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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 39 28 27
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 9 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 3.814% 4.605% 3.500%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.054% 4.762% 3.627%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 6
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +9.67%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -
All Job Titles
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
222 147 193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 94.07% 96.71% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 170 111 141
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Developer
West Midlands

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 (85.71%) .NET
2 10 (71.43%) C#
3 9 (64.29%) SQL Server
3 9 (64.29%) ASP.NET
4 8 (57.14%) MVC
5 7 (50.00%) CSS
5 7 (50.00%) HTML
5 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
5 7 (50.00%) jQuery
6 6 (42.86%) Ajax
6 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
7 5 (35.71%) SOAP
7 5 (35.71%) Web Services
7 5 (35.71%) XML
7 5 (35.71%) Games
7 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
7 5 (35.71%) JSON
7 5 (35.71%) Web Development
7 5 (35.71%) Dojo
8 4 (28.57%) CSS3
8 4 (28.57%) HTML5
8 4 (28.57%) BDD
8 4 (28.57%) Degree
8 4 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
8 4 (28.57%) TDD
8 4 (28.57%) ASP
9 3 (21.43%) VB.NET
9 3 (21.43%) Java
9 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 (85.71%) .NET
2 9 (64.29%) ASP.NET
3 7 (50.00%) CSS
3 7 (50.00%) HTML
3 7 (50.00%) jQuery
4 6 (42.86%) Ajax
5 5 (35.71%) JSON
5 5 (35.71%) Dojo
5 5 (35.71%) Web Services
5 5 (35.71%) XML
5 5 (35.71%) SOAP
6 4 (28.57%) ASP
6 4 (28.57%) HTML5
6 4 (28.57%) CSS3
7 2 (14.29%) WinForms
8 1 (7.143%) Spring
8 1 (7.143%) Smarty
8 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 1 (7.143%) OSGi
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (7.143%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
1 1 (7.143%) Subversion
1 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (35.71%) Games
2 1 (7.143%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Marketing
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.143%) Graphic Design
2 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
2 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) MVC
2 5 (35.71%) Web Development
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (28.57%) TDD
3 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 4 (28.57%) BDD
4 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Scrum
6 1 (7.143%) OO
6 1 (7.143%) SEO
6 1 (7.143%) Kanban
6 1 (7.143%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) C#
2 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (21.43%) VB.NET
3 3 (21.43%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) Delphi
4 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (7.143%) C++
5 1 (7.143%) VC++
5 1 (7.143%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
Solihull, West Midlands
The Senior Developer (C#, .NET & WPF) must have good knowledge of C# and .Net and have a strong academic background... The Senior Developer (C#, .NET & WPF) will be...
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 19 May 2013