The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Stevenage 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 17 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 Stevenage region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 32 46 29
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 3 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 2.013% 0.490% 3.243%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.158% 0.503% 3.846%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 6
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +100.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
139 199 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 93.29% 97.55% 84.32%
Number of salaries quoted 51 182 149
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £28,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £50,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Hertfordshire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 13 (76.47%) C#
1 13 (76.47%) .NET
2 8 (47.06%) JavaScript
2 8 (47.06%) Web Development
3 7 (41.18%) .NET Framework
3 7 (41.18%) HTML
3 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
3 7 (41.18%) OO
4 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
4 6 (35.29%) XML
4 6 (35.29%) C++
5 5 (29.41%) PHP
5 5 (29.41%) ASP.NET
6 4 (23.53%) jQuery
7 3 (17.65%) WPF
7 3 (17.65%) OOP
7 3 (17.65%) VB
7 3 (17.65%) SQL
8 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
8 2 (11.76%) Java
8 2 (11.76%) VB.NET
8 2 (11.76%) CSS
8 2 (11.76%) UML
8 2 (11.76%) C
8 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
8 2 (11.76%) PhD
8 2 (11.76%) LAN
8 2 (11.76%) Fortran
8 2 (11.76%) Advertising
8 2 (11.76%) TDD

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 13 (76.47%) .NET
2 7 (41.18%) .NET Framework
2 7 (41.18%) HTML
3 6 (35.29%) XML
4 5 (29.41%) ASP.NET
5 4 (23.53%) jQuery
6 3 (17.65%) WPF
7 2 (11.76%) CSS
7 2 (11.76%) Qt
8 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (5.882%) HTML5
8 1 (5.882%) Web Services
8 1 (5.882%) WinForms
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (11.76%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
1 2 (11.76%) Chemistry
1 2 (11.76%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Web Development
2 7 (41.18%) OO
3 3 (17.65%) OOP
4 2 (11.76%) UML
4 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
4 2 (11.76%) TDD
5 1 (5.882%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) C#
2 8 (47.06%) JavaScript
3 6 (35.29%) C++
4 5 (29.41%) PHP
5 3 (17.65%) SQL
5 3 (17.65%) VB
6 2 (11.76%) VB.NET
6 2 (11.76%) Fortran
6 2 (11.76%) Java
6 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
6 2 (11.76%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) PhD
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft