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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 - 3
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 29 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harpenden 87.88% - 62.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 87.88% - 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28 0 5
Average salary £36,750 - £26,500
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 - £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 - £27,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Harpenden
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
33 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Harpenden 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 31 0 6
Average salary £35,000 - £26,500
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 - £24,550
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £26,950 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
Hertfordshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harpenden 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 Harpenden region.

Harpenden Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harpenden 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 32 (96.97%) .NET
2 29 (87.88%) C#
2 29 (87.88%) MVC
3 27 (81.82%) SQL Server
4 23 (69.70%) Microsoft
5 22 (66.67%) ASP.NET
5 22 (66.67%) JavaScript
6 21 (63.64%) CSS
7 19 (57.58%) HTML
7 19 (57.58%) jQuery
8 18 (54.55%) HTML5
9 12 (36.36%) Scrum
9 12 (36.36%) .NET Framework
9 12 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
10 11 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
10 11 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
10 11 (33.33%) MSTest
10 11 (33.33%) WCF
10 11 (33.33%) WPF
10 11 (33.33%) MVVM
10 11 (33.33%) Rhino Mocks
10 11 (33.33%) Moq
10 11 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
10 11 (33.33%) Web Application Development
10 11 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 11 (33.33%) Unity DI Container
10 11 (33.33%) Ajax
10 11 (33.33%) MCTS
10 11 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (33.33%) Kanban

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Harpenden 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 32 (96.97%) .NET
2 22 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 21 (63.64%) CSS
4 19 (57.58%) HTML
4 19 (57.58%) jQuery
5 18 (54.55%) HTML5
6 12 (36.36%) .NET Framework
6 12 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC
7 11 (33.33%) WCF
7 11 (33.33%) WPF
7 11 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
7 11 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 11 (33.33%) Unity DI Container
7 11 (33.33%) Ajax
7 11 (33.33%) Spring.NET
7 11 (33.33%) WinForms
7 11 (33.33%) Castle Windsor
7 11 (33.33%) Ninject
8 8 (24.24%) SOAP
8 8 (24.24%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (81.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (33.33%) MSTest
1 11 (33.33%) Rhino Mocks
1 11 (33.33%) Moq
1 11 (33.33%) NUnit
2 3 (9.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (3.030%) Finance
1 1 (3.030%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
2 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.030%) W3C
3 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 11 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (87.88%) MVC
2 12 (36.36%) Scrum
3 11 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
3 11 (33.33%) MVVM
3 11 (33.33%) Web Application Development
3 11 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (33.33%) Kanban
3 11 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (33.33%) TDD
4 8 (24.24%) CRM
5 6 (18.18%) OO
6 5 (15.15%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.030%) Migration
7 1 (3.030%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.030%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 29 (87.88%) C#
2 22 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 11 (33.33%) VB.NET
4 9 (27.27%) SQL
5 7 (21.21%) PHP
6 5 (15.15%) VB
6 5 (15.15%) VB6
7 1 (3.030%) Perl
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) MCTS
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (33.33%) MCP
1 11 (33.33%) MCAD
1 11 (33.33%) MCSD
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) WAI
Vendors
1 23 (69.70%) Microsoft
Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Our Hertfordshire based client is seeking a Developer (mid level or senior) to deliver high quality software to meet Customer and commercial needs in accordance with defined standards,...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Harpenden, South East
Our Hertfordshire based client is seeking a Developer (mid level or senior) to deliver high quality software to meet Customer and commercial needs in accordance with defined standards,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Focusing on developing in Microsoft .Net within an agile environment... Skills required for the .Net developer: * Thorough commercial experience of using C# and Microsoft`s .Net Framework * Understanding...
Marcus Donald People
Salary: £33000 to £37000 per annum - benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013