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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank - 3 3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 0 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackpool - 48.39% 19.05%
As % of the Application Development category - 100.00% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 14 4
Average salary - £34,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.15%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Application Development
Blackpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11 15 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackpool 34.38% 48.39% 23.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 5
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £20,000 £21,250
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Lancashire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackpool .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Blackpool region.

Blackpool .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackpool 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.

1 12 (85.71%) C#
1 12 (85.71%) SQL
1 12 (85.71%) ASP.NET
1 12 (85.71%) MS Excel
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (64.29%) VB.NET
2 9 (64.29%) SQL Server
3 7 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 7 (50.00%) VB
3 7 (50.00%) MVC
3 7 (50.00%) TDD
3 7 (50.00%) Retail
3 7 (50.00%) VB6
3 7 (50.00%) Logistics
3 7 (50.00%) Python
3 7 (50.00%) Unit Testing
3 7 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (21.43%) .NET Framework
5 2 (14.29%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Windows Vista
5 2 (14.29%) Ajax
5 2 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
5 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (14.29%) MS Office
5 2 (14.29%) VBA
5 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackpool 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.

Application Development
1 12 (85.71%) ASP.NET
2 7 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (21.43%) .NET Framework
4 2 (14.29%) Ajax
Applications
1 12 (85.71%) MS Excel
2 2 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (14.29%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Software Developer
3 3 (21.43%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (21.43%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
3 3 (21.43%) C# Developer
3 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (14.29%) Support Technician
4 2 (14.29%) Programmer
4 2 (14.29%) Junior Programmer
4 2 (14.29%) Junior
4 2 (14.29%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Vista
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
1 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) MVC
1 7 (50.00%) TDD
1 7 (50.00%) Logistics
1 7 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 7 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) C#
1 12 (85.71%) SQL
2 9 (64.29%) VB.NET
3 7 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 7 (50.00%) VB
3 7 (50.00%) VB6
3 7 (50.00%) Python
4 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (14.29%) VBA
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
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