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This section looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6261
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads99124
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.052 %
As % of the category below3.197 %3.309 %
Salaries quoted95117
Average minimum salary£28,126£26,936
Average salary£30,274£30,098
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Average maximum salary£32,421£33,261
UK excluding London average salary£33,268£33,351
% change on same period last year-0.24 %
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 %
Software Developer West YorkshireSoftware Developer
West Yorkshire

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1189 (79.75 %).NET
2167 (70.46 %)SQL Server
3122 (51.48 %)C#
482 (34.60 %)ASP.NET
577 (32.49 %)Java
577 (32.49 %)VB.NET
672 (30.38 %)Degree
770 (29.54 %)XML
864 (27.00 %)VB
962 (26.16 %)SQL
1055 (23.21 %)Oracle
1146 (19.41 %)J2EE
1146 (19.41 %)OO
1243 (18.14 %)MySQL
1243 (18.14 %)JavaScript
1339 (16.46 %)MS Excel
1339 (16.46 %)Microsoft
1436 (15.19 %)HTML
1436 (15.19 %)VB6
1535 (14.77 %)Marketing
1535 (14.77 %)CSS
1631 (13.08 %)ASP
1730 (12.66 %)Computer Science
1828 (11.81 %)Technical Architecture
1828 (11.81 %)Project Management
1926 (10.97 %)Health
2025 (10.55 %)Migration
2124 (10.13 %)EPoS
2223 (9.705 %).NET Framework
2322 (9.283 %)SQL Server 2000

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1189 (79.75 %).NET
282 (34.60 %)ASP.NET
370 (29.54 %)XML
446 (19.41 %)J2EE
536 (15.19 %)HTML
635 (14.77 %)CSS
731 (13.08 %)ASP
823 (9.705 %).NET Framework
916 (6.751 %)ADO.NET
1013 (5.485 %)WebServices
1013 (5.485 %)JSP
1112 (5.063 %)XSLT
1210 (4.219 %)AJAX
139 (3.797 %)Middleware
147 (2.954 %)Hibernate
156 (2.532 %)Spring
164 (1.688 %)Servlets
164 (1.688 %)DCOM
173 (1.266 %)EJB
173 (1.266 %)ATL
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (6.329 %)CMS
214 (5.907 %)BizTalk Server
311 (4.641 %)Content Management Server
48 (3.376 %)MQSeries
57 (2.954 %)IIS
66 (2.532 %)SharePoint
66 (2.532 %)SharePoint Server 2007
74 (1.688 %)WebLogic
82 (0.844 %)Tomcat
82 (0.844 %)SharePoint Portal Server
91 (0.422 %)Apache
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
139 (16.46 %)MS Excel
22 (0.844 %)MS Visio
22 (0.844 %)CA Clarity
31 (0.422 %)MS PowerPoint
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.422 %)Dynamics CRM
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (2.532 %)Internet
24 (1.688 %)Intranet
31 (0.422 %)Broadband
31 (0.422 %)SMS
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1167 (70.46 %)SQL Server
243 (18.14 %)MySQL
322 (9.283 %)SQL Server 2000
420 (8.439 %)SQL Server 2005
57 (2.954 %)MS Access
64 (1.688 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.422 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.422 %)RDBMS
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (8.017 %)Visual Studio
23 (1.266 %)Flash
31 (0.422 %)NUnit
31 (0.422 %)Subversion
31 (0.422 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.422 %)Oracle Forms
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (14.77 %)Marketing
226 (10.97 %)Health
321 (8.861 %)Telecoms
420 (8.439 %)Retail
519 (8.017 %)Finance
614 (5.907 %)Pensions
72 (0.844 %)Electronics
72 (0.844 %)Insurance
72 (0.844 %)Law
81 (0.422 %)Manufacturing
81 (0.422 %)Construction
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (12.66 %)Computer Science
224 (10.13 %)EPoS
31 (0.422 %)Clustering
31 (0.422 %)Informatics
31 (0.422 %)Mathematics
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (5.907 %)UNIX
210 (4.219 %)Windows
31 (0.422 %)Linux
31 (0.422 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.422 %)Windows 2000 Server
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
146 (19.41 %)OO
228 (11.81 %)Project Management
228 (11.81 %)Technical Architecture
325 (10.55 %)Migration
419 (8.017 %)Software Engineering
518 (7.595 %)UML
67 (2.954 %)OOP
76 (2.532 %)Time Management
84 (1.688 %)RUP
93 (1.266 %)E-Commerce
93 (1.266 %)Web Development
102 (0.844 %)CRM
102 (0.844 %)OOD
102 (0.844 %)Business Intelligence
102 (0.844 %)E-business
102 (0.844 %)SEO
111 (0.422 %)Workflow
111 (0.422 %)DSDM
111 (0.422 %)Scrum
111 (0.422 %)Asset Management
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1122 (51.48 %)C#
277 (32.49 %)Java
277 (32.49 %)VB.NET
364 (27.00 %)VB
462 (26.16 %)SQL
543 (18.14 %)JavaScript
636 (15.19 %)VB6
721 (8.861 %)C++
810 (4.219 %)VBA
99 (3.797 %)VBScript
107 (2.954 %)Transact-SQL
116 (2.532 %)PHP
116 (2.532 %)C
123 (1.266 %)Progress 4GL
123 (1.266 %)Delphi
132 (0.844 %)PL/SQL
132 (0.844 %)VC++
141 (0.422 %)ActionScript
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
172 (30.38 %)Degree
215 (6.329 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (2.110 %)MCP
44 (1.688 %)MCAD
44 (1.688 %)MCSD
53 (1.266 %)MCTS
61 (0.422 %)HND
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.844 %)QA
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
155 (23.21 %)Oracle
239 (16.46 %)Microsoft
39 (3.797 %)TIBCO
43 (1.266 %)Progress
52 (0.844 %)Borland
52 (0.844 %)Adobe
61 (0.422 %)Macromedia
61 (0.422 %)Nokia
61 (0.422 %)Vignette
61 (0.422 %)Sony
61 (0.422 %)ATG
61 (0.422 %)Altova