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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1613
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads8701344
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.504 %0.578 %
As % of the category below21.58 %24.94 %
Salaries quoted8311196
Average minimum salary£33,651£35,527
Average salary£37,612£39,039
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum salary£41,573£42,552
UK excluding London average salary£35,289£35,789
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads40315390
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.333 %2.319 %
Salaries quoted35144607
Average minimum salary£37,004£36,572
Average salary£40,620£40,145
% change on same period last year+1.18 %
Average maximum salary£44,236£43,719
UK excluding London average salary£35,506£35,791
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
C# South EastC#
South East

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Berkshire C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C# across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire C# Salary Histogram

C#
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Berkshire 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
ReadingDown-3317£37,118-4.89 %
SloughUp+5104£37,230-4.87 %
BracknellUp+465£37,203-16.29 %
WindsorUp+362£37,353-4.11 %
NewburyDown-1461£35,669+8.28 %
MaidenheadDown-253£41,931+24.66 %
WokinghamUp+949£33,635-2.68 %
AscotNew entry-14£46,071-
ThatchamDown-21£30,000-36.84 %
C# South EastC#
South East

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing C# 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 C#.

11531 (89.90 %).NET
21119 (65.71 %)ASP.NET
3999 (58.66 %)SQL Server
4502 (29.48 %)SQL
5440 (25.84 %)XML
6373 (21.90 %)C++
7370 (21.73 %)SQL Server 2005
8358 (21.02 %)Microsoft
9333 (19.55 %)HTML
10332 (19.50 %)JavaScript
11285 (16.74 %)Java
12278 (16.32 %)VB.NET
13276 (16.21 %)VB
14252 (14.80 %)Windows
15249 (14.62 %)OO
16230 (13.51 %)Oracle
17229 (13.45 %)CSS
18223 (13.09 %)WebServices
19195 (11.45 %)Degree
20187 (10.98 %)MS Excel
21184 (10.80 %)AJAX
22181 (10.63 %).NET Framework
23178 (10.45 %)SQL Server 2000
24177 (10.39 %)Finance
25161 (9.454 %)WinForms
25161 (9.454 %)SharePoint
26159 (9.336 %)Visual Studio
27143 (8.397 %)ASP
28122 (7.164 %)Web Development
29114 (6.694 %)Pensions

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing C# 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 C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11531 (89.90 %).NET
21119 (65.71 %)ASP.NET
3440 (25.84 %)XML
4333 (19.55 %)HTML
5229 (13.45 %)CSS
6223 (13.09 %)WebServices
7184 (10.80 %)AJAX
8181 (10.63 %).NET Framework
9161 (9.454 %)WinForms
10143 (8.397 %)ASP
1191 (5.344 %)ADO.NET
1289 (5.226 %)XHTML
1374 (4.345 %)WPF
1471 (4.169 %)XSLT
1568 (3.993 %)WF
1665 (3.817 %)J2EE
1757 (3.347 %)WCF
1855 (3.230 %)XSL
1953 (3.112 %)LINQ
2045 (2.642 %)Silverlight
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1161 (9.454 %)SharePoint
2111 (6.518 %)SharePoint Server 2007
377 (4.521 %)IIS
442 (2.466 %)BizTalk Server
521 (1.233 %)CMS
620 (1.174 %)SharePoint Portal Server
77 (0.411 %)Content Management Server
86 (0.352 %)ArcSDE
86 (0.352 %)Tomcat
86 (0.352 %)ColdFusion
86 (0.352 %)Oracle Spatial
95 (0.294 %)ArcIMS
95 (0.294 %)Commerce Server
104 (0.235 %)Apache
113 (0.176 %)ColdFusion MX
113 (0.176 %)JBoss
113 (0.176 %)ArcGIS
122 (0.117 %)MS Exchange
131 (0.059 %)Exchange Server 2000
131 (0.059 %)Oracle Workflow
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1187 (10.98 %)MS Excel
246 (2.701 %)MS Office
317 (0.998 %)InfoPath
410 (0.587 %)MS Visio
59 (0.528 %)Photoshop
66 (0.352 %)MS Project
66 (0.352 %)FrameMaker
74 (0.235 %)Adobe Illustrator
83 (0.176 %)S-PLUS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (1.351 %)Dynamics CRM
221 (1.233 %)Microsoft CRM
314 (0.822 %)Dynamics AX
49 (0.528 %)SAP CRM
58 (0.470 %)Great Plains
65 (0.294 %)Summit
73 (0.176 %)SalesLogix
73 (0.176 %)Navision
82 (0.117 %)SAP SD
82 (0.117 %)SAP R/3
82 (0.117 %)SAP FI
82 (0.117 %)SAP MM
91 (0.059 %)Dynamics GP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
190 (5.285 %)Internet
241 (2.408 %)Intranet
335 (2.055 %)HTTP
433 (1.938 %)Wireless
522 (1.292 %)TCP/IP
620 (1.174 %)SMTP
717 (0.998 %)DNS
816 (0.940 %)SAN
816 (0.940 %)SNMP
816 (0.940 %)FTP
915 (0.881 %)Extranet
109 (0.528 %)VoIP
109 (0.528 %)WAN
118 (0.470 %)X.500
126 (0.352 %)LDAP
135 (0.294 %)LAN
135 (0.294 %)H.323
144 (0.235 %)Firewall
144 (0.235 %)RFID
153 (0.176 %)TETRA
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1999 (58.66 %)SQL Server
2370 (21.73 %)SQL Server 2005
3178 (10.45 %)SQL Server 2000
474 (4.345 %)SQL Server Integration Services
568 (3.993 %)Crystal Reports
667 (3.934 %)RDBMS
739 (2.290 %)MySQL
830 (1.762 %)DTS
929 (1.703 %)SQL Server 2008
1027 (1.585 %)Datawarehouse
1126 (1.527 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1213 (0.763 %)Oracle Reports
1312 (0.705 %)Data Mining
1411 (0.646 %)MS Access
1510 (0.587 %)Oracle 8/8i
169 (0.528 %)GIS
169 (0.528 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
177 (0.411 %)Informix
186 (0.352 %)ETL
186 (0.352 %)Oracle 10g
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1159 (9.336 %)Visual Studio
245 (2.642 %)NUnit
325 (1.468 %)VSS/SourceSafe
325 (1.468 %)Flash
418 (1.057 %)Subversion
510 (0.587 %)MSI
510 (0.587 %)InstallShield
66 (0.352 %)Eclipse
75 (0.294 %)Dreamweaver
75 (0.294 %)TestDirector
81 (0.059 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.059 %)WinRunner
81 (0.059 %)FrontPage
81 (0.059 %)Visual Studio Team System
81 (0.059 %)JUnit
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1177 (10.39 %)Finance
2114 (6.694 %)Pensions
388 (5.167 %)Insurance
478 (4.580 %)Health
559 (3.464 %)Marketing
559 (3.464 %)Banking
639 (2.290 %)Education
732 (1.879 %)Advertising
732 (1.879 %)Retail
829 (1.703 %)Telecoms
921 (1.233 %)Multimedia
1020 (1.174 %)Publishing
1117 (0.998 %)Legal
1117 (0.998 %)Investment Banking
1214 (0.822 %)Government
1214 (0.822 %)Automotive
1310 (0.587 %)Financial Institution
149 (0.528 %)Pharmaceutical
149 (0.528 %)Electronics
158 (0.470 %)Electric
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11136 (66.71 %)Developer
2659 (38.70 %).NET Developer
3486 (28.54 %)C# Developer
4301 (17.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
5263 (15.44 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
6246 (14.45 %)Software Developer
7130 (7.634 %)Senior Developer
8128 (7.516 %)Web Developer
9104 (6.107 %)Software Engineer
1089 (5.226 %)Consultant
1187 (5.109 %)Programmer
1281 (4.756 %)Analyst
1378 (4.580 %)Graduate
1467 (3.934 %).NET Web Developer
1564 (3.758 %)Senior .NET Developer
1659 (3.464 %)Junior
1757 (3.347 %)Architect
1854 (3.171 %)CSharp Software Developer
1949 (2.877 %)SQL Developer
2048 (2.819 %)C++ Software Engineer
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
187 (5.109 %)Computer Science
227 (1.585 %)N-Tier
325 (1.468 %)Client/Server
419 (1.116 %)W3C
517 (0.998 %)RIA
615 (0.881 %)Streaming Media
714 (0.822 %)Mathematics
812 (0.705 %)Multithreading
911 (0.646 %)German Language
911 (0.646 %)Clustering
109 (0.528 %)Replication
109 (0.528 %)French Language
118 (0.470 %)Physics
118 (0.470 %)PMI
126 (0.352 %)Derivative
126 (0.352 %)Statistics
135 (0.294 %)E-Learning
144 (0.235 %)Fixed Income
144 (0.235 %)EPoS
144 (0.235 %)Biometrics
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1252 (14.80 %)Windows
250 (2.936 %)Linux
348 (2.819 %)Windows Server 2003
447 (2.760 %)UNIX
533 (1.938 %)Windows XP
617 (0.998 %)Windows Mobile
715 (0.881 %)Windows 2000
812 (0.705 %)Red Hat Linux
911 (0.646 %)Windows Vista
1010 (0.587 %)Windows CE
115 (0.294 %)Windows NT
124 (0.235 %)Windows Server 2008
132 (0.117 %)Embedded Linux
141 (0.059 %)Windows 2000 Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1249 (14.62 %)OO
2122 (7.164 %)Web Development
3113 (6.635 %)Agile Software Development
490 (5.285 %)UML
490 (5.285 %)CRM
575 (4.404 %)Scrum
649 (2.877 %)E-Commerce
741 (2.408 %)ERP
840 (2.349 %)SOA
939 (2.290 %)Document Management
1035 (2.055 %)Project Management
1133 (1.938 %)TDD
1229 (1.703 %)OOP
1328 (1.644 %)Business Intelligence
1426 (1.527 %)Web Design
1525 (1.468 %)Security Cleared
1624 (1.409 %)Unit Testing
1624 (1.409 %)DRM
1722 (1.292 %)OOD
1820 (1.174 %)Automated Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1502 (29.48 %)SQL
2373 (21.90 %)C++
3332 (19.50 %)JavaScript
4285 (16.74 %)Java
5278 (16.32 %)VB.NET
6276 (16.21 %)VB
7109 (6.400 %)C
866 (3.876 %)Transact-SQL
963 (3.699 %)VB6
1053 (3.112 %)VC++
1146 (2.701 %)COBOL
1237 (2.173 %)VBScript
1333 (1.938 %)Delphi
1429 (1.703 %)PL/SQL
1527 (1.585 %)Perl
1527 (1.585 %)Python
1626 (1.527 %)PHP
1724 (1.409 %)DHTML
1814 (0.822 %)VBA
199 (0.528 %)XPath
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1195 (11.45 %)Degree
2101 (5.931 %)Microsoft Certification
375 (4.404 %)MCSD
464 (3.758 %)MCAD
563 (3.699 %)MCP
634 (1.996 %)MCTS
717 (0.998 %)MCITP
814 (0.822 %)MCPD
814 (0.822 %)ISEB
912 (0.705 %)PhD
106 (0.352 %)MCDBA
115 (0.294 %)HND
115 (0.294 %)PMP
115 (0.294 %)PMI Certification
122 (0.117 %)ISEB Practitioner
131 (0.059 %)ITIL Certification
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (1.351 %)QA
21 (0.059 %)ISO9000
21 (0.059 %)ISO9001
21 (0.059 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (0.646 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (0.705 %)MIIS
23 (0.176 %)SCOM
32 (0.117 %)MOM
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1358 (21.02 %)Microsoft
2230 (13.51 %)Oracle
324 (1.409 %)Micro Focus
422 (1.292 %)BT
517 (0.998 %)SAP
612 (0.705 %)Red Hat
710 (0.587 %)Sybase
710 (0.587 %)Syncfusion
89 (0.528 %)Siebel
98 (0.470 %)Perforce
106 (0.352 %)ESRI
115 (0.294 %)Cisco
115 (0.294 %)Yahoo!
124 (0.235 %)NEC
124 (0.235 %)Dell
133 (0.176 %)PeopleSoft
133 (0.176 %)Cognos
133 (0.176 %)salesforce.com
133 (0.176 %)Autodesk
133 (0.176 %)Baan