The first table below looks at the demand for the Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. 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 23 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Programmer
Rank 39 42 31
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 2 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 0.922% 2.909% 1.951%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.935% 2.974% 2.020%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 4
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +52.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £31,750 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £38,000 £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
214 269 198
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 98.62% 97.82% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 191 246 186
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Programmer
West Midlands

Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Worcestershire Programmer Salary Trend

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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Worcester -7 1 £35,000 -7.89%
Programmer
West Midlands

Programmer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) OOP
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) LAMP
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) PHP5
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Media

Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) OOP
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) PHP5
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft