Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 9 February 2010 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.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank988573
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Down-12
Matching permanent IT job ads162224515446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.060 %2.425 %2.695 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.206 %2.598 %2.861 %
Salaries quoted138220874598
Average salary£35,000£34,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.440 %-1.420 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7351394340190321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.36 %93.34 %94.18 %
Salaries quoted6085779289154271
Average salary£40,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 9 February 2010 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 9 February 2010. 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-121572£35,000-
LondonDown-14521£42,500-0.83 %
South EastDown-18291£35,000-
City of LondonDown-1172£45,000-
YorkshireUp+5156£32,500+8.33 %
East of EnglandUp+3149£35,000-
East MidlandsUp+14123£34,000+4.61 %
West MidlandsDown-5111£30,250-6.92 %
South WestDown-3110£30,000-11.76 %
SurreyUp+2190£35,250+5.22 %
North WestDown-4081£30,000-1.63 %
West YorkshireUp+1868£35,000+12.90 %
CambridgeshireDown-664£32,500-7.14 %
BristolUp+2862£31,500-7.35 %
LeicestershireUp+3254£30,000-3.22 %
CambridgeUp+951£33,000-5.71 %
HertfordshireUp+150£35,000-
LeedsUp+2643£35,000+12.90 %
HampshireDown-2642£31,500-10.00 %
NottinghamUp+2739£34,000+4.61 %
NottinghamshireUp+1739£34,000+4.61 %
West SussexDown-138£32,500-10.95 %
BerkshireDown-2037£35,000+9.37 %
CheshireDown-3934£30,000-4.76 %
North EastUp+432£32,500+18.18 %
LeicesterUp+2431£28,500-8.06 %
Tyne and WearUp+231£32,500+26.46 %
North YorkshireUp+726£32,500+3.17 %
ManchesterDown-3326£26,000-10.34 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1324£47,500-20.83 %

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

11203 (38.25 %).NET
21052 (33.45 %)C#
3995 (31.64 %)SQL
4910 (28.93 %)SQL Server
5734 (23.34 %)Java
6654 (20.79 %)Finance
7607 (19.30 %)C++
8574 (18.25 %)ASP.NET
9528 (16.79 %)Degree
10513 (16.31 %)XML
11438 (13.93 %)HTML
12425 (13.51 %)JavaScript
13408 (12.97 %)VB.NET
14383 (12.18 %)Oracle
15368 (11.70 %)Microsoft
16359 (11.41 %)Windows
17329 (10.46 %)VB
18327 (10.40 %)UNIX
19302 (9.603 %)OO
20301 (9.571 %)C
21286 (9.094 %)Web Services
22258 (8.203 %)CSS
23250 (7.949 %)PHP
24234 (7.440 %)J2EE
25230 (7.313 %)Games
26204 (6.486 %)MySQL
27190 (6.041 %)Banking
27190 (6.041 %)AJAX
27190 (6.041 %)Computer Science
28185 (5.882 %)Web Development

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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
11203 (38.25 %).NET
2574 (18.25 %)ASP.NET
3513 (16.31 %)XML
4438 (13.93 %)HTML
5286 (9.094 %)Web Services
6258 (8.203 %)CSS
7234 (7.440 %)J2EE
8190 (6.041 %)AJAX
9175 (5.564 %)ASP
10160 (5.087 %)Spring
11131 (4.165 %).NET Framework
12118 (3.752 %)Hibernate
13113 (3.593 %)JSP
1489 (2.830 %)XSLT
1587 (2.766 %)XHTML
1673 (2.321 %)SOAP
1766 (2.099 %)WPF
1861 (1.940 %)MVC
1861 (1.940 %)Servlets
1958 (1.844 %)Swing
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1128 (4.070 %)SAS
2108 (3.434 %)IIS
3107 (3.402 %)SharePoint
4105 (3.339 %)Apache
575 (2.385 %)Tomcat
665 (2.067 %)BizTalk Server
757 (1.812 %)CMS
825 (0.795 %)SharePoint Server 2007
922 (0.700 %)WebLogic
1016 (0.509 %)MQSeries
1115 (0.477 %)Commerce Server
1115 (0.477 %)Oracle Application Server
1214 (0.445 %)Lotus Domino
1312 (0.382 %)Oracle Workflow
1411 (0.350 %)ColdFusion
159 (0.286 %)Documentum
159 (0.286 %)NetWeaver
159 (0.286 %)WebSphere Portal
168 (0.254 %)CICS
168 (0.254 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1183 (5.819 %)MS Excel
268 (2.162 %)MS Office
342 (1.335 %)PrintSoft PReS
422 (0.700 %)MS PowerPoint
521 (0.668 %)MS Visio
614 (0.445 %)SPSS
79 (0.286 %)Photoshop
88 (0.254 %)Spreadsheet
88 (0.254 %)MATLAB
94 (0.127 %)DOC1
94 (0.127 %)3ds Max
103 (0.095 %)Maya
112 (0.064 %)FastStats
112 (0.064 %)S-PLUS
112 (0.064 %)Authorware
121 (0.032 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (0.318 %)INSURE/90
29 (0.286 %)RMDS
37 (0.223 %)Oracle Financials
37 (0.223 %)Remedy AR System
46 (0.191 %)Dynamics AX
46 (0.191 %)Remedy ITSM
46 (0.191 %)Axapta
55 (0.159 %)SAP IS-U
55 (0.159 %)Dynamics GP
55 (0.159 %)Dynamics CRM
64 (0.127 %)Dynamics NAV
64 (0.127 %)Endur
73 (0.095 %)Findur
82 (0.064 %)Beauchamp
82 (0.064 %)Kondor+
82 (0.064 %)LabWindows
82 (0.064 %)Exstream
82 (0.064 %)SAP BPC
82 (0.064 %)Oracle Applications
82 (0.064 %)SAP HR
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
161 (1.940 %)Internet
247 (1.494 %)Intranet
337 (1.176 %)HTTP
426 (0.827 %)SAN
426 (0.827 %)TCP/IP
523 (0.731 %)Firewall
523 (0.731 %)Extranet
614 (0.445 %)LDAP
710 (0.318 %)FTP
88 (0.254 %)DNS
96 (0.191 %)Wireless
104 (0.127 %)SSH
113 (0.095 %)SMTP
113 (0.095 %)GPRS
113 (0.095 %)GSM
122 (0.064 %)RFID
122 (0.064 %)Broadband
122 (0.064 %)DHCP
131 (0.032 %)Ethernet
131 (0.032 %)VPN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1910 (28.93 %)SQL Server
2204 (6.486 %)MySQL
3155 (4.928 %)SQL Server 2005
490 (2.862 %)SQL Server 2000
581 (2.576 %)RDBMS
670 (2.226 %)Crystal Reports
768 (2.162 %)SQL Server 2008
867 (2.130 %)Datawarehouse
961 (1.940 %)Base SAS
1057 (1.812 %)Oracle 10g
1141 (1.304 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1239 (1.240 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1333 (1.049 %)MS Access
1333 (1.049 %)Oracle Reports
1333 (1.049 %)BusinessObjects
1428 (0.890 %)Oracle 8/8i
1527 (0.859 %)Oracle 9i
1625 (0.795 %)TOAD
1722 (0.700 %)Informix
1820 (0.636 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1144 (4.579 %)Visual Studio
294 (2.989 %)JUnit
355 (1.749 %)Subversion
444 (1.399 %)Oracle Forms
540 (1.272 %)Dreamweaver
639 (1.240 %)Eclipse
738 (1.208 %)Ant
834 (1.081 %)ProC
932 (1.017 %)Maven
1025 (0.795 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1120 (0.636 %)FlexUnit
1218 (0.572 %)NUnit
1218 (0.572 %)JMeter
1316 (0.509 %)Synon
1316 (0.509 %)COOL2E
1415 (0.477 %)JCAPS
1513 (0.413 %)Team Foundation Server
167 (0.223 %)Log4j
167 (0.223 %)TeamCity
175 (0.159 %)PowerBuilder
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1654 (20.79 %)Finance
2230 (7.313 %)Games
3190 (6.041 %)Banking
4180 (5.723 %)Pensions
5159 (5.056 %)Insurance
6126 (4.006 %)Marketing
7120 (3.816 %)Retail
8116 (3.688 %)Health
9110 (3.498 %)Education
1083 (2.639 %)Front Office
1173 (2.321 %)Investment Banking
1262 (1.971 %)Back Office
1341 (1.304 %)Telecoms
1439 (1.240 %)Government
1534 (1.081 %)Financial Institution
1633 (1.049 %)Advertising
1727 (0.859 %)Pharmaceutical
1823 (0.731 %)Law
1823 (0.731 %)3D Graphics
1916 (0.509 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1190 (6.041 %)Computer Science
2179 (5.692 %)AS400
3135 (4.293 %)Mathematics
4107 (3.402 %)Client/Server
5104 (3.307 %)iSeries
699 (3.148 %)Derivative
776 (2.417 %)Multithreading
874 (2.353 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
959 (1.876 %)N-Tier
1054 (1.717 %)Fixed Income
1150 (1.590 %)Mainframe
1242 (1.335 %)Physics
1340 (1.272 %)Equities
1433 (1.049 %)Web 2.0
1525 (0.795 %)Open Source
1624 (0.763 %)W3C
1718 (0.572 %)Applied Mathematics
1817 (0.541 %)Credit Derivative
1817 (0.541 %)Statistics
1916 (0.509 %)Credit Risk
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1359 (11.41 %)Windows
2327 (10.40 %)UNIX
3177 (5.628 %)Linux
495 (3.021 %)Solaris
542 (1.335 %)AIX
634 (1.081 %)Windows XP
722 (0.700 %)Windows NT
815 (0.477 %)Windows Server 2003
913 (0.413 %)Windows Vista
105 (0.159 %)HPUX
105 (0.159 %)OS/400
114 (0.127 %)Windows Mobile
114 (0.127 %)Windows Server 2008
123 (0.095 %)Windows 2000
123 (0.095 %)MVS
123 (0.095 %)Android
123 (0.095 %)Windows 2000 Server
131 (0.032 %)VMS
131 (0.032 %)Windows CE
131 (0.032 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1302 (9.603 %)OO
2185 (5.882 %)Web Development
3160 (5.087 %)E-Commerce
4156 (4.960 %)UML
5129 (4.102 %)Agile Software Development
6115 (3.657 %)Project Management
7113 (3.593 %)Unit Testing
892 (2.925 %)Systems Analysis
984 (2.671 %)Business Intelligence
1071 (2.258 %)Software Engineering
1169 (2.194 %)OOP
1169 (2.194 %)OOD
1266 (2.099 %)SOA
1364 (2.035 %)Scrum
1456 (1.781 %)Data Analysis
1554 (1.717 %)System Testing
1652 (1.653 %)Data Management
1751 (1.622 %)RAD
1846 (1.463 %)TDD
1945 (1.431 %)Business Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11052 (33.45 %)C#
2995 (31.64 %)SQL
3734 (23.34 %)Java
4607 (19.30 %)C++
5425 (13.51 %)JavaScript
6408 (12.97 %)VB.NET
7329 (10.46 %)VB
8301 (9.571 %)C
9250 (7.949 %)PHP
10156 (4.960 %)VB6
11152 (4.833 %)PL/SQL
12148 (4.706 %)T-SQL
12148 (4.706 %)Perl
13142 (4.515 %)RPG
14104 (3.307 %)VBA
15101 (3.211 %)COBOL
1675 (2.385 %)Python
1767 (2.130 %)VBScript
1855 (1.749 %)ActionScript
1855 (1.749 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1528 (16.79 %)Degree
235 (1.113 %)Security Cleared
326 (0.827 %)Microsoft Certification
425 (0.795 %)PhD
517 (0.541 %)SAS Certification
610 (0.318 %)MCAD
77 (0.223 %)HND
77 (0.223 %)MCSD
86 (0.191 %)MCTS
86 (0.191 %)MCP
86 (0.191 %)Postgraduate
95 (0.159 %)SC Cleared
102 (0.064 %)MCPD
102 (0.064 %)ECDL
102 (0.064 %)Oracle Certification
102 (0.064 %)Sun Certification
102 (0.064 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.032 %)OCP
111 (0.032 %)PMI Certification
111 (0.032 %)Brainbench
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (1.145 %)QA
211 (0.350 %)RosettaNet
35 (0.159 %)SLA
44 (0.127 %)GCP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (0.318 %)MSMQ
23 (0.095 %)Active Directory
31 (0.032 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.095 %)Tivoli
21 (0.032 %)CONTROL-M
21 (0.032 %)MSI
21 (0.032 %)CA Wily
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1383 (12.18 %)Oracle
2368 (11.70 %)Microsoft
370 (2.226 %)Sybase
468 (2.162 %)JBoss
555 (1.749 %)IBM
633 (1.049 %)Business Objects
732 (1.017 %)Progress
830 (0.954 %)Adobe
929 (0.922 %)TIBCO
1025 (0.795 %)Sun
1122 (0.700 %)SAP
1221 (0.668 %)Micro Focus
1221 (0.668 %)FatWire
1221 (0.668 %)BroadVision
1319 (0.604 %)Siebel
1319 (0.604 %)Cognos
1416 (0.509 %)Zend
1515 (0.477 %)Remedy
1515 (0.477 %)Aprimo
1614 (0.445 %)Interwoven