The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. 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 17 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 58 84 67
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 70 24 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.819% 1.630% 2.407%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.053% 1.675% 2.516%
Number of salaries quoted 34 16 32
Average salary £50,000 £34,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+47.05% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1727 1433 1550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.22% 97.35% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1506 1280 1397
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
South East

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford +21 65 £50,000 +25.00%
Programmer
South East

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 57 (53.27%) Java
2 50 (46.73%) MySQL
3 41 (38.32%) SQL
4 39 (36.45%) Degree
5 37 (34.58%) Open Source
6 36 (33.64%) TDD
6 36 (33.64%) C++
7 33 (30.84%) Python
8 32 (29.91%) Spring
9 31 (28.97%) Computer Science
9 31 (28.97%) C
9 31 (28.97%) PHP
10 29 (27.10%) Games
11 28 (26.17%) Flash
11 28 (26.17%) OOP
11 28 (26.17%) Hibernate
12 26 (24.30%) RDBMS
12 26 (24.30%) Mathematics
13 25 (23.36%) Lucene
13 25 (23.36%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (23.36%) Tomcat
13 25 (23.36%) Apache Solr
14 21 (19.63%) Java EE
14 21 (19.63%) NoSQL
14 21 (19.63%) MVC
14 21 (19.63%) JavaScript
14 21 (19.63%) C#
14 21 (19.63%) J2EE
14 21 (19.63%) Scrum
15 19 (17.76%) Perl

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 32 (29.91%) Spring
2 28 (26.17%) Flash
2 28 (26.17%) Hibernate
3 25 (23.36%) Lucene
4 21 (19.63%) Java EE
4 21 (19.63%) J2EE
5 18 (16.82%) CSS
6 16 (14.95%) XHTML
6 16 (14.95%) jQuery
7 14 (13.08%) Symfony
8 9 (8.411%) XML
9 8 (7.477%) .NET
10 7 (6.542%) ASP.NET
10 7 (6.542%) JMS
11 6 (5.607%) HTML
12 5 (4.673%) JDBC
12 5 (4.673%) GWT
13 3 (2.804%) NHibernate
13 3 (2.804%) ASP.NET MVC
13 3 (2.804%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 25 (23.36%) Tomcat
1 25 (23.36%) Apache Solr
2 16 (14.95%) CMS
3 4 (3.738%) Drupal
4 2 (1.869%) WordPress
4 2 (1.869%) Joomla!
4 2 (1.869%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (0.935%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.673%) DNS
2 2 (1.869%) Firewall
3 1 (0.935%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (46.73%) MySQL
2 26 (24.30%) RDBMS
3 25 (23.36%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (19.63%) NoSQL
5 13 (12.15%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.673%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (3.738%) Big Data
8 3 (2.804%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.804%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (5.607%) JUnit
1 6 (5.607%) Eclipse
1 6 (5.607%) Eclipse RCP
2 5 (4.673%) Subversion
3 2 (1.869%) Selenium
4 1 (0.935%) GDB
General
1 29 (27.10%) Games
2 4 (3.738%) Retail
3 2 (1.869%) Publishing
4 1 (0.935%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 37 (34.58%) Open Source
2 31 (28.97%) Computer Science
3 26 (24.30%) Mathematics
4 13 (12.15%) Physics
5 12 (11.21%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (1.869%) Social Media
7 1 (0.935%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.935%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.28%) Linux
2 2 (1.869%) Android
2 2 (1.869%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.869%) Windows
3 1 (0.935%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (33.64%) TDD
2 28 (26.17%) OOP
3 21 (19.63%) MVC
3 21 (19.63%) Scrum
4 18 (16.82%) Web Development
5 15 (14.02%) Multithreading
6 14 (13.08%) Game Development
7 13 (12.15%) OO
8 11 (10.28%) Unit Testing
9 10 (9.346%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (5.607%) Pair Programming
10 6 (5.607%) E-Commerce
10 6 (5.607%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (5.607%) Project Management
10 6 (5.607%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (5.607%) BDD
11 5 (4.673%) Release Management
12 3 (2.804%) Business Analysis
12 3 (2.804%) Technical Architecture
12 3 (2.804%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 57 (53.27%) Java
2 41 (38.32%) SQL
3 36 (33.64%) C++
4 33 (30.84%) Python
5 31 (28.97%) PHP
5 31 (28.97%) C
6 21 (19.63%) C#
6 21 (19.63%) JavaScript
7 19 (17.76%) Perl
8 12 (11.21%) ActionScript
8 12 (11.21%) Objective-C
8 12 (11.21%) ActionScript 3.0
9 8 (7.477%) PL/SQL
10 6 (5.607%) Groovy
10 6 (5.607%) Scala
11 5 (4.673%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (36.45%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (4.673%) MOM
Vendors
1 16 (14.95%) Facebook
1 16 (14.95%) Twitter
2 14 (13.08%) Zend
3 12 (11.21%) Perforce
4 8 (7.477%) Oracle
5 3 (2.804%) Business Objects
6 2 (1.869%) Adobe
7 1 (0.935%) Microsoft
Witney, Oxfordshire
They are seeking an ASP.NET/C# Developer with demonstrable experience of developing web based applications and user interfaces... Additional advantageous attributes include HTML, CSS, Javascript and any...
X4 Group
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: - 2.2 in Computer Science or related degree -...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Tags: Java, GUI, Agile, Eclipse RCP, Python, Linux, Developer, Programmer, Engineer, Science. Roc Search are working with their client, a scientific based organisation in Oxfordshire, to source a...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxfordshire
You will have proven success in major software development in complex environments using Oracle databases with high volumes of data, Java and C++. Having completes a successful experience...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 18 May 2013