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

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6561
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads154185
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.103 %0.083 %
As % of the category below3.723 %3.210 %
Salaries quoted153177
Average minimum salary£28,959£27,555
Average salary£31,742£30,107
% change on same period last year+5.42 %
Average maximum salary£34,524£32,660
UK excluding London average salary£33,756£33,125
% change on same period last year+1.90 %
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 %
Software Developer YorkshireSoftware Developer
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer 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
LeedsUp+1193£32,672+7.26 %
BradfordUp+336£30,286-0.62 %
HalifaxDown-1013£36,577+26.53 %
HuddersfieldUp+910£30,650-1.28 %
KeighleyNew entry-9£28,222-
WakefieldUp+113£27,000-22.85 %
OtleyNew entry-2£23,000-
Software Developer YorkshireSoftware Developer
Yorkshire

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1224 (80.00 %).NET
2154 (55.00 %)C#
3150 (53.57 %)SQL Server
4119 (42.50 %)SQL
5110 (39.29 %)ASP.NET
6105 (37.50 %)XML
784 (30.00 %)Java
870 (25.00 %)VB
968 (24.29 %)VB.NET
1060 (21.43 %)OO
1060 (21.43 %)Microsoft
1144 (15.71 %)HTML
1144 (15.71 %)Visual Studio
1243 (15.36 %)Degree
1341 (14.64 %)C++
1439 (13.93 %)MS Excel
1538 (13.57 %)Finance
1637 (13.21 %)VB6
1637 (13.21 %)SQL Server 2005
1736 (12.86 %)SQL Server 2000
1835 (12.50 %)Oracle
1835 (12.50 %)ASP
1934 (12.14 %)JavaScript
1934 (12.14 %)Windows
2032 (11.43 %)CSS
2130 (10.71 %)VBA
2130 (10.71 %)Pensions
2130 (10.71 %)Computer Science
2226 (9.286 %)Microsoft Certification
2325 (8.929 %)UML

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1224 (80.00 %).NET
2110 (39.29 %)ASP.NET
3105 (37.50 %)XML
444 (15.71 %)HTML
535 (12.50 %)ASP
632 (11.43 %)CSS
724 (8.571 %)ADO.NET
820 (7.143 %)XSLT
917 (6.071 %)WebServices
1015 (5.357 %)J2EE
1114 (5.000 %)AJAX
1210 (3.571 %)Spring
139 (3.214 %)JSP
148 (2.857 %)Hibernate
155 (1.786 %)XSL
155 (1.786 %)WebSphere
155 (1.786 %)Struts
164 (1.429 %)STL
164 (1.429 %)JSF
164 (1.429 %)WinForms
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (5.714 %)SharePoint
211 (3.929 %)IIS
35 (1.786 %)Tomcat
44 (1.429 %)OpenEdge
53 (1.071 %)JBoss
62 (0.714 %)Apache
62 (0.714 %)WebLogic
62 (0.714 %)BizTalk Server
62 (0.714 %)CMS
62 (0.714 %)SharePoint Portal Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
139 (13.93 %)MS Excel
24 (1.429 %)CA Clarity
33 (1.071 %)MS Visio
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.071 %)Intranet
22 (0.714 %)Internet
22 (0.714 %)SSL
22 (0.714 %)DVB
31 (0.357 %)Extranet
31 (0.357 %)Broadband
31 (0.357 %)HTTP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1150 (53.57 %)SQL Server
237 (13.21 %)SQL Server 2005
336 (12.86 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (2.143 %)Oracle 8/8i
55 (1.786 %)MySQL
64 (1.429 %)MS Access
73 (1.071 %)Oracle Reports
73 (1.071 %)SQL Server 2008
82 (0.714 %)RDBMS
91 (0.357 %)Oracle 10g
91 (0.357 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.357 %)ETL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
144 (15.71 %)Visual Studio
25 (1.786 %)NUnit
34 (1.429 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (1.429 %)WebSpeed
42 (0.714 %)Bugzilla
51 (0.357 %)Oracle Forms
51 (0.357 %)Subversion
51 (0.357 %)JUnit
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (13.57 %)Finance
230 (10.71 %)Pensions
320 (7.143 %)Marketing
418 (6.429 %)Health
516 (5.714 %)Retail
614 (5.000 %)Telecoms
79 (3.214 %)Manufacturing
87 (2.500 %)Insurance
87 (2.500 %)Law
95 (1.786 %)Electronics
103 (1.071 %)Government
103 (1.071 %)Publishing
112 (0.714 %)Education
112 (0.714 %)Banking
121 (0.357 %)Construction
121 (0.357 %)Games
121 (0.357 %)Billing
121 (0.357 %)Local Government
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (10.71 %)Computer Science
29 (3.214 %)EPoS
38 (2.857 %)Client/Server
45 (1.786 %)N-Tier
53 (1.071 %)DTV
62 (0.714 %)Device Driver
62 (0.714 %)PKI
62 (0.714 %)MPEG
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (12.14 %)Windows
26 (2.143 %)Linux
26 (2.143 %)Windows XP
26 (2.143 %)UNIX
35 (1.786 %)Windows 2000
35 (1.786 %)Windows NT
43 (1.071 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (1.071 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (0.714 %)Embedded Linux
61 (0.357 %)Windows Vista
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
160 (21.43 %)OO
225 (8.929 %)UML
320 (7.143 %)Software Engineering
417 (6.071 %)Time Management
513 (4.643 %)Migration
513 (4.643 %)Agile Software Development
612 (4.286 %)SOA
78 (2.857 %)Practice Management
78 (2.857 %)E-Commerce
85 (1.786 %)OOD
85 (1.786 %)TDD
94 (1.429 %)Asset Management
94 (1.429 %)Web Development
94 (1.429 %)Service Delivery
103 (1.071 %)OOP
103 (1.071 %)ERD
112 (0.714 %)Extreme Programming
112 (0.714 %)Direct Marketing
112 (0.714 %)Unit Testing
112 (0.714 %)Integration Testing
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1154 (55.00 %)C#
2119 (42.50 %)SQL
384 (30.00 %)Java
470 (25.00 %)VB
568 (24.29 %)VB.NET
641 (14.64 %)C++
737 (13.21 %)VB6
834 (12.14 %)JavaScript
930 (10.71 %)VBA
1021 (7.500 %)C
1117 (6.071 %)VBScript
1215 (5.357 %)Transact-SQL
136 (2.143 %)PL/SQL
136 (2.143 %)DHTML
144 (1.429 %)Delphi
144 (1.429 %)Progress 4GL
153 (1.071 %)Embedded C
153 (1.071 %)VC++
162 (0.714 %)Embedded C++
162 (0.714 %)C++/CLI
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
143 (15.36 %)Degree
226 (9.286 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (2.500 %)MCSD
46 (2.143 %)MCP
55 (1.786 %)MCAD
63 (1.071 %)MCTS
71 (0.357 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.357 %)HND
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.714 %)QA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.357 %)NDS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
160 (21.43 %)Microsoft
235 (12.50 %)Oracle
34 (1.429 %)Progress
42 (0.714 %)Borland
42 (0.714 %)Sybase
51 (0.357 %)Cognos
51 (0.357 %)Epicor
51 (0.357 %)ATG
51 (0.357 %)OpenTV