The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. 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 21 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 226 295 164
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 46.03% 52.49% 43.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 49.02% 55.56% 45.18%
Number of salaries quoted 214 284 144
Average salary £32,500 £30,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.55% -6.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,800 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
461 531 363
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 93.89% 94.48% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 412 484 305
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
North West

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Lancashire Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Preston 0 52 £32,500 -
Blackburn 0 40 £30,000 +5.26%
Lancaster -3 31 £35,000 +8.52%
Blackpool 0 13 £32,500 +16.07%
Burnley +2 12 £22,500 +5.88%
Chorley -5 7 £38,000 +22.58%
Lytham St Annes 0 3 £35,000 +11.11%
Newton-le-Willows 0 2 £37,500 +7.14%
Colne - 2 £38,750 -
Ormskirk - 1 £37,500 -
Developer
North West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 249 (56.72%) .NET
2 196 (44.65%) SQL Server
3 195 (44.42%) C#
4 185 (42.14%) ASP.NET
5 173 (39.41%) HTML
6 172 (39.18%) CSS
7 167 (38.04%) JavaScript
8 118 (26.88%) SQL
9 107 (24.37%) MVC
10 96 (21.87%) jQuery
11 88 (20.05%) E-Commerce
12 79 (18.00%) Java
13 74 (16.86%) VB.NET
14 72 (16.40%) TDD
15 69 (15.72%) XML
16 66 (15.03%) Microsoft
16 66 (15.03%) WCF
17 64 (14.58%) Web Development
18 60 (13.67%) PHP
19 55 (12.53%) OO
20 54 (12.30%) Visual Studio
21 53 (12.07%) ASP.NET MVC
22 45 (10.25%) SQL Server 2012
23 44 (10.02%) T-SQL
23 44 (10.02%) Windows
23 44 (10.02%) Agile Software Development
24 41 (9.339%) Microsoft Certification
25 40 (9.112%) Web Services
26 39 (8.884%) Degree
26 39 (8.884%) Mobile App

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Development
1 249 (56.72%) .NET
2 185 (42.14%) ASP.NET
3 173 (39.41%) HTML
4 172 (39.18%) CSS
5 96 (21.87%) jQuery
6 69 (15.72%) XML
7 66 (15.03%) WCF
8 53 (12.07%) ASP.NET MVC
9 40 (9.112%) Web Services
10 35 (7.973%) Ajax
10 35 (7.973%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 34 (7.745%) .NET Framework
12 33 (7.517%) HTML5
13 30 (6.834%) WinForms
13 30 (6.834%) Node.js
14 28 (6.378%) J2EE
14 28 (6.378%) WPF
15 25 (5.695%) Ninject
16 22 (5.011%) CSS3
17 21 (4.784%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 33 (7.517%) CMS
2 28 (6.378%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.417%) Umbraco
4 12 (2.733%) nginx
5 11 (2.506%) WordPress
6 10 (2.278%) WebSphere Application Server
6 10 (2.278%) ESB
7 9 (2.050%) IIS
7 9 (2.050%) Magento
8 6 (1.367%) SharePoint 2010
8 6 (1.367%) TeamSite
9 4 (0.911%) Apache
10 2 (0.456%) ExpressionEngine
10 2 (0.456%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.228%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.228%) WebSphere MQ
11 1 (0.228%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (7.973%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.822%) Photoshop
3 6 (1.367%) MS Office
4 4 (0.911%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.228%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.228%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 11 (2.506%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.139%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.683%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.683%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.683%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 2 (0.456%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.228%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.228%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.278%) Internet
2 6 (1.367%) HTTP
3 3 (0.683%) Intranet
4 1 (0.228%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (44.65%) SQL Server
2 45 (10.25%) SQL Server 2012
3 36 (8.200%) SQL Server 2005
4 34 (7.745%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (7.289%) SQL Server 2008
6 31 (7.062%) MySQL
7 30 (6.834%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (4.328%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (3.189%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 13 (2.961%) QlikView
11 12 (2.733%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
12 7 (1.595%) Oracle 11g
13 6 (1.367%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (1.367%) MS Access
14 5 (1.139%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.139%) Oracle 10g
14 5 (1.139%) Oracle 9i
14 5 (1.139%) Oracle Reports
15 3 (0.683%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 3 (0.683%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 54 (12.30%) Visual Studio
2 21 (4.784%) Team Foundation Server
3 15 (3.417%) Rhino Mocks
4 14 (3.189%) NUnit
5 13 (2.961%) Subversion
6 12 (2.733%) Git (software)
7 11 (2.506%) JUnit
8 10 (2.278%) Selenium
9 7 (1.595%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.595%) Moq
9 7 (1.595%) MSTest
10 5 (1.139%) Eclipse
10 5 (1.139%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (1.139%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.911%) Xcode
12 3 (0.683%) Maven
12 3 (0.683%) Ant
12 3 (0.683%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.456%) Jasmine
14 1 (0.228%) ClearQuest
General
1 36 (8.200%) Retail
2 33 (7.517%) Finance
3 25 (5.695%) Games
4 20 (4.556%) Back Office
5 10 (2.278%) Automotive
6 9 (2.050%) Advertising
6 9 (2.050%) Billing
6 9 (2.050%) Music
6 9 (2.050%) Marketing
7 6 (1.367%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.683%) Publishing
9 1 (0.228%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.884%) Mobile App
2 20 (4.556%) Open Source
3 14 (3.189%) Blackberry
4 12 (2.733%) iPhone
5 9 (2.050%) Computer Science
6 7 (1.595%) Inversion of Control
7 4 (0.911%) N-Tier
7 4 (0.911%) Statistics
7 4 (0.911%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.683%) Social Media
8 3 (0.683%) iPad
8 3 (0.683%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.456%) New Media
9 2 (0.456%) Social Network
9 2 (0.456%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.228%) Interactive TV
10 1 (0.228%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.228%) AS400
10 1 (0.228%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 44 (10.02%) Windows
2 29 (6.606%) Android
3 23 (5.239%) Linux
4 16 (3.645%) Apple iOS
5 11 (2.506%) Windows Phone
6 8 (1.822%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (1.367%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.911%) UNIX
9 1 (0.228%) BlackBerry OS
9 1 (0.228%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (24.37%) MVC
2 88 (20.05%) E-Commerce
3 72 (16.40%) TDD
4 64 (14.58%) Web Development
5 55 (12.53%) OO
6 44 (10.02%) Agile Software Development
7 33 (7.517%) Web Application Development
8 29 (6.606%) Scrum
8 29 (6.606%) Business Intelligence
9 28 (6.378%) Continuous Integration
10 25 (5.695%) Dependency Injection
11 20 (4.556%) MVVM
12 19 (4.328%) CRM
13 18 (4.100%) Domain-Driven Design
14 16 (3.645%) Unit Testing
14 16 (3.645%) Kanban
14 16 (3.645%) OOP
15 15 (3.417%) OOD
16 11 (2.506%) ERP
17 10 (2.278%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 195 (44.42%) C#
2 167 (38.04%) JavaScript
3 118 (26.88%) SQL
4 79 (18.00%) Java
5 74 (16.86%) VB.NET
6 60 (13.67%) PHP
7 44 (10.02%) T-SQL
8 34 (7.745%) VB
9 25 (5.695%) XAML
10 21 (4.784%) C++
11 16 (3.645%) PHP5
11 16 (3.645%) PL/SQL
12 14 (3.189%) Objective-C
13 12 (2.733%) VB6
13 12 (2.733%) Ruby
14 11 (2.506%) ActionScript
14 11 (2.506%) ActionScript 3.0
14 11 (2.506%) PHP4
15 9 (2.050%) Python
16 7 (1.595%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 41 (9.339%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (8.884%) Degree
3 32 (7.289%) MCTS
3 32 (7.289%) MCP
3 32 (7.289%) MCAD
3 32 (7.289%) MCSD
4 10 (2.278%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.228%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.228%) MCITP
5 1 (0.228%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.456%) QA
Vendors
1 66 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.150%) Oracle
3 11 (2.506%) Google
3 11 (2.506%) Symbian
4 10 (2.278%) Cognos
5 9 (2.050%) Salesforce.com
6 7 (1.595%) Adobe
7 5 (1.139%) Endeca
7 5 (1.139%) SAP
8 4 (0.911%) IBM
8 4 (0.911%) Nokia
9 3 (0.683%) NetApp
9 3 (0.683%) Citrix
9 3 (0.683%) HP
9 3 (0.683%) Dell
9 3 (0.683%) TippingPoint
9 3 (0.683%) Facebook
9 3 (0.683%) Twitter
10 2 (0.456%) Zend
10 2 (0.456%) Ab Initio
Blackburn, Lancashire
You must be able to complete projects from start to finish as you will be working with colleagues to bring new applications online as well as improving existing...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £37000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Blackburn, North West
You must be able to complete projects from start to finish as you will be working with colleagues to bring new applications online as well as improving existing...
greywood
Salary: £37000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
Blackburn, North West
You will be predominately working in ASP.NET and C#! They are looking for someone with a passion for Development, shown through experience in an Object Orientated environment,...
greywood
Salary: £25000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 24 April 2013
Lancaster, Lancashire
Applicants to this role must have 3 years' experience with: *ASP.NET *C# *SQL Server *WebForms *JavaScript *HTML ASP.NET C# Developer wanted by my client, a well...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Lancaster, Lancashire
The technology stack includes ASP.NET, C#, SQL, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX... Predominantly a C# house, you will be with C# ASP.NET version 4 / 4.5,...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Lancaster, North West
The technology stack includes ASP.NET, C#, SQL, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX.This is a small but growing team, building upon recent successes and increased customer base,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Lancaster, Lancashire
Skills you will ideally possess: .net (C# or VB) SQL Server Classic ASP MVC framework Javascript, HTML and CSS focused around web presentation You should have strong communication...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Lancaster, Lancashire
This C#.Net ASP.Net Developer role is focussed on the development of web based applications in ASP.Net against a SQL server database. Supplementary, nice to have,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Blackburn, Lancashire
C# / ASP.net / Object-oriented / HTML / CSS / Javascript / JQuery / XML / SQL... Key Requirements: * Some commercial experience building web sites using ASP.NET / C# in an Object-Orientated environment.
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £19999 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Blackburn, Lancashire
PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript - £20k - £25k - Blackburn A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a PHP Developer to join an establish team, working closely with a senior member of...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Lancashire
Skills: C#, WCF, Asp.net, SQL Server, CSS, HTML5, Oracle, Silverlight... Skills in C#, Asp.net and SQL Server are imperative. Any WCF, Silverlight or GUI experience would...
Sanderson
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Lancaster, North West
Due to an increase in sales our client is expanding its Development Team, creating additional roles for C# / ASP.NET Developers... Highly Desirable Skills Additional web development skills -...
Joanne Senior
Salary: £17k - 22k per year + 25 Days Holiday and Healthcare
Posted: 2 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
There is no other C# Developer / Web development / ASP.Net / MVC role to get, better then this one! Don't hesitate to apply for this new exciting C#...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, North West
There is no other C# Developer / Web development / ASP.Net / MVC role to get, better then this one! Don't hesitate to apply for this new exciting C#...
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Lancaster, North West
This small but productive team currently have a variety of projects ongoing and are looking for someone to step in an move these projects forward over the next...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Lancashire, North West
Rapidly growing Payroll Services Company in Lancashire is looking to increase their development team by adding a PHP Developer.Due to recent and forecasted growth and an increased...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Lancaster, Lancashire
My client in Lancaster, a young, growing company with strong financial backing and a truly unique product range are currently recruiting for a C# Developer to work on...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Blackburn, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will have the following skills: ESSENTIAL * A minimum of 1-2 years commercial experience in building web sites using ASP.NET 2.0 (or later)...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, North West
What skills make you the right candidate for this Software Developer (Java / C++/ C# / Delphi / Object Oriented) opportunity? Solid proven commercial Java / C# / C++ / Delphi / Object Oriented development...
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Java Developer ( Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Spring )... You will need solid knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SOAP, Spring/Hibernate framework and XML. Exposure to Eclipse, Tomcat, UNIX...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
This will focus on a Supplier-oriented extranet, internal workflow/process improvements, Intranet and document management. Experience of building custom applications, features, web parts, event handlers, workflows, timer...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Blackpool, Lancashire
Ideally the Web Developer will have the following skills: *OOPHP *MySQL *Framework experience *Wordpress *LAMP *HTML *CSS As a Web Developer you will work in a close knit...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Blackburn, North West
You will also have an excellent understanding of OOA/D, and ideally have worked with Agile methodologies and possibly Websphere (Websphere Application Server, MQ or Websphere commerce) although...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 6 May 2013
Lancaster, North West
Our client can provide you with exposure to: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Preston, North West
Java Developer -Lancashire- £32,000 - £38,000 My client is seeking a skilled Java Developer to join there expanding team inPreston. Their software house company has a fantastic...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Preston, North West
Java Software Developer - E-Commerce - Preston - £32,000 - £40,000 The Role: Due to outstanding success and profitable growth my client is looking to take on an additional...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Blackburn, North West
You will be trained in all aspects of: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, SQL Server 2012, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Burnley, Lancashire
Essential skills: Good level of commercial PHP... MySQL. Good knowledge of Javascript... Familiar to Linux... Knowledge of other languages such as Perl, Python, C++. Knowledge of jQuery and...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £18k to £22k (doe) + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Preston, North West
The primary focus of the role is to understand, develop, maintain and integrate Sharepoint 2010 in to the company. This will focus on a Supplier-oriented extranet, internal...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Lancashire
SharePoint, ASP.NET, Developer... Our client requires an accomplished SharePoint Developer to join their team on a permanent basis at an FMCG/Food organization. The primary focus of...
Venn Group
Salary: £30000 - 35000 Per Annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Preston, North West
Graduate JAVA Developer, Java, developer, development, services, programmer, coding, life-cycle Do you want to be part of a successful business which would allow you to achieve your...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
passion for Java development. some commercial Java programming experience... Basic qualifications for the successful Graduate Java Developer: Bachelors or Masters Degree. Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree or...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
A nationally recognised dealership based in Blackpool is looking to expand their team by appointing an experienced Web Developer.
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, North West
Your role as SharePoint Developer will be to develop the core functionality of the business systems and services upon a SharePoint 2010 platform You will have proven experience...
IQ Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Preston, North West
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K Have you recently graduated or are your studies coming to an end this year? If your answer is YES and...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K... If your answer is YES and if you have strong academic C++ development experience, then it's time you get...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
PHP Frameworks (CodeIgniter / CakePHP / Symfony) API Integration (PayPal / SagePay / Google Maps / Google Shopping) Project Management... Key Skills: MySQL / eCommerce / CodeIgniter / CakePHP / Symfony / Zend / Cordova / PhoneGap / PHP / JavaScript / jQuery /...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013