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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs within the South Wales region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7358
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads3144
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.019 %
As % of the category below2.235 %2.582 %
Salaries quoted3135
Average minimum salary£35,220£28,686
Average salary£37,744£34,129
% change on same period last year+10.59 %
Average maximum salary£40,268£39,571
UK excluding London average salary£39,963£40,448
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads13871704
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.811 %0.749 %
Salaries quoted13111568
Average minimum salary£31,937£30,906
Average salary£35,917£34,830
% change on same period last year+3.12 %
Average maximum salary£39,898£38,753
UK excluding London average salary£38,166£39,195
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Senior Developer WalesSenior Developer
Wales

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

The 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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South Wales Senior Developer Salary Histogram

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 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CardiffDown-525£38,800+12.62 %
NewportDown-1512£36,250+3.57 %
TorfaenNew entry-2£35,000-
Senior Developer WalesSenior Developer
Wales

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

126 (60.47 %).NET
225 (58.14 %)SQL Server
225 (58.14 %)C#
319 (44.19 %)Java
417 (39.53 %)SQL
515 (34.88 %)VB
515 (34.88 %)XML
515 (34.88 %)VB6
612 (27.91 %)Windows
612 (27.91 %)J2EE
710 (23.26 %)VB.NET
710 (23.26 %)ASP
710 (23.26 %)ASP.NET
88 (18.60 %)Transact-SQL
88 (18.60 %)PL/SQL
88 (18.60 %)Oracle
97 (16.28 %)JavaScript
97 (16.28 %)JSP
97 (16.28 %)WebServices
106 (13.95 %)SC Cleared
106 (13.95 %)Security Cleared
106 (13.95 %)Microsoft
106 (13.95 %)HTML
106 (13.95 %)JUnit
115 (11.63 %)Visual Studio
115 (11.63 %)Agile Software Development
115 (11.63 %)Insurance
115 (11.63 %)Visual Studio Team System
124 (9.302 %)WebSphere
124 (9.302 %)Internet

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
126 (60.47 %).NET
215 (34.88 %)XML
312 (27.91 %)J2EE
410 (23.26 %)ASP
410 (23.26 %)ASP.NET
57 (16.28 %)JSP
57 (16.28 %)WebServices
66 (13.95 %)HTML
74 (9.302 %)XSLT
74 (9.302 %)EJB
74 (9.302 %)WebSphere
83 (6.977 %)Hibernate
92 (4.651 %)JSF
92 (4.651 %)Struts
92 (4.651 %)Swing
92 (4.651 %)JavaBeans
92 (4.651 %)JDBC
92 (4.651 %)JSTL
92 (4.651 %)Silverlight
92 (4.651 %)LINQ
South Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.651 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (4.651 %)IIS
21 (2.326 %)SharePoint
21 (2.326 %)BizTalk Server
South Wales IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (9.302 %)MS Excel
South Wales IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (6.977 %)Oracle 11i
13 (6.977 %)Oracle EBS
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (9.302 %)Internet
21 (2.326 %)SAN
South Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (58.14 %)SQL Server
23 (6.977 %)Oracle 8/8i
23 (6.977 %)MS Access
23 (6.977 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (4.651 %)Oracle 10g
32 (4.651 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (4.651 %)Oracle Reports
41 (2.326 %)MySQL
41 (2.326 %)OLAP
41 (2.326 %)Datawarehouse
41 (2.326 %)Data Mining
41 (2.326 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (2.326 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (2.326 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
South Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (13.95 %)JUnit
25 (11.63 %)Visual Studio
25 (11.63 %)Visual Studio Team System
33 (6.977 %)Eclipse
33 (6.977 %)Ant
42 (4.651 %)ClearCase
42 (4.651 %)TestDirector
42 (4.651 %)XDoclet
51 (2.326 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (11.63 %)Insurance
23 (6.977 %)Government
31 (2.326 %)Finance
31 (2.326 %)Pensions
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.977 %)RIA
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (27.91 %)Windows
22 (4.651 %)Linux
22 (4.651 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (2.326 %)UNIX
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (13.95 %)SC Cleared
16 (13.95 %)Security Cleared
25 (11.63 %)Agile Software Development
33 (6.977 %)Migration
33 (6.977 %)B2B
42 (4.651 %)B2C
42 (4.651 %)Project Management
42 (4.651 %)Workflow
42 (4.651 %)UML
42 (4.651 %)SOA
42 (4.651 %)Release Management
42 (4.651 %)Data Migration
51 (2.326 %)Business Intelligence
51 (2.326 %)OO
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (58.14 %)C#
219 (44.19 %)Java
317 (39.53 %)SQL
415 (34.88 %)VB
415 (34.88 %)VB6
510 (23.26 %)VB.NET
68 (18.60 %)Transact-SQL
68 (18.60 %)PL/SQL
77 (16.28 %)JavaScript
82 (4.651 %)Perl
82 (4.651 %)XPath
South Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (4.651 %)Sun Certification
21 (2.326 %)Degree
South Wales IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (4.651 %)AutoSys
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (18.60 %)Oracle
26 (13.95 %)Microsoft