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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Merseyside 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads288357
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.159 %0.150 %
As % of the category below31.07 %38.14 %
Salaries quoted238316
Average minimum salary£29,707£28,470
Average salary£31,838£30,545
% change on same period last year+4.23 %
Average maximum salary£33,969£32,620
UK excluding London average salary£33,926£34,033
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Merseyside IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads927936
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.513 %0.393 %
Salaries quoted799775
Average minimum salary£31,415£31,985
Average salary£33,680£34,694
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
Average maximum salary£35,945£37,403
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Merseyside Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
LiverpoolNo change0179£31,609+2.32 %
SouthportUp+246£32,694+8.07 %
WirralDown-113£31,150+10.52 %
St HelensDown-46£34,333+13.64 %
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

1324 (51.76 %).NET
2299 (47.76 %)SQL Server
3233 (37.22 %)SQL
4205 (32.75 %)ASP.NET
5195 (31.15 %)C#
6155 (24.76 %)XML
7147 (23.48 %)Oracle
8146 (23.32 %)HTML
9119 (19.01 %)JavaScript
10116 (18.53 %)Java
11110 (17.57 %)VB.NET
12107 (17.09 %)CSS
13101 (16.13 %)WebServices
1490 (14.38 %)VB
1579 (12.62 %)J2EE
1673 (11.66 %)JSP
1772 (11.50 %)Finance
1871 (11.34 %)RDBMS
1967 (10.70 %)SQL Server 2005
2066 (10.54 %)UML
2165 (10.38 %)OO
2264 (10.22 %)AJAX
2363 (10.06 %)PL/SQL
2458 (9.265 %)PHP
2555 (8.786 %)UNIX
2654 (8.626 %)Degree
2752 (8.307 %)VB6
2752 (8.307 %)Struts
2851 (8.147 %)MySQL
2851 (8.147 %)Microsoft

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1324 (51.76 %).NET
2205 (32.75 %)ASP.NET
3155 (24.76 %)XML
4146 (23.32 %)HTML
5107 (17.09 %)CSS
6101 (16.13 %)WebServices
779 (12.62 %)J2EE
873 (11.66 %)JSP
964 (10.22 %)AJAX
1052 (8.307 %)Struts
1146 (7.348 %)Servlets
1242 (6.709 %)ASP
1341 (6.550 %)Spring
1437 (5.911 %)XHTML
1531 (4.952 %)XSLT
1628 (4.473 %).NET Framework
1724 (3.834 %)SOAP
1823 (3.674 %)EJB
1917 (2.716 %)WinForms
2016 (2.556 %)MDX
Merseyside IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (5.431 %)IIS
215 (2.396 %)Tomcat
310 (1.597 %)Oracle Application Server
49 (1.438 %)CMS
57 (1.118 %)Exstream Dialogue
57 (1.118 %)Apache
57 (1.118 %)MTS
66 (0.958 %)JBoss
66 (0.958 %)Papyrus
75 (0.799 %)SharePoint
84 (0.639 %)WebLogic
93 (0.479 %)SAS
93 (0.479 %)Flash Media Server
102 (0.319 %)Oracle 9iAS
102 (0.319 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (0.319 %)Zope
102 (0.319 %)Plone
111 (0.160 %)ArcSDE
111 (0.160 %)BizTalk Server
111 (0.160 %)ArcGIS
Merseyside IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
128 (4.473 %)MS Excel
211 (1.757 %)Photoshop
37 (1.118 %)Adobe Illustrator
46 (0.958 %)DOC1
46 (0.958 %)Spreadsheet
52 (0.319 %)PrintSoft PReS
52 (0.319 %)MS Office
52 (0.319 %)Shockwave
52 (0.319 %)Acrobat
52 (0.319 %)Fireworks
Merseyside IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (2.556 %)Oracle Applications
215 (2.396 %)BASE24
312 (1.917 %)Oracle 11i
42 (0.319 %)Axapta
42 (0.319 %)Dynamics AX
51 (0.160 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
51 (0.160 %)SAP PP
Merseyside IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (5.751 %)Internet
224 (3.834 %)Intranet
310 (1.597 %)Intrusion Detection
42 (0.319 %)SMS
51 (0.160 %)FTP
51 (0.160 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.160 %)DNS
51 (0.160 %)Extranet
Merseyside IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1299 (47.76 %)SQL Server
271 (11.34 %)RDBMS
367 (10.70 %)SQL Server 2005
451 (8.147 %)MySQL
541 (6.550 %)SQL Server 2000
631 (4.952 %)Oracle Reports
631 (4.952 %)Oracle 9i
730 (4.792 %)Crystal Reports
825 (3.994 %)OLAP
825 (3.994 %)Datawarehouse
923 (3.674 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1019 (3.035 %)OLTP
1118 (2.875 %)Oracle 10g
1118 (2.875 %)BusinessObjects
1216 (2.556 %)Oracle 8/8i
1315 (2.396 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1412 (1.917 %)FileMaker
157 (1.118 %)PostgreSQL
157 (1.118 %)Hyperion Essbase
157 (1.118 %)ETL
Merseyside IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
144 (7.029 %)Ant
238 (6.070 %)Visual Studio
330 (4.792 %)JDeveloper
426 (4.153 %)Oracle Forms
517 (2.716 %)VSS/SourceSafe
616 (2.556 %)Flash
75 (0.799 %)JUnit
83 (0.479 %)Dreamweaver
92 (0.319 %)Eclipse
92 (0.319 %)Subversion
92 (0.319 %)MorphX
101 (0.160 %)JIRA
Merseyside IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
172 (11.50 %)Finance
237 (5.911 %)Pensions
320 (3.195 %)Insurance
320 (3.195 %)Legal
320 (3.195 %)Health
419 (3.035 %)Manufacturing
419 (3.035 %)Marketing
513 (2.077 %)Retail
611 (1.757 %)Automotive
710 (1.597 %)Advertising
88 (1.278 %)Government
88 (1.278 %)Graphic Design
96 (0.958 %)Law
96 (0.958 %)Games
105 (0.799 %)Construction
114 (0.639 %)Education
114 (0.639 %)Publishing
123 (0.479 %)Front Office
132 (0.319 %)Back Office
132 (0.319 %)Pharmaceutical
Merseyside IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (3.035 %)W3C
214 (2.236 %)Tandem
310 (1.597 %)Computer Science
49 (1.438 %)Management Information System
49 (1.438 %)Client/Server
57 (1.118 %)N-Tier
65 (0.799 %)Clustering
73 (0.479 %)Streaming Media
73 (0.479 %)Derivative
82 (0.319 %)Equity Derivative
82 (0.319 %)Fixed Income
82 (0.319 %)Equities
82 (0.319 %)Pocket PC
91 (0.160 %)Life Science
91 (0.160 %)Social Network
91 (0.160 %)Multithreading
91 (0.160 %)Data Extraction
91 (0.160 %)E-Learning
91 (0.160 %)NHS
91 (0.160 %)AS400
Merseyside IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
155 (8.786 %)UNIX
240 (6.390 %)Windows
326 (4.153 %)Linux
47 (1.118 %)AIX
52 (0.319 %)Windows CE
61 (0.160 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (0.160 %)VMS
61 (0.160 %)OpenVMS
Merseyside IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
166 (10.54 %)UML
265 (10.38 %)OO
342 (6.709 %)Web Development
430 (4.792 %)RUP
528 (4.473 %)Security Cleared
627 (4.313 %)Migration
725 (3.994 %)SC Cleared
823 (3.674 %)E-Commerce
920 (3.195 %)Data Modelling
1019 (3.035 %)OOP
1118 (2.875 %)SEO
1118 (2.875 %)Data Migration
1216 (2.556 %)Content Management
1216 (2.556 %)Project Management
1315 (2.396 %)Logistics
1315 (2.396 %)Web Design
1414 (2.236 %)Business Intelligence
1513 (2.077 %)OOA/OOD
1513 (2.077 %)Business Analysis
1611 (1.757 %)Pay per click
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1233 (37.22 %)SQL
2195 (31.15 %)C#
3119 (19.01 %)JavaScript
4116 (18.53 %)Java
5110 (17.57 %)VB.NET
690 (14.38 %)VB
763 (10.06 %)PL/SQL
858 (9.265 %)PHP
952 (8.307 %)VB6
1028 (4.473 %)Transact-SQL
1124 (3.834 %)C++
1219 (3.035 %)VBScript
1318 (2.875 %)C
1416 (2.556 %)COBOL
1511 (1.757 %)ActionScript
1610 (1.597 %)Ruby
1610 (1.597 %)DHTML
178 (1.278 %)VBA
187 (1.118 %)PHP5
187 (1.118 %)Perl
Merseyside IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
154 (8.626 %)Degree
224 (3.834 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (1.278 %)MCTS
47 (1.118 %)MCSD
47 (1.118 %)MCSE
53 (0.479 %)HND
53 (0.479 %)Sun Certification
62 (0.319 %)MCP
71 (0.160 %)MCPD
71 (0.160 %)Oracle Certification
Merseyside IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (3.035 %)QA
21 (0.160 %)SLA
Merseyside IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.639 %)Oracle RAC
21 (0.160 %)MSMQ
Merseyside IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.958 %)SCOM
Merseyside IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1147 (23.48 %)Oracle
251 (8.147 %)Microsoft
318 (2.875 %)Business Objects
413 (2.077 %)Adobe
511 (1.757 %)Google
67 (1.118 %)Exstream
67 (1.118 %)Hyperion
76 (0.958 %)Dundas
85 (0.799 %)Visualfiles
85 (0.799 %)SAP
94 (0.639 %)Progress
103 (0.479 %)Sun
112 (0.319 %)Chordiant
112 (0.319 %)Macromedia
112 (0.319 %)Cognos
121 (0.160 %)IBM
121 (0.160 %)Novell
121 (0.160 %)Autodesk
121 (0.160 %)ESRI
121 (0.160 %)Thunderhead