Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Somerset region.

 Programmer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank474633
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-13
Matching permanent IT job ads172849
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset3.346 %3.139 %4.707 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.455 %3.298 %4.975 %
Salaries quoted172145
Average salary£26,000£38,000£34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.57 %+10.14 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,600£30,000£22,750
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£42,500£36,250
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
--1.510 %
Somerset IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
492849985
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset96.85 %95.18 %94.62 %
Salaries quoted469785885
Average salary£32,500£35,000£34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+1.440 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Programmer South WestProgrammer
South West

Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Programmer across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Somerset Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Programmer across the Somerset region.

Somerset Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BathUp+37£25,000-34.21 %
BridgwaterNew entry-5£27,023-
TauntonNew entry-4£30,000-
Programmer South WestProgrammer
South West

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Somerset region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

111 (33.33 %)SQL
210 (30.30 %).NET
38 (24.24 %)HTML
38 (24.24 %)SQL Server
38 (24.24 %)AS400
38 (24.24 %)RPG
46 (18.18 %)Marketing
46 (18.18 %)Degree
46 (18.18 %)Direct Marketing
46 (18.18 %)T-SQL
46 (18.18 %)JavaScript
46 (18.18 %)ASP.NET
55 (15.15 %)VB
55 (15.15 %)Visual Studio
55 (15.15 %)Education
55 (15.15 %)Health
64 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (12.12 %)Content Management
64 (12.12 %)Unit Testing
64 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (12.12 %)Swing
64 (12.12 %)E-Commerce
64 (12.12 %)Eclipse
64 (12.12 %)CSS
64 (12.12 %)Web Services
64 (12.12 %)XML
64 (12.12 %)PHP
64 (12.12 %)Java
73 (9.091 %)C
73 (9.091 %)Oracle

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Somerset region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Somerset IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (30.30 %).NET
28 (24.24 %)HTML
36 (18.18 %)ASP.NET
44 (12.12 %)CSS
44 (12.12 %)Web Services
44 (12.12 %)XML
44 (12.12 %)Swing
52 (6.061 %)ODBC
61 (3.030 %)ASP
Somerset IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (9.091 %)MS Excel
21 (3.030 %)Spreadsheet
21 (3.030 %)FastStats
Somerset IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (24.24 %)SQL Server
24 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (12.12 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (6.061 %)MS Access
32 (6.061 %)RDBMS
41 (3.030 %)Datawarehouse
Somerset IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (15.15 %)Visual Studio
24 (12.12 %)Eclipse
Somerset IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (18.18 %)Marketing
25 (15.15 %)Education
25 (15.15 %)Health
33 (9.091 %)Pensions
41 (3.030 %)Local Government
41 (3.030 %)Government
Somerset IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (24.24 %)AS400
22 (6.061 %)iSeries
31 (3.030 %)FMCG
Somerset IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (9.091 %)Windows
21 (3.030 %)Windows XP
21 (3.030 %)Windows Server 2003
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (18.18 %)Direct Marketing
24 (12.12 %)Unit Testing
24 (12.12 %)E-Commerce
24 (12.12 %)Content Management
33 (9.091 %)Systems Analysis
42 (6.061 %)Project Planning
42 (6.061 %)RAD
51 (3.030 %)PRINCE
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (33.33 %)SQL
28 (24.24 %)RPG
36 (18.18 %)T-SQL
36 (18.18 %)JavaScript
45 (15.15 %)VB
54 (12.12 %)PHP
54 (12.12 %)Java
63 (9.091 %)C
72 (6.061 %)C#
72 (6.061 %)Delphi
72 (6.061 %)VBScript
81 (3.030 %)VB.NET
81 (3.030 %)VBA
81 (3.030 %)FoxPro (VFP)
Somerset IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (18.18 %)Degree
Somerset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.030 %)QA
Somerset IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (9.091 %)Oracle
21 (3.030 %)Microsoft
21 (3.030 %)Alterian
21 (3.030 %)Unica