The first table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Westminster 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 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Westminster region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Developer
Rank 4 3 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 6 2 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Westminster 33.33% 22.22% 94.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 46.15% 28.57% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 16
Average salary £42,250 £36,250 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.55% -27.50%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Westminster
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
13 7 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Westminster 72.22% 77.78% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 17
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,350 £35,000 £48,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,900 £51,250 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Developer
London

Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Developer across the Westminster region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Westminster Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

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

Westminster Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Westminster region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Westminster Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Westminster 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.

1 9 (81.82%) OO
2 5 (45.45%) Flash
3 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
3 4 (36.36%) Games
3 4 (36.36%) C
3 4 (36.36%) C#
3 4 (36.36%) ActionScript
3 4 (36.36%) .NET
3 4 (36.36%) Online Games
3 4 (36.36%) ActionScript 3.0
3 4 (36.36%) Game Development
4 3 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (27.27%) QA
4 3 (27.27%) WCF
4 3 (27.27%) WPF
4 3 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (27.27%) PHP
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (27.27%) MCP
4 3 (27.27%) MCAD
4 3 (27.27%) MCSD
4 3 (27.27%) Windows
4 3 (27.27%) UML
4 3 (27.27%) MVC

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Westminster 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.

Application Development
1 5 (45.45%) Flash
2 4 (36.36%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
3 3 (27.27%) WCF
3 3 (27.27%) WPF
3 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (18.18%) jQuery
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) LAMP
4 2 (18.18%) Ajax
4 2 (18.18%) HTML
5 1 (9.091%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
1 3 (27.27%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (18.18%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (18.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) GitHub
General
1 4 (36.36%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Online Games
2 1 (9.091%) Social Media
2 1 (9.091%) E-Learning
2 1 (9.091%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) OO
2 4 (36.36%) Game Development
3 3 (27.27%) UML
3 3 (27.27%) CRM
3 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) MVC
3 3 (27.27%) Workflow
3 3 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C
1 4 (36.36%) C#
1 4 (36.36%) ActionScript
1 4 (36.36%) ActionScript 3.0
2 3 (27.27%) PHP
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) MCP
1 3 (27.27%) MCAD
1 3 (27.27%) MCSD
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft