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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8569
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching permanent IT job ads227332
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.131 %0.143 %
As % of the category below2.662 %3.144 %
Salaries quoted212313
Average minimum salary£27,498£26,767
Average salary£30,489£29,701
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
Average maximum salary£33,480£32,634
UK excluding London average salary£33,407£33,069
% change on same period last year+1.02 %
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads852810560
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.937 %4.544 %
Salaries quoted69528695
Average minimum salary£31,470£31,013
Average salary£33,875£33,511
% change on same period last year+1.08 %
Average maximum salary£36,281£36,009
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Software Developer EnglandSoftware Developer
England

Software Developer
Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
West YorkshireDown-7123£31,244+3.15 %
South YorkshireDown-1565£28,683-1.07 %
North YorkshireDown-2639£30,200+1.84 %
East YorkshireDown-261£31,500+14.96 %
Software Developer EnglandSoftware Developer
England

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

1408 (75.56 %).NET
2316 (58.52 %)SQL Server
3291 (53.89 %)C#
4218 (40.37 %)ASP.NET
5200 (37.04 %)SQL
6185 (34.26 %)XML
7184 (34.07 %)VB.NET
8152 (28.15 %)VB
9132 (24.44 %)Java
10114 (21.11 %)Microsoft
11105 (19.44 %)C++
12103 (19.07 %)OO
1395 (17.59 %)Oracle
1490 (16.67 %)Degree
1587 (16.11 %)JavaScript
1679 (14.63 %)VB6
1776 (14.07 %)MS Excel
1872 (13.33 %)HTML
1971 (13.15 %)CSS
2064 (11.85 %)ASP
2162 (11.48 %)Visual Studio
2260 (11.11 %)Pensions
2357 (10.56 %)WebServices
2451 (9.444 %)SQL Server 2005
2549 (9.074 %)UML
2549 (9.074 %)C
2648 (8.889 %)AJAX
2745 (8.333 %)MySQL
2745 (8.333 %).NET Framework
2843 (7.963 %)Software Engineering

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1408 (75.56 %).NET
2218 (40.37 %)ASP.NET
3185 (34.26 %)XML
472 (13.33 %)HTML
571 (13.15 %)CSS
664 (11.85 %)ASP
757 (10.56 %)WebServices
848 (8.889 %)AJAX
945 (8.333 %).NET Framework
1041 (7.593 %)J2EE
1135 (6.481 %)XSLT
1230 (5.556 %)ADO.NET
1318 (3.333 %)JSP
1416 (2.963 %)WinForms
1515 (2.778 %)COM+
1614 (2.593 %)XSL
1713 (2.407 %)XHTML
1810 (1.852 %)Servlets
1810 (1.852 %)Ruby on Rails
1810 (1.852 %)WPF
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (6.667 %)SharePoint
221 (3.889 %)IIS
318 (3.333 %)CMS
415 (2.778 %)Apache
415 (2.778 %)BizTalk Server
513 (2.407 %)MS Exchange
69 (1.667 %)Tomcat
69 (1.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
77 (1.296 %)SharePoint Server 2007
86 (1.111 %)EPiServer
86 (1.111 %)SharePoint Portal Server
95 (0.926 %)Content Management Server
103 (0.556 %)MQSeries
103 (0.556 %)WebLogic
112 (0.370 %)OpenEdge
Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
176 (14.07 %)MS Excel
27 (1.296 %)MS Office
34 (0.741 %)InfoPath
34 (0.741 %)CA Clarity
43 (0.556 %)MS Visio
51 (0.185 %)MATLAB
51 (0.185 %)Photoshop
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.185 %)Dynamics CRM
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (1.481 %)Internet
26 (1.111 %)TCP/IP
35 (0.926 %)Intranet
44 (0.741 %)VPN
44 (0.741 %)DNS
52 (0.370 %)VoIP
61 (0.185 %)Ethernet
61 (0.185 %)HTTP
61 (0.185 %)Broadband
61 (0.185 %)LAN
61 (0.185 %)Extranet
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1316 (58.52 %)SQL Server
251 (9.444 %)SQL Server 2005
345 (8.333 %)MySQL
442 (7.778 %)SQL Server 2000
526 (4.815 %)RDBMS
615 (2.778 %)Crystal Reports
714 (2.593 %)MS Access
813 (2.407 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
97 (1.296 %)SQL Server Integration Services
97 (1.296 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
106 (1.111 %)Oracle 10g
106 (1.111 %)BusinessObjects
115 (0.926 %)Oracle Reports
124 (0.741 %)Datawarehouse
124 (0.741 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
133 (0.556 %)DTS
142 (0.370 %)IDOL
151 (0.185 %)ETL
151 (0.185 %)Oracle 8/8i
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
162 (11.48 %)Visual Studio
28 (1.481 %)Eclipse
37 (1.296 %)Flash
37 (1.296 %)NUnit
45 (0.926 %)Oracle Forms
53 (0.556 %)LabVIEW
61 (0.185 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.185 %)WebSpeed
61 (0.185 %)JUnit
61 (0.185 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
160 (11.11 %)Pensions
240 (7.407 %)Health
338 (7.037 %)Marketing
433 (6.111 %)Finance
522 (4.074 %)Retail
614 (2.593 %)Telecoms
79 (1.667 %)Publishing
87 (1.296 %)Games
87 (1.296 %)Manufacturing
87 (1.296 %)Back Office
95 (0.926 %)Multimedia
95 (0.926 %)Insurance
104 (0.741 %)Electronics
112 (0.370 %)Law
112 (0.370 %)Education
112 (0.370 %)Government
121 (0.185 %)Construction
121 (0.185 %)Local Government
121 (0.185 %)Billing
Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (5.556 %)Computer Science
220 (3.704 %)EPoS
312 (2.222 %)N-Tier
44 (0.741 %)Mathematics
52 (0.370 %)Data Protection Act
52 (0.370 %)Client/Server
52 (0.370 %)Mainframe
61 (0.185 %)Device Driver
61 (0.185 %)Clustering
61 (0.185 %)E-Learning
61 (0.185 %)Streaming Media
61 (0.185 %)IPTV
61 (0.185 %)Web 2.0
61 (0.185 %)CCTV
61 (0.185 %)NHS
61 (0.185 %)DTV
61 (0.185 %)SCADA
61 (0.185 %)Informatics
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (5.556 %)UNIX
229 (5.370 %)Windows
328 (5.185 %)Linux
42 (0.370 %)Windows XP
51 (0.185 %)Embedded Linux
51 (0.185 %)Windows Vista
51 (0.185 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.185 %)Windows NT
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1103 (19.07 %)OO
249 (9.074 %)UML
343 (7.963 %)Software Engineering
424 (4.444 %)Migration
520 (3.704 %)Technical Architecture
520 (3.704 %)Content Management
520 (3.704 %)Project Management
615 (2.778 %)SOA
714 (2.593 %)OOP
813 (2.407 %)RUP
813 (2.407 %)OOD
912 (2.222 %)E-Commerce
912 (2.222 %)Web Development
912 (2.222 %)Time Management
1010 (1.852 %)Information Management
119 (1.667 %)Scrum
119 (1.667 %)CRM
127 (1.296 %)Extreme Programming
127 (1.296 %)Agile Software Development
127 (1.296 %)Workflow
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1291 (53.89 %)C#
2200 (37.04 %)SQL
3184 (34.07 %)VB.NET
4152 (28.15 %)VB
5132 (24.44 %)Java
6105 (19.44 %)C++
787 (16.11 %)JavaScript
879 (14.63 %)VB6
949 (9.074 %)C
1037 (6.852 %)Transact-SQL
1127 (5.000 %)VBA
1219 (3.519 %)PL/SQL
1318 (3.333 %)PHP
1415 (2.778 %)Delphi
1514 (2.593 %)VBScript
1514 (2.593 %)VC++
1611 (2.037 %)Ruby
176 (1.111 %)Perl
184 (0.741 %)Embedded C
192 (0.370 %)Progress 4GL
Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
190 (16.67 %)Degree
234 (6.296 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (1.296 %)MCSD
46 (1.111 %)MCP
46 (1.111 %)MCAD
53 (0.556 %)MCTS
61 (0.185 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.185 %)HND
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (0.926 %)QA
21 (0.185 %)ISO9001
Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (1.852 %)Active Directory
24 (0.741 %)MSMQ
31 (0.185 %)NDS
Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1114 (21.11 %)Microsoft
295 (17.59 %)Oracle
36 (1.111 %)Business Objects
36 (1.111 %)Adobe
36 (1.111 %)Citrix
45 (0.926 %)TIBCO
52 (0.370 %)Cognos
52 (0.370 %)Progress
52 (0.370 %)Borland
52 (0.370 %)Sybase
61 (0.185 %)Vignette
61 (0.185 %)Epicor
61 (0.185 %)BT
61 (0.185 %)ATG
61 (0.185 %)OpenTV