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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 40 35 41
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 18 31 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 3.442% 4.952% 3.723%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.557% 5.116% 3.839%
Number of salaries quoted 18 31 14
Average salary £40,000 £33,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.40% -10.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,850 £28,500 £31,450
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £40,000 £43,200
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
506 606 573
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 96.75% 96.81% 96.95%
Number of salaries quoted 436 523 488
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Developer
South Yorkshire

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Sheffield Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 12 (46.15%) HTML
2 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
3 10 (38.46%) Java
3 10 (38.46%) SQL
4 9 (34.62%) PHP
4 9 (34.62%) J2EE
4 9 (34.62%) CSS
5 7 (26.92%) TDD
5 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET
5 7 (26.92%) .NET
5 7 (26.92%) MVC
6 6 (23.08%) Spring
6 6 (23.08%) Web Development
7 5 (19.23%) Hibernate
7 5 (19.23%) VB.NET
7 5 (19.23%) C#
7 5 (19.23%) Web Services
7 5 (19.23%) XML
7 5 (19.23%) JSP
7 5 (19.23%) Linux
8 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio
8 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
8 4 (15.38%) JUnit
8 4 (15.38%) CMS
8 4 (15.38%) Apache
8 4 (15.38%) Project Management
8 4 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (15.38%) BDD
9 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
9 3 (11.54%) Ajax

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 12 (46.15%) HTML
2 9 (34.62%) J2EE
2 9 (34.62%) CSS
3 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET
3 7 (26.92%) .NET
4 6 (23.08%) Spring
5 5 (19.23%) Hibernate
5 5 (19.23%) Web Services
5 5 (19.23%) XML
5 5 (19.23%) JSP
6 3 (11.54%) SOAP
6 3 (11.54%) Ajax
6 3 (11.54%) LAMP
7 2 (7.692%) Java EE
7 2 (7.692%) Velocity
7 2 (7.692%) Spring MVC
7 2 (7.692%) FreeMarker
7 2 (7.692%) Spring Web Flow
7 2 (7.692%) RESTful
7 2 (7.692%) J2SE
Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) Apache
1 4 (15.38%) CMS
2 2 (7.692%) Apache Solr
3 1 (3.846%) Moodle
3 1 (3.846%) Tomcat
3 1 (3.846%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (3.846%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) HTTP
2 1 (3.846%) Internet
2 1 (3.846%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) MySQL
3 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.692%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (7.692%) BODI
3 2 (7.692%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.846%) DB2
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JUnit
1 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.692%) Ant
2 2 (7.692%) Maven
3 1 (3.846%) Selenium
3 1 (3.846%) Git (software)
3 1 (3.846%) PHPUnit
3 1 (3.846%) JMeter
General
1 2 (7.692%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Publishing
2 1 (3.846%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.846%) Data Integration
1 1 (3.846%) iPhone
1 1 (3.846%) Learning Management System
1 1 (3.846%) Digital Media
1 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Linux
2 2 (7.692%) Mac OS X
2 2 (7.692%) Ubuntu
2 2 (7.692%) UNIX
2 2 (7.692%) Solaris
3 1 (3.846%) Windows
3 1 (3.846%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (3.846%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) TDD
1 7 (26.92%) MVC
2 6 (23.08%) Web Development
3 4 (15.38%) Project Management
3 4 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (15.38%) BDD
4 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
4 3 (11.54%) OO
4 3 (11.54%) Scrum
5 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (7.692%) Pair Programming
5 2 (7.692%) OOP
5 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (7.692%) Test Strategy
6 1 (3.846%) Web Application Development
6 1 (3.846%) Master Data Management
6 1 (3.846%) B2B
6 1 (3.846%) UML
6 1 (3.846%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
2 10 (38.46%) Java
2 10 (38.46%) SQL
3 9 (34.62%) PHP
4 5 (19.23%) VB.NET
4 5 (19.23%) C#
5 3 (11.54%) Perl
6 2 (7.692%) Python
7 1 (3.846%) PHP5
7 1 (3.846%) T-SQL
7 1 (3.846%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) SCJP
1 1 (3.846%) Degree
1 1 (3.846%) SCJA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle
2 2 (7.692%) Business Objects
2 2 (7.692%) SAP
3 1 (3.846%) JBoss
3 1 (3.846%) ATG
3 1 (3.846%) Zend
3 1 (3.846%) Sencha
3 1 (3.846%) Twitter
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The C# ASP.NET WPF WCF Developer Software Developer will have experience in: -C# -ASP.NET -WCF -WPF -JavaScript The successful developer will be bright and highly talented...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Experience with WPF is essential! Technically they are looking for someone with the following experience, C# 3.5 WPF MCV or MVVM Entity Framework T-SQL JQuery Any...
greywood
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
C# Developer - Sheffield. C# / WPF My client, a leading technology company are currently recruiting for a C# Developer... Experience with WPF is essential!... WPF. MCV or MVVM. Entity...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Senior Java Developer, Sheffield£25,000- £40,000 + BenefitsMy client is a large, well-known specialist web application developer and systems integrator which has been acquired by a...
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013