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

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3155
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads613
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.575 %1.474 %
Salaries quoted410
Average minimum salary£40,000£30,100
Average salary£42,625£33,100
% change on same period last year+28.77 %
Average maximum salary£45,250£36,100
UK excluding London average salary£33,370£32,648
% change on same period last year+2.21 %
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Thames Valley
Matching permanent IT job ads233882
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.368 %
Salaries quoted186790
Average minimum salary£38,711£42,915
Average salary£42,555£45,845
% change on same period last year-7.17 %
Average maximum salary£46,399£48,776
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Programmer South EastProgrammer
South East

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Thames Valley Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Thames Valley Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Thames Valley region that cited 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 Programmer in their job title.

15 (35.71 %)UNIX
24 (28.57 %)Windows
24 (28.57 %)SQL Server
24 (28.57 %)SAS
33 (21.43 %).NET
33 (21.43 %)SQL
33 (21.43 %)VB
33 (21.43 %)VB.NET
33 (21.43 %)Pharmaceutical
33 (21.43 %)VB6
42 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (14.29 %)SAS Macro
42 (14.29 %)Base SAS
42 (14.29 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
42 (14.29 %)Data Integration
42 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
42 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (14.29 %)Micro Focus
42 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
42 (14.29 %)Retail
42 (14.29 %)COBOL
42 (14.29 %)CRM
42 (14.29 %)Datawarehouse
42 (14.29 %)ETL
42 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
42 (14.29 %)IBM
51 (7.143 %)Microsoft
51 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
51 (7.143 %)BusinessObjects
51 (7.143 %)VMS

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Thames Valley IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (21.43 %).NET
21 (7.143 %)J2EE
21 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
21 (7.143 %)XML
21 (7.143 %)HTML
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (28.57 %)SAS
21 (7.143 %)Oracle 9iAS
21 (7.143 %)JBoss
Thames Valley IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Excel
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (28.57 %)SQL Server
22 (14.29 %)Crystal Reports
22 (14.29 %)Datawarehouse
22 (14.29 %)ETL
22 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (14.29 %)Base SAS
22 (14.29 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
31 (7.143 %)RDBMS
31 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
31 (7.143 %)BusinessObjects
31 (7.143 %)Oracle Reports
31 (7.143 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (7.143 %)Oracle 9i
31 (7.143 %)MS Access
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Oracle Forms
Thames Valley IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (21.43 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
22 (14.29 %)Retail
31 (7.143 %)Pensions
31 (7.143 %)Marketing
31 (7.143 %)Publishing
31 (7.143 %)Finance
31 (7.143 %)Government
Thames Valley IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Data Integration
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (35.71 %)UNIX
24 (28.57 %)Windows
32 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
41 (7.143 %)AIX
41 (7.143 %)Solaris
41 (7.143 %)Linux
41 (7.143 %)VMS
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)CRM
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (21.43 %)SQL
13 (21.43 %)VB
13 (21.43 %)VB.NET
13 (21.43 %)VB6
22 (14.29 %)SAS Macro
22 (14.29 %)COBOL
31 (7.143 %)Java
31 (7.143 %)JavaScript
31 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
31 (7.143 %)ABAP
31 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
Thames Valley IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (14.29 %)IBM
12 (14.29 %)Micro Focus
21 (7.143 %)Microsoft
21 (7.143 %)Oracle
21 (7.143 %)Business Objects
21 (7.143 %)SAP