The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 25 53 40
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 42 17 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 6.114% 1.941% 3.883%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.452% 2.019% 3.994%
Number of salaries quoted 41 17 24
Average salary £31,500 £37,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.86% +1.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £32,050 £30,750
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £37,200
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
651 842 701
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 94.76% 96.12% 97.23%
Number of salaries quoted 565 695 593
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer across the North East region.

North East Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the North East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North East Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the North East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Tyne and Wear +15 39 £32,500 -15.58%
Durham - 2 £24,000 -
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 59 (69.41%) C#
2 57 (67.06%) .NET
3 41 (48.24%) SQL Server
4 34 (40.00%) HTML
5 31 (36.47%) Degree
6 29 (34.12%) JavaScript
7 28 (32.94%) Agile Software Development
8 27 (31.76%) C++
9 26 (30.59%) ASP.NET
9 26 (30.59%) Unit Testing
10 24 (28.24%) SQL
11 23 (27.06%) Java
12 22 (25.88%) CSS
13 21 (24.71%) OO
14 19 (22.35%) XML
14 19 (22.35%) Multithreading
14 19 (22.35%) Computer Science
15 18 (21.18%) 3D Graphics
15 18 (21.18%) PhD
16 17 (20.00%) Microsoft
16 17 (20.00%) MVC
17 15 (17.65%) Windows
18 14 (16.47%) Web Development
19 13 (15.29%) Mathematics
19 13 (15.29%) Physics
19 13 (15.29%) SQL Server 2008
20 12 (14.12%) jQuery
20 12 (14.12%) Scrum
20 12 (14.12%) TDD
20 12 (14.12%) Visual Studio

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East region that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 57 (67.06%) .NET
2 34 (40.00%) HTML
3 26 (30.59%) ASP.NET
4 22 (25.88%) CSS
5 19 (22.35%) XML
6 12 (14.12%) jQuery
7 10 (11.76%) Web Services
7 10 (11.76%) ASP
8 9 (10.59%) Ajax
8 9 (10.59%) ASP.NET MVC
8 9 (10.59%) HTML5
9 8 (9.412%) XHTML
10 6 (7.059%) .NET Framework
10 6 (7.059%) WinForms
11 5 (5.882%) CSS3
12 4 (4.706%) LINQ
13 3 (3.529%) RESTful
13 3 (3.529%) COM
14 2 (2.353%) Flash
14 2 (2.353%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.529%) Windows Azure
1 3 (3.529%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (1.176%) Apache
2 1 (1.176%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (12.94%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.176%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.882%) Intranet
1 5 (5.882%) Internet
2 3 (3.529%) HTTP
3 2 (2.353%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.353%) GPRS
3 2 (2.353%) ZigBee
3 2 (2.353%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (48.24%) SQL Server
2 13 (15.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (12.94%) MySQL
4 4 (4.706%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.353%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.176%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.176%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (14.12%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.176%) MSTest
3 1 (1.176%) PHPUnit
3 1 (1.176%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.176%) Xcode
General
1 5 (5.882%) Games
2 4 (4.706%) Finance
3 2 (2.353%) Advertising
3 2 (2.353%) Electronics
4 1 (1.176%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.35%) Computer Science
2 18 (21.18%) 3D Graphics
3 13 (15.29%) Mathematics
3 13 (15.29%) Physics
4 8 (9.412%) CUDA
5 7 (8.235%) N-Tier
6 5 (5.882%) Visualisation
7 4 (4.706%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (3.529%) Mobile App
8 3 (3.529%) SaaS
8 3 (3.529%) NHS
9 1 (1.176%) Open Source
9 1 (1.176%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.65%) Windows
2 10 (11.76%) Linux
3 2 (2.353%) Fedora
4 1 (1.176%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (1.176%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.176%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.94%) Agile Software Development
2 26 (30.59%) Unit Testing
3 21 (24.71%) OO
4 19 (22.35%) Multithreading
5 17 (20.00%) MVC
6 14 (16.47%) Web Development
7 12 (14.12%) Scrum
7 12 (14.12%) TDD
8 10 (11.76%) OOD
9 6 (7.059%) UML
10 5 (5.882%) CRM
10 5 (5.882%) E-business
10 5 (5.882%) Information Security
10 5 (5.882%) Game Development
10 5 (5.882%) Parallel Programming
11 3 (3.529%) Data Management
11 3 (3.529%) Information Management
12 2 (2.353%) Document Management
12 2 (2.353%) Project Management
13 1 (1.176%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 59 (69.41%) C#
2 29 (34.12%) JavaScript
3 27 (31.76%) C++
4 24 (28.24%) SQL
5 23 (27.06%) Java
6 9 (10.59%) VB.NET
7 8 (9.412%) VB
8 7 (8.235%) C
9 4 (4.706%) PHP
9 4 (4.706%) Python
10 2 (2.353%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.176%) XAML
11 1 (1.176%) VB6
11 1 (1.176%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (36.47%) Degree
2 18 (21.18%) PhD
3 2 (2.353%) HND
4 1 (1.176%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (2.353%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.706%) Oracle
3 2 (2.353%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.176%) Sage
4 1 (1.176%) Citrix
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