The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 86 72 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 34.40% 35.12% 44.91%
As % of the Application Development category 76.11% 69.23% 74.26%
Number of salaries quoted 84 67 75
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £28,000 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
113 104 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 45.20% 50.73% 60.48%
Number of salaries quoted 110 98 101
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £26,596
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Bedfordshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bedford .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Bedford region.

Bedford .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedford .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing .NET also 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 that cited .NET.

1 131 (92.25%) C#
2 102 (71.83%) SQL Server
3 98 (69.01%) ASP.NET
4 85 (59.86%) WCF
5 83 (58.45%) Microsoft
6 80 (56.34%) MVC
7 79 (55.63%) SQL
8 67 (47.18%) WPF
9 55 (38.73%) ASP.NET MVC
10 54 (38.03%) HTML
10 54 (38.03%) CSS
11 53 (37.32%) JavaScript
11 53 (37.32%) WinForms
12 52 (36.62%) T-SQL
13 51 (35.92%) TDD
14 50 (35.21%) Silverlight
14 50 (35.21%) .NET Framework
15 49 (34.51%) Scrum
16 44 (30.99%) Windows
17 38 (26.76%) MS Excel
18 37 (26.06%) XML
19 34 (23.94%) WF
19 34 (23.94%) Team Foundation Server
20 33 (23.24%) Visual Studio
21 31 (21.83%) Web Services
22 27 (19.01%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
22 27 (19.01%) MSTest
22 27 (19.01%) Oracle
23 26 (18.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 26 (18.31%) LINQ

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing .NET also 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 that cited .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 98 (69.01%) ASP.NET
2 85 (59.86%) WCF
3 67 (47.18%) WPF
4 55 (38.73%) ASP.NET MVC
5 54 (38.03%) HTML
5 54 (38.03%) CSS
6 53 (37.32%) WinForms
7 50 (35.21%) Silverlight
7 50 (35.21%) .NET Framework
8 37 (26.06%) XML
9 34 (23.94%) WF
10 31 (21.83%) Web Services
11 27 (19.01%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 26 (18.31%) LINQ
13 22 (15.49%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 21 (14.79%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 14 (9.859%) ASP
16 13 (9.155%) jQuery
17 9 (6.338%) Ninject
18 8 (5.634%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 17 (11.97%) SharePoint
2 12 (8.451%) Windows Azure
3 11 (7.746%) SharePoint 2010
4 8 (5.634%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.704%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.704%) CMS
Applications
1 38 (26.76%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.408%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 13 (9.155%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.338%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (71.83%) SQL Server
2 26 (18.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 25 (17.61%) SQL Server 2008
4 22 (15.49%) SQL Server 2012
4 22 (15.49%) Crystal Reports
5 16 (11.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (4.225%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (4.225%) RDBMS
7 4 (2.817%) SQL Server 2000
7 4 (2.817%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (2.113%) MS Access
9 2 (1.408%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.408%) Informix
10 1 (0.704%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 34 (23.94%) Team Foundation Server
2 33 (23.24%) Visual Studio
3 27 (19.01%) MSTest
4 21 (14.79%) NUnit
5 20 (14.08%) Visual Studio Team System
6 17 (11.97%) PowerBuilder
7 13 (9.155%) Subversion
8 8 (5.634%) Moq
9 7 (4.930%) JIRA
9 7 (4.930%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (2.817%) Rhino Mocks
11 3 (2.113%) TestComplete
12 2 (1.408%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 10 (7.042%) Retail
2 6 (4.225%) Games
3 1 (0.704%) Marketing
3 1 (0.704%) Finance
3 1 (0.704%) Automotive
3 1 (0.704%) Billing
Job Titles
1 101 (71.13%) Developer
2 46 (32.39%) C# Developer
3 29 (20.42%) C# .NET Developer
4 27 (19.01%) .NET Developer
5 14 (9.859%) Software Engineer
6 10 (7.042%) Web Developer
6 10 (7.042%) Senior Developer
6 10 (7.042%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 9 (6.338%) C# Programmer
7 9 (6.338%) Programmer
7 9 (6.338%) Development Team Leader
7 9 (6.338%) Team Leader
8 8 (5.634%) Senior C# Developer
8 8 (5.634%) Consultant
8 8 (5.634%) Agile C# Developer
9 7 (4.930%) Development Consultant
9 7 (4.930%) C# Software Engineer
9 7 (4.930%) Graduate
10 6 (4.225%) Analyst
10 6 (4.225%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.56%) N-Tier
2 8 (5.634%) Tandem
3 7 (4.930%) Wiki
3 7 (4.930%) Mathematics
3 7 (4.930%) Physics
4 6 (4.225%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (4.225%) Computer Science
5 4 (2.817%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.113%) SaaS
7 2 (1.408%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.704%) Visualisation
8 1 (0.704%) Inversion of Control
8 1 (0.704%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 44 (30.99%) Windows
2 2 (1.408%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (1.408%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (56.34%) MVC
2 51 (35.92%) TDD
3 49 (34.51%) Scrum
4 20 (14.08%) Domain-Driven Design
5 19 (13.38%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (11.27%) Kanban
7 15 (10.56%) OO
8 14 (9.859%) Project Management
8 14 (9.859%) Multithreading
9 13 (9.155%) CRM
10 12 (8.451%) SOA
11 9 (6.338%) Unit Testing
11 9 (6.338%) Dependency Injection
11 9 (6.338%) Web Application Development
12 6 (4.225%) E-Commerce
12 6 (4.225%) Knowledge Management
12 6 (4.225%) Image Processing
13 5 (3.521%) Software Engineering
13 5 (3.521%) Business Intelligence
14 4 (2.817%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 131 (92.25%) C#
2 79 (55.63%) SQL
3 53 (37.32%) JavaScript
4 52 (36.62%) T-SQL
5 8 (5.634%) VBScript
6 6 (4.225%) C++
7 4 (2.817%) C
7 4 (2.817%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.817%) VB
7 4 (2.817%) VB6
8 3 (2.113%) VBA
9 2 (1.408%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (7.746%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (7.746%) MCP
1 11 (7.746%) MCAD
1 11 (7.746%) MCSD
2 9 (6.338%) MCTS
3 3 (2.113%) ISTQB
3 3 (2.113%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.113%) QA
Vendors
1 83 (58.45%) Microsoft
2 27 (19.01%) Oracle
3 4 (2.817%) Telerik
3 4 (2.817%) Capita
4 3 (2.113%) Typemock
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The successful .NET Web Developer will have a proven commercial experience developing, ideally web hosted, applications using C# with ASP.NET... b) Excellent working knowledge of C# and...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Net Developer ( C# ASP.Net ) / Web Applications Developer required by expanding international technology organisation based in based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire... You will have a solid background in...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 35-45k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
This involves working on many modules of my client's global software written on the .NET platform using C# with both Web and WinForms development using the .NET...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Bedford, South East
We are currently engaged in a major project to replace bespoke legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint 2013... Essential Experience/Skills: We are looking for someone...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
ASP.NET, Agile, OO Design and Development, nUnit Testing, TDD, Web SQL Server database... Expert level C#.NET ASP.NET v2.0 to v4.0... Professional experience working...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £38,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Technical Lead Developer / Solution Architect (Microsoft Gold Partner - C#, ASP.Net, WCF, MVC) We are looking for a Technical Lead, Lead Developer or Solution Architect with good experience...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Ability to customise sites with SharePoint Templates and a working knowledge of HTML and CSS... Ability to develop and maintain Apps, Workflows, Web Parts and Content Types in...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, South East
We are a small team with a large responsibility which ranges from keeping the customer-facing websites and customer portal on line and operational to maintaining a CRM...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £27000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedford, South East
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
2+ years Quality Assurance/Software Testing experience... Keywords: Quality Assurance Analyst, Software Tester, Test Analyst, QA Analyst, Quality Tester, Quality Assurance Analyst - Manual and Automated Web Applications (C#...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £22,000 to £30,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013