The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 24 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 36 36 31
Rank change year-on-year
0 -5
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 7 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 2.881% 1.026% 3.175%
As % of the Application Development category 6.796% 2.299% 8.824%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 6
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £34,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,100 £34,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +4.28%
All Application Development
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
103 87 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 42.39% 44.62% 35.98%
Number of salaries quoted 75 40 47
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,400 £28,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET Framework
County Antrim

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast .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 Belfast region.

Belfast .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 19 (100.00%) C#
1 19 (100.00%) .NET
2 17 (89.47%) SQL Server
3 15 (78.95%) SQL
4 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
5 12 (63.16%) Windows
5 12 (63.16%) ASP.NET
6 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
7 7 (36.84%) WCF
7 7 (36.84%) WPF
7 7 (36.84%) BizTalk Server
8 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
8 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
8 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
9 5 (26.32%) Workflow
9 5 (26.32%) Finance
9 5 (26.32%) Multithreading
9 5 (26.32%) WF
10 4 (21.05%) Technical Architecture
10 4 (21.05%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (21.05%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (21.05%) Scrum
10 4 (21.05%) WinForms
10 4 (21.05%) Strategic Planning
10 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
10 4 (21.05%) Sybase
10 4 (21.05%) Oracle
11 3 (15.79%) Visual Studio
11 3 (15.79%) OO
11 3 (15.79%) Unit Testing

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 19 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (63.16%) ASP.NET
3 7 (36.84%) WCF
3 7 (36.84%) WPF
4 5 (26.32%) WF
5 4 (21.05%) WinForms
6 2 (10.53%) Silverlight
6 2 (10.53%) XML
6 2 (10.53%) HTML
7 1 (5.263%) COM
7 1 (5.263%) CSS
7 1 (5.263%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 7 (36.84%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (89.47%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (15.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Developer
2 8 (42.11%) Support Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) .NET Developer
3 5 (26.32%) C# Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (21.05%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Software Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Applications Support
7 1 (5.263%) Software Applications Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Automated Tester
7 1 (5.263%) Tester
7 1 (5.263%) QA Tester
7 1 (5.263%) Senior C# Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Senior Microsoft Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Software Support Engineer
7 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (5.263%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.263%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 12 (63.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Workflow
1 5 (26.32%) Multithreading
2 4 (21.05%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (21.05%) Scrum
2 4 (21.05%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (15.79%) OO
3 3 (15.79%) Unit Testing
4 2 (10.53%) MVC
5 1 (5.263%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.263%) Project Management
5 1 (5.263%) TDD
5 1 (5.263%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C#
2 15 (78.95%) SQL
3 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.263%) XAML
3 1 (5.263%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.263%) ISEB
3 1 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Sybase
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) Progress
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