The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Watford 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 23 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 5 2 7
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 72 128 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 25.09% 36.57% 26.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.18% 37.21% 27.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60 91 98
Average salary £35,000 £38,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% -9.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
275 344 439
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.82% 98.29% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 220 232 329
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
Hertfordshire

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Watford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Watford Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

1 101 (51.79%) JavaScript
2 89 (45.64%) SQL
3 84 (43.08%) CSS
4 79 (40.51%) SQL Server
5 74 (37.95%) .NET
6 71 (36.41%) C#
7 64 (32.82%) HTML
8 62 (31.79%) Java
8 62 (31.79%) XML
9 58 (29.74%) ASP.NET
10 46 (23.59%) Retail
11 45 (23.08%) E-Commerce
12 42 (21.54%) Finance
13 39 (20.00%) jQuery
14 38 (19.49%) MVC
15 36 (18.46%) SQL Server 2008
16 35 (17.95%) Ajax
16 35 (17.95%) Web Development
17 34 (17.44%) OO
17 34 (17.44%) Web Services
17 34 (17.44%) JSP
17 34 (17.44%) Oracle
18 31 (15.90%) HTML5
18 31 (15.90%) Degree
19 30 (15.38%) C++
19 30 (15.38%) XHTML
20 27 (13.85%) UNIX
21 25 (12.82%) Microsoft
22 24 (12.31%) Manufacturing
23 23 (11.79%) PHP

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 84 (43.08%) CSS
2 74 (37.95%) .NET
3 64 (32.82%) HTML
4 62 (31.79%) XML
5 58 (29.74%) ASP.NET
6 39 (20.00%) jQuery
7 35 (17.95%) Ajax
8 34 (17.44%) Web Services
8 34 (17.44%) JSP
9 31 (15.90%) HTML5
10 30 (15.38%) XHTML
11 23 (11.79%) J2EE
11 23 (11.79%) .NET Framework
12 21 (10.77%) SOAP
13 17 (8.718%) DHTML
13 17 (8.718%) JSTL
13 17 (8.718%) CSS3
14 16 (8.205%) WebSphere
15 13 (6.667%) WPF
16 12 (6.154%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 12 (6.154%) WebSphere Application Server
2 9 (4.615%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.615%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (3.590%) NetWeaver
4 5 (2.564%) Apache
4 5 (2.564%) CMS
5 4 (2.051%) Magento
6 3 (1.538%) ColdFusion
6 3 (1.538%) ESB
7 2 (1.026%) WordPress
7 2 (1.026%) SAS
7 2 (1.026%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.026%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.513%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.513%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (10.26%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.564%) Photoshop
3 4 (2.051%) FastStats
4 1 (0.513%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 5 (2.564%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.564%) Intranet
1 5 (2.564%) Internet
2 3 (1.538%) HTTP
3 1 (0.513%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (40.51%) SQL Server
2 36 (18.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 23 (11.79%) DB2
4 19 (9.744%) MySQL
5 17 (8.718%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (4.103%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (4.103%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.564%) Informix
7 5 (2.564%) SAP BW
7 5 (2.564%) RDBMS
8 4 (2.051%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (1.538%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (1.026%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.026%) Berkeley DB
11 1 (0.513%) SQL Server 2012
11 1 (0.513%) MS Access
11 1 (0.513%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (8.205%) Visual Studio
2 15 (7.692%) Eclipse
3 11 (5.641%) JUnit
4 9 (4.615%) Rational Application Developer
4 9 (4.615%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 7 (3.590%) Expression Blend
6 5 (2.564%) Subversion
7 3 (1.538%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (1.026%) Qt Creator
8 2 (1.026%) Git (software)
8 2 (1.026%) Maven
8 2 (1.026%) GCC
9 1 (0.513%) PhoneGap
9 1 (0.513%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.513%) Dreamweaver
General
1 46 (23.59%) Retail
2 42 (21.54%) Finance
3 24 (12.31%) Manufacturing
4 16 (8.205%) Games
5 9 (4.615%) Marketing
6 5 (2.564%) Advertising
7 2 (1.026%) Banking
7 2 (1.026%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.513%) Publishing
8 1 (0.513%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.205%) W3C
2 10 (5.128%) Handset
2 10 (5.128%) Firmware
3 7 (3.590%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.077%) Kindle
4 6 (3.077%) Mobile App
4 6 (3.077%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.051%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.538%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.538%) Web 2.0
6 3 (1.538%) FMCG
6 3 (1.538%) RIA
7 1 (0.513%) New Media
7 1 (0.513%) iPhone
7 1 (0.513%) SaaS
7 1 (0.513%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.85%) UNIX
2 19 (9.744%) Windows
2 19 (9.744%) Linux
3 10 (5.128%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (5.128%) VxWorks
4 8 (4.103%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (0.513%) AIX
5 1 (0.513%) Solaris
5 1 (0.513%) Android
5 1 (0.513%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (23.08%) E-Commerce
2 38 (19.49%) MVC
3 35 (17.95%) Web Development
4 34 (17.44%) OO
5 19 (9.744%) TDD
5 19 (9.744%) Web Application Development
6 17 (8.718%) Content Management
7 16 (8.205%) Software Engineering
7 16 (8.205%) Agile Software Development
7 16 (8.205%) B2B
8 10 (5.128%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (5.128%) OOD
8 10 (5.128%) SOA
8 10 (5.128%) UML
8 10 (5.128%) CRM
8 10 (5.128%) Embedded Software Development
9 9 (4.615%) RAD
9 9 (4.615%) Scrum
10 8 (4.103%) ETL
11 7 (3.590%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 101 (51.79%) JavaScript
2 89 (45.64%) SQL
3 71 (36.41%) C#
4 62 (31.79%) Java
5 30 (15.38%) C++
6 23 (11.79%) PHP
7 18 (9.231%) Delphi
8 16 (8.205%) T-SQL
9 15 (7.692%) Perl
10 14 (7.179%) C
11 12 (6.154%) VB.NET
12 10 (5.128%) Embedded C
12 10 (5.128%) Shell Script
12 10 (5.128%) Python
13 9 (4.615%) ABAP
13 9 (4.615%) VBScript
13 9 (4.615%) Bash shell
14 8 (4.103%) VB
15 7 (3.590%) PL/SQL
15 7 (3.590%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 31 (15.90%) Degree
2 9 (4.615%) Sun Certification
2 9 (4.615%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.051%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.513%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.615%) QA
2 8 (4.103%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.026%) TickIT
Vendors
1 34 (17.44%) Oracle
2 25 (12.82%) Microsoft
3 12 (6.154%) IBM
4 10 (5.128%) SAP
5 9 (4.615%) Sun
6 6 (3.077%) Demandware
7 5 (2.564%) Adobe
8 3 (1.538%) Business Objects
9 2 (1.026%) hybris
9 2 (1.026%) DevExpress
9 2 (1.026%) ATG
10 1 (0.513%) Thunderhead
10 1 (0.513%) Sencha
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