The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 50 51 41
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 39 38 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 3.739% 3.913% 5.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.809% 3.996% 5.376%
Number of salaries quoted 38 37 43
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £34,200
10% offered a salary of more than £42,650 £47,500 £48,200
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1024 951 837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 98.18% 97.94% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 934 847 781
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%
Senior Developer
Wales

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

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

South Wales Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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 -22 17 £40,000 +9.58%
Newport +1 12 £39,000 +11.42%
Torfaen -1 5 £40,000 +15.94%
Bridgend - 5 £39,000 -
Senior Developer
Wales

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region that cited Senior 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 Developer in their job title.

1 44 (52.38%) SQL
2 43 (51.19%) OO
3 41 (48.81%) JavaScript
4 30 (35.71%) Java
5 25 (29.76%) HTML
5 25 (29.76%) XML
6 23 (27.38%) .NET
7 21 (25.00%) ASP.NET
8 20 (23.81%) Web Services
9 18 (21.43%) SQL Server
9 18 (21.43%) C#
10 17 (20.24%) Scrum
10 17 (20.24%) Spring
10 17 (20.24%) CSS
10 17 (20.24%) Web Application Development
11 16 (19.05%) Jenkins
11 16 (19.05%) Java EE
11 16 (19.05%) Ant
11 16 (19.05%) Apache
12 14 (16.67%) Oracle
12 14 (16.67%) Maven
12 14 (16.67%) Multimedia
12 14 (16.67%) Ajax
13 13 (15.48%) Subversion
13 13 (15.48%) Hibernate
13 13 (15.48%) Degree
14 12 (14.29%) TDD
15 11 (13.10%) N-Tier
15 11 (13.10%) SOAP
15 11 (13.10%) jQuery

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 25 (29.76%) HTML
1 25 (29.76%) XML
2 23 (27.38%) .NET
3 21 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 20 (23.81%) Web Services
5 17 (20.24%) CSS
5 17 (20.24%) Spring
6 16 (19.05%) Java EE
7 14 (16.67%) Ajax
8 13 (15.48%) Hibernate
9 11 (13.10%) jQuery
9 11 (13.10%) SOAP
10 8 (9.524%) RESTful
10 8 (9.524%) JSON
11 7 (8.333%) WCF
11 7 (8.333%) Struts
12 6 (7.143%) Middleware
12 6 (7.143%) Spring Web Flow
12 6 (7.143%) JPA
13 4 (4.762%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 16 (19.05%) Apache
2 9 (10.71%) Tomcat
3 6 (7.143%) Tuxedo
4 5 (5.952%) WebLogic
5 4 (4.762%) IIS
6 1 (1.190%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (2.381%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.762%) Staffware
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.143%) Internet
2 1 (1.190%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.71%) QlikView
3 6 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (7.143%) MongoDB
3 6 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (5.952%) TOAD
5 4 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (4.762%) MySQL
5 4 (4.762%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (2.381%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (1.190%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.190%) SQLite
7 1 (1.190%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.190%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (1.190%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (19.05%) Ant
1 16 (19.05%) Jenkins
2 14 (16.67%) Maven
3 13 (15.48%) Subversion
4 10 (11.90%) Eclipse
5 9 (10.71%) Concordion
6 7 (8.333%) Hudson
6 7 (8.333%) JUnit
6 7 (8.333%) Git (software)
7 6 (7.143%) CruiseControl
8 2 (2.381%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (2.381%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (1.190%) Xcode
9 1 (1.190%) Mercurial
General
1 14 (16.67%) Multimedia
2 9 (10.71%) Marketing
3 7 (8.333%) Finance
4 6 (7.143%) Banking
5 4 (4.762%) Legal
5 4 (4.762%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.190%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.10%) N-Tier
2 9 (10.71%) Computer Science
3 6 (7.143%) iPhone
4 5 (5.952%) DTV
5 4 (4.762%) Informatics
5 4 (4.762%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (2.381%) Open Source
7 1 (1.190%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.190%) Flash Lite
7 1 (1.190%) Java Card
7 1 (1.190%) Animation
7 1 (1.190%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.524%) Linux
2 6 (7.143%) UNIX
2 6 (7.143%) Android
3 1 (1.190%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.190%) Windows
3 1 (1.190%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (51.19%) OO
2 17 (20.24%) Scrum
2 17 (20.24%) Web Application Development
3 12 (14.29%) TDD
4 10 (11.90%) MVC
5 9 (10.71%) CRM
5 9 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (10.71%) Kimball Methodology
5 9 (10.71%) Inmon Methodology
5 9 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (8.333%) Software Engineering
6 7 (8.333%) Web Development
6 7 (8.333%) Risk Analysis
6 7 (8.333%) ETL
6 7 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (7.143%) Unit Testing
7 6 (7.143%) Requirements Analysis
7 6 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (5.952%) Integration Testing
8 5 (5.952%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 44 (52.38%) SQL
2 41 (48.81%) JavaScript
3 30 (35.71%) Java
4 18 (21.43%) C#
5 10 (11.90%) VB
6 7 (8.333%) C++
7 6 (7.143%) Perl
7 6 (7.143%) PL/SQL
7 6 (7.143%) VB.NET
8 5 (5.952%) T-SQL
9 4 (4.762%) VB6
10 2 (2.381%) ActionScript
11 1 (1.190%) Python
11 1 (1.190%) Objective-C
11 1 (1.190%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (15.48%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (16.67%) Oracle
2 9 (10.71%) Salesforce.com
3 5 (5.952%) BEA
4 3 (3.571%) Telerik
5 2 (2.381%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.190%) IBM
6 1 (1.190%) Google
Newport, Gwent
Currently they are seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer with years of software engineering and product development experience... The ideal Senior Java Developer will have experience of the...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013