Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the England 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads2817044932
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.35 %22.93 %
As % of the category below28.53 %26.22 %
Salaries quoted2485337817
Average minimum salary£35,588£36,863
Average salary£39,291£40,835
% change on same period last year-3.78 %
Average maximum salary£42,994£44,807
UK excluding London average salary£34,099£34,116
% change on same period last year-0.05 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads98743171342
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled85.34 %87.44 %
Salaries quoted83972139369
Average minimum salary£38,389£39,401
Average salary£41,949£43,251
% change on same period last year-3.01 %
Average maximum salary£45,510£47,102
UK excluding London average salary£38,488£39,022
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Developer UKDeveloper
UK

Developer
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 8 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
LondonNo change011708£47,824-3.54 %
South EastNo change05192£37,182+2.71 %
South WestNo change02312£33,676-0.86 %
North WestNo change02276£30,592-2.83 %
East of EnglandNo change01957£36,174+1.63 %
West MidlandsNo change01912£32,292-3.29 %
YorkshireNo change01772£31,850+1.72 %
East MidlandsNo change01018£32,558+5.26 %
North EastNo change0194£29,682-7.25 %
MidlandsUp+353£36,760+7.15 %
South CoastDown-36£38,833+8.51 %
Developer UKDeveloper
UK

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England 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.

132732 (47.66 %).NET
227680 (40.30 %)C#
324471 (35.63 %)SQL Server
422185 (32.30 %)SQL
520511 (29.87 %)ASP.NET
616807 (24.47 %)XML
715761 (22.95 %)Java
815202 (22.14 %)JavaScript
913834 (20.14 %)HTML
1013068 (19.03 %)Finance
1112745 (18.56 %)CSS
1210520 (15.32 %)C++
1310311 (15.01 %)OO
149494 (13.82 %)VB.NET
159129 (13.29 %)Microsoft
168873 (12.92 %)AJAX
178663 (12.61 %)Oracle
188588 (12.50 %)Degree
197995 (11.64 %)SQL Server 2005
207060 (10.28 %)VB
217037 (10.25 %)PHP
227010 (10.21 %)Windows
236481 (9.437 %)WebServices
245977 (8.703 %)J2EE
255854 (8.524 %)XHTML
265827 (8.485 %)ASP
275523 (8.042 %)UNIX
285512 (8.026 %)Banking
295443 (7.925 %)MySQL
305198 (7.569 %)Web Development

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
132732 (47.66 %).NET
220511 (29.87 %)ASP.NET
316807 (24.47 %)XML
413834 (20.14 %)HTML
512745 (18.56 %)CSS
68873 (12.92 %)AJAX
76481 (9.437 %)WebServices
85977 (8.703 %)J2EE
95854 (8.524 %)XHTML
105827 (8.485 %)ASP
114022 (5.856 %)Flash
123937 (5.733 %).NET Framework
133532 (5.143 %)Spring
143147 (4.582 %)WinForms
152954 (4.301 %)XSLT
162921 (4.253 %)Hibernate
172799 (4.076 %)JSP
181866 (2.717 %)WCF
191586 (2.309 %)DHTML
201529 (2.226 %)Struts
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13066 (4.464 %)SharePoint
21905 (2.774 %)Apache
31892 (2.755 %)CMS
41887 (2.748 %)IIS
51364 (1.986 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61117 (1.626 %)BizTalk Server
71083 (1.577 %)Tomcat
81039 (1.513 %)WebLogic
9837 (1.219 %)JBoss
10606 (0.882 %)ColdFusion
11291 (0.424 %)SAS
12282 (0.411 %)WebSphere Application Server
13193 (0.281 %)MQSeries
14160 (0.233 %)Oracle Workflow
14160 (0.233 %)Drupal
15158 (0.230 %)Content Management Server
16145 (0.211 %)Lotus Notes
17131 (0.191 %)ESB
18124 (0.181 %)SharePoint Portal Server
18124 (0.181 %)Lotus Domino
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14290 (6.247 %)MS Excel
22058 (2.997 %)Photoshop
3886 (1.290 %)MS Office
4628 (0.914 %)MS Visio
5425 (0.619 %)Adobe Illustrator
6379 (0.552 %)Fireworks
7352 (0.513 %)Spreadsheet
8187 (0.272 %)InfoPath
9130 (0.189 %)MATLAB
1098 (0.143 %)3ds Max
1168 (0.099 %)CA Clarity
1265 (0.095 %)MS PowerPoint
1347 (0.068 %)FreeHand
1443 (0.063 %)MS Project
1538 (0.055 %)Shockwave
1637 (0.054 %)PrintSoft PReS
1734 (0.050 %)ImageReady
1825 (0.036 %)AutoCAD
1921 (0.031 %)ArcInfo
2020 (0.029 %)Quicktime
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1219 (0.319 %)Oracle Applications
2165 (0.240 %)Microsoft CRM
3160 (0.233 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
4138 (0.201 %)Dynamics AX
5136 (0.198 %)Navision
6135 (0.197 %)Dynamics CRM
7113 (0.165 %)Oracle EBS
8109 (0.159 %)Axapta
998 (0.143 %)Oracle Financials
1097 (0.141 %)Dynamics NAV
1190 (0.131 %)Oracle 11i
1262 (0.090 %)Summit
1352 (0.076 %)RMDS
1352 (0.076 %)Oracle EBS R12
1450 (0.073 %)WebTrends
1543 (0.063 %)Endur
1641 (0.060 %)SAP CRM
1730 (0.044 %)SAP R/3
1730 (0.044 %)Google Analytics
1827 (0.039 %)JDE OneWorld
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13159 (4.600 %)Internet
21417 (2.063 %)Intranet
3740 (1.077 %)TCP/IP
4504 (0.734 %)HTTP
5228 (0.332 %)Wireless
6227 (0.331 %)Extranet
7163 (0.237 %)FTP
8137 (0.199 %)GSM
9135 (0.197 %)DNS
10120 (0.175 %)SMS
11106 (0.154 %)SMTP
1286 (0.125 %)Broadband
1385 (0.124 %)WAN
1478 (0.114 %)SSL
1574 (0.108 %)VoIP
1670 (0.102 %)SAN
1765 (0.095 %)LAN
1864 (0.093 %)Firewall
1956 (0.082 %)GPRS
1956 (0.082 %)SSH
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124471 (35.63 %)SQL Server
27995 (11.64 %)SQL Server 2005
35443 (7.925 %)MySQL
44753 (6.921 %)SQL Server 2000
52042 (2.973 %)RDBMS
61944 (2.831 %)Datawarehouse
71600 (2.330 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81402 (2.041 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91248 (1.817 %)Crystal Reports
101182 (1.721 %)Oracle 10g
111073 (1.562 %)ETL
12975 (1.420 %)BusinessObjects
13890 (1.296 %)DTS
14849 (1.236 %)Oracle 9i
15787 (1.146 %)Oracle Reports
16681 (0.992 %)MS Access
17640 (0.932 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
18621 (0.904 %)DB2
19583 (0.849 %)Oracle 8/8i
20571 (0.831 %)OLAP
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14213 (6.134 %)Visual Studio
21329 (1.935 %)JUnit
31199 (1.746 %)Eclipse
4946 (1.377 %)Subversion
5823 (1.198 %)Ant
6797 (1.160 %)Dreamweaver
7685 (0.997 %)Oracle Forms
8684 (0.996 %)NUnit
9630 (0.917 %)VSS/SourceSafe
10204 (0.297 %)ClearCase
11128 (0.186 %)CruiseControl
1294 (0.137 %)Selenium
1388 (0.128 %)Log4j
1480 (0.116 %)JDeveloper
1577 (0.112 %)ProC
1577 (0.112 %)MorphX
1675 (0.109 %)WebSpeed
1767 (0.098 %)IntelliJ
1865 (0.095 %)PVCS
1964 (0.093 %)Visual Studio Team System
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113068 (19.03 %)Finance
25512 (8.026 %)Banking
34379 (6.376 %)Front Office
43500 (5.096 %)Pensions
52646 (3.853 %)Investment Banking
62626 (3.824 %)Marketing
72622 (3.818 %)Insurance
82520 (3.669 %)Health
92364 (3.442 %)Games
101723 (2.509 %)Education
111576 (2.295 %)Retail
121358 (1.977 %)Telecoms
13942 (1.372 %)Back Office
14708 (1.031 %)Government
15688 (1.002 %)Publishing
16594 (0.865 %)Financial Institution
17510 (0.743 %)Legal
18492 (0.716 %)Advertising
18492 (0.716 %)Online Games
19407 (0.593 %)Music
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13615 (5.264 %)Derivative
22636 (3.838 %)Computer Science
31628 (2.370 %)Fixed Income
41484 (2.161 %)Multithreading
51377 (2.005 %)Mathematics
61350 (1.966 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71345 (1.958 %)Equities
81339 (1.950 %)N-Tier
91146 (1.669 %)W3C
101050 (1.529 %)Equity Derivative
11845 (1.230 %)Web 2.0
12835 (1.216 %)Client/Server
13581 (0.846 %)Credit Derivative
14412 (0.600 %)Social Network
15407 (0.593 %)Physics
16371 (0.540 %)E-Learning
17347 (0.505 %)Management Information System
18325 (0.473 %)Grid Computing
19322 (0.469 %)Interest Rate Derivative
20293 (0.427 %)AS400
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17010 (10.21 %)Windows
25523 (8.042 %)UNIX
34996 (7.275 %)Linux
4773 (1.126 %)Windows Server 2003
5627 (0.913 %)Solaris
6503 (0.732 %)Windows XP
7369 (0.537 %)Windows 2000
8315 (0.459 %)Windows Mobile
9156 (0.227 %)Windows Vista
10155 (0.226 %)Red Hat Linux
11154 (0.224 %)AIX
12141 (0.205 %)Windows NT
13107 (0.156 %)Embedded Linux
14103 (0.150 %)Windows CE
1571 (0.103 %)Mac OS X
1667 (0.098 %)HPUX
1765 (0.095 %)Windows 2000 Server
1849 (0.071 %)zOS
1948 (0.070 %)VMS
2042 (0.061 %)Windows Server 2008
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110311 (15.01 %)OO
25198 (7.569 %)Web Development
34562 (6.643 %)E-Commerce
43839 (5.590 %)Agile Software Development
52922 (4.255 %)UML
62529 (3.682 %)OOP
71993 (2.902 %)Business Intelligence
81946 (2.834 %)Scrum
91736 (2.528 %)OOD
101726 (2.513 %)Unit Testing
111629 (2.372 %)TDD
121561 (2.273 %)Content Management
131467 (2.136 %)Project Management
141255 (1.827 %)Software Engineering
151238 (1.803 %)SOA
161218 (1.773 %)Risk Management
171115 (1.624 %)CRM
18943 (1.373 %)Web Design
19890 (1.296 %)Migration
20821 (1.195 %)SEO
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127680 (40.30 %)C#
222185 (32.30 %)SQL
315761 (22.95 %)Java
415202 (22.14 %)JavaScript
510520 (15.32 %)C++
69494 (13.82 %)VB.NET
77060 (10.28 %)VB
87037 (10.25 %)PHP
93567 (5.194 %)Transact-SQL
102944 (4.287 %)C
112878 (4.191 %)VB6
122768 (4.030 %)PL/SQL
132717 (3.956 %)VBA
142424 (3.530 %)ActionScript
152233 (3.251 %)Perl
161178 (1.715 %)Python
171168 (1.701 %)PHP5
181090 (1.587 %)VBScript
19965 (1.405 %)Ruby
20947 (1.379 %)VC++
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18588 (12.50 %)Degree
22257 (3.286 %)Microsoft Certification
31314 (1.913 %)MCSD
41090 (1.587 %)MCP
51070 (1.558 %)MCAD
6652 (0.949 %)Security Cleared
7347 (0.505 %)PhD
8316 (0.460 %)MCTS
9210 (0.306 %)HND
10202 (0.294 %)MCPD
11190 (0.277 %)SC Cleared
12187 (0.272 %)Sun Certification
1378 (0.114 %)DV Cleared
1461 (0.089 %)Oracle Certification
1560 (0.087 %)MCSE
1639 (0.057 %)MCDBA
1737 (0.054 %)HNC
1833 (0.048 %)Postgraduate
1833 (0.048 %)MCITP
1931 (0.045 %)OCP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1591 (0.861 %)QA
2193 (0.281 %)WAI
399 (0.144 %)WCAG
487 (0.127 %)ISO9001
563 (0.092 %)SLA
647 (0.068 %)Basel II
746 (0.067 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
832 (0.047 %)HL7
931 (0.045 %)ISO9000
1028 (0.041 %)DICOM
1123 (0.033 %)TickIT
126 (0.009 %)PCI DSS
135 (0.007 %)PAS 78
144 (0.006 %)MiFID
144 (0.006 %)JTAG
153 (0.004 %)ISO8583
162 (0.003 %)GAMP
171 (0.001 %)GMP
171 (0.001 %)21 CFR Part 11
171 (0.001 %)RosettaNet
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1419 (0.610 %)Active Directory
2170 (0.248 %)MSMQ
349 (0.071 %)Oracle RAC
428 (0.041 %)Oracle RMAN
518 (0.026 %)VMware Infrastructure
518 (0.026 %)AquaLogic
610 (0.015 %)Squid
610 (0.015 %)VMware ESX
78 (0.012 %)Terminal Services
86 (0.009 %)ISA Server
86 (0.009 %)NFS
86 (0.009 %)Backup Exec
86 (0.009 %)Cronacle
95 (0.007 %)Hyper-V
103 (0.004 %)Xen
103 (0.004 %)MetaFrame
103 (0.004 %)Terminal Server
112 (0.003 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
112 (0.003 %)VMware GSX
112 (0.003 %)Snort
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
196 (0.140 %)AutoSys
234 (0.050 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
326 (0.038 %)SCCM
418 (0.026 %)OpenView
513 (0.019 %)BMC PATROL
513 (0.019 %)OVPM
612 (0.017 %)NNM
612 (0.017 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
612 (0.017 %)OVSD
711 (0.016 %)MOM
711 (0.016 %)CONTROL-M
711 (0.016 %)SCOM
810 (0.015 %)BMC Performance Manager
99 (0.013 %)MIIS
108 (0.012 %)Nagios
116 (0.009 %)Tivoli
125 (0.007 %)ServiceCenter
134 (0.006 %)Data Guard
143 (0.004 %)Netcool
152 (0.003 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19129 (13.29 %)Microsoft
28663 (12.61 %)Oracle
31464 (2.132 %)Sybase
41123 (1.635 %)Adobe
5975 (1.420 %)Business Objects
6673 (0.980 %)Cognos
7658 (0.958 %)IBM
8506 (0.737 %)SAP
9344 (0.501 %)Zend
10325 (0.473 %)TIBCO
11312 (0.454 %)Sun
12276 (0.402 %)BEA
13253 (0.368 %)Google
14214 (0.312 %)Progress
15198 (0.288 %)Macromedia
16194 (0.282 %)Symbian
17176 (0.256 %)Informatica
18172 (0.250 %)Lotus
19164 (0.239 %)Red Hat
20153 (0.223 %)ATG