Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1822648168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK26.77 %24.15 %
As % of the Job Titles category29.47 %26.33 %
Salaries quoted1574941528
Average salary£35,000£37,250
Average salary % change on the same period last year-6.040 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,830
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£33,000
% change on same period last year-1.510 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
61844182955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK90.83 %91.72 %
Salaries quoted51383150133
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 3 July 2009 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 3 July 2009. 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 change017581£36,000-4.00 %
LondonNo change07589£45,000-
South EastNo change03151£35,000-
City of LondonNo change02518£47,500-9.52 %
South WestNo change01587£32,500+1.56 %
East of EnglandNo change01439£34,000-2.85 %
North WestNo change01280£30,000-4.76 %
West MidlandsNo change01023£30,750+2.24 %
YorkshireNo change0843£30,000-1.63 %
SurreyUp+1693£37,500+7.14 %
ManchesterNo change0622£28,500-8.06 %
BerkshireNo change0577£37,500-6.25 %
East MidlandsNo change0557£32,500+1.56 %
HampshireNo change0536£35,000-
CambridgeshireNo change0501£33,000-5.71 %
BristolNo change0464£34,000+4.61 %
West YorkshireNo change0431£30,000-
OxfordshireNo change0379£34,000-2.85 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0375£33,250-5.00 %
CambridgeNo change0344£33,000-5.71 %
ScotlandNo change0339£31,000-4.61 %
HertfordshireDown-2315£37,500+1.35 %
CheshireNo change0309£30,000-4.76 %
WiltshireNo change0309£32,500-7.14 %
BirminghamNo change0300£32,500+8.33 %
LeedsNo change0296£30,000-
EssexDown-2272£35,000-
South YorkshireUp+2250£30,000-6.25 %
SomersetNo change0248£31,500+5.00 %
West SussexNo change0230£32,500+4.83 %

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

119009 (46.68 %).NET
216016 (39.33 %)C#
313683 (33.60 %)SQL Server
412305 (30.22 %)SQL
512275 (30.14 %)ASP.NET
610193 (25.03 %)JavaScript
79491 (23.31 %)XML
89275 (22.78 %)CSS
99003 (22.11 %)Java
108913 (21.89 %)HTML
116913 (16.98 %)Finance
125844 (14.35 %)C++
135829 (14.31 %)AJAX
145820 (14.29 %)OO
155487 (13.47 %)PHP
165228 (12.84 %)VB.NET
175187 (12.74 %)Degree
185150 (12.65 %)Microsoft
194529 (11.12 %)MySQL
204450 (10.93 %)Oracle
214269 (10.48 %)Windows
224235 (10.40 %)SQL Server 2005
234161 (10.22 %)WebServices
243746 (9.199 %)XHTML
253718 (9.130 %)Linux
263681 (9.039 %)Web Development
273214 (7.892 %)VB
283169 (7.782 %)J2EE
293006 (7.382 %)E-Commerce
302907 (7.138 %)ASP

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
119009 (46.68 %).NET
212275 (30.14 %)ASP.NET
39491 (23.31 %)XML
49275 (22.78 %)CSS
58913 (21.89 %)HTML
65829 (14.31 %)AJAX
74161 (10.22 %)WebServices
83746 (9.199 %)XHTML
93169 (7.782 %)J2EE
102907 (7.138 %)ASP
112373 (5.827 %)Flash
122143 (5.262 %)Spring
132127 (5.223 %).NET Framework
141940 (4.764 %)WinForms
151888 (4.636 %)XSLT
161598 (3.924 %)WCF
171564 (3.841 %)Hibernate
181547 (3.799 %)JSP
191368 (3.359 %)WPF
201273 (3.126 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12072 (5.088 %)SharePoint
21558 (3.826 %)Apache
31520 (3.733 %)CMS
41126 (2.765 %)IIS
51054 (2.588 %)SharePoint Server 2007
6610 (1.498 %)Tomcat
7537 (1.319 %)BizTalk Server
8525 (1.289 %)WebLogic
9393 (0.965 %)ColdFusion
10202 (0.496 %)SAS
11185 (0.454 %)Drupal
12118 (0.290 %)WebSphere Application Server
13103 (0.253 %)Joomla!
1495 (0.233 %)Oracle Workflow
1591 (0.223 %)ESB
1689 (0.219 %)ColdFusion MX
1689 (0.219 %)Lotus Domino
1787 (0.214 %)OpenEdge
1885 (0.209 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1984 (0.206 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12407 (5.911 %)MS Excel
21210 (2.971 %)Photoshop
3501 (1.230 %)MS Office
4444 (1.090 %)MS Visio
5309 (0.759 %)Adobe Illustrator
6231 (0.567 %)Fireworks
7195 (0.479 %)Spreadsheet
892 (0.226 %)InfoPath
986 (0.211 %)MATLAB
1050 (0.123 %)CA Clarity
1143 (0.106 %)3ds Max
1236 (0.088 %)Maya
1333 (0.081 %)MS Project
1432 (0.079 %)MS PowerPoint
1525 (0.061 %)PrintSoft PReS
1619 (0.047 %)InDesign
1714 (0.034 %)Adobe Premiere
1714 (0.034 %)Paint Shop Pro
1810 (0.025 %)ImageReady
199 (0.022 %)Authorware
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1240 (0.589 %)Dynamics CRM
2186 (0.457 %)Microsoft CRM
3138 (0.339 %)Dynamics AX
4124 (0.304 %)Oracle Applications
5115 (0.282 %)Axapta
6105 (0.258 %)Oracle EBS
791 (0.223 %)Navision
881 (0.199 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
980 (0.196 %)Oracle Financials
980 (0.196 %)RMDS
1078 (0.192 %)Oracle 11i
1164 (0.157 %)Dynamics NAV
1254 (0.133 %)Summit
1346 (0.113 %)Oracle EBS R12
1434 (0.083 %)WebTrends
1531 (0.076 %)Pivotal CRM
1628 (0.069 %)Google Analytics
1727 (0.066 %)Endur
1825 (0.061 %)Oracle HRMS
1923 (0.056 %)SAP R/3
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11716 (4.214 %)Internet
2670 (1.645 %)Intranet
3468 (1.149 %)TCP/IP
4323 (0.793 %)HTTP
5133 (0.327 %)Wireless
6126 (0.309 %)DNS
799 (0.243 %)Extranet
892 (0.226 %)FTP
986 (0.211 %)Broadband
1078 (0.192 %)SMS
1172 (0.177 %)LDAP
1261 (0.150 %)SSL
1261 (0.150 %)VoIP
1360 (0.147 %)SAN
1459 (0.145 %)Firewall
1557 (0.140 %)SSH
1643 (0.106 %)LAN
1742 (0.103 %)SMTP
1840 (0.098 %)GSM
1939 (0.096 %)OSPF
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113683 (33.60 %)SQL Server
24529 (11.12 %)MySQL
34235 (10.40 %)SQL Server 2005
42013 (4.943 %)SQL Server 2000
51245 (3.057 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61212 (2.976 %)Datawarehouse
7980 (2.407 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8837 (2.055 %)SQL Server 2008
9773 (1.898 %)RDBMS
10697 (1.712 %)BusinessObjects
11641 (1.574 %)Oracle 10g
12594 (1.459 %)ETL
13553 (1.358 %)Crystal Reports
14539 (1.324 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
15484 (1.189 %)Oracle Reports
16415 (1.019 %)OLAP
17357 (0.877 %)Oracle 9i
18356 (0.874 %)Oracle 8/8i
19355 (0.872 %)DTS
20289 (0.710 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12555 (6.274 %)Visual Studio
2827 (2.031 %)Subversion
3714 (1.753 %)JUnit
4658 (1.616 %)Eclipse
5529 (1.299 %)Ant
6446 (1.095 %)NUnit
7436 (1.071 %)Dreamweaver
8380 (0.933 %)Oracle Forms
9360 (0.884 %)Team Foundation Server
10301 (0.739 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11141 (0.346 %)ClearCase
12117 (0.287 %)WebSpeed
1389 (0.219 %)JDeveloper
1485 (0.209 %)CruiseControl
1573 (0.179 %)Oracle APEX
1671 (0.174 %)ProC
1765 (0.160 %)Selenium
1863 (0.155 %)PowerBuilder
1959 (0.145 %)Visual Studio Team System
2058 (0.142 %)Git (software)
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16913 (16.98 %)Finance
22543 (6.245 %)Banking
31753 (4.305 %)Pensions
41704 (4.184 %)Front Office
51618 (3.973 %)Marketing
61435 (3.524 %)Games
71349 (3.313 %)Investment Banking
81315 (3.229 %)Education
91195 (2.934 %)Insurance
101164 (2.858 %)Health
11778 (1.910 %)Retail
12727 (1.785 %)Telecoms
13579 (1.422 %)Back Office
14537 (1.319 %)Government
15430 (1.056 %)Publishing
16416 (1.022 %)Advertising
17395 (0.970 %)Financial Institution
18263 (0.646 %)Online Games
19260 (0.638 %)Music
20175 (0.430 %)Legal
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11956 (4.803 %)Derivative
21631 (4.005 %)Computer Science
31055 (2.591 %)Multithreading
4964 (2.367 %)Mathematics
5829 (2.036 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6703 (1.726 %)Equities
7675 (1.658 %)W3C
8637 (1.564 %)N-Tier
9603 (1.481 %)Fixed Income
10565 (1.387 %)Web 2.0
11540 (1.326 %)Equity Derivative
12527 (1.294 %)Client/Server
13361 (0.886 %)Social Network
14319 (0.783 %)Physics
15222 (0.545 %)Credit Derivative
16221 (0.543 %)Management Information System
17197 (0.484 %)Replication
18189 (0.464 %)E-Learning
19187 (0.459 %)Spread Betting
20177 (0.435 %)Interest Rate Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14269 (10.48 %)Windows
23718 (9.130 %)Linux
32887 (7.089 %)UNIX
4438 (1.076 %)Windows Server 2003
5331 (0.813 %)Solaris
6279 (0.685 %)Windows Mobile
7169 (0.415 %)Windows XP
897 (0.238 %)Android
991 (0.223 %)Red Hat Linux
1075 (0.184 %)Windows CE
1075 (0.184 %)Windows 2000
1170 (0.172 %)Mac OS X
1268 (0.167 %)Windows Server 2008
1355 (0.135 %)Windows Vista
1445 (0.111 %)Embedded Linux
1540 (0.098 %)HPUX
1638 (0.093 %)Windows 2000 Server
1734 (0.083 %)Ubuntu
1833 (0.081 %)OS/400
1931 (0.076 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15820 (14.29 %)OO
23681 (9.039 %)Web Development
33006 (7.382 %)E-Commerce
42413 (5.925 %)Agile Software Development
51608 (3.949 %)UML
61398 (3.433 %)OOP
71364 (3.349 %)Business Intelligence
81241 (3.047 %)TDD
91213 (2.979 %)Scrum
101077 (2.645 %)Unit Testing
111039 (2.551 %)Content Management
12973 (2.389 %)OOD
13872 (2.141 %)CRM
14814 (1.999 %)Project Management
15762 (1.871 %)SEO
16722 (1.773 %)Web Design
17713 (1.751 %)Software Engineering
18710 (1.743 %)SOA
19639 (1.569 %)Risk Management
20600 (1.473 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116016 (39.33 %)C#
212305 (30.22 %)SQL
310193 (25.03 %)JavaScript
49003 (22.11 %)Java
55844 (14.35 %)C++
65487 (13.47 %)PHP
75228 (12.84 %)VB.NET
83214 (7.892 %)VB
92291 (5.626 %)T-SQL
101898 (4.661 %)C
111509 (3.706 %)ActionScript
121505 (3.696 %)PL/SQL
131457 (3.578 %)VB6
141350 (3.315 %)Perl
151222 (3.001 %)PHP5
16927 (2.276 %)VBA
17768 (1.886 %)Ruby
18700 (1.719 %)Python
19582 (1.429 %)Delphi
20539 (1.324 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15187 (12.74 %)Degree
21330 (3.266 %)Microsoft Certification
3701 (1.721 %)Security Cleared
4690 (1.694 %)MCSD
5639 (1.569 %)MCAD
6625 (1.535 %)MCP
7308 (0.756 %)MCTS
8239 (0.587 %)PhD
9236 (0.580 %)SC Cleared
10131 (0.322 %)Sun Certification
1196 (0.236 %)MCPD
1263 (0.155 %)DV Cleared
1351 (0.125 %)Oracle Certification
1437 (0.091 %)HND
1526 (0.064 %)PMI Certification
1624 (0.059 %)OCP
1721 (0.052 %)MCSE
1820 (0.049 %)MCDBA
1919 (0.047 %)CIMA
2018 (0.044 %)HNC
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1442 (1.085 %)QA
2103 (0.253 %)WAI
369 (0.169 %)SLA
450 (0.123 %)ISO9001
544 (0.108 %)WCAG
619 (0.047 %)HL7
715 (0.037 %)Basel II
814 (0.034 %)COBIT
99 (0.022 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
108 (0.020 %)PCI DSS
116 (0.015 %)21 CFR Part 11
116 (0.015 %)GAMP
116 (0.015 %)TickIT
124 (0.010 %)ISO14001
133 (0.007 %)DICOM
142 (0.005 %)ISO/IEC 20000
142 (0.005 %)CDISC
142 (0.005 %)ISO27001
151 (0.002 %)GCP
151 (0.002 %)JTAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1129 (0.317 %)Active Directory
2117 (0.287 %)MSMQ
343 (0.106 %)Oracle RAC
429 (0.071 %)VMware Infrastructure
513 (0.032 %)Xen
69 (0.022 %)Oracle RMAN
69 (0.022 %)ISA Server
77 (0.017 %)XenApp
85 (0.012 %)Sendmail
94 (0.010 %)AquaLogic
94 (0.010 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
103 (0.007 %)NetBackup
103 (0.007 %)Terminal Services
103 (0.007 %)Cronacle
103 (0.007 %)Squid
103 (0.007 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
103 (0.007 %)Postfix
112 (0.005 %)MetaFrame
112 (0.005 %)NFS
112 (0.005 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
158 (0.142 %)AutoSys
228 (0.069 %)MOM
326 (0.064 %)CONTROL-M
422 (0.054 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
519 (0.047 %)Tivoli
615 (0.037 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
77 (0.017 %)Netcool
86 (0.015 %)BMC PATROL
95 (0.012 %)AppManager
104 (0.010 %)Data Guard
113 (0.007 %)OpenView Configuration Management
122 (0.005 %)Sun Identity Manager
122 (0.005 %)AllFusion Endevor
122 (0.005 %)BMC Performance Manager
122 (0.005 %)CA SiteMinder
122 (0.005 %)TIBCO Hawk
131 (0.002 %)Nagios
131 (0.002 %)Novell Identity Manager
131 (0.002 %)Cacti
131 (0.002 %)Oracle Statspack
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15150 (12.65 %)Microsoft
24450 (10.93 %)Oracle
3697 (1.712 %)Business Objects
4668 (1.640 %)Sybase
5606 (1.488 %)Adobe
6495 (1.216 %)JBoss
7434 (1.066 %)Zend
8385 (0.945 %)Cognos
9294 (0.722 %)TIBCO
10250 (0.614 %)Google
11248 (0.609 %)IBM
12229 (0.562 %)Sun
13210 (0.516 %)SAP
14209 (0.513 %)Informatica
15202 (0.496 %)Progress
16114 (0.280 %)Red Hat
1799 (0.243 %)Lotus
1887 (0.214 %)Perforce
1985 (0.209 %)JD Edwards
2084 (0.206 %)HP