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This section looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the last 3 months to 21 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to 21 May 2008Same period last year
Rank96101
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads40634297
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.013 %1.865 %
As % of the category below2.177 %2.004 %
Salaries quoted36183656
Average minimum salary£32,284£31,212
Average salary£36,044£34,894
% change on same period last year+3.29 %
Average maximum salary£39,805£38,576
UK excluding London average salary£33,231£32,834
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Job Titles UKJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads186615214414
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled92.47 %93.07 %
Salaries quoted152260169126
Average minimum salary£39,518£40,919
Average salary£43,258£44,712
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Average maximum salary£46,997£48,505
UK excluding London average salary£38,551£39,167
% change on same period last year-1.57 %

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the UK over the past 3 months.

Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the UK over the past 3 months.

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
EnglandUp+73831£36,240+2.92 %
South EastDown-3914£35,270-0.33 %
LondonUp+3880£47,031+14.73 %
East of EnglandUp+10517£35,330+5.93 %
South WestDown-19387£32,423-1.57 %
CambridgeshireUp+8312£35,503+8.16 %
North WestUp+15305£31,745+3.03 %
YorkshireUp+8302£30,587+5.19 %
West MidlandsDown-3278£31,756+3.17 %
CambridgeUp+13255£35,726+7.72 %
HampshireUp+33254£36,336+2.03 %
SurreyUp+28239£36,150-0.76 %
West YorkshireUp+28206£30,431+7.41 %
East MidlandsDown-7200£31,036+2.88 %
BerkshireDown-35165£37,352+0.60 %
ScotlandDown-6162£32,330+1.27 %
ManchesterUp+27155£31,268+0.63 %
OxfordshireUp+28152£30,717-1.31 %
LeedsUp+28149£30,041+6.93 %
CheshireUp+5103£32,534+4.98 %
BristolDown-3492£33,302+3.82 %
OxfordUp+2289£29,949-3.99 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1487£33,601-3.52 %
City of LondonDown-6086£42,635-6.78 %
BirminghamUp+679£30,900+6.58 %
EdinburghDown-168£34,212+4.80 %
GloucestershireDown-766£33,000-3.69 %
NottinghamshireDown-1266£31,773+0.35 %
EssexUp+564£36,898+28.96 %
WorcestershireUp+462£30,221-0.01 %

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Software Developer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Developer.

14432 (54.09 %).NET
23769 (46.00 %)C#
33076 (37.54 %)SQL Server
42838 (34.64 %)C++
52483 (30.30 %)SQL
62340 (28.56 %)ASP.NET
72299 (28.06 %)Java
82065 (25.20 %)XML
91642 (20.04 %)Degree
101636 (19.97 %)VB.NET
111517 (18.51 %)VB
111517 (18.51 %)Windows
121468 (17.92 %)OO
131295 (15.80 %)Finance
141281 (15.63 %)Microsoft
151259 (15.36 %)HTML
161217 (14.85 %)JavaScript
171207 (14.73 %)C
181136 (13.86 %)Oracle
19882 (10.76 %)Unix
20801 (9.775 %)ASP
21712 (8.689 %)VB6
22697 (8.506 %)SQL Server 2005
23686 (8.372 %)WebServices
23686 (8.372 %)UML
24669 (8.165 %)J2EE
25661 (8.067 %)Visual Studio
26653 (7.969 %)Linux
27627 (7.652 %)AJAX
28605 (7.383 %)MS Excel

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Software Developer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Software Developer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14432 (54.09 %).NET
22340 (28.56 %)ASP.NET
32065 (25.20 %)XML
41259 (15.36 %)HTML
5801 (9.775 %)ASP
6686 (8.372 %)WebServices
7669 (8.165 %)J2EE
8627 (7.652 %)AJAX
9566 (6.907 %)CSS
10539 (6.578 %).NET Framework
11465 (5.675 %)WinForms
12433 (5.284 %)XSLT
13343 (4.186 %)MFC
14312 (3.808 %)Hibernate
15289 (3.527 %)STL
16268 (3.271 %)Spring
17202 (2.465 %)JSP
18198 (2.416 %)SOAP
19168 (2.050 %)XHTML
20160 (1.953 %)ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1224 (2.734 %)SharePoint
2219 (2.673 %)IIS
3164 (2.001 %)Apache
4129 (1.574 %)WebLogic
5101 (1.233 %)JBoss
697 (1.184 %)BizTalk Server
794 (1.147 %)Tomcat
882 (1.001 %)CMS
958 (0.708 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1031 (0.378 %)ColdFusion
1128 (0.342 %)Content Management Server
1225 (0.305 %)Documentum
1316 (0.195 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1414 (0.171 %)Oracle Application Server
1414 (0.171 %)MS Exchange
1414 (0.171 %)WebSphere Application Server
1513 (0.159 %)Oracle Spatial
1513 (0.159 %)ESB
1612 (0.146 %)MQSeries
1612 (0.146 %)CICS
Applications
1605 (7.383 %)MS Excel
2159 (1.940 %)MS Office
364 (0.781 %)MS Visio
448 (0.586 %)Photoshop
541 (0.500 %)MATLAB
620 (0.244 %)3ds Max
714 (0.171 %)MS PowerPoint
813 (0.159 %)Adobe Illustrator
813 (0.159 %)Fireworks
912 (0.146 %)Maya
1010 (0.122 %)AutoCAD
119 (0.110 %)Adobe Director
128 (0.098 %)Quicktime
136 (0.073 %)InfoPath
145 (0.061 %)MS Project
154 (0.049 %)Adobe Premiere
163 (0.037 %)Simulink
172 (0.024 %)PrintSoft PReS
181 (0.012 %)Stateflow
181 (0.012 %)S-PLUS
Business Applications
123 (0.281 %)Summit
222 (0.268 %)Oracle Financials
311 (0.134 %)Navision
311 (0.134 %)Dynamics CRM
49 (0.110 %)Axapta
56 (0.073 %)Dynamics AX
65 (0.061 %)GoldMine
74 (0.049 %)AWD
83 (0.037 %)Eagle PACE
83 (0.037 %)ENOVIA
83 (0.037 %)SMARTEAM
83 (0.037 %)Teamcenter
92 (0.024 %)RMDS
92 (0.024 %)Oracle Applications
92 (0.024 %)Microsoft CRM
92 (0.024 %)SalesLogix
101 (0.012 %)Line 50
101 (0.012 %)Pegasus Opera
101 (0.012 %)e-Work
Communications & Networking
1343 (4.186 %)Internet
2139 (1.696 %)TCP/IP
3112 (1.367 %)Intranet
489 (1.086 %)Wireless
579 (0.964 %)VoIP
670 (0.854 %)HTTP
743 (0.525 %)SNMP
838 (0.464 %)GSM
934 (0.415 %)GPRS
1033 (0.403 %)Broadband
1130 (0.366 %)SMS
1222 (0.268 %)UMTS
1222 (0.268 %)CTI
1222 (0.268 %)SS7
1321 (0.256 %)DVB
1321 (0.256 %)Bluetooth
1420 (0.244 %)WINS
1518 (0.220 %)Wi-Fi
1616 (0.195 %)Extranet
1715 (0.183 %)Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
13076 (37.54 %)SQL Server
2697 (8.506 %)SQL Server 2005
3579 (7.066 %)SQL Server 2000
4420 (5.126 %)MySQL
5236 (2.880 %)RDBMS
6230 (2.807 %)Crystal Reports
7175 (2.136 %)SQL Server 7
8120 (1.464 %)MS Access
9105 (1.281 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1073 (0.891 %)Oracle 10g
1170 (0.854 %)Oracle Reports
1269 (0.842 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1366 (0.805 %)GIS
1455 (0.671 %)DTS
1552 (0.635 %)Oracle 8/8i
1648 (0.586 %)OLAP
1745 (0.549 %)Datawarehouse
1844 (0.537 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1942 (0.513 %)Oracle 9i
2041 (0.500 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1661 (8.067 %)Visual Studio
2112 (1.367 %)Ant
3102 (1.245 %)Flash
494 (1.147 %)Eclipse
588 (1.074 %)VSS/SourceSafe
674 (0.903 %)NUnit
765 (0.793 %)Subversion
863 (0.769 %)Oracle Forms
961 (0.744 %)JUnit
1032 (0.391 %)InstallShield
1121 (0.256 %)Dreamweaver
1217 (0.207 %)Oracle APEX
1315 (0.183 %)PowerBuilder
1315 (0.183 %)Rational Rose
1413 (0.159 %)PVCS
1510 (0.122 %)ProC
167 (0.085 %)CruiseControl
176 (0.073 %)ClearCase
176 (0.073 %)JBuilder
176 (0.073 %)RequisitePro
General
11295 (15.80 %)Finance
2518 (6.322 %)Pensions
3476 (5.809 %)Health
4297 (3.625 %)Telecoms
5276 (3.368 %)Games
6227 (2.770 %)Education
7218 (2.660 %)Insurance
8210 (2.563 %)Banking
9146 (1.782 %)Retail
10142 (1.733 %)Marketing
11101 (1.233 %)Government
1286 (1.050 %)Publishing
1381 (0.989 %)Electronics
1474 (0.903 %)Front Office
1573 (0.891 %)Manufacturing
1667 (0.818 %)Multimedia
1763 (0.769 %)Investment Banking
1859 (0.720 %)Pharmaceutical
1951 (0.622 %)Back Office
1951 (0.622 %)3D Graphics
Miscellaneous
1599 (7.310 %)Computer Science
2303 (3.698 %)Mathematics
3257 (3.136 %)Multithreading
4167 (2.038 %)N-Tier
5164 (2.001 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6150 (1.831 %)Client/Server
7148 (1.806 %)Derivative
8120 (1.464 %)Grid Computing
9111 (1.355 %)Physics
1078 (0.952 %)Equities
1176 (0.928 %)Device Driver
1265 (0.793 %)Handset
1341 (0.500 %)EPoS
1432 (0.391 %)Mainframe
1432 (0.391 %)Fixed Income
1432 (0.391 %)Equity Derivative
1432 (0.391 %)Web 2.0
1527 (0.330 %)PDA
1625 (0.305 %)Credit Derivative
1625 (0.305 %)DTV
Operating Systems
11517 (18.51 %)Windows
2882 (10.76 %)Unix
3653 (7.969 %)Linux
488 (1.074 %)Windows Mobile
577 (0.940 %)Solaris
667 (0.818 %)Windows 2000
754 (0.659 %)Windows CE
851 (0.622 %)Windows XP
940 (0.488 %)Windows NT
1039 (0.476 %)Embedded Linux
1137 (0.452 %)Windows Server 2003
1225 (0.305 %)Symbian OS
1319 (0.232 %)VxWorks
1411 (0.134 %)Mac OS X
1411 (0.134 %)Windows Vista
1510 (0.122 %)HPUX
167 (0.085 %)Windows XP Embedded
176 (0.073 %)Nucleus RTOS
185 (0.061 %)AIX
194 (0.049 %)ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
11468 (17.92 %)OO
2686 (8.372 %)UML
3342 (4.174 %)OOD
4301 (3.673 %)Web Development
5280 (3.417 %)OOP
6273 (3.332 %)Software Engineering
7259 (3.161 %)Agile Software Development
8232 (2.831 %)Project Management
9154 (1.879 %)E-Commerce
10149 (1.818 %)OOA/OOD
11147 (1.794 %)CRM
12130 (1.587 %)Security Cleared
13128 (1.562 %)Unit Testing
14109 (1.330 %)RUP
15104 (1.269 %)TDD
1691 (1.111 %)SOA
1790 (1.098 %)Business Intelligence
1887 (1.062 %)ERP
1981 (0.989 %)Scrum
2074 (0.903 %)Data Modelling
Programming Languages
13769 (46.00 %)C#
22838 (34.64 %)C++
32483 (30.30 %)SQL
42299 (28.06 %)Java
51636 (19.97 %)VB.NET
61517 (18.51 %)VB
71217 (14.85 %)JavaScript
81207 (14.73 %)C
9712 (8.689 %)VB6
10369 (4.503 %)PHP
11294 (3.588 %)Delphi
12293 (3.576 %)Transact-SQL
13282 (3.442 %)VC++
14238 (2.905 %)Perl
15204 (2.490 %)PL/SQL
16171 (2.087 %)VBA
17140 (1.709 %)Python
18136 (1.660 %)VBScript
19106 (1.294 %)DHTML
2084 (1.025 %)Embedded C
Qualifications
11642 (20.04 %)Degree
2158 (1.928 %)Microsoft Certification
3110 (1.342 %)PhD
455 (0.671 %)MCSD
539 (0.476 %)MCAD
626 (0.317 %)MCP
724 (0.293 %)HND
810 (0.122 %)Postgraduate
98 (0.098 %)Sun Certification
107 (0.085 %)MCPD
116 (0.073 %)ICAEW
124 (0.049 %)MCTS
132 (0.024 %)PRINCE2 Certification
132 (0.024 %)CFA
132 (0.024 %)HNC
141 (0.012 %)MCSE
141 (0.012 %)ISEB
141 (0.012 %)CISSP
141 (0.012 %)IBM Certification
141 (0.012 %)Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1110 (1.342 %)QA
229 (0.354 %)WAI
39 (0.110 %)DICOM
39 (0.110 %)GAMP
48 (0.098 %)HL7
48 (0.098 %)ISO9001
56 (0.073 %)SLA
56 (0.073 %)ISO9000
62 (0.024 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.024 %)Basel II
62 (0.024 %)TickIT
62 (0.024 %)WCAG
62 (0.024 %)PCI DSS
System Software
135 (0.427 %)Active Directory
232 (0.391 %)AquaLogic
322 (0.268 %)MSMQ
45 (0.061 %)Terminal Services
53 (0.037 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.012 %)Snort
Systems Management
111 (0.134 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
25 (0.061 %)CA SiteMinder
32 (0.024 %)SCOM
41 (0.012 %)MOM
41 (0.012 %)Nessus
Vendors
11281 (15.63 %)Microsoft
21136 (13.86 %)Oracle
3134 (1.635 %)Sybase
4108 (1.318 %)IBM
570 (0.854 %)Symbian
659 (0.720 %)Borland
749 (0.598 %)BEA
842 (0.513 %)Adobe
941 (0.500 %)Business Objects
1028 (0.342 %)Zend
1126 (0.317 %)Macromedia
1225 (0.305 %)Citrix
1323 (0.281 %)ESRI
1323 (0.281 %)Google
1420 (0.244 %)Progress
1519 (0.232 %)Cognos
1519 (0.232 %)Lotus
1519 (0.232 %)TIBCO
1618 (0.220 %)Sun
1715 (0.183 %)JD Edwards
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