The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertford 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 17 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 Hertford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 3 1 2
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 32 35 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 40.51% 87.50% 33.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 42.11% 89.74% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32 35 9
Average salary £47,500 £27,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+72.72% -45.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Hertford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
76 39 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 96.20% 97.50% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 74 39 27
Average salary £45,000 £28,500 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+57.89% -21.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £40,000
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 Hertford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertford 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 Hertford region.

Hertford Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Hertford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertford Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 48 (82.76%) SQL Server
2 42 (72.41%) SQL
3 32 (55.17%) Java
4 30 (51.72%) JSP
4 30 (51.72%) MVC
5 28 (48.28%) JavaScript
5 28 (48.28%) Spring
6 27 (46.55%) Degree
6 27 (46.55%) .NET
6 27 (46.55%) ASP.NET
6 27 (46.55%) Web Services
6 27 (46.55%) XML
6 27 (46.55%) XSLT
7 26 (44.83%) Agile Software Development
7 26 (44.83%) C#
7 26 (44.83%) ASP.NET MVC
8 23 (39.66%) Tomcat
9 22 (37.93%) Struts
9 22 (37.93%) Servlets
9 22 (37.93%) J2EE
9 22 (37.93%) MySQL
9 22 (37.93%) Oracle
10 21 (36.21%) JDBC
10 21 (36.21%) N-Tier
10 21 (36.21%) WinForms
10 21 (36.21%) WPF
11 20 (34.48%) Retail
11 20 (34.48%) User Stories
11 20 (34.48%) Client/Server
12 17 (29.31%) Hibernate

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 30 (51.72%) JSP
2 28 (48.28%) Spring
3 27 (46.55%) .NET
3 27 (46.55%) ASP.NET
3 27 (46.55%) Web Services
3 27 (46.55%) XML
3 27 (46.55%) XSLT
4 26 (44.83%) ASP.NET MVC
5 22 (37.93%) Struts
5 22 (37.93%) J2EE
5 22 (37.93%) Servlets
6 21 (36.21%) JDBC
6 21 (36.21%) WPF
6 21 (36.21%) WinForms
7 17 (29.31%) Hibernate
7 17 (29.31%) XML Schema
8 13 (22.41%) MFC
8 13 (22.41%) ATL
8 13 (22.41%) COM+
8 13 (22.41%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 23 (39.66%) Tomcat
2 13 (22.41%) WebLogic
3 11 (18.97%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (27.59%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (82.76%) SQL Server
2 22 (37.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (27.59%) Ant
1 16 (27.59%) Subversion
1 16 (27.59%) Maven
2 12 (20.69%) Visual Studio
3 11 (18.97%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.724%) NUnit
General
1 20 (34.48%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 21 (36.21%) N-Tier
2 20 (34.48%) Client/Server
3 11 (18.97%) Mobile App
4 10 (17.24%) Computer Science
5 2 (3.448%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.97%) Android
1 11 (18.97%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (51.72%) MVC
2 26 (44.83%) Agile Software Development
3 20 (34.48%) User Stories
4 16 (27.59%) Scrum
4 16 (27.59%) Multithreading
5 15 (25.86%) Automated Testing
6 13 (22.41%) Web Development
7 11 (18.97%) Web Application Development
7 11 (18.97%) Mobile Application Development
7 11 (18.97%) Workflow
7 11 (18.97%) CRM
7 11 (18.97%) ERP
7 11 (18.97%) SOA
8 6 (10.34%) TDD
9 5 (8.621%) OOD
10 3 (5.172%) Unit Testing
11 2 (3.448%) OO
Programming Languages
1 42 (72.41%) SQL
2 32 (55.17%) Java
3 28 (48.28%) JavaScript
4 26 (44.83%) C#
5 15 (25.86%) C++
6 5 (8.621%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (46.55%) Degree
2 5 (8.621%) MCAD
2 5 (8.621%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.621%) WCAG
Vendors
1 22 (37.93%) Oracle
2 14 (24.14%) JBoss
3 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.724%) Red Hat
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Senior Java Developers required for a small, but fast growing, innovative software company in Hertford, Hertfordshire... You will be joining an established Development Team, specialising in Java and...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 60k + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hertford, South East
Java, J2ee, Developer, Web, Senior, ApplicationI am looking for two talented Senior Developers with a strong Java/J2EE background to work for a rapidly expanding company who specialise...
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Working knowledge of XML, XML Schema and XSLT. Web Development - JSP, Servlets, JavaScript. Working knowledge of at least one J2EE container such as Tomcat, JBoss, Websphere or Weblogic.....
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £60,000 per annum £40,000 - £60,000 Depending on exper
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