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This section looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the London 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank201186
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads7411172
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.399 %0.489 %
As % of the category below1.080 %1.159 %
Salaries quoted670946
Average minimum salary£40,059£39,676
Average salary£45,652£44,135
% change on same period last year+3.43 %
Average maximum salary£51,246£48,593
UK excluding London average salary£33,168£33,377
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads68605101098
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.93 %42.14 %
Salaries quoted5717877919
Average minimum salary£45,790£47,385
Average salary£49,962£51,863
% change on same period last year-3.66 %
Average maximum salary£54,133£56,340
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Software Developer EnglandSoftware Developer
England

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-56104£45,557-4.85 %
HayesNew entry-17£35,294-
HarrowDown-410£32,050-10.50 %
EalingNew entry-7£31,071-
Docklands, LondonUp+256£40,000-23.80 %
LutonDown-245£40,300-9.58 %
EnfieldNew entry-4£55,000-
CroydonDown-253£27,500-9.36 %
Canary WharfUp+193£75,000-6.25 %
HammersmithUp+123£40,000-15.78 %
UxbridgeNew entry-2£35,000-
ClaphamNew entry-2£38,500-
BromleyDown-22£35,000-
IlfordNew entry-1£45,000-
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+71£40,000+90.47 %
RuislipNew entry-1£35,000-
PaddingtonNew entry-1£32,000-
WimbledonUp+141£38,000-2.06 %
WembleyNew entry-1£35,000-
Software Developer EnglandSoftware Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1714 (43.80 %).NET
2652 (40.00 %)C#
3577 (35.40 %)Finance
4529 (32.45 %)Java
5521 (31.96 %)C++
6512 (31.41 %)SQL Server
7437 (26.81 %)SQL
8384 (23.56 %)ASP.NET
9383 (23.50 %)OO
10362 (22.21 %)XML
11289 (17.73 %)Degree
12287 (17.61 %)UNIX
13239 (14.66 %)JavaScript
13239 (14.66 %)HTML
14238 (14.60 %)AJAX
15234 (14.36 %)Windows
16232 (14.23 %)Agile Software Development
17226 (13.87 %)Multithreading
18196 (12.02 %)Oracle
19195 (11.96 %)Games
20172 (10.55 %)CSS
20172 (10.55 %)Microsoft
21170 (10.43 %)WebServices
21170 (10.43 %)VB.NET
22167 (10.25 %)Linux
22167 (10.25 %)Hibernate
23158 (9.693 %)STL
24152 (9.325 %)VB
25138 (8.466 %)Spring
26130 (7.975 %)SQL Server 2005

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1714 (43.80 %).NET
2384 (23.56 %)ASP.NET
3362 (22.21 %)XML
4239 (14.66 %)HTML
5238 (14.60 %)AJAX
6172 (10.55 %)CSS
7170 (10.43 %)WebServices
8167 (10.25 %)Hibernate
9158 (9.693 %)STL
10138 (8.466 %)Spring
11118 (7.239 %)WinForms
12107 (6.564 %)J2EE
1389 (5.460 %).NET Framework
1465 (3.988 %)Java EE
1562 (3.804 %)ASP
1661 (3.742 %)XHTML
1759 (3.620 %)ADO.NET
1855 (3.374 %)XSLT
1954 (3.313 %)JSP
1954 (3.313 %)MFC
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
149 (3.006 %)Apache
239 (2.393 %)SharePoint
331 (1.902 %)WebLogic
426 (1.595 %)IIS
524 (1.472 %)JBoss
621 (1.288 %)Tomcat
712 (0.736 %)SharePoint Server 2007
811 (0.675 %)CMS
99 (0.552 %)BizTalk Server
99 (0.552 %)WebSphere MQ
105 (0.307 %)MS Exchange
114 (0.245 %)MTS
123 (0.184 %)ColdFusion
132 (0.123 %)Oracle 9iAS
132 (0.123 %)CICS
132 (0.123 %)Lotus Notes
141 (0.061 %)MQSeries
141 (0.061 %)ColdFusion MX
141 (0.061 %)SmartSockets
141 (0.061 %)TeamSite
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
175 (4.601 %)MS Excel
213 (0.798 %)MS Office
312 (0.736 %)Photoshop
410 (0.613 %)MS Visio
55 (0.307 %)MATLAB
63 (0.184 %)Adobe Director
63 (0.184 %)PrintSoft PReS
72 (0.123 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (0.123 %)Adobe Illustrator
72 (0.123 %)Fireworks
81 (0.061 %)InfoPath
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.552 %)Microsoft CRM
28 (0.491 %)Oracle Financials
35 (0.307 %)SAP Business One
43 (0.184 %)Eagle PACE
52 (0.123 %)Dynamics CRM
61 (0.061 %)Line 50
61 (0.061 %)Metrica
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
177 (4.724 %)TCP/IP
264 (3.926 %)Internet
319 (1.166 %)HTTP
415 (0.920 %)GSM
514 (0.859 %)Wireless
613 (0.798 %)SMS
613 (0.798 %)Broadband
711 (0.675 %)Intranet
810 (0.613 %)DNS
810 (0.613 %)FTP
98 (0.491 %)VoIP
98 (0.491 %)SS7
107 (0.429 %)UMTS
107 (0.429 %)LDAP
107 (0.429 %)GPRS
115 (0.307 %)SMTP
123 (0.184 %)DHCP
123 (0.184 %)WLAN
123 (0.184 %)WAN
123 (0.184 %)POP3
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1512 (31.41 %)SQL Server
2130 (7.975 %)SQL Server 2005
392 (5.644 %)MySQL
488 (5.399 %)RDBMS
563 (3.865 %)SQL Server 2000
628 (1.718 %)DTS
724 (1.472 %)Crystal Reports
823 (1.411 %)SQL Server Integration Services
922 (1.350 %)MS Access
1017 (1.043 %)Data Cleansing
1115 (0.920 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1115 (0.920 %)OLAP
1213 (0.798 %)SQL Server 2008
1311 (0.675 %)Oracle Reports
148 (0.491 %)Datawarehouse
148 (0.491 %)Oracle OLAP
148 (0.491 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
148 (0.491 %)BusinessObjects
156 (0.368 %)IDOL
156 (0.368 %)PostgreSQL
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
183 (5.092 %)Visual Studio
270 (4.294 %)Ant
342 (2.577 %)Flash
427 (1.656 %)VSS/SourceSafe
522 (1.350 %)NUnit
616 (0.982 %)Subversion
714 (0.859 %)Eclipse
810 (0.613 %)JUnit
98 (0.491 %)Oracle Forms
105 (0.307 %)InstallShield
114 (0.245 %)CruiseControl
123 (0.184 %)ClearCase
131 (0.061 %)Dreamweaver
131 (0.061 %)Bugzilla
131 (0.061 %)WATIR
131 (0.061 %)Selenium
131 (0.061 %)FitNesse
131 (0.061 %)Zend Studio
131 (0.061 %)Firebug
131 (0.061 %)Visual Studio Team System
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1577 (35.40 %)Finance
2195 (11.96 %)Games
3108 (6.626 %)Telecoms
493 (5.706 %)Banking
559 (3.620 %)Pensions
658 (3.558 %)Health
757 (3.497 %)Insurance
853 (3.252 %)Education
940 (2.454 %)Front Office
1037 (2.270 %)Retail
1132 (1.963 %)Publishing
1229 (1.779 %)Marketing
1229 (1.779 %)Construction
1328 (1.718 %)Financial Institution
1425 (1.534 %)Investment Banking
1522 (1.350 %)Back Office
1522 (1.350 %)Government
1616 (0.982 %)Mobile Games
1715 (0.920 %)Advertising
189 (0.552 %)Online Games
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1226 (13.87 %)Multithreading
2126 (7.730 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3124 (7.607 %)Derivative
4123 (7.546 %)Grid Computing
586 (5.276 %)Computer Science
659 (3.620 %)Mathematics
755 (3.374 %)N-Tier
847 (2.883 %)Equities
935 (2.147 %)Client/Server
1028 (1.718 %)Equity Derivative
1028 (1.718 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1125 (1.534 %)Fixed Income
1224 (1.472 %)Physics
1318 (1.104 %)Credit Derivative
1417 (1.043 %)Web 2.0
1514 (0.859 %)Social Network
1612 (0.736 %)Clustering
179 (0.552 %)iDTV
188 (0.491 %)Device Driver
197 (0.429 %)Streaming Video
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1287 (17.61 %)UNIX
2234 (14.36 %)Windows
3167 (10.25 %)Linux
423 (1.411 %)Solaris
521 (1.288 %)Windows Server 2003
618 (1.104 %)Windows Vista
618 (1.104 %)Windows XP
712 (0.736 %)Windows 2000
712 (0.736 %)Windows Server 2008
811 (0.675 %)Windows Mobile
98 (0.491 %)Windows NT
107 (0.429 %)Red Hat Linux
113 (0.184 %)VMS
113 (0.184 %)Mac OS X
122 (0.123 %)Windows CE
131 (0.061 %)VxWorks
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1383 (23.50 %)OO
2232 (14.23 %)Agile Software Development
3128 (7.853 %)OOD
4117 (7.178 %)UML
5102 (6.258 %)OOP
685 (5.215 %)Web Development
772 (4.417 %)TDD
856 (3.436 %)E-Commerce
942 (2.577 %)Electronic Trading
1039 (2.393 %)Software Engineering
1135 (2.147 %)Risk Management
1233 (2.025 %)SOA
1327 (1.656 %)Project Management
1425 (1.534 %)Unit Testing
1524 (1.472 %)OOA/OOD
1622 (1.350 %)Scrum
1721 (1.288 %)Data Management
1820 (1.227 %)RUP
1820 (1.227 %)CRM
1919 (1.166 %)Data Modelling
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1652 (40.00 %)C#
2529 (32.45 %)Java
3521 (31.96 %)C++
4437 (26.81 %)SQL
5239 (14.66 %)JavaScript
6170 (10.43 %)VB.NET
7152 (9.325 %)VB
899 (6.074 %)PHP
992 (5.644 %)C
1077 (4.724 %)VB6
1175 (4.601 %)Perl
1273 (4.479 %)Ruby
1368 (4.172 %)Transact-SQL
1460 (3.681 %)Python
1549 (3.006 %)VC++
1638 (2.331 %)VBA
1727 (1.656 %)ActionScript
1824 (1.472 %)PL/SQL
1923 (1.411 %)Shell Script
2021 (1.288 %)Delphi
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1289 (17.73 %)Degree
236 (2.209 %)PhD
324 (1.472 %)Microsoft Certification
416 (0.982 %)MCSD
59 (0.552 %)MCAD
65 (0.307 %)MCP
74 (0.245 %)Oracle Certification
83 (0.184 %)MCPD
92 (0.123 %)Sun Certification
92 (0.123 %)HND
92 (0.123 %)Postgraduate
101 (0.061 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.061 %)ISEB
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (1.840 %)QA
22 (0.123 %)HL7
31 (0.061 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.061 %)WAI
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (1.534 %)Active Directory
27 (0.429 %)Squid
32 (0.123 %)AquaLogic
41 (0.061 %)MSMQ
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.184 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 (0.184 %)AutoSys
21 (0.061 %)MOM
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1196 (12.02 %)Oracle
2172 (10.55 %)Microsoft
332 (1.963 %)Sybase
425 (1.534 %)BEA
514 (0.859 %)Adobe
514 (0.859 %)Zend
613 (0.798 %)IBM
78 (0.491 %)Business Objects
78 (0.491 %)JD Edwards
78 (0.491 %)TIBCO
87 (0.429 %)Red Hat
96 (0.368 %)Borland
96 (0.368 %)Google
105 (0.307 %)ESRI
105 (0.307 %)Epicor
105 (0.307 %)SAP
114 (0.245 %)Yahoo!
114 (0.245 %)XMPie
123 (0.184 %)Reuters
123 (0.184 %)Macromedia