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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank11
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads2974447041
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled25.22 %23.82 %
As % of the category below28.06 %25.68 %
Salaries quoted2616639336
Average minimum salary£35,431£36,676
Average salary£39,140£40,600
% change on same period last year-3.59 %
Average maximum salary£42,849£44,524
UK excluding London average salary£34,160£34,149
% change on same period last year+0.03 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads106020183199
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.90 %92.76 %
Salaries quoted89681147723
Average minimum salary£38,573£39,673
Average salary£42,182£43,512
% change on same period last year-3.05 %
Average maximum salary£45,792£47,350
UK excluding London average salary£38,523£39,089
% change on same period last year-1.44 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandNo change028644£39,357-3.52 %
LondonNo change011915£47,897-3.16 %
South EastNo change05281£37,250+2.95 %
City of LondonNo change03326£53,381-5.20 %
South WestNo change02356£33,710-1.22 %
North WestNo change02275£30,636-2.54 %
East of EnglandNo change02021£36,222+1.60 %
West MidlandsNo change01947£32,312-3.43 %
YorkshireNo change01798£31,942+1.94 %
SurreyNo change01338£39,160+7.40 %
BerkshireNo change01263£39,056+3.01 %
West YorkshireNo change01185£31,921+3.93 %
ManchesterUp+31104£30,341-2.55 %
East MidlandsNo change01028£32,501+4.73 %
HampshireDown-1805£34,499-2.72 %
CambridgeshireNo change0797£37,307+5.13 %
LeedsNo change0753£31,783-0.14 %
BristolNo change0742£33,286+4.46 %
ScotlandNo change0665£33,294-0.64 %
CambridgeUp+2624£37,826+5.21 %
BirminghamUp+2602£32,338-3.42 %
CheshireNo change0581£30,808-3.58 %
OxfordshireNo change0532£34,967+2.82 %
HertfordshireNo change0500£39,014+5.38 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0492£36,655+3.78 %
WiltshireNo change0427£33,112-0.30 %
GloucestershireNo change0394£34,200+7.12 %
NottinghamshireDown-1394£31,837+3.98 %
SomersetNo change0382£33,447+6.58 %
ReadingNo change0379£39,390+3.57 %

Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

134176 (47.64 %).NET
228846 (40.21 %)C#
325630 (35.73 %)SQL Server
423254 (32.42 %)SQL
521371 (29.79 %)ASP.NET
617578 (24.51 %)XML
716510 (23.02 %)Java
815767 (21.98 %)JavaScript
914287 (19.92 %)HTML
1013475 (18.79 %)Finance
1113144 (18.32 %)CSS
1210843 (15.12 %)C++
1310696 (14.91 %)OO
1410005 (13.95 %)VB.NET
159574 (13.35 %)Microsoft
169266 (12.92 %)Oracle
179148 (12.75 %)AJAX
188872 (12.37 %)Degree
198309 (11.58 %)SQL Server 2005
207545 (10.52 %)VB
217349 (10.25 %)Windows
227293 (10.17 %)PHP
236764 (9.430 %)WebServices
246269 (8.740 %)J2EE
256134 (8.551 %)ASP
266044 (8.426 %)XHTML
275823 (8.118 %)UNIX
285633 (7.853 %)Banking
295593 (7.797 %)MySQL
305437 (7.580 %)Web Development

Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
134176 (47.64 %).NET
221371 (29.79 %)ASP.NET
317578 (24.51 %)XML
414287 (19.92 %)HTML
513144 (18.32 %)CSS
69148 (12.75 %)AJAX
76764 (9.430 %)WebServices
86269 (8.740 %)J2EE
96134 (8.551 %)ASP
106044 (8.426 %)XHTML
114147 (5.781 %)Flash
124128 (5.755 %).NET Framework
133663 (5.107 %)Spring
143248 (4.528 %)WinForms
153016 (4.205 %)Hibernate
153016 (4.205 %)XSLT
162966 (4.135 %)JSP
171881 (2.622 %)WCF
181642 (2.289 %)DHTML
191601 (2.232 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13208 (4.472 %)SharePoint
21962 (2.735 %)IIS
31959 (2.731 %)Apache
41945 (2.712 %)CMS
51410 (1.966 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61181 (1.646 %)BizTalk Server
71155 (1.610 %)Tomcat
81090 (1.520 %)WebLogic
9862 (1.202 %)JBoss
10638 (0.889 %)ColdFusion
11322 (0.449 %)WebSphere Application Server
12310 (0.432 %)SAS
13201 (0.280 %)MQSeries
14178 (0.248 %)Drupal
15172 (0.240 %)Oracle Workflow
16168 (0.234 %)ESB
17166 (0.231 %)Content Management Server
18165 (0.230 %)Lotus Notes
19138 (0.192 %)Lotus Domino
20128 (0.178 %)SharePoint Portal Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14513 (6.292 %)MS Excel
22120 (2.955 %)Photoshop
3914 (1.274 %)MS Office
4636 (0.887 %)MS Visio
5443 (0.618 %)Adobe Illustrator
6384 (0.535 %)Fireworks
7356 (0.496 %)Spreadsheet
8187 (0.261 %)InfoPath
9131 (0.183 %)MATLAB
1094 (0.131 %)3ds Max
1178 (0.109 %)CA Clarity
1266 (0.092 %)MS PowerPoint
1348 (0.067 %)FreeHand
1447 (0.066 %)MS Project
1546 (0.064 %)PrintSoft PReS
1641 (0.057 %)Shockwave
1734 (0.047 %)ImageReady
1826 (0.036 %)AutoCAD
1921 (0.029 %)ArcInfo
2020 (0.028 %)Quicktime
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1248 (0.346 %)Oracle Applications
2171 (0.238 %)Microsoft CRM
3166 (0.231 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
4163 (0.227 %)Dynamics AX
5150 (0.209 %)Navision
6135 (0.188 %)Dynamics CRM
7129 (0.180 %)Axapta
8123 (0.171 %)Oracle EBS
9108 (0.151 %)Oracle Financials
10105 (0.146 %)Dynamics NAV
1199 (0.138 %)Oracle 11i
1263 (0.088 %)Summit
1352 (0.072 %)Oracle EBS R12
1451 (0.071 %)RMDS
1451 (0.071 %)WebTrends
1546 (0.064 %)Endur
1639 (0.054 %)SAP CRM
1733 (0.046 %)Google Analytics
1830 (0.042 %)SAP R/3
1928 (0.039 %)JDE OneWorld
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13294 (4.592 %)Internet
21477 (2.059 %)Intranet
3760 (1.060 %)TCP/IP
4515 (0.718 %)HTTP
5242 (0.337 %)Wireless
6235 (0.328 %)Extranet
7169 (0.236 %)FTP
8146 (0.204 %)GSM
9137 (0.191 %)DNS
10123 (0.171 %)SMS
11110 (0.153 %)SMTP
1286 (0.120 %)Broadband
1385 (0.118 %)WAN
1483 (0.116 %)VoIP
1576 (0.106 %)SSL
1673 (0.102 %)SAN
1771 (0.099 %)LDAP
1866 (0.092 %)LAN
1866 (0.092 %)Firewall
1960 (0.084 %)GPRS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125630 (35.73 %)SQL Server
28309 (11.58 %)SQL Server 2005
35593 (7.797 %)MySQL
44994 (6.962 %)SQL Server 2000
52184 (3.045 %)RDBMS
62010 (2.802 %)Datawarehouse
71631 (2.274 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81444 (2.013 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91326 (1.849 %)Crystal Reports
101310 (1.826 %)Oracle 10g
111120 (1.561 %)ETL
121024 (1.428 %)BusinessObjects
13921 (1.284 %)DTS
13921 (1.284 %)Oracle 9i
14894 (1.246 %)Oracle Reports
15701 (0.977 %)MS Access
16666 (0.928 %)DB2
17650 (0.906 %)Oracle 8/8i
17650 (0.906 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
18603 (0.841 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14517 (6.297 %)Visual Studio
21377 (1.920 %)JUnit
31240 (1.729 %)Eclipse
4976 (1.361 %)Subversion
5881 (1.228 %)Ant
6807 (1.125 %)Dreamweaver
7777 (1.083 %)Oracle Forms
8693 (0.966 %)NUnit
9666 (0.928 %)VSS/SourceSafe
10208 (0.290 %)ClearCase
11137 (0.191 %)CruiseControl
1296 (0.134 %)Selenium
1387 (0.121 %)Log4j
1486 (0.120 %)MorphX
1486 (0.120 %)JDeveloper
1580 (0.112 %)ProC
1678 (0.109 %)Visual Studio Team System
1776 (0.106 %)WebSpeed
1868 (0.095 %)PowerBuilder
1967 (0.093 %)PVCS
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113475 (18.79 %)Finance
25633 (7.853 %)Banking
34450 (6.204 %)Front Office
43644 (5.080 %)Pensions
52704 (3.770 %)Marketing
62696 (3.758 %)Investment Banking
72690 (3.750 %)Insurance
82625 (3.660 %)Health
92458 (3.427 %)Games
101780 (2.481 %)Education
111648 (2.297 %)Retail
121406 (1.960 %)Telecoms
13965 (1.345 %)Back Office
14737 (1.027 %)Government
15707 (0.986 %)Publishing
16598 (0.834 %)Financial Institution
17524 (0.731 %)Legal
18517 (0.721 %)Advertising
19497 (0.693 %)Online Games
20418 (0.583 %)Music
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13648 (5.086 %)Derivative
22724 (3.798 %)Computer Science
31646 (2.295 %)Fixed Income
41500 (2.091 %)Multithreading
51419 (1.978 %)Mathematics
61379 (1.922 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71365 (1.903 %)N-Tier
81347 (1.878 %)Equities
91161 (1.619 %)W3C
101050 (1.464 %)Equity Derivative
11878 (1.224 %)Web 2.0
12866 (1.207 %)Client/Server
13585 (0.816 %)Credit Derivative
14421 (0.587 %)Social Network
15420 (0.586 %)Physics
16372 (0.519 %)E-Learning
17362 (0.505 %)Management Information System
18337 (0.470 %)Grid Computing
19330 (0.460 %)Interest Rate Derivative
20320 (0.446 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17349 (10.25 %)Windows
25823 (8.118 %)UNIX
35183 (7.226 %)Linux
4806 (1.124 %)Windows Server 2003
5674 (0.940 %)Solaris
6519 (0.724 %)Windows XP
7376 (0.524 %)Windows 2000
8323 (0.450 %)Windows Mobile
9169 (0.236 %)AIX
10163 (0.227 %)Windows Vista
11158 (0.220 %)Red Hat Linux
12142 (0.198 %)Windows NT
13132 (0.184 %)Windows CE
14107 (0.149 %)Embedded Linux
1581 (0.113 %)Mac OS X
1672 (0.100 %)Windows 2000 Server
1767 (0.093 %)Windows Server 2008
1767 (0.093 %)HPUX
1857 (0.079 %)VMS
1950 (0.070 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110696 (14.91 %)OO
25437 (7.580 %)Web Development
34625 (6.448 %)E-Commerce
43946 (5.501 %)Agile Software Development
53090 (4.308 %)UML
62630 (3.666 %)OOP
72086 (2.908 %)Business Intelligence
81958 (2.730 %)Scrum
91798 (2.507 %)OOD
101789 (2.494 %)Unit Testing
111628 (2.270 %)TDD
121627 (2.268 %)Content Management
131582 (2.205 %)Project Management
141346 (1.876 %)SOA
151331 (1.856 %)Software Engineering
161228 (1.712 %)Risk Management
171155 (1.610 %)CRM
18981 (1.368 %)Web Design
19959 (1.337 %)Migration
20847 (1.181 %)SEO
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128846 (40.21 %)C#
223254 (32.42 %)SQL
316510 (23.02 %)Java
415767 (21.98 %)JavaScript
510843 (15.12 %)C++
610005 (13.95 %)VB.NET
77545 (10.52 %)VB
87293 (10.17 %)PHP
93747 (5.224 %)Transact-SQL
103134 (4.369 %)C
113115 (4.343 %)VB6
122979 (4.153 %)PL/SQL
132827 (3.941 %)VBA
142512 (3.502 %)ActionScript
152369 (3.303 %)Perl
161221 (1.702 %)Python
171196 (1.667 %)PHP5
181124 (1.567 %)VBScript
19989 (1.379 %)Ruby
20968 (1.349 %)VC++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18872 (12.37 %)Degree
22299 (3.205 %)Microsoft Certification
31328 (1.851 %)MCSD
41097 (1.529 %)MCP
51078 (1.503 %)MCAD
6717 (1.000 %)Security Cleared
7364 (0.507 %)PhD
8324 (0.452 %)MCTS
9217 (0.303 %)SC Cleared
10216 (0.301 %)HND
11207 (0.289 %)MCPD
12199 (0.277 %)Sun Certification
1380 (0.112 %)DV Cleared
1465 (0.091 %)Oracle Certification
1560 (0.084 %)MCSE
1639 (0.054 %)MCDBA
1737 (0.052 %)HNC
1835 (0.049 %)OCP
1933 (0.046 %)Postgraduate
1933 (0.046 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1624 (0.870 %)QA
2200 (0.279 %)WAI
3115 (0.160 %)ISO9001
499 (0.138 %)WCAG
571 (0.099 %)SLA
651 (0.071 %)TickIT
747 (0.066 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
747 (0.066 %)Basel II
840 (0.056 %)HL7
932 (0.045 %)ISO9000
1028 (0.039 %)DICOM
116 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
125 (0.007 %)PAS 78
134 (0.006 %)ISO8583
134 (0.006 %)JTAG
134 (0.006 %)MiFID
142 (0.003 %)GAMP
151 (0.001 %)GMP
151 (0.001 %)21 CFR Part 11
151 (0.001 %)RosettaNet
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1429 (0.598 %)Active Directory
2173 (0.241 %)MSMQ
348 (0.067 %)Oracle RAC
428 (0.039 %)Oracle RMAN
519 (0.026 %)VMware Infrastructure
618 (0.025 %)AquaLogic
712 (0.017 %)Squid
811 (0.015 %)VMware ESX
98 (0.011 %)Terminal Services
107 (0.010 %)ISA Server
116 (0.008 %)NFS
116 (0.008 %)Backup Exec
116 (0.008 %)Cronacle
125 (0.007 %)Hyper-V
133 (0.004 %)Xen
133 (0.004 %)MetaFrame
133 (0.004 %)Terminal Server
142 (0.003 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
142 (0.003 %)VMware GSX
142 (0.003 %)Snort
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
198 (0.137 %)AutoSys
233 (0.046 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
326 (0.036 %)SCCM
418 (0.025 %)OpenView
514 (0.020 %)BMC PATROL
613 (0.018 %)SCOM
613 (0.018 %)OVPM
712 (0.017 %)NNM
712 (0.017 %)CONTROL-M
712 (0.017 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
712 (0.017 %)OVSD
811 (0.015 %)MOM
910 (0.014 %)MIIS
910 (0.014 %)BMC Performance Manager
108 (0.011 %)Nagios
117 (0.010 %)Tivoli
125 (0.007 %)ServiceCenter
134 (0.006 %)Data Guard
143 (0.004 %)Netcool
152 (0.003 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19574 (13.35 %)Microsoft
29266 (12.92 %)Oracle
31549 (2.159 %)Sybase
41158 (1.614 %)Adobe
51024 (1.428 %)Business Objects
6721 (1.005 %)IBM
7685 (0.955 %)Cognos
8534 (0.744 %)SAP
9342 (0.477 %)Zend
10329 (0.459 %)TIBCO
11316 (0.441 %)Sun
12282 (0.393 %)BEA
13267 (0.372 %)Google
14221 (0.308 %)Progress
15214 (0.298 %)Symbian
16206 (0.287 %)Macromedia
17196 (0.273 %)Informatica
18193 (0.269 %)Lotus
19168 (0.234 %)Red Hat
20152 (0.212 %)ATG