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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 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 Programming Languages category for the Birmingham region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank10514
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+9
Matching permanent IT job ads115223310
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham10.84 %15.36 %9.589 %
As % of the Programming Languages category25.39 %33.79 %26.41 %
Salaries quoted104205294
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£21,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4536601174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham42.70 %45.45 %36.31 %
Salaries quoted4066021039
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£25,000£23,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£52,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C# West MidlandsC#
West Midlands

C#
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Birmingham C# Salary Histogram

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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#.

1281 (85.93 %).NET
2190 (58.10 %)ASP.NET
3188 (57.49 %)SQL Server
4142 (43.43 %)SQL
5110 (33.64 %)CSS
697 (29.66 %)JavaScript
790 (27.52 %)HTML
883 (25.38 %)Visual Studio
978 (23.85 %)Microsoft
1077 (23.55 %)Web Services
1172 (22.02 %)SQL Server 2005
1261 (18.65 %).NET Framework
1360 (18.35 %)AJAX
1459 (18.04 %)XML
1555 (16.82 %)C++
1654 (16.51 %)SharePoint
1753 (16.21 %)Oracle
1851 (15.60 %)VB.NET
1943 (13.15 %)Java
2041 (12.54 %)VB
2041 (12.54 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2140 (12.23 %)WCF
2237 (11.31 %)Windows
2336 (11.01 %)Web Development
2336 (11.01 %)Degree
2435 (10.70 %)XSLT
2435 (10.70 %)XHTML
2532 (9.786 %)SQL Server 2008
2629 (8.869 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
2725 (7.645 %)Silverlight

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1281 (85.93 %).NET
2190 (58.10 %)ASP.NET
3110 (33.64 %)CSS
490 (27.52 %)HTML
577 (23.55 %)Web Services
661 (18.65 %).NET Framework
760 (18.35 %)AJAX
859 (18.04 %)XML
940 (12.23 %)WCF
1035 (10.70 %)XSLT
1035 (10.70 %)XHTML
1125 (7.645 %)ASP
1125 (7.645 %)Silverlight
1222 (6.728 %)LINQ
1321 (6.422 %)WPF
1417 (5.199 %)WinForms
1516 (4.893 %)SOAP
1611 (3.364 %)MFC
1611 (3.364 %)Flash
178 (2.446 %)LAMP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
154 (16.51 %)SharePoint
218 (5.505 %)LiveLink
218 (5.505 %)Oracle Workflow
317 (5.199 %)BizTalk Server
416 (4.893 %)SharePoint Server 2007
59 (2.752 %)IIS
59 (2.752 %)CMS
64 (1.223 %)Content Management Server
72 (0.612 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.306 %)Lotus Notes
81 (0.306 %)DotNetNuke
81 (0.306 %)Umbraco
81 (0.306 %)WordPress
Birmingham IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
119 (5.810 %)MS Excel
28 (2.446 %)Photoshop
35 (1.529 %)MS Visio
44 (1.223 %)InfoPath
52 (0.612 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (1.835 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (1.529 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.612 %)Summit
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (0.917 %)Intranet
22 (0.612 %)Internet
31 (0.306 %)Extranet
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1188 (57.49 %)SQL Server
272 (22.02 %)SQL Server 2005
341 (12.54 %)SQL Server Integration Services
432 (9.786 %)SQL Server 2008
529 (8.869 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
622 (6.728 %)Oracle 11g
718 (5.505 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
817 (5.199 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
915 (4.587 %)MySQL
1013 (3.976 %)DTS
1111 (3.364 %)SQL Server 2000
128 (2.446 %)Oracle 10g
134 (1.223 %)BusinessObjects
134 (1.223 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
134 (1.223 %)ETL
134 (1.223 %)RDBMS
134 (1.223 %)Datawarehouse
134 (1.223 %)Crystal Reports
134 (1.223 %)Oracle 8/8i
141 (0.306 %)Oracle 9i
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
183 (25.38 %)Visual Studio
219 (5.810 %)Team Foundation Server
35 (1.529 %)VSS/SourceSafe
35 (1.529 %)Subversion
42 (0.612 %)NUnit
51 (0.306 %)Expression Studio
Birmingham IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (5.505 %)Pensions
214 (4.281 %)Marketing
39 (2.752 %)Education
39 (2.752 %)Government
39 (2.752 %)Finance
48 (2.446 %)Auditing
57 (2.141 %)Manufacturing
66 (1.835 %)Health
75 (1.529 %)3D Graphics
84 (1.223 %)Telecoms
84 (1.223 %)Insurance
93 (0.917 %)Retail
102 (0.612 %)Law
102 (0.612 %)Automotive
111 (0.306 %)Advertising
111 (0.306 %)Home Office
111 (0.306 %)Games
111 (0.306 %)Online Games
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1286 (87.46 %)Developer
2148 (45.26 %).NET Developer
3126 (38.53 %)C# Developer
479 (24.16 %)ASP.NET Developer
567 (20.49 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
656 (17.13 %)Senior Developer
748 (14.68 %)Web Developer
836 (11.01 %)Senior C# Developer
933 (10.09 %)Senior .NET Developer
1023 (7.034 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1023 (7.034 %)Graduate
1120 (6.116 %).NET Web Developer
1218 (5.505 %)Graduate Developer
1218 (5.505 %)Applications Developer
1317 (5.199 %)Consultant
1317 (5.199 %)Software Developer
1415 (4.587 %)VB.NET Developer
1513 (3.976 %)Software Engineer
1612 (3.670 %)Web Applications Developer
1710 (3.058 %)Analyst
Birmingham IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (5.199 %)Mathematics
212 (3.670 %)Open Source
38 (2.446 %)Computer Science
46 (1.835 %)French Language
46 (1.835 %)Italian Language
46 (1.835 %)Spanish Language
46 (1.835 %)Physics
46 (1.835 %)N-Tier
53 (0.917 %)Mainframe
62 (0.612 %)Data Protection Act
62 (0.612 %)SaaS
71 (0.306 %)Blog
71 (0.306 %)Multithreading
71 (0.306 %)Semantic Web
71 (0.306 %)Applied Mathematics
71 (0.306 %)Management Information System
71 (0.306 %)Statistics
71 (0.306 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
137 (11.31 %)Windows
28 (2.446 %)Solaris
28 (2.446 %)Linux
36 (1.835 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (0.612 %)UNIX
51 (0.306 %)Windows Mobile
51 (0.306 %)Windows CE
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
136 (11.01 %)Web Development
223 (7.034 %)Business Intelligence
322 (6.728 %)Information Management
420 (6.116 %)Workflow
519 (5.810 %)Unit Testing
618 (5.505 %)Content Management
715 (4.587 %)OO
715 (4.587 %)E-Commerce
814 (4.281 %)Document Management
913 (3.976 %)SOA
1012 (3.670 %)Software Engineering
1110 (3.058 %)OOD
128 (2.446 %)CRM
128 (2.446 %)Service Management
137 (2.141 %)OOP
137 (2.141 %)TDD
146 (1.835 %)SEO
146 (1.835 %)CAD
146 (1.835 %)User Acceptance Testing
155 (1.529 %)OOA/OOD
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1142 (43.43 %)SQL
297 (29.66 %)JavaScript
355 (16.82 %)C++
451 (15.60 %)VB.NET
543 (13.15 %)Java
641 (12.54 %)VB
725 (7.645 %)C
824 (7.339 %)PHP
824 (7.339 %)T-SQL
922 (6.728 %)Perl
1017 (5.199 %)Delphi
1113 (3.976 %)VB6
1113 (3.976 %)Ruby
129 (2.752 %)Python
138 (2.446 %)ActionScript
138 (2.446 %)ActionScript 3.0
146 (1.835 %)XPath
146 (1.835 %)VC++
154 (1.223 %)VBA
154 (1.223 %)Groovy
Birmingham IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
136 (11.01 %)Degree
224 (7.339 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (3.364 %)MCSD
46 (1.835 %)Security Cleared
55 (1.529 %)MCP
62 (0.612 %)MCAD
62 (0.612 %)PhD
62 (0.612 %)MCTS
71 (0.306 %)MCPD
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.529 %)QA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.306 %)MSMQ
Birmingham IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
178 (23.85 %)Microsoft
253 (16.21 %)Oracle
318 (5.505 %)SAP
318 (5.505 %)Open Text
47 (2.141 %)Adobe
54 (1.223 %)Thunderhead
54 (1.223 %)Business Objects
54 (1.223 %)Kofax
61 (0.306 %)Symbian
61 (0.306 %)Lotus