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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 15 - 10
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 4 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 5.479% - 6.383%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.479% - 6.522%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
Average salary £32,500 - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
73 104 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 100.00% 93.69% 97.87%
Number of salaries quoted 42 90 44
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
South East

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 5 (71.43%) C#
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
1 5 (71.43%) .NET
1 5 (71.43%) OO
2 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) WCF
3 3 (42.86%) WPF
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
4 2 (28.57%) UML
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 2 (28.57%) C++
4 2 (28.57%) XML
4 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Wonderware
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) STL
5 1 (14.29%) VB
5 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET
5 1 (14.29%) ASP
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) LINQ
5 1 (14.29%) Multithreading

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
2 4 (57.14%) WCF
3 3 (42.86%) WPF
4 2 (28.57%) XML
5 1 (14.29%) STL
5 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET
5 1 (14.29%) ASP
5 1 (14.29%) LINQ
5 1 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle 10g
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) OO
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) C++
4 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Wonderware