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The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs within the Home Counties region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank934
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching permanent IT job ads182
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.001 %
As % of the category below9.326 %0.746 %
Salaries quoted182
Average minimum salary£37,944£40,000
Average salary£38,889£40,000
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Average maximum salary£39,833£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,401£32,704
% change on same period last year+2.13 %
Home Counties IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Home Counties
Matching permanent IT job ads193268
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.115 %
Salaries quoted156179
Average minimum salary£43,712£50,210
Average salary£45,979£56,179
% change on same period last year-18.15 %
Average maximum salary£48,246£62,148
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Home Counties Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

130 (83.33 %)AS400
220 (55.56 %)Synon
317 (47.22 %)COOL2E
414 (38.89 %)RPG
510 (27.78 %)JD Edwards
63 (8.333 %)Advantage 2E
72 (5.556 %)SQL
81 (2.778 %)VB.NET
81 (2.778 %).NET
81 (2.778 %)J2EE
81 (2.778 %)Oracle
81 (2.778 %)SQL Server
81 (2.778 %)ASP
81 (2.778 %)ASP.NET
81 (2.778 %)XML
81 (2.778 %)OO
81 (2.778 %)ColdFusion
81 (2.778 %)C#
81 (2.778 %)Java
81 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (2.778 %)Finance
81 (2.778 %)Education
81 (2.778 %)Visualfiles
81 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2005

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.778 %).NET
11 (2.778 %)J2EE
11 (2.778 %)ASP
11 (2.778 %)ASP.NET
11 (2.778 %)XML
Home Counties IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.778 %)ColdFusion
Home Counties IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.778 %)SQL Server
11 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2005
Home Counties IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (55.56 %)Synon
217 (47.22 %)COOL2E
33 (8.333 %)Advantage 2E
Home Counties IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (2.778 %)Finance
11 (2.778 %)Education
Home Counties IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (83.33 %)AS400
Home Counties IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (2.778 %)OO
Home Counties IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (38.89 %)RPG
22 (5.556 %)SQL
31 (2.778 %)VB.NET
31 (2.778 %)C#
31 (2.778 %)Java
Home Counties IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (27.78 %)JD Edwards
21 (2.778 %)Visualfiles
21 (2.778 %)Oracle