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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Leeds region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads9431116
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.515 %0.469 %
As % of the category below30.45 %29.78 %
Salaries quoted867959
Average minimum salary£29,752£28,616
Average salary£32,232£31,160
% change on same period last year+3.43 %
Average maximum salary£34,711£33,704
UK excluding London average salary£33,990£34,005
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads30973747
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.691 %1.573 %
Salaries quoted26163072
Average minimum salary£31,399£32,096
Average salary£33,929£34,922
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Average maximum salary£36,458£37,749
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Developer West YorkshireDeveloper
West Yorkshire

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Leeds Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

11236 (57.30 %).NET
2976 (45.25 %)SQL Server
3867 (40.19 %)SQL
4837 (38.80 %)C#
5759 (35.19 %)ASP.NET
6582 (26.98 %)JavaScript
7574 (26.61 %)XML
8542 (25.13 %)Java
9489 (22.67 %)HTML
10481 (22.30 %)CSS
11437 (20.26 %)VB.NET
12373 (17.29 %)J2EE
13355 (16.46 %)Oracle
14327 (15.16 %)Microsoft
15318 (14.74 %)PHP
16313 (14.51 %)VB
17298 (13.82 %)OO
18291 (13.49 %)SQL Server 2005
19278 (12.89 %)XHTML
20259 (12.01 %)Degree
21248 (11.50 %)AJAX
22247 (11.45 %)Web Development
23244 (11.31 %)Finance
24224 (10.38 %)MS Excel
25221 (10.25 %)ASP
26212 (9.828 %)MySQL
27194 (8.994 %)Marketing
28193 (8.948 %)SQL Server 2000
29192 (8.901 %)E-Commerce
30185 (8.577 %)JSP

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11236 (57.30 %).NET
2759 (35.19 %)ASP.NET
3574 (26.61 %)XML
4489 (22.67 %)HTML
5481 (22.30 %)CSS
6373 (17.29 %)J2EE
7278 (12.89 %)XHTML
8248 (11.50 %)AJAX
9221 (10.25 %)ASP
10185 (8.577 %)JSP
11163 (7.557 %)WebServices
12141 (6.537 %)Hibernate
13139 (6.444 %).NET Framework
14128 (5.934 %)Spring
15127 (5.888 %)Servlets
16126 (5.841 %)XSLT
1779 (3.662 %)WAP
1779 (3.662 %)EJB
1865 (3.013 %)Struts
1865 (3.013 %)WebSphere
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1133 (6.166 %)Apache
296 (4.451 %)CMS
381 (3.755 %)SharePoint
476 (3.523 %)IIS
551 (2.364 %)BizTalk Server
641 (1.901 %)Tomcat
740 (1.854 %)WebLogic
837 (1.715 %)OpenEdge
933 (1.530 %)SonicMQ
1030 (1.391 %)Content Management Server
1123 (1.066 %)MQSeries
1221 (0.974 %)JBoss
1320 (0.927 %)CICS
1418 (0.834 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1515 (0.695 %)Documentum
1613 (0.603 %)WebLogic Portal
179 (0.417 %)ColdFusion
188 (0.371 %)WebSphere Application Server
196 (0.278 %)SharePoint Portal Server
204 (0.185 %)ESB
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1224 (10.38 %)MS Excel
2102 (4.729 %)Photoshop
335 (1.623 %)Adobe Illustrator
421 (0.974 %)Fireworks
516 (0.742 %)MS Office
65 (0.232 %)MS Visio
73 (0.139 %)InfoPath
73 (0.139 %)CA Clarity
82 (0.093 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.093 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.046 %)InDesign
91 (0.046 %)PrintSoft PReS
91 (0.046 %)QuarkXPress
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.139 %)Dynamics CRM
13 (0.139 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
22 (0.093 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.046 %)SAP HR
31 (0.046 %)Oracle EBS
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1117 (5.424 %)Internet
281 (3.755 %)SMS
379 (3.662 %)Intranet
411 (0.510 %)Broadband
59 (0.417 %)Extranet
68 (0.371 %)HTTP
75 (0.232 %)TCP/IP
84 (0.185 %)3G
93 (0.139 %)DNS
93 (0.139 %)FTP
102 (0.093 %)VPN
102 (0.093 %)IP Telephony
111 (0.046 %)DVB
111 (0.046 %)Firewall
111 (0.046 %)SAN
111 (0.046 %)VoIP
111 (0.046 %)WAN
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1976 (45.25 %)SQL Server
2291 (13.49 %)SQL Server 2005
3212 (9.828 %)MySQL
4193 (8.948 %)SQL Server 2000
5106 (4.914 %)Crystal Reports
673 (3.384 %)PostgreSQL
751 (2.364 %)DB2
843 (1.994 %)MS Access
941 (1.901 %)Oracle Reports
1033 (1.530 %)DTS
1132 (1.484 %)OLAP
1231 (1.437 %)Oracle 10g
1231 (1.437 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1329 (1.344 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1424 (1.113 %)RDBMS
1424 (1.113 %)Datawarehouse
1520 (0.927 %)ETL
1613 (0.603 %)Oracle 9i
1712 (0.556 %)Oracle 8/8i
1712 (0.556 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1177 (8.206 %)Visual Studio
2134 (6.212 %)Flash
357 (2.643 %)Oracle Forms
441 (1.901 %)Dreamweaver
538 (1.762 %)Subversion
636 (1.669 %)WebSpeed
725 (1.159 %)Ant
821 (0.974 %)JUnit
919 (0.881 %)Eclipse
1017 (0.788 %)Visual Studio Team System
118 (0.371 %)ClearCase
127 (0.325 %)JDeveloper
136 (0.278 %)NUnit
143 (0.139 %)VSS/SourceSafe
152 (0.093 %)InstallShield
152 (0.093 %)FrontPage
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1244 (11.31 %)Finance
2194 (8.994 %)Marketing
3147 (6.815 %)Telecoms
4114 (5.285 %)Health
5104 (4.822 %)Pensions
671 (3.292 %)Retail
751 (2.364 %)Banking
841 (1.901 %)Manufacturing
935 (1.623 %)Education
1032 (1.484 %)Insurance
1127 (1.252 %)Law
1127 (1.252 %)Electronics
1224 (1.113 %)Government
1319 (0.881 %)Investment Banking
1418 (0.834 %)Financial Institution
1517 (0.788 %)Legal
1615 (0.695 %)Games
1615 (0.695 %)Automotive
1714 (0.649 %)Advertising
1714 (0.649 %)Animation
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
185 (3.941 %)Computer Science
263 (2.921 %)Web 2.0
352 (2.411 %)N-Tier
436 (1.669 %)W3C
535 (1.623 %)EPoS
623 (1.066 %)RIA
720 (0.927 %)Client/Server
720 (0.927 %)Management Information System
818 (0.834 %)Social Network
916 (0.742 %)NHS
1013 (0.603 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1013 (0.603 %)Derivative
1013 (0.603 %)Equities
1013 (0.603 %)IVR
1111 (0.510 %)E-Learning
129 (0.417 %)Mainframe
138 (0.371 %)Blog
138 (0.371 %)Mathematics
143 (0.139 %)IPTV
143 (0.139 %)Multithreading
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1157 (7.279 %)Windows
2119 (5.517 %)UNIX
3111 (5.146 %)Linux
425 (1.159 %)MVS
511 (0.510 %)Windows XP
511 (0.510 %)Solaris
69 (0.417 %)Windows Server 2003
78 (0.371 %)Windows 2000
87 (0.325 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.185 %)AIX
103 (0.139 %)Windows 2000 Server
103 (0.139 %)Debian
112 (0.093 %)FreeBSD
112 (0.093 %)Windows NT
121 (0.046 %)VMS
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1298 (13.82 %)OO
2247 (11.45 %)Web Development
3192 (8.901 %)E-Commerce
4102 (4.729 %)Project Management
5100 (4.636 %)Content Management
681 (3.755 %)UML
774 (3.431 %)ERP
873 (3.384 %)Software Engineering
972 (3.338 %)Agile Software Development
1065 (3.013 %)Web Design
1164 (2.967 %)OOP
1258 (2.689 %)Migration
1349 (2.272 %)Business Intelligence
1448 (2.225 %)CRM
1546 (2.133 %)Technical Architecture
1639 (1.808 %)Scrum
1735 (1.623 %)RUP
1834 (1.576 %)Unit Testing
1930 (1.391 %)Asset Management
2027 (1.252 %)Time Management
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1867 (40.19 %)SQL
2837 (38.80 %)C#
3582 (26.98 %)JavaScript
4542 (25.13 %)Java
5437 (20.26 %)VB.NET
6318 (14.74 %)PHP
7313 (14.51 %)VB
8147 (6.815 %)VB6
9107 (4.961 %)C++
1079 (3.662 %)Transact-SQL
1175 (3.477 %)ActionScript
1274 (3.431 %)PL/SQL
1342 (1.947 %)VBA
1441 (1.901 %)Progress 4GL
1534 (1.576 %)C
1628 (1.298 %)Perl
1628 (1.298 %)Delphi
1722 (1.020 %)PHP5
1821 (0.974 %)DHTML
1920 (0.927 %)COBOL
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1259 (12.01 %)Degree
279 (3.662 %)Microsoft Certification
330 (1.391 %)MCSD
417 (0.788 %)MCAD
514 (0.649 %)MCP
612 (0.556 %)HND
612 (0.556 %)MCTS
75 (0.232 %)MCSE
75 (0.232 %)PRINCE2 Certification
84 (0.185 %)HNC
92 (0.093 %)Sun Certification
92 (0.093 %)MCITP
101 (0.046 %)MCPD
101 (0.046 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
101 (0.046 %)MCDBA
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (0.788 %)WAI
26 (0.278 %)QA
32 (0.093 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.093 %)Basel II
41 (0.046 %)SLA
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.139 %)Samba
21 (0.046 %)Active Directory
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1355 (16.46 %)Oracle
2327 (15.16 %)Microsoft
347 (2.179 %)Progress
435 (1.623 %)Vignette
533 (1.530 %)IBM
630 (1.391 %)Google
722 (1.020 %)TIBCO
819 (0.881 %)SAP
819 (0.881 %)BEA
918 (0.834 %)Adobe
1017 (0.788 %)Epicor
1114 (0.649 %)Cognos
1212 (0.556 %)Avaya
1212 (0.556 %)Tridion
1310 (0.464 %)Stellent
149 (0.417 %)Business Objects
149 (0.417 %)Acxiom
158 (0.371 %)Sun
165 (0.232 %)Quark
174 (0.185 %)Borland