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The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7140
Rank change on same period last yearDown-31
Matching permanent IT job ads295554
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.170 %0.242 %
As % of the category below3.113 %4.460 %
Salaries quoted251505
Average minimum salary£29,246£29,121
Average salary£32,091£32,296
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Average maximum salary£34,935£35,472
UK excluding London average salary£33,373£32,659
% change on same period last year+2.18 %
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads947512422
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.458 %5.420 %
Salaries quoted823810388
Average minimum salary£32,525£34,555
Average salary£36,368£38,335
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Average maximum salary£40,210£42,115
UK excluding London average salary£38,200£39,254
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Programmer EnglandProgrammer
England

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

North West Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

North West Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

North West Programmer Salary Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 8 October 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
ManchesterDown-20118£31,075+2.65 %
CheshireDown-4777£32,854-3.05 %
LancashireDown-2344£30,838+0.99 %
MerseysideDown-942£32,543-6.74 %
Programmer EnglandProgrammer
England

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1248 (38.51 %)SQL
2243 (37.73 %).NET
3212 (32.92 %)SQL Server
4147 (22.83 %)C#
5127 (19.72 %)ASP.NET
6121 (18.79 %)XML
7113 (17.55 %)VB
8100 (15.53 %)C++
991 (14.13 %)VB.NET
1089 (13.82 %)Degree
1187 (13.51 %)WebServices
1285 (13.20 %)Finance
1380 (12.42 %)UNIX
1479 (12.27 %)ASP
1576 (11.80 %)HTML
1675 (11.65 %)Oracle
1771 (11.02 %)Java
1870 (10.87 %)JavaScript
1968 (10.56 %)Pensions
2063 (9.783 %)C
2159 (9.161 %)SQL Server 2000
2258 (9.006 %)CSS
2258 (9.006 %)Retail
2357 (8.851 %)OO
2456 (8.696 %)VB6
2553 (8.230 %)COBOL
2652 (8.075 %)Visual Studio
2750 (7.764 %)Progress
2849 (7.609 %)PL/SQL
2948 (7.453 %)Health

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1243 (37.73 %).NET
2127 (19.72 %)ASP.NET
3121 (18.79 %)XML
487 (13.51 %)WebServices
579 (12.27 %)ASP
676 (11.80 %)HTML
758 (9.006 %)CSS
843 (6.677 %)AJAX
925 (3.882 %)ODBC
1023 (3.571 %)XHTML
1121 (3.261 %)J2EE
1220 (3.106 %)JSP
1316 (2.484 %).NET Framework
1412 (1.863 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1412 (1.863 %)EJB
1412 (1.863 %)J2SE
1511 (1.708 %)DirectX
1610 (1.553 %)OpenGL
1610 (1.553 %)XSL
1610 (1.553 %)XSLT
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (5.435 %)IIS
218 (2.795 %)SAS
218 (2.795 %)CMS
317 (2.640 %)Apache
410 (1.553 %)Oracle Application Server
56 (0.932 %)Tomcat
65 (0.776 %)JBoss
73 (0.466 %)Oracle Workflow
82 (0.311 %)SharePoint
82 (0.311 %)Oracle BPEL
91 (0.155 %)WebSphere Application Server
91 (0.155 %)Papyrus
91 (0.155 %)BizTalk Server
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (3.261 %)MS Excel
28 (1.242 %)PrintSoft PReS
36 (0.932 %)MS Office
42 (0.311 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.311 %)MS Visio
42 (0.311 %)Maya
51 (0.155 %)3ds Max
51 (0.155 %)LightWave 3D
51 (0.155 %)DOC1
51 (0.155 %)Photoshop
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
119 (2.950 %)Oracle Applications
217 (2.640 %)Oracle 11i
33 (0.466 %)MFGPRO
42 (0.311 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
51 (0.155 %)BASE24
51 (0.155 %)SAP CRM
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (5.590 %)Internet
217 (2.640 %)Intranet
33 (0.466 %)Extranet
42 (0.311 %)Wireless
42 (0.311 %)Broadband
42 (0.311 %)GPRS
42 (0.311 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.311 %)HTTPS
42 (0.311 %)SSL
51 (0.155 %)FTP
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1212 (32.92 %)SQL Server
259 (9.161 %)SQL Server 2000
338 (5.901 %)SQL Server 2005
436 (5.590 %)MySQL
532 (4.969 %)Oracle Reports
626 (4.037 %)Oracle 9i
724 (3.727 %)Crystal Reports
822 (3.416 %)Datawarehouse
919 (2.950 %)RDBMS
1018 (2.795 %)Oracle 8/8i
1114 (2.174 %)DB2
1114 (2.174 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1213 (2.019 %)Oracle 10g
1312 (1.863 %)Base SAS
148 (1.242 %)Oracle Discoverer
157 (1.087 %)UniData
166 (0.932 %)Data Mining
166 (0.932 %)MS Access
175 (0.776 %)Informix
175 (0.776 %)DTS
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
152 (8.075 %)Visual Studio
236 (5.590 %)Oracle Forms
315 (2.329 %)WebSpeed
413 (2.019 %)Flash
54 (0.621 %)Eclipse
63 (0.466 %)JBuilder
63 (0.466 %)JDeveloper
72 (0.311 %)CodeWarrior
72 (0.311 %)Oracle APEX
72 (0.311 %)Rational Rose
72 (0.311 %)PVCS
72 (0.311 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.155 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.155 %)NUnit
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
185 (13.20 %)Finance
268 (10.56 %)Pensions
358 (9.006 %)Retail
448 (7.453 %)Health
545 (6.988 %)Education
643 (6.677 %)Games
727 (4.193 %)Pharmaceutical
822 (3.416 %)Insurance
919 (2.950 %)Marketing
1013 (2.019 %)Telecoms
1013 (2.019 %)Publishing
1112 (1.863 %)Government
1210 (1.553 %)Banking
136 (0.932 %)Legal
145 (0.776 %)Manufacturing
145 (0.776 %)Back Office
145 (0.776 %)Local Government
154 (0.621 %)Billing
163 (0.466 %)3D Graphics
172 (0.311 %)Aerospace
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (4.037 %)Computer Science
217 (2.640 %)Tandem
316 (2.484 %)Mathematics
316 (2.484 %)Client/Server
415 (2.329 %)N-Tier
514 (2.174 %)AS400
611 (1.708 %)Mainframe
78 (1.242 %)W3C
86 (0.932 %)Management Information System
86 (0.932 %)Physics
95 (0.776 %)Statistics
95 (0.776 %)Data Conversion
103 (0.466 %)Multithreading
112 (0.311 %)Pocket PC
112 (0.311 %)PDA
112 (0.311 %)Smartcard
121 (0.155 %)EPoS
121 (0.155 %)Replication
121 (0.155 %)VLE
121 (0.155 %)Data Protection Act
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
180 (12.42 %)UNIX
239 (6.056 %)Windows
328 (4.348 %)Linux
419 (2.950 %)HPUX
511 (1.708 %)AIX
62 (0.311 %)Windows CE
62 (0.311 %)Symbian OS
62 (0.311 %)Windows Mobile
71 (0.155 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.155 %)Windows NT
71 (0.155 %)Windows XP
71 (0.155 %)OS/400
71 (0.155 %)Mac OS X
71 (0.155 %)zOS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
157 (8.851 %)OO
233 (5.124 %)CRM
329 (4.503 %)Unit Testing
428 (4.348 %)UML
527 (4.193 %)Web Development
625 (3.882 %)E-Commerce
723 (3.571 %)Systems Analysis
821 (3.261 %)OOP
919 (2.950 %)Project Management
1018 (2.795 %)Agile Software Development
1115 (2.329 %)ITIL
1115 (2.329 %)PRINCE2
1115 (2.329 %)Problem Management
1213 (2.019 %)OOD
1213 (2.019 %)Data Management
1312 (1.863 %)Security Cleared
1410 (1.553 %)SC Cleared
1410 (1.553 %)System Testing
1410 (1.553 %)SEO
159 (1.398 %)Data Analysis
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1248 (38.51 %)SQL
2147 (22.83 %)C#
3113 (17.55 %)VB
4100 (15.53 %)C++
591 (14.13 %)VB.NET
671 (11.02 %)Java
770 (10.87 %)JavaScript
863 (9.783 %)C
956 (8.696 %)VB6
1053 (8.230 %)COBOL
1149 (7.609 %)PL/SQL
1246 (7.143 %)PHP
1333 (5.124 %)Progress 4GL
1431 (4.814 %)VBA
1524 (3.727 %)DHTML
1622 (3.416 %)Transact-SQL
1714 (2.174 %)RPG
1714 (2.174 %)PHP5
1714 (2.174 %)PHP4
1812 (1.863 %)VBScript
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
189 (13.82 %)Degree
220 (3.106 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (1.863 %)MCAD
411 (1.708 %)MCSD
59 (1.398 %)MCTS
68 (1.242 %)Oracle Certification
77 (1.087 %)OCP
77 (1.087 %)ITIL Certification
85 (0.776 %)Sun Certification
94 (0.621 %)SAS Certification
102 (0.311 %)HNC
102 (0.311 %)HND
111 (0.155 %)MCSE
111 (0.155 %)MCDBA
111 (0.155 %)MCITP
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (4.193 %)QA
25 (0.776 %)GCP
34 (0.621 %)CDISC
42 (0.311 %)SLA
42 (0.311 %)Basel II
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
175 (11.65 %)Oracle
250 (7.764 %)Progress
337 (5.745 %)Microsoft
415 (2.329 %)NetSuite
511 (1.708 %)HP
511 (1.708 %)Micro Focus
69 (1.398 %)Cognos
78 (1.242 %)SAP
78 (1.242 %)Symbian
87 (1.087 %)jBASE
96 (0.932 %)Chordiant
105 (0.776 %)Sun
114 (0.621 %)Ab Initio
122 (0.311 %)Infor
122 (0.311 %)Geac
122 (0.311 %)IBM
131 (0.155 %)Siebel
131 (0.155 %)Infragistics
131 (0.155 %)Perforce
131 (0.155 %)Thunderhead