Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 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.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank5962
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads22585978
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK3.316 %2.997 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.651 %3.267 %
Salaries quoted19995154
Average salary£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£33,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000
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

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 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior 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 Senior 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
EnglandUp+62207£45,000-
LondonUp+61132£52,500-4.54 %
South EastUp+33394£41,500-7.77 %
City of LondonUp+8351£55,000-8.33 %
East of EnglandDown-20144£42,000+1.81 %
North WestUp+16134£35,000-
South WestUp+34124£36,000-4.00 %
SurreyUp+49119£42,500-2.29 %
YorkshireUp+1199£34,000-2.85 %
West MidlandsUp+687£40,000+6.66 %
East MidlandsUp+1975£35,000-
BerkshireUp+672£40,000-15.78 %
HertfordshireUp+3871£42,500+1.19 %
ManchesterUp+2367£33,000-5.71 %
OxfordshireUp+5166£41,500+3.75 %
CheshireUp+3043£38,000+5.55 %
CambridgeshireDown-1840£42,500+6.25 %
West YorkshireUp+439£33,000-5.71 %
HampshireDown-539£40,000-7.24 %
LeicestershireUp+3736£33,250-5.00 %
ScotlandDown-1432£32,500-10.65 %
BristolUp+2331£35,000-12.50 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2131£37,500-6.25 %
West SussexUp+1131£40,000-7.51 %
OxfordUp+5029£45,000+5.88 %
DorsetUp+3029£36,000-7.09 %
BirminghamUp+2329£40,000+7.38 %
LeedsUp+1529£35,000+7.69 %
CambridgeDown-927£45,000+20.00 %
South YorkshireUp+326£40,000+17.64 %

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

12313 (47.32 %).NET
22137 (43.72 %)C#
31514 (30.97 %)SQL Server
41376 (28.15 %)ASP.NET
41376 (28.15 %)XML
51344 (27.50 %)Java
61290 (26.39 %)SQL
71098 (22.46 %)CSS
81086 (22.22 %)JavaScript
9972 (19.89 %)Finance
10915 (18.72 %)OO
11905 (18.51 %)HTML
12796 (16.28 %)AJAX
13734 (15.02 %)C++
14719 (14.71 %)PHP
15685 (14.01 %)WebServices
16624 (12.77 %)MySQL
17618 (12.64 %)Degree
18617 (12.62 %)J2EE
19603 (12.34 %)Microsoft
20597 (12.21 %)Windows
21589 (12.05 %)Linux
22555 (11.35 %)Oracle
23469 (9.595 %)SQL Server 2005
24464 (9.493 %)VB.NET
25463 (9.472 %)XHTML
26462 (9.452 %)Agile Software Development
27413 (8.449 %)Spring
28410 (8.388 %)E-Commerce
29403 (8.245 %)Banking

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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
12313 (47.32 %).NET
21376 (28.15 %)ASP.NET
21376 (28.15 %)XML
31098 (22.46 %)CSS
4905 (18.51 %)HTML
5796 (16.28 %)AJAX
6685 (14.01 %)WebServices
7617 (12.62 %)J2EE
8463 (9.472 %)XHTML
9413 (8.449 %)Spring
10333 (6.813 %)Hibernate
11327 (6.690 %)XSLT
12322 (6.588 %).NET Framework
13282 (5.769 %)ASP
14267 (5.462 %)Flash
14267 (5.462 %)WinForms
15257 (5.258 %)LAMP
16229 (4.685 %)WCF
17212 (4.337 %)JSP
18165 (3.376 %)WPF
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1309 (6.322 %)Apache
2298 (6.097 %)SharePoint
3228 (4.664 %)CMS
4149 (3.048 %)IIS
5126 (2.578 %)SharePoint Server 2007
683 (1.698 %)ColdFusion
778 (1.596 %)BizTalk Server
871 (1.453 %)Tomcat
970 (1.432 %)WebLogic
1034 (0.696 %)Drupal
1133 (0.675 %)ColdFusion MX
1227 (0.552 %)EPiServer
1315 (0.307 %)Umbraco
1414 (0.286 %)Content Management Server
1414 (0.286 %)WebSphere MQ
1513 (0.266 %)WebSphere Process Server
1513 (0.266 %)Joomla!
1513 (0.266 %)Commerce Server
1612 (0.245 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1612 (0.245 %)SharePoint Portal Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1249 (5.094 %)MS Excel
270 (1.432 %)Photoshop
347 (0.962 %)MS Office
427 (0.552 %)MS Visio
526 (0.532 %)Adobe Illustrator
619 (0.389 %)InfoPath
619 (0.389 %)Fireworks
711 (0.225 %)CA Clarity
89 (0.184 %)Maya
97 (0.143 %)3ds Max
106 (0.123 %)MS Project
114 (0.082 %)Spreadsheet
123 (0.061 %)CINEMA 4D
132 (0.041 %)PrintSoft PReS
141 (0.020 %)DOC1
141 (0.020 %)MATLAB
141 (0.020 %)AutoCAD
141 (0.020 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (0.245 %)Navision
28 (0.164 %)Dynamics NAV
37 (0.143 %)Dynamics CRM
37 (0.143 %)Microsoft CRM
46 (0.123 %)Oracle 11i
46 (0.123 %)WebTrends
54 (0.082 %)Oracle Financials
54 (0.082 %)JDE OneWorld
54 (0.082 %)BASE24
54 (0.082 %)SAP Business One
63 (0.061 %)Epicor Vantage
63 (0.061 %)Staffware
63 (0.061 %)Summit
72 (0.041 %)Oracle Applications
72 (0.041 %)Google Analytics
72 (0.041 %)Compiere
72 (0.041 %)RMDS
72 (0.041 %)Sophis RISQUE
81 (0.020 %)TIBCO iProcess
81 (0.020 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1218 (4.460 %)Internet
290 (1.841 %)Intranet
366 (1.350 %)TCP/IP
454 (1.105 %)HTTP
525 (0.511 %)Extranet
621 (0.430 %)DNS
712 (0.245 %)LDAP
811 (0.225 %)RFID
97 (0.143 %)SMTP
105 (0.102 %)Wireless
105 (0.102 %)UMTS
105 (0.102 %)VoIP
105 (0.102 %)SMS
114 (0.082 %)FTP
114 (0.082 %)ATM
114 (0.082 %)SAN
123 (0.061 %)AMQP
123 (0.061 %)UTRAN
123 (0.061 %)GPRS
123 (0.061 %)Ethernet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11514 (30.97 %)SQL Server
2624 (12.77 %)MySQL
3469 (9.595 %)SQL Server 2005
4236 (4.828 %)SQL Server 2000
5107 (2.189 %)Datawarehouse
6103 (2.107 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
786 (1.759 %)RDBMS
873 (1.493 %)BusinessObjects
873 (1.493 %)SQL Server 2008
966 (1.350 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1059 (1.207 %)Oracle 10g
1148 (0.982 %)Oracle Reports
1247 (0.962 %)Crystal Reports
1346 (0.941 %)Oracle 8/8i
1444 (0.900 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1541 (0.839 %)Oracle 9i
1640 (0.818 %)DTS
1640 (0.818 %)PostgreSQL
1640 (0.818 %)Oracle 11g
1737 (0.757 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1275 (5.626 %)Visual Studio
2156 (3.191 %)Subversion
3106 (2.169 %)JUnit
467 (1.371 %)Eclipse
561 (1.248 %)Ant
660 (1.227 %)NUnit
753 (1.084 %)Oracle Forms
852 (1.064 %)VSS/SourceSafe
937 (0.757 %)Team Foundation Server
1036 (0.736 %)ProC
1134 (0.696 %)Dreamweaver
1231 (0.634 %)JDeveloper
1311 (0.225 %)Log4j
1410 (0.205 %)QuickTest Pro
1410 (0.205 %)ClearCase
159 (0.184 %)JIRA
159 (0.184 %)IntelliJ
159 (0.184 %)Visual Studio Team System
167 (0.143 %)CruiseControl
176 (0.123 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1972 (19.89 %)Finance
2403 (8.245 %)Banking
3249 (5.094 %)Front Office
4221 (4.521 %)Investment Banking
5205 (4.194 %)Pensions
6197 (4.030 %)Marketing
7189 (3.867 %)Education
8176 (3.601 %)Games
9127 (2.598 %)Health
1087 (1.780 %)Telecoms
1087 (1.780 %)Insurance
1172 (1.473 %)Retail
1270 (1.432 %)Back Office
1354 (1.105 %)Advertising
1453 (1.084 %)Financial Institution
1544 (0.900 %)Online Games
1638 (0.777 %)Publishing
1731 (0.634 %)Music
1731 (0.634 %)Government
1823 (0.471 %)Construction
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1299 (6.117 %)Derivative
2169 (3.457 %)Multithreading
3153 (3.130 %)Computer Science
4130 (2.660 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5114 (2.332 %)N-Tier
6112 (2.291 %)Web 2.0
7111 (2.271 %)Client/Server
8100 (2.046 %)Equities
997 (1.984 %)Equity Derivative
1085 (1.739 %)Fixed Income
1176 (1.555 %)Mathematics
1264 (1.309 %)W3C
1346 (0.941 %)Social Network
1440 (0.818 %)BBC
1532 (0.655 %)E-Learning
1532 (0.655 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1631 (0.634 %)Credit Derivative
1730 (0.614 %)RIA
1829 (0.593 %)Replication
1927 (0.552 %)Market Risk
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1597 (12.21 %)Windows
2589 (12.05 %)Linux
3396 (8.101 %)UNIX
465 (1.330 %)Solaris
554 (1.105 %)Windows Server 2003
637 (0.757 %)Windows Mobile
719 (0.389 %)Windows XP
816 (0.327 %)Windows Vista
915 (0.307 %)Windows Server 2008
107 (0.143 %)Mac OS X
115 (0.102 %)Android
124 (0.082 %)OpenVMS
124 (0.082 %)Red Hat Linux
133 (0.061 %)Mac OS
133 (0.061 %)Ubuntu
133 (0.061 %)Windows NT
133 (0.061 %)AIX
133 (0.061 %)HPUX
133 (0.061 %)Windows 2000
142 (0.041 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1915 (18.72 %)OO
2462 (9.452 %)Agile Software Development
3410 (8.388 %)E-Commerce
4374 (7.651 %)Web Development
5294 (6.015 %)UML
6246 (5.033 %)OOP
7200 (4.092 %)TDD
8182 (3.723 %)Scrum
9181 (3.703 %)Unit Testing
10174 (3.560 %)Project Management
11168 (3.437 %)SOA
12147 (3.007 %)OOD
13126 (2.578 %)Content Management
14103 (2.107 %)Business Intelligence
1597 (1.984 %)SEO
1695 (1.944 %)Risk Management
1791 (1.862 %)Software Engineering
1888 (1.800 %)Data Modelling
1977 (1.575 %)OOA/OOD
2068 (1.391 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12137 (43.72 %)C#
21344 (27.50 %)Java
31290 (26.39 %)SQL
41086 (22.22 %)JavaScript
5734 (15.02 %)C++
6719 (14.71 %)PHP
7464 (9.493 %)VB.NET
8328 (6.710 %)VB
9288 (5.892 %)PHP5
10239 (4.890 %)T-SQL
11222 (4.542 %)C
12196 (4.010 %)ActionScript
13181 (3.703 %)Ruby
14176 (3.601 %)Perl
15169 (3.457 %)VB6
16124 (2.537 %)PL/SQL
1792 (1.882 %)Python
1863 (1.289 %)PHP4
1959 (1.207 %)VC++
2047 (0.962 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1618 (12.64 %)Degree
2123 (2.516 %)Microsoft Certification
351 (1.043 %)Security Cleared
434 (0.696 %)Sun Certification
525 (0.511 %)MCPD
624 (0.491 %)MCSD
721 (0.430 %)MCTS
721 (0.430 %)MCAD
819 (0.389 %)SC Cleared
916 (0.327 %)PhD
1011 (0.225 %)MCP
115 (0.102 %)HNC
124 (0.082 %)Oracle Certification
133 (0.061 %)CFA
133 (0.061 %)HND
133 (0.061 %)OCP
142 (0.041 %)OCA
142 (0.041 %)MCDBA
142 (0.041 %)CTC Cleared
142 (0.041 %)DV Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
153 (1.084 %)QA
215 (0.307 %)WAI
36 (0.123 %)PCI DSS
36 (0.123 %)WCAG
45 (0.102 %)HL7
45 (0.102 %)21 CFR Part 11
54 (0.082 %)SLA
62 (0.041 %)GAMP
62 (0.041 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (0.205 %)Active Directory
29 (0.184 %)MSMQ
29 (0.184 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (0.123 %)XenApp
45 (0.102 %)Oracle RAC
45 (0.102 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.020 %)Veritas Volume Manager
51 (0.020 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
51 (0.020 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (0.164 %)AutoSys
26 (0.123 %)MOM
34 (0.082 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
34 (0.082 %)CONTROL-M
34 (0.082 %)Tivoli
41 (0.020 %)Sun Identity Manager
41 (0.020 %)CA SiteMinder
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1603 (12.34 %)Microsoft
2555 (11.35 %)Oracle
3128 (2.619 %)Zend
4119 (2.435 %)Sybase
5112 (2.291 %)JBoss
673 (1.493 %)Business Objects
764 (1.309 %)TIBCO
850 (1.023 %)Sun
944 (0.900 %)Adobe
1037 (0.757 %)Google
1125 (0.511 %)DataSynapse
1125 (0.511 %)Informatica
1125 (0.511 %)DevExpress
1220 (0.409 %)Cognos
1317 (0.348 %)IBM
1414 (0.286 %)SAP
1511 (0.225 %)VMware
1511 (0.225 %)Hyperion
1610 (0.205 %)JD Edwards
1610 (0.205 %)Citrix