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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the Glasgow 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6445
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads1455
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.024 %
As % of the category below1.351 %3.216 %
Salaries quoted747
Average minimum salary£30,857£28,872
Average salary£34,143£31,862
% change on same period last year+7.15 %
Average maximum salary£37,429£34,851
UK excluding London average salary£33,363£33,059
% change on same period last year+0.92 %
Glasgow IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Glasgow
Matching permanent IT job ads10361710
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.605 %0.733 %
Salaries quoted7541010
Average minimum salary£33,530£30,648
Average salary£36,823£33,365
% change on same period last year+10.36 %
Average maximum salary£40,115£36,082
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Software Developer ScotlandSoftware Developer
Scotland

Software Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Glasgow Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

131 (59.62 %).NET
220 (38.46 %)SQL Server
318 (34.62 %)ASP.NET
416 (30.77 %)C#
416 (30.77 %)SQL
512 (23.08 %)Microsoft
512 (23.08 %)Degree
611 (21.15 %)VB.NET
611 (21.15 %)XML
710 (19.23 %)UNIX
710 (19.23 %)JavaScript
710 (19.23 %)SQL Server 2005
89 (17.31 %)SQL Server 2000
98 (15.38 %)C++
98 (15.38 %)HTML
98 (15.38 %)Oracle
98 (15.38 %)CSS
106 (11.54 %)Finance
106 (11.54 %)Intranet
106 (11.54 %)Ingres
106 (11.54 %)OpenROAD
106 (11.54 %)SharePoint
106 (11.54 %)Visual Studio
106 (11.54 %)Java
106 (11.54 %)Transact-SQL
106 (11.54 %)VB
106 (11.54 %)Information Management
106 (11.54 %)Unit Testing
115 (9.615 %)Web Development
115 (9.615 %)PHP

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

Glasgow IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131 (59.62 %).NET
218 (34.62 %)ASP.NET
311 (21.15 %)XML
48 (15.38 %)CSS
48 (15.38 %)HTML
52 (3.846 %)XSLT
52 (3.846 %)AJAX
61 (1.923 %).NET Framework
61 (1.923 %)DOM
61 (1.923 %)JSP
61 (1.923 %)ASP
Glasgow IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (11.54 %)SharePoint
16 (11.54 %)OpenROAD
23 (5.769 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (3.846 %)BizTalk Server
41 (1.923 %)IIS
41 (1.923 %)Apache
Glasgow IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.923 %)Navision
Glasgow IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (11.54 %)Intranet
Glasgow IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (38.46 %)SQL Server
210 (19.23 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (17.31 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (11.54 %)Ingres
53 (5.769 %)MySQL
53 (5.769 %)Oracle 8/8i
Glasgow IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (11.54 %)Visual Studio
22 (3.846 %)ClearCase
31 (1.923 %)Subversion
Glasgow IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (11.54 %)Finance
25 (9.615 %)Education
34 (7.692 %)Telecoms
43 (5.769 %)Manufacturing
51 (1.923 %)Multimedia
51 (1.923 %)Pensions
Glasgow IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (5.769 %)Computer Science
Glasgow IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (19.23 %)UNIX
23 (5.769 %)Windows
32 (3.846 %)Linux
32 (3.846 %)Windows Mobile
41 (1.923 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.923 %)HPUX
41 (1.923 %)Solaris
Glasgow IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (11.54 %)Information Management
16 (11.54 %)Unit Testing
25 (9.615 %)Web Development
33 (5.769 %)ERP
42 (3.846 %)OOD
42 (3.846 %)Agile Software Development
42 (3.846 %)Performance Management
51 (1.923 %)Content Management
51 (1.923 %)Process Management
51 (1.923 %)UML
51 (1.923 %)OO
51 (1.923 %)RAD
Glasgow IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (30.77 %)C#
116 (30.77 %)SQL
211 (21.15 %)VB.NET
310 (19.23 %)JavaScript
48 (15.38 %)C++
56 (11.54 %)Java
56 (11.54 %)Transact-SQL
56 (11.54 %)VB
65 (9.615 %)PHP
74 (7.692 %)C
83 (5.769 %)Delphi
83 (5.769 %)PL/SQL
92 (3.846 %)Shell Script
101 (1.923 %)VB6
101 (1.923 %)ActionScript
101 (1.923 %)Embedded C++
Glasgow IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (23.08 %)Degree
Glasgow IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (23.08 %)Microsoft
28 (15.38 %)Oracle
32 (3.846 %)HP