The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Developer
Rank 85 99 73
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 2 5 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.199% 0.364% 2.316%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.203% 0.374% 2.439%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 29
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +6.06%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
983 1337 1189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.71% 97.24% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 844 1100 998
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Developer
East of England

Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Salary Trend

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

Essex Applications Developer Salary Trend

Applications Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basildon - 2 £34,000 -
Applications Developer
East of England

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (92.86%) Finance
3 8 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET
4 7 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 7 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 7 (50.00%) XML
4 7 (50.00%) Windows
4 7 (50.00%) Web Development
5 6 (42.86%) OO
5 6 (42.86%) XSD
5 6 (42.86%) XSLT
5 6 (42.86%) Web Services
5 6 (42.86%) Java
5 6 (42.86%) VB
6 5 (35.71%) SOA
6 5 (35.71%) VB6
7 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
8 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
8 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
8 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
9 1 (7.143%) Degree
9 1 (7.143%) WinForms
9 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
9 1 (7.143%) Workflow
9 1 (7.143%) C#
9 1 (7.143%) SQL

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 7 (50.00%) XML
4 6 (42.86%) XSD
4 6 (42.86%) XSLT
4 6 (42.86%) Web Services
5 1 (7.143%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 7 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 13 (92.86%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Web Development
2 6 (42.86%) OO
3 5 (35.71%) SOA
4 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
5 1 (7.143%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Workflow
5 1 (7.143%) UML
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) VB.NET
2 6 (42.86%) Java
2 6 (42.86%) VB
3 5 (35.71%) VB6
4 1 (7.143%) C#
4 1 (7.143%) SQL
4 1 (7.143%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft