The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 42 39 39
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 57 43 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.201% 4.397% 4.270%
As % of the Application Development category 18.04% 10.62% 11.08%
Number of salaries quoted 54 36 36
Average salary £42,500 £41,500 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.40% +12.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,000 £30,750
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.28%
All Application Development
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
316 405 325
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 28.83% 41.41% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 285 343 315
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET Framework
East of England

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

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

Bedfordshire .NET Framework Salary Histogram

.NET Framework
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford +4 32 £42,500 -10.52%
Luton -6 8 £38,000 -39.20%
.NET Framework
East of England

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 131 (100.00%) .NET
2 125 (95.42%) C#
3 115 (87.79%) SQL Server
4 92 (70.23%) ASP.NET
5 87 (66.41%) Microsoft
6 83 (63.36%) Windows
7 75 (57.25%) SQL
8 68 (51.91%) WCF
9 66 (50.38%) TDD
10 59 (45.04%) MVC
11 55 (41.98%) XML
12 54 (41.22%) Team Foundation Server
13 50 (38.17%) Web Services
14 49 (37.40%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 47 (35.88%) SQL Server 2008
16 44 (33.59%) LINQ
17 42 (32.06%) ASP.NET MVC
18 41 (31.30%) T-SQL
19 37 (28.24%) Scrum
20 36 (27.48%) Internet
21 35 (26.72%) MS Excel
21 35 (26.72%) JavaScript
21 35 (26.72%) OO
22 34 (25.95%) HTML
22 34 (25.95%) WPF
23 33 (25.19%) Visual Studio
23 33 (25.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
24 32 (24.43%) N-Tier
25 29 (22.14%) Oracle
25 29 (22.14%) SQL Server 2005

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 131 (100.00%) .NET
2 92 (70.23%) ASP.NET
3 68 (51.91%) WCF
4 55 (41.98%) XML
5 50 (38.17%) Web Services
6 49 (37.40%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 44 (33.59%) LINQ
8 42 (32.06%) ASP.NET MVC
9 34 (25.95%) HTML
9 34 (25.95%) WPF
10 28 (21.37%) WinForms
11 27 (20.61%) CSS
12 26 (19.85%) Silverlight
13 21 (16.03%) WF
14 20 (15.27%) Ajax
15 17 (12.98%) jQuery
16 14 (10.69%) ADO.NET
17 12 (9.160%) LINQ to SQL
18 8 (6.107%) JSON
18 8 (6.107%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 24 (18.32%) Windows Azure
2 20 (15.27%) SharePoint
3 13 (9.924%) Exstream Dialogue
4 12 (9.160%) SharePoint Server
5 8 (6.107%) BizTalk Server
6 7 (5.344%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (3.817%) SharePoint 2013
8 3 (2.290%) IIS
8 3 (2.290%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.763%) CMS
9 1 (0.763%) Papyrus
Applications
1 35 (26.72%) MS Excel
2 20 (15.27%) DOC1
3 14 (10.69%) PrintSoft PReS
4 1 (0.763%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (10.69%) Exstream
2 7 (5.344%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 36 (27.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (87.79%) SQL Server
2 47 (35.88%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (25.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 29 (22.14%) SQL Server 2005
5 21 (16.03%) SQL Server 2012
6 15 (11.45%) RDBMS
6 15 (11.45%) SQL Server 2000
7 11 (8.397%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (6.107%) GIS
9 7 (5.344%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (2.290%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.763%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 54 (41.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 33 (25.19%) Visual Studio
3 20 (15.27%) Subversion
4 13 (9.924%) Moq
5 9 (6.870%) PowerBuilder
5 9 (6.870%) Selenium
6 8 (6.107%) WebDriver
6 8 (6.107%) Cucumber
7 7 (5.344%) WATIR
8 3 (2.290%) NUnit
8 3 (2.290%) Rhino Mocks
8 3 (2.290%) Git (software)
8 3 (2.290%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.763%) AppScan
9 1 (0.763%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.763%) JIRA
General
1 3 (2.290%) Marketing
2 2 (1.527%) Retail
2 2 (1.527%) Billing
2 2 (1.527%) Finance
Job Titles
1 89 (67.94%) Developer
2 45 (34.35%) C# Developer
3 38 (29.01%) C# .NET Developer
4 35 (26.72%) .NET Developer
5 19 (14.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 19 (14.50%) Analyst
6 14 (10.69%) Architect
6 14 (10.69%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (9.924%) Web Developer
8 12 (9.160%) Consultant
9 11 (8.397%) Development Consultant
10 10 (7.634%) Agile C# Developer
10 10 (7.634%) Senior Developer
11 9 (6.870%) Test Analyst
11 9 (6.870%) ASP.NET Developer
11 9 (6.870%) Agile Test Analyst
12 8 (6.107%) C# Programmer
12 8 (6.107%) Lead Developer
12 8 (6.107%) Programmer
13 7 (5.344%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (24.43%) N-Tier
2 10 (7.634%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.580%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.053%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.290%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.527%) Social Network
6 2 (1.527%) Telematics
6 2 (1.527%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.763%) Open Source
7 1 (0.763%) SaaS
7 1 (0.763%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.763%) Wiki
7 1 (0.763%) Statistics
7 1 (0.763%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 83 (63.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (50.38%) TDD
2 59 (45.04%) MVC
3 37 (28.24%) Scrum
4 35 (26.72%) OO
5 25 (19.08%) Unit Testing
6 21 (16.03%) Change Management
7 20 (15.27%) Continuous Integration
8 19 (14.50%) Multithreading
9 18 (13.74%) Web Development
10 17 (12.98%) Refactoring
11 16 (12.21%) E-Commerce
12 15 (11.45%) ETL
13 14 (10.69%) Software Engineering
14 12 (9.160%) Waterfall
15 10 (7.634%) BDD
15 10 (7.634%) Workflow
15 10 (7.634%) OOD
16 9 (6.870%) Agile Testing
17 8 (6.107%) Kanban
17 8 (6.107%) AOP
Programming Languages
1 125 (95.42%) C#
2 75 (57.25%) SQL
3 41 (31.30%) T-SQL
4 35 (26.72%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.634%) Java
6 9 (6.870%) Python
6 9 (6.870%) Ruby
7 6 (4.580%) VBScript
7 6 (4.580%) VB
8 5 (3.817%) VB6
9 3 (2.290%) VC++
10 2 (1.527%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.527%) VBA
11 1 (0.763%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.763%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (9.160%) Degree
2 4 (3.053%) ISEB
3 3 (2.290%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.290%) MCP
3 3 (2.290%) MCAD
3 3 (2.290%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.397%) QA
Vendors
1 87 (66.41%) Microsoft
2 29 (22.14%) Oracle
3 19 (14.50%) XMPie
4 14 (10.69%) HP
5 10 (7.634%) Sybase
6 5 (3.817%) Typemock
7 4 (3.053%) Capita
8 1 (0.763%) Adobe
8 1 (0.763%) IBM
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
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
We are currently engaged in a major project to replace bespoke legacy systems with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint 2013... The following skills are essential: C# Dynamics CRM...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 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
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
Luton, Bedfordshire
be the design authority for the .NET based solutions... - have relevant architectural qualifications (TOGAF, Zachmans, ISEB). The technical skills required for the Solutions Architect - .Net Framework are: - A...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £65,000 to £75,000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013