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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads30133016
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.591 %1.235 %
As % of the category below27.03 %23.61 %
Salaries quoted25632619
Average minimum salary£29,192£28,916
Average salary£31,754£31,387
% change on same period last year+1.17 %
Average maximum salary£34,317£33,857
UK excluding London average salary£34,036£33,913
% change on same period last year+0.36 %
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads1114812772
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.885 %5.230 %
Salaries quoted940710740
Average minimum salary£32,555£34,146
Average salary£36,431£37,829
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Average maximum salary£40,307£41,512
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Developer EnglandDeveloper
England

Developer
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ManchesterUp+11435£31,191-3.43 %
CheshireNo change0841£32,115+4.16 %
MerseysideDown-1348£32,108+8.56 %
LancashireNo change0295£30,849+0.20 %
CumbriaUp+122£26,156-12.04 %
Developer EnglandDeveloper
England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

13217 (52.47 %).NET
22603 (42.46 %)SQL Server
32226 (36.31 %)C#
42193 (35.77 %)ASP.NET
52133 (34.79 %)SQL
61585 (25.85 %)XML
71390 (22.67 %)Java
81364 (22.25 %)HTML
91333 (21.74 %)JavaScript
101165 (19.00 %)VB.NET
111152 (18.79 %)CSS
12992 (16.18 %)VB
13975 (15.90 %)Oracle
14822 (13.41 %)J2EE
15778 (12.69 %)OO
16772 (12.59 %)WebServices
17722 (11.78 %)ASP
18683 (11.14 %)Microsoft
19671 (10.94 %)AJAX
20652 (10.63 %)SQL Server 2005
21636 (10.37 %)Degree
22633 (10.32 %)SQL Server 2000
23608 (9.917 %)PHP
24542 (8.840 %)Finance
25540 (8.808 %)C++
26536 (8.742 %)Windows
27520 (8.481 %)XHTML
28514 (8.384 %)MySQL
29498 (8.123 %)VB6
30483 (7.878 %)Web Development

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13217 (52.47 %).NET
22193 (35.77 %)ASP.NET
31585 (25.85 %)XML
41364 (22.25 %)HTML
51152 (18.79 %)CSS
6822 (13.41 %)J2EE
7772 (12.59 %)WebServices
8722 (11.78 %)ASP
9671 (10.94 %)AJAX
10520 (8.481 %)XHTML
11425 (6.932 %)JSP
12305 (4.975 %).NET Framework
13298 (4.861 %)XSLT
14289 (4.714 %)EJB
15252 (4.110 %)Spring
16235 (3.833 %)Servlets
17234 (3.817 %)Hibernate
18219 (3.572 %)WinForms
19216 (3.523 %)Struts
20168 (2.740 %)JDBC
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1251 (4.094 %)IIS
2185 (3.017 %)SharePoint
3150 (2.447 %)JBoss
4126 (2.055 %)Tomcat
5122 (1.990 %)Apache
6107 (1.745 %)CMS
775 (1.223 %)BizTalk Server
870 (1.142 %)SharePoint Server 2007
967 (1.093 %)Lotus Notes
1065 (1.060 %)WebLogic
1154 (0.881 %)Lotus Domino
1241 (0.669 %)ColdFusion
1336 (0.587 %)WebSphere Application Server
1432 (0.522 %)Oracle Application Server
1525 (0.408 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1620 (0.326 %)MTS
1620 (0.326 %)SAS
1714 (0.228 %)Oracle 9iAS
1812 (0.196 %)WebLogic Portal
1812 (0.196 %)NetWeaver
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1433 (7.062 %)MS Excel
2133 (2.169 %)Photoshop
361 (0.995 %)MS Office
458 (0.946 %)Adobe Illustrator
541 (0.669 %)Fireworks
639 (0.636 %)MS Visio
715 (0.245 %)MS PowerPoint
812 (0.196 %)FreeHand
911 (0.179 %)PrintSoft PReS
109 (0.147 %)Adobe Captivate
109 (0.147 %)CA Clarity
118 (0.130 %)DOC1
118 (0.130 %)FrameMaker
127 (0.114 %)Spreadsheet
135 (0.082 %)MS Project
143 (0.049 %)Adobe Director
152 (0.033 %)ImageReady
161 (0.016 %)MATLAB
161 (0.016 %)Simulink
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
173 (1.191 %)Oracle Applications
252 (0.848 %)Oracle 11i
344 (0.718 %)Axapta
431 (0.506 %)BASE24
520 (0.326 %)Dynamics AX
615 (0.245 %)Oracle EBS
712 (0.196 %)Dynamics CRM
811 (0.179 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
811 (0.179 %)Pivotal CRM
99 (0.147 %)Navision
107 (0.114 %)Dynamics NAV
116 (0.098 %)Microsoft CRM
125 (0.082 %)SAP HR
125 (0.082 %)Endur
125 (0.082 %)Bond Adapt
125 (0.082 %)MFGPRO
125 (0.082 %)SAP Retail
134 (0.065 %)Line 500
134 (0.065 %)Oracle Financials
134 (0.065 %)SAP MM
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1352 (5.741 %)Internet
2199 (3.246 %)Intranet
377 (1.256 %)HTTP
437 (0.603 %)Extranet
532 (0.522 %)TCP/IP
532 (0.522 %)GPRS
628 (0.457 %)SSL
723 (0.375 %)HTTPS
821 (0.343 %)WAN
919 (0.310 %)LAN
1016 (0.261 %)FTP
1112 (0.196 %)Bluetooth
1112 (0.196 %)Wi-Fi
129 (0.147 %)Intrusion Detection
138 (0.130 %)Wireless
147 (0.114 %)WiMAX
147 (0.114 %)SMTP
156 (0.098 %)Firewall
165 (0.082 %)DAB
165 (0.082 %)GSM
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12603 (42.46 %)SQL Server
2652 (10.63 %)SQL Server 2005
3633 (10.32 %)SQL Server 2000
4514 (8.384 %)MySQL
5246 (4.012 %)Crystal Reports
6189 (3.083 %)Oracle Reports
7180 (2.936 %)RDBMS
8172 (2.805 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9167 (2.724 %)Oracle 9i
10156 (2.544 %)Oracle 10g
11149 (2.430 %)Datawarehouse
12130 (2.120 %)SQL Server 7
1398 (1.598 %)Oracle 8/8i
1491 (1.484 %)ETL
1589 (1.452 %)BusinessObjects
1674 (1.207 %)MS Access
1767 (1.093 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1865 (1.060 %)OLAP
1957 (0.930 %)DB2
2056 (0.913 %)DTS
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1446 (7.275 %)Visual Studio
2213 (3.474 %)Flash
3171 (2.789 %)Oracle Forms
4123 (2.006 %)Eclipse
5118 (1.925 %)Dreamweaver
6104 (1.696 %)Ant
774 (1.207 %)VSS/SourceSafe
862 (1.011 %)JDeveloper
955 (0.897 %)Subversion
1052 (0.848 %)JUnit
1144 (0.718 %)MorphX
1230 (0.489 %)NUnit
1318 (0.294 %)WebSpeed
1412 (0.196 %)Oracle APEX
1412 (0.196 %)Rational Rose
159 (0.147 %)InstallShield
168 (0.130 %)ClearQuest
168 (0.130 %)Zend Studio
168 (0.130 %)JIRA
168 (0.130 %)ClearCase
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1542 (8.840 %)Finance
2370 (6.035 %)Pensions
3267 (4.355 %)Health
4214 (3.490 %)Marketing
5131 (2.137 %)Insurance
6122 (1.990 %)Retail
6122 (1.990 %)Education
782 (1.337 %)Games
874 (1.207 %)Manufacturing
971 (1.158 %)Telecoms
1069 (1.125 %)Legal
1168 (1.109 %)Government
1264 (1.044 %)Advertising
1264 (1.044 %)Banking
1347 (0.767 %)Pharmaceutical
1441 (0.669 %)Automotive
1534 (0.555 %)3D Graphics
1534 (0.555 %)Graphic Design
1633 (0.538 %)Multimedia
1633 (0.538 %)Publishing
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1107 (1.745 %)W3C
2106 (1.729 %)N-Tier
390 (1.468 %)Client/Server
486 (1.403 %)Computer Science
552 (0.848 %)Management Information System
645 (0.734 %)Tandem
737 (0.603 %)Mathematics
830 (0.489 %)PDA
926 (0.424 %)Blackberry
1024 (0.391 %)Multithreading
1122 (0.359 %)NHS
1220 (0.326 %)Device Driver
1318 (0.294 %)IVR
1318 (0.294 %)Web 2.0
1414 (0.228 %)Handset
1414 (0.228 %)Informatics
1513 (0.212 %)Pocket PC
1513 (0.212 %)E-Learning
1513 (0.212 %)Replication
1611 (0.179 %)Data Integration
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1536 (8.742 %)Windows
2332 (5.415 %)UNIX
3323 (5.268 %)Linux
449 (0.799 %)Windows Mobile
545 (0.734 %)AIX
643 (0.701 %)Windows CE
713 (0.212 %)Solaris
89 (0.147 %)Windows NT
89 (0.147 %)Windows XP
98 (0.130 %)Symbian OS
107 (0.114 %)Windows XP Embedded
107 (0.114 %)HPUX
113 (0.049 %)VMS
122 (0.033 %)Windows 2000
122 (0.033 %)FreeBSD
122 (0.033 %)Embedded Linux
122 (0.033 %)zOS
131 (0.016 %)Windows Vista
131 (0.016 %)VxWorks
131 (0.016 %)pSOS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1778 (12.69 %)OO
2483 (7.878 %)Web Development
3433 (7.062 %)E-Commerce
4396 (6.459 %)UML
5159 (2.593 %)Unit Testing
6156 (2.544 %)Project Management
7151 (2.463 %)OOP
8150 (2.447 %)Business Intelligence
9143 (2.332 %)CRM
10127 (2.071 %)Web Design
11118 (1.925 %)Content Management
12112 (1.827 %)OOD
13108 (1.762 %)Agile Software Development
1490 (1.468 %)Business Analysis
1490 (1.468 %)SEO
1588 (1.435 %)OOA/OOD
1684 (1.370 %)ERP
1781 (1.321 %)Security Cleared
1880 (1.305 %)Requirements Analysis
1979 (1.289 %)Migration
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12226 (36.31 %)C#
22133 (34.79 %)SQL
31390 (22.67 %)Java
41333 (21.74 %)JavaScript
51165 (19.00 %)VB.NET
6992 (16.18 %)VB
7608 (9.917 %)PHP
8540 (8.808 %)C++
9498 (8.123 %)VB6
10442 (7.209 %)Transact-SQL
11331 (5.399 %)PL/SQL
12231 (3.768 %)C
13185 (3.017 %)DHTML
14122 (1.990 %)VBA
15121 (1.974 %)VBScript
16111 (1.810 %)Perl
1783 (1.354 %)PHP5
1880 (1.305 %)ActionScript
1961 (0.995 %)Delphi
2060 (0.979 %)Ruby
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1636 (10.37 %)Degree
2147 (2.398 %)Microsoft Certification
365 (1.060 %)MCSD
443 (0.701 %)HND
538 (0.620 %)MCP
538 (0.620 %)Sun Certification
624 (0.391 %)Oracle Certification
719 (0.310 %)MCTS
818 (0.294 %)MCAD
914 (0.228 %)MCPD
108 (0.130 %)HNC
108 (0.130 %)OCP
117 (0.114 %)Postgraduate
117 (0.114 %)MCSE
117 (0.114 %)MCSA
123 (0.049 %)ISTQB
123 (0.049 %)SCJP
123 (0.049 %)SCJA
132 (0.033 %)GNVQ
132 (0.033 %)MCDBA
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1117 (1.908 %)QA
212 (0.196 %)SLA
310 (0.163 %)Basel II
46 (0.098 %)WCAG
54 (0.065 %)GMP
62 (0.033 %)WAI
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (0.310 %)MSMQ
25 (0.082 %)Oracle RAC
34 (0.065 %)Active Directory
42 (0.033 %)AquaLogic
51 (0.016 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.016 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.016 %)RACF
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.098 %)SCOM
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1975 (15.90 %)Oracle
2683 (11.14 %)Microsoft
3113 (1.843 %)SAP
491 (1.484 %)Adobe
589 (1.452 %)Business Objects
673 (1.191 %)Lotus
772 (1.174 %)Cognos
772 (1.174 %)Symbian
864 (1.044 %)IBM
952 (0.848 %)BEA
1046 (0.750 %)Sun
1136 (0.587 %)Sybase
1229 (0.473 %)Ab Initio
1327 (0.440 %)Teradata
1423 (0.375 %)Progress
1521 (0.343 %)Google
1619 (0.310 %)Zend
1619 (0.310 %)Dundas
1714 (0.228 %)Visualfiles
1714 (0.228 %)Hyperion
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