Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProgrammer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6948
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching permanent IT job ads143229
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.102 %
As % of the category below3.457 %3.974 %
Salaries quoted116201
Average minimum salary£27,121£26,386
Average salary£29,935£29,174
% change on same period last year+2.60 %
Average maximum salary£32,748£31,962
UK excluding London average salary£33,386£33,094
% change on same period last year+0.88 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads41375763
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.767 %2.571 %
Salaries quoted35274889
Average minimum salary£30,952£30,688
Average salary£33,610£33,286
% change on same period last year+0.97 %
Average maximum salary£36,268£35,884
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Programmer YorkshireProgrammer
Yorkshire

Programmer
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Programmer Salary Trend

Programmer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Programmer across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire Programmer Salary Histogram

Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Programmer within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
LeedsDown-1077£30,073-1.88 %
BradfordDown-736£28,205-10.83 %
HalifaxDown-730£30,400+27.85 %
HuddersfieldUp+820£26,650+7.79 %
WetherbyUp+62£23,500-21.66 %
WakefieldUp+51£27,500-6.18 %
Programmer YorkshireProgrammer
Yorkshire

Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1152 (43.18 %).NET
2142 (40.34 %)SQL
3134 (38.07 %)SQL Server
4108 (30.68 %)C#
595 (26.99 %)Microsoft
683 (23.58 %)ASP.NET
778 (22.16 %)VB
874 (21.02 %)VB.NET
971 (20.17 %)Finance
1056 (15.91 %)VB6
1155 (15.63 %)XML
1244 (12.50 %)RPG
1244 (12.50 %)Java
1341 (11.65 %)Degree
1439 (11.08 %)J2EE
1537 (10.51 %)Oracle
1537 (10.51 %)Pensions
1636 (10.23 %)MS Excel
1735 (9.943 %)OO
1735 (9.943 %)SQL Server 2005
1830 (8.523 %)PrintSoft PReS
1929 (8.239 %)ASP
2028 (7.955 %)Microsoft Certification
2126 (7.386 %)JavaScript
2224 (6.818 %)MCTS
2224 (6.818 %)SQL Server 2000
2323 (6.534 %)IBM
2422 (6.250 %)COBOL
2422 (6.250 %)DB2
2521 (5.966 %)Visual Studio

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1152 (43.18 %).NET
283 (23.58 %)ASP.NET
355 (15.63 %)XML
439 (11.08 %)J2EE
529 (8.239 %)ASP
620 (5.682 %)HTML
714 (3.977 %)ASP.NET 2.0
810 (2.841 %)CSS
810 (2.841 %)WebServices
99 (2.557 %)EJB
108 (2.273 %)XSL
108 (2.273 %).NET Framework
108 (2.273 %)AJAX
108 (2.273 %)XHTML
117 (1.989 %)WebSphere
126 (1.705 %)COM+
135 (1.420 %)XSLT
135 (1.420 %)SOAP
135 (1.420 %)WinForms
135 (1.420 %)Spring
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (5.966 %)CICS
215 (4.261 %)OpenEdge
314 (3.977 %)SharePoint
411 (3.125 %)Apache
59 (2.557 %)BizTalk Server
67 (1.989 %)SharePoint Server 2007
75 (1.420 %)WebSphere MQ
75 (1.420 %)IIS
82 (0.568 %)SAS
82 (0.568 %)SharePoint Portal Server
91 (0.284 %)WebLogic Portal
91 (0.284 %)CMS
91 (0.284 %)Zope
91 (0.284 %)Tomcat
91 (0.284 %)JBoss
91 (0.284 %)WebSphere Application Server
91 (0.284 %)WebLogic
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
136 (10.23 %)MS Excel
230 (8.523 %)PrintSoft PReS
314 (3.977 %)MS Office
42 (0.568 %)MS Visio
51 (0.284 %)Fireworks
51 (0.284 %)AutoCAD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (2.557 %)Oracle Applications
28 (2.273 %)Microsoft CRM
33 (0.852 %)Dynamics CRM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (2.273 %)Internet
25 (1.420 %)Intranet
34 (1.136 %)TCP/IP
43 (0.852 %)WAN
43 (0.852 %)FTP
51 (0.284 %)Ethernet
51 (0.284 %)VPN
51 (0.284 %)SSL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1134 (38.07 %)SQL Server
235 (9.943 %)SQL Server 2005
324 (6.818 %)SQL Server 2000
422 (6.250 %)DB2
517 (4.830 %)Crystal Reports
612 (3.409 %)MS Access
710 (2.841 %)MySQL
89 (2.557 %)PostgreSQL
94 (1.136 %)RDBMS
103 (0.852 %)Oracle 9i
112 (0.568 %)DTS
121 (0.284 %)ETL
121 (0.284 %)Datawarehouse
121 (0.284 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
121 (0.284 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
121 (0.284 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (5.966 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.136 %)Ant
24 (1.136 %)Flash
33 (0.852 %)Subversion
33 (0.852 %)JUnit
42 (0.568 %)NUnit
51 (0.284 %)Eclipse
51 (0.284 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.284 %)VSS/SourceSafe
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
171 (20.17 %)Finance
237 (10.51 %)Pensions
316 (4.545 %)Manufacturing
414 (3.977 %)Retail
414 (3.977 %)Insurance
58 (2.273 %)Marketing
58 (2.273 %)Health
66 (1.705 %)Games
75 (1.420 %)Government
84 (1.136 %)Electronics
84 (1.136 %)Telecoms
92 (0.568 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.568 %)Mobile Games
92 (0.568 %)Banking
92 (0.568 %)Multimedia
101 (0.284 %)3D Graphics
101 (0.284 %)Back Office
101 (0.284 %)Legal
101 (0.284 %)Education
101 (0.284 %)Electric
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (5.398 %)AS400
214 (3.977 %)Computer Science
214 (3.977 %)Mainframe
311 (3.125 %)Mathematics
47 (1.989 %)N-Tier
53 (0.852 %)iSeries
62 (0.568 %)iPhone
62 (0.568 %)EPoS
62 (0.568 %)Physics
71 (0.284 %)Statistics
71 (0.284 %)Client/Server
71 (0.284 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (0.284 %)Social Network
71 (0.284 %)Multithreading
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (5.966 %)MVS
220 (5.682 %)Windows
317 (4.830 %)Linux
416 (4.545 %)UNIX
53 (0.852 %)Windows 2000
53 (0.852 %)Windows NT
53 (0.852 %)Windows XP
62 (0.568 %)Windows Mobile
71 (0.284 %)OS/400
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (9.943 %)OO
219 (5.398 %)Web Development
317 (4.830 %)Logistics
416 (4.545 %)Requirements Analysis
416 (4.545 %)Process Management
512 (3.409 %)CRM
611 (3.125 %)E-Commerce
611 (3.125 %)Unit Testing
79 (2.557 %)Information Management
79 (2.557 %)Data Analysis
79 (2.557 %)Software Engineering
88 (2.273 %)OOA/OOD
88 (2.273 %)Asset Management
97 (1.989 %)Direct Marketing
97 (1.989 %)Workflow
106 (1.705 %)Migration
115 (1.420 %)System Testing
124 (1.136 %)Security Cleared
124 (1.136 %)OOD
133 (0.852 %)SOA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1142 (40.34 %)SQL
2108 (30.68 %)C#
378 (22.16 %)VB
474 (21.02 %)VB.NET
556 (15.91 %)VB6
644 (12.50 %)RPG
644 (12.50 %)Java
726 (7.386 %)JavaScript
822 (6.250 %)COBOL
921 (5.966 %)C++
1015 (4.261 %)C
1114 (3.977 %)Transact-SQL
1114 (3.977 %)PHP
1212 (3.409 %)VBA
1311 (3.125 %)Delphi
148 (2.273 %)Perl
148 (2.273 %)VBScript
157 (1.989 %)VC++
157 (1.989 %)PL/SQL
166 (1.705 %)JCL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
141 (11.65 %)Degree
228 (7.955 %)Microsoft Certification
324 (6.818 %)MCTS
416 (4.545 %)MCAD
416 (4.545 %)MCSD
58 (2.273 %)MCSE
61 (0.284 %)HND
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.977 %)ISO9000
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
195 (26.99 %)Microsoft
237 (10.51 %)Oracle
323 (6.534 %)IBM
421 (5.966 %)Progress
55 (1.420 %)SAP
62 (0.568 %)Sybase
62 (0.568 %)Citrix
71 (0.284 %)Netonomy
71 (0.284 %)ATG
71 (0.284 %)Infor
71 (0.284 %)Cognos
71 (0.284 %)Macromedia
71 (0.284 %)EMC