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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the West Yorkshire 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads14701767
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.813 %0.741 %
As % of the category below29.69 %30.11 %
Salaries quoted13361511
Average minimum salary£29,516£27,978
Average salary£31,944£30,453
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
Average maximum salary£34,373£32,929
UK excluding London average salary£33,926£34,033
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads49515869
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.740 %2.461 %
Salaries quoted40514891
Average minimum salary£31,108£31,325
Average salary£33,605£34,029
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Average maximum salary£36,102£36,733
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Developer YorkshireDeveloper
Yorkshire

Developer
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Yorkshire Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
LeedsNo change0953£32,248+3.23 %
HalifaxNo change0182£32,760+11.12 %
BradfordDown-7143£32,624+14.24 %
HuddersfieldUp+168£31,121+11.02 %
WakefieldUp+164£27,943-6.78 %
WetherbyUp+1537£28,031-3.62 %
BatleyDown-126£27,058-0.40 %
LiversedgeDown-411£32,333+7.77 %
PontefractUp+25£26,833-10.55 %
OtleyUp+25£23,750+11.11 %
DewsburyDown-14£24,500-
Hebden BridgeNew entry-2£33,500-
BingleyDown-62£30,000+4.65 %
CastlefordNew entry-1£35,000-
IlkleyNew entry-1£30,000-
Developer YorkshireDeveloper
Yorkshire

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited 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 Developer in their job title.

11990 (60.05 %).NET
21444 (43.57 %)SQL Server
31423 (42.94 %)C#
41305 (39.38 %)SQL
51131 (34.13 %)ASP.NET
6897 (27.07 %)XML
7746 (22.51 %)JavaScript
8711 (21.45 %)HTML
9655 (19.76 %)CSS
10635 (19.16 %)VB.NET
11624 (18.83 %)Java
12593 (17.89 %)VB
13585 (17.65 %)Oracle
14582 (17.56 %)Microsoft
15515 (15.54 %)OO
16417 (12.58 %)PHP
17414 (12.49 %)Finance
18412 (12.43 %)J2EE
19403 (12.16 %)SQL Server 2005
20396 (11.95 %)ASP
21359 (10.83 %)Degree
22340 (10.26 %)Visual Studio
23338 (10.20 %)XHTML
24329 (9.928 %)VB6
25325 (9.807 %)Web Development
26322 (9.716 %)MS Excel
27321 (9.686 %)AJAX
28309 (9.324 %)Windows
29276 (8.328 %)MySQL
30256 (7.725 %).NET Framework

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11990 (60.05 %).NET
21131 (34.13 %)ASP.NET
3897 (27.07 %)XML
4711 (21.45 %)HTML
5655 (19.76 %)CSS
6412 (12.43 %)J2EE
7396 (11.95 %)ASP
8338 (10.20 %)XHTML
9321 (9.686 %)AJAX
10256 (7.725 %).NET Framework
11240 (7.242 %)WebServices
12200 (6.035 %)JSP
13164 (4.949 %)XSLT
14154 (4.647 %)Hibernate
15144 (4.345 %)Spring
16140 (4.225 %)Servlets
17121 (3.651 %)ADO.NET
1890 (2.716 %)WinForms
1987 (2.625 %)WAP
2081 (2.444 %)EJB
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1166 (5.009 %)Apache
2139 (4.194 %)IIS
3113 (3.410 %)CMS
4111 (3.349 %)SharePoint
554 (1.629 %)BizTalk Server
645 (1.358 %)Tomcat
740 (1.207 %)WebLogic
837 (1.116 %)OpenEdge
931 (0.935 %)SonicMQ
1027 (0.815 %)Content Management Server
1125 (0.754 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1223 (0.694 %)JBoss
1322 (0.664 %)MQSeries
1421 (0.634 %)CICS
1518 (0.543 %)SAS
1616 (0.483 %)Documentum
1712 (0.362 %)WebLogic Portal
1811 (0.332 %)ColdFusion
198 (0.241 %)Lotus Notes
207 (0.211 %)WebSphere Application Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1322 (9.716 %)MS Excel
2150 (4.526 %)Photoshop
362 (1.871 %)Adobe Illustrator
434 (1.026 %)Fireworks
523 (0.694 %)MS Office
610 (0.302 %)PrintSoft PReS
77 (0.211 %)InfoPath
84 (0.121 %)MS Visio
93 (0.091 %)CA Clarity
93 (0.091 %)Spreadsheet
102 (0.060 %)MS PowerPoint
102 (0.060 %)Acrobat
102 (0.060 %)InDesign
111 (0.030 %)QuarkXPress
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (0.362 %)Microsoft CRM
210 (0.302 %)Dynamics CRM
37 (0.211 %)Navision
45 (0.151 %)SAP MM
45 (0.151 %)Siebel Analytics
54 (0.121 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
63 (0.091 %)Oracle Applications
72 (0.060 %)Staffware
72 (0.060 %)Axapta
81 (0.030 %)SAP HR
81 (0.030 %)WebTrends
81 (0.030 %)Oracle 11i
81 (0.030 %)Oracle EBS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1162 (4.888 %)Internet
2103 (3.108 %)Intranet
389 (2.686 %)SMS
415 (0.453 %)TCP/IP
514 (0.422 %)Extranet
611 (0.332 %)HTTP
611 (0.332 %)Broadband
75 (0.151 %)DNS
84 (0.121 %)3G
84 (0.121 %)FTP
92 (0.060 %)VPN
92 (0.060 %)WAN
92 (0.060 %)POP3
92 (0.060 %)Firewall
92 (0.060 %)IP Telephony
101 (0.030 %)2G
101 (0.030 %)SMTP
101 (0.030 %)VoIP
101 (0.030 %)DVB
101 (0.030 %)SAN
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11444 (43.57 %)SQL Server
2403 (12.16 %)SQL Server 2005
3276 (8.328 %)MySQL
4250 (7.544 %)SQL Server 2000
5117 (3.530 %)Crystal Reports
681 (2.444 %)Datawarehouse
779 (2.384 %)PostgreSQL
869 (2.082 %)Oracle 10g
957 (1.720 %)DB2
1055 (1.660 %)DTS
1153 (1.599 %)Oracle 9i
1252 (1.569 %)MS Access
1348 (1.448 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1447 (1.418 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1546 (1.388 %)Oracle Reports
1644 (1.328 %)RDBMS
1742 (1.267 %)ETL
1841 (1.237 %)OLAP
1930 (0.905 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
2023 (0.694 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1340 (10.26 %)Visual Studio
2196 (5.914 %)Flash
369 (2.082 %)Dreamweaver
464 (1.931 %)Oracle Forms
550 (1.509 %)Subversion
639 (1.177 %)Eclipse
737 (1.116 %)WebSpeed
825 (0.754 %)Ant
920 (0.604 %)JUnit
1018 (0.543 %)Visual Studio Team System
1115 (0.453 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1211 (0.332 %)NUnit
138 (0.241 %)JDeveloper
138 (0.241 %)ClearCase
145 (0.151 %)Synon
154 (0.121 %)Advantage 2E
161 (0.030 %)COOL2E
161 (0.030 %)InstallShield
161 (0.030 %)QuickTest Pro
161 (0.030 %)FrontPage
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1414 (12.49 %)Finance
2253 (7.634 %)Marketing
3161 (4.858 %)Pensions
4157 (4.737 %)Telecoms
5137 (4.134 %)Health
696 (2.897 %)Insurance
785 (2.565 %)Retail
858 (1.750 %)Education
955 (1.660 %)Banking
1048 (1.448 %)Manufacturing
1138 (1.147 %)Legal
1228 (0.845 %)Electronics
1228 (0.845 %)Financial Institution
1327 (0.815 %)Government
1426 (0.785 %)Law
1522 (0.664 %)Games
1620 (0.604 %)Publishing
1620 (0.604 %)Construction
1718 (0.543 %)Automotive
1817 (0.513 %)Advertising
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1149 (4.496 %)N-Tier
299 (2.987 %)Computer Science
367 (2.022 %)Web 2.0
438 (1.147 %)W3C
534 (1.026 %)EPoS
630 (0.905 %)Client/Server
724 (0.724 %)Management Information System
823 (0.694 %)RIA
921 (0.634 %)Social Network
1017 (0.513 %)Mainframe
1116 (0.483 %)E-Learning
1116 (0.483 %)IVR
1214 (0.422 %)NHS
1311 (0.332 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1311 (0.332 %)Equities
1311 (0.332 %)Derivative
149 (0.272 %)Blog
158 (0.241 %)Mathematics
165 (0.151 %)Firmware
174 (0.121 %)IPTV
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1309 (9.324 %)Windows
2173 (5.220 %)UNIX
3167 (5.039 %)Linux
460 (1.811 %)Windows XP
555 (1.660 %)Windows 2000
646 (1.388 %)Windows NT
726 (0.785 %)MVS
816 (0.483 %)Solaris
914 (0.422 %)Windows Server 2003
1011 (0.332 %)Windows Vista
119 (0.272 %)AIX
125 (0.151 %)Windows 2000 Server
134 (0.121 %)FreeBSD
143 (0.091 %)Debian
151 (0.030 %)Windows Server 2008
151 (0.030 %)VMS
151 (0.030 %)OS/390
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1515 (15.54 %)OO
2325 (9.807 %)Web Development
3252 (7.604 %)E-Commerce
4153 (4.617 %)UML
5117 (3.530 %)Content Management
6110 (3.319 %)Project Management
7103 (3.108 %)SOA
8100 (3.018 %)Business Intelligence
8100 (3.018 %)Unit Testing
995 (2.867 %)OOP
1078 (2.354 %)Web Design
1177 (2.323 %)Agile Software Development
1177 (2.323 %)Software Engineering
1275 (2.263 %)CRM
1275 (2.263 %)Migration
1374 (2.233 %)ERP
1450 (1.509 %)Workflow
1546 (1.388 %)Technical Architecture
1643 (1.298 %)Asset Management
1741 (1.237 %)Scrum
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11423 (42.94 %)C#
21305 (39.38 %)SQL
3746 (22.51 %)JavaScript
4635 (19.16 %)VB.NET
5624 (18.83 %)Java
6593 (17.89 %)VB
7417 (12.58 %)PHP
8329 (9.928 %)VB6
9176 (5.311 %)PL/SQL
10129 (3.893 %)C++
11120 (3.621 %)Transact-SQL
12111 (3.349 %)ActionScript
1363 (1.901 %)VBA
1461 (1.841 %)C
1558 (1.750 %)Perl
1649 (1.479 %)Delphi
1745 (1.358 %)VBScript
1840 (1.207 %)Progress 4GL
1929 (0.875 %)Shell Script
2026 (0.785 %)DHTML
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1359 (10.83 %)Degree
2123 (3.712 %)Microsoft Certification
355 (1.660 %)MCSD
434 (1.026 %)MCAD
531 (0.935 %)MCTS
622 (0.664 %)MCP
717 (0.513 %)MCSE
816 (0.483 %)HND
98 (0.241 %)Sun Certification
107 (0.211 %)PRINCE2 Certification
115 (0.151 %)HNC
122 (0.060 %)MCITP
131 (0.030 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
131 (0.030 %)MCDBA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (0.785 %)QA
217 (0.513 %)WAI
33 (0.091 %)Basel II
42 (0.060 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.030 %)SLA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.121 %)Active Directory
23 (0.091 %)Samba
32 (0.060 %)AquaLogic
32 (0.060 %)Squid
41 (0.030 %)NDS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1585 (17.65 %)Oracle
2582 (17.56 %)Microsoft
350 (1.509 %)Progress
444 (1.328 %)IBM
538 (1.147 %)SAP
636 (1.086 %)Adobe
734 (1.026 %)Vignette
831 (0.935 %)Cognos
831 (0.935 %)Google
924 (0.724 %)TIBCO
1019 (0.573 %)Business Objects
1019 (0.573 %)BEA
1117 (0.513 %)Epicor
1214 (0.422 %)Sun
1313 (0.392 %)Avaya
1411 (0.332 %)Tridion
1510 (0.302 %)Acxiom
1510 (0.302 %)Stellent
169 (0.272 %)Citrix
178 (0.241 %)Lotus