Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software 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.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank11395
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads12484102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.833 %2.056 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.018 %2.242 %
Salaries quoted11273658
Average salary£33,000£33,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-1.490 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£49,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500
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

Software Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer within 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 citing Software Developer within the UK.

Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software 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 Software 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
EnglandDown-171173£33,500-
South EastDown-5258£34,000-2.85 %
LondonDown-10250£40,000-11.11 %
South WestUp+5181£32,750+2.34 %
East of EnglandDown-15164£33,500-4.28 %
North WestDown-3109£30,000-
West MidlandsDown-789£31,000+3.33 %
CambridgeshireDown-1289£37,500+7.14 %
City of LondonUp+12085£45,000-
BerkshireUp+2467£37,750+7.85 %
ManchesterUp+2062£31,500+5.00 %
CambridgeDown-1762£37,500+7.14 %
YorkshireDown-1858£28,000-6.66 %
East MidlandsDown-654£33,000+10.00 %
HampshireDown-1951£35,000-
BuckinghamshireUp+2650£30,500-6.15 %
WiltshireUp+4749£32,500+8.33 %
ScotlandUp+243£30,000-7.69 %
BirminghamUp+4142£32,500+8.33 %
NorfolkUp+3838£27,000+12.50 %
SurreyDown-1538£40,000+11.11 %
BristolDown-2138£39,000+11.42 %
South YorkshireUp+1432£28,000-6.66 %
ReadingUp+3630£32,500-14.47 %
SheffieldUp+1130£28,000-6.66 %
DorsetUp+530£35,000+7.69 %
OxfordshireDown-930£33,500+11.66 %
SomersetUp+2528£40,000+33.33 %
GloucestershireUp+1728£32,000+6.66 %
SwindonUp+3726£35,000-

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

11926 (60.76 %).NET
21703 (53.72 %)C#
31313 (41.42 %)SQL Server
41210 (38.17 %)ASP.NET
5995 (31.39 %)C++
6947 (29.87 %)SQL
7799 (25.21 %)Java
8731 (23.06 %)Degree
9694 (21.89 %)XML
10660 (20.82 %)VB.NET
11647 (20.41 %)Windows
12563 (17.76 %)OO
13523 (16.50 %)HTML
14506 (15.96 %)JavaScript
15501 (15.80 %)Microsoft
16474 (14.95 %)VB
17453 (14.29 %)C
18359 (11.32 %)Finance
19349 (11.01 %)CSS
20339 (10.69 %)Linux
21338 (10.66 %)AJAX
22318 (10.03 %)WebServices
23308 (9.716 %)Visual Studio
24303 (9.558 %)Oracle
25292 (9.211 %)SQL Server 2005
26286 (9.022 %)ASP
27271 (8.549 %).NET Framework
28268 (8.454 %)Computer Science
29254 (8.013 %)UNIX
30249 (7.855 %)WinForms

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11926 (60.76 %).NET
21210 (38.17 %)ASP.NET
3694 (21.89 %)XML
4523 (16.50 %)HTML
5349 (11.01 %)CSS
6338 (10.66 %)AJAX
7318 (10.03 %)WebServices
8286 (9.022 %)ASP
9271 (8.549 %).NET Framework
10249 (7.855 %)WinForms
11189 (5.962 %)J2EE
12157 (4.953 %)WCF
13125 (3.943 %)WPF
14123 (3.880 %)MFC
15114 (3.596 %)XSLT
16112 (3.533 %)STL
17109 (3.438 %)JSP
18108 (3.407 %)SOAP
19102 (3.218 %)Spring
2078 (2.461 %)XHTML
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1141 (4.448 %)SharePoint
289 (2.808 %)Apache
370 (2.208 %)IIS
440 (1.262 %)Tomcat
537 (1.167 %)CMS
628 (0.883 %)SharePoint Server 2007
716 (0.505 %)BizTalk Server
812 (0.379 %)WebLogic
910 (0.315 %)ColdFusion
107 (0.221 %)Jetty
107 (0.221 %)SAS
116 (0.189 %)WebSphere Application Server
116 (0.189 %)Liferay
125 (0.158 %)MS Exchange
134 (0.126 %)Morello
142 (0.063 %)Jetspeed
142 (0.063 %)Zope
142 (0.063 %)ArcGIS
142 (0.063 %)Mathematica
142 (0.063 %)Oracle HTTP Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1207 (6.530 %)MS Excel
232 (1.009 %)MS Visio
324 (0.757 %)MS Office
410 (0.315 %)Photoshop
56 (0.189 %)Maya
56 (0.189 %)3ds Max
64 (0.126 %)MATLAB
73 (0.095 %)Fireworks
82 (0.063 %)Simulink
82 (0.063 %)Quicktime
82 (0.063 %)SPSS
82 (0.063 %)MS Project
82 (0.063 %)InfoPath
91 (0.032 %)PrintSoft PReS
91 (0.032 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.032 %)Adobe Illustrator
91 (0.032 %)Adobe Premiere
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.315 %)RMDS
26 (0.189 %)Microsoft CRM
35 (0.158 %)Oracle Financials
35 (0.158 %)Great Plains
44 (0.126 %)Dynamics CRM
53 (0.095 %)Sage MMS
53 (0.095 %)Navision
53 (0.095 %)Movex
62 (0.063 %)Pivotal CRM
62 (0.063 %)Summit
62 (0.063 %)Eagle PACE
71 (0.032 %)Google Analytics
71 (0.032 %)Endur
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1152 (4.795 %)Internet
2110 (3.470 %)TCP/IP
347 (1.483 %)HTTP
439 (1.230 %)Wireless
529 (0.915 %)Intranet
621 (0.662 %)SNMP
718 (0.568 %)SMTP
814 (0.442 %)IPv4
814 (0.442 %)FTP
814 (0.442 %)GSM
913 (0.410 %)BGP
913 (0.410 %)OSPF
1012 (0.379 %)3G
1012 (0.379 %)GPRS
1111 (0.347 %)LAN
1111 (0.347 %)WAN
128 (0.252 %)UMTS
128 (0.252 %)Broadband
128 (0.252 %)LDAP
137 (0.221 %)DNS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11313 (41.42 %)SQL Server
2292 (9.211 %)SQL Server 2005
3187 (5.899 %)SQL Server 2000
4186 (5.868 %)MySQL
598 (3.091 %)RDBMS
661 (1.924 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
753 (1.672 %)Crystal Reports
851 (1.609 %)SQL Server 2008
937 (1.167 %)Oracle 8/8i
1030 (0.946 %)GIS
1119 (0.599 %)DTS
1218 (0.568 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1314 (0.442 %)PostgreSQL
1412 (0.379 %)MS Access
1511 (0.347 %)Datawarehouse
1511 (0.347 %)Informix
1511 (0.347 %)Oracle Reports
1610 (0.315 %)BusinessObjects
1610 (0.315 %)Data Mining
179 (0.284 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1308 (9.716 %)Visual Studio
240 (1.262 %)VSS/SourceSafe
337 (1.167 %)Subversion
430 (0.946 %)NUnit
526 (0.820 %)JUnit
624 (0.757 %)Oracle Forms
723 (0.726 %)Ant
813 (0.410 %)Eclipse
910 (0.315 %)Dreamweaver
910 (0.315 %)Team Foundation Server
109 (0.284 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
117 (0.221 %)TeamCity
125 (0.158 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
134 (0.126 %)Oracle APEX
143 (0.095 %)ClearCase
143 (0.095 %)InstallShield
143 (0.095 %)Xcode
152 (0.063 %)CruiseControl
152 (0.063 %)Rational Rose
152 (0.063 %)TestNG
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1359 (11.32 %)Finance
2203 (6.404 %)Pensions
3143 (4.511 %)Education
4121 (3.817 %)Health
5113 (3.565 %)Telecoms
673 (2.303 %)Banking
764 (2.019 %)Retail
863 (1.987 %)Games
962 (1.956 %)Insurance
1052 (1.640 %)Marketing
1147 (1.483 %)Government
1245 (1.420 %)Electronics
1327 (0.852 %)Aerospace
1425 (0.789 %)Publishing
1425 (0.789 %)Pharmaceutical
1523 (0.726 %)Investment Banking
1622 (0.694 %)Back Office
1717 (0.536 %)Multimedia
1717 (0.536 %)Construction
1816 (0.505 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1268 (8.454 %)Computer Science
2170 (5.363 %)Mathematics
388 (2.776 %)Multithreading
472 (2.271 %)Physics
552 (1.640 %)N-Tier
644 (1.388 %)Client/Server
731 (0.978 %)Derivative
827 (0.852 %)IVR
923 (0.726 %)Web 2.0
1021 (0.662 %)Device Driver
1120 (0.631 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1216 (0.505 %)Credit Derivative
1315 (0.473 %)Fat Client
1315 (0.473 %)Vehicle Telematics
1315 (0.473 %)Thin Client
1315 (0.473 %)NHS
1315 (0.473 %)Equities
1315 (0.473 %)E-Learning
1414 (0.442 %)Management Information System
1414 (0.442 %)Cloud Computing
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1647 (20.41 %)Windows
2339 (10.69 %)Linux
3254 (8.013 %)UNIX
456 (1.767 %)Windows Mobile
539 (1.230 %)Windows Server 2003
624 (0.757 %)Windows CE
624 (0.757 %)Windows Server 2008
723 (0.726 %)Solaris
822 (0.694 %)Windows XP
918 (0.568 %)Embedded Linux
1013 (0.410 %)Mac OS X
1112 (0.379 %)Android
1211 (0.347 %)Windows Vista
137 (0.221 %)Windows 2000
137 (0.221 %)Debian
145 (0.158 %)Windows NT
154 (0.126 %)Ubuntu
163 (0.095 %)Red Hat Linux
163 (0.095 %)Mac OS
172 (0.063 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1563 (17.76 %)OO
2218 (6.877 %)UML
3162 (5.110 %)Agile Software Development
4139 (4.385 %)Software Engineering
5125 (3.943 %)E-Commerce
6117 (3.691 %)Unit Testing
7113 (3.565 %)Web Development
896 (3.028 %)OOP
987 (2.744 %)OOD
987 (2.744 %)Project Management
1063 (1.987 %)TDD
1063 (1.987 %)Scrum
1156 (1.767 %)SOA
1243 (1.356 %)OOA/OOD
1339 (1.230 %)Data Analysis
1435 (1.104 %)Workflow
1435 (1.104 %)Technical Architecture
1533 (1.041 %)Configuration Management
1533 (1.041 %)CRM
1632 (1.009 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11703 (53.72 %)C#
2995 (31.39 %)C++
3947 (29.87 %)SQL
4799 (25.21 %)Java
5660 (20.82 %)VB.NET
6506 (15.96 %)JavaScript
7474 (14.95 %)VB
8453 (14.29 %)C
9236 (7.445 %)VB6
10204 (6.435 %)PHP
11155 (4.890 %)T-SQL
12124 (3.912 %)Perl
13101 (3.186 %)VC++
1499 (3.123 %)Delphi
1585 (2.681 %)Python
1651 (1.609 %)VBScript
1747 (1.483 %)VBA
1842 (1.325 %)Ruby
1939 (1.230 %)PL/SQL
2023 (0.726 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1731 (23.06 %)Degree
2133 (4.196 %)Security Cleared
379 (2.492 %)Microsoft Certification
458 (1.830 %)SC Cleared
549 (1.546 %)PhD
625 (0.789 %)DV Cleared
716 (0.505 %)MCP
812 (0.379 %)HND
911 (0.347 %)MCSD
106 (0.189 %)Sun Certification
114 (0.126 %)SCEA
114 (0.126 %)MCAD
114 (0.126 %)MCTS
123 (0.095 %)MCPD
123 (0.095 %)HNC
123 (0.095 %)Postgraduate
131 (0.032 %)Oracle Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
137 (1.167 %)QA
214 (0.442 %)WAI
313 (0.410 %)ISO9001
45 (0.158 %)SLA
53 (0.095 %)DICOM
53 (0.095 %)GAMP
61 (0.032 %)ISO27001
61 (0.032 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (0.473 %)Active Directory
214 (0.442 %)VMware Infrastructure
313 (0.410 %)MSMQ
48 (0.252 %)Xen
55 (0.158 %)XenApp
61 (0.032 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.221 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.126 %)BMC PATROL
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1501 (15.80 %)Microsoft
2303 (9.558 %)Oracle
331 (0.978 %)Sybase
430 (0.946 %)Adobe
518 (0.568 %)JBoss
615 (0.473 %)VMware
714 (0.442 %)IBM
812 (0.379 %)Sun
911 (0.347 %)Zend
1010 (0.315 %)Reuters
1010 (0.315 %)Business Objects
1010 (0.315 %)Google
119 (0.284 %)HP
119 (0.284 %)Perforce
128 (0.252 %)BEA
128 (0.252 %)Visualfiles
137 (0.221 %)Apple
137 (0.221 %)Sage
137 (0.221 %)JD Edwards
137 (0.221 %)Citrix