The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the M4 Corridor 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 24 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 M4 Corridor region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank - 13 9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 0 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor - 10.17% 5.357%
As % of the Job Titles category - 10.34% 5.455%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 3
Average salary - £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
M4 Corridor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43 58 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 93.48% 98.31% 98.21%
Number of salaries quoted 25 49 51
Average salary £45,000 £47,750 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.75% -4.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
South East

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) C#
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
2 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Banking
3 6 (75.00%) WCF
3 6 (75.00%) WinForms
3 6 (75.00%) Web Services
3 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
4 5 (62.50%) WPF
4 5 (62.50%) LINQ
4 5 (62.50%) Retail Banking
4 5 (62.50%) Retail
4 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (25.00%) N-Tier
5 2 (25.00%) SOA
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
6 1 (12.50%) MVC
6 1 (12.50%) Finance
6 1 (12.50%) Java
6 1 (12.50%) Degree

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 6 (75.00%) WCF
3 6 (75.00%) WinForms
3 6 (75.00%) Web Services
4 5 (62.50%) WPF
4 5 (62.50%) LINQ
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (87.50%) Banking
2 5 (62.50%) Retail Banking
2 5 (62.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) SOA
1 2 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (12.50%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft