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The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs within the South West 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4537
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads417492
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.244 %0.216 %
As % of the category below4.207 %4.481 %
Salaries quoted359430
Average minimum salary£30,611£28,007
Average salary£33,351£31,010
% change on same period last year+7.54 %
Average maximum salary£36,091£34,013
UK excluding London average salary£33,347£32,739
% change on same period last year+1.85 %
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads991210979
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.793 %4.824 %
Salaries quoted86919387
Average minimum salary£32,128£33,140
Average salary£35,153£36,008
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Average maximum salary£38,178£38,876
UK excluding London average salary£38,166£39,195
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Programmer EnglandProgrammer
England

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

South West Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

South West Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

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

South West Programmer Salary Histogram

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 West 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
WiltshireUp+7108£36,185+12.03 %
GloucestershireDown-1967£33,230+14.31 %
BristolDown-2561£31,036+2.87 %
SomersetDown-954£29,786-8.63 %
DevonDown-552£30,807-7.21 %
DorsetUp+535£36,206+10.25 %
CornwallUp+427£34,214-2.24 %
AvonDown-13£39,333+60.05 %
Programmer EnglandProgrammer
England

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1322 (38.66 %).NET
2312 (37.45 %)SQL
3222 (26.65 %)SQL Server
4203 (24.37 %)C#
5190 (22.81 %)XML
6178 (21.37 %)VB
7161 (19.33 %)Java
8156 (18.73 %)VB.NET
9152 (18.25 %)JavaScript
10142 (17.05 %)ASP.NET
11140 (16.81 %)HTML
12139 (16.69 %)Oracle
13115 (13.81 %)C++
14112 (13.45 %)Finance
15101 (12.12 %)C
1692 (11.04 %)RPG
1692 (11.04 %)ASP
1786 (10.32 %)Degree
1880 (9.604 %)Windows
1979 (9.484 %)AS400
2076 (9.124 %)PL/SQL
2172 (8.643 %)OO
2269 (8.283 %)AJAX
2367 (8.043 %)Pensions
2367 (8.043 %)CSS
2461 (7.323 %)Oracle Forms
2461 (7.323 %)Oracle Reports
2556 (6.723 %)RDBMS
2654 (6.483 %)WebServices
2753 (6.363 %)Visual Studio

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1322 (38.66 %).NET
2190 (22.81 %)XML
3142 (17.05 %)ASP.NET
4140 (16.81 %)HTML
592 (11.04 %)ASP
669 (8.283 %)AJAX
767 (8.043 %)CSS
854 (6.483 %)WebServices
951 (6.122 %)J2EE
1043 (5.162 %)JSP
1136 (4.322 %)Spring
1220 (2.401 %)WebSphere
1220 (2.401 %)JDBC
1318 (2.161 %)XSL
1318 (2.161 %)JavaBeans
1417 (2.041 %)Middleware
1516 (1.921 %)Hibernate
1613 (1.561 %)ATL
1711 (1.321 %)XHTML
1711 (1.321 %)JPA
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
139 (4.682 %)Apache
222 (2.641 %)BizTalk Server
321 (2.521 %)CMS
420 (2.401 %)SharePoint
518 (2.161 %)JBoss
615 (1.801 %)MapXtreme
713 (1.561 %)LiveLink
811 (1.321 %)WebSphere Application Server
811 (1.321 %)Tomcat
96 (0.720 %)WebLogic
104 (0.480 %)Oracle Application Server
113 (0.360 %)WebLogic Portal
113 (0.360 %)SAS
113 (0.360 %)SharePoint Server 2007
122 (0.240 %)ESB
122 (0.240 %)ColdFusion
122 (0.240 %)IIS
131 (0.120 %)Lotus Domino
131 (0.120 %)MS Exchange
131 (0.120 %)CICS
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
145 (5.402 %)MS Excel
212 (1.441 %)MS Office
212 (1.441 %)PrintSoft PReS
31 (0.120 %)MS Visio
31 (0.120 %)Shockwave
31 (0.120 %)MATLAB
31 (0.120 %)Simulink
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (1.321 %)AWD
28 (0.960 %)Summit
37 (0.840 %)Endur
46 (0.720 %)Line 500
46 (0.720 %)SyteLine
53 (0.360 %)Staffware
62 (0.240 %)FRx
71 (0.120 %)Findur
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (3.241 %)TCP/IP
225 (3.001 %)Internet
324 (2.881 %)Firewall
420 (2.401 %)Reverse Proxy
513 (1.561 %)HTTPS
63 (0.360 %)FTP
72 (0.240 %)HTTP
81 (0.120 %)SNMP
81 (0.120 %)SMS
81 (0.120 %)VoIP
81 (0.120 %)SMTP
81 (0.120 %)IMAP
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1222 (26.65 %)SQL Server
261 (7.323 %)Oracle Reports
356 (6.723 %)RDBMS
449 (5.882 %)Oracle 9i
543 (5.162 %)Oracle 10g
641 (4.922 %)SQL Server 2000
732 (3.842 %)SQL Server 2005
831 (3.721 %)Crystal Reports
928 (3.361 %)MySQL
1024 (2.881 %)DB2
1122 (2.641 %)BusinessObjects
1221 (2.521 %)DTS
1315 (1.801 %)GIS
149 (1.080 %)Oracle 8/8i
157 (0.840 %)MS Access
157 (0.840 %)Datawarehouse
157 (0.840 %)Oracle Discoverer
165 (0.600 %)Oracle OWB
165 (0.600 %)dBASE
174 (0.480 %)SQL Server Integration Services
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
161 (7.323 %)Oracle Forms
253 (6.363 %)Visual Studio
331 (3.721 %)Oracle Designer/2000
421 (2.521 %)Ant
516 (1.921 %)Log4j
615 (1.801 %)Synon
711 (1.321 %)Eclipse
810 (1.200 %)COOL2E
95 (0.600 %)VSS/SourceSafe
104 (0.480 %)JUnit
113 (0.360 %)Flash
121 (0.120 %)Rational Rose
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1112 (13.45 %)Finance
267 (8.043 %)Pensions
345 (5.402 %)Insurance
434 (4.082 %)Marketing
523 (2.761 %)Telecoms
619 (2.281 %)Health
713 (1.561 %)Games
713 (1.561 %)Banking
713 (1.561 %)Government
812 (1.441 %)Back Office
99 (1.080 %)Retail
108 (0.960 %)Electric
108 (0.960 %)Front Office
117 (0.840 %)Manufacturing
125 (0.600 %)Automotive
134 (0.480 %)Legal
143 (0.360 %)General Ledger
152 (0.240 %)Investment Banking
152 (0.240 %)Construction
152 (0.240 %)Pharmaceutical
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
179 (9.484 %)AS400
217 (2.041 %)DataPower
315 (1.801 %)N-Tier
315 (1.801 %)Tandem
413 (1.561 %)Social Network
413 (1.561 %)Computer Science
54 (0.480 %)Mathematics
54 (0.480 %)W3C
54 (0.480 %)Clustering
63 (0.360 %)Credit Risk
72 (0.240 %)Physics
72 (0.240 %)VAX
72 (0.240 %)Client/Server
81 (0.120 %)Replication
81 (0.120 %)Mainframe
81 (0.120 %)Management Information System
81 (0.120 %)NHS
81 (0.120 %)Statistics
81 (0.120 %)IBM Mainframe
81 (0.120 %)Data Extraction
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
180 (9.604 %)Windows
246 (5.522 %)UNIX
337 (4.442 %)Linux
421 (2.521 %)Windows Server 2003
518 (2.161 %)OS/400
613 (1.561 %)Windows 2000
75 (0.600 %)Mac OS X
82 (0.240 %)Solaris
82 (0.240 %)VMS
91 (0.120 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.120 %)Android
91 (0.120 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.120 %)AIX
91 (0.120 %)OS/390
91 (0.120 %)zOS
91 (0.120 %)MVS
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
172 (8.643 %)OO
239 (4.682 %)Web Development
335 (4.202 %)ERP
433 (3.962 %)Data Modelling
532 (3.842 %)OOP
631 (3.721 %)Content Management
730 (3.601 %)ITIL
824 (2.881 %)Project Management
824 (2.881 %)Workflow
922 (2.641 %)UML
1018 (2.161 %)Business Analysis
1018 (2.161 %)Time Management
1117 (2.041 %)Systems Analysis
1117 (2.041 %)OOD
1214 (1.681 %)PRINCE2
1313 (1.561 %)Software Engineering
1411 (1.321 %)Risk Management
1510 (1.200 %)Security Cleared
169 (1.080 %)Unit Testing
169 (1.080 %)E-Commerce
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1312 (37.45 %)SQL
2203 (24.37 %)C#
3178 (21.37 %)VB
4161 (19.33 %)Java
5156 (18.73 %)VB.NET
6152 (18.25 %)JavaScript
7115 (13.81 %)C++
8101 (12.12 %)C
992 (11.04 %)RPG
1076 (9.124 %)PL/SQL
1144 (5.282 %)VB6
1234 (4.082 %)PHP
1333 (3.962 %)VBScript
1427 (3.241 %)VC++
1427 (3.241 %)Delphi
1524 (2.881 %)VBA
1622 (2.641 %)Perl
1716 (1.921 %)Transact-SQL
1814 (1.681 %)COBOL
1913 (1.561 %)Shell Script
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
186 (10.32 %)Degree
210 (1.200 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (0.840 %)ITIL Certification
44 (0.480 %)ISEB
53 (0.360 %)MCP
53 (0.360 %)MCSD
62 (0.240 %)HND
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.840 %)QA
21 (0.120 %)TickIT
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (1.321 %)Active Directory
21 (0.120 %)Oracle RAC
South West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (1.441 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1139 (16.69 %)Oracle
247 (5.642 %)Microsoft
322 (2.641 %)Business Objects
418 (2.161 %)IBM
515 (1.801 %)Citrix
612 (1.441 %)Sybase
77 (0.840 %)OpenLink
86 (0.720 %)Sage
86 (0.720 %)Infor
94 (0.480 %)JD Edwards
103 (0.360 %)BEA
103 (0.360 %)ATG
103 (0.360 %)jBASE
112 (0.240 %)MAPICS
112 (0.240 %)Lotus
112 (0.240 %)SAP
112 (0.240 %)Progress
121 (0.120 %)Symbian
121 (0.120 %)Sun
121 (0.120 %)HP