessObjects
1534 (0.467 %)Oracle 8/8i
1534 (0.467 %)DB2
1628 (0.384 %)Oracle 9i
1628 (0.384 %)SQL Server 2008
1723 (0.316 %)UniData
1822 (0.302 %)Datawarehouse
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1618 (8.484 %)Visual Studio
2129 (1.771 %)Flash
370 (0.961 %)Ant
467 (0.920 %)VSS/SourceSafe
560 (0.824 %)NUnit
659 (0.810 %)Eclipse
745 (0.618 %)Subversion
833 (0.453 %)Dreamweaver
833 (0.453 %)Oracle Forms
928 (0.384 %)InstallShield
1025 (0.343 %)Visual Studio Team System
1115 (0.206 %)MSI
1212 (0.165 %)JUnit
1212 (0.165 %)MorphX
1310 (0.137 %)ClearCase
147 (0.096 %)Rational Rose
156 (0.082 %)CruiseControl
156 (0.082 %)ARTiSAN
165 (0.069 %)QuickTest Pro
165 (0.069 %)Visual LANSA
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11048 (14.39 %)Finance
2634 (8.704 %)Pensions
3468 (6.425 %)Health
4259 (3.556 %)Telecoms
5238 (3.267 %)Games
6215 (2.952 %)Insurance
7180 (2.471 %)Education
8162 (2.224 %)Marketing
9133 (1.826 %)Banking
10120 (1.647 %)Retail
11102 (1.400 %)Government
1286 (1.181 %)Electronics
1369 (0.947 %)Back Office
1369 (0.947 %)Publishing
1468 (0.934 %)3D Graphics
1565 (0.892 %)Construction
1664 (0.879 %)Front Office
1753 (0.728 %)Manufacturing
1753 (0.728 %)Billing
1844 (0.604 %)Financial Institution
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1543 (7.455 %)Computer Science
2316 (4.338 %)Mathematics
3212 (2.910 %)Multithreading
4161 (2.210 %)Client/Server
5143 (1.963 %)N-Tier
697 (1.332 %)Grid Computing
788 (1.208 %)Derivative
880 (1.098 %)Physics
978 (1.071 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1057 (0.783 %)Device Driver
1154 (0.741 %)Equities
1246 (0.632 %)Management Information System
1336 (0.494 %)AS400
1336 (0.494 %)Equity Derivative
1434 (0.467 %)Web 2.0
1533 (0.453 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1629 (0.398 %)EPoS
1724 (0.329 %)Handset
1724 (0.329 %)IPTV
1724 (0.329 %)Fixed Income
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11210 (16.61 %)Windows
2718 (9.857 %)UNIX
3646 (8.869 %)Linux
490 (1.236 %)Windows Mobile
574 (1.016 %)Windows XP
673 (1.002 %)Windows Server 2003
750 (0.686 %)Solaris
849 (0.673 %)Windows CE
944 (0.604 %)Embedded Linux
1040 (0.549 %)Windows 2000
1132 (0.439 %)Windows Vista
1221 (0.288 %)Windows Server 2008
1221 (0.288 %)Windows NT
1221 (0.288 %)VxWorks
1320 (0.275 %)AIX
1418 (0.247 %)Mac OS X
1418 (0.247 %)Windows 2000 Server
1514 (0.192 %)Red Hat Linux
1612 (0.165 %)Symbian OS
1612 (0.165 %)HPUX
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11353 (18.57 %)OO
2606 (8.320 %)UML
3401 (5.505 %)Agile Software Development
4308 (4.228 %)Software Engineering
5306 (4.201 %)OOD
6282 (3.871 %)Web Development
7188 (2.581 %)Unit Testing
8187 (2.567 %)E-Commerce
8187 (2.567 %)OOP
9185 (2.540 %)Project Management
10135 (1.853 %)OOA/OOD
11127 (1.744 %)Security Cleared
12108 (1.483 %)TDD
1382 (1.126 %)Migration
1382 (1.126 %)CRM
1480 (1.098 %)SOA
1577 (1.057 %)Content Management
1675 (1.030 %)RUP
1769 (0.947 %)Scrum
1868 (0.934 %)Business Intelligence
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13654 (50.16 %)C#
22252 (30.92 %)C++
32229 (30.60 %)SQL
41804 (24.77 %)Java
51492 (20.48 %)VB.NET
61343 (18.44 %)VB
71214 (16.67 %)JavaScript
8919 (12.62 %)C
9652 (8.951 %)VB6
10388 (5.327 %)PHP
11324 (4.448 %)Transact-SQL
12315 (4.325 %)Perl
13263 (3.611 %)VC++
14242 (3.322 %)Delphi
15204 (2.801 %)VBA
16189 (2.595 %)Python
17177 (2.430 %)Ruby
18157 (2.155 %)PL/SQL
19148 (2.032 %)VBScript
20142 (1.949 %)DHTML
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11389 (19.07 %)Degree
2210 (2.883 %)Microsoft Certification
385 (1.167 %)PhD
462 (0.851 %)MCSD
555 (0.755 %)HND
638 (0.522 %)MCP
734 (0.467 %)MCAD
816 (0.220 %)Postgraduate
914 (0.192 %)HNC
1011 (0.151 %)Oracle Certification
1110 (0.137 %)MCTS
126 (0.082 %)PRINCE2 Certification
126 (0.082 %)MCPD
133 (0.041 %)NVQ Level 3
142 (0.027 %)Sun Certification
151 (0.014 %)ITIL Certification
151 (0.014 %)ICAEW
151 (0.014 %)ISEB
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
168 (0.934 %)QA
221 (0.288 %)DICOM
36 (0.082 %)HL7
36 (0.082 %)ISO9001
44 (0.055 %)TickIT
44 (0.055 %)ISO9000
53 (0.041 %)WAI
53 (0.041 %)SLA
53 (0.041 %)PCI DSS
62 (0.027 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
71 (0.014 %)JTAG
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
148 (0.659 %)Active Directory
215 (0.206 %)MSMQ
37 (0.096 %)Squid
43 (0.041 %)Terminal Services
43 (0.041 %)AquaLogic
51 (0.014 %)NFS
51 (0.014 %)NDS
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.082 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.055 %)AutoSys
32 (0.027 %)MOM
41 (0.014 %)SCOM
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11229 (16.87 %)Microsoft
2824 (11.31 %)Oracle
376 (1.043 %)Sybase
452 (0.714 %)Adobe
546 (0.632 %)IBM
636 (0.494 %)Business Objects
734 (0.467 %)Borland
831 (0.426 %)BEA
929 (0.398 %)Symbian
1027 (0.371 %)Sun
1123 (0.316 %)Apple
1220 (0.275 %)Micro Focus
1317 (0.233 %)Red Hat
1317 (0.233 %)Cisco
1317 (0.233 %)Zend
1416 (0.220 %)SAP
1514 (0.192 %)Macromedia
1514 (0.192 %)Sage
1612 (0.165 %)Citrix
1612 (0.165 %)Reuters