The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 36 37 40
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 141 125 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 5.365% 5.967% 5.428%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.591% 6.133% 5.587%
Number of salaries quoted 102 118 96
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,000 £33,750
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,650 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2522 2038 1772
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.97% 97.28% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2057 1764 1516
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Developer
West Yorkshire

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 193 (65.20%) SQL
2 155 (52.36%) SQL Server
3 138 (46.62%) .NET
4 134 (45.27%) C#
5 101 (34.12%) T-SQL
6 100 (33.78%) SQL Server 2008
7 96 (32.43%) Java
8 95 (32.09%) ASP.NET
9 83 (28.04%) SQL Server 2005
10 68 (22.97%) HTML
11 67 (22.64%) Finance
12 66 (22.30%) Oracle
13 60 (20.27%) Agile Software Development
14 57 (19.26%) E-Commerce
15 56 (18.92%) XML
16 54 (18.24%) OO
17 53 (17.91%) JavaScript
18 49 (16.55%) Spring
19 45 (15.20%) MVC
20 44 (14.86%) Web Services
21 42 (14.19%) WebLogic
21 42 (14.19%) Microsoft
21 42 (14.19%) QA
22 41 (13.85%) .NET Framework
23 40 (13.51%) Visual Studio
24 37 (12.50%) Degree
24 37 (12.50%) jQuery
25 36 (12.16%) Hibernate
25 36 (12.16%) Enterprise Software
26 35 (11.82%) MS Excel

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 138 (46.62%) .NET
2 95 (32.09%) ASP.NET
3 68 (22.97%) HTML
4 56 (18.92%) XML
5 49 (16.55%) Spring
6 44 (14.86%) Web Services
7 41 (13.85%) .NET Framework
8 37 (12.50%) jQuery
9 36 (12.16%) Hibernate
10 34 (11.49%) J2EE
11 31 (10.47%) CSS
12 30 (10.14%) WebSphere
13 25 (8.446%) Ajax
14 20 (6.757%) SOAP
14 20 (6.757%) WPF
15 19 (6.419%) WCF
16 15 (5.068%) JPA
16 15 (5.068%) ASP.NET MVC
16 15 (5.068%) XSD
16 15 (5.068%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 42 (14.19%) WebLogic
2 22 (7.432%) Apache
3 20 (6.757%) Tomcat
4 19 (6.419%) CMS
5 15 (5.068%) Oracle 9iAS
5 15 (5.068%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (3.041%) Magento
7 8 (2.703%) iPlanet
7 8 (2.703%) ATG Dynamo
7 8 (2.703%) IIS
8 6 (2.027%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.676%) ActiveMQ
9 2 (0.676%) GlassFish
10 1 (0.338%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 35 (11.82%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.338%) S-PLUS
2 1 (0.338%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.689%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.041%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (52.36%) SQL Server
2 100 (33.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 83 (28.04%) SQL Server 2005
4 28 (9.459%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 28 (9.459%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 28 (9.459%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 21 (7.095%) RDBMS
6 15 (5.068%) DB2
6 15 (5.068%) SQL Server 2012
7 12 (4.054%) OLAP
7 12 (4.054%) MySQL
7 12 (4.054%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.703%) GIS
9 5 (1.689%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (1.689%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (1.689%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.676%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (0.338%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 40 (13.51%) Visual Studio
2 16 (5.405%) Maven
2 16 (5.405%) Git (software)
3 15 (5.068%) Hudson
4 12 (4.054%) JUnit
5 10 (3.378%) JMeter
5 10 (3.378%) Selenium
6 7 (2.365%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (2.027%) Subversion
8 5 (1.689%) JIRA
9 2 (0.676%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.676%) JProfiler
10 1 (0.338%) Ant
10 1 (0.338%) Xcode
General
1 67 (22.64%) Finance
2 10 (3.378%) Games
2 10 (3.378%) Marketing
3 6 (2.027%) Publishing
3 6 (2.027%) Telecoms
4 5 (1.689%) Retail
5 4 (1.351%) Banking
6 1 (0.338%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.338%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.16%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (2.365%) NHS
2 7 (2.365%) Derivative
2 7 (2.365%) Equity Derivative
3 6 (2.027%) Blackberry
3 6 (2.027%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.027%) Smartphone
4 5 (1.689%) PDA
4 5 (1.689%) Online Games
4 5 (1.689%) N-Tier
5 4 (1.351%) Open Source
5 4 (1.351%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.338%) iPhone
6 1 (0.338%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (0.338%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.757%) Windows
2 18 (6.081%) UNIX
3 14 (4.730%) Linux
4 11 (3.716%) Windows Phone
5 6 (2.027%) Android
6 3 (1.014%) Windows Phone 8
7 1 (0.338%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.338%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (20.27%) Agile Software Development
2 57 (19.26%) E-Commerce
3 54 (18.24%) OO
4 45 (15.20%) MVC
5 27 (9.122%) Configuration Management
5 27 (9.122%) DSDM
6 24 (8.108%) Unit Testing
6 24 (8.108%) Web Application Development
7 23 (7.770%) TDD
8 22 (7.432%) Scrum
9 21 (7.095%) Process Improvement
10 20 (6.757%) Business Intelligence
11 17 (5.743%) Integration Testing
12 16 (5.405%) Automated Testing
12 16 (5.405%) CRM
13 15 (5.068%) Workflow
14 14 (4.730%) Multithreading
15 13 (4.392%) Software Engineering
16 11 (3.716%) Project Management
16 11 (3.716%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 193 (65.20%) SQL
2 134 (45.27%) C#
3 101 (34.12%) T-SQL
4 96 (32.43%) Java
5 53 (17.91%) JavaScript
6 21 (7.095%) VB.NET
7 11 (3.716%) PHP
8 10 (3.378%) Ruby
9 7 (2.365%) Objective-C
10 6 (2.027%) C++
11 5 (1.689%) Delphi
12 4 (1.351%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.351%) VB
13 3 (1.014%) Perl
14 1 (0.338%) VBScript
14 1 (0.338%) Python
14 1 (0.338%) XAML
14 1 (0.338%) PHP5
14 1 (0.338%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.19%) QA
System Software
1 5 (1.689%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.338%) Nagios
Vendors
1 66 (22.30%) Oracle
2 42 (14.19%) Microsoft
3 23 (7.770%) BEA
3 23 (7.770%) IBM
4 13 (4.392%) JBoss
5 10 (3.378%) ATG
6 7 (2.365%) Perforce
7 6 (2.027%) Apple
8 5 (1.689%) Borland
8 5 (1.689%) Sybase
8 5 (1.689%) hybris
9 4 (1.351%) Terracotta
10 2 (0.676%) Stellent
11 1 (0.338%) Zend
11 1 (0.338%) Remedy
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
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Senior .NET Developer - Desired Skills & ExperienceYou should be highly self-motivated and have the following:-PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: C#.NET, ASP.NET, HTML/XHTML/DHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript/JQuery,...
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Experience in database and SQL programming Web application development experience would be beneficial but not necessary - HTML, XML/XSD,Web services, SOAP and GUI Design Agile development methodologies...
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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AMsource Technology
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Salary: From £30,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Salary: £Very competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
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