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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Ipswich 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads157205
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.091 %
As % of the category below50.32 %42.18 %
Salaries quoted136179
Average minimum salary£32,691£31,335
Average salary£35,757£37,145
% change on same period last year-3.73 %
Average maximum salary£38,823£42,955
UK excluding London average salary£34,207£34,180
% change on same period last year+0.08 %
Ipswich IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Ipswich
Matching permanent IT job ads312486
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.209 %0.217 %
Salaries quoted263412
Average minimum salary£31,937£36,331
Average salary£35,594£42,070
% change on same period last year-15.39 %
Average maximum salary£39,252£47,808
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Developer SuffolkDeveloper
Suffolk

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Ipswich Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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.

1206 (55.98 %).NET
2165 (44.84 %)SQL Server
3161 (43.75 %)C#
4158 (42.93 %)ASP.NET
5115 (31.25 %)SQL
6100 (27.17 %)C++
6100 (27.17 %)Degree
794 (25.54 %)Oracle
893 (25.27 %)XML
989 (24.18 %)VB.NET
1087 (23.64 %)UNIX
1186 (23.37 %)Telecoms
1277 (20.92 %)JavaScript
1375 (20.38 %)Java
1473 (19.84 %)OO
1570 (19.02 %)HTML
1666 (17.93 %)C
1754 (14.67 %)CSS
1853 (14.40 %)Requirements Analysis
1952 (14.13 %)Microsoft
2050 (13.59 %)Web Development
2147 (12.77 %)J2EE
2245 (12.23 %)WebServices
2245 (12.23 %)GSM
2245 (12.23 %)Data Protection Act
2245 (12.23 %)Data Protection
2343 (11.68 %)Transact-SQL
2441 (11.14 %)Visual Studio
2540 (10.87 %)Linux
2637 (10.05 %)E-Commerce

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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.

Ipswich IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1206 (55.98 %).NET
2158 (42.93 %)ASP.NET
393 (25.27 %)XML
470 (19.02 %)HTML
554 (14.67 %)CSS
647 (12.77 %)J2EE
745 (12.23 %)WebServices
836 (9.783 %).NET Framework
934 (9.239 %)XSLT
1033 (8.967 %)Spring
1132 (8.696 %)ASP
1231 (8.424 %)AJAX
1330 (8.152 %)Hibernate
1429 (7.880 %)XHTML
1523 (6.250 %)WebSphere
1622 (5.978 %)Tapestry
1718 (4.891 %)WinForms
1815 (4.076 %)JSP
1911 (2.989 %)SOAP
207 (1.902 %)STL
Ipswich IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (4.620 %)CMS
216 (4.348 %)SharePoint
315 (4.076 %)BizTalk Server
315 (4.076 %)SharePoint Server 2007
49 (2.446 %)JBoss
57 (1.902 %)Site Server
65 (1.359 %)Apache
65 (1.359 %)MTS
72 (0.543 %)CICS
72 (0.543 %)WebSphere Application Server
81 (0.272 %)WPS
81 (0.272 %)Tomcat
Ipswich IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (2.717 %)MS Office
28 (2.174 %)MS Excel
35 (1.359 %)Photoshop
41 (0.272 %)Fireworks
Ipswich IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.272 %)assyst
Ipswich IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
145 (12.23 %)GSM
235 (9.511 %)SS7
326 (7.065 %)INAP
417 (4.620 %)H.323
417 (4.620 %)TCAP
513 (3.533 %)Internet
68 (2.174 %)3GPP
68 (2.174 %)SNMP
68 (2.174 %)C7
77 (1.902 %)MPLS
85 (1.359 %)SMS
94 (1.087 %)BGP
103 (0.815 %)TCP/IP
103 (0.815 %)IPv6
103 (0.815 %)Firewall
Ipswich IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1165 (44.84 %)SQL Server
235 (9.511 %)SQL Server 2005
315 (4.076 %)SQL Server 2000
411 (2.989 %)MySQL
55 (1.359 %)DB2
63 (0.815 %)DB2 UDB
72 (0.543 %)MS Access
81 (0.272 %)RDBMS
81 (0.272 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.272 %)PostgreSQL
Ipswich IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
141 (11.14 %)Visual Studio
223 (6.250 %)JUnit
322 (5.978 %)Subversion
43 (0.815 %)NUnit
Ipswich IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
186 (23.37 %)Telecoms
226 (7.065 %)Insurance
325 (6.793 %)Health
424 (6.522 %)Finance
521 (5.707 %)Pensions
615 (4.076 %)Banking
713 (3.533 %)Music
89 (2.446 %)Education
96 (1.630 %)Retail
96 (1.630 %)Games
105 (1.359 %)Multimedia
114 (1.087 %)Billing
114 (1.087 %)Music Industry
123 (0.815 %)Government
123 (0.815 %)Legal
123 (0.815 %)Local Government
132 (0.543 %)Pharmaceutical
132 (0.543 %)Marketing
132 (0.543 %)Graphic Design
141 (0.272 %)Back Office
Ipswich IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
145 (12.23 %)Data Protection Act
212 (3.261 %)Computer Science
38 (2.174 %)N-Tier
46 (1.630 %)Client/Server
53 (0.815 %)Replication
62 (0.543 %)Thin Client
62 (0.543 %)Fat Client
71 (0.272 %)IBM Mainframe
71 (0.272 %)Mainframe
71 (0.272 %)NHS
71 (0.272 %)W3C
Ipswich IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
187 (23.64 %)UNIX
240 (10.87 %)Linux
39 (2.446 %)Windows
48 (2.174 %)Red Hat Linux
54 (1.087 %)Windows 2000 Server
54 (1.087 %)AIX
54 (1.087 %)HPUX
54 (1.087 %)Solaris
54 (1.087 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.815 %)Debian
63 (0.815 %)Windows 2000
Ipswich IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
173 (19.84 %)OO
253 (14.40 %)Requirements Analysis
350 (13.59 %)Web Development
445 (12.23 %)Data Protection
537 (10.05 %)E-Commerce
636 (9.783 %)UML
722 (5.978 %)Configuration Management
722 (5.978 %)Content Management
817 (4.620 %)Software Testing
916 (4.348 %)SOA
1012 (3.261 %)Agile Software Development
1111 (2.989 %)TDD
1210 (2.717 %)Unit Testing
137 (1.902 %)Workflow
146 (1.630 %)OOD
155 (1.359 %)CRM
155 (1.359 %)Service Delivery
155 (1.359 %)Software Engineering
163 (0.815 %)Information Management
163 (0.815 %)Process Management
Ipswich IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1161 (43.75 %)C#
2115 (31.25 %)SQL
3100 (27.17 %)C++
489 (24.18 %)VB.NET
577 (20.92 %)JavaScript
675 (20.38 %)Java
766 (17.93 %)C
843 (11.68 %)Transact-SQL
932 (8.696 %)VB
1018 (4.891 %)VB6
1115 (4.076 %)PL/SQL
1212 (3.261 %)Perl
137 (1.902 %)PHP
137 (1.902 %)Delphi
142 (0.543 %)COBOL
142 (0.543 %)XAML
142 (0.543 %)VBA
151 (0.272 %)Python
151 (0.272 %)JCL
151 (0.272 %)Objective-C
Ipswich IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1100 (27.17 %)Degree
213 (3.533 %)MCSD
213 (3.533 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.543 %)MCTS
32 (0.543 %)MCP
32 (0.543 %)MCPD
41 (0.272 %)MCITP
Ipswich IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.272 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Ipswich IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.272 %)Tivoli
Ipswich IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
194 (25.54 %)Oracle
252 (14.13 %)Microsoft
38 (2.174 %)IBM
38 (2.174 %)Red Hat
46 (1.630 %)Adobe
54 (1.087 %)Cisco
63 (0.815 %)Sun
71 (0.272 %)HP