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The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Wirral 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank92
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads1329
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.012 %
As % of the category below24.53 %70.73 %
Salaries quoted1324
Average minimum salary£38,923£28,583
Average salary£39,654£29,542
% change on same period last year+34.23 %
Average maximum salary£40,385£30,500
UK excluding London average salary£34,062£34,100
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
Wirral IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Wirral
Matching permanent IT job ads5341
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.018 %
Salaries quoted5236
Average minimum salary£34,548£30,940
Average salary£35,451£32,055
% change on same period last year+10.59 %
Average maximum salary£36,355£33,169
UK excluding London average salary£38,156£39,208
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Developer MerseysideDeveloper
Merseyside

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Wirral 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 Wirral region.

Wirral Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Wirral region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Wirral Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Wirral 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.

129 (65.91 %)SQL Server
228 (63.64 %).NET
324 (54.55 %)HTML
420 (45.45 %)C#
518 (40.91 %)SQL
518 (40.91 %)ASP.NET
615 (34.09 %)E-Commerce
615 (34.09 %)PHP
713 (29.55 %)MySQL
812 (27.27 %)AJAX
911 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
911 (25.00 %)WebServices
1010 (22.73 %)SQL Server 2000
1010 (22.73 %)CSS
1010 (22.73 %)OOA/OOD
1010 (22.73 %)JavaScript
1010 (22.73 %)Transact-SQL
119 (20.45 %)DHTML
119 (20.45 %)XML
119 (20.45 %)XSLT
127 (15.91 %)Java
136 (13.64 %)Graphic Design
136 (13.64 %)VB.NET
145 (11.36 %)C++
145 (11.36 %)Ruby on Rails
145 (11.36 %)Ruby
154 (9.091 %)Pensions
154 (9.091 %)Web Development
163 (6.818 %)Health
163 (6.818 %)OLTP

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Wirral 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.

Wirral IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (63.64 %).NET
224 (54.55 %)HTML
318 (40.91 %)ASP.NET
412 (27.27 %)AJAX
511 (25.00 %)WebServices
610 (22.73 %)CSS
79 (20.45 %)XML
79 (20.45 %)XSLT
85 (11.36 %)Ruby on Rails
92 (4.545 %).NET Framework
92 (4.545 %)WinForms
101 (2.273 %)MDX
101 (2.273 %)LAMP
101 (2.273 %)ASP
Wirral IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.273 %)MS Excel
Wirral IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (65.91 %)SQL Server
213 (29.55 %)MySQL
311 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (22.73 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (6.818 %)OLAP
53 (6.818 %)Datawarehouse
53 (6.818 %)OLTP
62 (4.545 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (4.545 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (4.545 %)Database Marketing
71 (2.273 %)RDBMS
Wirral IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.273 %)Visual Studio
11 (2.273 %)Flash
11 (2.273 %)Subversion
11 (2.273 %)JIRA
Wirral IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (13.64 %)Graphic Design
24 (9.091 %)Pensions
33 (6.818 %)Marketing
33 (6.818 %)Health
42 (4.545 %)Finance
51 (2.273 %)Legal
Wirral IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (4.545 %)Windows
Wirral IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (34.09 %)E-Commerce
210 (22.73 %)OOA/OOD
34 (9.091 %)Web Development
42 (4.545 %)Business Intelligence
42 (4.545 %)UML
42 (4.545 %)Project Management
42 (4.545 %)Migration
51 (2.273 %)Information Management
51 (2.273 %)Business Analysis
51 (2.273 %)Data Modelling
51 (2.273 %)OOD
51 (2.273 %)Configuration Management
51 (2.273 %)Data Migration
Wirral IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (45.45 %)C#
218 (40.91 %)SQL
315 (34.09 %)PHP
410 (22.73 %)JavaScript
410 (22.73 %)Transact-SQL
59 (20.45 %)DHTML
67 (15.91 %)Java
76 (13.64 %)VB.NET
85 (11.36 %)Ruby
85 (11.36 %)C++
93 (6.818 %)VBScript
93 (6.818 %)Python
93 (6.818 %)Perl
102 (4.545 %)VB6
102 (4.545 %)VB
102 (4.545 %)Delphi
Wirral IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.273 %)MCTS
11 (2.273 %)MCPD
11 (2.273 %)Degree