Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Cheshire 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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads581614
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.493 %0.311 %
As % of the category below31.12 %24.64 %
Salaries quoted545559
Average minimum salary£28,145£29,171
Average salary£30,808£31,953
% change on same period last year-3.58 %
Average maximum salary£33,471£34,735
UK excluding London average salary£34,160£34,149
% change on same period last year+0.03 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads18672492
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.583 %1.262 %
Salaries quoted17212269
Average minimum salary£31,162£30,730
Average salary£34,294£33,272
% change on same period last year+3.06 %
Average maximum salary£37,425£35,815
UK excluding London average salary£38,523£39,089
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 5 January 2009.

Cheshire Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 5 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterNo change0110£31,656-6.29 %
WarringtonUp+1110£32,125-4.37 %
KnutsfordUp+1558£30,991-11.73 %
CreweNo change043£30,738+4.89 %
MacclesfieldUp+131£25,000-6.54 %
WilmslowUp+230£27,883+14.58 %
Ellesmere PortUp+119£22,158-20.86 %
NorthwichDown-112£34,875+54.42 %
RuncornDown-112£36,167-14.04 %
NantwichDown-11£30,000+15.38 %
Alderley EdgeNew entry-1£27,500-
Developer North WestDeveloper
North West

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1868 (60.36 %).NET
2753 (52.36 %)SQL Server
3642 (44.65 %)ASP.NET
4619 (43.05 %)C#
5605 (42.07 %)SQL
6442 (30.74 %)XML
7408 (28.37 %)HTML
8394 (27.40 %)JavaScript
9335 (23.30 %)CSS
10307 (21.35 %)VB.NET
11268 (18.64 %)Java
12237 (16.48 %)Microsoft
13234 (16.27 %)ASP
14227 (15.79 %)AJAX
15219 (15.23 %)Oracle
16217 (15.09 %)VB
17185 (12.87 %)SQL Server 2005
18178 (12.38 %)SQL Server 2000
19173 (12.03 %)Web Development
20170 (11.82 %)WebServices
21169 (11.75 %)Visual Studio
22164 (11.40 %)OO
23159 (11.06 %)Windows
24157 (10.92 %)Finance
25154 (10.71 %)PHP
26145 (10.08 %)MySQL
27132 (9.179 %)J2EE
27132 (9.179 %)Transact-SQL
28131 (9.110 %)C++
29130 (9.040 %)VB6

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1868 (60.36 %).NET
2642 (44.65 %)ASP.NET
3442 (30.74 %)XML
4408 (28.37 %)HTML
5335 (23.30 %)CSS
6234 (16.27 %)ASP
7227 (15.79 %)AJAX
8170 (11.82 %)WebServices
9132 (9.179 %)J2EE
10126 (8.762 %).NET Framework
1194 (6.537 %)XHTML
1290 (6.259 %)XSLT
1381 (5.633 %)DHTML
1474 (5.146 %)J2ME
1569 (4.798 %)Flash
1665 (4.520 %)JSP
1740 (2.782 %)EDI
1836 (2.503 %)WinForms
1935 (2.434 %)Zend Framework
2031 (2.156 %)Hibernate
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (3.060 %)IIS
144 (3.060 %)Apache
243 (2.990 %)CMS
326 (1.808 %)WebLogic
415 (1.043 %)JBoss
512 (0.834 %)Tomcat
611 (0.765 %)SharePoint
79 (0.626 %)WebSphere Application Server
79 (0.626 %)SAS
88 (0.556 %)ColdFusion
88 (0.556 %)Lotus Notes
88 (0.556 %)Lotus Domino
97 (0.487 %)SharePoint Server 2007
105 (0.348 %)Oracle Application Server
114 (0.278 %)BizTalk Server
114 (0.278 %)Oracle 9iAS
123 (0.209 %)ESB
123 (0.209 %)Joomla!
132 (0.139 %)WPS
132 (0.139 %)Drupal
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1102 (7.093 %)MS Excel
257 (3.964 %)Photoshop
339 (2.712 %)MS Office
416 (1.113 %)MS Visio
515 (1.043 %)Adobe Illustrator
610 (0.695 %)Adobe Director
79 (0.626 %)Fireworks
87 (0.487 %)CA Clarity
96 (0.417 %)Adobe Captivate
96 (0.417 %)MS PowerPoint
102 (0.139 %)FrameMaker
102 (0.139 %)Shockwave
102 (0.139 %)Acrobat
111 (0.070 %)InfoPath
111 (0.070 %)Spreadsheet
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
151 (3.547 %)Dynamics AX
240 (2.782 %)Axapta
35 (0.348 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.139 %)Dynamics NAV
42 (0.139 %)Navision
51 (0.070 %)SAP HR
51 (0.070 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.070 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.070 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.070 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
175 (5.216 %)Internet
270 (4.868 %)Intranet
340 (2.782 %)HTTP
424 (1.669 %)SMTP
59 (0.626 %)Extranet
68 (0.556 %)GPRS
77 (0.487 %)GSM
86 (0.417 %)LAN
86 (0.417 %)WAN
94 (0.278 %)TCP/IP
103 (0.209 %)Firewall
103 (0.209 %)VLAN
112 (0.139 %)Wireless
112 (0.139 %)LDAP
121 (0.070 %)SMS
121 (0.070 %)UMTS
121 (0.070 %)VoIP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1753 (52.36 %)SQL Server
2185 (12.87 %)SQL Server 2005
3178 (12.38 %)SQL Server 2000
4145 (10.08 %)MySQL
553 (3.686 %)Datawarehouse
647 (3.268 %)Oracle 10g
742 (2.921 %)Oracle 9i
832 (2.225 %)Oracle Reports
925 (1.739 %)Crystal Reports
925 (1.739 %)RDBMS
1024 (1.669 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1024 (1.669 %)DTS
1119 (1.321 %)ETL
1218 (1.252 %)Oracle 8/8i
1218 (1.252 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1314 (0.974 %)SQL Server 2008
1413 (0.904 %)Oracle Discoverer
1512 (0.834 %)MS Access
1610 (0.695 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
178 (0.556 %)OLAP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1169 (11.75 %)Visual Studio
274 (5.146 %)Dreamweaver
354 (3.755 %)MorphX
435 (2.434 %)Oracle Forms
511 (0.765 %)NUnit
511 (0.765 %)Oracle APEX
511 (0.765 %)Eclipse
610 (0.695 %)VSS/SourceSafe
79 (0.626 %)JUnit
87 (0.487 %)Zend Studio
87 (0.487 %)Rational Rose
96 (0.417 %)Subversion
96 (0.417 %)JIRA
104 (0.278 %)Visual Studio Team System
104 (0.278 %)Flex Builder
113 (0.209 %)Ant
113 (0.209 %)JDeveloper
122 (0.139 %)Oracle Developer 2000
131 (0.070 %)ProC
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1157 (10.92 %)Finance
2107 (7.441 %)Pensions
384 (5.841 %)Health
472 (5.007 %)Marketing
550 (3.477 %)Banking
633 (2.295 %)Telecoms
726 (1.808 %)Government
825 (1.739 %)Graphic Design
918 (1.252 %)Education
1015 (1.043 %)Retail
1015 (1.043 %)Games
1113 (0.904 %)Advertising
128 (0.556 %)Legal
137 (0.487 %)Multimedia
137 (0.487 %)Publishing
137 (0.487 %)Mobile Games
137 (0.487 %)Insurance
144 (0.278 %)Manufacturing
153 (0.209 %)Law
153 (0.209 %)Animation
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (2.851 %)NHS
236 (2.503 %)Computer Science
321 (1.460 %)Blackberry
417 (1.182 %)W3C
516 (1.113 %)EPoS
516 (1.113 %)PDA
614 (0.974 %)Informatics
712 (0.834 %)Mathematics
712 (0.834 %)Tandem
89 (0.626 %)Device Driver
89 (0.626 %)E-Learning
98 (0.556 %)Mainframe
98 (0.556 %)Management Information System
98 (0.556 %)Physics
106 (0.417 %)Statistics
106 (0.417 %)N-Tier
106 (0.417 %)Web 2.0
115 (0.348 %)Client/Server
123 (0.209 %)Speech Recognition
123 (0.209 %)VAX
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1159 (11.06 %)Windows
266 (4.590 %)UNIX
335 (2.434 %)Windows Mobile
433 (2.295 %)Linux
57 (0.487 %)Symbian OS
63 (0.209 %)VMS
63 (0.209 %)Windows CE
63 (0.209 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (0.139 %)Windows XP
72 (0.139 %)Slackware
72 (0.139 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.139 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
81 (0.070 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.070 %)AIX
81 (0.070 %)HPUX
81 (0.070 %)Solaris
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1173 (12.03 %)Web Development
2164 (11.40 %)OO
386 (5.981 %)Agile Software Development
485 (5.911 %)Unit Testing
573 (5.076 %)E-Commerce
659 (4.103 %)UML
748 (3.338 %)Project Management
846 (3.199 %)OOP
942 (2.921 %)OOD
1036 (2.503 %)OOA/OOD
1128 (1.947 %)CRM
1227 (1.878 %)Web Design
1324 (1.669 %)TDD
1423 (1.599 %)Content Management
1423 (1.599 %)Scrum
1518 (1.252 %)SEO
1518 (1.252 %)Data Analysis
1518 (1.252 %)Software Engineering
1615 (1.043 %)Business Intelligence
1714 (0.974 %)Migration
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1619 (43.05 %)C#
2605 (42.07 %)SQL
3394 (27.40 %)JavaScript
4307 (21.35 %)VB.NET
5268 (18.64 %)Java
6217 (15.09 %)VB
7154 (10.71 %)PHP
8132 (9.179 %)Transact-SQL
9131 (9.110 %)C++
10130 (9.040 %)VB6
11119 (8.275 %)PL/SQL
12116 (8.067 %)VBScript
1368 (4.729 %)ActionScript
1454 (3.755 %)X++
1550 (3.477 %)C
1637 (2.573 %)Perl
1733 (2.295 %)VBA
1831 (2.156 %)Delphi
1913 (0.904 %)Ruby
2010 (0.695 %)COBOL
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1108 (7.510 %)Degree
233 (2.295 %)Security Cleared
233 (2.295 %)Microsoft Certification
330 (2.086 %)HND
428 (1.947 %)DV Cleared
514 (0.974 %)MCP
610 (0.695 %)MCAD
78 (0.556 %)ITIL Certification
87 (0.487 %)MCSD
96 (0.417 %)MCTS
103 (0.209 %)MCPD
103 (0.209 %)Oracle Certification
112 (0.139 %)PhD
121 (0.070 %)SC Cleared
121 (0.070 %)PRINCE2 Certification
121 (0.070 %)Sun Certification
121 (0.070 %)MCSE
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (0.974 %)QA
28 (0.556 %)Basel II
34 (0.278 %)WCAG
41 (0.070 %)HL7
41 (0.070 %)SLA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.139 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (0.070 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.070 %)Active Directory
21 (0.070 %)VMware ESX
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.139 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.070 %)Data Guard
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1237 (16.48 %)Microsoft
2219 (15.23 %)Oracle
374 (5.146 %)Adobe
435 (2.434 %)Zend
529 (2.017 %)BEA
615 (1.043 %)IBM
714 (0.974 %)Symbian
88 (0.556 %)Ab Initio
88 (0.556 %)Lotus
97 (0.487 %)Sybase
105 (0.348 %)SAP
112 (0.139 %)Cognos
112 (0.139 %)VMware
112 (0.139 %)Teradata
112 (0.139 %)Informatica
112 (0.139 %)Perforce
121 (0.070 %)ESRI
121 (0.070 %)Novell
121 (0.070 %)ProClarity
121 (0.070 %)telerik