The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Swansea 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 24 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 Swansea region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank - 19 20
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 0 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swansea - 6.024% 2.632%
As % of the Job Titles category - 6.173% 2.667%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 1
Average salary - £22,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Swansea
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
49 81 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swansea 100.00% 97.59% 98.68%
Number of salaries quoted 46 71 58
Average salary £32,500 £27,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.37% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,000 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
West Wales

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swansea 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 Swansea region.

Swansea Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swansea 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 9 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (77.78%) OO
2 7 (77.78%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
3 6 (66.67%) Windows
3 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 6 (66.67%) MySQL
3 6 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (44.44%) WinForms
5 1 (11.11%) Banking
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Informatics
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Windows Azure
5 1 (11.11%) Health Informatics
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) VB
5 1 (11.11%) Java
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 1 (11.11%) PHP
5 1 (11.11%) Web Services
5 1 (11.11%) XML
5 1 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (11.11%) ASP

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swansea 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 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 4 (44.44%) WinForms
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 6 (66.67%) MySQL
2 6 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Informatics
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
1 1 (11.11%) Health Informatics
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) OO
2 1 (11.11%) UML
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (77.78%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VB
3 1 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft