The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 74 78 93
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 816 819 665
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 3.650% 3.444% 2.794%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.845% 3.612% 2.952%
Number of salaries quoted 763 763 618
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21220 22674 22528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.91% 95.34% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 17656 19407 19449
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £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%
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Surrey -19 184 £40,000 - 12
Hampshire +6 176 £35,000 -4.10% 22
Berkshire -37 125 £37,500 +5.63% 14
Oxfordshire +22 105 £33,250 -5.00% 12
Buckinghamshire +11 94 £34,000 -9.33% 4
West Sussex -6 50 £37,500 +7.14% 2
East Sussex +37 48 £35,000 +7.69% 2
Middlesex -19 19 £40,000 -11.11%
Kent -13 13 £38,750 +19.23% 3
Sussex - 1 £37,500 -
Isle of Wight - 1 £30,000 -
Software Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 1142 (70.98%) C#
2 1092 (67.87%) .NET
3 776 (48.23%) SQL Server
4 756 (46.99%) ASP.NET
5 646 (40.15%) SQL
6 506 (31.45%) JavaScript
7 467 (29.02%) HTML
7 467 (29.02%) Degree
8 432 (26.85%) CSS
9 425 (26.41%) OO
10 393 (24.43%) Java
11 390 (24.24%) C++
12 389 (24.18%) Microsoft
13 388 (24.11%) Agile Software Development
14 356 (22.13%) Windows
15 334 (20.76%) Computer Science
16 285 (17.71%) XML
17 282 (17.53%) MVC
18 279 (17.34%) jQuery
19 272 (16.90%) TDD
20 251 (15.60%) Web Services
20 251 (15.60%) SQL Server 2008
21 237 (14.73%) WCF
22 210 (13.05%) Finance
22 210 (13.05%) Linux
23 203 (12.62%) Scrum
24 189 (11.75%) WPF
25 181 (11.25%) .NET Framework
26 180 (11.19%) VB.NET
27 162 (10.07%) VB

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 1092 (67.87%) .NET
2 756 (46.99%) ASP.NET
3 467 (29.02%) HTML
4 432 (26.85%) CSS
5 285 (17.71%) XML
6 279 (17.34%) jQuery
7 251 (15.60%) Web Services
8 237 (14.73%) WCF
9 189 (11.75%) WPF
10 181 (11.25%) .NET Framework
11 161 (10.01%) Ajax
12 138 (8.577%) ASP.NET MVC
13 105 (6.526%) WinForms
14 84 (5.221%) Spring
14 84 (5.221%) HTML5
15 83 (5.158%) ADO.NET
16 76 (4.723%) XSLT
17 70 (4.351%) SOAP
18 64 (3.978%) ASP
19 57 (3.543%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 70 (4.351%) IIS
2 36 (2.237%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.678%) Tomcat
4 18 (1.119%) Apache
5 12 (0.746%) CMS
6 5 (0.311%) nginx
6 5 (0.311%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (0.311%) WebLogic
6 5 (0.311%) WordPress
6 5 (0.311%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.249%) Rackspace Cloud
8 3 (0.186%) Documentum
8 3 (0.186%) OpenEdge
9 2 (0.124%) Force.com
9 2 (0.124%) Amazon AWS
9 2 (0.124%) GlassFish
9 2 (0.124%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (0.124%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.124%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.062%) Magento
Applications
1 115 (7.147%) MS Excel
2 10 (0.622%) MS Office
3 6 (0.373%) MS Project
3 6 (0.373%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (0.186%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.186%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.186%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.124%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.124%) Simulink
5 2 (0.124%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.124%) Revit
5 2 (0.124%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 3 (0.186%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.062%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.062%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
2 1 (0.062%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.062%) Academy Housing
2 1 (0.062%) arcHouse
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.735%) TCP/IP
2 37 (2.300%) Internet
3 31 (1.927%) HTTP
4 7 (0.435%) FTP
4 7 (0.435%) IPv6
4 7 (0.435%) LTE
5 5 (0.311%) NAS
5 5 (0.311%) Firewall
5 5 (0.311%) IPv4
5 5 (0.311%) GSM
5 5 (0.311%) UMTS
6 4 (0.249%) Intranet
7 3 (0.186%) VPN
7 3 (0.186%) DNS
8 2 (0.124%) PSTN
8 2 (0.124%) SMS
8 2 (0.124%) DSL
8 2 (0.124%) Network Security
8 2 (0.124%) OFDM
9 1 (0.062%) TDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 776 (48.23%) SQL Server
2 251 (15.60%) SQL Server 2008
3 152 (9.447%) SQL Server 2005
4 81 (5.034%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 75 (4.661%) MySQL
6 30 (1.865%) SQL Server 2000
7 24 (1.492%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 22 (1.367%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.057%) Big Data
10 13 (0.808%) Crystal Reports
11 10 (0.622%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.497%) SQL Server 2012
12 8 (0.497%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.435%) SQLPlus
13 7 (0.435%) Oracle 10g
14 6 (0.373%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.373%) Oracle 11g
15 5 (0.311%) Microsoft Analysis Services
16 4 (0.249%) Oracle 8/8i
16 4 (0.249%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 158 (9.820%) Visual Studio
2 144 (8.950%) Team Foundation Server
3 59 (3.667%) Subversion
4 58 (3.605%) Git (software)
5 52 (3.232%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 45 (2.797%) NUnit
7 42 (2.610%) Eclipse
8 38 (2.362%) Maven
9 29 (1.802%) Ant
10 20 (1.243%) JUnit
10 20 (1.243%) Selenium
11 17 (1.057%) ReSharper
12 16 (0.994%) ClearCase
12 16 (0.994%) SpecFlow
13 14 (0.870%) Bugzilla
14 11 (0.684%) Rhino Mocks
14 11 (0.684%) TestComplete
15 9 (0.559%) GCC
16 7 (0.435%) PhoneGap
16 7 (0.435%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 210 (13.05%) Finance
2 68 (4.226%) Telecoms
3 47 (2.921%) Financial Institution
4 27 (1.678%) Manufacturing
4 27 (1.678%) Banking
5 19 (1.181%) Marketing
6 13 (0.808%) Games
6 13 (0.808%) Electronics
7 9 (0.559%) Back Office
8 7 (0.435%) Publishing
9 6 (0.373%) Aerospace
9 6 (0.373%) Retail
10 5 (0.311%) Billing
11 3 (0.186%) Military
11 3 (0.186%) Legal
12 2 (0.124%) Automotive
13 1 (0.062%) Law
13 1 (0.062%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.062%) Advertising
13 1 (0.062%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 334 (20.76%) Computer Science
2 154 (9.571%) Mathematics
3 68 (4.226%) Enterprise Software
4 66 (4.102%) N-Tier
5 62 (3.853%) Physics
6 34 (2.113%) Open Source
7 31 (1.927%) Embedded Systems
8 25 (1.554%) Mobile App
8 25 (1.554%) Inversion of Control
9 19 (1.181%) iPhone
9 19 (1.181%) Client/Server
10 16 (0.994%) Artificial Intelligence
11 15 (0.932%) Visualisation
12 13 (0.808%) Social Media
13 11 (0.684%) Management Information System
13 11 (0.684%) SaaS
14 9 (0.559%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
15 8 (0.497%) Applied Mathematics
16 7 (0.435%) RIA
16 7 (0.435%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 356 (22.13%) Windows
2 210 (13.05%) Linux
3 59 (3.667%) UNIX
4 42 (2.610%) Windows 8
5 38 (2.362%) Android
6 32 (1.989%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (1.119%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.932%) VxWorks
9 14 (0.870%) LynxOS
9 14 (0.870%) Windows Mobile
10 13 (0.808%) Windows XP
11 11 (0.684%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (0.559%) Windows Server 2003
12 9 (0.559%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.311%) Solaris
14 4 (0.249%) AIX
14 4 (0.249%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.186%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.186%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.124%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (26.41%) OO
2 388 (24.11%) Agile Software Development
3 282 (17.53%) MVC
4 272 (16.90%) TDD
5 203 (12.62%) Scrum
6 117 (7.272%) OOP
7 115 (7.147%) UML
8 110 (6.837%) Software Engineering
9 108 (6.712%) Web Development
10 102 (6.339%) Unit Testing
11 81 (5.034%) OOD
12 70 (4.351%) Project Management
13 58 (3.605%) Refactoring
14 54 (3.356%) Continuous Integration
15 50 (3.108%) Waterfall
16 46 (2.859%) Multithreading
17 44 (2.735%) Web Application Development
18 42 (2.610%) Data Modelling
19 40 (2.486%) BDD
20 34 (2.113%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 1142 (70.98%) C#
2 646 (40.15%) SQL
3 506 (31.45%) JavaScript
4 393 (24.43%) Java
5 390 (24.24%) C++
6 180 (11.19%) VB.NET
7 162 (10.07%) VB
8 147 (9.136%) T-SQL
9 124 (7.707%) C
10 106 (6.588%) PHP
11 102 (6.339%) VB6
12 99 (6.153%) Python
13 66 (4.102%) Perl
14 35 (2.175%) PHP5
15 28 (1.740%) Ruby
16 23 (1.429%) Ada
17 21 (1.305%) VBA
18 18 (1.119%) MATLAB
19 16 (0.994%) PL/SQL
20 15 (0.932%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 467 (29.02%) Degree
2 133 (8.266%) Microsoft Certification
3 111 (6.899%) Security Cleared
4 47 (2.921%) MCP
5 45 (2.797%) SC Cleared
6 24 (1.492%) PhD
7 16 (0.994%) MCSD
8 8 (0.497%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.435%) MCAD
10 6 (0.373%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.124%) ISEB
11 2 (0.124%) SCJA
11 2 (0.124%) SCEA
11 2 (0.124%) SCBCD
11 2 (0.124%) SCJP
11 2 (0.124%) SCJD
11 2 (0.124%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.062%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.599%) QA
2 27 (1.678%) ISO 9001
3 21 (1.305%) DO-178B
4 8 (0.497%) SLA
5 5 (0.311%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.124%) Dublin Core
7 1 (0.062%) JTAG
System Software
1 9 (0.559%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.311%) NFS
3 3 (0.186%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (0.870%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.311%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (0.124%) SCOM
4 1 (0.062%) MOM
Vendors
1 389 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.774%) Oracle
3 23 (1.429%) Zend
4 22 (1.367%) JBoss
5 15 (0.932%) HP
6 12 (0.746%) VMware
7 9 (0.559%) Apple
8 8 (0.497%) Sage
9 7 (0.435%) IBM
10 6 (0.373%) Borland
11 5 (0.311%) Hitachi
12 4 (0.249%) Cisco
12 4 (0.249%) Google
12 4 (0.249%) Twitter
12 4 (0.249%) Rackspace
13 3 (0.186%) Sybase
13 3 (0.186%) SAP
13 3 (0.186%) Adobe
13 3 (0.186%) Sun
13 3 (0.186%) Dell
Oxford, Oxfordshire
To be considered for the position, you should hold a relevant qualification, at least 1 years .Net experience and SQL Server experience and ideally an MCP or MCE.
Pertemps IT
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
To be considered for the position, you should hold a relevant qualification, at least 2 years .Net experience and SQL Server experience and ideally an MCP or MCE.
Pertemps IT
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Havant, Hampshire
As a result they require 2 new Software Developers skilled in C#, SQL Server and full lifecycle development... Experience Required: Strong commercial experience with C# & VB.Net Experience...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £36000 per annum + healthcare, Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
Oxfordshire
My successful client based in central Oxford has been running for over two decades and now operates in nearly 200 countries. As a global business player in its...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Oxfordshire
My successful client based in central Oxford has been running for over two decades and now operates in nearly 200 countries. As a global business player in its...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000 - 36,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Farnborough, Hampshire
ITW Industry
Salary: Unspecified Competitive salary with excellent pension scheme.
Posted: 13 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Richmond, Surrey
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000 - 42,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum Plu benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Ashford, Kent
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: From £14,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Rural Ashford, South East
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £14-20k per year DOE
Posted: 7 May 2013
New Milton, South East
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
New Milton, Hampshire
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
greywood
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Oxfordshire
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
Proteus Europe
Posted: 17 June 2013
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Witney, Oxfordshire
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Austin Fraser
Salary: £25000 - £30000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Venturi
Salary: £50000 - £57500 per annum + 30% bonus/benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Guildford, South East
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £36000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013