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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the Northampton 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5150
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads1813
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.006 %
As % of the category below2.308 %1.973 %
Salaries quoted1811
Average minimum salary£25,889£26,636
Average salary£29,000£30,955
% change on same period last year-6.31 %
Average maximum salary£32,111£35,273
UK excluding London average salary£33,407£33,069
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Northampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Northampton
Matching permanent IT job ads780659
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.452 %0.284 %
Salaries quoted705545
Average minimum salary£34,210£33,624
Average salary£37,019£36,068
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Average maximum salary£39,827£38,513
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Software Developer NorthamptonshireSoftware Developer
Northamptonshire

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Northampton Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Northampton Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Northampton Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Northampton 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.

123 (46.00 %)Degree
221 (42.00 %)UNIX
320 (40.00 %).NET
419 (38.00 %)UniData
518 (36.00 %)InterSystems Cache
518 (36.00 %)MUMPS
617 (34.00 %)COBOL
713 (26.00 %)C++
713 (26.00 %)VB.NET
812 (24.00 %)Visual Studio
812 (24.00 %)C#
911 (22.00 %)ASP.NET
1010 (20.00 %)Windows
1010 (20.00 %)C
1010 (20.00 %)SQL Server
119 (18.00 %)MFC
119 (18.00 %)SQL
119 (18.00 %)Postgraduate
119 (18.00 %)Embedded C
119 (18.00 %)Software Engineering
119 (18.00 %)Mathematics
126 (12.00 %)JavaScript
135 (10.00 %)VB
135 (10.00 %)Health
135 (10.00 %).NET Framework
144 (8.000 %)Telecoms
144 (8.000 %)Insurance
144 (8.000 %)CSS
153 (6.000 %)ASP
153 (6.000 %)Oracle

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Northampton 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.

Northampton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (40.00 %).NET
211 (22.00 %)ASP.NET
39 (18.00 %)MFC
45 (10.00 %).NET Framework
54 (8.000 %)CSS
63 (6.000 %)ASP
63 (6.000 %)HTML
63 (6.000 %)AJAX
72 (4.000 %)Spring
72 (4.000 %)WCF
72 (4.000 %)WPF
72 (4.000 %)MVC
72 (4.000 %)Hibernate
72 (4.000 %)JSP
72 (4.000 %)Servlets
72 (4.000 %)WebServices
81 (2.000 %)XML
81 (2.000 %)WinForms
81 (2.000 %)Silverlight
Northampton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.000 %)JBoss
21 (2.000 %)IIS
Northampton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.000 %)SMS
Northampton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (38.00 %)UniData
218 (36.00 %)InterSystems Cache
310 (20.00 %)SQL Server
42 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (2.000 %)Crystal Reports
Northampton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (24.00 %)Visual Studio
Northampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (10.00 %)Health
24 (8.000 %)Telecoms
24 (8.000 %)Insurance
33 (6.000 %)Pharmaceutical
42 (4.000 %)Construction
42 (4.000 %)Pensions
42 (4.000 %)Retail
42 (4.000 %)Multimedia
51 (2.000 %)Government
51 (2.000 %)Manufacturing
51 (2.000 %)Banking
51 (2.000 %)Financial Institution
51 (2.000 %)Finance
Northampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (18.00 %)Mathematics
Northampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (42.00 %)UNIX
210 (20.00 %)Windows
Northampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (18.00 %)Software Engineering
Northampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (36.00 %)MUMPS
217 (34.00 %)COBOL
313 (26.00 %)VB.NET
313 (26.00 %)C++
412 (24.00 %)C#
510 (20.00 %)C
69 (18.00 %)SQL
69 (18.00 %)Embedded C
76 (12.00 %)JavaScript
85 (10.00 %)VB
93 (6.000 %)VB6
93 (6.000 %)Java
102 (4.000 %)Perl
102 (4.000 %)PL/SQL
111 (2.000 %)RPG
111 (2.000 %)VBScript
Northampton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (46.00 %)Degree
29 (18.00 %)Postgraduate
32 (4.000 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (2.000 %)MCPD
41 (2.000 %)MCAD
Northampton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (6.000 %)Oracle
22 (4.000 %)Microsoft