The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 54 48 73
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 36 44 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 3.492% 4.494% 1.410%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.564% 4.588% 1.487%
Number of salaries quoted 34 44 12
Average salary £33,750 £35,000 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.57% -8.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,050 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £45,000 £50,000
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
1010 959 874
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 97.96% 97.96% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 917 857 813
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%
Software Developer
Wales

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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 -26 14 £37,500 -
Newport +2 11 £32,500 -5.79%
Bridgend -18 6 £30,000 -6.25%
Vale of Glamorgan - 2 £24,500 -
Software Developer
Wales

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 48 (58.54%) C++
2 38 (46.34%) OO
3 35 (42.68%) SQL
4 33 (40.24%) HTML
5 31 (37.80%) JavaScript
6 30 (36.59%) Finance
7 29 (35.37%) Oracle
8 25 (30.49%) .NET
9 24 (29.27%) SQL Server
10 21 (25.61%) C#
10 21 (25.61%) Agile Software Development
11 19 (23.17%) Java
12 18 (21.95%) PHP
13 17 (20.73%) ColdFusion
13 17 (20.73%) Web Development
14 15 (18.29%) CSS
15 14 (17.07%) ASP.NET
16 9 (10.98%) OOP
17 8 (9.756%) Microsoft
17 8 (9.756%) Advertising
17 8 (9.756%) VC++
17 8 (9.756%) VB.NET
18 7 (8.537%) WPF
19 6 (7.317%) Silverlight
20 5 (6.098%) Ajax
21 4 (4.878%) E-Commerce
21 4 (4.878%) MVC
21 4 (4.878%) Visual Studio
21 4 (4.878%) VB
21 4 (4.878%) XML

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 33 (40.24%) HTML
2 25 (30.49%) .NET
3 15 (18.29%) CSS
4 14 (17.07%) ASP.NET
5 7 (8.537%) WPF
6 6 (7.317%) Silverlight
7 5 (6.098%) Ajax
8 4 (4.878%) XML
8 4 (4.878%) WCF
8 4 (4.878%) jQuery
9 2 (2.439%) XHTML
9 2 (2.439%) LINQ
9 2 (2.439%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.439%) HTML5
10 1 (1.220%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 1 (1.220%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (1.220%) Lucene
10 1 (1.220%) Flash
10 1 (1.220%) J2ME
10 1 (1.220%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 17 (20.73%) ColdFusion
2 1 (1.220%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.220%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.220%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.220%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.220%) CMS
2 1 (1.220%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.439%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (29.27%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.659%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.220%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.220%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.878%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.220%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.220%) Eclipse
General
1 30 (36.59%) Finance
2 8 (9.756%) Advertising
3 2 (2.439%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.220%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.439%) Windows
2 1 (1.220%) Windows 8
2 1 (1.220%) Windows Phone 8
2 1 (1.220%) Windows Phone
2 1 (1.220%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.220%) Android
2 1 (1.220%) Linux
2 1 (1.220%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.34%) OO
2 21 (25.61%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (20.73%) Web Development
4 9 (10.98%) OOP
5 4 (4.878%) E-Commerce
5 4 (4.878%) MVC
6 3 (3.659%) OOD
6 3 (3.659%) SOA
7 2 (2.439%) OOA/OOD
7 2 (2.439%) UML
7 2 (2.439%) TDD
7 2 (2.439%) Scrum
7 2 (2.439%) Web Design
7 2 (2.439%) Unit Testing
7 2 (2.439%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (1.220%) Strategic Planning
8 1 (1.220%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (1.220%) Content Management
8 1 (1.220%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 48 (58.54%) C++
2 35 (42.68%) SQL
3 31 (37.80%) JavaScript
4 21 (25.61%) C#
5 19 (23.17%) Java
6 18 (21.95%) PHP
7 8 (9.756%) VC++
7 8 (9.756%) VB.NET
8 4 (4.878%) VB
9 3 (3.659%) T-SQL
10 2 (2.439%) VB6
Vendors
1 29 (35.37%) Oracle
2 8 (9.756%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.439%) Twitter
4 1 (1.220%) Sitecore