The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Leighton Buzzard region. 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 22 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 Leighton Buzzard region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank - 1 1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 0 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leighton Buzzard - 50.00% 68.75%
As % of the Job Titles category - 50.00% 68.75%
Number of salaries quoted 0 9 11
Average salary - £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +21.21%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Leighton Buzzard
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5 18 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leighton Buzzard 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 18 12
Average salary £67,500 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+68.75% +15.94%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
Bedfordshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leighton Buzzard Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Leighton Buzzard Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leighton Buzzard 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.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) VC++
2 3 (75.00%) N-Tier
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) MVC
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) OO
2 3 (75.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) VB6
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (75.00%) WCF
2 3 (75.00%) LINQ
2 3 (75.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leighton Buzzard 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.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (75.00%) WCF
2 3 (75.00%) LINQ
2 3 (75.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) MVC
1 3 (75.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VC++
2 3 (75.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) VB6
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft