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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the Wigan 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
Rank1817
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads84
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.298 %5.405 %
Salaries quoted84
Average minimum salary£28,125£25,000
Average salary£30,313£26,000
% change on same period last year+16.58 %
Average maximum salary£32,500£27,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,756£33,125
% change on same period last year+1.90 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads15174
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.033 %
Salaries quoted13773
Average minimum salary£33,689£26,696
Average salary£36,150£28,848
% change on same period last year+25.31 %
Average maximum salary£38,611£31,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Software Developer ManchesterSoftware Developer
Manchester

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Wigan Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Wigan Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

111 (78.57 %)Java
28 (57.14 %)Hibernate
28 (57.14 %)Spring
37 (50.00 %)HTML
37 (50.00 %).NET
44 (28.57 %)C#
44 (28.57 %)Struts
44 (28.57 %)SQL
44 (28.57 %)Sun
53 (21.43 %)AJAX
62 (14.29 %)JSP
62 (14.29 %)Legal
62 (14.29 %)VB
62 (14.29 %)J2EE
62 (14.29 %)GWT
71 (7.143 %)Unit Testing
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (7.143 %)System Testing
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2008
71 (7.143 %).NET Framework
71 (7.143 %)Oracle
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server
71 (7.143 %)JUnit
71 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
71 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
71 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (7.143 %)Project Management
71 (7.143 %)OOP
71 (7.143 %)OO
71 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Wigan IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (57.14 %)Hibernate
18 (57.14 %)Spring
27 (50.00 %)HTML
27 (50.00 %).NET
34 (28.57 %)Struts
43 (21.43 %)AJAX
52 (14.29 %)J2EE
52 (14.29 %)JSP
52 (14.29 %)GWT
61 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
61 (7.143 %).NET Framework
Wigan IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server
11 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
11 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2008
Wigan IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)JUnit
Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (14.29 %)Legal
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.143 %)OOP
11 (7.143 %)OO
11 (7.143 %)Project Management
11 (7.143 %)Unit Testing
11 (7.143 %)System Testing
Wigan IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (78.57 %)Java
24 (28.57 %)SQL
24 (28.57 %)C#
32 (14.29 %)VB
41 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (28.57 %)Sun
21 (7.143 %)Oracle