The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 33 37 43
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 25 27 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 4.780% 4.313% 3.384%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.941% 4.455% 3.490%
Number of salaries quoted 24 23 16
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
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%
Software Developer
South Yorkshire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Sheffield Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 36 (87.80%) .NET
2 32 (78.05%) C#
3 29 (70.73%) SQL Server
4 20 (48.78%) Oracle
5 18 (43.90%) ASP.NET
5 18 (43.90%) WPF
6 14 (34.15%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
8 11 (26.83%) OO
8 11 (26.83%) SQL
8 11 (26.83%) Degree
9 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
9 9 (21.95%) WCF
9 9 (21.95%) Unit Testing
9 9 (21.95%) Test Scripting
10 8 (19.51%) SQL Server 2008
10 8 (19.51%) Workflow
10 8 (19.51%) Oracle Workflow
11 7 (17.07%) WinForms
11 7 (17.07%) SQL Server 2005
12 6 (14.63%) T-SQL
12 6 (14.63%) HTML
12 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
12 6 (14.63%) PHP
12 6 (14.63%) CSS
13 5 (12.20%) Oracle 8/8i
13 5 (12.20%) Oracle 9i
13 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
13 5 (12.20%) Oracle 10g
13 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 36 (87.80%) .NET
2 18 (43.90%) ASP.NET
2 18 (43.90%) WPF
3 9 (21.95%) WCF
4 7 (17.07%) WinForms
5 6 (14.63%) HTML
5 6 (14.63%) CSS
6 5 (12.20%) Silverlight
7 4 (9.756%) .NET Framework
8 3 (7.317%) Ajax
8 3 (7.317%) MFC
9 2 (4.878%) XML
9 2 (4.878%) Hibernate
9 2 (4.878%) Spring
9 2 (4.878%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (2.439%) HTML5
10 1 (2.439%) LINQ to SQL
10 1 (2.439%) REST
10 1 (2.439%) CSS3
10 1 (2.439%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) Oracle Workflow
2 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.439%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (7.317%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (70.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (19.51%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (17.07%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (12.20%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (12.20%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (12.20%) Oracle 9i
4 5 (12.20%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (9.756%) MySQL
6 2 (4.878%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (4.878%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (2.439%) JUnit
1 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.439%) Subversion
1 1 (2.439%) PHPUnit
General
1 4 (9.756%) Finance
2 3 (7.317%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
2 4 (9.756%) N-Tier
3 3 (7.317%) Graphic Design
4 2 (4.878%) Mathematics
4 2 (4.878%) Applied Mathematics
4 2 (4.878%) Physics
4 2 (4.878%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (2.439%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.439%) Open Source
5 1 (2.439%) SaaS
5 1 (2.439%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.756%) Windows
2 1 (2.439%) Android
2 1 (2.439%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (26.83%) OO
3 9 (21.95%) Unit Testing
3 9 (21.95%) Test Scripting
4 8 (19.51%) Workflow
5 4 (9.756%) Scrum
5 4 (9.756%) MVC
6 2 (4.878%) TDD
6 2 (4.878%) OOP
6 2 (4.878%) CAD
7 1 (2.439%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.439%) Automated Testing
7 1 (2.439%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (2.439%) Time Management
7 1 (2.439%) BDD
7 1 (2.439%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (78.05%) C#
2 11 (26.83%) SQL
3 6 (14.63%) T-SQL
3 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
3 6 (14.63%) PHP
4 4 (9.756%) C++
5 3 (7.317%) Delphi
5 3 (7.317%) Java
5 3 (7.317%) VB.NET
6 2 (4.878%) C
7 1 (2.439%) VBA
7 1 (2.439%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.878%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.439%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 20 (48.78%) Oracle
2 12 (29.27%) Microsoft
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