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This section looks at the demand for the Software Developer 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6188
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching permanent IT job ads271188
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.077 %
As % of the category below3.263 %2.283 %
Salaries quoted242171
Average minimum salary£29,298£28,279
Average salary£31,789£31,971
% change on same period last year-0.57 %
Average maximum salary£34,279£35,663
UK excluding London average salary£33,110£33,166
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
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 %
Software Developer EnglandSoftware Developer
England

Software Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer 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
BirminghamUp+1783£30,884+3.27 %
WorcestershireUp+1659£31,328-2.50 %
WarwickshireUp+1742£34,250+10.75 %
StaffordshireUp+636£31,067-16.81 %
CoventryUp+630£32,345+3.27 %
HerefordshireDown-1220£37,579+3.97 %
WolverhamptonDown-513£29,731+6.18 %
WalsallNew entry-8£26,438-
ShropshireDown-107£26,643+0.53 %
SolihullDown-285£28,375-5.60 %
DudleyNew entry-2£37,000-
SmethwickNew entry-1£37,000-
West BromwichNew entry-1£27,500-
Software Developer EnglandSoftware Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1353 (67.50 %).NET
2295 (56.41 %)C#
3248 (47.42 %)SQL Server
4239 (45.70 %)ASP.NET
5180 (34.42 %)VB.NET
6133 (25.43 %)Microsoft
7131 (25.05 %)C++
8127 (24.28 %)SQL
9126 (24.09 %)VB
10113 (21.61 %)Degree
11110 (21.03 %)Windows
12107 (20.46 %)JavaScript
1393 (17.78 %)Java
1487 (16.63 %)Finance
1579 (15.11 %)SQL Server 2005
1674 (14.15 %)HTML
1674 (14.15 %)ASP
1768 (13.00 %)XML
1866 (12.62 %).NET Framework
1965 (12.43 %)Web Development
2062 (11.85 %)OO
2160 (11.47 %)SQL Server 2000
2258 (11.09 %)Pensions
2354 (10.33 %)VB6
2452 (9.943 %)Visual Studio
2551 (9.751 %)C
2642 (8.031 %)Oracle
2739 (7.457 %)MS Excel
2835 (6.692 %)Linux
2933 (6.310 %)WinForms

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1353 (67.50 %).NET
2239 (45.70 %)ASP.NET
374 (14.15 %)HTML
374 (14.15 %)ASP
468 (13.00 %)XML
566 (12.62 %).NET Framework
633 (6.310 %)WinForms
729 (5.545 %)MFC
825 (4.780 %)CSS
825 (4.780 %)WebServices
924 (4.589 %)AJAX
1016 (3.059 %)ADO
1115 (2.868 %)J2EE
1214 (2.677 %)COM
1313 (2.486 %)XSL
1411 (2.103 %)XSLT
159 (1.721 %)STL
168 (1.530 %)XHTML
177 (1.338 %)OpenGL
186 (1.147 %)JSP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (0.956 %)Apache
24 (0.765 %)IIS
33 (0.574 %)Tomcat
42 (0.382 %)WebSphere Application Server
42 (0.382 %)CMS
42 (0.382 %)Oracle Application Server
42 (0.382 %)Oracle 10gAS
51 (0.191 %)Oracle Workflow
51 (0.191 %)SharePoint
51 (0.191 %)ColdFusion
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
139 (7.457 %)MS Excel
26 (1.147 %)AutoCAD
34 (0.765 %)MS Visio
42 (0.382 %)MATLAB
42 (0.382 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.765 %)Navision
23 (0.574 %)Misys Equation
32 (0.382 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.191 %)arcHouse
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (3.442 %)Internet
28 (1.530 %)Wireless
28 (1.530 %)GPRS
36 (1.147 %)TETRA
36 (1.147 %)3G
43 (0.574 %)GSM
52 (0.382 %)Intranet
61 (0.191 %)UMTS
61 (0.191 %)FTP
61 (0.191 %)SSH
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1248 (47.42 %)SQL Server
279 (15.11 %)SQL Server 2005
360 (11.47 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (3.059 %)Crystal Reports
416 (3.059 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
511 (2.103 %)DTS
68 (1.530 %)MySQL
68 (1.530 %)SQL Server 7
68 (1.530 %)SQL Server Integration Services
74 (0.765 %)RDBMS
83 (0.574 %)DB2
92 (0.382 %)Oracle 10g
92 (0.382 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.191 %)OLAP
101 (0.191 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.191 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.191 %)Oracle OLAP
101 (0.191 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101 (0.191 %)GIS
101 (0.191 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
152 (9.943 %)Visual Studio
211 (2.103 %)Subversion
35 (0.956 %)Visual LANSA
44 (0.765 %)NUnit
51 (0.191 %)CruiseControl
51 (0.191 %)Flash
51 (0.191 %)StarTeam
51 (0.191 %)JUnit
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
187 (16.63 %)Finance
258 (11.09 %)Pensions
333 (6.310 %)Health
418 (3.442 %)Education
515 (2.868 %)Insurance
611 (2.103 %)Telecoms
77 (1.338 %)Banking
77 (1.338 %)Marketing
77 (1.338 %)3D Graphics
77 (1.338 %)Law
86 (1.147 %)Manufacturing
86 (1.147 %)Retail
95 (0.956 %)Pharmaceutical
104 (0.765 %)Automotive
113 (0.574 %)Back Office
122 (0.382 %)Advertising
122 (0.382 %)Games
131 (0.191 %)Electric
131 (0.191 %)Electronics
131 (0.191 %)Financial Institution
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
133 (6.310 %)Mathematics
216 (3.059 %)AS400
315 (2.868 %)Computer Science
414 (2.677 %)SCADA
510 (1.912 %)PDA
68 (1.530 %)Physics
76 (1.147 %)Device Driver
76 (1.147 %)Client/Server
81 (0.191 %)N-Tier
81 (0.191 %)Firmware
81 (0.191 %)BBC
81 (0.191 %)IVR
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1110 (21.03 %)Windows
235 (6.692 %)Linux
36 (1.147 %)UNIX
45 (0.956 %)Windows Mobile
54 (0.765 %)Nucleus RTOS
54 (0.765 %)VxWorks
54 (0.765 %)ThreadX
63 (0.574 %)Windows XP
63 (0.574 %)Windows CE
71 (0.191 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.191 %)Solaris
71 (0.191 %)Windows Vista
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
165 (12.43 %)Web Development
262 (11.85 %)OO
328 (5.354 %)UML
423 (4.398 %)OOP
515 (2.868 %)CAD
612 (2.294 %)RUP
612 (2.294 %)Content Management
711 (2.103 %)CRM
711 (2.103 %)Configuration Management
810 (1.912 %)Business Intelligence
810 (1.912 %)Logistics
810 (1.912 %)Software Engineering
99 (1.721 %)Unit Testing
108 (1.530 %)Performance Management
108 (1.530 %)E-Commerce
117 (1.338 %)Project Management
117 (1.338 %)Unified Process
117 (1.338 %)Security Cleared
117 (1.338 %)System Testing
117 (1.338 %)Fund Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1295 (56.41 %)C#
2180 (34.42 %)VB.NET
3131 (25.05 %)C++
4127 (24.28 %)SQL
5126 (24.09 %)VB
6107 (20.46 %)JavaScript
793 (17.78 %)Java
854 (10.33 %)VB6
951 (9.751 %)C
1016 (3.059 %)Transact-SQL
1016 (3.059 %)RPG
1113 (2.486 %)Perl
1113 (2.486 %)Delphi
1113 (2.486 %)Tcl
129 (1.721 %)PHP
138 (1.530 %)VC++
145 (0.956 %)VBA
154 (0.765 %)PL/SQL
163 (0.574 %)DHTML
172 (0.382 %)Embedded C
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1113 (21.61 %)Degree
221 (4.015 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (1.530 %)MCSD
47 (1.338 %)MCAD
53 (0.574 %)MCP
62 (0.382 %)HND
62 (0.382 %)MCTS
71 (0.191 %)Sun Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.574 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1133 (25.43 %)Microsoft
242 (8.031 %)Oracle
37 (1.338 %)IBM
45 (0.956 %)LANSA
53 (0.574 %)Misys
62 (0.382 %)Sybase
62 (0.382 %)Business Objects
71 (0.191 %)Symbian
71 (0.191 %)Cisco
71 (0.191 %)Citrix
71 (0.191 %)Genesys
71 (0.191 %)Borland
71 (0.191 %)FatWire
71 (0.191 %)Adobe
71 (0.191 %)Sun
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