Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire 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 ads485914
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.419 %0.466 %
As % of the category below20.66 %25.84 %
Salaries quoted416763
Average minimum salary£34,933£33,680
Average salary£38,737£36,982
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Average maximum salary£42,540£40,284
UK excluding London average salary£34,099£34,116
% change on same period last year-0.05 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads23473537
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.029 %1.805 %
Salaries quoted20562961
Average minimum salary£38,006£36,419
Average salary£41,659£39,689
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Average maximum salary£45,311£42,960
UK excluding London average salary£38,488£39,022
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
WatfordDown-476£34,790-1.15 %
St AlbansNo change032£40,071+13.07 %
StevenageUp+327£39,180+21.74 %
Bishop's StortfordUp+327£42,360-7.15 %
HitchinUp+319£29,211+29.82 %
RoystonDown-114£30,571-1.13 %
TringDown-15£38,000+34.27 %
HertfordDown-64£36,125+2.94 %
Potters BarDown-114£44,375+11.86 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-34£57,500+63.35 %
RickmansworthUp+62£48,750-
WelwynNo change01£45,000+69.81 %
Developer East of EnglandDeveloper
East of England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1615 (53.81 %).NET
2493 (43.13 %)SQL Server
3490 (42.87 %)C#
4394 (34.47 %)SQL
4394 (34.47 %)XML
5356 (31.15 %)ASP.NET
6256 (22.40 %)JavaScript
7247 (21.61 %)HTML
8228 (19.95 %)VB
9222 (19.42 %)Java
10219 (19.16 %)CSS
11215 (18.81 %)SQL Server 2005
12195 (17.06 %)Microsoft
13191 (16.71 %)WebServices
14190 (16.62 %)OO
15162 (14.17 %)Finance
16159 (13.91 %)ASP
17146 (12.77 %)VB.NET
18145 (12.69 %)Oracle
19144 (12.60 %).NET Framework
20143 (12.51 %)XHTML
21135 (11.81 %)PHP
22133 (11.64 %)Windows
22133 (11.64 %)Degree
23124 (10.85 %)C++
24122 (10.67 %)SQL Server 2000
25119 (10.41 %)AJAX
26118 (10.32 %)MS Excel
27115 (10.06 %)E-Commerce
27115 (10.06 %)MySQL

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1615 (53.81 %).NET
2394 (34.47 %)XML
3356 (31.15 %)ASP.NET
4247 (21.61 %)HTML
5219 (19.16 %)CSS
6191 (16.71 %)WebServices
7159 (13.91 %)ASP
8144 (12.60 %).NET Framework
9143 (12.51 %)XHTML
10119 (10.41 %)AJAX
11105 (9.186 %)XSLT
1277 (6.737 %)JSP
1369 (6.037 %)WinForms
1461 (5.337 %)J2EE
1558 (5.074 %)Flash
1657 (4.987 %)SOAP
1748 (4.199 %)DHTML
1843 (3.762 %)Servlets
1938 (3.325 %)XSL
2029 (2.537 %)Spring
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
167 (5.862 %)BizTalk Server
250 (4.374 %)SharePoint
342 (3.675 %)CMS
430 (2.625 %)JBoss
527 (2.362 %)WebLogic
527 (2.362 %)Tomcat
624 (2.100 %)IIS
716 (1.400 %)TeamSite
815 (1.312 %)SharePoint Server 2007
912 (1.050 %)Apache
109 (0.787 %)ESB
117 (0.612 %)ColdFusion
125 (0.437 %)CICS
134 (0.350 %)WebSphere Application Server
134 (0.350 %)SharePoint Portal Server
142 (0.175 %)WebLogic Portal
142 (0.175 %)EPiServer
142 (0.175 %)WPS
142 (0.175 %)MQSeries
142 (0.175 %)OpenEdge
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1118 (10.32 %)MS Excel
224 (2.100 %)Photoshop
317 (1.487 %)MS Office
49 (0.787 %)AutoCAD
58 (0.700 %)Fireworks
64 (0.350 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.262 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (0.262 %)MATLAB
73 (0.262 %)MS Visio
81 (0.087 %)Adobe Illustrator
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (1.225 %)Navision
212 (1.050 %)Dynamics NAV
36 (0.525 %)SAP Business One
45 (0.437 %)Dynamics AX
45 (0.437 %)Axapta
54 (0.350 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
62 (0.175 %)PRMS
62 (0.175 %)Movex
62 (0.175 %)BPCS
71 (0.087 %)JDE OneWorld
71 (0.087 %)Cognos Planning
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
152 (4.549 %)Internet
241 (3.587 %)HTTP
321 (1.837 %)TCP/IP
413 (1.137 %)Extranet
413 (1.137 %)FTP
512 (1.050 %)Intranet
610 (0.875 %)Firewall
77 (0.612 %)SMTP
85 (0.437 %)LAN
85 (0.437 %)Wireless
93 (0.262 %)LDAP
102 (0.175 %)SMS
111 (0.087 %)HTTPS
111 (0.087 %)CTI
111 (0.087 %)RIP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1493 (43.13 %)SQL Server
2215 (18.81 %)SQL Server 2005
3122 (10.67 %)SQL Server 2000
4115 (10.06 %)MySQL
568 (5.949 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
644 (3.850 %)SQL Server Integration Services
736 (3.150 %)RDBMS
829 (2.537 %)MS Access
925 (2.187 %)Crystal Reports
925 (2.187 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1019 (1.662 %)DB2
1019 (1.662 %)Datawarehouse
1118 (1.575 %)PostgreSQL
1212 (1.050 %)BusinessObjects
1212 (1.050 %)DTS
1212 (1.050 %)Oracle Reports
1310 (0.875 %)FileMaker
1310 (0.875 %)SQL Server 2008
149 (0.787 %)Oracle 10g
157 (0.612 %)ReportNet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
143 (3.762 %)Visual Studio
227 (2.362 %)VSS/SourceSafe
326 (2.275 %)Eclipse
420 (1.750 %)JUnit
519 (1.662 %)Subversion
617 (1.487 %)Dreamweaver
710 (0.875 %)NUnit
88 (0.700 %)Bugzilla
88 (0.700 %)ClearCase
97 (0.612 %)OpenDeploy
97 (0.612 %)Git
105 (0.437 %)MSI
105 (0.437 %)CruiseControl
105 (0.437 %)Oracle Forms
113 (0.262 %)Ant
113 (0.262 %)InstallShield
113 (0.262 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
113 (0.262 %)Visual Studio Team System
122 (0.175 %)JIRA
122 (0.175 %)WebSpeed
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1162 (14.17 %)Finance
271 (6.212 %)Retail
271 (6.212 %)Pensions
361 (5.337 %)Health
449 (4.287 %)Insurance
530 (2.625 %)Marketing
622 (1.925 %)Education
717 (1.487 %)Legal
816 (1.400 %)Back Office
915 (1.312 %)Financial Institution
915 (1.312 %)Banking
1014 (1.225 %)Construction
1113 (1.137 %)Investment Banking
1113 (1.137 %)Aerospace
1211 (0.962 %)Advertising
1310 (0.875 %)Publishing
148 (0.700 %)Manufacturing
148 (0.700 %)Games
157 (0.612 %)Graphic Design
165 (0.437 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
148 (4.199 %)Computer Science
244 (3.850 %)W3C
324 (2.100 %)N-Tier
420 (1.750 %)Multithreading
519 (1.662 %)Client/Server
616 (1.400 %)Mathematics
712 (1.050 %)Web 2.0
89 (0.787 %)PDA
89 (0.787 %)Speech Recognition
89 (0.787 %)Robotics
98 (0.700 %)Mainframe
98 (0.700 %)IVR
107 (0.612 %)Life Science
107 (0.612 %)Data Conversion
115 (0.437 %)iDTV
124 (0.350 %)iPhone
124 (0.350 %)Physics
133 (0.262 %)Chemistry
133 (0.262 %)iSeries
133 (0.262 %)Spread Betting
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1133 (11.64 %)Windows
274 (6.474 %)Linux
352 (4.549 %)Windows Server 2003
443 (3.762 %)UNIX
523 (2.012 %)Solaris
615 (1.312 %)HPUX
710 (0.875 %)Windows XP
86 (0.525 %)OpenVMS
86 (0.525 %)Windows 2000
94 (0.350 %)Android
103 (0.262 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.087 %)Windows NT
111 (0.087 %)Debian
111 (0.087 %)OS/400
111 (0.087 %)Mac OS X
111 (0.087 %)Windows CE
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1190 (16.62 %)OO
2115 (10.06 %)E-Commerce
392 (8.049 %)Web Development
476 (6.649 %)Agile Software Development
558 (5.074 %)UML
649 (4.287 %)Scrum
744 (3.850 %)OOP
838 (3.325 %)Content Management
935 (3.062 %)Business Intelligence
1027 (2.362 %)OOD
1027 (2.362 %)Web Design
1124 (2.100 %)SOA
1222 (1.925 %)Software Engineering
1318 (1.575 %)Data Analysis
1318 (1.575 %)RAD
1318 (1.575 %)TDD
1416 (1.400 %)Migration
1416 (1.400 %)Configuration Management
1515 (1.312 %)Business Analysis
1515 (1.312 %)Unit Testing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1490 (42.87 %)C#
2394 (34.47 %)SQL
3256 (22.40 %)JavaScript
4228 (19.95 %)VB
5222 (19.42 %)Java
6146 (12.77 %)VB.NET
7135 (11.81 %)PHP
8124 (10.85 %)C++
980 (6.999 %)VB6
1075 (6.562 %)PHP5
1163 (5.512 %)C
1247 (4.112 %)PHP4
1338 (3.325 %)PL/SQL
1338 (3.325 %)ActionScript
1437 (3.237 %)VBA
1536 (3.150 %)COBOL
1630 (2.625 %)Transact-SQL
1728 (2.450 %)VBScript
1827 (2.362 %)Ruby
1918 (1.575 %)Delphi
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1133 (11.64 %)Degree
218 (1.575 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (0.612 %)MCSD
46 (0.525 %)MCTS
53 (0.262 %)Security Cleared
53 (0.262 %)Sun Certification
62 (0.175 %)MCSE
71 (0.087 %)PhD
71 (0.087 %)HND
71 (0.087 %)MCP
71 (0.087 %)MCAD
71 (0.087 %)MySQL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (0.875 %)QA
28 (0.700 %)WAI
33 (0.262 %)ISO8583
42 (0.175 %)HL7
51 (0.087 %)JTAG
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.087 %)BMC PATROL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1195 (17.06 %)Microsoft
2145 (12.69 %)Oracle
320 (1.750 %)IBM
418 (1.575 %)Interwoven
514 (1.225 %)BEA
514 (1.225 %)Sybase
514 (1.225 %)SAP
514 (1.225 %)Micro Focus
612 (1.050 %)Business Objects
711 (0.962 %)Adobe
711 (0.962 %)Cognos
711 (0.962 %)Zend
810 (0.875 %)telerik
99 (0.787 %)ATG
105 (0.437 %)Google
105 (0.437 %)Sun
114 (0.350 %)JD Edwards
114 (0.350 %)Serena
123 (0.262 %)ProClarity
123 (0.262 %)FatWire