The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 23 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 78 53 66
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 13 19 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.134% 2.672% 3.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.207% 2.932% 3.220%
Number of salaries quoted 9 17 32
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,300 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £43,500 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1077 648 1025
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.98% 91.14% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 921 578 940
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,500 £48,000
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Kent Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tunbridge Wells +10 2 £37,500 -
Folkestone - 2 £30,500 -
Dover - 1 £38,500 -
Programmer
South East

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 19 (55.88%) SQL
2 9 (26.47%) Linux
3 8 (23.53%) XML
4 7 (20.59%) Oracle
4 7 (20.59%) .NET
4 7 (20.59%) OO
5 6 (17.65%) OOP
5 6 (17.65%) Client/Server
5 6 (17.65%) OpenEdge
5 6 (17.65%) Progress 4GL
5 6 (17.65%) Progress
5 6 (17.65%) WebSpeed
5 6 (17.65%) MySQL
5 6 (17.65%) VB.NET
5 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
5 6 (17.65%) PHP
5 6 (17.65%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (17.65%) ASP.NET
5 6 (17.65%) ODBC
5 6 (17.65%) JDBC
5 6 (17.65%) Windows
5 6 (17.65%) Degree
6 5 (14.71%) WCF
6 5 (14.71%) WPF
6 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (14.71%) Retail
6 5 (14.71%) Systems Analysis
6 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
6 5 (14.71%) CSS
6 5 (14.71%) SQL Server

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 8 (23.53%) XML
2 7 (20.59%) .NET
3 6 (17.65%) ASP.NET
3 6 (17.65%) ODBC
3 6 (17.65%) JDBC
4 5 (14.71%) WCF
4 5 (14.71%) WPF
4 5 (14.71%) CSS
4 5 (14.71%) HTML
5 3 (8.824%) NHibernate
5 3 (8.824%) LINQ
5 3 (8.824%) Web Services
5 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (8.824%) Razor View Engine
5 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 2 (5.882%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.941%) Ajax
7 1 (2.941%) Smarty
7 1 (2.941%) jQuery
7 1 (2.941%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) OpenEdge
2 2 (5.882%) Apache
3 1 (2.941%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) MySQL
1 6 (17.65%) Crystal Reports
2 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.941%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.941%) DataStage
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) WebSpeed
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
4 3 (8.824%) NUnit
4 3 (8.824%) Rhino Mocks
5 1 (2.941%) JIRA
5 1 (2.941%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (14.71%) Retail
1 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.882%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.882%) Banking
2 2 (5.882%) Investment Banking
2 2 (5.882%) Marketing
3 1 (2.941%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Client/Server
2 2 (5.882%) SaaS
2 2 (5.882%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Linux
2 6 (17.65%) Windows
3 4 (11.76%) UNIX
4 2 (5.882%) Windows 8
4 2 (5.882%) Apple iOS
4 2 (5.882%) Solaris
4 2 (5.882%) Android
5 1 (2.941%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) OO
2 6 (17.65%) OOP
3 5 (14.71%) Systems Analysis
4 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
4 4 (11.76%) Multithreading
5 3 (8.824%) TDD
5 3 (8.824%) Risk Management
5 3 (8.824%) MVC
6 2 (5.882%) ERP
6 2 (5.882%) Data Modelling
6 2 (5.882%) ETL
6 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.941%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (2.941%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.941%) System Testing
7 1 (2.941%) Time Management
7 1 (2.941%) Computer Security
7 1 (2.941%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.941%) UML
7 1 (2.941%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (55.88%) SQL
2 6 (17.65%) Progress 4GL
2 6 (17.65%) VB.NET
2 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 6 (17.65%) PHP
3 5 (14.71%) PL/SQL
3 5 (14.71%) C#
4 4 (11.76%) Embedded C++
4 4 (11.76%) C++
5 3 (8.824%) Java
5 3 (8.824%) Perl
6 2 (5.882%) RPG IV
6 2 (5.882%) RPG
6 2 (5.882%) VBA
7 1 (2.941%) PHP5
7 1 (2.941%) VB6
7 1 (2.941%) VB
7 1 (2.941%) C
7 1 (2.941%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.941%) XAML
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Oracle
2 6 (17.65%) Progress
3 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
4 3 (8.824%) Razor Risk
5 2 (5.882%) IBM
5 2 (5.882%) Apple
5 2 (5.882%) Sybase
5 2 (5.882%) Business Objects
6 1 (2.941%) Zend
6 1 (2.941%) Facebook