The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth 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 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 Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 26 28 34
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 10 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 4.950% 4.500% 2.927%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.128% 4.712% 3.000%
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 6
Average salary £38,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.92% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £24,600 £20,750
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
195 191 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 96.53% 95.50% 97.56%
Number of salaries quoted 184 175 192
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Hampshire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Portsmouth Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 26 (76.47%) .NET
2 23 (67.65%) SQL
3 18 (52.94%) VB.NET
4 13 (38.24%) SQL Server
5 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET
6 10 (29.41%) C#
7 7 (20.59%) Unit Testing
8 6 (17.65%) Degree
8 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
8 6 (17.65%) VB
9 5 (14.71%) Web Services
9 5 (14.71%) Visual Studio
9 5 (14.71%) Finance
9 5 (14.71%) Aerospace
9 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
9 5 (14.71%) ETL
9 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (14.71%) BMC PATROL
9 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
9 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
9 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
10 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
10 4 (11.76%) C++
11 3 (8.824%) HTML
11 3 (8.824%) LINQ
12 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
12 2 (5.882%) Waterfall
12 2 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (5.882%) WCF
12 2 (5.882%) WPF

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 26 (76.47%) .NET
2 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET
3 5 (14.71%) Web Services
4 3 (8.824%) HTML
4 3 (8.824%) LINQ
5 2 (5.882%) WCF
5 2 (5.882%) WPF
5 2 (5.882%) CakePHP
6 1 (2.941%) XSLT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (38.24%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (5.882%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (14.71%) Finance
1 5 (14.71%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.941%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.941%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.941%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) Unit Testing
2 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
2 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
2 5 (14.71%) Data Modelling
2 5 (14.71%) ETL
2 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (5.882%) Waterfall
3 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (2.941%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 23 (67.65%) SQL
2 18 (52.94%) VB.NET
3 10 (29.41%) C#
4 6 (17.65%) VB
5 4 (11.76%) C++
5 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.941%) PHP
6 1 (2.941%) Java
6 1 (2.941%) VB6
6 1 (2.941%) XPath
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 2 (5.882%) Oracle
Portsmouth, Hampshire
C#, ASP.Net, C++, HTML, JavaScript - Located near Portsmouth & Havant, Hampshire... Experience & Skills Summary: -Experience in a software development lifecycle including working knowledge of waterfall and agile methodologies,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Net, C#, VB.Net, SQL Server, HTML, JavaScript Software Developer (C#, .Net) - an exciting new opportunity with a global brand name in technology and electronics... Key Skills: Software...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013