The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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
Developer
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 325 557 385
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 32.31% 40.51% 30.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 33.06% 41.66% 32.38%
Number of salaries quoted 312 470 352
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
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%
Developer
East of England

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Essex Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex 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 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 +7 84 £40,000 +23.07%
Colchester -1 63 £35,000 -6.66%
Witham +2 26 £50,000 +122.22%
Chelmsford -1 23 £40,000 +6.66%
Brentwood -8 10 £43,500 +11.53%
Harlow -1 3 £44,000 -2.22%
Billericay +2 2 £32,500 +22.64%
Waltham Abbey +2 2 £34,750 -18.23%
Epping - 2 £40,000 -
Southend-on-Sea -6 1 £42,500 +32.81%
Developer
East of England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1 394 (66.55%) .NET
2 315 (53.21%) C#
3 307 (51.86%) SQL Server
4 273 (46.11%) SQL
5 186 (31.42%) ASP.NET
6 163 (27.53%) Finance
7 159 (26.86%) HTML
8 158 (26.69%) Microsoft
9 146 (24.66%) JavaScript
10 137 (23.14%) CSS
11 123 (20.78%) MVC
12 118 (19.93%) VB.NET
12 118 (19.93%) WPF
13 116 (19.59%) WCF
14 102 (17.23%) OO
15 95 (16.05%) Silverlight
16 92 (15.54%) jQuery
17 91 (15.37%) XML
18 90 (15.20%) Windows
18 90 (15.20%) Java
19 83 (14.02%) PHP
19 83 (14.02%) MS Excel
20 81 (13.68%) Visual Studio
21 74 (12.50%) MySQL
21 74 (12.50%) TDD
22 71 (11.99%) Microsoft Certification
23 67 (11.32%) SQL Server 2008
23 67 (11.32%) Ajax
24 66 (11.15%) Degree
25 63 (10.64%) C++

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Application Development
1 394 (66.55%) .NET
2 186 (31.42%) ASP.NET
3 159 (26.86%) HTML
4 137 (23.14%) CSS
5 118 (19.93%) WPF
6 116 (19.59%) WCF
7 95 (16.05%) Silverlight
8 92 (15.54%) jQuery
9 91 (15.37%) XML
10 67 (11.32%) Ajax
11 58 (9.797%) WinForms
12 56 (9.459%) .NET Framework
13 55 (9.291%) ASP.NET MVC
14 44 (7.432%) Castle Windsor
15 41 (6.926%) ASP
16 40 (6.757%) Web Services
17 36 (6.081%) NHibernate
18 33 (5.574%) MonoRail
19 30 (5.068%) XSLT
20 29 (4.899%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 49 (8.277%) IIS
2 20 (3.378%) Apache
3 12 (2.027%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.027%) Umbraco
4 7 (1.182%) Magento
5 6 (1.014%) SAS
6 4 (0.676%) CMS
6 4 (0.676%) Force.com
7 3 (0.507%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.507%) Captiva
8 2 (0.338%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.338%) MSMQ
8 2 (0.338%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.338%) GlassFish
9 1 (0.169%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.169%) ESB
9 1 (0.169%) Liferay
9 1 (0.169%) Windows Azure
9 1 (0.169%) Adobe CQ
9 1 (0.169%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 83 (14.02%) MS Excel
2 11 (1.858%) MS Office
3 6 (1.014%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.676%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (0.507%) InfoPath
5 3 (0.507%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.338%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.169%) MS Project
7 1 (0.169%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 6 (1.014%) Cognos Planning
1 6 (1.014%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 5 (0.845%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.169%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.041%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.014%) VoIP
3 4 (0.676%) HTTP
4 3 (0.507%) Internet
5 2 (0.338%) FTP
5 2 (0.338%) ADSL
5 2 (0.338%) Intranet
5 2 (0.338%) Extranet
5 2 (0.338%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.338%) Cisco ICM
6 1 (0.169%) DAB
6 1 (0.169%) GSM
6 1 (0.169%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 307 (51.86%) SQL Server
2 74 (12.50%) MySQL
3 67 (11.32%) SQL Server 2008
4 49 (8.277%) SQL Server 2005
5 33 (5.574%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 28 (4.730%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (4.223%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (3.041%) Oracle 10g
8 18 (3.041%) Oracle 11g
8 18 (3.041%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 12 (2.027%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (1.689%) Oracle 8/8i
11 9 (1.520%) SQL Server 2012
12 7 (1.182%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (1.014%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.845%) MS Access
15 4 (0.676%) SQLPlus
16 3 (0.507%) Oracle Reports
16 3 (0.507%) SQL Server 2000
16 3 (0.507%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 81 (13.68%) Visual Studio
2 52 (8.784%) Rhino Mocks
2 52 (8.784%) NUnit
3 26 (4.392%) Subversion
4 20 (3.378%) MSTest
5 14 (2.365%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 14 (2.365%) Oracle Forms
6 12 (2.027%) Eclipse
7 11 (1.858%) Firebug
7 11 (1.858%) Moq
8 10 (1.689%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.845%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.845%) Git (software)
10 3 (0.507%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.507%) Xcode
10 3 (0.507%) Maven
10 3 (0.507%) Ant
11 2 (0.338%) Dreamweaver
12 1 (0.169%) JIRA
12 1 (0.169%) ReSharper
General
1 163 (27.53%) Finance
2 20 (3.378%) Marketing
3 10 (1.689%) Manufacturing
4 9 (1.520%) Financial Institution
4 9 (1.520%) Retail
5 8 (1.351%) Back Office
6 7 (1.182%) Banking
7 6 (1.014%) Electronics
8 5 (0.845%) Advertising
9 4 (0.676%) Publishing
9 4 (0.676%) Music
9 4 (0.676%) Music Industry
10 3 (0.507%) Automotive
10 3 (0.507%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.338%) Law
12 1 (0.169%) French Language
12 1 (0.169%) German Language
12 1 (0.169%) Games
12 1 (0.169%) Legal
12 1 (0.169%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.601%) Enterprise Software
2 31 (5.236%) Computer Science
3 25 (4.223%) Tandem
4 22 (3.716%) Mobile App
5 18 (3.041%) Firmware
6 13 (2.196%) Replication
7 11 (1.858%) Inversion of Control
8 10 (1.689%) N-Tier
9 9 (1.520%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (1.520%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.182%) SaaS
11 6 (1.014%) iPhone
12 5 (0.845%) Social Network
12 5 (0.845%) Open Source
12 5 (0.845%) Social Media
13 3 (0.507%) Blog
13 3 (0.507%) Client/Server
14 2 (0.338%) Artificial Intelligence
14 2 (0.338%) iPad
14 2 (0.338%) Machine Learning
Operating Systems
1 90 (15.20%) Windows
2 23 (3.885%) Android
3 18 (3.041%) Linux
3 18 (3.041%) VxWorks
4 11 (1.858%) CentOS
5 10 (1.689%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.520%) Windows Mobile
7 7 (1.182%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.014%) Windows CE
9 3 (0.507%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.507%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.169%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.169%) UNIX
10 1 (0.169%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (20.78%) MVC
2 102 (17.23%) OO
3 74 (12.50%) TDD
4 50 (8.446%) OOP
5 49 (8.277%) Scrum
6 46 (7.770%) Web Development
7 36 (6.081%) MVVM
8 31 (5.236%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (4.899%) Agile Software Development
10 25 (4.223%) Dependency Injection
11 22 (3.716%) Project Management
12 21 (3.547%) CRM
13 20 (3.378%) ERP
14 17 (2.872%) Multithreading
14 17 (2.872%) E-Commerce
14 17 (2.872%) Workflow
15 15 (2.534%) Unit Testing
16 14 (2.365%) Configuration Management
16 14 (2.365%) Wealth Management
17 13 (2.196%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 315 (53.21%) C#
2 273 (46.11%) SQL
3 146 (24.66%) JavaScript
4 118 (19.93%) VB.NET
5 90 (15.20%) Java
6 83 (14.02%) PHP
7 63 (10.64%) C++
8 55 (9.291%) T-SQL
9 32 (5.405%) C
10 28 (4.730%) Embedded C
11 27 (4.561%) Embedded C++
11 27 (4.561%) Delphi
12 26 (4.392%) VB
12 26 (4.392%) Objective-C
13 22 (3.716%) Python
14 18 (3.041%) VBA
15 15 (2.534%) Perl
16 11 (1.858%) PHP5
16 11 (1.858%) Bash shell
16 11 (1.858%) XAML
Qualifications
1 71 (11.99%) Microsoft Certification
2 66 (11.15%) Degree
3 45 (7.601%) MCTS
4 44 (7.432%) MCP
4 44 (7.432%) MCAD
4 44 (7.432%) MCSD
5 6 (1.014%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.014%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.169%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.169%) QA
1 1 (0.169%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.338%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.338%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.169%) Nagios
Vendors
1 158 (26.69%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.912%) Oracle
3 25 (4.223%) Salesforce.com
4 18 (3.041%) QNX
5 11 (1.858%) Zend
6 10 (1.689%) Google
7 8 (1.351%) DevExpress
8 6 (1.014%) Cognos
8 6 (1.014%) SAP
8 6 (1.014%) VeriFone
9 4 (0.676%) Open Text
10 3 (0.507%) Kofax
10 3 (0.507%) JBoss
10 3 (0.507%) Adobe
11 2 (0.338%) Cisco
11 2 (0.338%) Sun
11 2 (0.338%) ION Trading
11 2 (0.338%) Twitter
12 1 (0.169%) Talend
12 1 (0.169%) Elastic Path
Essex, South East
NET Developer£25,000 - £30,000Mint recruitment is currently resourcing for a .NET Developer who is actively looking for a new and exciting challenge. Based in Essex the ...
Mint
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 10 May 2013
Billericay, Essex
30k-£35K plus bonus and stock options An established company are looking for an outstanding Software Developer with strong .NET skills to join their growing team. As the...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £35000 per annum - plus Bonus and Stock Options
Posted: 19 May 2013
Brentwood, Essex
This International Company are looking to bring 3 C# / .Net Developers into their rapidly growing company. With sites all over the country you will have the chance to...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Essex
Software Applications Developer ( Winforms, SQL Server, Windows Forms, C#.NET, VB.NET ) needed... The ideal candidate will have commercial experience in Winforms, (Windows Forms) Development, C#.NET and...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Waltham Abbey, Essex
Knowledge of SQL, CAML or SSRS. Exposure to Microsoft technologies including; Visual Studio, Visio or InfoPath. Exposure to web technologies including; XML, SOAP, Web Services, HTML, CSS, JavaScript,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum + Exc. Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Brentwood, East Anglia
NET C# Developer I have a fantastic opportunity for a senior and experienced developer to join a well established client in the Essex area as a senior developer-...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP47000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Epping, Essex
NET Developer /Software Developer/ Software Engineer/ Analyst Programmer/ C# / ASP.NET/ SQL Server... Experience in a .Net Development role. ASP.NET Experience. C# Experience. J Query Knowledge. SQL...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Billericay, Essex
The successfule candidate will work on Data Management software, providing mission critical information to their clients through the use of bespoke SQL Server, C# / VB.Net, SSIS applications.....
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £17000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Waltham Abbey, Essex
d) C# and ASP.Net development experience. e) Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010, Microsoft InfoPath 2010 experience... g) WCF, WPF and BDC experience... i) SQL, CAML,...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 30000 - 35000
Posted: 21 May 2013
Rural Colchester, South East
Our client is a leading author of fully integrated business management software, providing solutions for ERP, finance, HR, payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing. You...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Excellent + benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Colchester, South East
The large scale n-tier applications will be maintained on a SQL Server 2000 database... The successful Delphi Developer will have experience developing in a commercial or non-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Essex
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... - Participate in team meetingsYou You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in ASP...
Jam Recruitment
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 10 May 2013
Saffron Walden, Essex
Experience with HPC, distributed computing and large datasets (Big Data) A solid degree in Computer Science or related discipline... WISA) or Linux (e.g. LAMP). Pick your choice...
Illumina
Salary: From £38,000 to £45,000 per annum package inclusive of shares, pension
Posted: 9 May 2013
Essex, South East
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... *Participate in team meetingsYou You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in ASP...
JAM
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... *Participate in team meetings You… You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Colchester, South East
Working on a range of development projects you will input key web skills (PHP (Object Oriented), HTML(5), CSS(3) and JavaScript (jQuery) within a friendly IT team.....
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Basildon, South East
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Colchester, Essex
Analyst Programmer, SQL, ERP (Syteline), VB, .NET - Colchester... Keywords: Analyst Programmer, SQL, ERP (Syteline), VB, .NET, Software Developer, C# Developer, SQL Developer, T-SQL, VB, Crystal Reports, Windows...
Computer People
Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Canvey Island, Essex
Lamp Developer... You should be able to demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of Perl 5 and MySQL within Linux/Unix/Apache CGI environment... (OO not important) - MySQL (+5...
TechnoRecruit
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Saffron Walden, Essex
C#, WPF and Python development. STL and/or Boost... Qualifications: The candidate should have a good university degree in a technical subject (Software Engineering, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Mathematics,...
Illumina
Salary: From £28,000 to £38,000 per annum + pension, company shares, private h
Posted: 9 May 2013
Colchester
preferably Django, but also ASP, PHP)Good General IT knowledge or willingness to learn (system administration, hardware, maintenance, system building)
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £20k - 28k per year
Posted: 8 May 2013
Witham, Essex
My Client is an official Salesforce partner which specialises in implementing a variety of Cloud based solutions and services primarily focused in the financial services sector... The role...
SLS Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £50,000 per annum Circa £50,000
Posted: 23 May 2013