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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads4407760199
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled23.73 %25.09 %
As % of the category below26.24 %26.93 %
Salaries quoted3807248711
Average minimum salary£36,685£38,586
Average salary£40,445£42,649
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum salary£44,205£46,712
UK excluding London average salary£33,990£33,966
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Developer Salary Histogram

Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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 change042682£40,634-5.44 %
LondonNo change019822£49,151-6.20 %
South EastNo change07450£36,612-0.09 %
City of LondonUp+15385£53,748-7.72 %
East of EnglandNo change03354£35,863+1.35 %
South WestNo change03080£32,562+1.08 %
North WestNo change02907£31,355+0.02 %
YorkshireNo change02437£31,541+2.08 %
West MidlandsNo change02181£31,721+0.88 %
BerkshireUp+11665£39,103+0.68 %
SurreyDown-11631£36,970-2.98 %
West YorkshireNo change01431£31,869+5.03 %
ManchesterUp+11372£30,983-3.73 %
CambridgeshireNo change01354£35,463+1.54 %
HampshireNo change01348£34,712+0.84 %
East MidlandsNo change01337£32,276+1.63 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0944£36,862+1.23 %
CambridgeUp+2936£35,688-0.89 %
LeedsNo change0932£32,102+3.32 %
ScotlandNo change0903£33,628+3.68 %
OxfordshireNo change0862£35,158+3.47 %
CheshireDown-1831£31,672+2.15 %
HertfordshireNo change0790£37,081+0.38 %
BristolDown-1679£31,711-1.08 %
GloucestershireNo change0626£33,547+6.00 %
BirminghamNo change0613£32,222+4.85 %
WiltshireNo change0612£34,381+3.62 %
EssexNo change0578£35,504-0.54 %
ReadingUp+1504£39,859+2.56 %
South YorkshireNo change0494£30,415-1.50 %

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

142626 (45.50 %).NET
235729 (38.14 %)C#
332702 (34.91 %)SQL Server
430516 (32.57 %)SQL
525786 (27.52 %)ASP.NET
624957 (26.64 %)Java
723247 (24.81 %)XML
819108 (20.40 %)JavaScript
918668 (19.93 %)Finance
1018298 (19.53 %)HTML
1115924 (17.00 %)CSS
1215129 (16.15 %)C++
1313646 (14.57 %)OO
1413332 (14.23 %)Oracle
1512904 (13.77 %)VB.NET
1612504 (13.35 %)Microsoft
1711677 (12.46 %)Degree
1810334 (11.03 %)AJAX
1910122 (10.80 %)Windows
2010038 (10.71 %)VB
2110000 (10.67 %)J2EE
229709 (10.36 %)SQL Server 2005
238757 (9.347 %)UNIX
248527 (9.102 %)PHP
258439 (9.008 %)Banking
268427 (8.995 %)WebServices
277750 (8.272 %)ASP
287524 (8.031 %)XHTML
296939 (7.407 %)Web Development
306829 (7.289 %)Linux

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 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
142626 (45.50 %).NET
225786 (27.52 %)ASP.NET
323247 (24.81 %)XML
418298 (19.53 %)HTML
515924 (17.00 %)CSS
610334 (11.03 %)AJAX
710000 (10.67 %)J2EE
88427 (8.995 %)WebServices
97750 (8.272 %)ASP
107524 (8.031 %)XHTML
115465 (5.833 %)Spring
125003 (5.340 %).NET Framework
134665 (4.979 %)JSP
144572 (4.880 %)Hibernate
154278 (4.566 %)WinForms
164022 (4.293 %)XSLT
172492 (2.660 %)Struts
182194 (2.342 %)Servlets
192102 (2.244 %)EJB
201890 (2.017 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13733 (3.985 %)SharePoint
22904 (3.100 %)Apache
32786 (2.974 %)IIS
42266 (2.419 %)CMS
51857 (1.982 %)Tomcat
61708 (1.823 %)BizTalk Server
71665 (1.777 %)WebLogic
81589 (1.696 %)JBoss
91319 (1.408 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10929 (0.992 %)ColdFusion
11489 (0.522 %)MQSeries
12441 (0.471 %)SAS
13403 (0.430 %)WebSphere Application Server
14243 (0.259 %)Lotus Notes
15236 (0.252 %)Content Management Server
16212 (0.226 %)Lotus Domino
17188 (0.201 %)Oracle Workflow
18187 (0.200 %)SharePoint Portal Server
19179 (0.191 %)WebSphere MQ
20177 (0.189 %)Oracle Application Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15773 (6.162 %)MS Excel
22497 (2.665 %)Photoshop
31087 (1.160 %)MS Office
4634 (0.677 %)Adobe Illustrator
5593 (0.633 %)MS Visio
6492 (0.525 %)Fireworks
7398 (0.425 %)Spreadsheet
8204 (0.218 %)MATLAB
9157 (0.168 %)InfoPath
1076 (0.081 %)MS Project
1169 (0.074 %)MS PowerPoint
1268 (0.073 %)ImageReady
1363 (0.067 %)3ds Max
1458 (0.062 %)PrintSoft PReS
1555 (0.059 %)Shockwave
1650 (0.053 %)AutoCAD
1740 (0.043 %)CA Clarity
1837 (0.039 %)Acrobat
1931 (0.033 %)FreeHand
2028 (0.030 %)S-PLUS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1410 (0.438 %)Oracle Applications
2307 (0.328 %)Microsoft CRM
3298 (0.318 %)Dynamics CRM
4204 (0.218 %)Navision
5200 (0.213 %)Summit
6185 (0.197 %)Dynamics AX
7180 (0.192 %)Oracle 11i
8171 (0.183 %)Axapta
9157 (0.168 %)Oracle EBS
9157 (0.168 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
10147 (0.157 %)Dynamics NAV
11129 (0.138 %)Oracle Financials
1288 (0.094 %)Endur
1377 (0.082 %)SAP CRM
1450 (0.053 %)RMDS
1545 (0.048 %)GoldMine
1643 (0.046 %)FRONT ARENA
1742 (0.045 %)JDE OneWorld
1841 (0.044 %)Cognos Planning
1933 (0.035 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14864 (5.192 %)Internet
21839 (1.963 %)Intranet
3746 (0.796 %)TCP/IP
4737 (0.787 %)HTTP
5407 (0.434 %)Extranet
6295 (0.315 %)Wireless
7228 (0.243 %)SMS
8218 (0.233 %)DNS
9213 (0.227 %)FTP
10172 (0.184 %)SMTP
11155 (0.165 %)LDAP
12153 (0.163 %)GSM
13148 (0.158 %)VoIP
14139 (0.148 %)Broadband
15137 (0.146 %)SSL
16101 (0.108 %)GPRS
1795 (0.101 %)SAN
1883 (0.089 %)CTI
1883 (0.089 %)Firewall
1976 (0.081 %)LAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132702 (34.91 %)SQL Server
29709 (10.36 %)SQL Server 2005
36778 (7.235 %)MySQL
46458 (6.893 %)SQL Server 2000
53024 (3.228 %)RDBMS
62470 (2.636 %)Datawarehouse
71899 (2.027 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81849 (1.974 %)Oracle 10g
91616 (1.725 %)Crystal Reports
101529 (1.632 %)SQL Server Integration Services
111447 (1.545 %)DTS
121315 (1.404 %)Oracle 9i
131299 (1.387 %)ETL
141248 (1.332 %)BusinessObjects
151210 (1.292 %)Oracle Reports
16911 (0.972 %)DB2
17879 (0.938 %)MS Access
18817 (0.872 %)OLAP
19815 (0.870 %)Oracle 8/8i
20783 (0.836 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15240 (5.593 %)Visual Studio
24658 (4.972 %)Flash
31903 (2.031 %)Eclipse
41590 (1.697 %)JUnit
51532 (1.635 %)Subversion
61430 (1.526 %)Ant
71049 (1.120 %)Oracle Forms
81010 (1.078 %)VSS/SourceSafe
91006 (1.074 %)Dreamweaver
10687 (0.733 %)NUnit
11342 (0.365 %)ClearCase
12188 (0.201 %)CruiseControl
13179 (0.191 %)ProC
14178 (0.190 %)JDeveloper
15149 (0.159 %)InstallShield
16148 (0.158 %)Rational Rose
17147 (0.157 %)PVCS
18128 (0.137 %)JIRA
19119 (0.127 %)WebSpeed
19119 (0.127 %)Selenium
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118668 (19.93 %)Finance
28439 (9.008 %)Banking
36380 (6.810 %)Front Office
44469 (4.770 %)Pensions
53931 (4.196 %)Investment Banking
63367 (3.594 %)Health
73186 (3.401 %)Marketing
83083 (3.291 %)Insurance
92754 (2.940 %)Games
102446 (2.611 %)Retail
112319 (2.475 %)Education
121890 (2.017 %)Telecoms
131290 (1.377 %)Back Office
141033 (1.103 %)Government
151018 (1.087 %)Publishing
16852 (0.909 %)Financial Institution
17830 (0.886 %)Advertising
18631 (0.674 %)Legal
19604 (0.645 %)Multimedia
20553 (0.590 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15672 (6.054 %)Derivative
23402 (3.631 %)Computer Science
32191 (2.339 %)Equities
42107 (2.249 %)Fixed Income
52075 (2.215 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
62013 (2.149 %)Multithreading
71900 (2.028 %)Mathematics
81704 (1.819 %)Equity Derivative
91574 (1.680 %)W3C
101507 (1.609 %)N-Tier
111326 (1.415 %)Client/Server
121114 (1.189 %)Web 2.0
13984 (1.050 %)Credit Derivative
14567 (0.605 %)Social Network
15549 (0.586 %)Physics
16548 (0.585 %)Interest Rate Derivative
17516 (0.551 %)Grid Computing
18440 (0.470 %)Management Information System
19367 (0.392 %)Credit Risk
20366 (0.391 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110122 (10.80 %)Windows
28757 (9.347 %)UNIX
36829 (7.289 %)Linux
41166 (1.245 %)Solaris
51024 (1.093 %)Windows Server 2003
6668 (0.713 %)Windows XP
7474 (0.506 %)Windows 2000
8234 (0.250 %)Windows Mobile
9208 (0.222 %)Windows Vista
10176 (0.188 %)Windows 2000 Server
11164 (0.175 %)AIX
12154 (0.164 %)Windows CE
13150 (0.160 %)Red Hat Linux
14147 (0.157 %)Windows NT
15104 (0.111 %)HPUX
1697 (0.104 %)VMS
1777 (0.082 %)Mac OS X
1874 (0.079 %)Embedded Linux
1969 (0.074 %)VxWorks
2067 (0.072 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113646 (14.57 %)OO
26939 (7.407 %)Web Development
35543 (5.917 %)E-Commerce
45254 (5.608 %)UML
54121 (4.399 %)Agile Software Development
62916 (3.112 %)OOP
72488 (2.656 %)Business Intelligence
82330 (2.487 %)OOD
92190 (2.338 %)Scrum
102141 (2.285 %)Content Management
112140 (2.284 %)Unit Testing
122045 (2.183 %)Project Management
131692 (1.806 %)CRM
141568 (1.674 %)TDD
151549 (1.653 %)Software Engineering
161519 (1.621 %)Risk Management
171461 (1.559 %)Web Design
181310 (1.398 %)SOA
191203 (1.284 %)OOA/OOD
201107 (1.182 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
135729 (38.14 %)C#
230516 (32.57 %)SQL
324957 (26.64 %)Java
419108 (20.40 %)JavaScript
515129 (16.15 %)C++
612904 (13.77 %)VB.NET
710038 (10.71 %)VB
88527 (9.102 %)PHP
94829 (5.154 %)Transact-SQL
104753 (5.073 %)C
114154 (4.434 %)PL/SQL
124123 (4.401 %)VB6
133557 (3.797 %)VBA
143336 (3.561 %)Perl
152759 (2.945 %)ActionScript
162329 (2.486 %)DHTML
171632 (1.742 %)VC++
181561 (1.666 %)VBScript
191410 (1.505 %)Python
201327 (1.416 %)PHP5
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111677 (12.46 %)Degree
22854 (3.046 %)Microsoft Certification
31584 (1.691 %)MCSD
41234 (1.317 %)MCAD
51210 (1.292 %)MCP
6509 (0.543 %)PhD
7253 (0.270 %)MCTS
8241 (0.257 %)MCPD
9240 (0.256 %)HND
10230 (0.245 %)Sun Certification
1199 (0.106 %)Oracle Certification
1284 (0.090 %)MCSE
1368 (0.073 %)MCDBA
1460 (0.064 %)OCP
1548 (0.051 %)Postgraduate
1642 (0.045 %)MCITP
1732 (0.034 %)HNC
1819 (0.020 %)MCSA
1917 (0.018 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2014 (0.015 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1956 (1.020 %)QA
2394 (0.421 %)WAI
3165 (0.176 %)WCAG
491 (0.097 %)Basel II
584 (0.090 %)SLA
674 (0.079 %)ISO9001
740 (0.043 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
828 (0.030 %)DICOM
926 (0.028 %)ISO9000
1024 (0.026 %)HL7
1119 (0.020 %)ISO8583
1213 (0.014 %)TickIT
135 (0.005 %)PAS 78
144 (0.004 %)GMP
153 (0.003 %)ISO27001
153 (0.003 %)PCI DSS
162 (0.002 %)GAMP
171 (0.001 %)21 CFR Part 11
171 (0.001 %)GxP
171 (0.001 %)BS7799
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1402 (0.429 %)Active Directory
2212 (0.226 %)MSMQ
384 (0.090 %)Oracle RAC
457 (0.061 %)AquaLogic
552 (0.056 %)Oracle RMAN
649 (0.052 %)VMware Infrastructure
720 (0.021 %)Terminal Services
818 (0.019 %)Squid
914 (0.015 %)VMware ESX
1012 (0.013 %)MetaFrame
1110 (0.011 %)NFS
1110 (0.011 %)Samba
127 (0.007 %)NDS
136 (0.006 %)ISA Server
136 (0.006 %)VMware GSX
136 (0.006 %)NetBackup
145 (0.005 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
145 (0.005 %)Orbix
145 (0.005 %)Novell eDirectory
145 (0.005 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1123 (0.131 %)AutoSys
2118 (0.126 %)SCOM
341 (0.044 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
434 (0.036 %)MOM
524 (0.026 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
622 (0.023 %)Netcool
622 (0.023 %)Tivoli
715 (0.016 %)CONTROL-M
811 (0.012 %)OpenView
811 (0.012 %)Netcool/Proviso
910 (0.011 %)MIIS
107 (0.007 %)BMC PATROL
107 (0.007 %)Nagios
116 (0.006 %)SCCM
125 (0.005 %)OVSD
125 (0.005 %)Novell Identity Manager
125 (0.005 %)DirXML
134 (0.004 %)NNM
134 (0.004 %)EMC NetWorker
134 (0.004 %)OVPM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113332 (14.23 %)Oracle
212504 (13.35 %)Microsoft
32589 (2.763 %)Sybase
41248 (1.332 %)Business Objects
51119 (1.194 %)Adobe
61019 (1.088 %)IBM
7801 (0.855 %)SAP
8767 (0.819 %)Cognos
9751 (0.802 %)TIBCO
10447 (0.477 %)BEA
11424 (0.453 %)Sun
12374 (0.399 %)Google
13311 (0.332 %)Lotus
14284 (0.303 %)Reuters
15274 (0.292 %)Bloomberg
16270 (0.288 %)Informatica
17267 (0.285 %)Macromedia
18262 (0.280 %)Symbian
19240 (0.256 %)Progress
20227 (0.242 %)Zend