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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2551
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching permanent IT job ads1016
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.007 %
As % of the category below4.405 %1.882 %
Salaries quoted816
Average minimum salary£37,375£28,125
Average salary£38,250£31,844
% change on same period last year+20.11 %
Average maximum salary£39,125£35,563
UK excluding London average salary£33,407£33,069
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Thames Valley
Matching permanent IT job ads227850
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.131 %0.366 %
Salaries quoted193764
Average minimum salary£45,342£42,613
Average salary£47,908£46,038
% change on same period last year+4.06 %
Average maximum salary£50,474£49,463
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Software Developer South EastSoftware Developer
South East

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Thames Valley Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

15 (50.00 %)Cocoa
15 (50.00 %)Mac OS X
15 (50.00 %)Apple
15 (50.00 %)C
15 (50.00 %).NET
15 (50.00 %)UNIX
15 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
24 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (30.00 %)SQL Server
33 (30.00 %)C#
42 (20.00 %)Windows
42 (20.00 %)VB.NET
42 (20.00 %)WinForms
51 (10.00 %)Finance
51 (10.00 %)Project Management
51 (10.00 %)OO
51 (10.00 %)XML
51 (10.00 %)C++
51 (10.00 %)ASP
51 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
51 (10.00 %)AJAX
51 (10.00 %)Software Testing
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (10.00 %)Marketing
51 (10.00 %).NET Framework

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (50.00 %).NET
15 (50.00 %)Cocoa
24 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (20.00 %)WinForms
41 (10.00 %)AJAX
41 (10.00 %).NET Framework
41 (10.00 %)XML
41 (10.00 %)ASP
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Thames Valley IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Finance
11 (10.00 %)Marketing
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)UNIX
15 (50.00 %)Mac OS X
22 (20.00 %)Windows
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (50.00 %)Integration Testing
21 (10.00 %)OO
21 (10.00 %)Project Management
21 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (10.00 %)Software Testing
Thames Valley IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)C
23 (30.00 %)C#
32 (20.00 %)VB.NET
41 (10.00 %)C++
Thames Valley IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Apple