The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales 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 22 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 58 77 78
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 28 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.642% 1.006% 0.339%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.700% 1.028% 0.359%
Number of salaries quoted 24 10 2
Average salary £34,700 £28,000 £33,375
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.92% -16.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,900 £28,075
10% offered a salary of more than £36,400 £33,450 £38,675
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1037 973 836
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 97.83% 97.89% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 942 871 777
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
Wales

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cardiff -6 18 £35,550 +29.27%
Newport 0 7 £30,000 -
Bridgend -15 3 £32,500 +35.41%
Programmer
Wales

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

1 19 (45.24%) Java
2 14 (33.33%) SQL
2 14 (33.33%) Banking
2 14 (33.33%) Degree
3 13 (30.95%) Web Services
4 12 (28.57%) HTML
4 12 (28.57%) .NET
4 12 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 11 (26.19%) Spring
5 11 (26.19%) Unit Testing
5 11 (26.19%) Finance
5 11 (26.19%) Hibernate
5 11 (26.19%) Struts
6 10 (23.81%) SQL Server
7 9 (21.43%) DB2
7 9 (21.43%) J2EE
7 9 (21.43%) VB.NET
8 8 (19.05%) ASP.NET
8 8 (19.05%) XML
8 8 (19.05%) XSLT
8 8 (19.05%) RPG
8 8 (19.05%) C#
8 8 (19.05%) AS400
8 8 (19.05%) INSURE/90
8 8 (19.05%) RPG/400
8 8 (19.05%) RPG IV
8 8 (19.05%) Web Development
9 7 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
9 7 (16.67%) VB6
9 7 (16.67%) Web Application Development

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Development
1 13 (30.95%) Web Services
2 12 (28.57%) HTML
2 12 (28.57%) .NET
3 11 (26.19%) Spring
3 11 (26.19%) Hibernate
3 11 (26.19%) Struts
4 9 (21.43%) J2EE
5 8 (19.05%) ASP.NET
5 8 (19.05%) XML
5 8 (19.05%) XSLT
6 7 (16.67%) CSS
7 4 (9.524%) EJB 3.0
7 4 (9.524%) REST
7 4 (9.524%) .NET Framework
7 4 (9.524%) WCF
7 4 (9.524%) EJB
7 4 (9.524%) JSP
7 4 (9.524%) SOAP
8 3 (7.143%) WPF
8 3 (7.143%) Apache FOP
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.524%) Apache
2 1 (2.381%) MQSeries
2 1 (2.381%) CMS
2 1 (2.381%) CICS
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (19.05%) INSURE/90
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 9 (21.43%) DB2
3 5 (11.90%) RDBMS
4 4 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (9.524%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (7.143%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (2.381%) MySQL
6 1 (2.381%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Eclipse
2 6 (14.29%) Visual Studio
3 5 (11.90%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.381%) Subversion
General
1 14 (33.33%) Banking
2 12 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 11 (26.19%) Finance
4 3 (7.143%) Advertising
5 2 (4.762%) Law
6 1 (2.381%) Games
6 1 (2.381%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.381%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) AS400
2 2 (4.762%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.381%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (2.381%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.381%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.381%) Statistics
3 1 (2.381%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.524%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (9.524%) Windows
2 2 (4.762%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.381%) Linux
3 1 (2.381%) zOS
3 1 (2.381%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) Unit Testing
2 8 (19.05%) Web Development
3 7 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (16.67%) Web Application Development
4 4 (9.524%) System Testing
4 4 (9.524%) MVC
5 3 (7.143%) OO
5 3 (7.143%) TDD
6 2 (4.762%) OOP
6 2 (4.762%) Project Management
7 1 (2.381%) CRM
7 1 (2.381%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.381%) Information Security
7 1 (2.381%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (45.24%) Java
2 14 (33.33%) SQL
3 9 (21.43%) VB.NET
4 8 (19.05%) RPG
4 8 (19.05%) C#
4 8 (19.05%) RPG/400
4 8 (19.05%) RPG IV
5 7 (16.67%) VB6
5 7 (16.67%) VB
6 3 (7.143%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.762%) C++
8 1 (2.381%) Python
8 1 (2.381%) PHP
8 1 (2.381%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.381%) Lua
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (4.762%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (7.143%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.381%) Sybase
2 1 (2.381%) Oracle
2 1 (2.381%) Open Text
2 1 (2.381%) RedDot
2 1 (2.381%) Zend