The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 25 44 37
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 21 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 7.721% 0.394% 1.316%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.974% 0.452% 1.370%
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 0
Average salary £41,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.52% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -
All Job Titles
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
234 221 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 86.03% 87.01% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 144 118 86
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £21,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £51,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Northern Ireland Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Northern Ireland Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
County Antrim +13 20 £41,000 -3.52%
County Londonderry - 1 £95,000 -
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

1 14 (63.64%) C#
2 11 (50.00%) Java
3 10 (45.45%) .NET
3 10 (45.45%) HTML
4 9 (40.91%) SQL
4 9 (40.91%) CSS
4 9 (40.91%) OO
4 9 (40.91%) Unit Testing
5 8 (36.36%) JavaScript
6 6 (27.27%) SQL Server
6 6 (27.27%) XML
6 6 (27.27%) Degree
7 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
7 5 (22.73%) Ajax
7 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
7 5 (22.73%) C++
7 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
8 4 (18.18%) MVC
8 4 (18.18%) Finance
8 4 (18.18%) Visual Studio
8 4 (18.18%) UNIX
8 4 (18.18%) Linux
8 4 (18.18%) Web Services
8 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
8 4 (18.18%) Spring
8 4 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (13.64%) Open Source
9 3 (13.64%) Multithreading
9 3 (13.64%) Computer Architecture

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (45.45%) .NET
1 10 (45.45%) HTML
2 9 (40.91%) CSS
3 6 (27.27%) XML
4 5 (22.73%) Ajax
4 5 (22.73%) ASP.NET
5 4 (18.18%) Web Services
5 4 (18.18%) Spring
6 3 (13.64%) HTML5
6 3 (13.64%) CSS3
6 3 (13.64%) WebSphere
6 3 (13.64%) .NET Framework
6 3 (13.64%) Silverlight
6 3 (13.64%) JSP
6 3 (13.64%) J2EE
7 2 (9.091%) Struts
7 2 (9.091%) WCF
7 2 (9.091%) WPF
7 2 (9.091%) JSON
7 2 (9.091%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) SharePoint
1 2 (9.091%) Apache
1 2 (9.091%) Force.com
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (4.545%) Tomcat
2 1 (4.545%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.545%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) Intranet
1 1 (4.545%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (9.091%) GIS
3 2 (9.091%) NoSQL
4 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (4.545%) CouchDB
4 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (4.545%) Redis
4 1 (4.545%) Big Data
4 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.545%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.545%) OLAP
4 1 (4.545%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (4.545%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Visual Studio
2 2 (9.091%) Selenium
2 2 (9.091%) JIRA
2 2 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Banking
2 1 (4.545%) Retail
2 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Open Source
1 3 (13.64%) Derivative
1 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
2 2 (9.091%) Wiki
2 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.545%) Video on Demand
3 1 (4.545%) IPTV
3 1 (4.545%) Blog
3 1 (4.545%) Market Risk
3 1 (4.545%) Equities
3 1 (4.545%) STB
3 1 (4.545%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.545%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) UNIX
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) OO
1 9 (40.91%) Unit Testing
2 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
2 5 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (18.18%) MVC
3 4 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (13.64%) Multithreading
4 3 (13.64%) Computer Architecture
4 3 (13.64%) SOA
4 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.091%) TDD
5 2 (9.091%) Software Testing
5 2 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.545%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) Responsive Web Design
6 1 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (4.545%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
6 1 (4.545%) Scrum
6 1 (4.545%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) C#
2 11 (50.00%) Java
3 9 (40.91%) SQL
4 8 (36.36%) JavaScript
5 5 (22.73%) C++
6 2 (9.091%) C
6 2 (9.091%) Apex Code
7 1 (4.545%) PowerShell
7 1 (4.545%) Python
7 1 (4.545%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (9.091%) BC Cleared
2 2 (9.091%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle
3 2 (9.091%) Salesforce.com
3 2 (9.091%) ESRI
4 1 (4.545%) DevExpress
4 1 (4.545%) DataSynapse
4 1 (4.545%) Syncfusion
4 1 (4.545%) JBoss
4 1 (4.545%) Progress
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