The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 141 119 58
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 63 68 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.277% 1.506% 3.496%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.332% 1.569% 3.646%
Number of salaries quoted 63 54 137
Average salary £32,500 £31,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.36% -9.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,300 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £38,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4729 4333 3922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.88% 95.99% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3944 3788 3354
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £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%
Programmer
England

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Birmingham -4 27 £37,500 +23.96%
Staffordshire +8 17 £29,500 -17.48%
Warwickshire -3 5 £37,500 +25.00%
Walsall - 4 £21,500 -
Coventry -16 3 £32,076 +3.47%
Sutton Coldfield - 3 £37,500 -
Worcestershire 0 2 £40,000 +5.26%
Solihull -16 1 £22,500 -25.00%
Programmer
England

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 64 (53.78%) C#
2 62 (52.10%) .NET
3 41 (34.45%) SQL Server
4 39 (32.77%) JavaScript
5 35 (29.41%) CSS
6 32 (26.89%) ASP.NET
7 30 (25.21%) Java
7 30 (25.21%) SQL
8 27 (22.69%) HTML
9 26 (21.85%) jQuery
10 23 (19.33%) C++
11 22 (18.49%) PHP
11 22 (18.49%) OO
11 22 (18.49%) Computer Science
12 21 (17.65%) Web Services
13 20 (16.81%) Finance
14 19 (15.97%) Photoshop
14 19 (15.97%) Degree
14 19 (15.97%) Software Engineering
15 17 (14.29%) VB.NET
16 16 (13.45%) XML
16 16 (13.45%) Ajax
17 15 (12.61%) HTML5
17 15 (12.61%) MySQL
18 12 (10.08%) Subversion
18 12 (10.08%) WordPress
18 12 (10.08%) OOP
18 12 (10.08%) XHTML
18 12 (10.08%) Facebook
19 11 (9.244%) Adobe

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 62 (52.10%) .NET
2 35 (29.41%) CSS
3 32 (26.89%) ASP.NET
4 27 (22.69%) HTML
5 26 (21.85%) jQuery
6 21 (17.65%) Web Services
7 16 (13.45%) XML
7 16 (13.45%) Ajax
8 15 (12.61%) HTML5
9 12 (10.08%) XHTML
10 8 (6.723%) Flash
10 8 (6.723%) CSS3
11 6 (5.042%) Sass
11 6 (5.042%) LESS
11 6 (5.042%) Semantic HTML
12 5 (4.202%) .NET Framework
12 5 (4.202%) WCF
12 5 (4.202%) J2EE
13 4 (3.361%) J2SE
13 4 (3.361%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 12 (10.08%) WordPress
2 6 (5.042%) Magento
2 6 (5.042%) Joomla!
3 5 (4.202%) Drupal
3 5 (4.202%) CMS
4 3 (2.521%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.681%) Apache
5 2 (1.681%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.840%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.840%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.840%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.840%) IIS
Applications
1 19 (15.97%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.521%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.840%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.840%) Maya
3 1 (0.840%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.840%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.840%) SAP R/3
1 1 (0.840%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.840%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.840%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.840%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.882%) Intranet
2 4 (3.361%) HTTP
3 2 (1.681%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.840%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (34.45%) SQL Server
2 15 (12.61%) MySQL
3 9 (7.563%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (5.042%) SQL Server 2012
6 5 (4.202%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (3.361%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (3.361%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (2.521%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (1.681%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.681%) DB2
10 1 (0.840%) MS Access
10 1 (0.840%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.840%) DTS
10 1 (0.840%) SQLite
10 1 (0.840%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.840%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (10.08%) Subversion
2 11 (9.244%) Visual Studio
3 7 (5.882%) Flash Builder
4 5 (4.202%) JUnit
4 5 (4.202%) Eclipse
5 4 (3.361%) Zend Studio
5 4 (3.361%) Git (software)
5 4 (3.361%) NetBeans
6 3 (2.521%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (2.521%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.840%) Xcode
7 1 (0.840%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 1 (0.840%) Oracle Forms
General
1 20 (16.81%) Finance
2 7 (5.882%) Retail
3 6 (5.042%) Games
4 2 (1.681%) Front Office
4 2 (1.681%) Marketing
5 1 (0.840%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.840%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.840%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.49%) Computer Science
2 10 (8.403%) Open Source
3 7 (5.882%) Graphic Design
3 7 (5.882%) New Media
4 4 (3.361%) Mathematics
5 2 (1.681%) Physics
6 1 (0.840%) Social Network
6 1 (0.840%) iPhone
6 1 (0.840%) SaaS
6 1 (0.840%) Social Media
6 1 (0.840%) Heroku
6 1 (0.840%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.840%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.840%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.361%) Windows
2 3 (2.521%) Linux
2 3 (2.521%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.840%) UNIX
3 1 (0.840%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.49%) OO
2 19 (15.97%) Software Engineering
3 12 (10.08%) OOP
4 10 (8.403%) Web Application Development
5 9 (7.563%) OOD
6 6 (5.042%) MVC
6 6 (5.042%) Scrum
6 6 (5.042%) Web Development
7 5 (4.202%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (3.361%) CRM
8 4 (3.361%) ERP
8 4 (3.361%) Web Design
8 4 (3.361%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (2.521%) BPEL
9 3 (2.521%) Business Continuity
9 3 (2.521%) BCP
9 3 (2.521%) Service Delivery
9 3 (2.521%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (2.521%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (1.681%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 64 (53.78%) C#
2 39 (32.77%) JavaScript
3 30 (25.21%) SQL
3 30 (25.21%) Java
4 23 (19.33%) C++
5 22 (18.49%) PHP
6 17 (14.29%) VB.NET
7 10 (8.403%) VB
8 8 (6.723%) Delphi
9 7 (5.882%) ActionScript
9 7 (5.882%) ActionScript 3.0
10 6 (5.042%) VB6
11 5 (4.202%) C
11 5 (4.202%) PL/SQL
12 4 (3.361%) T-SQL
12 4 (3.361%) Python
13 3 (2.521%) VBA
13 3 (2.521%) Perl
14 2 (1.681%) Fortran
14 2 (1.681%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 19 (15.97%) Degree
2 1 (0.840%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.681%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.840%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.521%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 12 (10.08%) Facebook
2 11 (9.244%) Adobe
3 10 (8.403%) Oracle
3 10 (8.403%) Zend
4 8 (6.723%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.361%) Telerik
6 3 (2.521%) Baan
7 2 (1.681%) Sun
7 2 (1.681%) Mapinfo
7 2 (1.681%) TIBCO
7 2 (1.681%) webMethods
8 1 (0.840%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.840%) Teradata
8 1 (0.840%) Apple
8 1 (0.840%) SAP
8 1 (0.840%) Sage
8 1 (0.840%) Google
Telford, Shropshire
Keywords: Analyst, Programmer, Developer, C, VB, Java, C++, OO Language... Experience of the SDLC and exposure to an OO development language such as C/C++ is highly beneficial.
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £28000 per annum + Good Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Lichfield, West Midlands
You will work alongside a team of developers on a number of products, adhering to company procedures and becoming an expert in certain subjects for the clients and...
JAM
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a new team within this established global software focused business, a leader in their industry and expanding further- They are in...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: plus Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Lichfield, West Midlands
Sharing knowledge and building your expertise with the systems and solutions is an on-going requirement of this position, and will ensure your growth within the company.YouFor...
JAM
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced -Net Developer to join an established global eCommerce software focused business, a leader in their industry and expanding further- They...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: plus bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013