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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 52 52 35
Rank change year-on-year
0 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 11 12 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.263% 2.186% 4.675%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.407% 2.308% 4.813%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 17
Average salary £31,500 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £20,600 £29,200
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £35,000 £42,000
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
457 520 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 94.03% 94.72% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 408 475 319
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,900 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
North West

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +1 5 £32,500 -7.14%
Blackpool +1 1 £29,000 +39.75%
Blackburn -8 1 £31,500 -10.00%
Burnley - 1 £20,000 -
Ormskirk - 1 £37,500 -
Skelmersdale - 1 £22,000 -
Programmer
North West

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 8 (40.00%) Web Services
2 7 (35.00%) CSS
2 7 (35.00%) HTML
2 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (35.00%) SQL
2 7 (35.00%) .NET
3 6 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
4 5 (25.00%) J2EE
4 5 (25.00%) PHP
4 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 5 (25.00%) Java
4 5 (25.00%) Finance
5 4 (20.00%) RDBMS
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) MySQL
5 4 (20.00%) Ant
5 4 (20.00%) JUnit
5 4 (20.00%) SOAP
5 4 (20.00%) XML
5 4 (20.00%) Spring
5 4 (20.00%) Maven
5 4 (20.00%) Web Development
5 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
5 4 (20.00%) TDD
5 4 (20.00%) WCF
5 4 (20.00%) Groovy
6 3 (15.00%) VB6
6 3 (15.00%) Ajax
6 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 (40.00%) Web Services
2 7 (35.00%) CSS
2 7 (35.00%) HTML
2 7 (35.00%) .NET
3 6 (30.00%) ASP.NET
4 5 (25.00%) J2EE
5 4 (20.00%) SOAP
5 4 (20.00%) XML
5 4 (20.00%) Spring
5 4 (20.00%) .NET Framework
5 4 (20.00%) WCF
6 3 (15.00%) Ajax
7 2 (10.00%) CodeIgniter
7 2 (10.00%) jQuery
8 1 (5.000%) CSS3
8 1 (5.000%) Apache Cordova
8 1 (5.000%) HTML5
8 1 (5.000%) CakePHP
8 1 (5.000%) WPF
8 1 (5.000%) Symfony
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) WordPress
1 1 (5.000%) Magento
1 1 (5.000%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (5.000%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) RDBMS
2 4 (20.00%) MySQL
3 3 (15.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Ant
1 4 (20.00%) JUnit
1 4 (20.00%) Maven
2 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.000%) Eclipse
3 1 (5.000%) Xcode
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Marketing
2 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.000%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Web Development
1 4 (20.00%) TDD
2 2 (10.00%) MVC
2 2 (10.00%) Project Management
2 2 (10.00%) ERP
2 2 (10.00%) UML
3 1 (5.000%) MVVM
3 1 (5.000%) OOP
3 1 (5.000%) OO
3 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
3 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.000%) Scrum
3 1 (5.000%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (35.00%) SQL
2 5 (25.00%) PHP
2 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
2 5 (25.00%) Java
3 4 (20.00%) Groovy
4 3 (15.00%) VB6
4 3 (15.00%) VB
5 2 (10.00%) C#
6 1 (5.000%) PHP5
6 1 (5.000%) XPath
6 1 (5.000%) Python
6 1 (5.000%) C++
6 1 (5.000%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) Degree
1 1 (5.000%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Zend
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