Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer 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.

 Programmer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank585536
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-19
Matching permanent IT job ads5163197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire2.686 %2.982 %4.374 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.802 %3.123 %4.602 %
Salaries quoted4945154
Average salary£35,000£32,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.370 %-14.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,700£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
--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 %-
Programmer East of EnglandProgrammer
East of England

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer 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
StevenageUp+25£36,000+24.13 %
WatfordUp+52£32,500+4.00 %
Programmer East of EnglandProgrammer
East of England

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

135 (37.23 %)SQL Server
233 (35.11 %)SQL
330 (31.91 %).NET
429 (30.85 %)Retail
525 (26.60 %)VB.NET
624 (25.53 %)Java
722 (23.40 %)HTML
820 (21.28 %)Oracle
918 (19.15 %)XML
1016 (17.02 %)C#
1115 (15.96 %)J2EE
1115 (15.96 %)VB
1214 (14.89 %)VBA
1214 (14.89 %)CSS
1214 (14.89 %)Business Intelligence
1313 (13.83 %)Degree
1411 (11.70 %)Banking
1411 (11.70 %)Insurance
1411 (11.70 %)VBScript
1411 (11.70 %)C++
1510 (10.64 %)Education
169 (9.574 %)Software Engineering
169 (9.574 %)JavaScript
169 (9.574 %)Windows
178 (8.511 %)UNIX
178 (8.511 %)SQL Server 2005
187 (7.447 %)Hibernate
187 (7.447 %)Government
187 (7.447 %)Systems Analysis
187 (7.447 %)VB6

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
130 (31.91 %).NET
222 (23.40 %)HTML
318 (19.15 %)XML
415 (15.96 %)J2EE
514 (14.89 %)CSS
67 (7.447 %)Web Services
67 (7.447 %)Hibernate
76 (6.383 %)Spring
76 (6.383 %)XSLT
76 (6.383 %)JDBC
76 (6.383 %)JSP
76 (6.383 %)Servlets
76 (6.383 %)Struts
76 (6.383 %)CGI
85 (5.319 %)Java EE
94 (4.255 %)ASP.NET
103 (3.191 %)XHTML
112 (2.128 %)WPF
112 (2.128 %)ASP
121 (1.064 %)EJB
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (5.319 %)Tomcat
23 (3.191 %)CMS
23 (3.191 %)EPiServer
23 (3.191 %)IIS
31 (1.064 %)SAS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (3.191 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (6.383 %)Remedy AR System
25 (5.319 %)Remedy ITSM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (3.191 %)Wireless
22 (2.128 %)Intranet
22 (2.128 %)Internet
31 (1.064 %)LAN
31 (1.064 %)WAN
31 (1.064 %)FTP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (37.23 %)SQL Server
28 (8.511 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (5.319 %)Data Cleansing
35 (5.319 %)MySQL
35 (5.319 %)DB2
35 (5.319 %)MS Access
43 (3.191 %)Datawarehouse
43 (3.191 %)SQL Server 2000
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (6.383 %)JUnit
24 (4.255 %)InstallShield
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (30.85 %)Retail
211 (11.70 %)Insurance
211 (11.70 %)Banking
310 (10.64 %)Education
47 (7.447 %)Government
47 (7.447 %)Local Government
56 (6.383 %)Finance
64 (4.255 %)Automotive
73 (3.191 %)Pharmaceutical
73 (3.191 %)Electronics
73 (3.191 %)Pensions
82 (2.128 %)Health
82 (2.128 %)Manufacturing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (4.255 %)NHS
22 (2.128 %)Multithreading
31 (1.064 %)EPoS
31 (1.064 %)AS400
31 (1.064 %)Mathematics
31 (1.064 %)Life Science
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (9.574 %)Windows
28 (8.511 %)UNIX
35 (5.319 %)AIX
35 (5.319 %)Linux
35 (5.319 %)OS/400
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (14.89 %)Business Intelligence
29 (9.574 %)Software Engineering
37 (7.447 %)Systems Analysis
46 (6.383 %)UML
46 (6.383 %)E-Commerce
55 (5.319 %)ERP
55 (5.319 %)Service Management
55 (5.319 %)ITSM
55 (5.319 %)Migration
55 (5.319 %)Agile Software Development
55 (5.319 %)Test Scripting
55 (5.319 %)ITIL
55 (5.319 %)Data Migration
63 (3.191 %)OO
72 (2.128 %)Continuous Integration
72 (2.128 %)Refactoring
72 (2.128 %)Unit Testing
81 (1.064 %)Software Testing
81 (1.064 %)Logistics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
133 (35.11 %)SQL
225 (26.60 %)VB.NET
324 (25.53 %)Java
416 (17.02 %)C#
515 (15.96 %)VB
614 (14.89 %)VBA
711 (11.70 %)VBScript
711 (11.70 %)C++
89 (9.574 %)JavaScript
97 (7.447 %)C
97 (7.447 %)VB6
106 (6.383 %)COBOL
106 (6.383 %)Perl
115 (5.319 %)PHP
115 (5.319 %)RPG
123 (3.191 %)Embedded C
123 (3.191 %)Embedded C++
131 (1.064 %)PL/SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (13.83 %)Degree
23 (3.191 %)Security Cleared
31 (1.064 %)PhD
31 (1.064 %)ITIL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.064 %)GCP
11 (1.064 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
120 (21.28 %)Oracle
27 (7.447 %)Microsoft
36 (6.383 %)BMC
36 (6.383 %)Remedy
36 (6.383 %)Micro Focus
45 (5.319 %)JD Edwards
45 (5.319 %)JBoss
53 (3.191 %)Adobe
61 (1.064 %)Coremetrics