The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 7 5 2
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 156 173 201
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 14.62% 19.42% 21.68%
As % of the Application Development category 50.49% 50.14% 57.59%
Number of salaries quoted 152 155 194
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £35,000 £26,548
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
All Application Development
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
309 345 349
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 28.96% 38.72% 37.65%
Number of salaries quoted 286 292 339
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 £26,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
.NET
East of England

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire .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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bedfordshire .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bedford +1 89 £42,500 - 19
Luton -15 23 £42,500 - 7
.NET
East of England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

1 347 (85.26%) C#
2 280 (68.80%) SQL Server
3 272 (66.83%) ASP.NET
4 217 (53.32%) Microsoft
5 188 (46.19%) MVC
6 186 (45.70%) SQL
7 147 (36.12%) TDD
7 147 (36.12%) WCF
8 145 (35.63%) Windows
9 141 (34.64%) JavaScript
10 135 (33.17%) Scrum
11 130 (31.94%) .NET Framework
12 121 (29.73%) ASP.NET MVC
13 117 (28.75%) T-SQL
14 110 (27.03%) Web Services
15 108 (26.54%) XML
16 107 (26.29%) HTML
17 104 (25.55%) MS Excel
18 100 (24.57%) WPF
19 90 (22.11%) Visual Studio
20 79 (19.41%) WinForms
21 77 (18.92%) Oracle
22 76 (18.67%) Silverlight
22 76 (18.67%) Team Foundation Server
23 74 (18.18%) E-Commerce
24 73 (17.94%) SharePoint
25 72 (17.69%) SQL Server 2008
26 69 (16.95%) CSS
27 59 (14.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
28 54 (13.27%) Agile Software Development

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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
1 272 (66.83%) ASP.NET
2 147 (36.12%) WCF
3 130 (31.94%) .NET Framework
4 121 (29.73%) ASP.NET MVC
5 110 (27.03%) Web Services
6 108 (26.54%) XML
7 107 (26.29%) HTML
8 100 (24.57%) WPF
9 79 (19.41%) WinForms
10 76 (18.67%) Silverlight
11 69 (16.95%) CSS
12 49 (12.04%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 46 (11.30%) LINQ
14 40 (9.828%) WF
15 34 (8.354%) XSLT
16 31 (7.617%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 31 (7.617%) Ajax
17 25 (6.143%) ASP.NET MVC 3
18 23 (5.651%) jQuery
19 21 (5.160%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 73 (17.94%) SharePoint
2 39 (9.582%) Windows Azure
3 34 (8.354%) SharePoint 2010
4 17 (4.177%) SharePoint Server
5 13 (3.194%) Exstream Dialogue
6 11 (2.703%) SharePoint 2013
6 11 (2.703%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.491%) IIS
7 2 (0.491%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.246%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.246%) Papyrus
8 1 (0.246%) Apache
8 1 (0.246%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.246%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 104 (25.55%) MS Excel
2 20 (4.914%) DOC1
3 15 (3.686%) MS Office
4 14 (3.440%) PrintSoft PReS
5 3 (0.737%) InfoPath
5 3 (0.737%) MS Project
6 1 (0.246%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (4.177%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (3.440%) Exstream
3 1 (0.246%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.246%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 54 (13.27%) Internet
2 2 (0.491%) HTTP
3 1 (0.246%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (68.80%) SQL Server
2 72 (17.69%) SQL Server 2008
3 59 (14.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 40 (9.828%) Crystal Reports
4 40 (9.828%) SQL Server 2005
5 36 (8.845%) SQL Server 2012
6 22 (5.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (5.405%) Oracle Reports
7 21 (5.160%) RDBMS
8 17 (4.177%) MS Access
9 15 (3.686%) SQL Server 2000
10 10 (2.457%) MySQL
11 7 (1.720%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.474%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (1.229%) GIS
14 3 (0.737%) Oracle 8/8i
15 2 (0.491%) Informix
15 2 (0.491%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 90 (22.11%) Visual Studio
2 76 (18.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 33 (8.108%) NUnit
4 32 (7.862%) MSTest
5 26 (6.388%) Subversion
6 21 (5.160%) PowerBuilder
6 21 (5.160%) Visual Studio Team System
7 20 (4.914%) Moq
8 19 (4.668%) Selenium
9 9 (2.211%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (2.211%) Rhino Mocks
10 8 (1.966%) WebDriver
10 8 (1.966%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.966%) JIRA
10 8 (1.966%) WATIR
11 7 (1.720%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 4 (0.983%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.737%) Git (software)
13 3 (0.737%) TestComplete
13 3 (0.737%) MSBuild
General
1 23 (5.651%) Retail
2 11 (2.703%) Finance
3 7 (1.720%) Games
4 3 (0.737%) Marketing
4 3 (0.737%) Investment Banking
4 3 (0.737%) Billing
4 3 (0.737%) Banking
4 3 (0.737%) Telecoms
4 3 (0.737%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.246%) Advertising
5 1 (0.246%) Publishing
5 1 (0.246%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 268 (65.85%) Developer
2 109 (26.78%) C# Developer
3 94 (23.10%) .NET Developer
4 69 (16.95%) C# .NET Developer
5 41 (10.07%) Senior Developer
6 39 (9.582%) Analyst
7 37 (9.091%) Architect
8 31 (7.617%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 29 (7.125%) SharePoint Developer
10 27 (6.634%) Solutions Architect
11 24 (5.897%) Development Manager
12 19 (4.668%) Team Leader
12 19 (4.668%) Web Developer
13 18 (4.423%) Systems Developer
13 18 (4.423%) Development Team Leader
14 17 (4.177%) Programmer
14 17 (4.177%) Test Analyst
15 16 (3.931%) ASP.NET Developer
15 16 (3.931%) C# Programmer
16 15 (3.686%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.81%) N-Tier
2 15 (3.686%) Inversion of Control
2 15 (3.686%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.211%) Client/Server
3 9 (2.211%) Mobile App
4 8 (1.966%) Wiki
5 7 (1.720%) Tandem
6 6 (1.474%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (0.983%) Mathematics
7 4 (0.983%) SaaS
8 3 (0.737%) Social Network
9 2 (0.491%) Artificial Intelligence
9 2 (0.491%) Physics
9 2 (0.491%) Computer Science
9 2 (0.491%) Data Integration
9 2 (0.491%) Telematics
10 1 (0.246%) Open Source
10 1 (0.246%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.246%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 145 (35.63%) Windows
2 2 (0.491%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (0.491%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.246%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (46.19%) MVC
2 147 (36.12%) TDD
3 135 (33.17%) Scrum
4 74 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 54 (13.27%) Agile Software Development
6 53 (13.02%) Web Development
7 40 (9.828%) OO
7 40 (9.828%) BDD
8 38 (9.337%) SOA
8 38 (9.337%) Unit Testing
9 34 (8.354%) Project Management
10 27 (6.634%) ETL
11 26 (6.388%) Continuous Integration
11 26 (6.388%) Dependency Injection
12 24 (5.897%) Multithreading
12 24 (5.897%) Change Management
13 23 (5.651%) Kanban
13 23 (5.651%) Domain-Driven Design
14 22 (5.405%) Web Application Development
15 19 (4.668%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 347 (85.26%) C#
2 186 (45.70%) SQL
3 141 (34.64%) JavaScript
4 117 (28.75%) T-SQL
5 34 (8.354%) VB
6 23 (5.651%) VB.NET
7 19 (4.668%) VBA
8 18 (4.423%) Java
8 18 (4.423%) VB6
9 11 (2.703%) Ruby
9 11 (2.703%) VBScript
10 9 (2.211%) Python
11 8 (1.966%) C
12 7 (1.720%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 7 (1.720%) XAML
13 5 (1.229%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.737%) C++
15 2 (0.491%) PHP
15 2 (0.491%) VC++
15 2 (0.491%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (4.423%) Degree
2 16 (3.931%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (3.686%) MCP
3 15 (3.686%) MCAD
3 15 (3.686%) MCSD
4 12 (2.948%) MCTS
5 7 (1.720%) ISEB
6 3 (0.737%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.388%) QA
Vendors
1 217 (53.32%) Microsoft
2 77 (18.92%) Oracle
3 19 (4.668%) XMPie
4 14 (3.440%) HP
5 9 (2.211%) Sybase
6 5 (1.229%) Typemock
7 4 (0.983%) Telerik
8 3 (0.737%) Capita
9 2 (0.491%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.246%) Dundas
10 1 (0.246%) Twitter
10 1 (0.246%) JBoss
10 1 (0.246%) Adobe
10 1 (0.246%) IBM
Bedfordshire
My client is looking for a .Net Developer with skills C#, ASP.Net, SQL Server, MVC and Agile in to join their growing team based in Cranfield... You...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bedfordshire
A innovative software house are seeking 2 Senior C# Developers that embrace new technologies to join a thriving Agile driven team creating innovative web/windows solutions utilising C#,...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
This will suit a rare type of Analyst who can demonstrate expert-level proficiency in Microsoft's .NET Framework, Visual Studio (C#) and SQL Server and have excellent...
Interact Consulting
Salary: 35-45k
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The successful C# ASP.NET developer will be involved in full life cycle development including coding, testing, delivery and support; assistance with requirements gathering and software design and...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Development Team lead! The role of the Development Team Lead is to ensure the delivery of software projects on time, cost and quality. You will provide technical leadership...
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedfordshire
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Health Care
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare, Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Streamline Connections
Salary: £60000 - £67000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Luton, South East
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £60000 - £67000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bedford, South East
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + Pension + Health
Posted: 16 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Bupa, 25 days
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £38000 - £47000 per annum + Pension + Health
Posted: 17 June 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Asset Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £62000 per annum + 20% bonus + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bedford, South East
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Healthcare
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013