The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 22 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.

Programmer
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank186166146
Rank change year-on-year
Down-20Down-20
Matching permanent IT job ads166718561578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.382 %1.514 %1.653 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.460 %1.606 %1.771 %
Number of salaries quoted142715721305
Average salary£39,500£37,500£36,400
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33 %+3.02 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£65,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,000
% change year-on-year
-+2.94 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
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 %

Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Programmer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Programmer Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Programmer within the UK.

Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
EnglandDown-291577£40,000+6.66 %
LondonDown-50621£47,500-5.00 %
South EastDown-28332£36,750+5.00 %
East of EnglandUp+28171£40,000+14.28 %
City of LondonDown-7155£50,000-9.09 %
North WestUp+24125£30,000-20.00 %
SurreyUp+1792£42,500+1.19 %
South WestDown-2386£37,500+22.95 %
CambridgeshireUp+2483£35,000-
BerkshireDown-2681£32,000-1.53 %
YorkshireDown-1872£30,000-
West MidlandsDown-6466£31,750-9.28 %
CheshireUp+757£28,000-25.33 %
East MidlandsDown-1852£39,064+8.50 %
North EastUp+2051£33,000+10.00 %
ScotlandUp+450£35,000+7.69 %
West YorkshireDown-750£30,000-
CambridgeUp+3648£38,000+8.57 %
HampshireDown-2148£30,000-9.09 %
ManchesterUp+1646£32,750+9.16 %
GloucestershireDown-133£35,000+25.00 %
HertfordshireUp+2431£40,000-1.84 %
LeedsDown-1430£29,250-2.50 %
Tyne and WearUp+1528£33,000+10.00 %
West SussexUp+628£35,000+18.64 %
EdinburghUp+1427£35,000+12.90 %
BedfordshireUp+727£45,000+23.28 %
ReadingDown-2627£26,000-20.00 %
Newcastle upon TyneUp+926£33,000+10.00 %
LutonUp+623£42,500+14.86 %

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11422 (42.17 %).NET
21415 (41.96 %)C#
31387 (41.13 %)SQL
4995 (29.51 %)SQL Server
5946 (28.05 %)Java
6854 (25.33 %)JavaScript
7796 (23.61 %)ASP.NET
8746 (22.12 %)Degree
9729 (21.62 %)Finance
10728 (21.59 %)HTML
11680 (20.17 %)XML
12634 (18.80 %)CSS
13524 (15.54 %)C++
14482 (14.29 %)Microsoft
15479 (14.21 %)Oracle
16471 (13.97 %)Web Services
17457 (13.55 %)OO
18406 (12.04 %)VB.NET
19385 (11.42 %)Agile Software Development
20355 (10.53 %)Windows
21354 (10.50 %)Linux
22330 (9.786 %)Ajax
23317 (9.401 %)Computer Science
24309 (9.164 %)UNIX
25277 (8.215 %)C
26263 (7.800 %)MS Excel
27261 (7.740 %)Spring
28257 (7.622 %)J2EE
29256 (7.592 %)T-SQL
30248 (7.355 %)VB

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11422 (42.17 %).NET
2796 (23.61 %)ASP.NET
3728 (21.59 %)HTML
4680 (20.17 %)XML
5634 (18.80 %)CSS
6471 (13.97 %)Web Services
7330 (9.786 %)Ajax
8261 (7.740 %)Spring
9257 (7.622 %)J2EE
10220 (6.524 %)ASP
11208 (6.168 %)jQuery
12195 (5.783 %)WCF
13185 (5.486 %)Hibernate
14174 (5.160 %).NET Framework
15157 (4.656 %)WPF
16147 (4.359 %)WinForms
17142 (4.211 %)XSLT
18139 (4.122 %)XHTML
19117 (3.470 %)JSP
20102 (3.025 %)Silverlight
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1205 (6.079 %)SharePoint
2118 (3.499 %)Apache
397 (2.877 %)CMS
486 (2.550 %)SAS
583 (2.461 %)Tomcat
674 (2.195 %)IIS
674 (2.195 %)SharePoint 2010
760 (1.779 %)WebLogic
856 (1.661 %)BizTalk Server
924 (0.712 %)OpenEdge
924 (0.712 %)Umbraco
1020 (0.593 %)ColdFusion
1119 (0.563 %)SharePoint Server
1216 (0.474 %)WebSphere Application Server
1315 (0.445 %)CICS
1414 (0.415 %)Drupal
1511 (0.326 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1610 (0.297 %)GlassFish
1610 (0.297 %)MQSeries
178 (0.237 %)Sitecore CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1263 (7.800 %)MS Excel
258 (1.720 %)MS Office
335 (1.038 %)MATLAB
424 (0.712 %)MS Visio
520 (0.593 %)Photoshop
612 (0.356 %)MS Project
711 (0.326 %)DOC1
810 (0.297 %)Simulink
810 (0.297 %)Stateflow
810 (0.297 %)Adobe Illustrator
98 (0.237 %)Fireworks
107 (0.208 %)Spreadsheet
115 (0.148 %)PrintSoft PReS
115 (0.148 %)MS PowerPoint
124 (0.119 %)3ds Max
133 (0.089 %)Maya
142 (0.059 %)SPSS
151 (0.030 %)S-PLUS
151 (0.030 %)InfoPath
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (0.474 %)Oracle EBS
213 (0.386 %)Dynamics CRM
38 (0.237 %)Dynamics AX
38 (0.237 %)Line 500
38 (0.237 %)Oracle BPM
47 (0.208 %)INSURE/90
47 (0.208 %)BusinessWorks
47 (0.208 %)RMDS
56 (0.178 %)WebTrends
56 (0.178 %)TIBCO iProcess
65 (0.148 %)Lawson M3
65 (0.148 %)Movex
65 (0.148 %)Oracle Applications
74 (0.119 %)Visualfiles
74 (0.119 %)Oracle Financials
74 (0.119 %)Oracle Retail
83 (0.089 %)Oracle EBS R12
83 (0.089 %)Staffware
92 (0.059 %)SAP MM
92 (0.059 %)Oracle 11i
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1103 (3.055 %)Internet
249 (1.453 %)TCP/IP
347 (1.394 %)HTTP
444 (1.305 %)Intranet
542 (1.246 %)DNS
631 (0.919 %)SSL
729 (0.860 %)Firewall
820 (0.593 %)FTP
919 (0.563 %)SMTP
1014 (0.415 %)SNMP
1112 (0.356 %)LDAP
127 (0.208 %)HTTPS
136 (0.178 %)SSH
145 (0.148 %)DHCP
154 (0.119 %)VoIP
154 (0.119 %)NAS
163 (0.089 %)NGN
163 (0.089 %)Network Security
163 (0.089 %)Extranet
163 (0.089 %)Ethernet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1995 (29.51 %)SQL Server
2210 (6.228 %)SQL Server 2008
3194 (5.753 %)MySQL
4155 (4.597 %)SQL Server 2005
587 (2.580 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
681 (2.402 %)SQL Server Integration Services
769 (2.046 %)Data Warehouse
868 (2.017 %)RDBMS
959 (1.750 %)Crystal Reports
1057 (1.690 %)Oracle Reports
1057 (1.690 %)Oracle 10g
1153 (1.572 %)SQL Server 2000
1250 (1.483 %)ETL
1344 (1.305 %)DB2
1442 (1.246 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1541 (1.216 %)Oracle 9i
1637 (1.097 %)Oracle 11g
1734 (1.008 %)Adabas
1833 (0.979 %)MS Access
1930 (0.890 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1186 (5.516 %)Visual Studio
2126 (3.737 %)Subversion
377 (2.284 %)Eclipse
475 (2.224 %)JUnit
570 (2.076 %)Ant
644 (1.305 %)Team Foundation Server
743 (1.275 %)Maven
830 (0.890 %)Oracle Forms
927 (0.801 %)WebSpeed
1026 (0.771 %)JDeveloper
1120 (0.593 %)Git (software)
1219 (0.563 %)NUnit
1318 (0.534 %)MSI
1412 (0.356 %)Synon
1510 (0.297 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1510 (0.297 %)JIRA
1510 (0.297 %)Oracle APEX
169 (0.267 %)Selenium
169 (0.267 %)NetBeans
178 (0.237 %)Xcode
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1729 (21.62 %)Finance
2169 (5.012 %)Games
3160 (4.745 %)Banking
4137 (4.063 %)Telecoms
5102 (3.025 %)Front Office
697 (2.877 %)Retail
760 (1.779 %)Investment Banking
856 (1.661 %)Law
953 (1.572 %)Marketing
1050 (1.483 %)Pharmaceutical
1149 (1.453 %)Back Office
1241 (1.216 %)Manufacturing
1337 (1.097 %)Advertising
1436 (1.068 %)Publishing
1530 (0.890 %)Financial Institution
1620 (0.593 %)Aerospace
1718 (0.534 %)Automotive
1816 (0.474 %)French Language
1914 (0.415 %)Legal
2011 (0.326 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1317 (9.401 %)Computer Science
2190 (5.635 %)Mathematics
3103 (3.055 %)Hedge funds
484 (2.491 %)Derivative
571 (2.106 %)Physics
669 (2.046 %)Open Source
766 (1.957 %)AS400
860 (1.779 %)Client/Server
948 (1.423 %)Fixed Income
1043 (1.275 %)Equities
1136 (1.068 %)Equity Derivative
1235 (1.038 %)N-Tier
1332 (0.949 %)Visualisation
1428 (0.830 %)Mainframe
1428 (0.830 %)iSeries
1527 (0.801 %)iPhone
1527 (0.801 %)iPad
1626 (0.771 %)Credit Derivative
1725 (0.741 %)Online Games
1725 (0.741 %)Social Media
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1355 (10.53 %)Windows
2354 (10.50 %)Linux
3309 (9.164 %)UNIX
454 (1.601 %)Android
537 (1.097 %)Apple iOS
619 (0.563 %)AIX
619 (0.563 %)Solaris
715 (0.445 %)Windows Server 2008
813 (0.386 %)Windows Server 2003
911 (0.326 %)zOS
108 (0.237 %)Debian
108 (0.237 %)Ubuntu
108 (0.237 %)Windows NT
117 (0.208 %)Windows 2000
126 (0.178 %)Windows XP
126 (0.178 %)Windows Mobile
126 (0.178 %)Windows CE
126 (0.178 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
134 (0.119 %)Mac OS
134 (0.119 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1457 (13.55 %)OO
2385 (11.42 %)Agile Software Development
3212 (6.287 %)Web Development
4160 (4.745 %)E-Commerce
5154 (4.567 %)Multithreading
6149 (4.419 %)Unit Testing
6149 (4.419 %)MVC
7119 (3.529 %)Scrum
8115 (3.410 %)TDD
9110 (3.262 %)OOP
1086 (2.550 %)SOA
1086 (2.550 %)Project Management
1182 (2.432 %)Business Intelligence
1270 (2.076 %)Software Engineering
1369 (2.046 %)Migration
1463 (1.868 %)OOD
1561 (1.809 %)UML
1561 (1.809 %)Systems Analysis
1660 (1.779 %)Waterfall
1751 (1.512 %)Risk Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11415 (41.96 %)C#
21387 (41.13 %)SQL
3946 (28.05 %)Java
4854 (25.33 %)JavaScript
5524 (15.54 %)C++
6406 (12.04 %)VB.NET
7277 (8.215 %)C
8256 (7.592 %)T-SQL
9248 (7.355 %)VB
10246 (7.295 %)PHP
11174 (5.160 %)PL/SQL
12154 (4.567 %)Perl
13146 (4.330 %)Python
14122 (3.618 %)VB6
1598 (2.906 %)VBA
1690 (2.669 %)RPG
1774 (2.195 %)Shell Script
1861 (1.809 %)RPG IV
1960 (1.779 %)Ruby
2054 (1.601 %)COBOL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1746 (22.12 %)Degree
270 (2.076 %)Security Cleared
357 (1.690 %)PhD
430 (0.890 %)Microsoft Certification
517 (0.504 %)HND
615 (0.445 %)SC Cleared
714 (0.415 %)Sun Certification
813 (0.386 %)SAS Certification
911 (0.326 %)MCP
1010 (0.297 %)HNC
119 (0.267 %)DV Cleared
128 (0.237 %)MCSD
137 (0.208 %)MCSE
146 (0.178 %)MCSA
146 (0.178 %)MBA
154 (0.119 %)MCAD
154 (0.119 %)NVQ Level 3
163 (0.089 %)MCITP
163 (0.089 %)Oracle Certification
172 (0.059 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
186 (2.550 %)QA
233 (0.979 %)SLA
325 (0.741 %)ISO 9001
419 (0.563 %)DO-178B
513 (0.386 %)CDISC
67 (0.208 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
72 (0.059 %)HL7
72 (0.059 %)GCP
81 (0.030 %)21 CFR Part 11
81 (0.030 %)TickIT
81 (0.030 %)ISO 14001
81 (0.030 %)Data Quality
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (0.356 %)Active Directory
112 (0.356 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (0.178 %)Hyper-V
31 (0.030 %)OpenSSO
31 (0.030 %)Varnish
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.119 %)Nagios
14 (0.119 %)ZABBIX
14 (0.119 %)Cacti
23 (0.089 %)Backup Exec
32 (0.059 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (0.059 %)SCCM
32 (0.059 %)Ganglia
32 (0.059 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.030 %)SCOM
41 (0.030 %)MOM
41 (0.030 %)WMI
41 (0.030 %)BladeLogic
41 (0.030 %)WSUS
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1482 (14.29 %)Microsoft
2479 (14.21 %)Oracle
377 (2.284 %)JBoss
435 (1.038 %)Sybase
435 (1.038 %)IBM
534 (1.008 %)Business Objects
631 (0.919 %)Bloomberg
726 (0.771 %)Progress
824 (0.712 %)SAP
824 (0.712 %)Reuters
922 (0.652 %)Ektron
1018 (0.534 %)Cognos
1117 (0.504 %)TIBCO
1216 (0.474 %)VMware
1216 (0.474 %)Macromedia
1216 (0.474 %)BroadVision
1216 (0.474 %)Zend
1312 (0.356 %)Google
1312 (0.356 %)HP
1312 (0.356 %)Open Text