Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 11 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

 Application Developer
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6411773
Rank change year-on-year
Up+53Down-44
Matching permanent IT job ads14574255
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West2.947 %1.166 %2.236 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.120 %1.253 %2.360 %
Salaries quoted13770152
Average salary£32,500£30,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,150£26,000£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£38,750£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
--4.410 %
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4648590410807
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West94.45 %93.06 %94.76 %
Salaries quoted406351278829
Average salary£32,500£35,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+2.940 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£22,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Applications Developer EnglandApplications Developer
England

Applications Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Applications Developer Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the South West region.

South West Applications Developer Salary Trend

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Developer across the South West region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

South West Applications Developer Salary Histogram

Applications Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolUp+5043£30,000-12.40 %
DorsetUp+2032£32,000-
SomersetUp+1028£32,500-7.14 %
WiltshireDown-224£31,500+21.15 %
GloucestershireUp+1821£37,500+44.23 %
Applications Developer EnglandApplications Developer
England

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

1187 (60.52 %)SQL Server
2181 (58.58 %)C#
3170 (55.02 %).NET
4135 (43.69 %)ASP.NET
5102 (33.01 %)SQL
6101 (32.69 %)Java
6101 (32.69 %)XML
790 (29.13 %)JavaScript
888 (28.48 %)Oracle
986 (27.83 %)HTML
1061 (19.74 %)AJAX
1159 (19.09 %)Finance
1159 (19.09 %)Microsoft
1159 (19.09 %)VB
1257 (18.45 %)CSS
1351 (16.50 %)JSF
1450 (16.18 %)VB6
1547 (15.21 %)Pensions
1646 (14.89 %)Crystal Reports
1646 (14.89 %)Business Objects
1646 (14.89 %)Web Services
1646 (14.89 %)BusinessObjects
1745 (14.56 %)Insurance
1844 (14.24 %)SQL Server 2000
1844 (14.24 %)Health
1844 (14.24 %)Oracle Reports
1941 (13.27 %)JSP
1941 (13.27 %)MySQL
1941 (13.27 %)GIS
1941 (13.27 %)Degree

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1170 (55.02 %).NET
2135 (43.69 %)ASP.NET
3101 (32.69 %)XML
486 (27.83 %)HTML
561 (19.74 %)AJAX
657 (18.45 %)CSS
751 (16.50 %)JSF
846 (14.89 %)Web Services
941 (13.27 %)JSP
1033 (10.68 %)Spring
1132 (10.36 %)J2EE
1221 (6.796 %)ArcObjects
1320 (6.472 %)ASP
1418 (5.825 %)XHTML
1517 (5.502 %)jQuery
1615 (4.854 %)WinForms
1714 (4.531 %)XSLT
1811 (3.560 %)Hibernate
198 (2.589 %)Adobe Flex
207 (2.265 %).NET Framework
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
123 (7.443 %)ArcGIS
215 (4.854 %)BizTalk Server
312 (3.883 %)Commerce Server
411 (3.560 %)Tomcat
510 (3.236 %)IIS
66 (1.942 %)WebLogic
66 (1.942 %)Oracle Spatial
75 (1.618 %)Apache
83 (0.971 %)WebLogic Portal
92 (0.647 %)SharePoint
92 (0.647 %)CMS
92 (0.647 %)SharePoint Server 2007
92 (0.647 %)GlassFish
101 (0.324 %)Oracle 10gAS
101 (0.324 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.324 %)Lotus Domino
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
130 (9.709 %)MS Excel
21 (0.324 %)Photoshop
21 (0.324 %)MS Office
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (4.854 %)Internet
26 (1.942 %)Extranet
35 (1.618 %)TCP/IP
35 (1.618 %)DNS
41 (0.324 %)SSL
41 (0.324 %)Intranet
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1187 (60.52 %)SQL Server
246 (14.89 %)Crystal Reports
246 (14.89 %)BusinessObjects
344 (14.24 %)SQL Server 2000
344 (14.24 %)Oracle Reports
441 (13.27 %)MySQL
441 (13.27 %)GIS
540 (12.94 %)SQL Server 2005
618 (5.825 %)SQL Server 2008
712 (3.883 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
811 (3.560 %)Oracle 8/8i
811 (3.560 %)PostgreSQL
99 (2.913 %)RDBMS
108 (2.589 %)SQL Server Integration Services
115 (1.618 %)Oracle 10g
115 (1.618 %)DTS
124 (1.294 %)Oracle 9i
124 (1.294 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
133 (0.971 %)Database Marketing
142 (0.647 %)SQL Server 7
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (5.178 %)Visual Studio
27 (2.265 %)Subversion
36 (1.942 %)Eclipse
43 (0.971 %)PowerBuilder
43 (0.971 %)Ant
51 (0.324 %)Maven
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
159 (19.09 %)Finance
247 (15.21 %)Pensions
345 (14.56 %)Insurance
444 (14.24 %)Health
523 (7.443 %)Government
616 (5.178 %)Marketing
75 (1.618 %)Chemicals
83 (0.971 %)Retail
83 (0.971 %)Games
83 (0.971 %)Back Office
92 (0.647 %)Telecoms
92 (0.647 %)Banking
101 (0.324 %)Electric
101 (0.324 %)Military
101 (0.324 %)Electronics
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (2.265 %)W3C
24 (1.294 %)RIA
33 (0.971 %)Computer Science
42 (0.647 %)NHS
42 (0.647 %)E-Learning
51 (0.324 %)iPhone
51 (0.324 %)Blackberry
51 (0.324 %)N-Tier
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
121 (6.796 %)Linux
215 (4.854 %)UNIX
215 (4.854 %)Windows
32 (0.647 %)Android
41 (0.324 %)Windows Mobile
41 (0.324 %)Windows CE
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
139 (12.62 %)UML
229 (9.385 %)Data Analysis
328 (9.061 %)Software Engineering
423 (7.443 %)RAD
522 (7.120 %)OO
522 (7.120 %)RUP
617 (5.502 %)E-Commerce
715 (4.854 %)Agile Software Development
715 (4.854 %)Use Case
813 (4.207 %)Business Intelligence
911 (3.560 %)Requirements Analysis
1010 (3.236 %)Data Management
119 (2.913 %)Web Development
128 (2.589 %)RDF
128 (2.589 %)E-business
128 (2.589 %)Risk Management
137 (2.265 %)TDD
137 (2.265 %)OOP
146 (1.942 %)Content Management
155 (1.618 %)Unit Testing
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1181 (58.58 %)C#
2102 (33.01 %)SQL
3101 (32.69 %)Java
490 (29.13 %)JavaScript
559 (19.09 %)VB
650 (16.18 %)VB6
739 (12.62 %)PHP
837 (11.97 %)C++
928 (9.061 %)VB.NET
1014 (4.531 %)C
1014 (4.531 %)Perl
117 (2.265 %)T-SQL
125 (1.618 %)FoxPro (VFP)
125 (1.618 %)VBA
125 (1.618 %)Python
133 (0.971 %)PL/SQL
141 (0.324 %)ActionScript 3.0
141 (0.324 %)LotusScript
141 (0.324 %)ActionScript
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
141 (13.27 %)Degree
217 (5.502 %)Security Cleared
38 (2.589 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.324 %)Microsoft Certification
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.294 %)SLA
South West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.324 %)BMC PATROL
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
188 (28.48 %)Oracle
259 (19.09 %)Microsoft
346 (14.89 %)Business Objects
418 (5.825 %)ESRI
512 (3.883 %)Sybase
63 (0.971 %)ILOG
72 (0.647 %)JBoss
72 (0.647 %)IBM
81 (0.324 %)Google
81 (0.324 %)Amdocs
81 (0.324 %)Apple
81 (0.324 %)Symbian
81 (0.324 %)PeopleSoft