The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 332 327 347
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 101 113 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.456% 0.475% 0.336%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.481% 0.499% 0.355%
Number of salaries quoted 93 106 74
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £63,500
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+9.87% +1.25%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Senior Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the South East region.

South East Senior Software Developer Salary Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Senior Software Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Surrey +20 46 £58,750 +17.50%
Hampshire -19 28 £42,500 +6.25%
Berkshire -1 9 £45,000 -10.00%
Buckinghamshire -12 7 £50,000 -2.43%
Oxfordshire -20 3 £53,750 +19.44%
Middlesex - 3 £39,000 -
West Sussex -19 2 £40,000 -
East Sussex +5 1 £45,000 +32.35%
Kent -19 1 - -
Sussex - 1 £37,500 -
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title.

1 134 (63.21%) C#
2 129 (60.85%) .NET
3 100 (47.17%) SQL
4 92 (43.40%) ASP.NET
5 80 (37.74%) Java
6 79 (37.26%) JavaScript
7 75 (35.38%) OO
8 70 (33.02%) CSS
8 70 (33.02%) HTML
8 70 (33.02%) SQL Server
9 48 (22.64%) Agile Software Development
10 44 (20.75%) Web Services
11 43 (20.28%) MVC
12 42 (19.81%) XML
12 42 (19.81%) ADO.NET
12 42 (19.81%) WPF
13 40 (18.87%) .NET Framework
14 39 (18.40%) WCF
15 37 (17.45%) jQuery
16 33 (15.57%) Oracle
17 32 (15.09%) Computer Science
17 32 (15.09%) Ajax
18 31 (14.62%) Degree
18 31 (14.62%) Struts
18 31 (14.62%) Finance
19 30 (14.15%) J2EE
19 30 (14.15%) C++
19 30 (14.15%) ASP.NET MVC
20 29 (13.68%) IIS
21 28 (13.21%) Visual Studio

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Senior 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 Senior Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 129 (60.85%) .NET
2 92 (43.40%) ASP.NET
3 70 (33.02%) CSS
3 70 (33.02%) HTML
4 44 (20.75%) Web Services
5 42 (19.81%) XML
5 42 (19.81%) ADO.NET
5 42 (19.81%) WPF
6 40 (18.87%) .NET Framework
7 39 (18.40%) WCF
8 37 (17.45%) jQuery
9 32 (15.09%) Ajax
10 31 (14.62%) Struts
11 30 (14.15%) J2EE
11 30 (14.15%) ASP.NET MVC
12 23 (10.85%) Spring
13 21 (9.906%) LINQ
13 21 (9.906%) JSP
14 17 (8.019%) Hibernate
14 17 (8.019%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 29 (13.68%) IIS
2 13 (6.132%) Tomcat
3 7 (3.302%) Apache
4 4 (1.887%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.415%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.415%) nginx
6 2 (0.943%) Rackspace Cloud
7 1 (0.472%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.472%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 12 (5.660%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.717%) MS Project
2 10 (4.717%) MS Office
3 6 (2.830%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.943%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.774%) HTTP
2 5 (2.358%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.415%) Internet
4 1 (0.472%) GSM
4 1 (0.472%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (33.02%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.075%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (3.774%) SQL Server 2005
3 8 (3.774%) MySQL
4 6 (2.830%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (2.358%) Big Data
6 4 (1.887%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.415%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.415%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.415%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (0.943%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.472%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.472%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (13.21%) Visual Studio
2 26 (12.26%) Team Foundation Server
3 10 (4.717%) Maven
4 9 (4.245%) Subversion
5 7 (3.302%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 7 (3.302%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
6 6 (2.830%) NUnit
6 6 (2.830%) JUnit
7 4 (1.887%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.887%) Ant
8 3 (1.415%) Xcode
8 3 (1.415%) Capistrano
8 3 (1.415%) RSpec
8 3 (1.415%) Capybara
9 2 (0.943%) Git (software)
10 1 (0.472%) Selenium
General
1 31 (14.62%) Finance
2 9 (4.245%) Financial Institution
2 9 (4.245%) Banking
3 5 (2.358%) Marketing
4 4 (1.887%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.887%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.415%) Publishing
6 2 (0.943%) Automotive
7 1 (0.472%) Electronics
7 1 (0.472%) Back Office
7 1 (0.472%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.09%) Computer Science
2 18 (8.491%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (5.660%) SaaS
4 10 (4.717%) Mathematics
4 10 (4.717%) Open Source
5 7 (3.302%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.302%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.887%) Grid Computing
6 4 (1.887%) N-Tier
7 3 (1.415%) Physics
7 3 (1.415%) Statistics
8 2 (0.943%) Heroku
9 1 (0.472%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.472%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.472%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.472%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.472%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.472%) Social Network
9 1 (0.472%) Web 2.0
9 1 (0.472%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.604%) Windows
2 13 (6.132%) Linux
3 4 (1.887%) UNIX
4 3 (1.415%) AIX
4 3 (1.415%) Solaris
4 3 (1.415%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.472%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.472%) Android
5 1 (0.472%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.472%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.472%) Windows Phone 8
5 1 (0.472%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (35.38%) OO
2 48 (22.64%) Agile Software Development
3 43 (20.28%) MVC
4 27 (12.74%) TDD
5 25 (11.79%) Scrum
6 24 (11.32%) OOP
7 21 (9.906%) Software Architecture
8 19 (8.962%) OOA/OOD
8 19 (8.962%) UML
8 19 (8.962%) Project Management
9 18 (8.491%) Web Development
10 13 (6.132%) Web Application Development
11 10 (4.717%) Software Engineering
11 10 (4.717%) E-Commerce
12 9 (4.245%) Analytics
12 9 (4.245%) Performance Testing
12 9 (4.245%) Financial Modelling
13 8 (3.774%) Data Management
13 8 (3.774%) Multithreading
14 7 (3.302%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 134 (63.21%) C#
2 100 (47.17%) SQL
3 80 (37.74%) Java
4 79 (37.26%) JavaScript
5 30 (14.15%) C++
6 21 (9.906%) T-SQL
6 21 (9.906%) VB.NET
7 17 (8.019%) Perl
8 14 (6.604%) PHP
9 9 (4.245%) VB
10 6 (2.830%) MATLAB
11 5 (2.358%) VBA
11 5 (2.358%) Groovy
11 5 (2.358%) Ruby
12 4 (1.887%) VB6
12 4 (1.887%) PHP5
13 3 (1.415%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.415%) XPath
14 2 (0.943%) CoffeeScript
14 2 (0.943%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (14.62%) Degree
2 15 (7.075%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.302%) MCP
3 7 (3.302%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.830%) PhD
4 6 (2.830%) Postgraduate
5 4 (1.887%) SCJA
5 4 (1.887%) SCEA
5 4 (1.887%) SCBCD
5 4 (1.887%) SCJP
5 4 (1.887%) SCJD
6 1 (0.472%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.660%) ISO 9001
2 11 (5.189%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.472%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (15.57%) Oracle
2 27 (12.74%) Microsoft
3 21 (9.906%) JBoss
4 4 (1.887%) Apple
5 3 (1.415%) IBM
5 3 (1.415%) Sun
5 3 (1.415%) Google
6 2 (0.943%) Rackspace
6 2 (0.943%) Zend
6 2 (0.943%) VMware
7 1 (0.472%) Wonderware
Oxfordshire, South East
Due to the security clearance procedures to be eligible you must be an EU National and have been resident in the UK for at least three years. Key...
greywood
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Due to the security clearance procedures to be eligible you must be an EU National and have been resident in the UK for at least three years. Key...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
The successful ASP.NET MVC Developer should have the following skills: - C# - ASP.NET - MVC - SQL Server - Designing web based applications - Excellent communication skills Interviews are being lined...
X4 Group
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Surrey, South East
Senior Software Developer required to work for a progressively growing Software house, based in Surrey.Joining a team of 15 developers and currently recruiting for a further 5,...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
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 £55,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Guildford, South East
Senior Software Developer / Web Developer- Ruby, PHP, MySQL, OOP, MVC, CloudKey Words: Web Developer, PHP Developer, Ruby, Rails, PHP, OOP, ``object oriented``, MVC, Agile, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery,...
OPUS
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent Benefits package
Posted: 14 May 2013
East Sussex
Proven experience in .NET Framework and C# development - Excellent understanding of SQL (preferably Microsoft) - both design and interfacing to (stored procedures, Triggers and queries, Linqetc) - Proven ability in...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £52000 Per Annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Egham, Surrey, South East
The team follow a Scrum-based Agile development process, allowing them to continuously adapt to changes and deliver value faster... RESPONSIBILITIES:Analyse, design and develop business applications using...
ServiceNow
Salary: Competitive salary, benefits and stock
Posted: 24 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Senior Java DeveloperTo design, code, and test components within a J2EE architecture to support applications for the financial services markets Primary Duties and Responsibilities Work with Business Analysts...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, South East
No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, and we confirm that we will gladly accept applications from persons of any age...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: 40000 - 50000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
c) Extensive knowledge of programming languages: especially Java or C++ and knowledge of mobile platforms: especially Android... Familiarity with the following tools is also desirable, but not essential: *...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 40000 - 50000
Posted: 21 May 2013