Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset 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 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.

 Software Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank303731
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Down-6
Matching permanent IT job ads394152
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset7.677 %4.596 %4.995 %
As % of the Job Titles category7.927 %4.829 %5.279 %
Salaries quoted374151
Average salary£39,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£39,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,000£32,000
% change year-on-year
+4.680 %-
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 %-
Software Developer South WestSoftware Developer
South West

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Somerset Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Somerset Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Somerset Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer 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+1727£39,000+11.42 %
TauntonUp+107£30,000-
GlastonburyDown-41£35,000-
YeovilNew entry-1£20,000-
Software Developer South WestSoftware Developer
South West

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

169 (85.19 %)C#
264 (79.01 %)Java
363 (77.78 %).NET
454 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
537 (45.68 %)SQL
634 (41.98 %)C++
726 (32.10 %)VB.NET
825 (30.86 %)J2EE
924 (29.63 %)UNIX
1023 (28.40 %)Java SE
1023 (28.40 %)Java EE
1121 (25.93 %)Pensions
1121 (25.93 %)Windows
1121 (25.93 %)Finance
1219 (23.46 %)Insurance
1318 (22.22 %)Banking
1415 (18.52 %)SQL Server
1514 (17.28 %)Oracle
1514 (17.28 %)WinForms
1612 (14.81 %)XML
1711 (13.58 %)JavaScript
188 (9.877 %)Web Services
188 (9.877 %)MS Excel
188 (9.877 %)Degree
197 (8.642 %)SQL Server 2005
197 (8.642 %)CSS
197 (8.642 %)Swing
197 (8.642 %)Delphi
197 (8.642 %)HTML
206 (7.407 %)Microsoft

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

Somerset IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
163 (77.78 %).NET
254 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
325 (30.86 %)J2EE
423 (28.40 %)Java SE
423 (28.40 %)Java EE
514 (17.28 %)WinForms
612 (14.81 %)XML
78 (9.877 %)Web Services
87 (8.642 %)HTML
87 (8.642 %)CSS
87 (8.642 %)Swing
95 (6.173 %)XSLT
104 (4.938 %)XSD
113 (3.704 %)ASP
113 (3.704 %)Spring
113 (3.704 %).NET Framework
113 (3.704 %)Ext JS
121 (1.235 %)ASP.NET MVC
Somerset IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (4.938 %)BizTalk Server
14 (4.938 %)Commerce Server
14 (4.938 %)Apache
22 (2.469 %)OpenROAD
31 (1.235 %)CMS
31 (1.235 %)SharePoint
Somerset IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (9.877 %)MS Excel
Somerset IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (2.469 %)HTTP
Somerset IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (18.52 %)SQL Server
27 (8.642 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (6.173 %)MySQL
35 (6.173 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (2.469 %)MS Access
42 (2.469 %)Ingres
51 (1.235 %)SQL Server 2008
Somerset IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (4.938 %)Eclipse
21 (1.235 %)NUnit
Somerset IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
121 (25.93 %)Finance
121 (25.93 %)Pensions
219 (23.46 %)Insurance
318 (22.22 %)Banking
45 (6.173 %)Investment Banking
54 (4.938 %)Health
61 (1.235 %)Advertising
Somerset IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (3.704 %)Mathematics
22 (2.469 %)Physics
22 (2.469 %)Computer Science
22 (2.469 %)Web 2.0
Somerset IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
124 (29.63 %)UNIX
221 (25.93 %)Windows
34 (4.938 %)Debian
43 (3.704 %)Linux
51 (1.235 %)Windows Vista
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (7.407 %)Data Management
25 (6.173 %)Unit Testing
33 (3.704 %)Content Management
33 (3.704 %)E-Commerce
42 (2.469 %)Scrum
42 (2.469 %)Agile Software Development
42 (2.469 %)Requirements Analysis
42 (2.469 %)UML
51 (1.235 %)Web Development
51 (1.235 %)TDD
51 (1.235 %)MVC
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
169 (85.19 %)C#
264 (79.01 %)Java
337 (45.68 %)SQL
434 (41.98 %)C++
526 (32.10 %)VB.NET
611 (13.58 %)JavaScript
77 (8.642 %)Delphi
85 (6.173 %)C
85 (6.173 %)PHP
94 (4.938 %)T-SQL
94 (4.938 %)ActionScript
102 (2.469 %)Python
102 (2.469 %)Shell Script
102 (2.469 %)VB
102 (2.469 %)Perl
Somerset IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (9.877 %)Degree
22 (2.469 %)HND
31 (1.235 %)PhD
31 (1.235 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (1.235 %)MCP
Somerset IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (17.28 %)Oracle
26 (7.407 %)Microsoft