The first 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 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 22 42 31
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 45 14 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 7.064% 3.175% 5.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.329% 3.233% 5.085%
Number of salaries quoted 43 13 23
Average salary £33,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £26,300 £20,400
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £45,000 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
614 433 472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 96.39% 98.19% 98.95%
Number of salaries quoted 553 418 441
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
South West

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

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 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bridgwater - 21 £29,500 -
Bath -3 11 £34,391 -14.02%
Taunton +5 5 £47,500 +50.79%
Wells - 3 £37,500 -
Software Developer
South West

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 43 (57.33%) Degree
2 40 (53.33%) .NET
3 37 (49.33%) HTML
3 37 (49.33%) Web Services
3 37 (49.33%) TDD
4 35 (46.67%) Java
4 35 (46.67%) SQL
5 33 (44.00%) C#
6 29 (38.67%) CSS
7 25 (33.33%) Computer Science
8 21 (28.00%) C++
8 21 (28.00%) Mathematics
9 20 (26.67%) JavaScript
9 20 (26.67%) Visual Studio
9 20 (26.67%) XML
9 20 (26.67%) Retail
9 20 (26.67%) Scrum
10 19 (25.33%) SOAP
11 18 (24.00%) Product Management
12 17 (22.67%) Unit Testing
13 16 (21.33%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (21.33%) Hudson
13 16 (21.33%) Trapeze
13 16 (21.33%) Ant
13 16 (21.33%) XML Schema
13 16 (21.33%) QA
14 15 (20.00%) Java EE
15 14 (18.67%) JUnit
16 13 (17.33%) Oracle
17 12 (16.00%) Spring

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 40 (53.33%) .NET
2 37 (49.33%) HTML
2 37 (49.33%) Web Services
3 29 (38.67%) CSS
4 20 (26.67%) XML
5 19 (25.33%) SOAP
6 16 (21.33%) XML Schema
7 15 (20.00%) Java EE
8 12 (16.00%) Spring
9 11 (14.67%) jQuery
10 10 (13.33%) Ajax
10 10 (13.33%) JSP
11 9 (12.00%) MFC
12 8 (10.67%) Hibernate
12 8 (10.67%) JSTL
12 8 (10.67%) Google Maps API
12 8 (10.67%) Ext JS
12 8 (10.67%) Bing Maps
13 7 (9.333%) .NET Framework
14 6 (8.000%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.667%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.333%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.333%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.000%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.67%) RDBMS
3 3 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.667%) MySQL
4 2 (2.667%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.667%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.333%) TOAD
5 1 (1.333%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 20 (26.67%) Visual Studio
2 16 (21.33%) Ant
2 16 (21.33%) Hudson
3 14 (18.67%) JUnit
4 8 (10.67%) jMock
5 2 (2.667%) Selenium
5 2 (2.667%) FitNesse
6 1 (1.333%) Git (software)
6 1 (1.333%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (26.67%) Retail
2 6 (8.000%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.333%) Finance
4 3 (4.000%) Banking
5 1 (1.333%) Electronics
5 1 (1.333%) Marketing
5 1 (1.333%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.333%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 25 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 21 (28.00%) Mathematics
3 8 (10.67%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.000%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.667%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.333%) N-Tier
6 1 (1.333%) iPad
6 1 (1.333%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.67%) Linux
2 10 (13.33%) UNIX
3 9 (12.00%) Windows
4 3 (4.000%) Android
5 2 (2.667%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.333%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (49.33%) TDD
2 20 (26.67%) Scrum
3 18 (24.00%) Product Management
4 17 (22.67%) Unit Testing
5 16 (21.33%) Continuous Integration
6 10 (13.33%) OO
7 8 (10.67%) Data Modelling
7 8 (10.67%) Waterfall
8 7 (9.333%) Software Engineering
9 6 (8.000%) SOA
9 6 (8.000%) MVC
10 4 (5.333%) OOP
11 3 (4.000%) ITIL
11 3 (4.000%) TOGAF
11 3 (4.000%) Requirements Analysis
11 3 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
12 2 (2.667%) Web Development
12 2 (2.667%) Enterprise Architecture
12 2 (2.667%) Integration Testing
12 2 (2.667%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (46.67%) Java
1 35 (46.67%) SQL
2 33 (44.00%) C#
3 21 (28.00%) C++
4 20 (26.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.333%) PHP
6 3 (4.000%) PL/SQL
6 3 (4.000%) VB.NET
6 3 (4.000%) C
7 2 (2.667%) Assembly Language
7 2 (2.667%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.333%) Ruby
8 1 (1.333%) ActionScript
8 1 (1.333%) Python
8 1 (1.333%) Ada
8 1 (1.333%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 43 (57.33%) Degree
2 3 (4.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.33%) QA
2 3 (4.000%) ISO 9001
2 3 (4.000%) ISO 14001
2 3 (4.000%) COBIT
Vendors
1 16 (21.33%) Trapeze
2 13 (17.33%) Oracle
3 11 (14.67%) Microsoft
4 9 (12.00%) JBoss
5 8 (10.67%) Google
6 1 (1.333%) Zend
6 1 (1.333%) Apple
Bath, South West
Skills & Experience - Windows or Linux - C/ C++/ Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Strong Mathematical Background Desirable Skills - Real Time Operating Systems - Embedded Systems - Client Facing Experience-...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits & Training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Exceptional benefits & extensive training
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The Company is enjoying a period of sustained success and are now looking to grow there already successful team and developing team.The successful candidate will have a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The Company is enjoying a period of sustained success and are now looking to grow there already successful team and developing team.The successful candidate will have a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Exceptional benefits & extensive training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits * Exceptional Training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wells, Somerset
You must be strong mathematically and will have a solid knowledge of both C++ and C#.NET and be comfortable with national and international travel... My client would...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Senior Software Developer - API Team, C#, MS SQL Server, T-SQL, £38-42,000 plus great benefits, Bristol City Centre. Key Skills:- Significant experience developing web API's.-...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £38-42,000 + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Developer / Programmer / Software Engineer, Windows, STL, COM, Multi-Threading, Concurrency, £40-50,000 plus great benefits, Central Bristol. Key Skills:- Strong C++ software development experience within...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £40-50,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Knowledge of OO Design (OOD) and Service Orientated Architectures (SOA)... - Experience using XAML / Expression... This successful C# Software Developer ( Programmer, Software Engineer, .NET, UI, Silverlight, WPF, SQL Server )...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £35-42,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Somerset, South West
C#, C++, cloud, SOAOpus` exclusive client is recruiting for a developer to take up an integral role on their client`s legacy applications updating them into the latest...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
International based company seeks a highly skilled and experienced DSP Developer. The job will involve a range of projects in mobile radio and wireline telecommunications. Work will include...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Health Insurance + Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Somerset
In order to be considered for this position knowledge of most of the following is essential: C#/VB.Net/Java/PHP ASP.Net/Web Development SQL Server 2005...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013