The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. 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 21 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 62 62 59
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 36 15 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 3.069% 1.775% 2.612%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.249% 1.901% 2.775%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 23
Average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,250 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £40,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1108 789 901
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.46% 93.37% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 654 582 710
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Scotland

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Glasgow Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Glasgow Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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.

1 52 (59.77%) Java
2 49 (56.32%) SQL
3 38 (43.68%) Degree
4 37 (42.53%) C#
4 37 (42.53%) Python
5 32 (36.78%) XML
6 31 (35.63%) PHP
7 29 (33.33%) Spring
8 28 (32.18%) Agile Software Development
8 28 (32.18%) .NET
9 27 (31.03%) J2EE
10 26 (29.89%) jQuery
11 25 (28.74%) GWT
12 22 (25.29%) SQL Server
13 21 (24.14%) XSLT
14 20 (22.99%) Computer Science
15 18 (20.69%) C++
16 17 (19.54%) TDD
17 16 (18.39%) Subversion
18 15 (17.24%) Banking
18 15 (17.24%) Oracle
19 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
19 14 (16.09%) Data Transformation
20 12 (13.79%) OO
20 12 (13.79%) ASP.NET
20 12 (13.79%) CSS
20 12 (13.79%) JavaScript
20 12 (13.79%) MySQL
20 12 (13.79%) Finance
21 11 (12.64%) T-SQL

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Application Development
1 32 (36.78%) XML
2 29 (33.33%) Spring
3 28 (32.18%) .NET
4 27 (31.03%) J2EE
5 26 (29.89%) jQuery
6 25 (28.74%) GWT
7 21 (24.14%) XSLT
8 12 (13.79%) ASP.NET
8 12 (13.79%) CSS
9 11 (12.64%) HTML5
10 9 (10.34%) HTML
10 9 (10.34%) CSS3
11 8 (9.195%) Hibernate
12 7 (8.046%) Web Services
13 4 (4.598%) JSP
13 4 (4.598%) EJB
13 4 (4.598%) ASP.NET MVC
13 4 (4.598%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 4 (4.598%) PowerMock
14 3 (3.448%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.195%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.598%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (2.299%) IIS
3 2 (2.299%) Apache Qpid
4 1 (1.149%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (6.897%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.299%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.149%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.598%) Internet
2 1 (1.149%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (25.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (13.79%) MySQL
3 5 (5.747%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (4.598%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (4.598%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (3.448%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (3.448%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.299%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (2.299%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (2.299%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (2.299%) MarkLogic
7 1 (1.149%) MS Access
7 1 (1.149%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.149%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.149%) GIS
7 1 (1.149%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (18.39%) Subversion
2 10 (11.49%) Eclipse
2 10 (11.49%) XMLSpy
2 10 (11.49%) JMeter
3 9 (10.34%) Visual Studio
4 6 (6.897%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (4.598%) MSI
5 4 (4.598%) JUnit
5 4 (4.598%) EasyMock
6 2 (2.299%) Maven
6 2 (2.299%) Ant
6 2 (2.299%) Flash Builder
7 1 (1.149%) NUnit
General
1 15 (17.24%) Banking
2 12 (13.79%) Finance
3 6 (6.897%) Front Office
4 5 (5.747%) Games
5 3 (3.448%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.299%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.299%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.99%) Computer Science
2 7 (8.046%) Open Source
3 6 (6.897%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.299%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.299%) NHS
4 2 (2.299%) DTV
4 2 (2.299%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.149%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.149%) Visualisation
5 1 (1.149%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.149%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.195%) Windows
2 7 (8.046%) Linux
3 4 (4.598%) UNIX
4 2 (2.299%) Android
5 1 (1.149%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.18%) Agile Software Development
2 17 (19.54%) TDD
3 14 (16.09%) Data Transformation
4 12 (13.79%) OO
5 8 (9.195%) Software Engineering
6 6 (6.897%) MVC
6 6 (6.897%) Web Development
6 6 (6.897%) Integration Testing
6 6 (6.897%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (5.747%) Asset Management
7 5 (5.747%) Scrum
8 4 (4.598%) DSDM
8 4 (4.598%) OOD
8 4 (4.598%) SOA
8 4 (4.598%) Waterfall
9 3 (3.448%) Unit Testing
9 3 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (3.448%) Multithreading
10 2 (2.299%) Content Management
10 2 (2.299%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (59.77%) Java
2 49 (56.32%) SQL
3 37 (42.53%) C#
3 37 (42.53%) Python
4 31 (35.63%) PHP
5 18 (20.69%) C++
6 12 (13.79%) JavaScript
7 11 (12.64%) T-SQL
8 7 (8.046%) C
9 6 (6.897%) PL/SQL
10 3 (3.448%) Perl
10 3 (3.448%) VB
10 3 (3.448%) VB.NET
11 2 (2.299%) XQuery
11 2 (2.299%) Shell Script
11 2 (2.299%) Delphi
12 1 (1.149%) VBA
12 1 (1.149%) Embedded C++
12 1 (1.149%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 38 (43.68%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (17.24%) Oracle
2 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.49%) Altova
4 4 (4.598%) VMware
5 3 (3.448%) Citrix
6 1 (1.149%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.149%) Apple
6 1 (1.149%) Sage
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