Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 9 September 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Lancashire region.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank311
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads117177354
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire29.85 %40.32 %29.82 %
As % of the Job Titles category31.54 %41.65 %31.22 %
Salaries quoted91122293
Average salary£30,000£28,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£22,000£23,847
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£35,000£36,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-1.510 %
Lancashire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3714251134
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire94.64 %96.81 %95.53 %
Salaries quoted305308951
Average salary£30,000£28,250£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.190 %-5.830 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£20,000£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£40,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 9 September 2010.

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 9 September 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PrestonDown-415£32,500+12.06 %
BurnleyNew entry-12£27,000-
Newton-le-WillowsDown-110£27,500-
BlackburnDown-310£30,000+12.14 %
BlackpoolUp+35£31,500+20.00 %
ChorleyNew entry-5£31,000-
LancasterNo change04£22,000-34.81 %
Lytham St AnnesNew entry-1--
NelsonNew entry-1£29,000-
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, 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.

1127 (47.57 %)SQL Server
2111 (41.57 %).NET
3105 (39.33 %)JavaScript
494 (35.21 %)SQL
590 (33.71 %)C#
680 (29.96 %)ASP.NET
680 (29.96 %)CSS
773 (27.34 %)PHP
860 (22.47 %)MySQL
959 (22.10 %)HTML
1054 (20.22 %)XML
1152 (19.48 %)Web Development
1247 (17.60 %)SQL Server 2005
1345 (16.85 %)AJAX
1444 (16.48 %)XHTML
1541 (15.36 %)ASP
1639 (14.61 %)Microsoft
1735 (13.11 %)SQL Server 2008
1833 (12.36 %)T-SQL
1932 (11.99 %)Visual Studio
1932 (11.99 %)jQuery
2029 (10.86 %)Java
2127 (10.11 %)Windows
2127 (10.11 %)WinForms
2226 (9.738 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2226 (9.738 %)Web Services
2226 (9.738 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
2325 (9.363 %)Finance
2325 (9.363 %)SQL Server 2000
2424 (8.989 %)Business Intelligence

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, 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.

Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1111 (41.57 %).NET
280 (29.96 %)ASP.NET
280 (29.96 %)CSS
359 (22.10 %)HTML
454 (20.22 %)XML
545 (16.85 %)AJAX
644 (16.48 %)XHTML
741 (15.36 %)ASP
832 (11.99 %)jQuery
927 (10.11 %)WinForms
1026 (9.738 %)Web Services
1118 (6.742 %)Flash
1215 (5.618 %).NET Framework
1313 (4.869 %)XSLT
1313 (4.869 %)DHTML
1412 (4.494 %)J2EE
1510 (3.745 %)JSP
167 (2.622 %)Ext JS
167 (2.622 %)Qt
167 (2.622 %)XSL
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
116 (5.993 %)IIS
213 (4.869 %)Apache
311 (4.120 %)SharePoint
410 (3.745 %)BizTalk Server
59 (3.371 %)CMS
68 (2.996 %)SharePoint Server 2007
77 (2.622 %)Joomla!
77 (2.622 %)WordPress
85 (1.873 %)Tomcat
94 (1.498 %)SharePoint 2010
102 (0.749 %)SAS
111 (0.375 %)DotNetNuke
Lancashire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (7.865 %)MS Excel
219 (7.116 %)Photoshop
313 (4.869 %)Fireworks
45 (1.873 %)MS Visio
53 (1.124 %)MS Office
53 (1.124 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (0.375 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.375 %)InfoPath
61 (0.375 %)InDesign
Lancashire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (2.247 %)Google Analytics
24 (1.498 %)Summit
33 (1.124 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
33 (1.124 %)Pivotal CRM
42 (0.749 %)Dynamics CRM
42 (0.749 %)Dynamics AX
42 (0.749 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.375 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.375 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.375 %)Axapta
51 (0.375 %)Visualfiles
Lancashire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (1.124 %)Intranet
22 (0.749 %)Extranet
31 (0.375 %)Cisco ASA
31 (0.375 %)Firewall
31 (0.375 %)FTP
31 (0.375 %)Internet
Lancashire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1127 (47.57 %)SQL Server
260 (22.47 %)MySQL
347 (17.60 %)SQL Server 2005
435 (13.11 %)SQL Server 2008
526 (9.738 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
526 (9.738 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
625 (9.363 %)SQL Server 2000
724 (8.989 %)SQL Server Integration Services
815 (5.618 %)DTS
911 (4.120 %)Crystal Reports
1010 (3.745 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
116 (2.247 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
116 (2.247 %)OLAP
125 (1.873 %)Oracle Reports
125 (1.873 %)ETL
134 (1.498 %)Oracle 10g
134 (1.498 %)Oracle Discoverer
143 (1.124 %)PerformancePoint
143 (1.124 %)QlikView
152 (0.749 %)Data Mining
Lancashire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
132 (11.99 %)Visual Studio
213 (4.869 %)Dreamweaver
39 (3.371 %)Subversion
47 (2.622 %)Team Foundation Server
54 (1.498 %)FxCop
54 (1.498 %)StyleCop
63 (1.124 %)FitNesse
63 (1.124 %)JUnit
63 (1.124 %)NUnit
71 (0.375 %)Selenium
71 (0.375 %)jMock
71 (0.375 %)IntelliJ
Lancashire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
125 (9.363 %)Finance
215 (5.618 %)Marketing
38 (2.996 %)Pensions
47 (2.622 %)Social Media
56 (2.247 %)Health
65 (1.873 %)Insurance
74 (1.498 %)Graphic Design
83 (1.124 %)Back Office
83 (1.124 %)Retail
83 (1.124 %)Government
83 (1.124 %)Manufacturing
92 (0.749 %)Advertising
92 (0.749 %)Games
92 (0.749 %)Law
92 (0.749 %)Banking
92 (0.749 %)Education
101 (0.375 %)Flash Games
101 (0.375 %)Multimedia
101 (0.375 %)Publishing
Lancashire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (1.873 %)N-Tier
15 (1.873 %)Computer Science
15 (1.873 %)E-Learning
24 (1.498 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
24 (1.498 %)Management Information System
33 (1.124 %)Mathematics
41 (0.375 %)Open Source
41 (0.375 %)iPhone
41 (0.375 %)Client/Server
41 (0.375 %)W3C
41 (0.375 %)Web 2.0
41 (0.375 %)Social Network
41 (0.375 %)Replication
41 (0.375 %)Clustering
Lancashire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
127 (10.11 %)Windows
215 (5.618 %)Linux
35 (1.873 %)Windows Server 2008
35 (1.873 %)UNIX
41 (0.375 %)Android
41 (0.375 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (0.375 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.375 %)Debian
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
152 (19.48 %)Web Development
224 (8.989 %)Business Intelligence
320 (7.491 %)SEO
415 (5.618 %)E-Commerce
514 (5.243 %)OO
514 (5.243 %)Unit Testing
613 (4.869 %)CRM
712 (4.494 %)Pay per click
712 (4.494 %)Email Marketing
811 (4.120 %)Requirements Analysis
910 (3.745 %)TDD
109 (3.371 %)Search Engine Marketing
109 (3.371 %)Dimensional Modelling
109 (3.371 %)Agile Software Development
109 (3.371 %)Migration
118 (2.996 %)OOD
127 (2.622 %)Image Processing
127 (2.622 %)OOP
127 (2.622 %)Workflow
136 (2.247 %)Web Design
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1105 (39.33 %)JavaScript
294 (35.21 %)SQL
390 (33.71 %)C#
473 (27.34 %)PHP
533 (12.36 %)T-SQL
629 (10.86 %)Java
724 (8.989 %)VB.NET
817 (6.367 %)VB
915 (5.618 %)ActionScript
1013 (4.869 %)C
1112 (4.494 %)PHP5
1211 (4.120 %)Perl
138 (2.996 %)VB6
138 (2.996 %)C++
146 (2.247 %)VBScript
154 (1.498 %)PHP4
163 (1.124 %)VBA
172 (0.749 %)X++
172 (0.749 %)XPath
172 (0.749 %)PL/SQL
Lancashire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (8.614 %)Degree
Lancashire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.375 %)Postfix
11 (0.375 %)XenServer
Lancashire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
139 (14.61 %)Microsoft
221 (7.865 %)Oracle
37 (2.622 %)Google
45 (1.873 %)JBoss
45 (1.873 %)Adobe
45 (1.873 %)ProClarity
53 (1.124 %)Cognos
53 (1.124 %)Quark
62 (0.749 %)Endeca
71 (0.375 %)Zend
71 (0.375 %)Cisco
71 (0.375 %)Apple
71 (0.375 %)Citrix
71 (0.375 %)Salesforce.com
71 (0.375 %)Yahoo!
71 (0.375 %)VMware