The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Slough 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 18 June 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 59 40 53
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 9 31 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 1.372% 4.676% 1.515%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.452% 5.057% 1.681%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 6
Average salary £25,500 £40,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.25% +60.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,400 £39,250 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £52,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
620 613 476
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 94.51% 92.46% 90.15%
Number of salaries quoted 524 466 407
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Berkshire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Slough region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Slough Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 14 (73.68%) C#
2 12 (63.16%) .NET
3 10 (52.63%) Visual Studio
3 10 (52.63%) C++
3 10 (52.63%) SQL
4 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
5 8 (42.11%) JavaScript
5 8 (42.11%) Windows
5 8 (42.11%) Software Engineering
5 8 (42.11%) Ajax
6 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
6 7 (36.84%) C
7 6 (31.58%) CSS
7 6 (31.58%) T-SQL
7 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (31.58%) SQLPlus
7 6 (31.58%) WinForms
7 6 (31.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (26.32%) Finance
8 5 (26.32%) Degree
8 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
8 5 (26.32%) Perl
8 5 (26.32%) PHP
8 5 (26.32%) HTML
8 5 (26.32%) Java
8 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET
9 4 (21.05%) MySQL
9 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
9 4 (21.05%) Linux

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 12 (63.16%) .NET
2 8 (42.11%) Ajax
3 6 (31.58%) CSS
3 6 (31.58%) WinForms
4 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET
4 5 (26.32%) HTML
5 4 (21.05%) JSON
5 4 (21.05%) Web Services
5 4 (21.05%) jQuery
6 3 (15.79%) Silverlight
7 2 (10.53%) Zend Framework
7 2 (10.53%) XML
8 1 (5.263%) MSMQ
8 1 (5.263%) Spring
8 1 (5.263%) JSF
8 1 (5.263%) SOAP
8 1 (5.263%) Struts
8 1 (5.263%) Ext JS
8 1 (5.263%) Mason
8 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) Apache
2 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.263%) ElasticSearch
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) SQLPlus
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (21.05%) MySQL
4 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (5.263%) MongoDB
5 1 (5.263%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (52.63%) Visual Studio
2 6 (31.58%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Software Engineering
2 5 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (21.05%) MVC
3 4 (21.05%) OOP
3 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
3 4 (21.05%) Scrum
4 3 (15.79%) OOD
4 3 (15.79%) OO
4 3 (15.79%) Data Protection
4 3 (15.79%) Change Control
5 1 (5.263%) Metadata Management
5 1 (5.263%) Software Architecture
5 1 (5.263%) Refactoring
5 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (5.263%) Multithreading
5 1 (5.263%) B2C
5 1 (5.263%) Migration
5 1 (5.263%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) C#
2 10 (52.63%) C++
2 10 (52.63%) SQL
3 8 (42.11%) JavaScript
4 7 (36.84%) C
5 6 (31.58%) T-SQL
6 5 (26.32%) Perl
6 5 (26.32%) PHP
6 5 (26.32%) Java
7 3 (15.79%) Python
7 3 (15.79%) Ruby
7 3 (15.79%) PHP5
8 1 (5.263%) Haskell
8 1 (5.263%) Scala
8 1 (5.263%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Zend
Slough, Berkshire
A graduate with a Computer Science degree -Proven experience of designing and developing a greenfield solution -Considerable experience in software development including experience of using C#, Visual Studio...
Neilson Financial Services Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013