The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. 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 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 43 46 71
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 50 52 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 4.049% 4.460% 1.437%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.129% 4.565% 1.512%
Number of salaries quoted 48 52 13
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £22,500 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £44,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1211 1139 992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 98.06% 97.68% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1093 1005 911
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
UK

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Wales Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Wales Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales -5 36 £33,750 -3.57%
North Wales +3 10 £40,000 +35.59%
Software Developer
UK

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 55 (48.25%) C++
2 53 (46.49%) .NET
3 52 (45.61%) SQL
4 49 (42.98%) SQL Server
5 46 (40.35%) OO
6 43 (37.72%) HTML
6 43 (37.72%) JavaScript
7 41 (35.96%) C#
8 33 (28.95%) Finance
9 29 (25.44%) ASP.NET
9 29 (25.44%) Oracle
10 23 (20.18%) CSS
11 21 (18.42%) Agile Software Development
12 20 (17.54%) PHP
12 20 (17.54%) Java
13 17 (14.91%) Microsoft
13 17 (14.91%) ColdFusion
13 17 (14.91%) Web Development
14 16 (14.04%) VB.NET
14 16 (14.04%) Windows
15 14 (12.28%) jQuery
16 13 (11.40%) SQL Server 2008
16 13 (11.40%) XML
16 13 (11.40%) MVC
17 11 (9.649%) .NET Framework
18 9 (7.895%) MVVM
18 9 (7.895%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 9 (7.895%) OOP
18 9 (7.895%) XHTML
19 8 (7.018%) VC++

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 53 (46.49%) .NET
2 43 (37.72%) HTML
3 29 (25.44%) ASP.NET
4 23 (20.18%) CSS
5 14 (12.28%) jQuery
6 13 (11.40%) XML
7 11 (9.649%) .NET Framework
8 9 (7.895%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 9 (7.895%) XHTML
9 7 (6.140%) WPF
9 7 (6.140%) Ajax
10 6 (5.263%) Silverlight
11 4 (3.509%) WCF
11 4 (3.509%) WinForms
12 3 (2.632%) HTML5
13 2 (1.754%) LINQ
13 2 (1.754%) Django
13 2 (1.754%) Flash
13 2 (1.754%) Web Services
14 1 (0.877%) STL
Application Platforms
1 17 (14.91%) ColdFusion
2 2 (1.754%) Windows Azure
3 1 (0.877%) CMS
3 1 (0.877%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.877%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.877%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.877%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 2 (1.754%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (6.140%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (42.98%) SQL Server
2 13 (11.40%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (6.140%) MySQL
4 6 (5.263%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.877%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.877%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.877%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.877%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.386%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.877%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.877%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 33 (28.95%) Finance
2 8 (7.018%) Advertising
3 7 (6.140%) Billing
4 2 (1.754%) Retail
5 1 (0.877%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.509%) Computer Science
2 1 (0.877%) N-Tier
2 1 (0.877%) LIMS
2 1 (0.877%) Health Informatics
2 1 (0.877%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.04%) Windows
2 1 (0.877%) UNIX
2 1 (0.877%) Linux
2 1 (0.877%) Windows 8
2 1 (0.877%) Windows Phone 8
2 1 (0.877%) Windows Phone
2 1 (0.877%) Android
2 1 (0.877%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (40.35%) OO
2 21 (18.42%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (14.91%) Web Development
4 13 (11.40%) MVC
5 9 (7.895%) MVVM
5 9 (7.895%) OOP
6 8 (7.018%) CRM
7 7 (6.140%) Release Management
7 7 (6.140%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (4.386%) E-Commerce
9 3 (2.632%) UML
9 3 (2.632%) OOD
9 3 (2.632%) SOA
10 2 (1.754%) TDD
10 2 (1.754%) Unit Testing
10 2 (1.754%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (1.754%) Web Design
10 2 (1.754%) Scrum
10 2 (1.754%) OOA/OOD
11 1 (0.877%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 55 (48.25%) C++
2 52 (45.61%) SQL
3 43 (37.72%) JavaScript
4 41 (35.96%) C#
5 20 (17.54%) PHP
5 20 (17.54%) Java
6 16 (14.04%) VB.NET
7 8 (7.018%) VC++
8 6 (5.263%) VB
9 4 (3.509%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.632%) VB6
11 2 (1.754%) Python
12 1 (0.877%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 5 (4.386%) Degree
Vendors
1 29 (25.44%) Oracle
2 17 (14.91%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.754%) Twitter
4 1 (0.877%) Sitecore