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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Hertfordshire region.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank122
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads477388889
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire25.12 %18.36 %19.74 %
As % of the Job Titles category26.21 %19.24 %20.77 %
Salaries quoted433324714
Average salary£40,000£35,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£25,200£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-1.510 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
182020174281
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire95.84 %95.46 %95.05 %
Salaries quoted151416473549
Average salary£42,500£40,000£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %+3.890 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansUp+147£37,500+7.14 %
Welwyn Garden CityUp+1645£42,500+13.33 %
WatfordDown-739£40,000-
Bishop's StortfordDown-223£40,000-15.78 %
StevenageNo change018£42,500+21.42 %
Potters BarNew entry-5£50,000-
BerkhamstedDown-23£44,000+60.00 %
LetchworthUp+71£37,500+6.38 %
TringUp+51£40,500+62.00 %
RickmansworthDown-71£60,000+29.03 %
WareNew entry-1£49,000-
BaldockNew entry-1£34,000-
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1425 (52.80 %).NET
2342 (42.48 %)C#
3336 (41.74 %)SQL
4313 (38.88 %)SQL Server
5239 (29.69 %)ASP.NET
6213 (26.46 %)Java
7164 (20.37 %)XML
8161 (20.00 %)JavaScript
9150 (18.63 %)HTML
10141 (17.52 %)CSS
11135 (16.77 %)Microsoft
12127 (15.78 %)AJAX
13116 (14.41 %)Windows
14113 (14.04 %)Degree
15108 (13.42 %)Oracle
16106 (13.17 %)J2EE
17105 (13.04 %)Workflow
18103 (12.80 %)VB.NET
1996 (11.93 %)VB
2092 (11.43 %)OO
2190 (11.18 %)SharePoint
2288 (10.93 %)WCF
2387 (10.81 %)Agile Software Development
2482 (10.19 %)E-Commerce
2580 (9.938 %)SQL Server 2005
2676 (9.441 %)Web Services
2775 (9.317 %)Retail
2874 (9.193 %)C++
2972 (8.944 %)SQL Server 2008
3066 (8.199 %)Mathematics

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1425 (52.80 %).NET
2239 (29.69 %)ASP.NET
3164 (20.37 %)XML
4150 (18.63 %)HTML
5141 (17.52 %)CSS
6127 (15.78 %)AJAX
7106 (13.17 %)J2EE
888 (10.93 %)WCF
976 (9.441 %)Web Services
1065 (8.075 %)ASP
1163 (7.826 %)Silverlight
1262 (7.702 %)Flash
1361 (7.578 %)XHTML
1457 (7.081 %).NET Framework
1547 (5.839 %)Spring
1636 (4.472 %)WinForms
1734 (4.224 %)JDBC
1831 (3.851 %)Hibernate
1831 (3.851 %)WF
1929 (3.602 %)NHibernate
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
190 (11.18 %)SharePoint
249 (6.087 %)CMS
339 (4.845 %)EPiServer
431 (3.851 %)BizTalk Server
529 (3.602 %)Oracle Workflow
624 (2.981 %)IIS
720 (2.484 %)WebLogic
819 (2.360 %)Tomcat
918 (2.236 %)LiveLink
1010 (1.242 %)ColdFusion
119 (1.118 %)AquaLogic
119 (1.118 %)Apache
128 (0.994 %)Umbraco
128 (0.994 %)DotNetNuke
136 (0.745 %)Drupal
136 (0.745 %)SAS
144 (0.497 %)MS Exchange
144 (0.497 %)SharePoint Server 2007
144 (0.497 %)Exchange Server 2007
152 (0.248 %)Lotus Domino
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
145 (5.590 %)MS Excel
233 (4.099 %)Photoshop
310 (1.242 %)Adobe Illustrator
43 (0.373 %)MS Visio
52 (0.248 %)RoboHelp
52 (0.248 %)MS Office
61 (0.124 %)InDesign
61 (0.124 %)DOC1
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
120 (2.484 %)Navision
218 (2.236 %)Remedy ITSM
218 (2.236 %)Remedy AR System
315 (1.863 %)Dynamics NAV
46 (0.745 %)Microsoft CRM
53 (0.373 %)Dynamics CRM
53 (0.373 %)Siebel Analytics
61 (0.124 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
61 (0.124 %)Oracle Financials
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
125 (3.106 %)Broadband
125 (3.106 %)Intranet
218 (2.236 %)Internet
310 (1.242 %)Wireless
45 (0.621 %)NAS
54 (0.497 %)DNS
61 (0.124 %)SAN
61 (0.124 %)LAN
61 (0.124 %)HTTP
61 (0.124 %)Intrusion Detection
61 (0.124 %)iSCSI
61 (0.124 %)Wi-Fi
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1313 (38.88 %)SQL Server
280 (9.938 %)SQL Server 2005
372 (8.944 %)SQL Server 2008
466 (8.199 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
547 (5.839 %)MySQL
646 (5.714 %)SQL Server 2000
646 (5.714 %)SQL Server Integration Services
741 (5.093 %)Oracle 11g
830 (3.727 %)Datawarehouse
924 (2.981 %)Crystal Reports
1017 (2.112 %)MS Access
1017 (2.112 %)Oracle 10g
1113 (1.615 %)Oracle Reports
1212 (1.491 %)ETL
139 (1.118 %)RDBMS
147 (0.870 %)DB2
147 (0.870 %)DTS
147 (0.870 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
147 (0.870 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
156 (0.745 %)PostgreSQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
135 (4.348 %)NUnit
222 (2.733 %)Subversion
321 (2.609 %)Visual Studio
419 (2.360 %)JDeveloper
517 (2.112 %)Dreamweaver
616 (1.988 %)Eclipse
616 (1.988 %)Oracle Forms
713 (1.615 %)VSS/SourceSafe
812 (1.491 %)WatiN
99 (1.118 %)Maven
108 (0.994 %)JBuilder
108 (0.994 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
117 (0.870 %)JUnit
126 (0.745 %)InstallShield
135 (0.621 %)Team Foundation Server
143 (0.373 %)ProC
152 (0.248 %)CruiseControl
161 (0.124 %)Log4Net
161 (0.124 %)ReSharper
161 (0.124 %)Git (software)
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
175 (9.317 %)Retail
249 (6.087 %)Pensions
249 (6.087 %)Finance
331 (3.851 %)Health
425 (3.106 %)Marketing
425 (3.106 %)Insurance
519 (2.360 %)Games
618 (2.236 %)Government
715 (1.863 %)Construction
814 (1.739 %)Education
912 (1.491 %)Electric
1010 (1.242 %)Telecoms
117 (0.870 %)Back Office
117 (0.870 %)Local Government
126 (0.745 %)Animation
126 (0.745 %)Music
126 (0.745 %)Flash Games
134 (0.497 %)Banking
143 (0.373 %)Manufacturing
143 (0.373 %)Publishing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
166 (8.199 %)Mathematics
264 (7.950 %)Computer Science
316 (1.988 %)Client/Server
415 (1.863 %)Statistics
513 (1.615 %)N-Tier
513 (1.615 %)Tandem
612 (1.491 %)Physics
78 (0.994 %)Open Source
87 (0.870 %)Management Information System
95 (0.621 %)iPhone
104 (0.497 %)NHS
104 (0.497 %)W3C
104 (0.497 %)Replication
104 (0.497 %)Pocket PC
113 (0.373 %)Economics
113 (0.373 %)AS400
113 (0.373 %)Dependency Injection
113 (0.373 %)Multithreading
122 (0.248 %)Social Network
131 (0.124 %)PDA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1116 (14.41 %)Windows
237 (4.596 %)Linux
330 (3.727 %)UNIX
49 (1.118 %)Solaris
58 (0.994 %)Windows Server 2008
65 (0.621 %)Android
74 (0.497 %)Windows Mobile
74 (0.497 %)Windows CE
83 (0.373 %)Windows XP
83 (0.373 %)AIX
92 (0.248 %)Windows Server 2003
101 (0.124 %)VxWorks
101 (0.124 %)OS/400
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1105 (13.04 %)Workflow
292 (11.43 %)OO
387 (10.81 %)Agile Software Development
482 (10.19 %)E-Commerce
547 (5.839 %)SOA
644 (5.466 %)TDD
644 (5.466 %)MVC
741 (5.093 %)Web Development
839 (4.845 %)Business Intelligence
932 (3.975 %)Scrum
1030 (3.727 %)Project Management
1125 (3.106 %)SEO
1125 (3.106 %)Content Management
1223 (2.857 %)Software Engineering
1322 (2.733 %)Automated Testing
1322 (2.733 %)Unit Testing
1322 (2.733 %)Software Architecture
1418 (2.236 %)Information Management
1418 (2.236 %)ITSM
1517 (2.112 %)BPEL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1342 (42.48 %)C#
2336 (41.74 %)SQL
3213 (26.46 %)Java
4161 (20.00 %)JavaScript
5103 (12.80 %)VB.NET
696 (11.93 %)VB
774 (9.193 %)C++
851 (6.335 %)C
948 (5.963 %)VBScript
1043 (5.342 %)ActionScript
1142 (5.217 %)ActionScript 3.0
1240 (4.969 %)PHP
1338 (4.720 %)T-SQL
1429 (3.602 %)ActionScript 2.0
1528 (3.478 %)PL/SQL
1625 (3.106 %)VB6
1711 (1.366 %)VBA
188 (0.994 %)Perl
197 (0.870 %)Objective-C
206 (0.745 %)RPG
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1113 (14.04 %)Degree
238 (4.720 %)Microsoft Certification
328 (3.478 %)MCSD
423 (2.857 %)MCAD
519 (2.360 %)MCP
519 (2.360 %)MCTS
69 (1.118 %)Security Cleared
72 (0.248 %)SC Cleared
81 (0.124 %)PhD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (2.360 %)QA
21 (0.124 %)SLA
21 (0.124 %)ISO27001
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (0.621 %)Active Directory
21 (0.124 %)VMware ESX
21 (0.124 %)Snort
21 (0.124 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.124 %)Backup Exec
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1135 (16.77 %)Microsoft
2108 (13.42 %)Oracle
337 (4.596 %)JBoss
428 (3.478 %)Adobe
520 (2.484 %)Open Text
618 (2.236 %)Remedy
618 (2.236 %)SAP
618 (2.236 %)BMC
717 (2.112 %)BEA
812 (1.491 %)IBM
96 (0.745 %)Apple
96 (0.745 %)Google
96 (0.745 %)Netezza
105 (0.621 %)Ab Initio
105 (0.621 %)JD Edwards
113 (0.373 %)Quark
113 (0.373 %)Siebel
122 (0.248 %)EMC
122 (0.248 %)Lotus
131 (0.124 %)Nokia