Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6688115
Rank change year-on-year
Up+22Up+27
Matching permanent IT job ads152108162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West3.032 %1.746 %1.394 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.204 %1.874 %1.474 %
Salaries quoted145100148
Average salary£35,500£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.380 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£31,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£43,400
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£38,000
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %-
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4744576210992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West94.63 %93.15 %94.60 %
Salaries quoted414850068957
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£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Senior Developer EnglandSenior Developer
England

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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 19 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
WiltshireUp+2644£38,000-16.93 %
GloucestershireUp+436£44,500+30.88 %
SomersetUp+3125£32,500-23.52 %
BristolDown-918£33,000-2.94 %
DorsetDown-115£40,000-
DevonUp+197£33,000-12.00 %
Senior Developer EnglandSenior Developer
England

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1146 (50.34 %).NET
2134 (46.21 %)HTML
3128 (44.14 %)CSS
4125 (43.10 %)PHP
5123 (42.41 %)JavaScript
6103 (35.52 %)C#
790 (31.03 %)MySQL
885 (29.31 %)Web Services
984 (28.97 %)XML
1079 (27.24 %)SQL
1177 (26.55 %)Web Development
1268 (23.45 %)ASP.NET
1366 (22.76 %)SQL Server
1462 (21.38 %)AJAX
1557 (19.66 %)Content Management
1654 (18.62 %)Java
1750 (17.24 %)Zend
1842 (14.48 %)E-Commerce
1934 (11.72 %)Pensions
2033 (11.38 %)Degree
2131 (10.69 %)OO
2229 (10.00 %)Zend Framework
2326 (8.966 %)Linux
2326 (8.966 %)Visualisation
2425 (8.621 %)Spring
2524 (8.276 %)UNIX
2524 (8.276 %)Microsoft
2623 (7.931 %)ASP
2623 (7.931 %)Agile Software Development
2722 (7.586 %)OOP

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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 West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1146 (50.34 %).NET
2134 (46.21 %)HTML
3128 (44.14 %)CSS
485 (29.31 %)Web Services
584 (28.97 %)XML
668 (23.45 %)ASP.NET
762 (21.38 %)AJAX
829 (10.00 %)Zend Framework
925 (8.621 %)Spring
1023 (7.931 %)ASP
1121 (7.241 %)J2EE
1220 (6.897 %)XSLT
1316 (5.517 %)XHTML
1415 (5.172 %).NET Framework
1511 (3.793 %)jQuery
1610 (3.448 %)Flash
1610 (3.448 %)WinForms
1610 (3.448 %)JSP
179 (3.103 %)Servlets
179 (3.103 %)Swing
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
119 (6.552 %)IIS
218 (6.207 %)Apache
311 (3.793 %)Tomcat
48 (2.759 %)OpenROAD
57 (2.414 %)CMS
65 (1.724 %)Joomla!
74 (1.379 %)WordPress
83 (1.034 %)SharePoint
92 (0.690 %)BizTalk Server
92 (0.690 %)Commerce Server
92 (0.690 %)SharePoint Server 2007
92 (0.690 %)WebSphere Application Server
92 (0.690 %)Apache Solr
101 (0.345 %)EPiServer
101 (0.345 %)Sitecore CMS
101 (0.345 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.345 %)Tuxedo
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (3.448 %)Photoshop
26 (2.069 %)MS Excel
33 (1.034 %)MS Visio
33 (1.034 %)Fireworks
41 (0.345 %)MATLAB
41 (0.345 %)NASTRAN
41 (0.345 %)GIMP
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.690 %)Endur
12 (0.690 %)Findur
21 (0.345 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.345 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.345 %)Singl.eView
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (7.586 %)Internet
23 (1.034 %)Extranet
23 (1.034 %)LDAP
23 (1.034 %)SMTP
32 (0.690 %)HTTP
32 (0.690 %)Wireless
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
190 (31.03 %)MySQL
266 (22.76 %)SQL Server
314 (4.828 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (3.793 %)RDBMS
58 (2.759 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (2.759 %)SQL Server 2008
58 (2.759 %)Ingres
65 (1.724 %)MS Access
74 (1.379 %)PostgreSQL
83 (1.034 %)MSDE
91 (0.345 %)Crystal Reports
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (5.517 %)NUnit
214 (4.828 %)Subversion
39 (3.103 %)Eclipse
45 (1.724 %)Ant
54 (1.379 %)JUnit
54 (1.379 %)InstallShield
62 (0.690 %)Maven
62 (0.690 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.345 %)Visual Studio
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
134 (11.72 %)Pensions
220 (6.897 %)Construction
318 (6.207 %)Finance
49 (3.103 %)Animation
57 (2.414 %)Telecoms
64 (1.379 %)Government
64 (1.379 %)Multimedia
64 (1.379 %)Marketing
73 (1.034 %)Retail
73 (1.034 %)Insurance
73 (1.034 %)Health
82 (0.690 %)Education
82 (0.690 %)Local Government
91 (0.345 %)Billing
91 (0.345 %)Flash Games
91 (0.345 %)Online Games
91 (0.345 %)Avionics
91 (0.345 %)Games
91 (0.345 %)Military
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (8.966 %)Visualisation
210 (3.448 %)Computer Science
35 (1.724 %)Open Source
35 (1.724 %)N-Tier
44 (1.379 %)W3C
53 (1.034 %)SaaS
62 (0.690 %)Semantic Web
62 (0.690 %)Client/Server
62 (0.690 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.345 %)EPoS
71 (0.345 %)Replication
71 (0.345 %)E-Learning
71 (0.345 %)SCORM
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
126 (8.966 %)Linux
224 (8.276 %)UNIX
316 (5.517 %)Windows
46 (2.069 %)Red Hat Linux
54 (1.379 %)AIX
54 (1.379 %)Solaris
54 (1.379 %)Debian
63 (1.034 %)Windows Vista
63 (1.034 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (1.034 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (0.690 %)VMS
72 (0.690 %)CentOS
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
177 (26.55 %)Web Development
257 (19.66 %)Content Management
342 (14.48 %)E-Commerce
431 (10.69 %)OO
523 (7.931 %)Agile Software Development
622 (7.586 %)OOP
713 (4.483 %)SOA
812 (4.138 %)MVC
911 (3.793 %)UML
911 (3.793 %)Business Analysis
109 (3.103 %)TDD
116 (2.069 %)Data Management
116 (2.069 %)OOD
125 (1.724 %)OOA/OOD
125 (1.724 %)Scrum
125 (1.724 %)Software Engineering
134 (1.379 %)Web Design
134 (1.379 %)ERP
143 (1.034 %)Validation
143 (1.034 %)Project Management
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1125 (43.10 %)PHP
2123 (42.41 %)JavaScript
3103 (35.52 %)C#
479 (27.24 %)SQL
554 (18.62 %)Java
617 (5.862 %)Delphi
716 (5.517 %)C
716 (5.517 %)Python
812 (4.138 %)C++
812 (4.138 %)VB
911 (3.793 %)VB.NET
911 (3.793 %)ActionScript
108 (2.759 %)Perl
117 (2.414 %)VBScript
126 (2.069 %)T-SQL
126 (2.069 %)PHP5
135 (1.724 %)VB6
144 (1.379 %)PowerHouse
153 (1.034 %)XPath
153 (1.034 %)Shell Script
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (11.38 %)Degree
22 (0.690 %)Security Cleared
31 (0.345 %)DV Cleared
31 (0.345 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.345 %)MCTS
31 (0.345 %)MCPD
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.379 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
150 (17.24 %)Zend
224 (8.276 %)Microsoft
318 (6.207 %)Oracle
46 (2.069 %)Red Hat
55 (1.724 %)JBoss
64 (1.379 %)Sun
64 (1.379 %)SAP
64 (1.379 %)Google
73 (1.034 %)Borland
73 (1.034 %)PeopleSoft
82 (0.690 %)Sybase
82 (0.690 %)IBM
82 (0.690 %)OpenLink
82 (0.690 %)Axiom
91 (0.345 %)Sitecore
91 (0.345 %)Citrix