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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Suffolk 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads250356
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.167 %0.159 %
As % of the category below46.73 %38.12 %
Salaries quoted216323
Average minimum salary£30,508£31,616
Average salary£33,647£35,831
% change on same period last year-6.09 %
Average maximum salary£36,785£40,047
UK excluding London average salary£34,207£34,180
% change on same period last year+0.08 %
Suffolk IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Suffolk
Matching permanent IT job ads535934
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.358 %0.417 %
Salaries quoted434784
Average minimum salary£31,259£34,674
Average salary£34,505£38,954
% change on same period last year-11.42 %
Average maximum salary£37,752£43,234
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Suffolk Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Suffolk Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Suffolk Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
IpswichNo change0157£35,757-3.73 %
Bury St EdmundsDown-141£31,212-8.35 %
NewmarketDown-112£30,500+8.82 %
LowestoftUp+38£23,571-11.05 %
SouthwoldNew entry-7£25,000-
HaverhillNew entry-5£28,500-
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1334 (60.73 %).NET
2278 (50.55 %)C#
3256 (46.55 %)SQL Server
4237 (43.09 %)ASP.NET
5175 (31.82 %)SQL
6164 (29.82 %)XML
7138 (25.09 %)JavaScript
8134 (24.36 %)VB.NET
9112 (20.36 %)C++
10111 (20.18 %)Degree
11108 (19.64 %)HTML
12102 (18.55 %)Oracle
1396 (17.45 %)UNIX
1396 (17.45 %)Microsoft
1494 (17.09 %)Java
1592 (16.73 %)OO
1691 (16.55 %)Telecoms
1788 (16.00 %)CSS
1884 (15.27 %)C
1977 (14.00 %)WebServices
2076 (13.82 %)SQL Server 2005
2172 (13.09 %)Web Development
2269 (12.55 %)AJAX
2366 (12.00 %).NET Framework
2463 (11.45 %)Data Protection Act
2463 (11.45 %)Data Protection
2463 (11.45 %)E-Commerce
2558 (10.55 %)VB
2657 (10.36 %)ASP
2755 (10.00 %)J2EE

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Suffolk IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1334 (60.73 %).NET
2237 (43.09 %)ASP.NET
3164 (29.82 %)XML
4108 (19.64 %)HTML
588 (16.00 %)CSS
677 (14.00 %)WebServices
769 (12.55 %)AJAX
866 (12.00 %).NET Framework
957 (10.36 %)ASP
1055 (10.00 %)J2EE
1148 (8.727 %)XHTML
1245 (8.182 %)XSLT
1333 (6.000 %)WinForms
1333 (6.000 %)Spring
1430 (5.455 %)Hibernate
1525 (4.545 %)WebSphere
1622 (4.000 %)Tapestry
1721 (3.818 %)SOAP
1819 (3.455 %)JSP
1912 (2.182 %)XSD
Suffolk IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (3.818 %)CMS
220 (3.636 %)IIS
220 (3.636 %)SharePoint
315 (2.727 %)BizTalk Server
315 (2.727 %)SharePoint Server 2007
411 (2.000 %)Apache
59 (1.636 %)JBoss
59 (1.636 %)Site Server
65 (0.909 %)MTS
74 (0.727 %)WebSphere Application Server
83 (0.545 %)Tomcat
83 (0.545 %)CICS
92 (0.364 %)Oracle Application Server
92 (0.364 %)WebLogic
101 (0.182 %)ColdFusion
101 (0.182 %)WPS
Suffolk IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (3.636 %)MS Excel
210 (1.818 %)MS Office
35 (0.909 %)Photoshop
42 (0.364 %)MS Visio
51 (0.182 %)Fireworks
Suffolk IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.727 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.182 %)assyst
Suffolk IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
145 (8.182 %)GSM
236 (6.545 %)SS7
329 (5.273 %)INAP
426 (4.727 %)Internet
517 (3.091 %)H.323
517 (3.091 %)TCAP
68 (1.455 %)C7
68 (1.455 %)SNMP
68 (1.455 %)3GPP
77 (1.273 %)MPLS
85 (0.909 %)SMS
94 (0.727 %)BGP
103 (0.545 %)TCP/IP
103 (0.545 %)IPv6
103 (0.545 %)Firewall
111 (0.182 %)WAN
111 (0.182 %)LAN
Suffolk IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1256 (46.55 %)SQL Server
276 (13.82 %)SQL Server 2005
337 (6.727 %)SQL Server 2000
417 (3.091 %)MySQL
512 (2.182 %)DTS
67 (1.273 %)DB2
67 (1.273 %)Crystal Reports
75 (0.909 %)MS Access
83 (0.545 %)RDBMS
83 (0.545 %)DB2 UDB
92 (0.364 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.182 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.182 %)PostgreSQL
Suffolk IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
153 (9.636 %)Visual Studio
224 (4.364 %)Subversion
323 (4.182 %)JUnit
48 (1.455 %)VSS/SourceSafe
57 (1.273 %)Visual Studio Team System
63 (0.545 %)NUnit
72 (0.364 %)Flash
Suffolk IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
191 (16.55 %)Telecoms
233 (6.000 %)Finance
233 (6.000 %)Insurance
332 (5.818 %)Health
425 (4.545 %)Pensions
520 (3.636 %)Music
619 (3.455 %)Games
716 (2.909 %)Banking
814 (2.545 %)Retail
911 (2.000 %)Music Industry
109 (1.636 %)Education
109 (1.636 %)Billing
118 (1.455 %)Back Office
126 (1.091 %)Multimedia
126 (1.091 %)Online Games
133 (0.545 %)Local Government
133 (0.545 %)Marketing
133 (0.545 %)Pharmaceutical
133 (0.545 %)Government
133 (0.545 %)Legal
Suffolk IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
163 (11.45 %)Data Protection Act
218 (3.273 %)Computer Science
39 (1.636 %)N-Tier
46 (1.091 %)Client/Server
53 (0.545 %)Replication
53 (0.545 %)Clustering
53 (0.545 %)PMI
62 (0.364 %)Thin Client
62 (0.364 %)Mainframe
62 (0.364 %)Fat Client
62 (0.364 %)IBM Mainframe
71 (0.182 %)Handset
71 (0.182 %)Smartcard
71 (0.182 %)NHS
71 (0.182 %)W3C
Suffolk IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
196 (17.45 %)UNIX
253 (9.636 %)Linux
330 (5.455 %)Windows
412 (2.182 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (2.182 %)Red Hat Linux
511 (2.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
67 (1.273 %)HPUX
67 (1.273 %)Solaris
76 (1.091 %)Windows Server 2008
85 (0.909 %)VxWorks
94 (0.727 %)AIX
103 (0.545 %)Debian
103 (0.545 %)Windows 2000
Suffolk IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
192 (16.73 %)OO
272 (13.09 %)Web Development
363 (11.45 %)E-Commerce
363 (11.45 %)Data Protection
453 (9.636 %)Requirements Analysis
542 (7.636 %)UML
629 (5.273 %)Content Management
722 (4.000 %)Configuration Management
817 (3.091 %)SOA
817 (3.091 %)Software Testing
913 (2.364 %)Software Engineering
1012 (2.182 %)Agile Software Development
1012 (2.182 %)Change Management
1111 (2.000 %)TDD
1210 (1.818 %)Unit Testing
1210 (1.818 %)OOD
139 (1.636 %)CRM
139 (1.636 %)Workflow
148 (1.455 %)Security Cleared
156 (1.091 %)Technical Architecture
Suffolk IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1278 (50.55 %)C#
2175 (31.82 %)SQL
3138 (25.09 %)JavaScript
4134 (24.36 %)VB.NET
5112 (20.36 %)C++
694 (17.09 %)Java
784 (15.27 %)C
858 (10.55 %)VB
954 (9.818 %)Transact-SQL
1041 (7.455 %)VB6
1131 (5.636 %)PHP
1218 (3.273 %)Delphi
1316 (2.909 %)Perl
1316 (2.909 %)PL/SQL
145 (0.909 %)Ruby
153 (0.545 %)VBScript
153 (0.545 %)COBOL
162 (0.364 %)VBA
162 (0.364 %)LINC
162 (0.364 %)PHP5
Suffolk IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1111 (20.18 %)Degree
220 (3.636 %)Microsoft Certification
319 (3.455 %)MCSD
48 (1.455 %)MCP
56 (1.091 %)MCAD
62 (0.364 %)MCTS
62 (0.364 %)MCPD
71 (0.182 %)MCITP
Suffolk IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.182 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Suffolk IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.182 %)Tivoli
Suffolk IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1102 (18.55 %)Oracle
296 (17.45 %)Microsoft
312 (2.182 %)Red Hat
49 (1.636 %)IBM
56 (1.091 %)Adobe
65 (0.909 %)Borland
74 (0.727 %)HP
74 (0.727 %)Cisco
83 (0.545 %)Sun
92 (0.364 %)Progress
92 (0.364 %)Infragistics
92 (0.364 %)Zend