The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire 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 20 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 43 52 25
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 38 20 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 5.596% 2.825% 6.343%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.793% 2.976% 6.855%
Number of salaries quoted 34 19 33
Average salary £46,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,900 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,200 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
656 672 496
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 96.61% 94.92% 92.54%
Number of salaries quoted 580 596 436
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
East Midlands

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leicester +4 22 £42,500 +13.33%
Hinckley - 8 £46,000 -
Loughborough -3 4 - -
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 2 £40,000 -
Software Developer
East Midlands

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 51 (82.26%) .NET
2 49 (79.03%) C#
3 47 (75.81%) SQL Server
4 31 (50.00%) ASP.NET
5 30 (48.39%) jQuery
6 24 (38.71%) Computer Science
6 24 (38.71%) XML
7 21 (33.87%) CSS
7 21 (33.87%) HTML
7 21 (33.87%) Degree
8 19 (30.65%) SQL
9 18 (29.03%) JavaScript
10 17 (27.42%) Windows
10 17 (27.42%) Android
11 15 (24.19%) Apple iOS
11 15 (24.19%) Ajax
12 14 (22.58%) Visual Studio
12 14 (22.58%) Java
12 14 (22.58%) C++
12 14 (22.58%) Oracle
13 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
13 13 (20.97%) Web Development
13 13 (20.97%) Software Engineering
13 13 (20.97%) Mathematics
14 12 (19.35%) Finance
14 12 (19.35%) Web Services
15 11 (17.74%) Smartcard
15 11 (17.74%) LDAP
15 11 (17.74%) Blackberry
15 11 (17.74%) Information Security

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (82.26%) .NET
2 31 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 30 (48.39%) jQuery
4 24 (38.71%) XML
5 21 (33.87%) CSS
5 21 (33.87%) HTML
6 15 (24.19%) Ajax
7 12 (19.35%) Web Services
8 11 (17.74%) .NET Framework
8 11 (17.74%) JSON
8 11 (17.74%) WCF
9 10 (16.13%) XHTML
10 9 (14.52%) LINQ
11 8 (12.90%) Silverlight
11 8 (12.90%) HTML5
12 6 (9.677%) WPF
13 4 (6.452%) LAMP
13 4 (6.452%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 4 (6.452%) REST
13 4 (6.452%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.452%) CMS
1 4 (6.452%) WordPress
1 4 (6.452%) Apache Solr
2 3 (4.839%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Photoshop
2 3 (4.839%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.613%) Blender
3 1 (1.613%) Maya
3 1 (1.613%) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.74%) LDAP
2 3 (4.839%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.226%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (75.81%) SQL Server
2 11 (17.74%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (14.52%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (11.29%) MySQL
5 2 (3.226%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (3.226%) OLAP
5 2 (3.226%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.226%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.226%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 2 (3.226%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.613%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 14 (22.58%) Visual Studio
2 8 (12.90%) Subversion
3 4 (6.452%) JIRA
3 4 (6.452%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 4 (6.452%) Git (software)
3 4 (6.452%) Eclipse
3 4 (6.452%) PHPUnit
3 4 (6.452%) Cucumber
4 3 (4.839%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (3.226%) Xcode
6 1 (1.613%) LabVIEW
General
1 12 (19.35%) Finance
2 1 (1.613%) Automotive
2 1 (1.613%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 24 (38.71%) Computer Science
2 13 (20.97%) Mathematics
3 11 (17.74%) Smartcard
3 11 (17.74%) Blackberry
3 11 (17.74%) PKI
4 4 (6.452%) N-Tier
5 2 (3.226%) NHS
5 2 (3.226%) LIMS
5 2 (3.226%) iPad
6 1 (1.613%) FMCG
6 1 (1.613%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (1.613%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.613%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.613%) Streaming Video
6 1 (1.613%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 17 (27.42%) Windows
1 17 (27.42%) Android
2 15 (24.19%) Apple iOS
3 11 (17.74%) BlackBerry OS
4 3 (4.839%) Linux
5 1 (1.613%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.613%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.97%) Software Engineering
1 13 (20.97%) Web Development
2 11 (17.74%) Information Security
2 11 (17.74%) Waterfall
2 11 (17.74%) Cyber Security
3 8 (12.90%) MVC
4 7 (11.29%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (11.29%) OO
5 6 (9.677%) Scrum
6 5 (8.065%) MVVM
6 5 (8.065%) SEO
7 4 (6.452%) SOA
7 4 (6.452%) Mobile Commerce
7 4 (6.452%) OOP
7 4 (6.452%) Change Management
7 4 (6.452%) TDD
7 4 (6.452%) Refactoring
7 4 (6.452%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (4.839%) Multithreading
8 3 (4.839%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 49 (79.03%) C#
2 19 (30.65%) SQL
3 18 (29.03%) JavaScript
4 14 (22.58%) C++
4 14 (22.58%) Java
5 9 (14.52%) C
5 9 (14.52%) PHP
6 6 (9.677%) T-SQL
7 5 (8.065%) VB
8 4 (6.452%) VB.NET
8 4 (6.452%) VB6
9 3 (4.839%) Objective-C
9 3 (4.839%) Perl
10 2 (3.226%) ActionScript
10 2 (3.226%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (33.87%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (22.58%) Oracle
2 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
3 7 (11.29%) Zend
4 5 (8.065%) Apple
5 4 (6.452%) Adobe
6 1 (1.613%) SolidWorks
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
You will be working on VB.Net Desktop applications with a SQL Server back end, with the possibility of some C# experience in future projects, so exposure to...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £21000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
They are looking for a Developers who has a strong degree and experience developing applications in C# / VB.Net, SQL Server, Visual Studio in Windows and Linux environments.....
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
They are looking for a Developer who has a strong degree and experience developing applications using HTML(5), XML, JavaScript and Java... HTML(5) XML. JavaScript. Java... SQL.....
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £18000 - £20000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Wigston, Leicestershire
Permanent position for a PHP & MySQL developer to further develop our bespoke in-house service management system. The need has arisen to speed up the development of our...
Electrum Services
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum 25 days holiday PA.
Posted: 23 April 2013
Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire
3 yrs + of the following - C# ASP.NET... Commercial use of Javascript, JQuery, ASP, HTML, CSS... IOS Development, phone application development, objective C,XCode. PHP. HTML5. XML. Flash/...
Blues Point Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + pension, 25 days hol
Posted: 16 May 2013