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The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs within the Luton 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank47-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads70
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.104 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted30
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£35,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£40,000-
UK excluding London average salary£33,401£32,704
% change on same period last year+2.13 %
Luton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Luton
Matching permanent IT job ads634349
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.367 %0.150 %
Salaries quoted398312
Average minimum salary£37,080£36,482
Average salary£39,901£40,109
% change on same period last year-0.51 %
Average maximum salary£42,721£43,736
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Programmer LondonProgrammer
London

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Luton Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Luton Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Luton region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Luton Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Luton region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

18 (50.00 %)SQL
27 (43.75 %).NET
36 (37.50 %)J2EE
36 (37.50 %)JSP
36 (37.50 %)Struts
36 (37.50 %)Java
45 (31.25 %)ASP.NET
45 (31.25 %)SQL Server
45 (31.25 %)XML
45 (31.25 %).NET Framework
54 (25.00 %)JDBC
54 (25.00 %)Spring
54 (25.00 %)WebServices
54 (25.00 %)C#
63 (18.75 %)HTML
63 (18.75 %)VB
63 (18.75 %)Visual Studio
63 (18.75 %)ASP
63 (18.75 %)MS Excel
63 (18.75 %)RDBMS
63 (18.75 %)Microsoft
63 (18.75 %)Web Development
72 (12.50 %)Requirements Analysis
72 (12.50 %)QA
72 (12.50 %)Project Management
72 (12.50 %)OO
72 (12.50 %)Finance
72 (12.50 %)EJB
72 (12.50 %)VB.NET
81 (6.250 %)Transact-SQL

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Luton region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Luton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (43.75 %).NET
26 (37.50 %)J2EE
26 (37.50 %)JSP
26 (37.50 %)Struts
35 (31.25 %)ASP.NET
35 (31.25 %)XML
35 (31.25 %).NET Framework
44 (25.00 %)Spring
44 (25.00 %)WebServices
44 (25.00 %)JDBC
53 (18.75 %)HTML
53 (18.75 %)ASP
62 (12.50 %)EJB
71 (6.250 %)CSS
71 (6.250 %)XSL
71 (6.250 %)XHTML
Luton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (18.75 %)MS Excel
Luton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (31.25 %)SQL Server
23 (18.75 %)RDBMS
Luton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (18.75 %)Visual Studio
Luton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (12.50 %)Finance
Luton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (18.75 %)Web Development
22 (12.50 %)Requirements Analysis
22 (12.50 %)OO
22 (12.50 %)Project Management
31 (6.250 %)Migration
31 (6.250 %)Business Analysis
Luton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (50.00 %)SQL
26 (37.50 %)Java
34 (25.00 %)C#
43 (18.75 %)VB
52 (12.50 %)VB.NET
61 (6.250 %)JavaScript
61 (6.250 %)Transact-SQL
Luton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (12.50 %)QA
Luton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (18.75 %)Microsoft