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This section looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6366
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads264231
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.139 %0.095 %
As % of the category below3.178 %2.805 %
Salaries quoted246194
Average minimum salary£29,229£26,889
Average salary£31,305£29,851
% change on same period last year+4.87 %
Average maximum salary£33,381£32,813
UK excluding London average salary£33,498£32,710
% change on same period last year+2.41 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads83068236
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.385 %3.373 %
Salaries quoted70537067
Average minimum salary£32,958£33,465
Average salary£35,879£36,265
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
Average maximum salary£38,800£39,065
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Programmer EnglandProgrammer
England

Programmer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Midlands Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamDown-980£30,856+3.60 %
WorcestershireUp+144£27,244-10.13 %
WarwickshireUp+1840£35,695+22.12 %
CoventryUp+739£31,081+13.36 %
WolverhamptonUp+510£32,000+6.66 %
StaffordshireDown-188£28,917-1.72 %
HerefordshireDown-236£34,417+5.89 %
ShropshireDown-125£30,500-12.54 %
WalsallDown-64£33,125+8.60 %
SmethwickNew entry-3£26,500-
HalesowenNew entry-2£37,500-
SolihullDown-172£28,750+5.14 %
DudleyDown-101£38,000+12.03 %
Programmer EnglandProgrammer
England

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1219 (41.56 %).NET
2183 (34.72 %)SQL
3144 (27.32 %)SQL Server
4126 (23.91 %)ASP.NET
5117 (22.20 %)VB.NET
6116 (22.01 %)C#
7111 (21.06 %)XML
8109 (20.68 %)HTML
9100 (18.98 %)Finance
1086 (16.32 %)C
1184 (15.94 %)ASP
1274 (14.04 %)C++
1372 (13.66 %)JavaScript
1372 (13.66 %)Oracle
1372 (13.66 %)Microsoft
1471 (13.47 %)Degree
1570 (13.28 %)Java
1667 (12.71 %)VB
1761 (11.57 %)Windows
1856 (10.63 %)Pensions
1944 (8.349 %)MS Excel
2042 (7.970 %)XSLT
2141 (7.780 %)UNIX
2240 (7.590 %)PL/SQL
2338 (7.211 %)Perl
2338 (7.211 %)SQL Server 2000
2437 (7.021 %)RPG
2437 (7.021 %)Computer Science
2536 (6.831 %)AS400
2635 (6.641 %)Education

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1219 (41.56 %).NET
2126 (23.91 %)ASP.NET
3111 (21.06 %)XML
4109 (20.68 %)HTML
584 (15.94 %)ASP
642 (7.970 %)XSLT
735 (6.641 %)CSS
833 (6.262 %)MFC
927 (5.123 %).NET Framework
1021 (3.985 %)CGI
1120 (3.795 %)WebServices
1217 (3.226 %)ATL
1316 (3.036 %)XHTML
1414 (2.657 %)WinForms
1414 (2.657 %)AJAX
1512 (2.277 %)JSP
1611 (2.087 %)DCOM
1710 (1.898 %)STL
1710 (1.898 %)J2EE
1710 (1.898 %)J2SE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (6.641 %)SharePoint
228 (5.313 %)CMS
324 (4.554 %)IIS
416 (3.036 %)Tomcat
59 (1.708 %)Apache
59 (1.708 %)OpenEdge
64 (0.759 %)SAS
72 (0.380 %)TeamSite
81 (0.190 %)CICS
81 (0.190 %)NetWeaver
81 (0.190 %)MQSeries
81 (0.190 %)Oracle Application Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
144 (8.349 %)MS Excel
29 (1.708 %)Photoshop
38 (1.518 %)MS Office
46 (1.139 %)PrintSoft PReS
55 (0.949 %)MS Visio
64 (0.759 %)MS Project
64 (0.759 %)MATLAB
73 (0.569 %)3ds Max
82 (0.380 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.190 %)DOC1
91 (0.190 %)Fireworks
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.759 %)JDE OneWorld
14 (0.759 %)MFGPRO
14 (0.759 %)GraphTalk
22 (0.380 %)Dynamics NAV
22 (0.380 %)Oracle Financials
22 (0.380 %)Oracle 11i
22 (0.380 %)PeopleSoft Financials
22 (0.380 %)Great Plains
22 (0.380 %)Axapta
22 (0.380 %)Navision
22 (0.380 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.380 %)SAP CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (2.846 %)Internet
212 (2.277 %)TCP/IP
35 (0.949 %)Intranet
35 (0.949 %)Wireless
42 (0.380 %)Extranet
51 (0.190 %)2G
51 (0.190 %)HTTP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1144 (27.32 %)SQL Server
238 (7.211 %)SQL Server 2000
333 (6.262 %)SQL Server 2005
425 (4.744 %)SQL Server 7
425 (4.744 %)TOAD
425 (4.744 %)Oracle 9i
514 (2.657 %)MySQL
610 (1.898 %)Oracle 10g
79 (1.708 %)InterBase
79 (1.708 %)UniData
88 (1.518 %)BusinessObjects
96 (1.139 %)Crystal Reports
105 (0.949 %)Informix
105 (0.949 %)Oracle Reports
105 (0.949 %)ETL
105 (0.949 %)Datawarehouse
105 (0.949 %)SQLPlus
105 (0.949 %)BusinessObjects XI
105 (0.949 %)GIS
114 (0.759 %)DataStage
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (2.846 %)Visual Studio
212 (2.277 %)Oracle Forms
310 (1.898 %)Dreamweaver
49 (1.708 %)Flash
58 (1.518 %)Visual LANSA
65 (0.949 %)WebSpeed
74 (0.759 %)COOL2E
74 (0.759 %)Eclipse
74 (0.759 %)Synon
82 (0.380 %)Advantage 2E
91 (0.190 %)Ant
91 (0.190 %)JUnit
91 (0.190 %)Subversion
91 (0.190 %)Visual Studio Team System
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1100 (18.98 %)Finance
256 (10.63 %)Pensions
335 (6.641 %)Education
430 (5.693 %)Health
529 (5.503 %)Insurance
623 (4.364 %)Games
720 (3.795 %)Retail
819 (3.605 %)Law
916 (3.036 %)Manufacturing
109 (1.708 %)Banking
118 (1.518 %)Telecoms
118 (1.518 %)Automotive
126 (1.139 %)Government
135 (0.949 %)Financial Institution
144 (0.759 %)Electric
144 (0.759 %)Legal
144 (0.759 %)Marketing
144 (0.759 %)Billing
153 (0.569 %)Graphic Design
153 (0.569 %)3D Graphics
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (7.021 %)Computer Science
236 (6.831 %)AS400
324 (4.554 %)Mathematics
410 (1.898 %)Client/Server
58 (1.518 %)N-Tier
64 (0.759 %)SCADA
73 (0.569 %)W3C
73 (0.569 %)IVR
73 (0.569 %)Speech Recognition
82 (0.380 %)Mainframe
82 (0.380 %)Physics
91 (0.190 %)French Language
91 (0.190 %)German Language
91 (0.190 %)IBM Mainframe
91 (0.190 %)Management Information System
91 (0.190 %)BBC
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
161 (11.57 %)Windows
241 (7.780 %)UNIX
325 (4.744 %)Solaris
46 (1.139 %)AIX
54 (0.759 %)Linux
63 (0.569 %)Windows XP
71 (0.190 %)zOS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (4.554 %)OO
218 (3.416 %)Contact Management
317 (3.226 %)Logistics
317 (3.226 %)Web Development
413 (2.467 %)Data Analysis
512 (2.277 %)Business Analysis
611 (2.087 %)Content Management
611 (2.087 %)System Testing
710 (1.898 %)Unit Testing
89 (1.708 %)User Acceptance Testing
98 (1.518 %)SEO
98 (1.518 %)CRM
98 (1.518 %)OOP
107 (1.328 %)Business Intelligence
107 (1.328 %)Fund Management
116 (1.139 %)Software Testing
125 (0.949 %)CAD
125 (0.949 %)Project Management
125 (0.949 %)E-Commerce
125 (0.949 %)ERP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1183 (34.72 %)SQL
2117 (22.20 %)VB.NET
3116 (22.01 %)C#
486 (16.32 %)C
574 (14.04 %)C++
672 (13.66 %)JavaScript
770 (13.28 %)Java
867 (12.71 %)VB
940 (7.590 %)PL/SQL
1038 (7.211 %)Perl
1137 (7.021 %)RPG
1234 (6.452 %)Pascal
1328 (5.313 %)PHP
1427 (5.123 %)VB6
1521 (3.985 %)VC++
1521 (3.985 %)Progress 4GL
1619 (3.605 %)Shell Script
1619 (3.605 %)Delphi
1714 (2.657 %)COBOL
1813 (2.467 %)DHTML
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
171 (13.47 %)Degree
26 (1.139 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (1.139 %)MCAD
26 (1.139 %)MCSD
31 (0.190 %)HND
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.139 %)QA
25 (0.949 %)WAI
34 (0.759 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.190 %)NDS
11 (0.190 %)Terminal Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
172 (13.66 %)Oracle
172 (13.66 %)Microsoft
228 (5.313 %)Interwoven
323 (4.364 %)Progress
410 (1.898 %)IBM
410 (1.898 %)Borland
59 (1.708 %)SAP
68 (1.518 %)Business Objects
68 (1.518 %)LANSA
77 (1.328 %)Cognos
77 (1.328 %)JD Edwards
85 (0.949 %)Adobe
85 (0.949 %)Sun
85 (0.949 %)Micro Focus
94 (0.759 %)Sybase
103 (0.569 %)TIBCO
112 (0.380 %)Northgate
112 (0.380 %)PeopleSoft
112 (0.380 %)Epicor
112 (0.380 %)Agresso
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