Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Yorkshire region.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank111
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads6267222109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire30.45 %30.84 %36.91 %
As % of the Job Titles category31.97 %31.88 %38.12 %
Salaries quoted5566521925
Average salary£32,500£30,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-4.760 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£40,000£39,600
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£33,000
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-1.510 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
195822655533
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire95.23 %96.75 %96.83 %
Salaries quoted168918284647
Average salary£35,000£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£20,000£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsNo change0382£32,500+10.16 %
BradfordNo change092£32,500+0.77 %
HalifaxNo change077£34,750+15.83 %
HuddersfieldDown-321£26,500-11.66 %
WakefieldNo change018£40,000+45.45 %
LiversedgeNew entry-5--
WetherbyUp+44£24,000-18.64 %
OtleyDown-33£23,000-4.16 %
CalderdaleNew entry-1£35,000-
CleckheatonNew entry-1£30,000-
BatleyNew entry-1£31,500-
Developer YorkshireDeveloper
Yorkshire

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1678 (56.55 %).NET
2454 (37.86 %)C#
3439 (36.61 %)SQL Server
4404 (33.69 %)SQL
5402 (33.53 %)JavaScript
6400 (33.36 %)ASP.NET
7358 (29.86 %)HTML
8345 (28.77 %)CSS
9237 (19.77 %)XML
10230 (19.18 %)VB.NET
11223 (18.60 %)PHP
12205 (17.10 %)Microsoft
13204 (17.01 %)Java
14176 (14.68 %)VB
15160 (13.34 %)SQL Server 2005
16139 (11.59 %)Oracle
17138 (11.51 %)AJAX
18136 (11.34 %)OO
19135 (11.26 %)MySQL
20117 (9.758 %)SharePoint
21116 (9.675 %)Web Services
22110 (9.174 %)Windows
23109 (9.091 %)Finance
24105 (8.757 %)Degree
25104 (8.674 %).NET Framework
25104 (8.674 %)MS Excel
26100 (8.340 %)Web Development
2798 (8.173 %)Spring
2897 (8.090 %)XHTML
2994 (7.840 %)T-SQL

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1678 (56.55 %).NET
2400 (33.36 %)ASP.NET
3358 (29.86 %)HTML
4345 (28.77 %)CSS
5237 (19.77 %)XML
6138 (11.51 %)AJAX
7116 (9.675 %)Web Services
8104 (8.674 %).NET Framework
998 (8.173 %)Spring
1097 (8.090 %)XHTML
1192 (7.673 %)ASP
1271 (5.922 %)Flash
1365 (5.421 %)J2EE
1456 (4.671 %)Hibernate
1555 (4.587 %)jQuery
1653 (4.420 %)WinForms
1743 (3.586 %)JSP
1840 (3.336 %)Silverlight
1932 (2.669 %)ADO.NET
2031 (2.585 %)LAMP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1117 (9.758 %)SharePoint
260 (5.004 %)SharePoint Server 2007
352 (4.337 %)Apache
443 (3.586 %)IIS
523 (1.918 %)Tomcat
621 (1.751 %)WebLogic
621 (1.751 %)ColdFusion
621 (1.751 %)CMS
720 (1.668 %)EPiServer
810 (0.834 %)OpenEdge
95 (0.417 %)Oracle Workflow
104 (0.334 %)SAS
104 (0.334 %)ESB
104 (0.334 %)Liferay
113 (0.250 %)BizTalk Server
113 (0.250 %)Commerce Server
122 (0.167 %)FormScape
122 (0.167 %)Commerce Server 2007
131 (0.083 %)Drupal
131 (0.083 %)Umbraco
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1104 (8.674 %)MS Excel
261 (5.088 %)Photoshop
346 (3.837 %)MS Office
416 (1.334 %)InfoPath
416 (1.334 %)Fireworks
511 (0.917 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.167 %)PrintSoft PReS
71 (0.083 %)MS PowerPoint
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (1.001 %)Oracle Applications
210 (0.834 %)Oracle EBS
36 (0.500 %)Oracle 11i
36 (0.500 %)Navision
41 (0.083 %)Pivotal CRM
41 (0.083 %)Dynamics NAV
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (2.669 %)Internet
229 (2.419 %)Intranet
317 (1.418 %)HTTP
411 (0.917 %)Extranet
56 (0.500 %)Kerberos
64 (0.334 %)FTP
71 (0.083 %)Broadband
71 (0.083 %)SMS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1439 (36.61 %)SQL Server
2160 (13.34 %)SQL Server 2005
3135 (11.26 %)MySQL
489 (7.423 %)SQL Server 2000
541 (3.420 %)SQL Server 2008
634 (2.836 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
729 (2.419 %)RDBMS
828 (2.335 %)SQL Server Integration Services
922 (1.835 %)Oracle Reports
1019 (1.585 %)Oracle 10g
1118 (1.501 %)BusinessObjects
1118 (1.501 %)Crystal Reports
1215 (1.251 %)Datawarehouse
1313 (1.084 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1411 (0.917 %)ETL
158 (0.667 %)MS Access
158 (0.667 %)OLAP
158 (0.667 %)GIS
166 (0.500 %)PostgreSQL
166 (0.500 %)Informix
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
174 (6.172 %)Visual Studio
244 (3.670 %)Dreamweaver
337 (3.086 %)JUnit
428 (2.335 %)Eclipse
428 (2.335 %)Team Foundation Server
521 (1.751 %)NUnit
618 (1.501 %)Oracle Forms
715 (1.251 %)Subversion
812 (1.001 %)QuickTest Pro
911 (0.917 %)Ant
109 (0.751 %)JDeveloper
118 (0.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
127 (0.584 %)WebSpeed
135 (0.417 %)Selenium
144 (0.334 %)FitNesse
152 (0.167 %)MyEclipse
152 (0.167 %)NetAdvantage
152 (0.167 %)Log4j
152 (0.167 %)PowerBuilder
152 (0.167 %)Maven
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1109 (9.091 %)Finance
260 (5.004 %)Health
359 (4.921 %)Marketing
450 (4.170 %)Insurance
544 (3.670 %)Education
638 (3.169 %)Pensions
721 (1.751 %)Graphic Design
820 (1.668 %)Legal
914 (1.168 %)Banking
914 (1.168 %)Retail
1012 (1.001 %)Publishing
1012 (1.001 %)Manufacturing
1012 (1.001 %)Telecoms
1111 (0.917 %)Pharmaceutical
1111 (0.917 %)Law
126 (0.500 %)Construction
126 (0.500 %)Government
135 (0.417 %)Financial Institution
144 (0.334 %)Animation
153 (0.250 %)Social Media
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
139 (3.253 %)Computer Science
221 (1.751 %)N-Tier
319 (1.585 %)W3C
414 (1.168 %)Client/Server
512 (1.001 %)Management Information System
611 (0.917 %)iPhone
79 (0.751 %)SaaS
88 (0.667 %)Chemistry
88 (0.667 %)NHS
96 (0.500 %)Multithreading
105 (0.417 %)Taxonomies
114 (0.334 %)Web 2.0
114 (0.334 %)Pocket PC
114 (0.334 %)Data Conversion
123 (0.250 %)iSeries
123 (0.250 %)Social Network
123 (0.250 %)AS400
132 (0.167 %)Clustering
132 (0.167 %)E-Learning
132 (0.167 %)EPoS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1110 (9.174 %)Windows
259 (4.921 %)Linux
330 (2.502 %)UNIX
44 (0.334 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (0.334 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (0.250 %)Windows XP
62 (0.167 %)Windows 2000
62 (0.167 %)Windows NT
62 (0.167 %)Mac OS
62 (0.167 %)Android
71 (0.083 %)Windows Server 2008
71 (0.083 %)Solaris
71 (0.083 %)Debian
71 (0.083 %)Windows Vista
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1136 (11.34 %)OO
2100 (8.340 %)Web Development
377 (6.422 %)UML
471 (5.922 %)Agile Software Development
558 (4.837 %)E-Commerce
651 (4.254 %)OOP
747 (3.920 %)Workflow
840 (3.336 %)MVC
939 (3.253 %)Web Design
1035 (2.919 %)SEO
1132 (2.669 %)Business Intelligence
1132 (2.669 %)Unit Testing
1231 (2.585 %)CRM
1329 (2.419 %)Project Management
1424 (2.002 %)Migration
1424 (2.002 %)Content Management
1523 (1.918 %)Scrum
1621 (1.751 %)User Acceptance Testing
1719 (1.585 %)Software Architecture
1817 (1.418 %)Continuous Integration
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1454 (37.86 %)C#
2404 (33.69 %)SQL
3402 (33.53 %)JavaScript
4230 (19.18 %)VB.NET
5223 (18.60 %)PHP
6204 (17.01 %)Java
7176 (14.68 %)VB
894 (7.840 %)T-SQL
987 (7.256 %)C++
1059 (4.921 %)PHP5
1157 (4.754 %)C
1253 (4.420 %)VB6
1335 (2.919 %)PL/SQL
1430 (2.502 %)PHP4
1522 (1.835 %)VBScript
1522 (1.835 %)ActionScript
1619 (1.585 %)VBA
1718 (1.501 %)Progress 4GL
187 (0.584 %)Perl
196 (0.500 %)ActionScript 2.0
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1105 (8.757 %)Degree
221 (1.751 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (0.667 %)MCTS
47 (0.584 %)MCP
55 (0.417 %)MCAD
55 (0.417 %)MCSD
55 (0.417 %)HND
64 (0.334 %)Sun Certification
64 (0.334 %)Security Cleared
71 (0.083 %)SC Cleared
71 (0.083 %)PRINCE2 Certification
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (1.668 %)QA
23 (0.250 %)ISO27001
32 (0.167 %)WAI
32 (0.167 %)HL7
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.167 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (0.083 %)Oracle RAC
21 (0.083 %)Terminal Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.083 %)Data Guard
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1205 (17.10 %)Microsoft
2139 (11.59 %)Oracle
325 (2.085 %)Adobe
418 (1.501 %)Business Objects
515 (1.251 %)Progress
613 (1.084 %)Anite
613 (1.084 %)Zend
711 (0.917 %)JBoss
88 (0.667 %)Vignette
88 (0.667 %)HP
96 (0.500 %)Sybase
96 (0.500 %)Cognos
96 (0.500 %)Google
104 (0.334 %)DevExpress
104 (0.334 %)Teradata
113 (0.250 %)Macromedia
122 (0.167 %)Quark
122 (0.167 %)Infragistics
122 (0.167 %)IBM
122 (0.167 %)Yahoo!