Suffolk Software Programmer Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Software Programmer 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 Software Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Programmer
Location Abingdon Aylesbury Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chippenham City of London Cornwall Coventry Derby Derbyshire Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Farnham Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hungerford Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Lichfield London Manchester Newbury Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Poole Portsmouth Seaford Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Sussex Taunton Telford Thatcham Truro Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	65	73
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching permanent IT job ads	11	4
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	1.690 %	0.530 %
Salaries quoted	7	4
Average minimum salary	£60,000	£30,000
Average salary	£60,000	£37,500
% change on same period last year	+60.00 %
Average maximum salary	£60,000	£45,000
UK excluding London average salary	£34,014	£33,169
% change on same period last year	+2.54 %
Job Titles Suffolk
Matching permanent IT job ads	651	755
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.355 %	0.317 %
Salaries quoted	548	583
Average minimum salary	£34,103	£33,864
Average salary	£36,732	£37,438
% change on same period last year	-1.88 %
Average maximum salary	£39,361	£41,012
UK excluding London average salary	£38,060	£39,458
% change on same period last year	-3.54 %
Software Programmer East of England

Software Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Software Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Software Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Programmer across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Software Programmer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Programmer within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Ipswich	+4	11	£60,000	+60.00 %

Software Programmer East of England

Software Programmer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited Software Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 20 (55.56 %) Oracle 2 17 (47.22 %) Telecoms 2 17 (47.22 %) UNIX 2 17 (47.22 %) INAP 2 17 (47.22 %) C++ 2 17 (47.22 %) SQL 2 17 (47.22 %) Requirements Analysis 2 17 (47.22 %) Unit Testing 3 16 (44.44 %) VB 3 16 (44.44 %) VB.NET 3 16 (44.44 %) .NET 3 16 (44.44 %) SQL Server 3 16 (44.44 %) ASP.NET 3 16 (44.44 %) VB6 4 3 (8.333 %) Web Development

4 3 (8.333 %) Content Management 4 3 (8.333 %) Spring 4 3 (8.333 %) JSF 4 3 (8.333 %) Hibernate 4 3 (8.333 %) CSS 4 3 (8.333 %) J2EE 4 3 (8.333 %) HTML 4 3 (8.333 %) Java 4 3 (8.333 %) JavaScript

Software Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited Software Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 16 (44.44 %) ASP.NET 1 16 (44.44 %) .NET 2 3 (8.333 %) J2EE 2 3 (8.333 %) HTML 2 3 (8.333 %) CSS 2 3 (8.333 %) Hibernate 2 3 (8.333 %) Spring 2 3 (8.333 %) JSF	Communications & Networking 1 17 (47.22 %) INAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (44.44 %) SQL Server	General 1 17 (47.22 %) Telecoms
Operating Systems 1 17 (47.22 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (47.22 %) Requirements Analysis 1 17 (47.22 %) Unit Testing 2 3 (8.333 %) Content Management 2 3 (8.333 %) Web Development
Programming Languages 1 17 (47.22 %) SQL 1 17 (47.22 %) C++ 2 16 (44.44 %) VB 2 16 (44.44 %) VB.NET 2 16 (44.44 %) VB6 3 3 (8.333 %) Java 3 3 (8.333 %) JavaScript	Vendors 1 20 (55.56 %) Oracle