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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 19 March 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 Leeds region.

 Programmer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank417482
Rank change year-on-year
Up+33Up+8
Matching permanent IT job ads462995
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds3.710 %1.992 %2.430 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.824 %2.063 %2.514 %
Salaries quoted442582
Average salary£35,000£27,500£32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27 %-14.72 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,150£25,200£18,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£32,500£36,350
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
--1.510 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
120314063779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds97.02 %96.57 %96.65 %
Salaries quoted105611663067
Average salary£32,500£31,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.830 %-4.610 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£20,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£45,000£49,291
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Programmer West YorkshireProgrammer
West Yorkshire

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Programmer across the Leeds region.

Leeds Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Leeds Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

145 (66.18 %).NET
233 (48.53 %)C#
323 (33.82 %)Java
419 (27.94 %)SQL
516 (23.53 %)SQL Server
516 (23.53 %)Visual Studio
615 (22.06 %)ASP.NET
615 (22.06 %)VB
714 (20.59 %)JavaScript
714 (20.59 %)Education
812 (17.65 %)C++
911 (16.18 %)VB.NET
911 (16.18 %)Windows
1010 (14.71 %)Retail
1010 (14.71 %)VBScript
119 (13.24 %)RPG
119 (13.24 %)WinForms
128 (11.76 %)iSeries
128 (11.76 %)AS400
137 (10.29 %)XML
137 (10.29 %)ADO.NET
146 (8.824 %)CSS
146 (8.824 %)HTML
146 (8.824 %)J2EE
146 (8.824 %)Business Intelligence
146 (8.824 %)MicroStrategy
146 (8.824 %)Marketing
146 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005
155 (7.353 %)Spring
155 (7.353 %)UNIX

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
145 (66.18 %).NET
215 (22.06 %)ASP.NET
39 (13.24 %)WinForms
47 (10.29 %)XML
47 (10.29 %)ADO.NET
56 (8.824 %)J2EE
56 (8.824 %)CSS
56 (8.824 %)HTML
65 (7.353 %)Spring
74 (5.882 %)Web Services
83 (4.412 %).NET Framework
92 (2.941 %)JSF
92 (2.941 %)AJAX
92 (2.941 %)XSL
92 (2.941 %)XSLT
92 (2.941 %)Hibernate
92 (2.941 %)JDBC
92 (2.941 %)Servlets
92 (2.941 %)Struts
101 (1.471 %)ASP
Leeds IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (5.882 %)SAS
23 (4.412 %)SharePoint
23 (4.412 %)SharePoint Server 2007
32 (2.941 %)Apache
32 (2.941 %)Oracle HTTP Server
41 (1.471 %)CICS
Leeds IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (4.412 %)MS Excel
22 (2.941 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (2.941 %)Photoshop
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (5.882 %)HTTP
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (23.53 %)SQL Server
26 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (5.882 %)Crystal Reports
42 (2.941 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (1.471 %)DB2
51 (1.471 %)SQL Server 2008
Leeds IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (23.53 %)Visual Studio
22 (2.941 %)Eclipse
Leeds IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (20.59 %)Education
210 (14.71 %)Retail
36 (8.824 %)Marketing
42 (2.941 %)Insurance
42 (2.941 %)Finance
51 (1.471 %)Financial Institution
Leeds IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (11.76 %)AS400
18 (11.76 %)iSeries
22 (2.941 %)Statistics
31 (1.471 %)Data Integration
31 (1.471 %)Mainframe
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (16.18 %)Windows
25 (7.353 %)UNIX
34 (5.882 %)Linux
41 (1.471 %)MVS
41 (1.471 %)Embedded Linux
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (8.824 %)Business Intelligence
24 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
33 (4.412 %)UML
42 (2.941 %)CHAID
42 (2.941 %)Data Analysis
42 (2.941 %)Digital Marketing
42 (2.941 %)Customer Engagement
42 (2.941 %)OO
51 (1.471 %)OOP
51 (1.471 %)OOD
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
133 (48.53 %)C#
223 (33.82 %)Java
319 (27.94 %)SQL
415 (22.06 %)VB
514 (20.59 %)JavaScript
612 (17.65 %)C++
711 (16.18 %)VB.NET
810 (14.71 %)VBScript
99 (13.24 %)RPG
105 (7.353 %)C
105 (7.353 %)PHP
113 (4.412 %)Perl
113 (4.412 %)Progress 4GL
113 (4.412 %)Ruby
122 (2.941 %)Shell Script
131 (1.471 %)JCL
131 (1.471 %)PHP4
131 (1.471 %)Embedded C
131 (1.471 %)Embedded C++
131 (1.471 %)COBOL
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (4.412 %)Degree
21 (1.471 %)HND
Leeds IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (8.824 %)MicroStrategy
23 (4.412 %)Progress
32 (2.941 %)Alterian
32 (2.941 %)Oracle
41 (1.471 %)Microsoft