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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 60 26 34
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 1 26 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.207% 5.765% 3.874%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.220% 5.991% 3.922%
Number of salaries quoted 0 21 16
Average salary - £33,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
455 434 408
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 94.01% 96.23% 98.79%
Number of salaries quoted 390 363 341
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
Tyne and Wear

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Animation
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Physics
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) WCF
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) MSTest
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) WCF
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MSTest
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Animation
1 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (25.00%) Physics
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) OO
1 1 (25.00%) Scrum
1 1 (25.00%) TDD
1 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft