The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 38 43 62
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 9 20 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.125% 5.602% 1.168%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.261% 5.698% 1.202%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 5
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -22.22%
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
276 351 416
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.83% 98.32% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 217 237 310
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,100 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
Hertfordshire

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Watford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Watford Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 18 (69.23%) Degree
2 16 (61.54%) SQL Server
3 15 (57.69%) .NET
3 15 (57.69%) C#
4 13 (50.00%) C++
4 13 (50.00%) C
4 13 (50.00%) Java
5 12 (46.15%) Delphi
5 12 (46.15%) SQL
5 12 (46.15%) ASP.NET
6 11 (42.31%) CSS
6 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
6 11 (42.31%) MVC
7 10 (38.46%) Handset
7 10 (38.46%) Firmware
7 10 (38.46%) VxWorks
7 10 (38.46%) Embedded Linux
7 10 (38.46%) Linux
7 10 (38.46%) UML
7 10 (38.46%) Python
7 10 (38.46%) Embedded C
7 10 (38.46%) Embedded Software Development
8 8 (30.77%) jQuery
9 7 (26.92%) SQL Server 2008
9 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
9 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
9 7 (26.92%) XML
10 6 (23.08%) SOAP
10 6 (23.08%) Web Services
10 6 (23.08%) VB.NET

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 15 (57.69%) .NET
2 12 (46.15%) ASP.NET
3 11 (42.31%) CSS
4 8 (30.77%) jQuery
5 7 (26.92%) XML
6 6 (23.08%) SOAP
6 6 (23.08%) Web Services
7 5 (19.23%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (19.23%) HTML
7 5 (19.23%) Ajax
8 4 (15.38%) DHTML
8 4 (15.38%) HTML5
8 4 (15.38%) CSS3
9 3 (11.54%) .NET Framework
9 3 (11.54%) XSL
10 2 (7.692%) XHTML
10 2 (7.692%) WinForms
10 2 (7.692%) REST
10 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET 2.0
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (61.54%) SQL Server
2 7 (26.92%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.846%) MS Access
General
1 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.692%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Firmware
1 10 (38.46%) Handset
2 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.692%) RIA
3 2 (7.692%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Linux
1 10 (38.46%) VxWorks
1 10 (38.46%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (15.38%) Windows
3 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) MVC
2 10 (38.46%) UML
2 10 (38.46%) Embedded Software Development
3 3 (11.54%) Web Application Development
3 3 (11.54%) OO
3 3 (11.54%) Scrum
3 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (11.54%) TDD
3 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.692%) B2B
4 2 (7.692%) Configuration Management
4 2 (7.692%) Web Development
5 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (57.69%) C#
2 13 (50.00%) C++
2 13 (50.00%) Java
2 13 (50.00%) C
3 12 (46.15%) SQL
3 12 (46.15%) Delphi
4 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
5 10 (38.46%) Python
5 10 (38.46%) Embedded C
6 6 (23.08%) VB.NET
7 2 (7.692%) VBScript
7 2 (7.692%) VB
8 1 (3.846%) VB6
8 1 (3.846%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
2 2 (7.692%) ISO 9001
2 2 (7.692%) TickIT
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
Watford, Hertfordshire
The successful Software Engineer / Developer will need to have a degree and at least 1 year commercial experience using C#, .Net and SQL Server, preferably in a Windows...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + 25 Days, 5% Pension, HC
Posted: 14 May 2013