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 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 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 Home Counties region.

 Programmer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank401841
Rank change year-on-year
Down-22Up+23
Matching permanent IT job ads673
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties1.791 %4.545 %0.800 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.846 %4.861 %0.831 %
Salaries quoted670
Average salary£45,000£28,000-
Average salary % change year-on-year
+60.71 %-
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
--1.510 %
Home Counties IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Home Counties
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
325144361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties97.01 %93.51 %96.27 %
Salaries quoted283131198
Average salary£42,500£55,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72 %+22.22 %
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Programmer South EastProgrammer
South East

Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

The 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 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)RPG
25 (83.33 %)AS400
25 (83.33 %)iSeries

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Home Counties IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (83.33 %)AS400
15 (83.33 %)iSeries
Home Counties IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)RPG