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This section looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT jobs within the Midlands 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 Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6782
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads113
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.112 %0.720 %
Salaries quoted113
Average minimum salary£27,000£43,846
Average salary£27,000£45,192
% change on same period last year-40.25 %
Average maximum salary£27,000£46,538
UK excluding London average salary£33,547£35,474
% change on same period last year-5.43 %
Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads8921805
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.487 %0.758 %
Salaries quoted6591430
Average minimum salary£43,892£41,314
Average salary£49,921£48,025
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Average maximum salary£55,949£54,736
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Applications Developer EnglandApplications Developer
England

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

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

Midlands Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Salary Trend

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

Midlands Applications Developer Salary Trend

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

114 (77.78 %)SQL
29 (50.00 %)C#
29 (50.00 %).NET
29 (50.00 %)SQL Server
36 (33.33 %)J2EE
36 (33.33 %)Oracle
36 (33.33 %)Java
36 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
36 (33.33 %)XML
36 (33.33 %)Oracle Forms
36 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
36 (33.33 %)Oracle 9i
36 (33.33 %)Oracle Discoverer
36 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
36 (33.33 %)JDeveloper
36 (33.33 %)Workflow
36 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications
36 (33.33 %)Oracle Workflow
36 (33.33 %)SQLPlus
45 (27.78 %)Data Migration
45 (27.78 %)Education
45 (27.78 %)Migration
45 (27.78 %)Oracle Application Server
45 (27.78 %)Degree
45 (27.78 %)Microsoft
45 (27.78 %)Oracle 8/8i
45 (27.78 %)Oracle 11i
45 (27.78 %)Windows
45 (27.78 %)ASP.NET
45 (27.78 %)VB.NET

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (50.00 %).NET
26 (33.33 %)J2EE
26 (33.33 %)XML
35 (27.78 %)ASP.NET
44 (22.22 %)ATL
44 (22.22 %)COM
44 (22.22 %)CSS
44 (22.22 %)STL
44 (22.22 %)ASP
44 (22.22 %).NET Framework
53 (16.67 %)XHTML
61 (5.556 %)HTML
Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (33.33 %)Oracle Workflow
25 (27.78 %)Oracle Application Server
34 (22.22 %)IIS
41 (5.556 %)Oracle 9iAS
41 (5.556 %)Oracle 10gAS
Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.556 %)Photoshop
11 (5.556 %)Fireworks
Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications
25 (27.78 %)Oracle 11i
31 (5.556 %)Oracle Financials
31 (5.556 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (22.22 %)HTTP
14 (22.22 %)Internet
Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (50.00 %)SQL Server
26 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
26 (33.33 %)SQLPlus
26 (33.33 %)Oracle 9i
26 (33.33 %)Oracle Discoverer
26 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
35 (27.78 %)Oracle 8/8i
43 (16.67 %)MySQL
51 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (33.33 %)Oracle Forms
16 (33.33 %)JDeveloper
25 (27.78 %)Visual Studio
34 (22.22 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (22.22 %)Subversion
Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (27.78 %)Education
24 (22.22 %)Graphic Design
31 (5.556 %)Telecoms
31 (5.556 %)Finance
Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (22.22 %)Management Information System
Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (27.78 %)Windows
Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (33.33 %)Workflow
25 (27.78 %)Migration
25 (27.78 %)Data Migration
34 (22.22 %)Data Analysis
34 (22.22 %)OO
43 (16.67 %)OOP
51 (5.556 %)E-Commerce
51 (5.556 %)Content Management
Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (77.78 %)SQL
29 (50.00 %)C#
36 (33.33 %)Java
36 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
45 (27.78 %)VB.NET
54 (22.22 %)VB6
54 (22.22 %)Transact-SQL
54 (22.22 %)VB
54 (22.22 %)C++
63 (16.67 %)JavaScript
63 (16.67 %)PHP
Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (27.78 %)Degree
Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (33.33 %)Oracle
25 (27.78 %)Microsoft