The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton 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 24 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 33 20 27
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 54 89 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 6.475% 9.674% 7.372%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.626% 9.911% 7.667%
Number of salaries quoted 53 88 45
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
815 898 600
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 97.72% 97.61% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 743 840 543
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Hampshire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 79 (76.70%) C#
2 75 (72.82%) .NET
3 65 (63.11%) ASP.NET
4 60 (58.25%) SQL Server
5 58 (56.31%) CSS
6 57 (55.34%) HTML
7 56 (54.37%) JavaScript
8 51 (49.51%) Agile Software Development
9 45 (43.69%) SQL
10 41 (39.81%) MVC
11 38 (36.89%) jQuery
12 37 (35.92%) Scrum
13 33 (32.04%) Ajax
14 30 (29.13%) Web Development
15 29 (28.16%) OO
16 28 (27.18%) Microsoft
16 28 (27.18%) TDD
17 23 (22.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 21 (20.39%) WPF
19 20 (19.42%) ASP.NET MVC
20 19 (18.45%) Enterprise Software
21 17 (16.50%) Computer Science
22 16 (15.53%) QA
22 16 (15.53%) Windows
23 15 (14.56%) Microsoft Certification
23 15 (14.56%) Degree
24 14 (13.59%) Visual Studio
25 13 (12.62%) Linux
25 13 (12.62%) PHP
25 13 (12.62%) Project Planning

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 75 (72.82%) .NET
2 65 (63.11%) ASP.NET
3 58 (56.31%) CSS
4 57 (55.34%) HTML
5 38 (36.89%) jQuery
6 33 (32.04%) Ajax
7 21 (20.39%) WPF
8 20 (19.42%) ASP.NET MVC
9 12 (11.65%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 10 (9.709%) XML
11 9 (8.738%) XHTML
11 9 (8.738%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 8 (7.767%) Razor View Engine
13 7 (6.796%) Web Services
14 6 (5.825%) .NET Framework
14 6 (5.825%) LAMP
14 6 (5.825%) REST
15 5 (4.854%) HTML5
15 5 (4.854%) Spring
16 3 (2.913%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 9 (8.738%) IIS
2 3 (2.913%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.971%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.942%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.68%) Internet
2 3 (2.913%) HTTP
3 2 (1.942%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (58.25%) SQL Server
2 23 (22.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (5.825%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.854%) MySQL
5 3 (2.913%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (1.942%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.971%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 14 (13.59%) Visual Studio
2 8 (7.767%) Git (software)
3 7 (6.796%) Subversion
4 5 (4.854%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.942%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.942%) NUnit
General
1 3 (2.913%) Retail
2 2 (1.942%) Games
2 2 (1.942%) Electronics
3 1 (0.971%) Aerospace
3 1 (0.971%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.45%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (16.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (2.913%) Mathematics
3 3 (2.913%) Physics
4 2 (1.942%) Inversion of Control
4 2 (1.942%) Life Science
4 2 (1.942%) Replication
5 1 (0.971%) FMCG
5 1 (0.971%) Artificial Intelligence
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.53%) Windows
2 13 (12.62%) Linux
3 5 (4.854%) Windows 8
3 5 (4.854%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.913%) UNIX
5 2 (1.942%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.942%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (49.51%) Agile Software Development
2 41 (39.81%) MVC
3 37 (35.92%) Scrum
4 30 (29.13%) Web Development
5 29 (28.16%) OO
6 28 (27.18%) TDD
7 13 (12.62%) Project Planning
8 11 (10.68%) Refactoring
9 8 (7.767%) Load Testing
9 8 (7.767%) OOP
10 7 (6.796%) Software Engineering
11 5 (4.854%) OOD
12 4 (3.883%) Unit Testing
12 4 (3.883%) Continuous Integration
13 3 (2.913%) Security Management
13 3 (2.913%) Requirements Analysis
13 3 (2.913%) Information Assurance
14 2 (1.942%) Software Architecture
14 2 (1.942%) Software Testing
14 2 (1.942%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 79 (76.70%) C#
2 56 (54.37%) JavaScript
3 45 (43.69%) SQL
4 13 (12.62%) PHP
5 11 (10.68%) C++
6 7 (6.796%) Java
6 7 (6.796%) PHP5
7 5 (4.854%) Python
8 4 (3.883%) C
9 3 (2.913%) VB.NET
9 3 (2.913%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.942%) VB6
10 2 (1.942%) VBA
10 2 (1.942%) VB
10 2 (1.942%) Perl
10 2 (1.942%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.942%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.971%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 15 (14.56%) Microsoft Certification
1 15 (14.56%) Degree
2 4 (3.883%) SC Cleared
2 4 (3.883%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.53%) QA
2 3 (2.913%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.971%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 28 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.825%) Zend
3 3 (2.913%) VMware
Southampton, South East
You will be working on cutting edge projects to create and enhance components and features using the latest versions of Microsoft development tools in a Windows environment... 1997...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Keywords: - C#, C#.Net, ASP.Net, SQL Server, .Net 2.0, .Net 3.45, MVC, Razor, WPF, dot net, Agile, Agile Software Development, Scrum, JQuery, SQL Reporting Services,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Replication Services... > C# > .NET Framework. > ASP.NET Web Forms. > ASP.NET Windows Forms. > WCF (SOAP & REST) > Object oriented programming... Technologies Used: > .NET Framework 4. > Visual Studio 2010. > SQL...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum dependent on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Southampton, Hampshire OOP PHP5, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Linux, version control, MVC framework PHP Software Engineer/Developer required to join the strategic team of a fast growing software...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + pension, healthcare, bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013