Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below 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 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.

 Senior Developer
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank396064
Rank change year-on-year
Up+21Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads359932225934
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.571 %3.188 %2.936 %
As % of the Job Titles category4.896 %3.415 %3.118 %
Salaries quoted317228595048
Average salary£45,000£42,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,500£33,500£33,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£87,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
-+6.660 %
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

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 9 February 2010 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 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
EnglandUp+223480£45,500+7.05 %
LondonUp+161983£57,500+15.00 %
South EastUp+27560£42,500-
City of LondonDown-1516£55,000-4.34 %
East of EnglandUp+32194£41,750-5.11 %
North WestUp+19192£35,500-6.57 %
West MidlandsUp+23180£36,500+3.54 %
YorkshireUp+7156£35,000-
SurreyUp+5139£45,000-
South WestDown-7127£35,500-5.33 %
ManchesterUp+12113£36,000-10.00 %
BerkshireUp+33103£45,000+0.55 %
East MidlandsUp+189£35,000-
HampshireUp+6284£42,500-
BirminghamUp+3377£37,500+6.38 %
West YorkshireUp+1974£37,500+7.14 %
HertfordshireUp+2664£42,500-3.40 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1159£37,500-6.25 %
Home CountiesUp+1058£47,500-15.55 %
LeedsUp+1257£37,500+7.14 %
ScotlandUp+247£40,000+21.21 %
OxfordshireUp+246£40,000-
EssexUp+4644£40,000-20.00 %
WarwickshireUp+3642£42,250+20.71 %
WalesUp+1442£37,500+11.11 %
CheshireDown-339£33,000-12.00 %
South YorkshireDown-738£31,000-11.42 %
BedfordshireUp+1636£45,000+5.88 %
SomersetUp+4535£32,500-
South WalesUp+1334£37,500+19.04 %

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

12990 (45.16 %)C#
22920 (44.10 %).NET
32237 (33.79 %)Java
41955 (29.53 %)SQL Server
51876 (28.33 %)SQL
61732 (26.16 %)ASP.NET
71602 (24.20 %)JavaScript
81362 (20.57 %)Finance
91350 (20.39 %)CSS
101324 (20.00 %)XML
111248 (18.85 %)HTML
121090 (16.46 %)OO
131053 (15.90 %)AJAX
141029 (15.54 %)C++
15878 (13.26 %)Web Services
16867 (13.09 %)Banking
17847 (12.79 %)Spring
18776 (11.72 %)Agile Software Development
19767 (11.58 %)Oracle
20766 (11.57 %)Degree
21715 (10.80 %)UNIX
22710 (10.72 %)Windows
23704 (10.63 %)Microsoft
24698 (10.54 %)PHP
25673 (10.16 %)J2EE
26661 (9.983 %)Linux
27595 (8.987 %)E-Commerce
28580 (8.760 %)MySQL
28580 (8.760 %)WPF
29557 (8.413 %)Web Development

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
12920 (44.10 %).NET
21732 (26.16 %)ASP.NET
31350 (20.39 %)CSS
41324 (20.00 %)XML
51248 (18.85 %)HTML
61053 (15.90 %)AJAX
7878 (13.26 %)Web Services
8847 (12.79 %)Spring
9673 (10.16 %)J2EE
10580 (8.760 %)WPF
11548 (8.277 %)WinForms
12526 (7.944 %)WCF
13484 (7.310 %)Hibernate
14472 (7.129 %)XHTML
15427 (6.449 %)MVC
16410 (6.192 %).NET Framework
17334 (5.045 %)jQuery
18333 (5.029 %)XSLT
19313 (4.727 %)ASP
20300 (4.531 %)JSP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1293 (4.425 %)CMS
2261 (3.942 %)SharePoint
3194 (2.930 %)IIS
3194 (2.930 %)Apache
4109 (1.646 %)Tomcat
5103 (1.556 %)WebLogic
695 (1.435 %)SharePoint Server 2007
780 (1.208 %)ColdFusion
868 (1.027 %)BizTalk Server
967 (1.012 %)EPiServer
1066 (0.997 %)Drupal
1146 (0.695 %)DotNetNuke
1234 (0.514 %)WebSphere Application Server
1327 (0.408 %)Rendezvous
1425 (0.378 %)Alfresco
1524 (0.362 %)ESB
1623 (0.347 %)WebSphere Process Server
1623 (0.347 %)NetWeaver
1722 (0.332 %)Umbraco
1818 (0.272 %)MQSeries
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1214 (3.232 %)MS Excel
2104 (1.571 %)Photoshop
366 (0.997 %)MS Visio
431 (0.468 %)MS Office
525 (0.378 %)Adobe Illustrator
622 (0.332 %)Fireworks
710 (0.151 %)MS Project
89 (0.136 %)InfoPath
97 (0.106 %)MATLAB
105 (0.076 %)CA Clarity
105 (0.076 %)NASTRAN
113 (0.045 %)MS PowerPoint
122 (0.030 %)Spreadsheet
122 (0.030 %)Paint Shop Pro
122 (0.030 %)Maya
131 (0.015 %)InDesign
131 (0.015 %)3ds Max
131 (0.015 %)Acrobat
131 (0.015 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
133 (0.498 %)Dynamics AX
232 (0.483 %)Dynamics CRM
328 (0.423 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
423 (0.347 %)SAP R/3
518 (0.272 %)Summit
616 (0.242 %)Microsoft CRM
713 (0.196 %)Axapta
811 (0.166 %)Navision
910 (0.151 %)Google Analytics
109 (0.136 %)Oracle Applications
118 (0.121 %)Oracle EBS
125 (0.076 %)RMDS
125 (0.076 %)Endur
125 (0.076 %)ION MarketView
134 (0.060 %)BusinessWorks
134 (0.060 %)Kondor+
134 (0.060 %)Bond Adapt
143 (0.045 %)Beauchamp
143 (0.045 %)BASE24
143 (0.045 %)Oracle Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1269 (4.063 %)Internet
2103 (1.556 %)TCP/IP
386 (1.299 %)Intranet
461 (0.921 %)HTTP
521 (0.317 %)DNS
619 (0.287 %)Wireless
619 (0.287 %)SMS
717 (0.257 %)Extranet
815 (0.227 %)CTI
914 (0.211 %)LDAP
914 (0.211 %)Firewall
1010 (0.151 %)TETRA
119 (0.136 %)Bluetooth
119 (0.136 %)Broadband
119 (0.136 %)FTP
128 (0.121 %)Asterisk PBX
137 (0.106 %)LAN
137 (0.106 %)AMQP
145 (0.076 %)SMPP
145 (0.076 %)SNMP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11955 (29.53 %)SQL Server
2580 (8.760 %)MySQL
3536 (8.095 %)SQL Server 2005
4293 (4.425 %)RDBMS
5246 (3.715 %)SQL Server 2008
6204 (3.081 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7163 (2.462 %)SQL Server 2000
8162 (2.447 %)Datawarehouse
8162 (2.447 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9117 (1.767 %)ETL
10112 (1.692 %)Oracle 10g
10112 (1.692 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1170 (1.057 %)DB2
1268 (1.027 %)BusinessObjects
1362 (0.936 %)OLAP
1458 (0.876 %)KDB
1556 (0.846 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1646 (0.695 %)Crystal Reports
1742 (0.634 %)Oracle Reports
1840 (0.604 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1272 (4.108 %)Visual Studio
2224 (3.383 %)Subversion
3214 (3.232 %)JUnit
4142 (2.145 %)Ant
5139 (2.099 %)NUnit
6130 (1.963 %)Eclipse
798 (1.480 %)Maven
863 (0.952 %)VSS/SourceSafe
950 (0.755 %)Team Foundation Server
1035 (0.529 %)Dreamweaver
1131 (0.468 %)Oracle Forms
1230 (0.453 %)Selenium
1317 (0.257 %)CruiseControl
1416 (0.242 %)Flash Builder
1416 (0.242 %)JMeter
1515 (0.227 %)TeamCity
1613 (0.196 %)ClearCase
1712 (0.181 %)TestNG
1712 (0.181 %)Git (software)
1712 (0.181 %)ERwin
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11362 (20.57 %)Finance
2867 (13.09 %)Banking
3477 (7.204 %)Front Office
4326 (4.924 %)Pensions
5262 (3.957 %)Insurance
6239 (3.610 %)Investment Banking
7232 (3.504 %)Health
8195 (2.945 %)Education
9186 (2.809 %)Retail
10180 (2.719 %)Marketing
11116 (1.752 %)Games
1295 (1.435 %)Back Office
1380 (1.208 %)Telecoms
1472 (1.087 %)Publishing
1566 (0.997 %)Financial Institution
1665 (0.982 %)Construction
1762 (0.936 %)Government
1834 (0.514 %)Advertising
1933 (0.498 %)Online Games
1933 (0.498 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1504 (7.612 %)Derivative
2407 (6.147 %)Fixed Income
3315 (4.758 %)Client/Server
4305 (4.607 %)Multithreading
5298 (4.501 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6254 (3.836 %)Computer Science
7222 (3.353 %)Equities
8165 (2.492 %)N-Tier
9148 (2.235 %)Open Source
10138 (2.084 %)Equity Derivative
11116 (1.752 %)Mathematics
1291 (1.374 %)W3C
1381 (1.223 %)Web 2.0
1459 (0.891 %)Credit Derivative
1557 (0.861 %)iPhone
1656 (0.846 %)Spread Betting
1750 (0.755 %)Dependency Injection
1750 (0.755 %)Social Network
1848 (0.725 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1936 (0.544 %)E-Learning
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1715 (10.80 %)UNIX
2710 (10.72 %)Windows
3661 (9.983 %)Linux
487 (1.314 %)Solaris
566 (0.997 %)Windows Server 2003
639 (0.589 %)Windows XP
729 (0.438 %)AIX
819 (0.287 %)Windows Server 2008
916 (0.242 %)Red Hat Linux
1015 (0.227 %)Windows Vista
1114 (0.211 %)Android
1212 (0.181 %)Windows 2000
1212 (0.181 %)Ubuntu
135 (0.076 %)FreeBSD
135 (0.076 %)CentOS
144 (0.060 %)OS/390
144 (0.060 %)Debian
153 (0.045 %)Windows Mobile
153 (0.045 %)Windows NT
153 (0.045 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11090 (16.46 %)OO
2776 (11.72 %)Agile Software Development
3595 (8.987 %)E-Commerce
4557 (8.413 %)Web Development
5446 (6.736 %)Scrum
6356 (5.377 %)TDD
7306 (4.622 %)UML
8261 (3.942 %)Project Management
9250 (3.776 %)Unit Testing
10230 (3.474 %)OOD
11214 (3.232 %)OOP
12213 (3.217 %)Content Management
13201 (3.036 %)SOA
14152 (2.296 %)Electronic Trading
15147 (2.220 %)Software Engineering
16146 (2.205 %)Business Intelligence
16146 (2.205 %)Risk Management
17129 (1.948 %)Continuous Integration
18126 (1.903 %)Data Modelling
19122 (1.843 %)CRM
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12990 (45.16 %)C#
22237 (33.79 %)Java
31876 (28.33 %)SQL
41602 (24.20 %)JavaScript
51029 (15.54 %)C++
6698 (10.54 %)PHP
7524 (7.914 %)VB.NET
8325 (4.909 %)VB
9316 (4.773 %)T-SQL
10277 (4.184 %)Perl
11263 (3.972 %)C
12192 (2.900 %)PL/SQL
13187 (2.824 %)Python
14180 (2.719 %)ActionScript
15157 (2.371 %)PHP5
16135 (2.039 %)Ruby
17134 (2.024 %)VB6
18103 (1.556 %)ActionScript 3.0
1989 (1.344 %)Shell Script
2070 (1.057 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1766 (11.57 %)Degree
2107 (1.616 %)Microsoft Certification
350 (0.755 %)Security Cleared
444 (0.665 %)MCSD
530 (0.453 %)MCAD
627 (0.408 %)DV Cleared
725 (0.378 %)Sun Certification
820 (0.302 %)MCTS
820 (0.302 %)MCPD
917 (0.257 %)PhD
1016 (0.242 %)MCP
1114 (0.211 %)SC Cleared
129 (0.136 %)SCJP
138 (0.121 %)SCJA
147 (0.106 %)SCJD
156 (0.091 %)Oracle Certification
165 (0.076 %)OCP
165 (0.076 %)PMI Certification
174 (0.060 %)CFA
183 (0.045 %)ECDL
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1112 (1.692 %)QA
213 (0.196 %)WAI
38 (0.121 %)SLA
45 (0.076 %)WCAG
45 (0.076 %)RosettaNet
53 (0.045 %)ISO9001
62 (0.030 %)JTAG
62 (0.030 %)PCI DSS
62 (0.030 %)Basel II
71 (0.015 %)ISO8583
71 (0.015 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
122 (0.332 %)Active Directory
216 (0.242 %)MSMQ
38 (0.121 %)Oracle RAC
44 (0.060 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (0.060 %)Oracle RMAN
44 (0.060 %)Xen
53 (0.045 %)Snort
53 (0.045 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
53 (0.045 %)NFS
53 (0.045 %)XenApp
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (0.166 %)MOM
24 (0.060 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
33 (0.045 %)Nessus
33 (0.045 %)MSI
33 (0.045 %)BMC PATROL
33 (0.045 %)Tivoli
33 (0.045 %)HP Quality Center
42 (0.030 %)AutoSys
51 (0.015 %)Data Guard
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1767 (11.58 %)Oracle
2704 (10.63 %)Microsoft
3264 (3.987 %)Sybase
4162 (2.447 %)JBoss
5130 (1.963 %)Zend
6110 (1.661 %)TIBCO
798 (1.480 %)Adobe
871 (1.072 %)SAP
968 (1.027 %)Business Objects
1065 (0.982 %)IBM
1155 (0.831 %)Cognos
1247 (0.710 %)Sun
1342 (0.634 %)Google
1439 (0.589 %)Informatica
1527 (0.408 %)ATG
1623 (0.347 %)Red Hat
1722 (0.332 %)Apple
1818 (0.272 %)HP
1916 (0.242 %)Sitecore
1916 (0.242 %)Terracotta