The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 31 40 37
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 31 24 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 6.405% 4.233% 5.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.813% 4.486% 5.234%
Number of salaries quoted 28 24 19
Average salary £35,000 £29,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.68% -10.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,600 £23,150 £28,100
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £38,500 £36,500
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
455 535 363
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 94.01% 94.36% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 407 485 305
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 £22,000 £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%
Software Developer
North West

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Lancashire Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +10 19 £35,000 +18.64%
Burnley - 4 £20,000 -
Chorley -1 2 £35,500 +29.09%
Blackburn +1 1 £32,500 +34.02%
Lancaster -3 1 £35,000 +2.94%
Software Developer
North West

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region that cited 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 56 (91.80%) SQL Server
2 51 (83.61%) .NET
3 50 (81.97%) C#
4 38 (62.30%) ASP.NET
5 35 (57.38%) VB.NET
6 30 (49.18%) Microsoft
7 25 (40.98%) CSS
8 22 (36.07%) HTML
9 19 (31.15%) JavaScript
9 19 (31.15%) MS Excel
10 17 (27.87%) T-SQL
11 16 (26.23%) VB
12 15 (24.59%) MVC
12 15 (24.59%) Visual Studio
13 14 (22.95%) SQL Server 2005
14 13 (21.31%) WPF
14 13 (21.31%) OO
15 12 (19.67%) SQL
15 12 (19.67%) XAML
15 12 (19.67%) SQL Server 2008
15 12 (19.67%) MVVM
16 11 (18.03%) XML
17 10 (16.39%) Silverlight
17 10 (16.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 10 (16.39%) .NET Framework
18 9 (14.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 9 (14.75%) HTML5
18 9 (14.75%) Team Foundation Server
18 9 (14.75%) WinForms
18 9 (14.75%) Windows

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region that cited 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 51 (83.61%) .NET
2 38 (62.30%) ASP.NET
3 25 (40.98%) CSS
4 22 (36.07%) HTML
5 13 (21.31%) WPF
6 11 (18.03%) XML
7 10 (16.39%) .NET Framework
7 10 (16.39%) Silverlight
8 9 (14.75%) HTML5
8 9 (14.75%) WinForms
9 8 (13.11%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (9.836%) WCF
11 5 (8.197%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 4 (6.557%) XHTML
13 3 (4.918%) JSF
13 3 (4.918%) JSP
13 3 (4.918%) EJB
13 3 (4.918%) J2EE
13 3 (4.918%) ASP
13 3 (4.918%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.557%) IIS
1 4 (6.557%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.639%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 19 (31.15%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.557%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (91.80%) SQL Server
2 14 (22.95%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (19.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (16.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (14.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (8.197%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (4.918%) MS Access
8 1 (1.639%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (24.59%) Visual Studio
2 9 (14.75%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.639%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.639%) ClearQuest
General
1 7 (11.48%) Retail
2 5 (8.197%) Finance
3 4 (6.557%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.279%) Blackberry
1 2 (3.279%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.75%) Windows
2 2 (3.279%) Android
2 2 (3.279%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.279%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.59%) MVC
2 13 (21.31%) OO
3 12 (19.67%) MVVM
4 7 (11.48%) Unit Testing
4 7 (11.48%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (11.48%) TDD
4 7 (11.48%) Logistics
5 5 (8.197%) Web Development
6 4 (6.557%) Release Management
6 4 (6.557%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (6.557%) CRM
7 2 (3.279%) OOD
7 2 (3.279%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (3.279%) Mobile Application Development
8 1 (1.639%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 50 (81.97%) C#
2 35 (57.38%) VB.NET
3 19 (31.15%) JavaScript
4 17 (27.87%) T-SQL
5 16 (26.23%) VB
6 12 (19.67%) SQL
6 12 (19.67%) XAML
7 7 (11.48%) VB6
7 7 (11.48%) Delphi
7 7 (11.48%) Python
8 6 (9.836%) Java
9 3 (4.918%) C++
10 2 (3.279%) ActionScript 3.0
10 2 (3.279%) Objective-C
10 2 (3.279%) ActionScript
11 1 (1.639%) VBScript
11 1 (1.639%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (6.557%) Degree
Vendors
1 30 (49.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.836%) Oracle
3 3 (4.918%) Twitter
4 2 (3.279%) Symbian
4 2 (3.279%) Nokia
5 1 (1.639%) IBM
Preston, Lancashire
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Sanderson
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
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Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013