The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 advertised for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 1 2 12
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 46 32 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 34.07% 31.37% 15.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 35.94% 32.00% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 46 24 15
Average salary £32,500 £34,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.79% +15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,950 £27,200
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £30,600
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
128 100 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 94.81% 98.04% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 116 76 91
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,050 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
West Yorkshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wakefield Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wakefield Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

1 57 (56.44%) .NET
2 56 (55.45%) C#
3 54 (53.47%) SQL Server
4 43 (42.57%) CSS
4 43 (42.57%) HTML
5 39 (38.61%) JavaScript
6 29 (28.71%) SQL
7 28 (27.72%) VB.NET
8 27 (26.73%) Microsoft
8 27 (26.73%) .NET Framework
9 26 (25.74%) jQuery
10 24 (23.76%) Visual Studio
11 23 (22.77%) XML
12 22 (21.78%) MySQL
13 21 (20.79%) SQL Server 2008
14 20 (19.80%) Windows
15 19 (18.81%) ASP.NET
16 18 (17.82%) Ajax
17 17 (16.83%) PHP
18 16 (15.84%) T-SQL
19 15 (14.85%) RDBMS
19 15 (14.85%) Java
20 13 (12.87%) MVC
20 13 (12.87%) Games
21 12 (11.88%) Agile Software Development
22 11 (10.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 10 (9.901%) C++
23 10 (9.901%) ActionScript
23 10 (9.901%) Oracle
23 10 (9.901%) Crystal Reports

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 57 (56.44%) .NET
2 43 (42.57%) CSS
2 43 (42.57%) HTML
3 27 (26.73%) .NET Framework
4 26 (25.74%) jQuery
5 23 (22.77%) XML
6 19 (18.81%) ASP.NET
7 18 (17.82%) Ajax
8 10 (9.901%) Web Services
8 10 (9.901%) Flash
9 9 (8.911%) LAMP
10 8 (7.921%) WinForms
11 7 (6.931%) HTML5
12 6 (5.941%) WCF
12 6 (5.941%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 5 (4.950%) SOAP
13 5 (4.950%) J2EE
13 5 (4.950%) CSS3
14 4 (3.960%) Java SE
14 4 (3.960%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.950%) IIS
1 5 (4.950%) Facebook Platform
2 4 (3.960%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.970%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.970%) Apache
4 2 (1.980%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.990%) SAS
5 1 (0.990%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 6 (5.941%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.980%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.990%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.990%) Firewall
1 1 (0.990%) DNS
1 1 (0.990%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (0.990%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (53.47%) SQL Server
2 22 (21.78%) MySQL
3 21 (20.79%) SQL Server 2008
4 15 (14.85%) RDBMS
5 11 (10.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (9.901%) Crystal Reports
7 9 (8.911%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (4.950%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (3.960%) SQL Server 2005
9 4 (3.960%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (2.970%) DTS
11 1 (0.990%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.990%) DB2
11 1 (0.990%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 24 (23.76%) Visual Studio
2 5 (4.950%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.960%) MyEclipse
3 4 (3.960%) Hudson
3 4 (3.960%) Subversion
3 4 (3.960%) Maven
3 4 (3.960%) Ant
3 4 (3.960%) JUnit
4 3 (2.970%) Git (software)
5 2 (1.980%) GitHub
6 1 (0.990%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (12.87%) Games
2 6 (5.941%) Publishing
3 4 (3.960%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.970%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (1.980%) Music
5 2 (1.980%) Marketing
5 2 (1.980%) Retail
5 2 (1.980%) Billing
6 1 (0.990%) Finance
6 1 (0.990%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.911%) Online Games
2 7 (6.931%) Social Gaming
2 7 (6.931%) Flash Games
3 4 (3.960%) Mathematics
3 4 (3.960%) Computer Science
3 4 (3.960%) Web 2.0
3 4 (3.960%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.970%) Grid Computing
4 3 (2.970%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.970%) iPhone
4 3 (2.970%) Ontologies
5 2 (1.980%) Streaming Music
6 1 (0.990%) AS400
6 1 (0.990%) iSeries
6 1 (0.990%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.80%) Windows
2 8 (7.921%) Linux
3 5 (4.950%) UNIX
4 4 (3.960%) Android
4 4 (3.960%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.970%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (12.87%) MVC
2 12 (11.88%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (8.911%) Project Management
3 9 (8.911%) Web Development
3 9 (8.911%) Change Control
4 8 (7.921%) OO
5 6 (5.941%) Software Engineering
5 6 (5.941%) OOP
5 6 (5.941%) ERP
6 4 (3.960%) Unit Testing
6 4 (3.960%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (3.960%) Workflow
6 4 (3.960%) UML
7 3 (2.970%) Bioinformatics
7 3 (2.970%) TDD
7 3 (2.970%) Mobile Application Development
7 3 (2.970%) Web Application Development
8 2 (1.980%) Dependency Injection
8 2 (1.980%) Domain-Driven Design
8 2 (1.980%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 56 (55.45%) C#
2 39 (38.61%) JavaScript
3 29 (28.71%) SQL
4 28 (27.72%) VB.NET
5 17 (16.83%) PHP
6 16 (15.84%) T-SQL
7 15 (14.85%) Java
8 10 (9.901%) C++
8 10 (9.901%) ActionScript
9 9 (8.911%) ActionScript 3.0
10 6 (5.941%) C
11 4 (3.960%) Groovy
12 3 (2.970%) Python
12 3 (2.970%) MATLAB
12 3 (2.970%) R
13 1 (0.990%) Progress 4GL
13 1 (0.990%) RPG
13 1 (0.990%) Perl
13 1 (0.990%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.990%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 7 (6.931%) Degree
2 3 (2.970%) PhD
3 2 (1.980%) MCTS
3 2 (1.980%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.980%) MCP
3 2 (1.980%) MCAD
3 2 (1.980%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.990%) SLA
1 1 (0.990%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.990%) OpenView
1 1 (0.990%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (0.990%) SolarWinds Orion
1 1 (0.990%) Cacti
Vendors
1 27 (26.73%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.901%) Oracle
3 8 (7.921%) Facebook
4 4 (3.960%) Google
4 4 (3.960%) JBoss
5 1 (0.990%) Progress
5 1 (0.990%) Cisco
5 1 (0.990%) HP
5 1 (0.990%) Citrix
5 1 (0.990%) SolarWinds
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