The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Home Counties 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 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 Home Counties region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank - 14 21
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 0 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties - 6.579% 3.191%
As % of the Job Titles category - 6.849% 3.226%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 6
Average salary - £47,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.25%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Home Counties
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
17 73 186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties 89.47% 96.05% 98.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10 43 183
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -20.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £72,500 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
South East

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Home Counties Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Home Counties Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

1 6 (85.71%) SAS
1 6 (85.71%) Pharmaceutical
1 6 (85.71%) Statistics
1 6 (85.71%) Biostatistics
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) CDISC
4 1 (14.29%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (14.29%) J2EE
4 1 (14.29%) XML
4 1 (14.29%) UNIX
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) MUMPS
4 1 (14.29%) VMS
4 1 (14.29%) Biometrics
4 1 (14.29%) Java

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) J2EE
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) InterSystems Cache
General
1 6 (85.71%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Statistics
2 1 (14.29%) Biometrics
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Biostatistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) MUMPS
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) CDISC