The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Developer 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 9 40 44
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 62 6 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 18.96% 2.273% 2.397%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.62% 2.290% 2.527%
Number of salaries quoted 61 6 7
Average salary £32,500 £31,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.83% -11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £31,000 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
316 262 277
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 96.64% 99.24% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 297 234 251
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £53,700 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Suffolk

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Ipswich region.

Ipswich Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Ipswich Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 49 (63.64%) JavaScript
2 48 (62.34%) Java
3 43 (55.84%) C#
4 31 (40.26%) Games
4 31 (40.26%) Agile Software Development
5 30 (38.96%) CSS
6 29 (37.66%) HTML
7 28 (36.36%) TDD
8 26 (33.77%) Web Services
9 25 (32.47%) Degree
10 24 (31.17%) jQuery
10 24 (31.17%) Online Games
11 23 (29.87%) .NET
12 22 (28.57%) SOAP
12 22 (28.57%) Computer Science
13 21 (27.27%) Spring
13 21 (27.27%) Ajax
13 21 (27.27%) Finance
13 21 (27.27%) J2EE
13 21 (27.27%) XML
14 19 (24.68%) UML
14 19 (24.68%) Mobile App
15 18 (23.38%) Windows
15 18 (23.38%) Linux
15 18 (23.38%) SQL Server
16 17 (22.08%) JBoss
16 17 (22.08%) Tomcat
16 17 (22.08%) REST
16 17 (22.08%) JSON
17 16 (20.78%) HTML5

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 30 (38.96%) CSS
2 29 (37.66%) HTML
3 26 (33.77%) Web Services
4 24 (31.17%) jQuery
5 23 (29.87%) .NET
6 22 (28.57%) SOAP
7 21 (27.27%) Spring
7 21 (27.27%) Ajax
7 21 (27.27%) J2EE
7 21 (27.27%) XML
8 17 (22.08%) REST
8 17 (22.08%) JSON
9 16 (20.78%) HTML5
10 15 (19.48%) ASP.NET
11 14 (18.18%) WCF
12 13 (16.88%) CSS3
13 6 (7.792%) WebGL
13 6 (7.792%) HTML5 Canvas
13 6 (7.792%) WebSockets
14 4 (5.195%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 17 (22.08%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.597%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.597%) HTTP
1 2 (2.597%) Network Security
2 1 (1.299%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (23.38%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.69%) Big Data
3 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.299%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.299%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.299%) OLAP
3 1 (1.299%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (9.091%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.597%) Xcode
2 2 (2.597%) Subversion
2 2 (2.597%) Ant
2 2 (2.597%) Maven
3 1 (1.299%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.299%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (1.299%) NUnit
General
1 31 (40.26%) Games
2 21 (27.27%) Finance
3 1 (1.299%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 24 (31.17%) Online Games
2 22 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 19 (24.68%) Mobile App
4 6 (7.792%) Speech Recognition
5 4 (5.195%) Mobile Games
5 4 (5.195%) N-Tier
5 4 (5.195%) SaaS
6 3 (3.896%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.597%) iPhone
8 1 (1.299%) Mathematics
8 1 (1.299%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 18 (23.38%) Windows
1 18 (23.38%) Linux
2 13 (16.88%) Android
3 3 (3.896%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.299%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.299%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.26%) Agile Software Development
2 28 (36.36%) TDD
3 19 (24.68%) UML
4 15 (19.48%) OO
5 10 (12.99%) Automated Testing
6 9 (11.69%) Analytics
7 6 (7.792%) Software Engineering
8 4 (5.195%) E-Commerce
8 4 (5.195%) SOA
8 4 (5.195%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (3.896%) Data Protection
9 3 (3.896%) Game Development
9 3 (3.896%) Mobile Application Development
10 2 (2.597%) Cyber Security
10 2 (2.597%) Web Development
11 1 (1.299%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 49 (63.64%) JavaScript
2 48 (62.34%) Java
3 43 (55.84%) C#
4 15 (19.48%) ActionScript 3.0
4 15 (19.48%) ActionScript
5 12 (15.58%) ActionScript 2.0
6 8 (10.39%) SQL
7 4 (5.195%) VB.NET
8 3 (3.896%) C++
8 3 (3.896%) Objective-C
9 2 (2.597%) C
10 1 (1.299%) Bash shell
10 1 (1.299%) PHP
10 1 (1.299%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (32.47%) Degree
2 3 (3.896%) HND
3 2 (2.597%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.597%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (1.299%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (22.08%) JBoss
2 6 (7.792%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.896%) Sencha
4 1 (1.299%) VMware
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