Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Birmingham region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank224
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads214346471
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham20.32 %23.67 %14.59 %
As % of the Application Development category59.94 %63.02 %49.95 %
Salaries quoted191313448
Average salary£32,500£32,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,750£33,500
% change year-on-year
+3.700 %+0.740 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
357549943
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham33.90 %37.55 %29.21 %
Salaries quoted326504861
Average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,000£45,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
.NET West Midlands.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham .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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Birmingham .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1340 (62.04 %)ASP.NET
2302 (55.11 %)SQL Server
3281 (51.28 %)C#
4228 (41.61 %)SQL
5199 (36.31 %)CSS
6189 (34.49 %)VB.NET
7186 (33.94 %)JavaScript
8168 (30.66 %)HTML
9128 (23.36 %)SQL Server 2005
10126 (22.99 %)Microsoft
11122 (22.26 %)XML
12111 (20.26 %)AJAX
13102 (18.61 %)Visual Studio
1499 (18.07 %).NET Framework
1592 (16.79 %)Web Services
1681 (14.78 %)SharePoint
1768 (12.41 %)VB
1863 (11.50 %)Web Development
1863 (11.50 %)Degree
1960 (10.95 %)Java
1960 (10.95 %)ASP
2058 (10.58 %)XHTML
2157 (10.40 %)XSLT
2251 (9.307 %)Oracle
2349 (8.942 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2448 (8.759 %)T-SQL
2545 (8.212 %)SQL Server 2000
2644 (8.029 %)Windows
2739 (7.117 %)Microsoft Certification
2739 (7.117 %)SQL Server 2008

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1340 (62.04 %)ASP.NET
2199 (36.31 %)CSS
3168 (30.66 %)HTML
4122 (22.26 %)XML
5111 (20.26 %)AJAX
699 (18.07 %).NET Framework
792 (16.79 %)Web Services
860 (10.95 %)ASP
958 (10.58 %)XHTML
1057 (10.40 %)XSLT
1134 (6.204 %)WCF
1228 (5.109 %)Flash
1324 (4.380 %)Silverlight
1422 (4.015 %)WinForms
1521 (3.832 %)LINQ
1620 (3.650 %)WPF
1718 (3.285 %)Struts
1817 (3.102 %)J2EE
1916 (2.920 %)JSP
1916 (2.920 %)Adobe Flex
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
181 (14.78 %)SharePoint
234 (6.204 %)IIS
328 (5.109 %)SharePoint Server 2007
423 (4.197 %)BizTalk Server
518 (3.285 %)CMS
518 (3.285 %)LiveLink
518 (3.285 %)Oracle Workflow
616 (2.920 %)Lotus Notes
713 (2.372 %)MS Exchange
811 (2.007 %)Tomcat
96 (1.095 %)Content Management Server
103 (0.547 %)NetWeaver
112 (0.365 %)Moodle
112 (0.365 %)Apache
121 (0.182 %)Oracle Application Server
121 (0.182 %)WebSphere MQ
121 (0.182 %)Umbraco
121 (0.182 %)DotNetNuke
121 (0.182 %)Oracle 10gAS
121 (0.182 %)OpenCms
Birmingham IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
136 (6.569 %)MS Excel
210 (1.825 %)Photoshop
35 (0.912 %)MS Visio
44 (0.730 %)InfoPath
44 (0.730 %)MS Office
52 (0.365 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.365 %)Fireworks
61 (0.182 %)DOC1
61 (0.182 %)MS Project
61 (0.182 %)PrintSoft PReS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (2.555 %)Dynamics CRM
211 (2.007 %)Microsoft CRM
34 (0.730 %)Dynamics NAV
34 (0.730 %)Navision
43 (0.547 %)SAP CRM
43 (0.547 %)SAP PM
52 (0.365 %)Dynamics AX
52 (0.365 %)Axapta
52 (0.365 %)Summit
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (4.015 %)Internet
24 (0.730 %)Intranet
31 (0.182 %)Extranet
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1302 (55.11 %)SQL Server
2128 (23.36 %)SQL Server 2005
349 (8.942 %)SQL Server Integration Services
445 (8.212 %)SQL Server 2000
539 (7.117 %)SQL Server 2008
633 (6.022 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
730 (5.474 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
822 (4.015 %)Oracle 11g
920 (3.650 %)MySQL
1017 (3.102 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1113 (2.372 %)Crystal Reports
1212 (2.190 %)DTS
1311 (2.007 %)ETL
1311 (2.007 %)OLTP
149 (1.642 %)Oracle 10g
154 (0.730 %)RDBMS
154 (0.730 %)Oracle 8/8i
163 (0.547 %)GIS
163 (0.547 %)MS Access
171 (0.182 %)Oracle 9i
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1102 (18.61 %)Visual Studio
218 (3.285 %)Team Foundation Server
36 (1.095 %)Subversion
45 (0.912 %)VSS/SourceSafe
54 (0.730 %)JUnit
63 (0.547 %)Ant
72 (0.365 %)NUnit
81 (0.182 %)PVCS
81 (0.182 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.182 %)Expression Studio
81 (0.182 %)Oracle APEX
Birmingham IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
138 (6.934 %)Pensions
219 (3.467 %)Retail
318 (3.285 %)Advertising
318 (3.285 %)Marketing
414 (2.555 %)Finance
414 (2.555 %)Back Office
511 (2.007 %)General Ledger
511 (2.007 %)Government
610 (1.825 %)Education
79 (1.642 %)Telecoms
79 (1.642 %)Auditing
88 (1.460 %)Health
97 (1.277 %)Insurance
97 (1.277 %)Manufacturing
104 (0.730 %)3D Graphics
112 (0.365 %)Music
112 (0.365 %)Automotive
112 (0.365 %)Law
121 (0.182 %)Games
121 (0.182 %)Home Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1477 (87.04 %)Developer
2283 (51.64 %).NET Developer
3139 (25.36 %)ASP.NET Developer
4117 (21.35 %)C# Developer
599 (18.07 %)Web Developer
683 (15.15 %)VB.NET Developer
767 (12.23 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
866 (12.04 %)Senior Developer
962 (11.31 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1055 (10.04 %)Software Developer
1150 (9.124 %)Senior .NET Developer
1247 (8.577 %).NET Web Developer
1336 (6.569 %)Senior C# Developer
1431 (5.657 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1529 (5.292 %)Consultant
1628 (5.109 %)SQL Developer
1727 (4.927 %)Analyst
1823 (4.197 %)Graduate
1922 (4.015 %)Software Engineer
2018 (3.285 %)Graduate Developer
Birmingham IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
120 (3.650 %)Computer Science
219 (3.467 %)Mathematics
219 (3.467 %)iPhone
312 (2.190 %)EPoS
47 (1.277 %)N-Tier
47 (1.277 %)Statistics
47 (1.277 %)Web 2.0
47 (1.277 %)Physics
56 (1.095 %)French Language
56 (1.095 %)Italian Language
56 (1.095 %)Spanish Language
63 (0.547 %)Mainframe
72 (0.365 %)Data Protection Act
72 (0.365 %)CMDB
72 (0.365 %)NHS
72 (0.365 %)E-Learning
72 (0.365 %)VLE
81 (0.182 %)Management Information System
81 (0.182 %)W3C
81 (0.182 %)Multithreading
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
144 (8.029 %)Windows
217 (3.102 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (0.365 %)UNIX
32 (0.365 %)Linux
41 (0.182 %)Windows CE
41 (0.182 %)Windows Mobile
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
163 (11.50 %)Web Development
237 (6.752 %)E-Commerce
336 (6.569 %)Business Intelligence
431 (5.657 %)Content Management
526 (4.745 %)Workflow
621 (3.832 %)SEO
720 (3.650 %)CRM
818 (3.285 %)Information Management
917 (3.102 %)Business Analysis
1016 (2.920 %)Time Management
1115 (2.737 %)Project Management
1115 (2.737 %)Agile Software Development
1214 (2.555 %)Document Management
1214 (2.555 %)OO
1214 (2.555 %)Unit Testing
1310 (1.825 %)UML
149 (1.642 %)Service Management
158 (1.460 %)User Acceptance Testing
158 (1.460 %)SOA
158 (1.460 %)TDD
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1281 (51.28 %)C#
2228 (41.61 %)SQL
3189 (34.49 %)VB.NET
4186 (33.94 %)JavaScript
568 (12.41 %)VB
660 (10.95 %)Java
748 (8.759 %)T-SQL
830 (5.474 %)VB6
926 (4.745 %)ActionScript
926 (4.745 %)C++
108 (1.460 %)ActionScript 3.0
108 (1.460 %)C
108 (1.460 %)PHP
116 (1.095 %)XPath
116 (1.095 %)PL/SQL
124 (0.730 %)VC++
124 (0.730 %)VBA
133 (0.547 %)ABAP
142 (0.365 %)X++
142 (0.365 %)VBScript
Birmingham IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
163 (11.50 %)Degree
239 (7.117 %)Microsoft Certification
315 (2.737 %)MCSD
46 (1.095 %)Security Cleared
46 (1.095 %)MCAD
55 (0.912 %)MCP
64 (0.730 %)MCTS
71 (0.182 %)MCPD
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (2.190 %)QA
22 (0.365 %)ISO9001
Birmingham IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.182 %)MSMQ
Birmingham IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1126 (22.99 %)Microsoft
251 (9.307 %)Oracle
323 (4.197 %)SAP
418 (3.285 %)Open Text
516 (2.920 %)Lotus
611 (2.007 %)Cognos
78 (1.460 %)Adobe
83 (0.547 %)Hyperion
92 (0.365 %)Omniture
92 (0.365 %)Google
92 (0.365 %)HP
92 (0.365 %)TIBCO
101 (0.182 %)ESRI
101 (0.182 %)Business Objects
101 (0.182 %)Micro Focus
101 (0.182 %)Symbian
101 (0.182 %)Lagan