The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Walsall 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 18 June 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 Walsall region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 19 9 12
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 7 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 9.459% 6.250% 2.500%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.859% 6.250% 2.703%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 1
Average salary £29,000 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.76% +14.03%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
71 32 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 95.95% 100.00% 92.50%
Number of salaries quoted 69 30 37
Average salary £29,000 £30,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £20,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,400 £45,750 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
West Midlands

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 8 (88.89%) C#
1 8 (88.89%) .NET
1 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 7 (77.78%) ASP.NET
3 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
4 4 (44.44%) CSS
4 4 (44.44%) HTML
5 3 (33.33%) Telerik
5 3 (33.33%) Ajax
6 2 (22.22%) WinForms
6 2 (22.22%) SQL
6 2 (22.22%) jQuery
6 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (11.11%) HTML5
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (11.11%) C++
7 1 (11.11%) TickIT
7 1 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (11.11%) Scrum
7 1 (11.11%) Extreme Programming
7 1 (11.11%) XML
7 1 (11.11%) Windows
7 1 (11.11%) OO
7 1 (11.11%) CRM
7 1 (11.11%) Progress
7 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
7 1 (11.11%) Microsoft

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 8 (88.89%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) ASP.NET
3 4 (44.44%) CSS
3 4 (44.44%) HTML
4 3 (33.33%) Ajax
5 2 (22.22%) WinForms
5 2 (22.22%) jQuery
6 1 (11.11%) HTML5
6 1 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 1 (11.11%) WCF
6 1 (11.11%) WPF
6 1 (11.11%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) OO
1 1 (11.11%) CRM
1 1 (11.11%) Scrum
1 1 (11.11%) Extreme Programming
1 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
1 1 (11.11%) TickIT
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Telerik
2 1 (11.11%) Progress
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
Walsall, West Midlands
Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer C# / VB.Net / ASP.Net / SQL£35,000 - £40,000 plus fantastic benefitsSkills required: C# / VB.Net / ASP.Net / SQLA leading Global payment solutions...
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + fantastic benefits package
Posted: 6 June 2013