The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Developer
Rank 162 123 160
Rank change year-on-year
-39 +37
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 42 63 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.835% 1.382% 0.384%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.871% 1.442% 0.401%
Number of salaries quoted 39 54 15
Average salary £33,250 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,350 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £40,000 £40,800
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Developer
England

Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Developer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Applications Developer Salary Trend

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands Applications Developer Salary Histogram

Applications Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +8 11 £30,000 +5.26%
Birmingham -21 7 £30,000 -
Staffordshire -12 6 £23,500 -32.85%
Solihull - 4 £33,500 -
Coventry -32 3 £37,500 -
Walsall - 3 £34,250 -
Worcestershire -1 1 £30,000 -7.69%
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £29,000 -
Applications Developer
England

Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 63 (67.74%) .NET
2 52 (55.91%) C#
3 47 (50.54%) SQL
3 47 (50.54%) CSS
4 46 (49.46%) SQL Server
5 45 (48.39%) JavaScript
6 43 (46.24%) HTML
7 32 (34.41%) ASP.NET
8 30 (32.26%) Java
9 29 (31.18%) C++
10 28 (30.11%) VB.NET
11 27 (29.03%) Microsoft
12 25 (26.88%) PHP
13 24 (25.81%) Linux
14 23 (24.73%) Subversion
14 23 (24.73%) Ruby
15 21 (22.58%) Web Services
16 20 (21.51%) Mobile App
17 19 (20.43%) Visual Studio
17 19 (20.43%) Agile Software Development
18 17 (18.28%) UNIX
18 17 (18.28%) Ruby on Rails
19 16 (17.20%) PostgreSQL
19 16 (17.20%) MVC
20 15 (16.13%) LAMP
20 15 (16.13%) Perl
20 15 (16.13%) SQL Server 2008
21 14 (15.05%) jQuery
21 14 (15.05%) Oracle
22 13 (13.98%) Windows

Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 63 (67.74%) .NET
2 47 (50.54%) CSS
3 43 (46.24%) HTML
4 32 (34.41%) ASP.NET
5 21 (22.58%) Web Services
6 17 (18.28%) Ruby on Rails
7 15 (16.13%) LAMP
8 14 (15.05%) jQuery
9 13 (13.98%) WCF
9 13 (13.98%) Ajax
10 11 (11.83%) XML
11 10 (10.75%) XHTML
12 8 (8.602%) J2EE
12 8 (8.602%) .NET Framework
12 8 (8.602%) HTML5
13 6 (6.452%) ASP
13 6 (6.452%) Silverlight
13 6 (6.452%) ASP.NET MVC
14 4 (4.301%) iOS SDK
14 4 (4.301%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 10 (10.75%) Apache
2 9 (9.677%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.151%) NetWeaver
3 2 (2.151%) ColdFusion
3 2 (2.151%) SAP Portal
3 2 (2.151%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.075%) IIS
4 1 (1.075%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (11.83%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.075%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.151%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.075%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.075%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.075%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.83%) DHCP
2 9 (9.677%) Modbus
3 2 (2.151%) Intranet
4 1 (1.075%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.075%) HTTP
4 1 (1.075%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (49.46%) SQL Server
2 16 (17.20%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (16.13%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (7.527%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (5.376%) Oracle 8/8i
6 4 (4.301%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (4.301%) MySQL
7 3 (3.226%) SQLite
8 2 (2.151%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (2.151%) TOAD
8 2 (2.151%) Oracle Discoverer
8 2 (2.151%) DB2
8 2 (2.151%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (2.151%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (2.151%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (2.151%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (1.075%) MS Access
9 1 (1.075%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.075%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 23 (24.73%) Subversion
2 19 (20.43%) Visual Studio
3 7 (7.527%) JIRA
4 5 (5.376%) Selenium
4 5 (5.376%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (3.226%) Cucumber
5 3 (3.226%) RSpec
5 3 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (3.226%) WATIR
6 2 (2.151%) Xcode
6 2 (2.151%) Eclipse
6 2 (2.151%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 1 (1.075%) Maven
7 1 (1.075%) Git (software)
7 1 (1.075%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (1.075%) Ant
7 1 (1.075%) JUnit
7 1 (1.075%) CruiseControl
General
1 7 (7.527%) Finance
2 4 (4.301%) Retail
3 2 (2.151%) Automotive
3 2 (2.151%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.51%) Mobile App
2 12 (12.90%) Open Source
3 7 (7.527%) Pocket PC
4 6 (6.452%) Client/Server
5 4 (4.301%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.301%) Computer Science
5 4 (4.301%) SaaS
6 3 (3.226%) Blackberry
7 2 (2.151%) Device Driver
7 2 (2.151%) N-Tier
7 2 (2.151%) Social Media
8 1 (1.075%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 24 (25.81%) Linux
2 17 (18.28%) UNIX
3 13 (13.98%) Windows
4 10 (10.75%) Android
5 9 (9.677%) Windows Phone
6 8 (8.602%) Windows Mobile
6 8 (8.602%) Windows 8
6 8 (8.602%) Apple iOS
7 7 (7.527%) Windows Phone 8
7 7 (7.527%) Windows CE
8 2 (2.151%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.43%) Agile Software Development
2 16 (17.20%) MVC
3 11 (11.83%) OO
4 10 (10.75%) Scrum
5 9 (9.677%) Web Application Development
6 7 (7.527%) Web Development
6 7 (7.527%) Unit Testing
7 4 (4.301%) PRINCE
7 4 (4.301%) SOA
7 4 (4.301%) PRINCE2
7 4 (4.301%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (4.301%) Information Management
8 3 (3.226%) BDD
8 3 (3.226%) Automated Testing
8 3 (3.226%) CRM
8 3 (3.226%) OOD
9 2 (2.151%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.151%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (2.151%) RAD
9 2 (2.151%) UML
Programming Languages
1 52 (55.91%) C#
2 47 (50.54%) SQL
3 45 (48.39%) JavaScript
4 30 (32.26%) Java
5 29 (31.18%) C++
6 28 (30.11%) VB.NET
7 25 (26.88%) PHP
8 23 (24.73%) Ruby
9 15 (16.13%) Perl
10 12 (12.90%) ActionScript
11 10 (10.75%) Python
11 10 (10.75%) VB
11 10 (10.75%) PL/SQL
12 8 (8.602%) T-SQL
13 7 (7.527%) Embedded C++
14 4 (4.301%) Delphi
15 2 (2.151%) VC++
15 2 (2.151%) VB6
16 1 (1.075%) Bash shell
16 1 (1.075%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (9.677%) Degree
2 4 (4.301%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.075%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.226%) QA
2 1 (1.075%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.151%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 27 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.05%) Oracle
3 2 (2.151%) Citrix
3 2 (2.151%) VMware
3 2 (2.151%) SAP
3 2 (2.151%) Sybase
3 2 (2.151%) Telerik
4 1 (1.075%) Sencha
4 1 (1.075%) Zend
4 1 (1.075%) Apple
4 1 (1.075%) Mapinfo
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
ASP.Net Developer (ASP.NET/SQL/MVC) - London... Your primary focus will be on building a new application for online reporting using ASP.Net with Visual Studio 2010/...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £22000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
ASP.Net Developer (ASP.NET/SQL/MVC) - London... Your primary focus will be on building a new application for online reporting using ASP.Net with Visual Studio 2010/...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Our client is seeking a Web Application Developer you will have a background in software development working in Microsoft environments.
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Computer science background (OO design, design patterns, algorithms) Development experience in C#... Development experience of VB.NET and WPF. Good working knowledge of VB6... Exposure to WCF, SOA,...
Ticketmaster UK
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire
Key Skills * Comprehensive Ruby on Rails web development experience * Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix platforms * Java or C++ programming ability * UI Design with HTML, CSS & Javascript * Experience delivering...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Key Skills* Comprehensive Ruby on Rails web development experience* Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix platforms* Java or C++ programming ability* UI Design with HTML, CSS & Javascript* Experience delivering...
greywood
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
You will have: * Demonstrable customer facing experience and excellent communication skills and team focus;* Hands on experience of Web application and Web service development in a commercial environment...
BARCLAYS
Salary: Competitive salary plus excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
Applications Developer - C# Web MVC - CoventryHudson IT have partnered up with one of our main clients to source an Applications Developer to join their technical advanced and professional...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + extensive benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
West Midlands
Windows Mobile Application Developer - Mobile Apps : Pocket PC / Windows Mobile 5 / Mobile 6.5, C#.net, SQL Server experience - first project 6 months in Midlands - Midlands, London and...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £50000 to £55000 per annum - Pension, Life and Medical Insurance
Posted: 24 May 2013
Rugby, Warwickshire
We are looking to hire a senior web application developer with skills in the following required areas: - At least two years’ experience working with C# and ASP.NET (...
Sort-IT Biz Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Warwick, Warwickshire
Thorough knowledge of the UNIX/Linux environment - Ruby on Rails web application development - Relational database design - HTML, CSS and JavaScript experience - Unix/Linux scripting (Bash, Python, Perl) Desirable. -...
Softweb Resourcing Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum pension + bupa + More
Posted: 24 May 2013