The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Stirling 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 23 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 Stirling region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 11 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stirling 3.030% 3.604% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.030% 3.636% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
Average salary £20,000 £33,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-39.84% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Stirling
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
33 110 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stirling 100.00% 99.10% 98.25%
Number of salaries quoted 21 88 47
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £46,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -18.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £30,000 £28,100
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Scotland

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stirling 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 3 (75.00%) C#
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) MVC
2 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Ajax
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) WCF
3 1 (25.00%) WPF
3 1 (25.00%) Symfony
3 1 (25.00%) Django
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (25.00%) IIS
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (25.00%) Eclipse

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stirling 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 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) Ajax
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) WCF
3 1 (25.00%) WPF
3 1 (25.00%) Symfony
3 1 (25.00%) Django
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) IIS
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (25.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft