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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank44
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads182135
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.058 %
As % of the category below44.39 %44.70 %
Salaries quoted150129
Average minimum salary£36,067£34,519
Average salary£39,783£37,058
% change on same period last year+7.35 %
Average maximum salary£43,500£39,597
UK excluding London average salary£35,415£35,854
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bedfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads410302
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.237 %0.130 %
Salaries quoted368279
Average minimum salary£33,765£32,803
Average salary£37,263£35,702
% change on same period last year+4.37 %
Average maximum salary£40,761£38,602
UK excluding London average salary£35,990£36,664
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
.NET East of England.NET
East of England

.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bedfordshire .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 10 October 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
BedfordDown-565£41,803+31.75 %
Leighton BuzzardUp+23£24,000-21.31 %
.NET East of England.NET
East of England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

1288 (74.42 %)C#
2270 (69.77 %)SQL Server
3222 (57.36 %)ASP.NET
3222 (57.36 %)SQL
4107 (27.65 %)XML
5105 (27.13 %)SQL Server 2000
698 (25.32 %)SQL Server 2005
789 (23.00 %)Oracle
884 (21.71 %).NET Framework
978 (20.16 %)Microsoft
1075 (19.38 %)Windows
1169 (17.83 %)Visual Studio
1262 (16.02 %)IIS
1358 (14.99 %)VB.NET
1455 (14.21 %)JavaScript
1554 (13.95 %)Project Management
1652 (13.44 %)C++
1748 (12.40 %)HTML
1843 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
1941 (10.59 %)WinForms
2040 (10.34 %)WebServices
2138 (9.819 %)OO
2138 (9.819 %)MS Excel
2235 (9.044 %)RDBMS
2334 (8.786 %)Java
2431 (8.010 %)PL/SQL
2530 (7.752 %)ASP
2530 (7.752 %)TCP/IP
2628 (7.235 %)Web Development
2725 (6.460 %)ADO.NET

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1222 (57.36 %)ASP.NET
2107 (27.65 %)XML
384 (21.71 %).NET Framework
448 (12.40 %)HTML
541 (10.59 %)WinForms
640 (10.34 %)WebServices
730 (7.752 %)ASP
825 (6.460 %)ADO.NET
924 (6.202 %)AJAX
1017 (4.393 %)COM
1116 (4.134 %)J2EE
1213 (3.359 %)MFC
1312 (3.101 %)STL
1312 (3.101 %)LINQ
1411 (2.842 %)Middleware
1411 (2.842 %)CSS
158 (2.067 %)WCF
167 (1.809 %)SOAP
176 (1.550 %)XHTML
185 (1.292 %)XML Schema
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
162 (16.02 %)IIS
220 (5.168 %)BizTalk Server
39 (2.326 %)SharePoint
41 (0.258 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.258 %)CMS
41 (0.258 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.258 %)SharePoint Portal Server
41 (0.258 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (0.258 %)DotNetNuke
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (9.819 %)MS Excel
26 (1.550 %)MS Office
33 (0.775 %)MATLAB
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.517 %)Navision
21 (0.258 %)SAP ERP
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (7.752 %)TCP/IP
26 (1.550 %)GPRS
26 (1.550 %)ISDN
35 (1.292 %)Internet
42 (0.517 %)SMPP
42 (0.517 %)FTP
42 (0.517 %)Intranet
51 (0.258 %)DNS
51 (0.258 %)LAN
51 (0.258 %)WAN
51 (0.258 %)DHCP
51 (0.258 %)Wireless
51 (0.258 %)Extranet
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1270 (69.77 %)SQL Server
2105 (27.13 %)SQL Server 2000
398 (25.32 %)SQL Server 2005
435 (9.044 %)RDBMS
524 (6.202 %)MySQL
615 (3.876 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
710 (2.584 %)Informix
87 (1.809 %)ETL
95 (1.292 %)SQL Server Integration Services
104 (1.034 %)SQLPlus
113 (0.775 %)GIS
122 (0.517 %)DTS
131 (0.258 %)MS Access
131 (0.258 %)Data Cleansing
131 (0.258 %)SQL Server 2008
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
169 (17.83 %)Visual Studio
210 (2.584 %)NUnit
34 (1.034 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.258 %)Rational Rose
41 (0.258 %)PowerBuilder
41 (0.258 %)Subversion
41 (0.258 %)Visual Studio Team System
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (5.685 %)Government
213 (3.359 %)Finance
310 (2.584 %)Education
47 (1.809 %)Marketing
56 (1.550 %)Telecoms
65 (1.292 %)Pharmaceutical
74 (1.034 %)Pensions
83 (0.775 %)Manufacturing
83 (0.775 %)Automotive
83 (0.775 %)Health
92 (0.517 %)Legal
92 (0.517 %)Local Government
101 (0.258 %)Police
101 (0.258 %)Retail
101 (0.258 %)FMCG
101 (0.258 %)Back Office
101 (0.258 %)Electronics
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1213 (55.04 %)Developer
2107 (27.65 %)C# Developer
367 (17.31 %).NET Developer
450 (12.92 %)Software Developer
537 (9.561 %)Web Developer
636 (9.302 %)Analyst
636 (9.302 %)Team Leader
735 (9.044 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
834 (8.786 %)Development Manager
931 (8.010 %)ASP.NET Developer
1024 (6.202 %)Consultant
1123 (5.943 %)Junior
1222 (5.685 %)Senior Developer
1321 (5.426 %)Software Engineer
1321 (5.426 %)Development Team Leader
1420 (5.168 %)Software Development Manager
1420 (5.168 %)SQL Developer
1420 (5.168 %)Technical Consultant
1420 (5.168 %)Software Manager
1519 (4.910 %)Technical Analyst
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (2.067 %)Social Network
25 (1.292 %)N-Tier
33 (0.775 %)Multithreading
33 (0.775 %)Statistics
33 (0.775 %)Computer Science
42 (0.517 %)Data Integration
42 (0.517 %)Mainframe
42 (0.517 %)Client/Server
51 (0.258 %)Management Information System
51 (0.258 %)Biometrics
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
175 (19.38 %)Windows
23 (0.775 %)UNIX
32 (0.517 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.258 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (0.258 %)Windows XP
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
154 (13.95 %)Project Management
238 (9.819 %)OO
328 (7.235 %)Web Development
422 (5.685 %)OOP
521 (5.426 %)Agile Software Development
521 (5.426 %)TDD
617 (4.393 %)UML
713 (3.359 %)Resource Management
811 (2.842 %)OOD
910 (2.584 %)Project Planning
109 (2.326 %)PRINCE2
118 (2.067 %)Data Modelling
118 (2.067 %)Mobile Commerce
118 (2.067 %)Migration
118 (2.067 %)Time Management
127 (1.809 %)Scrum
136 (1.550 %)Stakeholder Management
136 (1.550 %)E-Commerce
145 (1.292 %)Digital Marketing
154 (1.034 %)Problem Management
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1288 (74.42 %)C#
2222 (57.36 %)SQL
358 (14.99 %)VB.NET
455 (14.21 %)JavaScript
552 (13.44 %)C++
643 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
734 (8.786 %)Java
831 (8.010 %)PL/SQL
920 (5.168 %)PHP
1015 (3.876 %)DHTML
1113 (3.359 %)C
1113 (3.359 %)VB
127 (1.809 %)Delphi
133 (0.775 %)VC++
142 (0.517 %)COBOL
151 (0.258 %)VB6
151 (0.258 %)ActionScript
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (4.393 %)Microsoft Certification
213 (3.359 %)Degree
311 (2.842 %)MCSD
45 (1.292 %)MCAD
45 (1.292 %)PRINCE2 Certification
52 (0.517 %)MCP
61 (0.258 %)HND
61 (0.258 %)MCSE
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.326 %)QA
28 (2.067 %)21 CFR Part 11
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.258 %)Active Directory
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
189 (23.00 %)Oracle
278 (20.16 %)Microsoft
37 (1.809 %)Citrix
43 (0.775 %)VMware
52 (0.517 %)SAP
61 (0.258 %)Kofax
61 (0.258 %)Capita