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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Northamptonshire 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads291258
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.161 %0.108 %
As % of the category below26.33 %23.48 %
Salaries quoted260193
Average minimum salary£31,189£31,203
Average salary£34,041£33,951
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Average maximum salary£36,892£36,700
UK excluding London average salary£33,926£34,033
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Northamptonshire
Matching permanent IT job ads11051099
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.611 %0.461 %
Salaries quoted977882
Average minimum salary£34,710£33,789
Average salary£37,816£36,199
% change on same period last year+4.46 %
Average maximum salary£40,922£38,608
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Developer East MidlandsDeveloper
East Midlands

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Northamptonshire Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
NorthamptonUp+1205£34,869+0.07 %
WellingboroughUp+328£32,839+13.02 %
KetteringUp+126£28,038+36.18 %
CorbyUp+215£36,846+39.04 %
DaventryNew entry-10£35,950-
Developer East MidlandsDeveloper
East Midlands

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

1340 (51.20 %).NET
2282 (42.47 %)SQL Server
3254 (38.25 %)ASP.NET
4222 (33.43 %)C#
5221 (33.28 %)SQL
6153 (23.04 %)XML
7147 (22.14 %)VB.NET
8138 (20.78 %)JavaScript
9129 (19.43 %)HTML
10123 (18.52 %)CSS
11111 (16.72 %)Microsoft
12109 (16.42 %)Java
1382 (12.35 %)AJAX
1481 (12.20 %)ASP
1580 (12.05 %)Oracle
1677 (11.60 %)UNIX
1774 (11.14 %)E-Commerce
1872 (10.84 %).NET Framework
1966 (9.940 %)J2EE
2064 (9.639 %)SQL Server 2005
2156 (8.434 %)Banking
2254 (8.133 %)Degree
2254 (8.133 %)SharePoint
2351 (7.681 %)PHP
2448 (7.229 %)SQL Server 2000
2547 (7.078 %)Finance
2547 (7.078 %)Transact-SQL
2645 (6.777 %)PL/SQL
2744 (6.627 %)Business Intelligence
2841 (6.175 %)VB

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1340 (51.20 %).NET
2254 (38.25 %)ASP.NET
3153 (23.04 %)XML
4129 (19.43 %)HTML
5123 (18.52 %)CSS
682 (12.35 %)AJAX
781 (12.20 %)ASP
872 (10.84 %).NET Framework
966 (9.940 %)J2EE
1033 (4.970 %)WebServices
1132 (4.819 %)XHTML
1230 (4.518 %)JSP
1326 (3.916 %)Struts
1326 (3.916 %)WinForms
1420 (3.012 %)Hibernate
1518 (2.711 %)EJB
1617 (2.560 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1716 (2.410 %)Servlets
1815 (2.259 %)WPF
1914 (2.108 %)WCF
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
154 (8.133 %)SharePoint
232 (4.819 %)JBoss
329 (4.367 %)SAS
426 (3.916 %)BizTalk Server
521 (3.163 %)SharePoint Server 2007
614 (2.108 %)IIS
78 (1.205 %)Oracle 9iAS
78 (1.205 %)Oracle 10gAS
84 (0.602 %)CMS
84 (0.602 %)Apache
93 (0.452 %)Lotus Notes
102 (0.301 %)ColdFusion
111 (0.151 %)Joomla!
111 (0.151 %)Content Management Server
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (4.669 %)MS Excel
210 (1.506 %)Photoshop
35 (0.753 %)MS Office
43 (0.452 %)Fireworks
43 (0.452 %)Paint Shop Pro
52 (0.301 %)InfoPath
61 (0.151 %)3ds Max
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (2.108 %)Dynamics CRM
210 (1.506 %)Microsoft CRM
38 (1.205 %)Oracle ERP
44 (0.602 %)Oracle Applications
53 (0.452 %)Oracle 11i
61 (0.151 %)BPCS
61 (0.151 %)Navision
61 (0.151 %)Oracle EBS
61 (0.151 %)MAXIMO
61 (0.151 %)SAP EBP
61 (0.151 %)SalesLogix
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (3.916 %)Intranet
220 (3.012 %)Extranet
315 (2.259 %)LDAP
410 (1.506 %)Internet
54 (0.602 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.151 %)SMS
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1282 (42.47 %)SQL Server
264 (9.639 %)SQL Server 2005
348 (7.229 %)SQL Server 2000
438 (5.723 %)MySQL
534 (5.120 %)Datawarehouse
631 (4.669 %)Crystal Reports
725 (3.765 %)UniData
824 (3.614 %)InterSystems Cache
923 (3.464 %)TOAD
1022 (3.313 %)Base SAS
1120 (3.012 %)Oracle Reports
1219 (2.861 %)Informix
1318 (2.711 %)Oracle 10g
1318 (2.711 %)Oracle 9i
1318 (2.711 %)DataStage
1416 (2.410 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1416 (2.410 %)OLAP
1515 (2.259 %)Oracle Discoverer
1612 (1.807 %)ETL
178 (1.205 %)DTS
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
138 (5.723 %)Visual Studio
224 (3.614 %)Eclipse
323 (3.464 %)Flash
418 (2.711 %)Oracle Forms
515 (2.259 %)Ant
610 (1.506 %)Subversion
77 (1.054 %)Dreamweaver
83 (0.452 %)JDeveloper
83 (0.452 %)TestDirector
83 (0.452 %)PVCS
83 (0.452 %)VSS/SourceSafe
92 (0.301 %)NUnit
101 (0.151 %)JUnit
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
156 (8.434 %)Banking
247 (7.078 %)Finance
336 (5.422 %)Retail
434 (5.120 %)Pharmaceutical
530 (4.518 %)Legal
626 (3.916 %)Law
626 (3.916 %)Marketing
720 (3.012 %)Pensions
819 (2.861 %)Health
911 (1.657 %)Insurance
108 (1.205 %)Telecoms
116 (0.904 %)Education
116 (0.904 %)Electric
116 (0.904 %)Multimedia
125 (0.753 %)Construction
134 (0.602 %)Government
142 (0.301 %)Billing
151 (0.151 %)Manufacturing
151 (0.151 %)Publishing
151 (0.151 %)Back Office
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (1.657 %)N-Tier
29 (1.355 %)Credit Risk
38 (1.205 %)W3C
38 (1.205 %)AS400
46 (0.904 %)Computer Science
55 (0.753 %)Mathematics
55 (0.753 %)Smartcard
63 (0.452 %)Mainframe
63 (0.452 %)Tandem
63 (0.452 %)Web 2.0
72 (0.301 %)Client/Server
81 (0.151 %)VAX
81 (0.151 %)Management Information System
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
177 (11.60 %)UNIX
239 (5.873 %)Windows
311 (1.657 %)AIX
46 (0.904 %)Windows 2000
55 (0.753 %)Windows XP
55 (0.753 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (0.753 %)Windows Vista
55 (0.753 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.151 %)VxWorks
61 (0.151 %)VMS
61 (0.151 %)Linux
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
174 (11.14 %)E-Commerce
244 (6.627 %)Business Intelligence
341 (6.175 %)Web Development
428 (4.217 %)OO
523 (3.464 %)CRM
523 (3.464 %)OOP
620 (3.012 %)Web Design
718 (2.711 %)UML
718 (2.711 %)Unit Testing
815 (2.259 %)Business Development
815 (2.259 %)SOA
815 (2.259 %)Migration
911 (1.657 %)Software Engineering
911 (1.657 %)ERP
109 (1.355 %)Business Analysis
109 (1.355 %)Scrum
118 (1.205 %)Agile Software Development
118 (1.205 %)Workflow
118 (1.205 %)User Acceptance Testing
127 (1.054 %)SEO
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1222 (33.43 %)C#
2221 (33.28 %)SQL
3147 (22.14 %)VB.NET
4138 (20.78 %)JavaScript
5109 (16.42 %)Java
651 (7.681 %)PHP
747 (7.078 %)Transact-SQL
845 (6.777 %)PL/SQL
941 (6.175 %)VB
1037 (5.572 %)DHTML
1133 (4.970 %)C
1232 (4.819 %)COBOL
1324 (3.614 %)MUMPS
1423 (3.464 %)C++
1521 (3.163 %)VB6
1613 (1.958 %)ActionScript
1613 (1.958 %)RPG
178 (1.205 %)VBScript
187 (1.054 %)PL/1
187 (1.054 %)Fortran
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
154 (8.133 %)Degree
234 (5.120 %)Microsoft Certification
318 (2.711 %)MCSD
318 (2.711 %)MCPD
417 (2.560 %)MCAD
516 (2.410 %)Sun Certification
613 (1.958 %)MCTS
78 (1.205 %)MCP
85 (0.753 %)Postgraduate
93 (0.452 %)MCSA
101 (0.151 %)SAP Certification
101 (0.151 %)HNC
101 (0.151 %)ITIL Certification
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
127 (4.066 %)Basel II
212 (1.807 %)QA
35 (0.753 %)WAI
43 (0.452 %)ISO9001
43 (0.452 %)ISO27001
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (2.259 %)Active Directory
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.452 %)SCOM
22 (0.301 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.151 %)BMC Performance Manager
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1111 (16.72 %)Microsoft
280 (12.05 %)Oracle
336 (5.422 %)Visualfiles
416 (2.410 %)Sun
513 (1.958 %)Ab Initio
612 (1.807 %)Teradata
711 (1.657 %)IBM
711 (1.657 %)Macromedia
87 (1.054 %)Business Objects
94 (0.602 %)Adobe
103 (0.452 %)Cognos
103 (0.452 %)BMC
103 (0.452 %)Lotus
112 (0.301 %)Unisys
112 (0.301 %)SAP
121 (0.151 %)Sage
121 (0.151 %)Sony
121 (0.151 %)Ariba