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This section looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer in their job title over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads5077657116
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.75 %25.52 %
As % of the category below26.70 %27.45 %
Salaries quoted4337146512
Average minimum salary£37,215£39,093
Average salary£41,077£43,166
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Average maximum salary£44,939£47,239
UK excluding London average salary£34,114£33,994
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Job Titles UKJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads190154208054
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled92.69 %92.97 %
Salaries quoted155180163985
Average minimum salary£39,656£40,853
Average salary£43,408£44,624
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Average maximum salary£47,161£48,395
UK excluding London average salary£38,630£39,089
% change on same period last year-1.17 %

Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Developer across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the UK over the past 3 months.

Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandNo change048980£41,274-5.26 %
2LondonDown-122841£50,468-3.39 %
3South EastNo change09224£36,263-1.81 %
4City of LondonUp+16483£55,042-3.67 %
5East of EnglandNo change03581£35,780+2.65 %
6South WestNo change03316£32,666+1.37 %
7North WestUp+13108£31,785+1.31 %
8YorkshireNo change02898£32,015+4.26 %
9West MidlandsNo change02273£32,243+4.92 %
10SurreyNo change02083£36,730-6.05 %
11HampshireNo change01946£35,477+1.01 %
12West YorkshireUp+11921£31,418+2.67 %
13BerkshireDown-21813£39,255+1.70 %
14East MidlandsNo change01504£31,878+4.53 %
15ManchesterUp+11501£31,865-0.33 %
16LeedsNo change01314£31,905+2.00 %
17CambridgeshireUp+21283£35,617+5.82 %
18ScotlandNo change01156£33,093-2.46 %
19OxfordshireNo change01035£33,606+1.06 %
20BuckinghamshireNo change0883£35,082+0.86 %
21BristolNo change0875£31,968+0.01 %
22HertfordshireDown-1860£37,017+2.98 %
23EssexNo change0820£35,877+0.42 %
24CheshireUp+2794£31,678+3.86 %
25CambridgeUp+3792£35,755+3.43 %
26BirminghamDown-1673£32,452+8.30 %
27WiltshireUp+1616£33,486-2.24 %
28North YorkshireDown-1531£34,746+8.21 %
29GloucestershireNo change0522£33,329+2.42 %
30ReadingDown-2521£40,429+4.55 %

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Developer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Developer.

144276 (44.22 %).NET
236971 (36.92 %)C#
333281 (33.24 %)SQL Server
432778 (32.73 %)SQL
529036 (29.00 %)Java
626388 (26.35 %)ASP.NET
724485 (24.45 %)XML
821007 (20.98 %)Finance
918815 (18.79 %)JavaScript
1018432 (18.41 %)HTML
1116899 (16.88 %)C++
1215341 (15.32 %)Oracle
1314964 (14.94 %)CSS
1413754 (13.74 %)OO
1513461 (13.44 %)VB.NET
1613049 (13.03 %)Microsoft
1712518 (12.50 %)Degree
1812116 (12.10 %)J2EE
1910755 (10.74 %)VB
2010512 (10.50 %)Windows
219982 (9.969 %)Unix
229865 (9.852 %)Banking
239507 (9.494 %)SQL Server 2005
248715 (8.703 %)AJAX
258442 (8.431 %)WebServices
268322 (8.311 %)ASP
277686 (7.676 %)PHP
287267 (7.257 %)Linux
297192 (7.182 %)Front Office
306983 (6.974 %)SQL Server 2000

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Developer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Developer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
144276 (44.22 %).NET
226388 (26.35 %)ASP.NET
324485 (24.45 %)XML
418432 (18.41 %)HTML
514964 (14.94 %)CSS
612116 (12.10 %)J2EE
78715 (8.703 %)AJAX
88442 (8.431 %)WebServices
98322 (8.311 %)ASP
106445 (6.436 %)XHTML
116027 (6.019 %)Spring
125938 (5.930 %)JSP
135028 (5.021 %)Hibernate
144758 (4.752 %).NET Framework
154382 (4.376 %)XSLT
164270 (4.264 %)WinForms
172956 (2.952 %)Struts
182530 (2.527 %)Servlets
192529 (2.526 %)EJB
202169 (2.166 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
14051 (4.046 %)SharePoint
23189 (3.185 %)Apache
33090 (3.086 %)IIS
42242 (2.239 %)WebLogic
52145 (2.142 %)BizTalk Server
62116 (2.113 %)CMS
72057 (2.054 %)JBoss
72057 (2.054 %)Tomcat
81406 (1.404 %)ColdFusion
91279 (1.277 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10643 (0.642 %)MQSeries
11466 (0.465 %)MS Exchange
12395 (0.394 %)SAS
13382 (0.381 %)WebSphere Application Server
14288 (0.288 %)Lotus Notes
15266 (0.266 %)Oracle Workflow
16263 (0.263 %)ColdFusion MX
17243 (0.243 %)Commerce Server
18240 (0.240 %)Oracle Application Server
19206 (0.206 %)Content Management Server
Applications
15766 (5.758 %)MS Excel
22236 (2.233 %)Photoshop
31296 (1.294 %)MS Office
4623 (0.622 %)MS Visio
5543 (0.542 %)Adobe Illustrator
6459 (0.458 %)Fireworks
7187 (0.187 %)MATLAB
8171 (0.171 %)InfoPath
982 (0.082 %)MS PowerPoint
1077 (0.077 %)MS Project
1166 (0.066 %)3ds Max
1263 (0.063 %)ImageReady
1263 (0.063 %)CA Clarity
1358 (0.058 %)Acrobat
1456 (0.056 %)PrintSoft PReS
1547 (0.047 %)FreeHand
1644 (0.044 %)AutoCAD
1743 (0.043 %)InDesign
1831 (0.031 %)S-PLUS
1928 (0.028 %)SPSS
Business Applications
1493 (0.492 %)Oracle Applications
2350 (0.350 %)Microsoft CRM
3333 (0.333 %)Dynamics CRM
4319 (0.319 %)Summit
5249 (0.249 %)Oracle EBS
6248 (0.248 %)Oracle 11i
7242 (0.242 %)Axapta
8240 (0.240 %)Navision
9206 (0.206 %)Dynamics AX
10180 (0.180 %)Dynamics NAV
11146 (0.146 %)Oracle Financials
1298 (0.098 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1380 (0.080 %)Fidessa
1474 (0.074 %)FRONT ARENA
1565 (0.065 %)Oracle HRMS
1662 (0.062 %)SAP CRM
1760 (0.060 %)RMDS
1849 (0.049 %)Endur
1849 (0.049 %)Cognos Planning
1944 (0.044 %)SAP HR
Communications & Networking
14908 (4.901 %)Internet
21900 (1.897 %)Intranet
3810 (0.809 %)TCP/IP
4650 (0.649 %)HTTP
5519 (0.518 %)Extranet
6307 (0.307 %)Wireless
7239 (0.239 %)SSL
8215 (0.215 %)DNS
9208 (0.208 %)Broadband
10202 (0.202 %)VoIP
11200 (0.200 %)SMS
12177 (0.177 %)FTP
13170 (0.170 %)LDAP
14169 (0.169 %)WINS
15160 (0.160 %)SMTP
16140 (0.140 %)GSM
17104 (0.104 %)LAN
1899 (0.099 %)GPRS
1993 (0.093 %)3G
2081 (0.081 %)CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
133281 (33.24 %)SQL Server
29507 (9.494 %)SQL Server 2005
36983 (6.974 %)SQL Server 2000
46508 (6.499 %)MySQL
53161 (3.157 %)RDBMS
62467 (2.464 %)SQL Server 7
72452 (2.449 %)Datawarehouse
82160 (2.157 %)Oracle 10g
91888 (1.885 %)Crystal Reports
101820 (1.818 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
111603 (1.601 %)Oracle Reports
121541 (1.539 %)Oracle 9i
131458 (1.456 %)DTS
141327 (1.325 %)SQL Server Integration Services
151310 (1.308 %)BusinessObjects
161231 (1.229 %)ETL
171006 (1.005 %)DB2
18943 (0.942 %)MS Access
19924 (0.923 %)Oracle 8/8i
20813 (0.812 %)OLAP
Development Applications
15395 (5.388 %)Visual Studio
24183 (4.177 %)Flash
32195 (2.192 %)Eclipse
41784 (1.782 %)JUnit
51585 (1.583 %)Ant
61317 (1.315 %)Subversion
71286 (1.284 %)Oracle Forms
81055 (1.054 %)VSS/SourceSafe
91036 (1.035 %)Dreamweaver
10662 (0.661 %)NUnit
11387 (0.386 %)ClearCase
12286 (0.286 %)JDeveloper
13225 (0.225 %)PVCS
14190 (0.190 %)CruiseControl
15188 (0.188 %)ProC
16159 (0.159 %)WebSpeed
17145 (0.145 %)InstallShield
18143 (0.143 %)Rational Rose
19137 (0.137 %)PowerBuilder
20117 (0.117 %)JIRA
General
121007 (20.98 %)Finance
29865 (9.852 %)Banking
37192 (7.182 %)Front Office
44925 (4.918 %)Investment Banking
54349 (4.343 %)Pensions
63318 (3.314 %)Health
73144 (3.140 %)Marketing
82821 (2.817 %)Insurance
92473 (2.470 %)Education
102247 (2.244 %)Games
112208 (2.205 %)Retail
122079 (2.076 %)Telecoms
131361 (1.359 %)Back Office
141179 (1.177 %)Government
151143 (1.141 %)Publishing
161067 (1.066 %)Financial Institution
17904 (0.903 %)Advertising
18733 (0.732 %)Multimedia
19626 (0.625 %)Manufacturing
20620 (0.619 %)Law
Miscellaneous
16739 (6.730 %)Derivative
23768 (3.763 %)Computer Science
32720 (2.716 %)Fixed Income
42579 (2.576 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
52412 (2.409 %)Equities
62255 (2.252 %)Multithreading
71894 (1.891 %)Mathematics
81801 (1.799 %)Equity Derivative
91353 (1.351 %)N-Tier
101313 (1.311 %)W3C
111292 (1.290 %)Client/Server
121243 (1.241 %)Credit Derivative
131183 (1.181 %)Asset Management
14896 (0.895 %)Web 2.0
15604 (0.603 %)Interest Rate Derivative
16596 (0.595 %)Physics
17453 (0.452 %)Management Information System
18444 (0.443 %)Grid Computing
19429 (0.428 %)AS400
20400 (0.399 %)Spread Betting
Operating Systems
110512 (10.50 %)Windows
29982 (9.969 %)Unix
37267 (7.257 %)Linux
41267 (1.265 %)Solaris
5708 (0.707 %)Windows 2000
6614 (0.613 %)Windows NT
7440 (0.439 %)Windows Server 2003
8330 (0.330 %)Windows XP
9228 (0.228 %)Windows Mobile
10180 (0.180 %)Windows CE
11122 (0.122 %)AIX
1298 (0.098 %)Symbian OS
1373 (0.073 %)Embedded Linux
1472 (0.072 %)MVS
1571 (0.071 %)HPUX
1670 (0.070 %)VxWorks
1769 (0.069 %)VMS
1861 (0.061 %)Debian
1938 (0.038 %)Mac OS X
2023 (0.023 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
113754 (13.74 %)OO
26917 (6.908 %)Web Development
35736 (5.728 %)UML
45356 (5.349 %)E-Commerce
53917 (3.912 %)Agile Software Development
62527 (2.524 %)OOD
72485 (2.482 %)OOP
82294 (2.291 %)Business Intelligence
92219 (2.216 %)Project Management
102069 (2.066 %)Unit Testing
111947 (1.944 %)Content Management
121847 (1.845 %)CRM
131838 (1.836 %)Risk Management
141837 (1.835 %)Scrum
151514 (1.512 %)Web Design
161497 (1.495 %)TDD
171471 (1.469 %)Software Engineering
181296 (1.294 %)OOA/OOD
191283 (1.281 %)Workflow
201280 (1.278 %)RAD
Programming Languages
136971 (36.92 %)C#
232778 (32.73 %)SQL
329036 (29.00 %)Java
418815 (18.79 %)JavaScript
516899 (16.88 %)C++
613461 (13.44 %)VB.NET
710755 (10.74 %)VB
87686 (7.676 %)PHP
95157 (5.150 %)C
104744 (4.738 %)Transact-SQL
114658 (4.652 %)PL/SQL
124371 (4.365 %)VB6
133760 (3.755 %)VBA
143749 (3.744 %)Perl
152631 (2.627 %)DHTML
162384 (2.381 %)ActionScript
171843 (1.841 %)VC++
181675 (1.673 %)VBScript
191319 (1.317 %)Delphi
201202 (1.200 %)Python
Qualifications
112518 (12.50 %)Degree
22566 (2.563 %)Microsoft Certification
31321 (1.319 %)MCSD
4983 (0.982 %)MCAD
5863 (0.862 %)MCP
6511 (0.510 %)PhD
7295 (0.295 %)Sun Certification
8196 (0.196 %)HND
9145 (0.145 %)MCPD
10122 (0.122 %)Oracle Certification
11117 (0.117 %)MCTS
1281 (0.081 %)OCP
1281 (0.081 %)MCDBA
1353 (0.053 %)MCSE
1452 (0.052 %)Postgraduate
1530 (0.030 %)SCJD
1625 (0.025 %)MCITP
1724 (0.024 %)SCWCD
1821 (0.021 %)HNC
1919 (0.019 %)SCBCD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11058 (1.057 %)QA
2440 (0.439 %)WAI
3158 (0.158 %)WCAG
499 (0.099 %)SLA
585 (0.085 %)ISO9001
683 (0.083 %)Basel II
735 (0.035 %)HL7
820 (0.020 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
911 (0.011 %)DICOM
1010 (0.010 %)GAMP
119 (0.009 %)ISO9000
119 (0.009 %)ISO8583
127 (0.007 %)GxP
127 (0.007 %)BS7799
136 (0.006 %)GMP
136 (0.006 %)COBIT
145 (0.005 %)TickIT
154 (0.004 %)ISO9002
154 (0.004 %)JSP 440
163 (0.003 %)MiFID
System Software
1392 (0.391 %)Active Directory
2266 (0.266 %)MSMQ
3127 (0.127 %)AquaLogic
485 (0.085 %)Oracle RAC
541 (0.041 %)Oracle RMAN
622 (0.022 %)Squid
715 (0.015 %)Terminal Services
813 (0.013 %)Samba
912 (0.012 %)Snort
1011 (0.011 %)MetaFrame
1110 (0.010 %)Novell eDirectory
129 (0.009 %)NetBackup
138 (0.008 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
147 (0.007 %)NDS
156 (0.006 %)Orbix
156 (0.006 %)NFS
165 (0.005 %)VMware ESX
174 (0.004 %)Nmap
174 (0.004 %)Xen
174 (0.004 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
1179 (0.179 %)AutoSys
2136 (0.136 %)SCOM
354 (0.054 %)Tivoli
451 (0.051 %)MOM
549 (0.049 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
637 (0.037 %)MIIS
734 (0.034 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
832 (0.032 %)CA SiteMinder
919 (0.019 %)Oracle Statspack
1016 (0.016 %)Nessus
1112 (0.012 %)Netcool
1210 (0.010 %)Novell Identity Manager
1210 (0.010 %)DirXML
139 (0.009 %)OpenView Configuration Management
139 (0.009 %)Netcool/Proviso
147 (0.007 %)Nagios
147 (0.007 %)OpenView
155 (0.005 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
164 (0.004 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
164 (0.004 %)ServiceCenter
Vendors
115341 (15.32 %)Oracle
213049 (13.03 %)Microsoft
33618 (3.613 %)Sybase
41310 (1.308 %)Business Objects
51148 (1.146 %)IBM
6939 (0.938 %)Adobe
7922 (0.921 %)SAP
8912 (0.911 %)TIBCO
9697 (0.696 %)Cognos
10592 (0.591 %)Sun
11571 (0.570 %)BEA
12394 (0.393 %)Symbian
13373 (0.372 %)Google
14361 (0.361 %)Macromedia
15350 (0.350 %)Progress
16337 (0.337 %)Informatica
17320 (0.320 %)Lotus
18319 (0.319 %)Bloomberg
19299 (0.299 %)Perforce
20296 (0.296 %)Reuters
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