The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software 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 Hertford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 16 16 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 13 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 15.85% 9.677% 4.762%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.46% 10.00% 4.762%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 1
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +50.00%
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
79 30 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 96.34% 96.77% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 77 30 21
Average salary £45,000 £27,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.63% -11.29%
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%
Software Developer
Hertfordshire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertford 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 Hertford region.

Hertford Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 17 (77.27%) MVC
1 17 (77.27%) Client/Server
1 17 (77.27%) N-Tier
1 17 (77.27%) WinForms
1 17 (77.27%) C#
1 17 (77.27%) SQL
1 17 (77.27%) .NET
1 17 (77.27%) SQL Server
1 17 (77.27%) ASP.NET
1 17 (77.27%) Agile Software Development
1 17 (77.27%) WPF
1 17 (77.27%) ASP.NET MVC
1 17 (77.27%) User Stories
2 13 (59.09%) MFC
2 13 (59.09%) Automated Testing
2 13 (59.09%) ATL
2 13 (59.09%) COM+
2 13 (59.09%) C++
2 13 (59.09%) Scrum
3 9 (40.91%) Degree
4 5 (22.73%) Spring
4 5 (22.73%) Java
4 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
4 5 (22.73%) J2EE
4 5 (22.73%) JSP
4 5 (22.73%) Struts
4 5 (22.73%) XML
4 5 (22.73%) XSLT
4 5 (22.73%) Tomcat
5 4 (18.18%) MS Excel

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 17 (77.27%) WinForms
1 17 (77.27%) .NET
1 17 (77.27%) ASP.NET
1 17 (77.27%) WPF
1 17 (77.27%) ASP.NET MVC
2 13 (59.09%) MFC
2 13 (59.09%) ATL
2 13 (59.09%) COM+
3 5 (22.73%) Spring
3 5 (22.73%) J2EE
3 5 (22.73%) JSP
3 5 (22.73%) Struts
3 5 (22.73%) XML
3 5 (22.73%) XSLT
4 4 (18.18%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (77.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Visual Studio
Miscellaneous
1 17 (77.27%) Client/Server
1 17 (77.27%) N-Tier
2 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) MVC
1 17 (77.27%) Agile Software Development
1 17 (77.27%) User Stories
2 13 (59.09%) Automated Testing
2 13 (59.09%) Scrum
3 4 (18.18%) OOD
3 4 (18.18%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) C#
1 17 (77.27%) SQL
2 13 (59.09%) C++
3 5 (22.73%) Java
3 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft