The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. 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 21 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 365 766 552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 17.01% 33.67% 29.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.94% 35.36% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 341 719 477
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,400 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2035 2166 1744
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.83% 95.21% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1663 1864 1400
Average salary £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.19% -1.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
Berkshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Reading Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 501 (58.32%) .NET
2 445 (51.80%) C#
3 391 (45.52%) SQL Server
4 367 (42.72%) ASP.NET
5 334 (38.88%) JavaScript
6 329 (38.30%) SQL
7 306 (35.62%) CSS
8 283 (32.95%) HTML
9 222 (25.84%) MVC
9 222 (25.84%) jQuery
10 205 (23.86%) Java
11 154 (17.93%) Scrum
12 151 (17.58%) Finance
13 149 (17.35%) OO
14 147 (17.11%) Microsoft
14 147 (17.11%) PHP
15 140 (16.30%) WCF
16 139 (16.18%) Agile Software Development
17 132 (15.37%) XML
18 128 (14.90%) MySQL
19 125 (14.55%) ASP.NET MVC
20 124 (14.44%) Web Services
21 121 (14.09%) VB.NET
22 120 (13.97%) Ajax
23 119 (13.85%) Degree
23 119 (13.85%) TDD
24 103 (11.99%) J2EE
25 90 (10.48%) SQL Server 2008
26 88 (10.24%) MS Excel
27 77 (8.964%) Oracle

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 501 (58.32%) .NET
2 367 (42.72%) ASP.NET
3 306 (35.62%) CSS
4 283 (32.95%) HTML
5 222 (25.84%) jQuery
6 140 (16.30%) WCF
7 132 (15.37%) XML
8 125 (14.55%) ASP.NET MVC
9 124 (14.44%) Web Services
10 120 (13.97%) Ajax
11 103 (11.99%) J2EE
12 73 (8.498%) .NET Framework
13 70 (8.149%) Razor View Engine
14 59 (6.868%) Spring
15 55 (6.403%) Castle Windsor
16 45 (5.239%) HTML5
17 44 (5.122%) Hibernate
18 43 (5.006%) XSLT
19 42 (4.889%) WPF
19 42 (4.889%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 72 (8.382%) SharePoint
2 43 (5.006%) CMS
3 37 (4.307%) SharePoint 2010
4 26 (3.027%) Apache
5 24 (2.794%) Drupal
6 21 (2.445%) Tomcat
7 20 (2.328%) IIS
8 17 (1.979%) SharePoint Server
9 14 (1.630%) BizTalk Server
10 12 (1.397%) Sitecore CMS
11 10 (1.164%) PowerExchange
11 10 (1.164%) WebSphere Application Server
11 10 (1.164%) WebLogic
12 8 (0.931%) WordPress
13 7 (0.815%) Magento
14 6 (0.698%) Jetty
15 5 (0.582%) SharePoint 2013
15 5 (0.582%) WebSphere MQ
16 4 (0.466%) Oracle Service Bus
16 4 (0.466%) Confluence
Applications
1 88 (10.24%) MS Excel
2 24 (2.794%) InfoPath
3 12 (1.397%) Photoshop
4 11 (1.281%) MS Office
5 10 (1.164%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (0.466%) Fireworks
7 2 (0.233%) Revit
7 2 (0.233%) SketchUp
7 2 (0.233%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.233%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.233%) MS Project
8 1 (0.116%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.116%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.630%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.698%) Visualfiles
3 5 (0.582%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.233%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.233%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.116%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.116%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.513%) LDAP
1 13 (1.513%) Intranet
2 11 (1.281%) Internet
3 10 (1.164%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.931%) HTTP
5 3 (0.349%) Extranet
6 1 (0.116%) ATM
6 1 (0.116%) VoIP
6 1 (0.116%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (45.52%) SQL Server
2 128 (14.90%) MySQL
3 90 (10.48%) SQL Server 2008
4 39 (4.540%) SQL Server 2005
5 37 (4.307%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (4.075%) SQL Server 2000
7 27 (3.143%) SQL Server 2012
8 25 (2.910%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (1.746%) DB2
10 14 (1.630%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (1.513%) Data Mining
11 13 (1.513%) Star Schema
11 13 (1.513%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (1.397%) Oracle 8/8i
13 11 (1.281%) Oracle Reports
14 9 (1.048%) TOAD
15 8 (0.931%) Crystal Reports
16 7 (0.815%) MS Access
17 6 (0.698%) Oracle 11g
17 6 (0.698%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 58 (6.752%) NUnit
2 57 (6.636%) Visual Studio
3 56 (6.519%) Rhino Mocks
4 35 (4.075%) Moq
5 31 (3.609%) Subversion
5 31 (3.609%) Team Foundation Server
5 31 (3.609%) MSTest
6 27 (3.143%) Eclipse
7 22 (2.561%) Ant
8 21 (2.445%) TeamCity
9 19 (2.212%) Git (software)
10 15 (1.746%) Selenium
11 13 (1.513%) Jenkins
11 13 (1.513%) Maven
12 12 (1.397%) JUnit
13 8 (0.931%) ReSharper
13 8 (0.931%) SpecFlow
14 7 (0.815%) Firebug
15 6 (0.698%) JIRA
15 6 (0.698%) Log4j
General
1 151 (17.58%) Finance
2 23 (2.678%) Financial Institution
2 23 (2.678%) Marketing
3 17 (1.979%) Retail
4 16 (1.863%) Banking
5 11 (1.281%) Telecoms
6 9 (1.048%) Advertising
6 9 (1.048%) Local Government
7 7 (0.815%) Publishing
8 5 (0.582%) Investment Banking
9 4 (0.466%) Games
10 3 (0.349%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.349%) Legal
11 2 (0.233%) Billing
11 2 (0.233%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 52 (6.054%) Computer Science
2 44 (5.122%) Inversion of Control
3 43 (5.006%) Open Source
4 37 (4.307%) Client/Server
5 32 (3.725%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (2.561%) Digital Media
7 18 (2.095%) Tandem
8 17 (1.979%) SaaS
9 14 (1.630%) iPad
10 12 (1.397%) W3C
10 12 (1.397%) Social Media
11 11 (1.281%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.164%) RIA
13 9 (1.048%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.048%) Mathematics
14 7 (0.815%) New Media
14 7 (0.815%) iPhone
14 7 (0.815%) Taxonomies
15 6 (0.698%) Ontologies
15 6 (0.698%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.985%) Windows
2 55 (6.403%) UNIX
3 40 (4.657%) Linux
4 21 (2.445%) Android
5 14 (1.630%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.698%) Solaris
7 5 (0.582%) AIX
8 3 (0.349%) Windows Phone
8 3 (0.349%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.233%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.233%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.233%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.116%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (25.84%) MVC
2 154 (17.93%) Scrum
3 149 (17.35%) OO
4 139 (16.18%) Agile Software Development
5 119 (13.85%) TDD
6 63 (7.334%) OOP
7 60 (6.985%) Web Application Development
8 56 (6.519%) Web Development
9 51 (5.937%) Unit Testing
10 47 (5.471%) Kanban
11 43 (5.006%) E-Commerce
11 43 (5.006%) Continuous Integration
12 33 (3.842%) UML
12 33 (3.842%) Dependency Injection
13 32 (3.725%) Data Modelling
14 31 (3.609%) SOA
15 30 (3.492%) MVVM
15 30 (3.492%) Business Intelligence
16 29 (3.376%) RAD
17 28 (3.260%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 445 (51.80%) C#
2 334 (38.88%) JavaScript
3 329 (38.30%) SQL
4 205 (23.86%) Java
5 147 (17.11%) PHP
6 121 (14.09%) VB.NET
7 58 (6.752%) Python
8 49 (5.704%) Perl
9 46 (5.355%) Ruby
9 46 (5.355%) T-SQL
10 39 (4.540%) C++
11 35 (4.075%) PL/SQL
12 29 (3.376%) C
13 28 (3.260%) Shell Script
14 20 (2.328%) VB
15 14 (1.630%) VB6
15 14 (1.630%) Objective-C
16 7 (0.815%) Scala
17 6 (0.698%) PHP5
17 6 (0.698%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 119 (13.85%) Degree
2 45 (5.239%) Microsoft Certification
3 34 (3.958%) MCP
3 34 (3.958%) MCAD
3 34 (3.958%) MCSD
3 34 (3.958%) MCTS
4 11 (1.281%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.582%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.233%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.116%) MCDBA
7 1 (0.116%) PhD
7 1 (0.116%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.863%) QA
2 4 (0.466%) Data Quality
2 4 (0.466%) DO-178B
3 2 (0.233%) WAI
3 2 (0.233%) SLA
4 1 (0.116%) HL7
4 1 (0.116%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (0.931%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.116%) Oracle Identity Management
1 1 (0.116%) Nagios
Vendors
1 147 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 77 (8.964%) Oracle
3 47 (5.471%) Zend
4 21 (2.445%) IBM
5 17 (1.979%) JBoss
6 14 (1.630%) Sitecore
6 14 (1.630%) Informatica
7 12 (1.397%) Apple
8 9 (1.048%) Adobe
9 8 (0.931%) Business Objects
10 6 (0.698%) Telerik
11 5 (0.582%) Remedy
11 5 (0.582%) ILOG
11 5 (0.582%) Ab Initio
11 5 (0.582%) Google
12 4 (0.466%) Manugistics
12 4 (0.466%) Twitter
13 3 (0.349%) Facebook
13 3 (0.349%) BEA
13 3 (0.349%) Salesforce.com
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Company Car
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Capita Resourcing Ltd
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Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
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Reading, Thames Valley
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Reading, Berkshire
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Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
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Reading, Thames Valley
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Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
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DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension Healthcare
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Reading, Thames Valley
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Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
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DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Trent Pearce
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
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Reading, Thames Valley
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DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + PENSION,MEDICAL,LIFE INSURANCE
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Reading, Thames Valley
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RSG-PLC
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
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Reading, Berkshire
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Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus benefits DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + pension, health, bonus
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Reading, Berkshire
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Reading, Berkshire
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Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
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Reading, Berkshire
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Reading, Berkshire
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Evolution Recruitment Solutions
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Reading, Thames Valley
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Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
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Roc Search
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LA International
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Due to continuous growth a position is vacant for a Senior Java EE Developer to join the Engineering department... Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate coding skills...
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You will have demonstrable proven experience in building wireframes and thinking through interaction design, ability to build what you design, experience in JavaScript/CSS Frameworks, Drupal6, PHP, HTML...
Simple Recruitment Services Ltd
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Reading, Berkshire
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Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
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Reading, Berkshire
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Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum
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Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
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Salary: £45000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus
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Reading, Berkshire
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Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
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