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This section looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6662
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads55097128
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.966 %2.971 %
As % of the category below3.279 %3.188 %
Salaries quoted47645975
Average minimum salary£44,097£45,114
Average salary£48,076£49,220
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
Average maximum salary£52,055£53,326
UK excluding London average salary£39,942£40,303
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

Senior Developer
Demand Trend

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

Senior Developer Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

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

Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-55314£48,405-2.13 %
LondonUp+22873£56,981-2.24 %
City of LondonUp+5738£61,829-1.63 %
South EastDown-28735£44,499+3.41 %
East of EnglandDown-8458£42,370-0.09 %
North WestUp+5325£36,868+0.93 %
YorkshireDown-17272£35,538-2.62 %
BerkshireUp+8243£49,099+9.94 %
South WestDown-39224£38,540+1.94 %
West MidlandsUp+14218£36,946-4.50 %
East MidlandsUp+8202£37,420-0.26 %
CambridgeshireUp+16198£39,287-2.75 %
ManchesterUp+8172£36,772-0.67 %
West YorkshireDown-5171£35,830-3.74 %
SurreyDown-30166£44,464+0.63 %
ScotlandUp+28143£37,295-3.16 %
HampshireUp+5126£40,945-1.40 %
CambridgeUp+23126£39,632+0.30 %
LeedsDown-6108£36,025-3.71 %
NottinghamshireUp+3689£35,966-11.79 %
ReadingUp+1884£48,982+11.44 %
CheshireDown-1283£37,285+2.94 %
South YorkshireDown-1982£35,175+0.73 %
NottinghamUp+3278£36,571-10.55 %
HertfordshireDown-4076£44,179+5.17 %
WiltshireNo change075£40,807-0.19 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2468£39,446+9.43 %
BuckinghamshireDown-4466£41,877-2.57 %
OxfordshireDown-3464£42,755+6.84 %
BirminghamUp+1364£37,254+0.96 %

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title.

15098 (43.63 %).NET
24416 (37.79 %)C#
34205 (35.99 %)Java
43704 (31.70 %)SQL Server
53423 (29.29 %)XML
63160 (27.04 %)SQL
73110 (26.62 %)ASP.NET
82295 (19.64 %)Finance
92230 (19.08 %)OO
102182 (18.67 %)J2EE
112103 (18.00 %)JavaScript
121924 (16.47 %)HTML
131881 (16.10 %)C++
141792 (15.34 %)CSS
151786 (15.28 %)AJAX
161772 (15.16 %)Oracle
171494 (12.79 %)Microsoft
181448 (12.39 %)WebServices
191419 (12.14 %)Spring
201219 (10.43 %)VB.NET
211203 (10.30 %)Windows
221200 (10.27 %)Degree
231165 (9.970 %)SQL Server 2005
241143 (9.782 %)Hibernate
251104 (9.448 %)UNIX
261103 (9.439 %)UML
271006 (8.609 %)Linux
281002 (8.575 %)PHP
29963 (8.241 %)Banking
30957 (8.190 %)E-Commerce

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15098 (43.63 %).NET
23423 (29.29 %)XML
33110 (26.62 %)ASP.NET
42182 (18.67 %)J2EE
51924 (16.47 %)HTML
61792 (15.34 %)CSS
71786 (15.28 %)AJAX
81448 (12.39 %)WebServices
91419 (12.14 %)Spring
101143 (9.782 %)Hibernate
11927 (7.933 %)JSP
12905 (7.745 %)XHTML
13857 (7.334 %).NET Framework
14661 (5.657 %)ASP
15592 (5.066 %)Struts
16537 (4.596 %)XSLT
17453 (3.877 %)WinForms
18410 (3.509 %)Servlets
19403 (3.449 %)EJB
20340 (2.910 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1442 (3.783 %)Apache
2376 (3.218 %)JBoss
3361 (3.089 %)SharePoint
4330 (2.824 %)CMS
5308 (2.636 %)IIS
6295 (2.525 %)WebLogic
7294 (2.516 %)Tomcat
8155 (1.326 %)BizTalk Server
9121 (1.036 %)WebSphere Application Server
10108 (0.924 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11104 (0.890 %)ColdFusion
1264 (0.548 %)Content Management Server
1357 (0.488 %)Commerce Server
1455 (0.471 %)MQSeries
1552 (0.445 %)SAS
1646 (0.394 %)MS Exchange
1742 (0.359 %)Oracle Application Server
1832 (0.274 %)WebLogic Portal
1930 (0.257 %)ESB
2028 (0.240 %)Rendezvous
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1612 (5.237 %)MS Excel
2158 (1.352 %)Photoshop
3107 (0.916 %)MS Office
499 (0.847 %)MS Visio
531 (0.265 %)Adobe Illustrator
618 (0.154 %)Fireworks
717 (0.145 %)Spreadsheet
814 (0.120 %)InfoPath
911 (0.094 %)MS Project
106 (0.051 %)MS PowerPoint
113 (0.026 %)CA Clarity
113 (0.026 %)MATLAB
122 (0.017 %)S-PLUS
122 (0.017 %)3ds Max
122 (0.017 %)Adobe Premiere
122 (0.017 %)DOC1
131 (0.009 %)PrintSoft PReS
131 (0.009 %)InDesign
131 (0.009 %)Adobe Director
131 (0.009 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (0.171 %)Oracle Applications
218 (0.154 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
316 (0.137 %)Dynamics CRM
412 (0.103 %)Oracle EBS
412 (0.103 %)Eagle PACE
511 (0.094 %)Microsoft CRM
68 (0.068 %)Endur
68 (0.068 %)SAP CRM
77 (0.060 %)Dynamics AX
77 (0.060 %)BPCS
77 (0.060 %)Oracle 11i
85 (0.043 %)Navision
85 (0.043 %)Bond Adapt
94 (0.034 %)SAP R/3
94 (0.034 %)Oracle Financials
94 (0.034 %)Axapta
94 (0.034 %)SimCorp Dimension
94 (0.034 %)Dynamics NAV
103 (0.026 %)Summit
103 (0.026 %)MFGPRO
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1702 (6.008 %)Internet
2242 (2.071 %)Intranet
390 (0.770 %)TCP/IP
449 (0.419 %)HTTP
545 (0.385 %)Extranet
635 (0.300 %)LDAP
731 (0.265 %)SMS
819 (0.163 %)SAN
819 (0.163 %)Wireless
917 (0.145 %)GPRS
1014 (0.120 %)DNS
1113 (0.111 %)FTP
1212 (0.103 %)GSM
1212 (0.103 %)VoIP
1212 (0.103 %)SSL
1310 (0.086 %)Intrusion Detection
149 (0.077 %)Network Security
149 (0.077 %)SMTP
158 (0.068 %)Bluetooth
158 (0.068 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13704 (31.70 %)SQL Server
21165 (9.970 %)SQL Server 2005
3897 (7.677 %)MySQL
4679 (5.811 %)SQL Server 2000
5521 (4.459 %)RDBMS
6247 (2.114 %)Datawarehouse
7237 (2.028 %)Oracle 10g
8188 (1.609 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9176 (1.506 %)ETL
10154 (1.318 %)Oracle 9i
11144 (1.232 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12128 (1.095 %)DB2
13118 (1.010 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
14109 (0.933 %)DTS
1590 (0.770 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1677 (0.659 %)Crystal Reports
1770 (0.599 %)Oracle 8/8i
1770 (0.599 %)BusinessObjects
1861 (0.522 %)Oracle Reports
1958 (0.496 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1591 (5.058 %)Visual Studio
2482 (4.125 %)Eclipse
3449 (3.843 %)Subversion
4417 (3.569 %)Flash
5407 (3.483 %)JUnit
6404 (3.457 %)Ant
7121 (1.036 %)NUnit
894 (0.804 %)VSS/SourceSafe
975 (0.642 %)Dreamweaver
1065 (0.556 %)Oracle Forms
1156 (0.479 %)Selenium
1242 (0.359 %)CruiseControl
1338 (0.325 %)FitNesse
1425 (0.214 %)IntelliJ
1518 (0.154 %)MSI
1518 (0.154 %)Cactus
1617 (0.145 %)Mylyn
1617 (0.145 %)InstallShield
1617 (0.145 %)ProC
1716 (0.137 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12295 (19.64 %)Finance
2963 (8.241 %)Banking
3878 (7.514 %)Front Office
4524 (4.484 %)Pensions
5458 (3.920 %)Marketing
6391 (3.346 %)Health
7379 (3.243 %)Insurance
8352 (3.012 %)Games
9337 (2.884 %)Investment Banking
10319 (2.730 %)Retail
11239 (2.045 %)Education
12193 (1.652 %)Telecoms
13148 (1.267 %)Government
14114 (0.976 %)Publishing
14114 (0.976 %)Back Office
15111 (0.950 %)Advertising
16101 (0.864 %)Financial Institution
1793 (0.796 %)Music
1860 (0.513 %)Construction
1958 (0.496 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1797 (6.821 %)Derivative
2332 (2.841 %)Computer Science
3328 (2.807 %)Multithreading
4322 (2.756 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5297 (2.542 %)Fixed Income
6276 (2.362 %)Equities
7243 (2.080 %)N-Tier
8241 (2.062 %)Equity Derivative
9208 (1.780 %)Web 2.0
10199 (1.703 %)Client/Server
11144 (1.232 %)W3C
12139 (1.190 %)Credit Derivative
13125 (1.070 %)Mathematics
14109 (0.933 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1575 (0.642 %)Social Network
1672 (0.616 %)Grid Computing
1770 (0.599 %)Physics
1852 (0.445 %)Market Risk
1950 (0.428 %)Credit Risk
2043 (0.368 %)Spread Betting
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11203 (10.30 %)Windows
21104 (9.448 %)UNIX
31006 (8.609 %)Linux
4172 (1.472 %)Solaris
5113 (0.967 %)Windows Server 2003
699 (0.847 %)Windows XP
798 (0.839 %)Windows 2000
844 (0.377 %)Windows NT
936 (0.308 %)Windows 2000 Server
936 (0.308 %)Red Hat Linux
1026 (0.223 %)Windows CE
1123 (0.197 %)Windows Server 2008
1219 (0.163 %)Windows Vista
1219 (0.163 %)AIX
1318 (0.154 %)Android
1417 (0.145 %)Windows Mobile
1516 (0.137 %)Symbian OS
1613 (0.111 %)Mac OS X
1712 (0.103 %)HPUX
1810 (0.086 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12230 (19.08 %)OO
21103 (9.439 %)UML
3957 (8.190 %)E-Commerce
4949 (8.122 %)Agile Software Development
5787 (6.735 %)Web Development
6443 (3.791 %)OOP
7438 (3.748 %)TDD
8408 (3.492 %)Scrum
8408 (3.492 %)OOD
8408 (3.492 %)Project Management
9345 (2.953 %)SOA
10338 (2.893 %)Unit Testing
11331 (2.833 %)Content Management
12291 (2.490 %)Risk Management
13237 (2.028 %)RUP
14228 (1.951 %)OOA/OOD
15223 (1.908 %)Software Engineering
16181 (1.549 %)CRM
17148 (1.267 %)Business Intelligence
18143 (1.224 %)Asset Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14416 (37.79 %)C#
24205 (35.99 %)Java
33160 (27.04 %)SQL
42103 (18.00 %)JavaScript
51881 (16.10 %)C++
61219 (10.43 %)VB.NET
71002 (8.575 %)PHP
8886 (7.582 %)VB
9441 (3.774 %)C
9441 (3.774 %)VB6
10423 (3.620 %)PL/SQL
11419 (3.586 %)Perl
12353 (3.021 %)Transact-SQL
13346 (2.961 %)ActionScript
14305 (2.610 %)Ruby
15299 (2.559 %)VBA
16290 (2.482 %)DHTML
17212 (1.814 %)PHP5
18193 (1.652 %)Python
19151 (1.292 %)VC++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11200 (10.27 %)Degree
2281 (2.405 %)Microsoft Certification
3152 (1.301 %)MCSD
479 (0.676 %)MCP
565 (0.556 %)MCAD
652 (0.445 %)Sun Certification
731 (0.265 %)PhD
821 (0.180 %)MCPD
919 (0.163 %)MCTS
1015 (0.128 %)MCSE
119 (0.077 %)Oracle Certification
128 (0.068 %)Postgraduate
128 (0.068 %)OCP
136 (0.051 %)HND
145 (0.043 %)ISEB
145 (0.043 %)SCJD
145 (0.043 %)IBM Certification
154 (0.034 %)PRINCE2 Certification
154 (0.034 %)MCDBA
163 (0.026 %)MOS
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1170 (1.455 %)QA
232 (0.274 %)WAI
313 (0.111 %)Basel II
411 (0.094 %)HL7
59 (0.077 %)DICOM
65 (0.043 %)SLA
74 (0.034 %)WCAG
83 (0.026 %)ISO8583
91 (0.009 %)BS7799
91 (0.009 %)21 CFR Part 11
91 (0.009 %)ISO9001
91 (0.009 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
187 (0.745 %)Active Directory
230 (0.257 %)MSMQ
37 (0.060 %)AquaLogic
46 (0.051 %)Oracle RAC
55 (0.043 %)Citrix Presentation Server
55 (0.043 %)VMware Infrastructure
63 (0.026 %)Squid
71 (0.009 %)RACF
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
114 (0.120 %)SCOM
28 (0.068 %)MIIS
36 (0.051 %)AutoSys
44 (0.034 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.017 %)MOM
52 (0.017 %)SCCM
61 (0.009 %)Netcool/Proviso
61 (0.009 %)Netcool
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11772 (15.16 %)Oracle
21494 (12.79 %)Microsoft
3390 (3.338 %)Sybase
4170 (1.455 %)IBM
5148 (1.267 %)TIBCO
6103 (0.881 %)Sun
786 (0.736 %)SAP
882 (0.702 %)Adobe
970 (0.599 %)Business Objects
1069 (0.591 %)BEA
1167 (0.573 %)Bloomberg
1257 (0.488 %)Reuters
1257 (0.488 %)Cognos
1348 (0.411 %)Vignette
1446 (0.394 %)BT
1539 (0.334 %)Infragistics
1638 (0.325 %)Red Hat
1737 (0.317 %)Zend
1832 (0.274 %)Symbian
1930 (0.257 %)Citrix