The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Programmer 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Programmer
Rank 197 182 155
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Programmer 7 2 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.140% 0.044% 0.403%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.146% 0.046% 0.420%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 17
Average salary £40,000 £34,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.78% -2.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £31,250 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £45,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +9.75%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4806 4353 4043
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.97% 95.88% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3989 3821 3443
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%
Senior Programmer
England

Senior Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Senior Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Programmer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Senior Programmer Salary Trend

Senior Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Programmer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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 - 7 £40,000 -
Senior Programmer
England

Senior Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Senior 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 Senior Programmer in their job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Delphi
1 7 (58.33%) OO
2 5 (41.67%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (41.67%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) Retail
3 4 (33.33%) VB6
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) VB
3 4 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
4 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) MVC
5 1 (8.333%) Scrum
5 1 (8.333%) Investment Banking
5 1 (8.333%) Banking
5 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
5 1 (8.333%) HTTP
5 1 (8.333%) SQL
5 1 (8.333%) HTML
5 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
5 1 (8.333%) Web Services
5 1 (8.333%) Web Application Development
5 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (8.333%) HTML5

Senior Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Senior 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 Senior Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (41.67%) .NET
2 1 (8.333%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
2 1 (8.333%) Web Services
2 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (8.333%) HTML5
2 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 1 (8.333%) WCF
2 1 (8.333%) jQuery
2 1 (8.333%) Ajax
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 4 (33.33%) Retail
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Investment Banking
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) OO
2 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.333%) MVC
4 1 (8.333%) Scrum
4 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.333%) Web Application Development
4 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Delphi
2 5 (41.67%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) VB6
3 4 (33.33%) Java
3 4 (33.33%) VB
3 4 (33.33%) VB.NET
4 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA