The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 19 June 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 50 43 60
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 339 405 263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 4.635% 5.533% 3.749%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.857% 5.768% 3.930%
Number of salaries quoted 299 371 242
Average salary £31,500 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.07% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6980 7021 6692
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.43% 95.92% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5948 6227 5918
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West 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 West region.

North West Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester 0 222 £33,000 +1.53% 28
Cheshire -28 60 £30,000 -14.28% 17
Merseyside -1 25 £30,000 - 4
Lancashire +3 17 £35,000 +18.64% 1
Cumbria +8 16 £31,875 -15.00% 7
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 494 (73.51%) .NET
2 476 (70.83%) C#
3 363 (54.02%) SQL Server
4 319 (47.47%) ASP.NET
5 274 (40.77%) JavaScript
6 268 (39.88%) SQL
7 248 (36.90%) HTML
8 231 (34.38%) CSS
9 185 (27.53%) Degree
10 162 (24.11%) VB.NET
11 151 (22.47%) Java
12 143 (21.28%) OO
13 138 (20.54%) Microsoft
14 136 (20.24%) jQuery
15 126 (18.75%) MVC
16 114 (16.96%) Windows
17 113 (16.82%) Computer Science
18 109 (16.22%) XML
19 105 (15.63%) TDD
20 102 (15.18%) .NET Framework
21 98 (14.58%) Web Services
22 92 (13.69%) Visual Studio
22 92 (13.69%) Ajax
23 79 (11.76%) Scrum
24 75 (11.16%) Web Development
25 74 (11.01%) T-SQL
26 68 (10.12%) PHP
27 67 (9.970%) Agile Software Development
27 67 (9.970%) SQL Server 2008
28 65 (9.673%) J2EE

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 494 (73.51%) .NET
2 319 (47.47%) ASP.NET
3 248 (36.90%) HTML
4 231 (34.38%) CSS
5 136 (20.24%) jQuery
6 109 (16.22%) XML
7 102 (15.18%) .NET Framework
8 98 (14.58%) Web Services
9 92 (13.69%) Ajax
10 65 (9.673%) J2EE
11 60 (8.929%) WinForms
12 55 (8.185%) WPF
13 52 (7.738%) HTML5
13 52 (7.738%) ASP
14 49 (7.292%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 44 (6.548%) ASP.NET MVC
16 35 (5.208%) WCF
17 30 (4.464%) LINQ
18 28 (4.167%) Spring
18 28 (4.167%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 22 (3.274%) IIS
2 15 (2.232%) CMS
3 13 (1.935%) Apache
4 10 (1.488%) nginx
5 9 (1.339%) Tomcat
6 7 (1.042%) Windows Azure
6 7 (1.042%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.446%) WordPress
8 2 (0.298%) Magento
9 1 (0.149%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.149%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.149%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 57 (8.482%) MS Excel
2 5 (0.744%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.149%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 18 (2.679%) Google Analytics
2 4 (0.595%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.298%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.827%) Internet
2 7 (1.042%) HTTP
2 7 (1.042%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.893%) Intranet
4 5 (0.744%) NFC
4 5 (0.744%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.744%) DVB
4 5 (0.744%) Bluetooth
4 5 (0.744%) GPRS
4 5 (0.744%) GSM
4 5 (0.744%) UMTS
4 5 (0.744%) VoIP
4 5 (0.744%) WLAN
5 2 (0.298%) Broadband
5 2 (0.298%) Firewall
6 1 (0.149%) Modbus
6 1 (0.149%) NAS
6 1 (0.149%) SAN
6 1 (0.149%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (54.02%) SQL Server
2 67 (9.970%) SQL Server 2008
3 60 (8.929%) MySQL
4 47 (6.994%) SQL Server 2005
5 27 (4.018%) SQL Server 2000
6 18 (2.679%) RDBMS
7 14 (2.083%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (1.935%) SQL Server 2012
8 13 (1.935%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.339%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (0.893%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.893%) MS Access
11 5 (0.744%) Oracle 10g
12 4 (0.595%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.446%) Riak
13 3 (0.446%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.446%) CorVu
14 2 (0.298%) NoSQL
15 1 (0.149%) Big Data
15 1 (0.149%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 92 (13.69%) Visual Studio
2 29 (4.315%) Team Foundation Server
3 17 (2.530%) Git (software)
3 17 (2.530%) JUnit
4 15 (2.232%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 14 (2.083%) Subversion
6 8 (1.190%) Rhino Mocks
7 7 (1.042%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.893%) Xcode
8 6 (0.893%) PhoneGap
9 5 (0.744%) JIRA
10 4 (0.595%) NUnit
11 3 (0.446%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.446%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.298%) Moq
12 2 (0.298%) RSpec
13 1 (0.149%) MSTest
13 1 (0.149%) PHPUnit
13 1 (0.149%) GCC
13 1 (0.149%) CruiseControl
General
1 50 (7.440%) Finance
2 16 (2.381%) Retail
2 16 (2.381%) Electronics
3 14 (2.083%) Pharmaceutical
3 14 (2.083%) Marketing
4 9 (1.339%) Games
5 8 (1.190%) Legal
5 8 (1.190%) Manufacturing
6 7 (1.042%) Telecoms
7 6 (0.893%) Local Government
8 5 (0.744%) Multimedia
8 5 (0.744%) Back Office
9 4 (0.595%) Billing
10 3 (0.446%) Law
11 2 (0.298%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 113 (16.82%) Computer Science
2 28 (4.167%) Client/Server
3 26 (3.869%) N-Tier
4 19 (2.827%) Mobile App
5 12 (1.786%) Mathematics
5 12 (1.786%) iPhone
6 9 (1.339%) New Media
6 9 (1.339%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.042%) Data Integration
7 7 (1.042%) Device Driver
7 7 (1.042%) Grid Computing
8 5 (0.744%) Speech Recognition
8 5 (0.744%) Ontologies
8 5 (0.744%) Fixed Income
8 5 (0.744%) MPEG
9 3 (0.446%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.446%) 3D Graphics
9 3 (0.446%) Blackberry
10 2 (0.298%) NHS
10 2 (0.298%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 114 (16.96%) Windows
2 37 (5.506%) Android
3 36 (5.357%) UNIX
4 32 (4.762%) Linux
5 18 (2.679%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.339%) Windows Phone
6 9 (1.339%) Windows Mobile
7 8 (1.190%) Windows 8
8 7 (1.042%) Windows Phone 8
9 5 (0.744%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.744%) Windows Phone 7
9 5 (0.744%) Nucleus RTOS
10 2 (0.298%) Windows CE
11 1 (0.149%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (21.28%) OO
2 126 (18.75%) MVC
3 105 (15.63%) TDD
4 79 (11.76%) Scrum
5 75 (11.16%) Web Development
6 67 (9.970%) Agile Software Development
7 57 (8.482%) Unit Testing
8 44 (6.548%) Project Management
9 42 (6.250%) OOD
10 39 (5.804%) Multithreading
11 37 (5.506%) Requirements Analysis
12 34 (5.060%) UML
13 31 (4.613%) OOP
13 31 (4.613%) PRINCE2
13 31 (4.613%) B2C
14 30 (4.464%) Extreme Programming
15 29 (4.315%) Software Engineering
16 27 (4.018%) Kanban
17 25 (3.720%) MVVM
18 20 (2.976%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 476 (70.83%) C#
2 274 (40.77%) JavaScript
3 268 (39.88%) SQL
4 162 (24.11%) VB.NET
5 151 (22.47%) Java
6 74 (11.01%) T-SQL
7 68 (10.12%) PHP
8 64 (9.524%) C++
9 59 (8.780%) VB
10 52 (7.738%) Ruby
11 39 (5.804%) VB6
12 30 (4.464%) C
13 27 (4.018%) Python
14 18 (2.679%) XAML
15 12 (1.786%) VBA
15 12 (1.786%) Delphi
16 9 (1.339%) Objective-C
16 9 (1.339%) Perl
17 6 (0.893%) ActionScript
17 6 (0.893%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 185 (27.53%) Degree
2 25 (3.720%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (2.083%) Security Cleared
4 11 (1.637%) MCP
5 6 (0.893%) HND
6 5 (0.744%) PhD
7 1 (0.149%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.149%) HNC
7 1 (0.149%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.935%) QA
2 5 (0.744%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (0.298%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.446%) Vagrant
2 2 (0.298%) SCOM
Vendors
1 138 (20.54%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.524%) Oracle
3 24 (3.571%) Google
4 12 (1.786%) Twitter
5 9 (1.339%) Zend
6 7 (1.042%) Sencha
6 7 (1.042%) Remedy
7 6 (0.893%) Apple
8 3 (0.446%) SAP
8 3 (0.446%) Symbian
8 3 (0.446%) Epicor
9 2 (0.298%) Nokia
9 2 (0.298%) Fujitsu
9 2 (0.298%) Rackspace
10 1 (0.149%) VMware
10 1 (0.149%) JBoss
10 1 (0.149%) Adobe
10 1 (0.149%) Progress
Oldham, Lancashire
Technically the ideal candidate will have experience in the following technologies: *C#/.Net *ASP *SQL *JavaScript My client offer a very comprehensive benefit package and the opportunity to...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum + GREAT BENEFITS
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Software Developer - (C#, ASP.Net, SQL) - just north of Bolton, Greater Manchester (easily commutable from Manchester and Preston)... In order to be suitable for this role of significant...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
The company have recently deployed a very successful web application and due to enormous success they require a Software Developer with strong skills in C#, ASP.Net and...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
You will be involved with their bespoke software and international clients, developing software into a range of applications. You will need: 2 years experience with C++ Experience in...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Wigan, North West
As their Software Developer (C# / ASP.NET) you be will responsible for the development & enhancement of various software solutions marketed by my client. Technically they are looking for...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 29 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits + training
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Penrith, North West
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £37500 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Runcorn, North West
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £48000 per annum + Competitive Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Cumbria
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Broughton-In-Furness, Cumbria
4it Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
TEKsystems
Salary: £23000 - £37000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Penrith, North West
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + great benefits package
Posted: 10 June 2013
Penrith, Cumbria
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + great benefits package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Penrith, North West
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Advantage Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Sale, Cheshire
The People Pod
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + + 10% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
St. Helens, Merseyside
ninesharp
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + benefits, training
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Laterooms Ltd
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013