The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Developer
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank111
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads385653707428181
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK31.82 %30.38 %29.60 %
As % of the Job Titles category33.60 %32.25 %31.71 %
Number of salaries quoted350693304424400
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£70,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£33,500
% change year-on-year
-+4.47 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11478411495588866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.21 %93.33 %
Number of salaries quoted984679705973610
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Developer within 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 citing Developer within the UK.

Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandNo change036848£40,000-
LondonUp+116806£47,500-5.00 %
South EastNo change07174£40,000+6.66 %
City of LondonNo change03756£50,000-9.09 %
East of EnglandNo change03103£37,500+4.16 %
North WestNo change02907£33,500+3.07 %
South WestNo change02042£35,000+7.69 %
SurreyNo change01938£43,500+8.75 %
YorkshireNo change01917£32,500-
BerkshireNo change01813£40,000+12.67 %
ManchesterNo change01532£33,500+3.07 %
West MidlandsNo change01502£35,000+2.94 %
East MidlandsNo change01228£33,500+3.07 %
West YorkshireNo change01174£32,500-
CambridgeshireNo change01095£39,000+11.42 %
HampshireNo change01090£37,500+6.38 %
ScotlandUp+2938£35,000-
CambridgeUp+1831£39,000+11.42 %
HertfordshireUp+1824£40,000-
LeedsNo change0803£32,500-
ReadingNo change0766£40,000+8.10 %
CheshireNo change0744£33,500+2.29 %
BristolNo change0605£35,000+7.69 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0592£37,000+2.77 %
EssexUp+1560£35,500+1.42 %
OxfordshireNo change0524£36,000-4.00 %
GloucestershireNo change0500£37,500+7.14 %
East SussexNo change0487£35,000-
NottinghamshireNo change0430£34,000-
BrightonNo change0414£35,000-

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

133047 (44.14 %).NET
231302 (41.81 %)C#
325750 (34.39 %)SQL
425107 (33.53 %)JavaScript
525028 (33.43 %)SQL Server
622203 (29.65 %)CSS
721363 (28.53 %)ASP.NET
821267 (28.40 %)HTML
920748 (27.71 %)Java
1014391 (19.22 %)XML
1114151 (18.90 %)Finance
1212656 (16.90 %)OO
1312355 (16.50 %)jQuery
1411733 (15.67 %)Degree
1511497 (15.36 %)MVC
1610608 (14.17 %)PHP
1710565 (14.11 %)Microsoft
1810338 (13.81 %)Agile Software Development
199882 (13.20 %)Web Services
209626 (12.86 %)Ajax
218874 (11.85 %)Oracle
228838 (11.80 %)TDD
238700 (11.62 %)MySQL
247963 (10.64 %)Linux
257909 (10.56 %)C++
267759 (10.36 %)SQL Server 2008
277645 (10.21 %)Windows
287141 (9.538 %)Web Development
297092 (9.472 %)WCF
306956 (9.291 %)Spring

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
133047 (44.14 %).NET
222203 (29.65 %)CSS
321363 (28.53 %)ASP.NET
421267 (28.40 %)HTML
514391 (19.22 %)XML
612355 (16.50 %)jQuery
79882 (13.20 %)Web Services
89626 (12.86 %)Ajax
97092 (9.472 %)WCF
106956 (9.291 %)Spring
116398 (8.545 %)J2EE
125253 (7.016 %)HTML5
135163 (6.896 %)Hibernate
145031 (6.719 %).NET Framework
154989 (6.663 %)XHTML
164931 (6.586 %)WPF
174796 (6.406 %)ASP.NET MVC
183807 (5.085 %)WinForms
193644 (4.867 %)XSLT
203003 (4.011 %)LINQ
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14306 (5.751 %)SharePoint
23601 (4.810 %)Apache
33578 (4.779 %)CMS
42306 (3.080 %)Tomcat
52027 (2.707 %)IIS
61478 (1.974 %)Drupal
71364 (1.822 %)SharePoint 2010
8979 (1.308 %)SharePoint Server
9925 (1.235 %)WebLogic
10910 (1.215 %)WordPress
11859 (1.147 %)BizTalk Server
12790 (1.055 %)Umbraco
13677 (0.904 %)Magento
14483 (0.645 %)Joomla!
15415 (0.554 %)Sitecore CMS
16384 (0.513 %)ESB
17283 (0.378 %)GlassFish
18278 (0.371 %)WebSphere Application Server
19269 (0.359 %)Apache Solr
20263 (0.351 %)Jetty
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14708 (6.288 %)MS Excel
21762 (2.353 %)Photoshop
3862 (1.151 %)MS Office
4711 (0.950 %)MS Visio
5402 (0.537 %)Adobe Illustrator
6328 (0.438 %)Fireworks
7286 (0.382 %)MATLAB
8176 (0.235 %)InfoPath
9128 (0.171 %)MS PowerPoint
10103 (0.138 %)Spreadsheet
1197 (0.130 %)MS Project
1281 (0.108 %)PowerPivot
1376 (0.102 %)InDesign
1464 (0.085 %)Google Apps
1537 (0.049 %)Mingle
1625 (0.033 %)PrintSoft PReS
1724 (0.032 %)DOC1
1822 (0.029 %)Simulink
1921 (0.028 %)Acrobat
2020 (0.027 %)GIMP
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1802 (1.071 %)Dynamics CRM
2249 (0.333 %)Dynamics AX
3199 (0.266 %)Dynamics NAV
4182 (0.243 %)Google Analytics
5165 (0.220 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
6159 (0.212 %)Oracle EBS
7111 (0.148 %)Oracle BPM
8108 (0.144 %)Oracle Applications
982 (0.110 %)Summit
1078 (0.104 %)Oracle EBS R12
1176 (0.102 %)Visualfiles
1176 (0.102 %)RMDS
1271 (0.095 %)Oracle Financials
1369 (0.092 %)WebTrends
1463 (0.084 %)Oracle ERP
1548 (0.064 %)BusinessWorks
1645 (0.060 %)Oracle 11i
1735 (0.047 %)Pivotal CRM
1830 (0.040 %)Tridion
1830 (0.040 %)Staffware
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12839 (3.792 %)Internet
21309 (1.748 %)HTTP
31047 (1.398 %)Intranet
4662 (0.884 %)TCP/IP
5293 (0.391 %)DNS
6279 (0.373 %)Extranet
7269 (0.359 %)Broadband
8190 (0.254 %)Firewall
9181 (0.242 %)FTP
10159 (0.212 %)VoIP
11150 (0.200 %)SSL
12139 (0.186 %)GSM
13130 (0.174 %)SMTP
14123 (0.164 %)LDAP
1587 (0.116 %)UMTS
1685 (0.114 %)Wireless
1781 (0.108 %)SSH
1876 (0.102 %)HTTPS
1968 (0.091 %)AMQP
2066 (0.088 %)GPRS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125028 (33.43 %)SQL Server
28700 (11.62 %)MySQL
37759 (10.36 %)SQL Server 2008
45123 (6.842 %)SQL Server 2005
53941 (5.264 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63898 (5.206 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72845 (3.800 %)Data Warehouse
82069 (2.763 %)ETL
91934 (2.583 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101569 (2.096 %)RDBMS
11939 (1.254 %)SQL Server 2000
12833 (1.113 %)Oracle 10g
13828 (1.106 %)OLAP
14768 (1.026 %)Crystal Reports
15728 (0.972 %)Oracle 11g
16721 (0.963 %)PostgreSQL
17640 (0.855 %)Oracle 8/8i
18566 (0.756 %)NoSQL
19557 (0.744 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
20533 (0.712 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15411 (7.227 %)Visual Studio
25091 (6.800 %)Subversion
32720 (3.633 %)NUnit
42244 (2.997 %)Eclipse
52080 (2.778 %)JUnit
61962 (2.620 %)Team Foundation Server
71844 (2.463 %)Git (software)
81812 (2.420 %)Rhino Mocks
91764 (2.356 %)Maven
101517 (2.026 %)Ant
11992 (1.325 %)Selenium
12689 (0.920 %)Moq
13633 (0.845 %)VSS/SourceSafe
14547 (0.731 %)JIRA
15540 (0.721 %)Cucumber
16503 (0.672 %)Hudson
17421 (0.562 %)Oracle Forms
18398 (0.532 %)TeamCity
19396 (0.529 %)Xcode
20373 (0.498 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114151 (18.90 %)Finance
24139 (5.528 %)Banking
32816 (3.761 %)Marketing
42711 (3.621 %)Games
52654 (3.545 %)Front Office
62186 (2.920 %)Retail
71822 (2.433 %)Investment Banking
81805 (2.411 %)Telecoms
91234 (1.648 %)Advertising
10961 (1.284 %)Back Office
11842 (1.125 %)Publishing
12662 (0.884 %)Music
13628 (0.839 %)Law
14599 (0.800 %)Financial Institution
15526 (0.703 %)Legal
16472 (0.630 %)Manufacturing
17332 (0.443 %)Multimedia
18227 (0.303 %)Pharmaceutical
19219 (0.292 %)Automotive
20184 (0.246 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15656 (7.554 %)Computer Science
22629 (3.511 %)Open Source
32270 (3.032 %)Mathematics
42098 (2.802 %)iPhone
51621 (2.165 %)Derivative
61588 (2.121 %)Hedge funds
71522 (2.033 %)Social Media
81425 (1.903 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
91217 (1.625 %)N-Tier
101096 (1.464 %)iPad
111007 (1.345 %)W3C
121003 (1.340 %)Digital Media
13905 (1.209 %)Fixed Income
14797 (1.064 %)Blackberry
15788 (1.052 %)Physics
16777 (1.038 %)Equities
17768 (1.026 %)SaaS
18701 (0.936 %)Online Games
19700 (0.935 %)Client/Server
20593 (0.792 %)Social Network
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17963 (10.64 %)Linux
27645 (10.21 %)Windows
34795 (6.404 %)UNIX
42810 (3.753 %)Android
52094 (2.797 %)Apple iOS
6432 (0.577 %)Windows Server 2003
7429 (0.573 %)Solaris
8425 (0.568 %)Windows Server 2008
9342 (0.457 %)Windows Mobile
10206 (0.275 %)Windows 7
11200 (0.267 %)Mac OS X
12164 (0.219 %)CentOS
13151 (0.202 %)Windows XP
14141 (0.188 %)Windows Phone 7
14141 (0.188 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15120 (0.160 %)Debian
16115 (0.154 %)Ubuntu
17113 (0.151 %)AIX
1878 (0.104 %)Windows CE
1963 (0.084 %)BlackBerry OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112656 (16.90 %)OO
211497 (15.36 %)MVC
310338 (13.81 %)Agile Software Development
48838 (11.80 %)TDD
57141 (9.538 %)Web Development
66802 (9.085 %)Scrum
76193 (8.271 %)E-Commerce
83937 (5.258 %)Multithreading
93593 (4.799 %)Business Intelligence
103534 (4.720 %)Unit Testing
113533 (4.719 %)OOP
122634 (3.518 %)Web Application Development
132623 (3.503 %)UML
142230 (2.978 %)Continuous Integration
152224 (2.970 %)BDD
162142 (2.861 %)Software Engineering
172113 (2.822 %)CRM
181959 (2.616 %)SOA
191956 (2.612 %)Content Management
201858 (2.482 %)Project Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131302 (41.81 %)C#
225750 (34.39 %)SQL
325107 (33.53 %)JavaScript
420748 (27.71 %)Java
510608 (14.17 %)PHP
67909 (10.56 %)C++
76861 (9.164 %)VB.NET
85434 (7.258 %)T-SQL
93403 (4.545 %)VB
103157 (4.217 %)Python
112697 (3.602 %)PL/SQL
122616 (3.494 %)C
132335 (3.119 %)Ruby
142307 (3.081 %)PHP5
152255 (3.012 %)Perl
161449 (1.935 %)Objective-C
171346 (1.798 %)ActionScript
181267 (1.692 %)VB6
191242 (1.659 %)VBA
20862 (1.151 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111733 (15.67 %)Degree
22951 (3.941 %)Microsoft Certification
32085 (2.785 %)MCP
42080 (2.778 %)MCTS
52055 (2.745 %)MCSD
62008 (2.682 %)MCAD
71278 (1.707 %)Security Cleared
8676 (0.903 %)SC Cleared
9474 (0.633 %)PhD
10183 (0.244 %)Sun Certification
11164 (0.219 %)DV Cleared
12161 (0.215 %)HND
13139 (0.186 %)MCPD
1478 (0.104 %)ITIL Certification
1570 (0.093 %)Postgraduate
1665 (0.087 %)ISEB
1665 (0.087 %)Oracle Certification
1764 (0.085 %)HNC
1860 (0.080 %)MCITP
1954 (0.072 %)CFA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11999 (2.670 %)QA
2224 (0.299 %)ISO 9001
3204 (0.272 %)SLA
4167 (0.223 %)WCAG
5154 (0.206 %)WAI
692 (0.123 %)Data Quality
756 (0.075 %)HL7
843 (0.057 %)PCI DSS
939 (0.052 %)DO-178B
1031 (0.041 %)PAS 78
1126 (0.035 %)ISO/IEC 27001
1221 (0.028 %)GAMP
1319 (0.025 %)TickIT
1417 (0.023 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1512 (0.016 %)Basel III
1610 (0.013 %)JTAG
1610 (0.013 %)Solvency II
179 (0.012 %)ISO 8583
184 (0.005 %)MiFID
184 (0.005 %)DICOM
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1304 (0.406 %)Active Directory
271 (0.095 %)VMware Infrastructure
364 (0.085 %)Varnish
444 (0.059 %)Oracle RAC
524 (0.032 %)Oracle RMAN
622 (0.029 %)Sendmail
721 (0.028 %)Hyper-V
818 (0.024 %)Postfix
913 (0.017 %)OpenSSO
1012 (0.016 %)NFS
1012 (0.016 %)UAG
119 (0.012 %)XenDesktop
128 (0.011 %)Samba
137 (0.009 %)vSphere
137 (0.009 %)Squid
146 (0.008 %)VMware ESX
146 (0.008 %)XenServer
155 (0.007 %)Terminal Services
155 (0.007 %)Xen
164 (0.005 %)vCloud
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
170 (0.093 %)Puppet
255 (0.073 %)HP Quality Center
343 (0.057 %)SCCM
433 (0.044 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
531 (0.041 %)Nagios
630 (0.040 %)Control-M
727 (0.036 %)Plesk
826 (0.035 %)WMI
925 (0.033 %)Tivoli
1020 (0.027 %)BladeLogic
1020 (0.027 %)MOM
1117 (0.023 %)Data Guard
1213 (0.017 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
139 (0.012 %)Netcool
146 (0.008 %)SCOM
155 (0.007 %)Cisco CUCM
155 (0.007 %)Oracle Identity Management
155 (0.007 %)ZABBIX
155 (0.007 %)OpenView
164 (0.005 %)Netcool/Proviso
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110565 (14.11 %)Microsoft
28874 (11.85 %)Oracle
32306 (3.080 %)Zend
41948 (2.602 %)JBoss
51151 (1.537 %)Google
61144 (1.528 %)Facebook
7960 (1.282 %)Adobe
8896 (1.197 %)Business Objects
9675 (0.902 %)Sybase
10664 (0.887 %)IBM
11631 (0.843 %)Salesforce.com
12566 (0.756 %)SAP
13552 (0.737 %)TIBCO
14538 (0.719 %)Sitecore
15496 (0.662 %)Cognos
16475 (0.634 %)Apple
17415 (0.554 %)Twitter
18375 (0.501 %)Informatica
19322 (0.430 %)Symbian
20292 (0.390 %)EPiServer