The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 91 69 -
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 1 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.086% 0.687% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.752% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Average salary - £42,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £44,750 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.29% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1087 665 990
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.87% 91.35% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 929 595 908
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 £50,000 £47,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Developer
South East

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Senior Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Kent Senior Software Developer Salary Trend

Senior Software Developer
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Tomcat
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java