Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Developer role in IT jobs across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3864454063
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled24.93 %24.20 %
As % of the category below27.76 %26.11 %
Salaries quoted3398444985
Average minimum salary£36,013£37,346
Average salary£39,833£41,280
% change on same period last year-3.50 %
Average maximum salary£43,654£45,214
UK excluding London average salary£34,185£34,200
% change on same period last year-0.04 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads139223207020
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.82 %92.67 %
Salaries quoted117417166402
Average minimum salary£38,842£40,055
Average salary£42,514£43,889
% change on same period last year-3.13 %
Average maximum salary£46,187£47,724
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %

Developer
Demand Trend

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

Developer Demand Trend

Developer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Developer within the UK.

Developer Salary Trend

Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Developer over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 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
EnglandNo change037238£40,049-3.54 %
LondonNo change016406£48,721-3.41 %
South EastNo change06670£37,113+2.08 %
City of LondonUp+14527£54,372-5.06 %
South WestNo change02962£33,006-4.68 %
East of EnglandNo change02690£36,461+1.51 %
North WestNo change02604£30,929-1.50 %
YorkshireNo change02371£31,819+2.75 %
West MidlandsNo change02262£32,546-0.17 %
BerkshireNo change01592£38,897+1.13 %
West YorkshireNo change01579£31,688+3.79 %
SurreyNo change01561£37,950+2.74 %
East MidlandsNo change01263£32,360+3.29 %
ManchesterUp+21212£30,539-2.87 %
CambridgeshireUp+11033£36,451+4.09 %
HampshireDown-11033£34,993-1.20 %
LeedsNo change01021£31,924+1.07 %
BristolNo change0839£32,445-0.30 %
ScotlandNo change0817£33,241+1.41 %
CambridgeUp+2772£37,269+3.74 %
CheshireNo change0756£31,341-0.72 %
OxfordshireNo change0705£35,557+4.32 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0685£37,162+4.59 %
HertfordshireNo change0646£39,759+6.48 %
BirminghamUp+1644£32,926+0.57 %
WiltshireNo change0561£33,553-1.19 %
GloucestershireNo change0510£33,431+3.92 %
NottinghamshireDown-1502£31,613+2.59 %
SomersetNo change0472£32,396+3.85 %
ReadingDown-1466£39,110+1.02 %

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

139004 (47.20 %).NET
232958 (39.88 %)C#
329578 (35.79 %)SQL Server
426902 (32.55 %)SQL
524029 (29.08 %)ASP.NET
620495 (24.80 %)XML
719791 (23.95 %)Java
817891 (21.65 %)JavaScript
916424 (19.87 %)HTML
1015722 (19.02 %)Finance
1115120 (18.30 %)CSS
1212627 (15.28 %)C++
1312363 (14.96 %)OO
1411403 (13.80 %)VB.NET
1511104 (13.44 %)Microsoft
1610896 (13.18 %)Oracle
1710321 (12.49 %)AJAX
1810101 (12.22 %)Degree
199469 (11.46 %)SQL Server 2005
208758 (10.60 %)VB
218710 (10.54 %)Windows
228231 (9.960 %)PHP
237645 (9.251 %)WebServices
247583 (9.176 %)J2EE
257089 (8.578 %)ASP
267080 (8.567 %)XHTML
276886 (8.333 %)UNIX
286759 (8.179 %)Banking
296252 (7.565 %)MySQL
296252 (7.565 %)Web Development

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
139004 (47.20 %).NET
224029 (29.08 %)ASP.NET
320495 (24.80 %)XML
416424 (19.87 %)HTML
515120 (18.30 %)CSS
610321 (12.49 %)AJAX
77645 (9.251 %)WebServices
87583 (9.176 %)J2EE
97089 (8.578 %)ASP
107080 (8.567 %)XHTML
114812 (5.823 %).NET Framework
124369 (5.287 %)Spring
133846 (4.654 %)WinForms
143648 (4.414 %)Hibernate
153577 (4.328 %)JSP
163518 (4.257 %)XSLT
171966 (2.379 %)WCF
181932 (2.338 %)Struts
191683 (2.037 %)WebSphere
201627 (1.969 %)Servlets
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13462 (4.189 %)SharePoint
22348 (2.841 %)Apache
32239 (2.709 %)IIS
42210 (2.674 %)CMS
51453 (1.758 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61411 (1.707 %)Tomcat
71382 (1.672 %)WebLogic
81341 (1.623 %)BizTalk Server
91114 (1.348 %)JBoss
10723 (0.875 %)ColdFusion
11417 (0.505 %)WebSphere Application Server
12384 (0.465 %)SAS
13280 (0.339 %)MQSeries
14208 (0.252 %)Lotus Notes
15188 (0.227 %)Lotus Domino
16183 (0.221 %)Content Management Server
17165 (0.200 %)Oracle Workflow
18155 (0.188 %)ESB
19151 (0.183 %)SharePoint Portal Server
20137 (0.166 %)Commerce Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15258 (6.363 %)MS Excel
22435 (2.947 %)Photoshop
3993 (1.202 %)MS Office
4628 (0.760 %)MS Visio
5521 (0.630 %)Adobe Illustrator
6434 (0.525 %)Fireworks
7426 (0.515 %)Spreadsheet
8190 (0.230 %)InfoPath
9167 (0.202 %)MATLAB
1081 (0.098 %)MS Project
1175 (0.091 %)MS PowerPoint
1271 (0.086 %)3ds Max
1364 (0.077 %)CA Clarity
1457 (0.069 %)Shockwave
1550 (0.061 %)PrintSoft PReS
1647 (0.057 %)FreeHand
1746 (0.056 %)ImageReady
1829 (0.035 %)AutoCAD
1923 (0.028 %)Quicktime
2021 (0.025 %)ArcInfo
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1303 (0.367 %)Oracle Applications
2202 (0.244 %)Microsoft CRM
3177 (0.214 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
4168 (0.203 %)Dynamics AX
4168 (0.203 %)Navision
5152 (0.184 %)Dynamics CRM
6141 (0.171 %)Oracle EBS
7134 (0.162 %)Oracle 11i
8133 (0.161 %)Axapta
9121 (0.146 %)Dynamics NAV
10115 (0.139 %)Oracle Financials
1193 (0.113 %)Summit
1271 (0.086 %)Endur
1356 (0.068 %)WebTrends
1454 (0.065 %)Oracle EBS R12
1551 (0.062 %)RMDS
1646 (0.056 %)SAP CRM
1742 (0.051 %)Google Analytics
1835 (0.042 %)JDE OneWorld
1931 (0.038 %)Cognos Planning
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13997 (4.837 %)Internet
21716 (2.076 %)Intranet
3811 (0.981 %)TCP/IP
4629 (0.761 %)HTTP
5314 (0.380 %)Extranet
6279 (0.338 %)Wireless
7205 (0.248 %)FTP
8171 (0.207 %)DNS
9159 (0.192 %)GSM
10158 (0.191 %)SMS
11142 (0.172 %)SMTP
12111 (0.134 %)LDAP
1395 (0.115 %)SAN
1493 (0.113 %)Broadband
1493 (0.113 %)VoIP
1581 (0.098 %)SSL
1581 (0.098 %)Firewall
1669 (0.083 %)WAN
1767 (0.081 %)GPRS
1859 (0.071 %)LAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129578 (35.79 %)SQL Server
29469 (11.46 %)SQL Server 2005
36252 (7.565 %)MySQL
45838 (7.064 %)SQL Server 2000
52590 (3.134 %)RDBMS
62256 (2.730 %)Datawarehouse
71839 (2.225 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81626 (1.968 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91546 (1.871 %)Oracle 10g
101491 (1.804 %)Crystal Reports
111333 (1.613 %)ETL
121202 (1.455 %)DTS
131121 (1.356 %)BusinessObjects
141085 (1.313 %)Oracle 9i
151017 (1.231 %)Oracle Reports
16824 (0.997 %)DB2
17764 (0.924 %)MS Access
18749 (0.906 %)Oracle 8/8i
19747 (0.904 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
20680 (0.823 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15073 (6.139 %)Visual Studio
24678 (5.661 %)Flash
31532 (1.854 %)JUnit
41461 (1.768 %)Eclipse
51193 (1.444 %)Subversion
61085 (1.313 %)Ant
7922 (1.116 %)Oracle Forms
8909 (1.100 %)Dreamweaver
9835 (1.010 %)VSS/SourceSafe
10725 (0.877 %)NUnit
11249 (0.301 %)ClearCase
12171 (0.207 %)CruiseControl
13116 (0.140 %)Selenium
14103 (0.125 %)PVCS
15102 (0.123 %)JDeveloper
1699 (0.120 %)Log4j
1798 (0.119 %)Visual Studio Team System
1894 (0.114 %)MorphX
1988 (0.106 %)ProC
2087 (0.105 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115722 (19.02 %)Finance
26759 (8.179 %)Banking
35289 (6.400 %)Front Office
44083 (4.941 %)Pensions
53204 (3.877 %)Investment Banking
63110 (3.763 %)Marketing
72999 (3.629 %)Insurance
82965 (3.588 %)Health
92823 (3.416 %)Games
102046 (2.476 %)Retail
111975 (2.390 %)Education
121626 (1.968 %)Telecoms
131119 (1.354 %)Back Office
14888 (1.075 %)Publishing
15858 (1.038 %)Government
16690 (0.835 %)Financial Institution
17626 (0.758 %)Legal
18598 (0.724 %)Advertising
19582 (0.704 %)Online Games
20515 (0.623 %)Music
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14301 (5.205 %)Derivative
22990 (3.618 %)Computer Science
31923 (2.327 %)Fixed Income
41696 (2.052 %)Multithreading
51638 (1.982 %)Equities
61612 (1.951 %)Mathematics
71581 (1.913 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
81460 (1.767 %)N-Tier
91426 (1.726 %)W3C
101278 (1.546 %)Equity Derivative
111093 (1.323 %)Client/Server
121069 (1.294 %)Web 2.0
13679 (0.822 %)Credit Derivative
14532 (0.644 %)Social Network
15470 (0.569 %)Physics
16432 (0.523 %)Grid Computing
17418 (0.506 %)Management Information System
18416 (0.503 %)Interest Rate Derivative
19339 (0.410 %)Credit Risk
20332 (0.402 %)E-Learning
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18710 (10.54 %)Windows
26886 (8.333 %)UNIX
35965 (7.218 %)Linux
4944 (1.142 %)Windows Server 2003
5867 (1.049 %)Solaris
6578 (0.699 %)Windows XP
7400 (0.484 %)Windows 2000
8304 (0.368 %)Windows Mobile
9199 (0.241 %)AIX
10198 (0.240 %)Windows Vista
11181 (0.219 %)Red Hat Linux
12154 (0.186 %)Windows CE
13145 (0.175 %)Windows NT
14105 (0.127 %)Mac OS X
1598 (0.119 %)Embedded Linux
1697 (0.117 %)Windows 2000 Server
1784 (0.102 %)Windows Server 2008
1882 (0.099 %)HPUX
1966 (0.080 %)VMS
2049 (0.059 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112363 (14.96 %)OO
26252 (7.565 %)Web Development
35320 (6.438 %)E-Commerce
44198 (5.080 %)Agile Software Development
53921 (4.745 %)UML
62936 (3.553 %)OOP
72342 (2.834 %)Business Intelligence
82220 (2.686 %)Scrum
92048 (2.478 %)OOD
101967 (2.380 %)Unit Testing
111948 (2.357 %)Content Management
121853 (2.242 %)Project Management
131691 (2.046 %)TDD
141505 (1.821 %)Software Engineering
151461 (1.768 %)Risk Management
161444 (1.747 %)SOA
171316 (1.592 %)CRM
181222 (1.479 %)Web Design
191048 (1.268 %)Migration
201023 (1.238 %)SEO
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132958 (39.88 %)C#
226902 (32.55 %)SQL
319791 (23.95 %)Java
417891 (21.65 %)JavaScript
512627 (15.28 %)C++
611403 (13.80 %)VB.NET
78758 (10.60 %)VB
88231 (9.960 %)PHP
94344 (5.257 %)Transact-SQL
103746 (4.533 %)C
113577 (4.328 %)VB6
123491 (4.224 %)PL/SQL
133328 (4.027 %)VBA
142858 (3.458 %)Perl
152796 (3.383 %)ActionScript
161938 (2.345 %)DHTML
171455 (1.761 %)Python
181334 (1.614 %)PHP5
191304 (1.578 %)VBScript
201167 (1.412 %)VC++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110101 (12.22 %)Degree
22693 (3.259 %)Microsoft Certification
31547 (1.872 %)MCSD
41300 (1.573 %)MCP
51270 (1.537 %)MCAD
6408 (0.494 %)PhD
7354 (0.428 %)MCTS
8247 (0.299 %)MCPD
9239 (0.289 %)HND
10211 (0.255 %)Sun Certification
1176 (0.092 %)MCSE
1266 (0.080 %)Oracle Certification
1350 (0.061 %)MCDBA
1444 (0.053 %)Postgraduate
1543 (0.052 %)MCITP
1635 (0.042 %)OCP
1734 (0.041 %)HNC
1734 (0.041 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1826 (0.031 %)ITIL Certification
1916 (0.019 %)CIPD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1827 (1.001 %)QA
2259 (0.313 %)WAI
3128 (0.155 %)WCAG
4105 (0.127 %)ISO9001
582 (0.099 %)SLA
655 (0.067 %)Basel II
749 (0.059 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
841 (0.050 %)TickIT
935 (0.042 %)HL7
935 (0.042 %)DICOM
1031 (0.038 %)ISO9000
118 (0.010 %)ISO8583
127 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
135 (0.006 %)PAS 78
144 (0.005 %)GMP
144 (0.005 %)MiFID
153 (0.004 %)ISO27001
161 (0.001 %)JTAG
161 (0.001 %)21 CFR Part 11
161 (0.001 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1502 (0.607 %)Active Directory
2165 (0.200 %)MSMQ
359 (0.071 %)Oracle RAC
433 (0.040 %)VMware Infrastructure
529 (0.035 %)Oracle RMAN
622 (0.027 %)AquaLogic
714 (0.017 %)VMware ESX
813 (0.016 %)Terminal Services
912 (0.015 %)Squid
107 (0.008 %)Cronacle
116 (0.007 %)VMware GSX
116 (0.007 %)Backup Exec
116 (0.007 %)ISA Server
116 (0.007 %)NFS
125 (0.006 %)MetaFrame
125 (0.006 %)Citrix Presentation Server
133 (0.004 %)Terminal Server
133 (0.004 %)Xen
133 (0.004 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
142 (0.002 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1105 (0.127 %)AutoSys
240 (0.048 %)SCOM
335 (0.042 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
424 (0.029 %)SCCM
522 (0.027 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
618 (0.022 %)OpenView
715 (0.018 %)BMC PATROL
813 (0.016 %)CONTROL-M
813 (0.016 %)Netcool
813 (0.016 %)OVPM
912 (0.015 %)NNM
912 (0.015 %)OVSD
1010 (0.012 %)MIIS
1010 (0.012 %)BMC Performance Manager
119 (0.011 %)Nagios
119 (0.011 %)Tivoli
127 (0.008 %)MOM
134 (0.005 %)ServiceCenter
143 (0.004 %)Netcool/Webtop
143 (0.004 %)EMC NetWorker
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111104 (13.44 %)Microsoft
210896 (13.18 %)Oracle
31771 (2.143 %)Sybase
41210 (1.464 %)Adobe
51121 (1.356 %)Business Objects
6862 (1.043 %)IBM
7773 (0.935 %)Cognos
8597 (0.722 %)SAP
9412 (0.499 %)TIBCO
10381 (0.461 %)BEA
11365 (0.442 %)Sun
12321 (0.388 %)Zend
13317 (0.384 %)Google
14265 (0.321 %)Lotus
15244 (0.295 %)Progress
16234 (0.283 %)Informatica
17221 (0.267 %)Symbian
18212 (0.257 %)Macromedia
19192 (0.232 %)Red Hat
20181 (0.219 %)Bloomberg