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This section looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the Swindon 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6345
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads1626
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.011 %
As % of the category below1.638 %2.820 %
Salaries quoted1226
Average minimum salary£31,250£28,846
Average salary£35,542£31,846
% change on same period last year+11.60 %
Average maximum salary£39,833£34,846
UK excluding London average salary£33,168£33,377
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
Swindon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Swindon
Matching permanent IT job ads977922
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.526 %0.384 %
Salaries quoted768761
Average minimum salary£33,567£33,613
Average salary£36,852£36,117
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Average maximum salary£40,136£38,620
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Software Developer WiltshireSoftware Developer
Wiltshire

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Swindon Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Swindon Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Swindon Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Swindon 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.

117 (60.71 %).NET
216 (57.14 %)C#
315 (53.57 %)SQL Server
410 (35.71 %)Java
410 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
59 (32.14 %)SQL
68 (28.57 %)C++
77 (25.00 %)XML
86 (21.43 %)Windows
86 (21.43 %)C
95 (17.86 %)SQL Server 2005
95 (17.86 %)Oracle
95 (17.86 %)VB
95 (17.86 %)XSLT
104 (14.29 %)UML
104 (14.29 %)VB.NET
104 (14.29 %)JavaScript
104 (14.29 %)Perl
104 (14.29 %)Degree
104 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
104 (14.29 %)Publishing
104 (14.29 %)Internet
104 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
113 (10.71 %)VB6
113 (10.71 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
113 (10.71 %)OOD
113 (10.71 %)Linux
113 (10.71 %)Visual Studio
113 (10.71 %)ASP
122 (7.143 %)CSS

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Swindon 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.

Swindon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (60.71 %).NET
210 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
37 (25.00 %)XML
45 (17.86 %)XSLT
53 (10.71 %)ASP
62 (7.143 %)HTML
62 (7.143 %)J2EE
62 (7.143 %)CSS
71 (3.571 %)WebServices
71 (3.571 %)WinForms
71 (3.571 %)AJAX
71 (3.571 %)JSON
71 (3.571 %)WCF
71 (3.571 %)WF
71 (3.571 %)Silverlight
Swindon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.571 %)SharePoint
Swindon IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (7.143 %)Endur
Swindon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (14.29 %)Internet
22 (7.143 %)Intranet
Swindon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (53.57 %)SQL Server
25 (17.86 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (10.71 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (3.571 %)Crystal Reports
Swindon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (10.71 %)Visual Studio
Swindon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
14 (14.29 %)Publishing
21 (3.571 %)Back Office
Swindon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.143 %)Client/Server
Swindon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (21.43 %)Windows
23 (10.71 %)Linux
32 (7.143 %)UNIX
Swindon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (14.29 %)UML
23 (10.71 %)OOD
32 (7.143 %)OOA/OOD
41 (3.571 %)OO
41 (3.571 %)Project Management
41 (3.571 %)Agile Software Development
41 (3.571 %)Software Engineering
Swindon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (57.14 %)C#
210 (35.71 %)Java
39 (32.14 %)SQL
48 (28.57 %)C++
56 (21.43 %)C
65 (17.86 %)VB
74 (14.29 %)VB.NET
74 (14.29 %)JavaScript
74 (14.29 %)Perl
83 (10.71 %)VB6
92 (7.143 %)Delphi
101 (3.571 %)Transact-SQL
Swindon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (14.29 %)Degree
21 (3.571 %)HND
Swindon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (17.86 %)Oracle
22 (7.143 %)OpenLink
31 (3.571 %)Microsoft