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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Essex 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads545726
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.303 %0.306 %
As % of the category below28.33 %33.03 %
Salaries quoted470658
Average minimum salary£34,638£33,916
Average salary£36,646£35,953
% change on same period last year+1.92 %
Average maximum salary£38,654£37,989
UK excluding London average salary£33,919£34,022
% change on same period last year-0.30 %
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads19242198
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.068 %0.926 %
Salaries quoted16181929
Average minimum salary£36,681£35,904
Average salary£38,896£38,053
% change on same period last year+2.21 %
Average maximum salary£41,112£40,201
UK excluding London average salary£38,057£39,434
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Essex Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Essex region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

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 8 September 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
ColchesterNo change0256£36,532+3.17 %
ChelmsfordDown-828£36,054+0.43 %
BasildonDown-822£35,417-3.52 %
HarlowDown-117£36,588+15.23 %
BrentwoodDown-414£40,833+1.29 %
Southend-on-SeaNo change013£35,692+7.39 %
IngatestoneNew entry-2£17,500-
MaldonNew entry-2£21,000-
WithamNew entry-2£34,250-
Waltham AbbeyDown-12£25,000-16.66 %
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

1925 (70.29 %).NET
2862 (65.50 %)SQL Server
3851 (64.67 %)C#
4559 (42.48 %)ASP.NET
5486 (36.93 %)XML
6344 (26.14 %)SQL
7311 (23.63 %)VB.NET
8299 (22.72 %)Microsoft
9282 (21.43 %)HTML
10280 (21.28 %)Web Development
11277 (21.05 %)Finance
12250 (19.00 %)WebServices
13198 (15.05 %).NET Framework
14194 (14.74 %)VB
15184 (13.98 %)OO
16162 (12.31 %)Java
17146 (11.09 %)JavaScript
17146 (11.09 %)ASP
18144 (10.94 %)C++
19141 (10.71 %)Oracle
20136 (10.33 %)SQL Server 2005
21131 (9.954 %)Windows
22118 (8.967 %)CSS
22118 (8.967 %)Visual Studio
23108 (8.207 %)Advertising
24104 (7.903 %)PHP
2596 (7.295 %)AJAX
2692 (6.991 %)Internet
2790 (6.839 %)WinForms
2887 (6.611 %)Business Intelligence

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1925 (70.29 %).NET
2559 (42.48 %)ASP.NET
3486 (36.93 %)XML
4282 (21.43 %)HTML
5250 (19.00 %)WebServices
6198 (15.05 %).NET Framework
7146 (11.09 %)ASP
8118 (8.967 %)CSS
996 (7.295 %)AJAX
1090 (6.839 %)WinForms
1184 (6.383 %)XHTML
1276 (5.775 %)XSLT
1360 (4.559 %)J2EE
1429 (2.204 %)Swing
1429 (2.204 %)LAMP
1526 (1.976 %)XSL
1622 (1.672 %)WCF
1715 (1.140 %)WebSphere
1814 (1.064 %)SOAP
1913 (0.988 %)COM+
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
158 (4.407 %)SharePoint
231 (2.356 %)BizTalk Server
329 (2.204 %)IIS
417 (1.292 %)ColdFusion
514 (1.064 %)SharePoint Portal Server
612 (0.912 %)CMS
76 (0.456 %)Content Management Server
85 (0.380 %)Apache
94 (0.304 %)MTS
94 (0.304 %)Oracle Workflow
94 (0.304 %)SharePoint Server 2007
103 (0.228 %)WebLogic
112 (0.152 %)JBoss
112 (0.152 %)Tomcat
112 (0.152 %)Oracle Application Server
121 (0.076 %)DotNetNuke
121 (0.076 %)MS Exchange
121 (0.076 %)JRun
121 (0.076 %)WebSphere Application Server
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
183 (6.307 %)MS Excel
267 (5.091 %)MS Visio
317 (1.292 %)Photoshop
45 (0.380 %)PrintSoft PReS
52 (0.152 %)MS Office
61 (0.076 %)ImageReady
61 (0.076 %)Fireworks
61 (0.076 %)MATLAB
61 (0.076 %)DOC1
Essex IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.684 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
26 (0.456 %)AWD
35 (0.380 %)Dynamics CRM
35 (0.380 %)Oracle 11i
35 (0.380 %)Oracle EBS
44 (0.304 %)Oracle Applications
52 (0.152 %)Oracle Financials
61 (0.076 %)Great Plains
61 (0.076 %)Cognos Planning
61 (0.076 %)Siebel Analytics
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
192 (6.991 %)Internet
230 (2.280 %)Intranet
317 (1.292 %)TCP/IP
415 (1.140 %)DNS
59 (0.684 %)FTP
68 (0.608 %)SSH
76 (0.456 %)DHCP
84 (0.304 %)VPN
84 (0.304 %)Extranet
93 (0.228 %)HTTP
101 (0.076 %)LAN
101 (0.076 %)WAN
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1862 (65.50 %)SQL Server
2136 (10.33 %)SQL Server 2005
375 (5.699 %)MySQL
463 (4.787 %)SQL Server 2000
554 (4.103 %)Datawarehouse
647 (3.571 %)DTS
745 (3.419 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
832 (2.432 %)Oracle 10g
930 (2.280 %)OLAP
1027 (2.052 %)Oracle Reports
1125 (1.900 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1224 (1.824 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1323 (1.748 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1323 (1.748 %)Crystal Reports
1418 (1.368 %)Oracle 9i
1510 (0.760 %)MS Access
1510 (0.760 %)Oracle 8/8i
168 (0.608 %)BusinessObjects
177 (0.532 %)ETL
184 (0.304 %)Oracle Discoverer
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1118 (8.967 %)Visual Studio
238 (2.888 %)Flash
326 (1.976 %)Oracle Forms
411 (0.836 %)Eclipse
411 (0.836 %)PVCS
510 (0.760 %)JUnit
510 (0.760 %)Subversion
69 (0.684 %)Dreamweaver
76 (0.456 %)Ant
84 (0.304 %)VSS/SourceSafe
84 (0.304 %)QuickTest Pro
93 (0.228 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
102 (0.152 %)TestDirector
102 (0.152 %)NUnit
111 (0.076 %)JIRA
111 (0.076 %)Rational Rose
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1277 (21.05 %)Finance
2108 (8.207 %)Advertising
382 (6.231 %)Pensions
454 (4.103 %)Marketing
550 (3.799 %)Insurance
635 (2.660 %)Health
722 (1.672 %)Publishing
819 (1.444 %)Multimedia
918 (1.368 %)Telecoms
1017 (1.292 %)Animation
1116 (1.216 %)Interactive Media
1215 (1.140 %)Retail
1215 (1.140 %)Back Office
1313 (0.988 %)Pharmaceutical
1313 (0.988 %)Education
1313 (0.988 %)Manufacturing
1410 (0.760 %)Automotive
157 (0.532 %)Front Office
166 (0.456 %)Construction
174 (0.304 %)Legal
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
135 (2.660 %)Mathematics
229 (2.204 %)Client/Server
322 (1.672 %)N-Tier
421 (1.596 %)Web 2.0
520 (1.520 %)Computer Science
617 (1.292 %)Derivative
713 (0.988 %)Flash Lite
811 (0.836 %)PDA
96 (0.456 %)Equities
96 (0.456 %)Tandem
105 (0.380 %)Management Information System
105 (0.380 %)NHS
114 (0.304 %)VSAM
114 (0.304 %)Mainframe
114 (0.304 %)Social Network
123 (0.228 %)PMI
123 (0.228 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
132 (0.152 %)Fixed Income
132 (0.152 %)Clustering
132 (0.152 %)BBC
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1131 (9.954 %)Windows
250 (3.799 %)Linux
338 (2.888 %)UNIX
419 (1.444 %)Windows Server 2003
514 (1.064 %)Windows 2000
66 (0.456 %)Windows Mobile
73 (0.228 %)Windows Vista
73 (0.228 %)Windows XP
73 (0.228 %)HPUX
81 (0.076 %)VxWorks
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1280 (21.28 %)Web Development
2184 (13.98 %)OO
387 (6.611 %)Business Intelligence
461 (4.635 %)Enterprise Architecture
545 (3.419 %)UML
641 (3.116 %)Business Analysis
739 (2.964 %)Web Design
833 (2.508 %)OOD
928 (2.128 %)E-business
1027 (2.052 %)Project Management
1126 (1.976 %)E-Commerce
1126 (1.976 %)Agile Software Development
1221 (1.596 %)OOP
1319 (1.444 %)Scrum
1416 (1.216 %)Workflow
1515 (1.140 %)RAD
1614 (1.064 %)CRM
1614 (1.064 %)Migration
1614 (1.064 %)SEO
1713 (0.988 %)ITIL
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1851 (64.67 %)C#
2344 (26.14 %)SQL
3311 (23.63 %)VB.NET
4194 (14.74 %)VB
5162 (12.31 %)Java
6146 (11.09 %)JavaScript
7144 (10.94 %)C++
8104 (7.903 %)PHP
982 (6.231 %)Transact-SQL
1072 (5.471 %)PL/SQL
1138 (2.888 %)VB6
1235 (2.660 %)ActionScript
1333 (2.508 %)DHTML
1430 (2.280 %)Delphi
1515 (1.140 %)PHP5
1614 (1.064 %)C
179 (0.684 %)VBScript
179 (0.684 %)VBA
179 (0.684 %)ECMAScript
179 (0.684 %)Shell Script
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
185 (6.459 %)Degree
233 (2.508 %)Microsoft Certification
322 (1.672 %)MCSD
416 (1.216 %)MCAD
514 (1.064 %)ICAEW
67 (0.532 %)MCP
67 (0.532 %)Sun Certification
74 (0.304 %)SCJP
82 (0.152 %)MCTS
82 (0.152 %)MCPD
82 (0.152 %)PhD
82 (0.152 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.076 %)ACCA
91 (0.076 %)CIMA
91 (0.076 %)HND
91 (0.076 %)MCSE
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (0.836 %)ISO9000
23 (0.228 %)QA
32 (0.152 %)WAI
41 (0.076 %)ISO9001
41 (0.076 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Essex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (0.684 %)Active Directory
25 (0.380 %)MetaFrame
25 (0.380 %)VMware Infrastructure
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1299 (22.72 %)Microsoft
2141 (10.71 %)Oracle
325 (1.900 %)Cognos
413 (0.988 %)Adobe
512 (0.912 %)ProClarity
68 (0.608 %)Business Objects
77 (0.532 %)Sun
86 (0.456 %)Citrix
95 (0.380 %)Borland
95 (0.380 %)IBM
95 (0.380 %)VMware
103 (0.228 %)Progress
103 (0.228 %)Zend
103 (0.228 %)HP
103 (0.228 %)Sybase
112 (0.152 %)Ascential
112 (0.152 %)Informatica
112 (0.152 %)Northgate
121 (0.076 %)Sunopsis
121 (0.076 %)Atlassian