The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. 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 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 51 73 51
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 10 9 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.237% 1.337% 3.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.304% 1.376% 3.118%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 11
Average salary £37,050 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,800 £31,800 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £41,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
434 654 449
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 97.09% 97.18% 96.98%
Number of salaries quoted 364 583 368
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
North West

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Liverpool +21 8 £33,750 -10.00%
Programmer
North West

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

1 18 (85.71%) .NET
2 11 (52.38%) SQL Server
3 10 (47.62%) Degree
4 9 (42.86%) SharePoint
5 8 (38.10%) C#
5 8 (38.10%) Java
6 7 (33.33%) Visual Studio
6 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 6 (28.57%) VB.NET
7 6 (28.57%) Manufacturing
7 6 (28.57%) ERP
7 6 (28.57%) ASP.NET
7 6 (28.57%) SQL
7 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
8 5 (23.81%) Resource Management
8 5 (23.81%) Business Analysis
8 5 (23.81%) WCF
8 5 (23.81%) Systems Analysis
8 5 (23.81%) Infor
8 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
8 5 (23.81%) Baan
8 5 (23.81%) Web Services
9 4 (19.05%) XML
9 4 (19.05%) XSD
9 4 (19.05%) XSLT
9 4 (19.05%) OO
9 4 (19.05%) Salesforce.com
9 4 (19.05%) HTML
9 4 (19.05%) CSS
9 4 (19.05%) MVC

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Application Development
1 18 (85.71%) .NET
2 6 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 5 (23.81%) WCF
3 5 (23.81%) Web Services
4 4 (19.05%) XML
4 4 (19.05%) XSD
4 4 (19.05%) XSLT
4 4 (19.05%) HTML
4 4 (19.05%) CSS
4 4 (19.05%) CAML
5 3 (14.29%) RESTful
5 3 (14.29%) HTML5
5 3 (14.29%) jQuery
5 3 (14.29%) WPF
5 3 (14.29%) SOAP
6 2 (9.524%) ActiveX
6 2 (9.524%) WinForms
6 2 (9.524%) .NET Framework
6 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (4.762%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 9 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (19.05%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (19.05%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (4.762%) Orchard CMS
3 1 (4.762%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) InfoPath
2 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (52.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.762%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.762%) Moq
2 1 (4.762%) NUnit
2 1 (4.762%) TeamCity
2 1 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.762%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (4.762%) Subversion
General
1 6 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
2 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Marketing
3 1 (4.762%) Finance
3 1 (4.762%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.762%) Open Source
3 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.762%) Social Network
3 1 (4.762%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.762%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.524%) Android
2 2 (9.524%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) ERP
2 5 (23.81%) Resource Management
2 5 (23.81%) Business Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (19.05%) OO
3 4 (19.05%) MVC
3 4 (19.05%) Configuration Management
3 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (14.29%) Web Development
5 2 (9.524%) Scrum
5 2 (9.524%) Integration Testing
5 2 (9.524%) MVVM
6 1 (4.762%) Web Application Development
6 1 (4.762%) TDD
6 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
6 1 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (4.762%) Time Management
6 1 (4.762%) SEO
6 1 (4.762%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) C#
1 8 (38.10%) Java
2 6 (28.57%) VB.NET
2 6 (28.57%) SQL
3 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
4 3 (14.29%) C++
5 2 (9.524%) C
5 2 (9.524%) VB
5 2 (9.524%) VB6
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Infor
2 5 (23.81%) Baan
3 4 (19.05%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (4.762%) Teradata
4 1 (4.762%) Business Objects
4 1 (4.762%) Oracle
4 1 (4.762%) Adobe
4 1 (4.762%) Apple