Senior Programmer Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Programmer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Programmer
Rank 738 708 667
Rank change year-on-year
-30 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Programmer 124 190 208
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.115% 0.157% 0.165%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.122% 0.166% 0.175%
Number of salaries quoted 99 167 180
Average salary £45,000 £46,000 £46,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.17% -1.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,871 £36,900 £34,900
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £45,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +9.75%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Senior Programmer Salary Trend

Senior Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Programmer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Programmer Salary Histogram

Senior 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 Senior Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -54 103 £47,500 +3.26%
London +5 49 £52,500 -
South East -30 21 £47,500 +3.26%
City of London +3 16 £52,500 -
Wales +11 12 £36,100 -10.19%
North West -11 12 £37,500 +3.44%
Oxfordshire - 12 - -
Oxford - 12 - -
South Wales - 12 £36,100 -
Cardiff - 9 £36,250 -
East of England +4 8 £34,357 -19.16%
West Midlands -15 7 £40,000 +16.78%
Birmingham - 7 £40,000 -
Merseyside +25 6 £37,500 +11.94%
Liverpool +26 5 £37,500 +11.94%
Luton +2 5 £34,357 -14.10%
Scotland -8 5 £38,500 -7.22%
Bedfordshire -10 5 £34,357 -31.28%
East Midlands 0 4 £38,750 -
Surrey -1 4 £48,750 +5.97%
Hertfordshire +5 3 £40,000 -11.11%
South West -1 3 £39,000 +4.00%
Leicestershire -5 3 £37,500 -
Glasgow -18 3 £42,000 +27.27%
Cheshire - 3 £45,000 -
Newport - 3 £31,792 -
Aberdeen +4 2 £37,500 -12.79%
Hampshire +1 2 £35,000 -17.64%
Berkshire -5 2 £47,500 +5.55%
Bracknell -18 2 £47,500 +5.55%

Senior Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Programmer in their job title.

1 101 (35.82%) Java
2 87 (30.85%) C#
2 87 (30.85%) .NET
3 78 (27.66%) SQL
4 75 (26.60%) XML
5 73 (25.89%) Degree
6 71 (25.18%) JavaScript
7 67 (23.76%) SQL Server
8 66 (23.40%) Finance
9 58 (20.57%) Oracle
10 57 (20.21%) CSS
11 55 (19.50%) HTML
12 51 (18.09%) OO
13 48 (17.02%) ASP.NET
13 48 (17.02%) C++
14 38 (13.48%) Computer Science
15 36 (12.77%) MVC
16 35 (12.41%) Games
17 34 (12.06%) Agile Software Development
17 34 (12.06%) UNIX
18 33 (11.70%) Multithreading
19 31 (10.99%) XSLT
19 31 (10.99%) Microsoft
20 30 (10.64%) Configuration Management
21 29 (10.28%) XHTML
21 29 (10.28%) PHP
22 28 (9.929%) Linux
23 26 (9.220%) Web Services
23 26 (9.220%) jQuery
24 25 (8.865%) Banking

Senior Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 87 (30.85%) .NET
2 75 (26.60%) XML
3 57 (20.21%) CSS
4 55 (19.50%) HTML
5 48 (17.02%) ASP.NET
6 31 (10.99%) XSLT
7 29 (10.28%) XHTML
8 26 (9.220%) Web Services
8 26 (9.220%) jQuery
9 24 (8.511%) Ajax
10 23 (8.156%) HTML5
11 22 (7.801%) J2EE
12 21 (7.447%) Spring
12 21 (7.447%) WCF
13 20 (7.092%) WinForms
14 16 (5.674%) ASP.NET MVC
14 16 (5.674%) Hibernate
15 13 (4.610%) WPF
15 13 (4.610%) WebSphere
16 12 (4.255%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 20 (7.092%) SharePoint
2 19 (6.738%) SAS
3 16 (5.674%) IIS
4 14 (4.965%) CMS
4 14 (4.965%) Apache
5 11 (3.901%) SharePoint Server
6 10 (3.546%) SharePoint 2010
7 7 (2.482%) Tomcat
8 6 (2.128%) Jetty
9 3 (1.064%) WebSphere Application Server
10 2 (0.709%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 2 (0.709%) Windows Azure
11 1 (0.355%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.355%) Amazon AWS
11 1 (0.355%) ExpressionEngine
11 1 (0.355%) Force.com
11 1 (0.355%) Magento
11 1 (0.355%) Orchard CMS
11 1 (0.355%) TIBCO EMS
11 1 (0.355%) Drupal
Applications
1 22 (7.801%) MS Excel
2 8 (2.837%) InfoPath
3 6 (2.128%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (2.128%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.709%) MS Office
5 1 (0.355%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 4 (1.418%) INSURE/90
2 1 (0.355%) SAP R/3
2 1 (0.355%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.674%) TCP/IP
2 12 (4.255%) Internet
3 7 (2.482%) HTTP
4 6 (2.128%) LDAP
5 3 (1.064%) Intranet
5 3 (1.064%) Extranet
6 2 (0.709%) NAS
6 2 (0.709%) AMQP
6 2 (0.709%) SAN
7 1 (0.355%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.355%) FTP
7 1 (0.355%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (23.76%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.156%) MySQL
3 18 (6.383%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (4.255%) RDBMS
5 9 (3.191%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (2.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.128%) SQL Server 2012
6 6 (2.128%) DB2
7 5 (1.773%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (1.418%) Base SAS
8 4 (1.418%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.064%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (1.064%) QlikView
10 2 (0.709%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.709%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.355%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.355%) Oracle 10g
11 1 (0.355%) Adabas
11 1 (0.355%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.355%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 19 (6.738%) Subversion
2 18 (6.383%) Ant
3 12 (4.255%) Visual Studio
4 9 (3.191%) Synon
5 8 (2.837%) Maven
5 8 (2.837%) Eclipse
5 8 (2.837%) JUnit
6 5 (1.773%) Hudson
7 4 (1.418%) Git (software)
8 3 (1.064%) NUnit
9 2 (0.709%) JProfiler
9 2 (0.709%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.355%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.355%) ProC
10 1 (0.355%) NetBeans
10 1 (0.355%) Xcode
10 1 (0.355%) Rhino Mocks
10 1 (0.355%) Moq
10 1 (0.355%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.355%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 66 (23.40%) Finance
2 35 (12.41%) Games
3 25 (8.865%) Banking
4 17 (6.028%) Retail
5 16 (5.674%) Telecoms
6 14 (4.965%) Pharmaceutical
7 10 (3.546%) Front Office
8 8 (2.837%) Marketing
9 7 (2.482%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.064%) Law
11 2 (0.709%) Advertising
12 1 (0.355%) Legal
12 1 (0.355%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.355%) Electronics
12 1 (0.355%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.355%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.355%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.355%) French Language
12 1 (0.355%) German Language
12 1 (0.355%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 38 (13.48%) Computer Science
2 20 (7.092%) Derivative
3 17 (6.028%) Mathematics
4 15 (5.319%) Fixed Income
5 14 (4.965%) Equities
6 12 (4.255%) Open Source
6 12 (4.255%) Physics
7 9 (3.191%) Online Games
8 8 (2.837%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.482%) Client/Server
10 6 (2.128%) iSeries
10 6 (2.128%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.773%) Statistics
12 4 (1.418%) Social Gaming
12 4 (1.418%) AS400
12 4 (1.418%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 2 (0.709%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.709%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.709%) Biometrics
14 1 (0.355%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.06%) UNIX
2 28 (9.929%) Linux
3 24 (8.511%) Windows
4 7 (2.482%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.482%) Android
5 4 (1.418%) Solaris
6 1 (0.355%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (18.09%) OO
2 36 (12.77%) MVC
3 34 (12.06%) Agile Software Development
4 33 (11.70%) Multithreading
5 30 (10.64%) Configuration Management
6 24 (8.511%) UML
7 23 (8.156%) RAD
7 23 (8.156%) Software Engineering
8 22 (7.801%) TDD
9 21 (7.447%) Data Analysis
10 19 (6.738%) E-Commerce
11 18 (6.383%) Game Development
11 18 (6.383%) Web Application Development
12 17 (6.028%) Unit Testing
13 16 (5.674%) Scrum
14 15 (5.319%) System Testing
15 14 (4.965%) Electronic Trading
15 14 (4.965%) Algorithmic Trading
16 13 (4.610%) OOP
16 13 (4.610%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 101 (35.82%) Java
2 87 (30.85%) C#
3 78 (27.66%) SQL
4 71 (25.18%) JavaScript
5 48 (17.02%) C++
6 29 (10.28%) PHP
7 23 (8.156%) Perl
8 22 (7.801%) C
9 20 (7.092%) Python
9 20 (7.092%) Shell Script
10 19 (6.738%) VB.NET
11 17 (6.028%) VB
12 14 (4.965%) RPG
13 13 (4.610%) RPG IV
14 12 (4.255%) PL/SQL
15 10 (3.546%) RPG/400
15 10 (3.546%) Delphi
15 10 (3.546%) VBA
16 7 (2.482%) Bash shell
17 5 (1.773%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (25.89%) Degree
2 3 (1.064%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.092%) QA
2 5 (1.773%) SLA
3 4 (1.418%) CDISC
4 3 (1.064%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.709%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.355%) DO-178B
System Software
1 14 (4.965%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.709%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.355%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 58 (20.57%) Oracle
2 31 (10.99%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.610%) IBM
4 12 (4.255%) Stellent
5 8 (2.837%) Salesforce.com
5 8 (2.837%) Business Objects
6 7 (2.482%) Sybase
6 7 (2.482%) VMware
7 6 (2.128%) JD Edwards
8 5 (1.773%) Google
9 4 (1.418%) Apple
10 3 (1.064%) SAP
11 2 (0.709%) Remedy
12 1 (0.355%) HP
12 1 (0.355%) Adobe
12 1 (0.355%) Sun
12 1 (0.355%) TIBCO
12 1 (0.355%) BMC
12 1 (0.355%) Retek
12 1 (0.355%) Perforce
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Team leadership -Project leadership Skills Requirements -Solid commercial web development programming experience using VB.NET, ASP.NET and SQL Server -Competent with XHTML/XML/XSLT -Experience in CSS/...
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C++ Games Programmer / Gameplay / Game Systems / Developer (Senior)
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Senior JavaScript Developer/Programmer/Engineer - Online Gaming
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