Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs within the London 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
Rank22
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1170821159
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.12 %10.80 %
As % of the category below29.77 %27.54 %
Salaries quoted1002117188
Average minimum salary£42,814£44,421
Average salary£47,824£49,584
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Average maximum salary£52,834£54,746
UK excluding London average salary£34,099£34,116
% change on same period last year-0.05 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads3932276836
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled33.99 %39.21 %
Salaries quoted3270860810
Average minimum salary£44,823£45,771
Average salary£48,991£50,313
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Average maximum salary£53,159£54,855
UK excluding London average salary£38,488£39,022
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Developer EnglandDeveloper
England

Developer
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonNo change03253£53,130-6.29 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0195£64,059+4.76 %
Canary WharfDown-482£56,862-9.89 %
CroydonDown-179£38,446-1.06 %
LutonUp+146£31,151-13.81 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+144£37,405+13.76 %
BarnetUp+1039£41,756-12.39 %
HammersmithDown-332£40,966+4.92 %
EalingUp+1327£48,426+10.51 %
WimbledonUp+725£43,160+8.65 %
UxbridgeNo change020£36,895-9.77 %
ClaphamUp+217£36,531-9.64 %
TwickenhamNo change016£30,875-17.26 %
HarrowDown-213£42,792+8.93 %
RomfordDown-313£36,042-11.28 %
EnfieldDown-113£32,808+6.69 %
FelthamDown-39£33,278+6.48 %
MitchamDown-29£38,389+9.68 %
WembleyUp+18£42,188-11.86 %
BrentfordUp+147£42,083+3.27 %
BexleyNew entry-6£35,833-
HendonNew entry-6£32,500-
OsterleyUp+65--
HounslowDown-75£35,900-19.47 %
SouthwarkNew entry-5£48,000-
SidcupNew entry-4£33,250-
SurbitonUp+33£32,500-14.47 %
TeddingtonUp+63£24,833-15.09 %
ErithNew entry-3£32,500-
OrpingtonDown-13£38,333+21.93 %
BromleyDown-163£39,167+19.59 %
CarshaltonNew entry-3£31,250-
EdgwareNew entry-2£35,000-
RainhamNew entry-2£27,500-
South CroydonUp+52£47,500+5.55 %
StanmoreNew entry-1£21,000-
LewishamNew entry-1£42,500-
GreenwichUp+11£40,000-
PaddingtonUp+31£45,000+38.46 %
New MaldenUp+51£40,000+4.98 %
IlfordDown-131£30,000-16.00 %
WestminsterDown-21£34,000-
Developer EnglandDeveloper
England

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112110 (39.96 %)C#
211903 (39.28 %).NET
39727 (32.10 %)SQL
49180 (30.29 %)Finance
58752 (28.88 %)Java
68563 (28.26 %)SQL Server
76839 (22.57 %)XML
86630 (21.88 %)ASP.NET
96153 (20.30 %)JavaScript
105989 (19.76 %)C++
115420 (17.88 %)CSS
125330 (17.59 %)OO
135270 (17.39 %)HTML
145099 (16.83 %)Banking
154331 (14.29 %)Front Office
164020 (13.27 %)Oracle
173937 (12.99 %)Degree
183917 (12.93 %)AJAX
193608 (11.91 %)UNIX
203573 (11.79 %)Derivative
213363 (11.10 %)Microsoft
223335 (11.00 %)SQL Server 2005
233172 (10.47 %)Windows
243103 (10.24 %)J2EE
252767 (9.131 %)WebServices
262694 (8.890 %)XHTML
272603 (8.589 %)PHP
282561 (8.451 %)Investment Banking
292415 (7.969 %)Agile Software Development
302405 (7.936 %)Spring

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111903 (39.28 %).NET
26839 (22.57 %)XML
36630 (21.88 %)ASP.NET
45420 (17.88 %)CSS
55270 (17.39 %)HTML
63917 (12.93 %)AJAX
73103 (10.24 %)J2EE
82767 (9.131 %)WebServices
92694 (8.890 %)XHTML
102405 (7.936 %)Spring
111917 (6.326 %)Flash
121845 (6.088 %)Hibernate
131826 (6.025 %)WinForms
141482 (4.890 %)ASP
151351 (4.458 %).NET Framework
161343 (4.432 %)JSP
171197 (3.950 %)XSLT
181027 (3.389 %)WCF
19888 (2.930 %)STL
20852 (2.811 %)WPF
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11405 (4.636 %)SharePoint
2919 (3.033 %)Apache
3916 (3.023 %)CMS
4694 (2.290 %)SharePoint Server 2007
5645 (2.128 %)WebLogic
6633 (2.089 %)IIS
7585 (1.930 %)Tomcat
8545 (1.798 %)BizTalk Server
9386 (1.274 %)JBoss
10254 (0.838 %)ColdFusion
11196 (0.647 %)SAS
12170 (0.561 %)MQSeries
13122 (0.403 %)Content Management Server
14101 (0.333 %)WebSphere Application Server
1583 (0.274 %)Drupal
1678 (0.257 %)Commerce Server
1761 (0.201 %)ATG Dynamo
1860 (0.198 %)Lightstreamer
1958 (0.191 %)SharePoint Portal Server
2056 (0.185 %)TIBCO EMS
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11731 (5.712 %)MS Excel
2916 (3.023 %)Photoshop
3337 (1.112 %)Spreadsheet
4266 (0.878 %)MS Office
5190 (0.627 %)Adobe Illustrator
6174 (0.574 %)MS Visio
7101 (0.333 %)Fireworks
886 (0.284 %)MATLAB
947 (0.155 %)InfoPath
947 (0.155 %)CA Clarity
1021 (0.069 %)ImageReady
1119 (0.063 %)FreeHand
1218 (0.059 %)MS Project
1315 (0.049 %)SPSS
1413 (0.043 %)ArcInfo
1413 (0.043 %)MS PowerPoint
1512 (0.040 %)Quicktime
1611 (0.036 %)S-PLUS
178 (0.026 %)AutoCAD
186 (0.020 %)Acrobat
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
158 (0.191 %)Microsoft CRM
252 (0.172 %)RMDS
342 (0.139 %)Dynamics CRM
438 (0.125 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
438 (0.125 %)Oracle Financials
537 (0.122 %)Endur
631 (0.102 %)WebTrends
729 (0.096 %)Oracle Applications
823 (0.076 %)Oracle EBS
823 (0.076 %)Dynamics AX
920 (0.066 %)HFM
1018 (0.059 %)Summit
1116 (0.053 %)JDE OneWorld
1116 (0.053 %)Axapta
1215 (0.049 %)Navision
1314 (0.046 %)Eagle PACE
1413 (0.043 %)Sophis VALUE
1413 (0.043 %)SAP CRM
1512 (0.040 %)Oracle EBS R12
1610 (0.033 %)SAP Business One
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11266 (4.178 %)Internet
2469 (1.548 %)Intranet
3381 (1.257 %)TCP/IP
4195 (0.643 %)HTTP
598 (0.323 %)Extranet
673 (0.241 %)FTP
769 (0.228 %)Wireless
863 (0.208 %)Broadband
946 (0.152 %)SSH
1042 (0.139 %)DNS
1138 (0.125 %)SMS
1232 (0.106 %)SAN
1329 (0.096 %)LDAP
1424 (0.079 %)SSL
1522 (0.073 %)LAN
1522 (0.073 %)SMTP
1621 (0.069 %)ADSL
1621 (0.069 %)ISDN
1713 (0.043 %)WAN
1812 (0.040 %)GSM
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18563 (28.26 %)SQL Server
23335 (11.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32047 (6.755 %)MySQL
41638 (5.405 %)SQL Server 2000
51134 (3.742 %)RDBMS
6887 (2.927 %)Datawarehouse
7735 (2.425 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8687 (2.267 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9601 (1.983 %)ETL
10551 (1.818 %)Oracle 10g
11501 (1.653 %)BusinessObjects
12392 (1.294 %)DTS
13372 (1.228 %)Crystal Reports
14351 (1.158 %)Oracle 9i
15326 (1.076 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
16268 (0.884 %)OLAP
17238 (0.785 %)Oracle 8/8i
17238 (0.785 %)MS Access
18220 (0.726 %)DB2
19210 (0.693 %)Oracle Reports
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11196 (3.947 %)Visual Studio
2769 (2.538 %)JUnit
3516 (1.703 %)Subversion
4502 (1.656 %)Eclipse
5483 (1.594 %)Ant
6415 (1.369 %)NUnit
7297 (0.980 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8190 (0.627 %)Dreamweaver
9152 (0.502 %)ClearCase
10147 (0.485 %)Oracle Forms
11102 (0.337 %)CruiseControl
1288 (0.290 %)Selenium
1353 (0.175 %)Log4j
1449 (0.162 %)JIRA
1548 (0.158 %)QuickTest Pro
1645 (0.148 %)IntelliJ
1742 (0.139 %)PowerBuilder
1840 (0.132 %)PVCS
1933 (0.109 %)Flex Builder
2029 (0.096 %)FitNesse
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19180 (30.29 %)Finance
25099 (16.83 %)Banking
34331 (14.29 %)Front Office
42561 (8.451 %)Investment Banking
51453 (4.795 %)Games
61331 (4.392 %)Insurance
71096 (3.617 %)Marketing
8951 (3.138 %)Education
9831 (2.742 %)Pensions
10814 (2.686 %)Health
11688 (2.270 %)Retail
12671 (2.214 %)Back Office
13516 (1.703 %)Telecoms
14472 (1.557 %)Publishing
15450 (1.485 %)Financial Institution
16336 (1.109 %)Advertising
17332 (1.096 %)Online Games
18269 (0.888 %)Music
19254 (0.838 %)Government
20245 (0.808 %)Legal
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13573 (11.79 %)Derivative
21608 (5.306 %)Fixed Income
31317 (4.346 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41277 (4.214 %)Multithreading
51270 (4.191 %)Equities
61132 (3.735 %)Computer Science
71046 (3.452 %)Equity Derivative
8755 (2.491 %)Mathematics
9733 (2.419 %)N-Tier
10581 (1.917 %)Credit Derivative
11521 (1.719 %)Web 2.0
12507 (1.673 %)W3C
13321 (1.059 %)Interest Rate Derivative
14319 (1.053 %)Client/Server
15314 (1.036 %)Grid Computing
16304 (1.003 %)Social Network
17257 (0.848 %)Credit Risk
17257 (0.848 %)Market Risk
18227 (0.749 %)Spread Betting
19223 (0.736 %)Physics
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13608 (11.91 %)UNIX
23172 (10.47 %)Windows
32376 (7.840 %)Linux
4388 (1.280 %)Solaris
5327 (1.079 %)Windows Server 2003
6185 (0.610 %)Windows XP
7129 (0.426 %)Windows 2000
8104 (0.343 %)Windows Vista
993 (0.307 %)Red Hat Linux
1066 (0.218 %)Windows Mobile
1150 (0.165 %)Windows NT
1230 (0.099 %)VMS
1325 (0.082 %)Ubuntu
1423 (0.076 %)Mac OS X
1522 (0.073 %)Windows Server 2008
1621 (0.069 %)Android
1717 (0.056 %)Windows 2000 Server
1815 (0.049 %)Debian
1914 (0.046 %)Nucleus RTOS
2012 (0.040 %)Mac OS
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15330 (17.59 %)OO
22415 (7.969 %)Agile Software Development
32276 (7.510 %)E-Commerce
41590 (5.247 %)Web Development
51241 (4.095 %)TDD
61203 (3.970 %)OOP
71143 (3.772 %)UML
81139 (3.758 %)Scrum
91120 (3.696 %)Risk Management
10851 (2.808 %)OOD
11844 (2.785 %)Business Intelligence
12732 (2.415 %)Unit Testing
13644 (2.125 %)Electronic Trading
14641 (2.115 %)SOA
15630 (2.079 %)Algorithmic Trading
16596 (1.967 %)Project Management
17587 (1.937 %)Content Management
18581 (1.917 %)Asset Management
19464 (1.531 %)Extreme Programming
20406 (1.340 %)RAD
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112110 (39.96 %)C#
29727 (32.10 %)SQL
38752 (28.88 %)Java
46153 (20.30 %)JavaScript
55989 (19.76 %)C++
62603 (8.589 %)PHP
72363 (7.797 %)VB.NET
82056 (6.784 %)VB
91989 (6.563 %)VBA
101571 (5.184 %)Transact-SQL
111381 (4.557 %)Perl
121211 (3.996 %)ActionScript
131148 (3.788 %)PL/SQL
14879 (2.901 %)C
15849 (2.802 %)Python
16682 (2.250 %)VB6
17561 (1.851 %)Ruby
18546 (1.802 %)VC++
19535 (1.765 %)PHP5
20408 (1.346 %)Shell Script
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13937 (12.99 %)Degree
21038 (3.425 %)Microsoft Certification
3689 (2.274 %)MCSD
4661 (2.181 %)MCP
5608 (2.006 %)MCAD
6213 (0.703 %)PhD
7145 (0.478 %)Security Cleared
8135 (0.445 %)MCTS
9107 (0.353 %)MCPD
1050 (0.165 %)SC Cleared
1139 (0.129 %)Sun Certification
1230 (0.099 %)HND
1328 (0.092 %)Oracle Certification
1424 (0.079 %)MCDBA
1517 (0.056 %)MCITP
1614 (0.046 %)Postgraduate
1614 (0.046 %)MCSE
1713 (0.043 %)DV Cleared
1811 (0.036 %)CISSP
1910 (0.033 %)OCP
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1276 (0.911 %)QA
287 (0.287 %)WAI
347 (0.155 %)WCAG
427 (0.089 %)Basel II
523 (0.076 %)HL7
617 (0.056 %)DICOM
713 (0.043 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
811 (0.036 %)ISO9001
95 (0.016 %)SLA
95 (0.016 %)TickIT
95 (0.016 %)PAS 78
104 (0.013 %)MiFID
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1196 (0.647 %)Active Directory
2102 (0.337 %)MSMQ
340 (0.132 %)Oracle RAC
419 (0.063 %)Oracle RMAN
510 (0.033 %)Squid
510 (0.033 %)VMware Infrastructure
66 (0.020 %)Cronacle
66 (0.020 %)VMware ESX
66 (0.020 %)Backup Exec
75 (0.016 %)ISA Server
75 (0.016 %)AquaLogic
83 (0.010 %)MetaFrame
92 (0.007 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.007 %)Snort
101 (0.003 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
101 (0.003 %)NFS
101 (0.003 %)Samba
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
190 (0.297 %)AutoSys
215 (0.049 %)SCCM
313 (0.043 %)OpenView
313 (0.043 %)OVPM
412 (0.040 %)OVSD
412 (0.040 %)NNM
511 (0.036 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
511 (0.036 %)CONTROL-M
69 (0.030 %)BMC PATROL
69 (0.030 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
69 (0.030 %)MOM
69 (0.030 %)BMC Performance Manager
78 (0.026 %)Nagios
85 (0.016 %)SCOM
93 (0.010 %)Data Guard
93 (0.010 %)ServiceCenter
101 (0.003 %)AllFusion Endevor
101 (0.003 %)Nessus
101 (0.003 %)Tivoli
101 (0.003 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14020 (13.27 %)Oracle
23363 (11.10 %)Microsoft
31255 (4.141 %)Sybase
4501 (1.653 %)Business Objects
5458 (1.511 %)Adobe
6313 (1.033 %)TIBCO
7242 (0.799 %)IBM
8168 (0.554 %)Cognos
9154 (0.508 %)Google
10153 (0.505 %)SAP
11150 (0.495 %)Zend
12136 (0.449 %)Bloomberg
13122 (0.403 %)Informatica
14121 (0.399 %)BEA
15119 (0.393 %)DataSynapse
16118 (0.389 %)Sun
17114 (0.376 %)ATG
18108 (0.356 %)Reuters
19102 (0.337 %)Perforce
2097 (0.320 %)Red Hat