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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 5 1 3
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 34 89 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 22.08% 43.84% 25.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 23.45% 44.95% 27.36%
Number of salaries quoted 25 77 24
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £37,700 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
145 198 106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 94.16% 97.54% 92.17%
Number of salaries quoted 106 141 76
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £20,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £44,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
West Yorkshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Halifax Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 59 (62.77%) .NET
2 52 (55.32%) SQL
3 50 (53.19%) C#
4 38 (40.43%) SQL Server
5 32 (34.04%) ASP.NET
6 27 (28.72%) Web Services
6 27 (28.72%) VB
7 24 (25.53%) JavaScript
8 20 (21.28%) MVC
8 20 (21.28%) CSS
9 19 (20.21%) Oracle
10 18 (19.15%) Visual Studio
10 18 (19.15%) MySQL
10 18 (19.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (18.09%) XML
12 16 (17.02%) C++
12 16 (17.02%) WinForms
13 15 (15.96%) VB.NET
13 15 (15.96%) Windows
14 14 (14.89%) N-Tier
14 14 (14.89%) PHP
15 13 (13.83%) OOA/OOD
15 13 (13.83%) CSLA
16 11 (11.70%) HTML
16 11 (11.70%) ASP
16 11 (11.70%) SQL Server 2008
17 10 (10.64%) Java
17 10 (10.64%) T-SQL
17 10 (10.64%) Linux
17 10 (10.64%) Spring

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 59 (62.77%) .NET
2 32 (34.04%) ASP.NET
3 27 (28.72%) Web Services
4 20 (21.28%) CSS
5 17 (18.09%) XML
6 16 (17.02%) WinForms
7 13 (13.83%) CSLA
8 11 (11.70%) HTML
8 11 (11.70%) ASP
9 10 (10.64%) Spring
10 9 (9.574%) J2EE
11 8 (8.511%) XHTML
12 6 (6.383%) .NET Framework
13 5 (5.319%) Ajax
14 4 (4.255%) jQuery
14 4 (4.255%) ASP.NET MVC
14 4 (4.255%) HTML5
14 4 (4.255%) CSS3
15 3 (3.191%) WPF
15 3 (3.191%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.511%) Apache
2 7 (7.447%) IIS
3 4 (4.255%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.255%) CMS
4 2 (2.128%) SAS
4 2 (2.128%) WordPress
5 1 (1.064%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.064%) SAP Portal
5 1 (1.064%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 3 (3.191%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.064%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.255%) HTTP
2 2 (2.128%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (40.43%) SQL Server
2 18 (19.15%) MySQL
2 18 (19.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (11.70%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (7.447%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (6.383%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (5.319%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (3.191%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (2.128%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (2.128%) PerformancePoint
9 1 (1.064%) DB2
9 1 (1.064%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.064%) MS Access
9 1 (1.064%) DTS
Development Applications
1 18 (19.15%) Visual Studio
2 7 (7.447%) Subversion
3 2 (2.128%) PhoneGap
General
1 10 (10.64%) Finance
2 4 (4.255%) Banking
3 3 (3.191%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.128%) Advertising
5 1 (1.064%) Retail
5 1 (1.064%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.89%) N-Tier
2 7 (7.447%) E-Learning
3 4 (4.255%) Data Extraction
4 3 (3.191%) iSeries
5 2 (2.128%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.128%) Social Media
5 2 (2.128%) iPhone
6 1 (1.064%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.064%) EPoS
6 1 (1.064%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (1.064%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.96%) Windows
2 10 (10.64%) Linux
3 2 (2.128%) UNIX
3 2 (2.128%) Windows Phone
3 2 (2.128%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.28%) MVC
2 13 (13.83%) OOA/OOD
3 9 (9.574%) Asset Management
4 8 (8.511%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (8.511%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (6.383%) ETL
6 5 (5.319%) E-Commerce
7 4 (4.255%) OOD
8 3 (3.191%) Web Development
8 3 (3.191%) CRM
8 3 (3.191%) OO
9 2 (2.128%) SEO
10 1 (1.064%) Integration Testing
10 1 (1.064%) Release Management
10 1 (1.064%) Workflow Management
10 1 (1.064%) Workflow
10 1 (1.064%) Migration
10 1 (1.064%) Scrum
10 1 (1.064%) ITIL
10 1 (1.064%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 52 (55.32%) SQL
2 50 (53.19%) C#
3 27 (28.72%) VB
4 24 (25.53%) JavaScript
5 16 (17.02%) C++
6 15 (15.96%) VB.NET
7 14 (14.89%) PHP
8 10 (10.64%) Java
8 10 (10.64%) T-SQL
8 10 (10.64%) VB6
9 4 (4.255%) VBA
9 4 (4.255%) PL/SQL
10 3 (3.191%) PHP5
11 2 (2.128%) JCL
11 2 (2.128%) REXX
11 2 (2.128%) Ruby
12 1 (1.064%) RPG IV
12 1 (1.064%) PHP4
12 1 (1.064%) RPG
12 1 (1.064%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 1 (1.064%) Degree
1 1 (1.064%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.064%) QA
System Software
1 7 (7.447%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.128%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 2 (2.128%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 19 (20.21%) Oracle
2 9 (9.574%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.383%) Infragistics
4 2 (2.128%) IBM
5 1 (1.064%) SAP
5 1 (1.064%) Progress
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