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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Preston 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 8 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank31
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads11294
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.038 %
As % of the category below27.25 %24.93 %
Salaries quoted10180
Average minimum salary£28,574£29,631
Average salary£31,163£31,766
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Average maximum salary£33,752£33,900
UK excluding London average salary£34,031£33,904
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Preston IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Preston
Matching permanent IT job ads411377
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.216 %0.154 %
Salaries quoted351308
Average minimum salary£26,838£28,601
Average salary£29,137£31,087
% change on same period last year-6.27 %
Average maximum salary£31,436£33,574
UK excluding London average salary£38,122£39,480
% change on same period last year-3.44 %
Developer LancashireDeveloper
Lancashire

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Preston region over the 3 months to 8 August 2008.

Preston Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 August 2008, IT jobs across the Preston 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.

1150 (63.29 %)SQL Server
2148 (62.45 %)SQL
3140 (59.07 %).NET
4106 (44.73 %)HTML
5104 (43.88 %)ASP.NET
688 (37.13 %)JavaScript
776 (32.07 %)VB
873 (30.80 %)VB6
971 (29.96 %)C#
1068 (28.69 %)ASP
1160 (25.32 %)VB.NET
1259 (24.89 %)XML
1357 (24.05 %)CSS
1445 (18.99 %)MS Excel
1543 (18.14 %)Oracle
1642 (17.72 %)SQL Server 2000
1734 (14.35 %)Transact-SQL
1831 (13.08 %)WebServices
1930 (12.66 %)OO
1930 (12.66 %)MySQL
2029 (12.24 %)PHP
2029 (12.24 %)Internet
2128 (11.81 %)E-Commerce
2128 (11.81 %)Microsoft
2227 (11.39 %)Visual Studio
2227 (11.39 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2227 (11.39 %)AJAX
2325 (10.55 %)SQL Server 2005
2424 (10.13 %)XHTML
2424 (10.13 %)WinForms

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 August 2008, IT jobs across the Preston 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.

Preston IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1140 (59.07 %).NET
2106 (44.73 %)HTML
3104 (43.88 %)ASP.NET
468 (28.69 %)ASP
559 (24.89 %)XML
657 (24.05 %)CSS
731 (13.08 %)WebServices
827 (11.39 %)AJAX
924 (10.13 %)WinForms
924 (10.13 %)XHTML
1011 (4.641 %).NET Framework
1110 (4.219 %)WPF
128 (3.376 %)ASP.NET 2.0
137 (2.954 %)XSLT
146 (2.532 %)ActiveX
146 (2.532 %)WAP
155 (2.110 %)XSL
155 (2.110 %)COM
155 (2.110 %)J2EE
164 (1.688 %)ADO.NET
Preston IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (8.439 %)IIS
217 (7.173 %)SharePoint
37 (2.954 %)SharePoint Server 2007
45 (2.110 %)Apache
52 (0.844 %)CMS
52 (0.844 %)Oracle 10gAS
61 (0.422 %)WebLogic
61 (0.422 %)NetWeaver
Preston IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
145 (18.99 %)MS Excel
218 (7.595 %)Photoshop
314 (5.907 %)Adobe Illustrator
410 (4.219 %)FreeHand
54 (1.688 %)Fireworks
Preston IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (5.907 %)Oracle 11i
210 (4.219 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.844 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.422 %)Microsoft CRM
Preston IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
129 (12.24 %)Internet
26 (2.532 %)Intranet
Preston IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1150 (63.29 %)SQL Server
242 (17.72 %)SQL Server 2000
330 (12.66 %)MySQL
427 (11.39 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
525 (10.55 %)SQL Server 2005
622 (9.283 %)Crystal Reports
710 (4.219 %)Oracle Reports
84 (1.688 %)Datawarehouse
93 (1.266 %)DTS
93 (1.266 %)Data Mining
102 (0.844 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (0.844 %)Oracle 9i
102 (0.844 %)Data Cleansing
102 (0.844 %)Oracle 10g
111 (0.422 %)Data Mart
111 (0.422 %)ETL
111 (0.422 %)RDBMS
Preston IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (11.39 %)Visual Studio
217 (7.173 %)VSS/SourceSafe
217 (7.173 %)Flash
316 (6.751 %)Oracle Forms
47 (2.954 %)Dreamweaver
Preston IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (9.705 %)Pensions
217 (7.173 %)Health
314 (5.907 %)Finance
49 (3.797 %)Government
58 (3.376 %)Marketing
58 (3.376 %)Pharmaceutical
66 (2.532 %)Automotive
66 (2.532 %)Military
74 (1.688 %)Education
74 (1.688 %)Video Editing
83 (1.266 %)Retail
83 (1.266 %)Manufacturing
92 (0.844 %)Telecoms
101 (0.422 %)Advertising
101 (0.422 %)Multimedia
Preston IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (5.063 %)N-Tier
28 (3.376 %)Management Information System
36 (2.532 %)Client/Server
42 (0.844 %)Robotics
42 (0.844 %)IVR
42 (0.844 %)IPTV
51 (0.422 %)PDA
51 (0.422 %)E-Learning
51 (0.422 %)Computer Science
Preston IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (8.861 %)Windows
219 (8.017 %)UNIX
311 (4.641 %)AIX
45 (2.110 %)Linux
51 (0.422 %)Windows XP
Preston IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (12.66 %)OO
228 (11.81 %)E-Commerce
317 (7.173 %)Data Modelling
414 (5.907 %)CRM
513 (5.485 %)Project Management
513 (5.485 %)UML
612 (5.063 %)Web Design
612 (5.063 %)Unit Testing
711 (4.641 %)Data Analysis
88 (3.376 %)Web Development
88 (3.376 %)OOP
97 (2.954 %)SEO
105 (2.110 %)Content Management
105 (2.110 %)Business Analysis
114 (1.688 %)OOD
123 (1.266 %)ERP
123 (1.266 %)Asset Management
123 (1.266 %)Workflow
123 (1.266 %)SC Cleared
123 (1.266 %)Security Cleared
Preston IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1148 (62.45 %)SQL
288 (37.13 %)JavaScript
376 (32.07 %)VB
473 (30.80 %)VB6
571 (29.96 %)C#
660 (25.32 %)VB.NET
734 (14.35 %)Transact-SQL
829 (12.24 %)PHP
923 (9.705 %)Java
1021 (8.861 %)PL/SQL
1110 (4.219 %)VBScript
1110 (4.219 %)XAML
125 (2.110 %)Delphi
134 (1.688 %)DHTML
134 (1.688 %)VBA
143 (1.266 %)VC++
143 (1.266 %)C++
152 (0.844 %)PHP5
161 (0.422 %)PHP4
161 (0.422 %)ActionScript
Preston IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (5.907 %)Degree
22 (0.844 %)OCP
22 (0.844 %)Oracle Certification
31 (0.422 %)MCTS
31 (0.422 %)MCAD
31 (0.422 %)Postgraduate
31 (0.422 %)Microsoft Certification
Preston IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (2.110 %)MSMQ
Preston IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
143 (18.14 %)Oracle
228 (11.81 %)Microsoft
35 (2.110 %)Sybase
44 (1.688 %)SAP
44 (1.688 %)Cognos
52 (0.844 %)Adobe
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