The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 17 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 3 3 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 58 46 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 48.33% 35.38% 49.15%
As % of the Application Development category 69.88% 90.20% 96.67%
Number of salaries quoted 54 46 27
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,050 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
83 51 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 69.17% 39.23% 50.85%
Number of salaries quoted 77 51 28
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £26,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Manchester

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton .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 Bolton region.

Bolton .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Bolton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bolton .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 91 (79.13%) C#
2 90 (78.26%) ASP.NET
3 65 (56.52%) HTML
4 60 (52.17%) MVC
5 59 (51.30%) SQL
6 49 (42.61%) SQL Server
7 48 (41.74%) VB.NET
8 47 (40.87%) CSS
9 46 (40.00%) jQuery
10 41 (35.65%) VB
11 39 (33.91%) T-SQL
12 36 (31.30%) JavaScript
13 34 (29.57%) TDD
14 33 (28.70%) ASP.NET MVC
15 30 (26.09%) Web Application Development
16 29 (25.22%) Web Development
17 28 (24.35%) WCF
18 25 (21.74%) WPF
18 25 (21.74%) Domain-Driven Design
18 25 (21.74%) KnockoutJS
18 25 (21.74%) Ninject
18 25 (21.74%) Dependency Injection
18 25 (21.74%) Node.js
18 25 (21.74%) MCTS
18 25 (21.74%) MCP
18 25 (21.74%) MCAD
18 25 (21.74%) MCSD
18 25 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
18 25 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
18 25 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC 4

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 90 (78.26%) ASP.NET
2 65 (56.52%) HTML
3 47 (40.87%) CSS
4 46 (40.00%) jQuery
5 33 (28.70%) ASP.NET MVC
6 28 (24.35%) WCF
7 25 (21.74%) WPF
7 25 (21.74%) Node.js
7 25 (21.74%) Ninject
7 25 (21.74%) KnockoutJS
7 25 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 19 (16.52%) Razor View Engine
9 17 (14.78%) JSON
9 17 (14.78%) XML
10 15 (13.04%) XSL
11 8 (6.957%) WinForms
11 8 (6.957%) ASP
11 8 (6.957%) Web Services
12 5 (4.348%) .NET Framework
13 3 (2.609%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 17 (14.78%) CMS
2 11 (9.565%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.739%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (6.957%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.739%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (6.087%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.826%) Intranet
2 3 (2.609%) Wireless
3 1 (0.870%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (42.61%) SQL Server
2 14 (12.17%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (6.957%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (6.957%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (6.957%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (6.087%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (4.348%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (1.739%) MySQL
6 2 (1.739%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.739%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.739%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 8 (6.957%) MorphX
2 7 (6.087%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.739%) CruiseControl
3 2 (1.739%) ReSharper
3 2 (1.739%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.739%) Mercurial
3 2 (1.739%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.870%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.870%) Subversion
4 1 (0.870%) NUnit
General
1 24 (20.87%) Back Office
2 7 (6.087%) Retail
3 6 (5.217%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 112 (97.39%) Developer
2 66 (57.39%) .NET Developer
3 40 (34.78%) Web Developer
4 21 (18.26%) Senior Developer
5 19 (16.52%) ASP.NET Developer
6 17 (14.78%) Senior .NET Developer
7 16 (13.91%) C# Developer
8 15 (13.04%) C# .NET Developer
9 11 (9.565%) VB.NET Developer
9 11 (9.565%) .NET Web Developer
10 9 (7.826%) Senior C# Developer
10 9 (7.826%) Senior VB.NET Developer
10 9 (7.826%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 8 (6.957%) SharePoint Developer
12 7 (6.087%) Lead Developer
13 4 (3.478%) Senior Web Developer
13 4 (3.478%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
13 4 (3.478%) Senior .NET Web Developer
14 3 (2.609%) Senior SharePoint Developer
14 3 (2.609%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.957%) N-Tier
2 7 (6.087%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.739%) Social Media
4 1 (0.870%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.65%) Windows
2 4 (3.478%) Android
2 4 (3.478%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.609%) Windows CE
3 3 (2.609%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (52.17%) MVC
2 34 (29.57%) TDD
3 30 (26.09%) Web Application Development
4 29 (25.22%) Web Development
5 25 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (21.74%) Domain-Driven Design
5 25 (21.74%) Dependency Injection
6 10 (8.696%) OO
7 9 (7.826%) OOP
8 8 (6.957%) Logistics
9 7 (6.087%) Project Management
10 6 (5.217%) E-Commerce
11 5 (4.348%) Enterprise Architecture
11 5 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
12 3 (2.609%) Unit Testing
12 3 (2.609%) Scrum
13 2 (1.739%) Pair Programming
13 2 (1.739%) Data Analysis
13 2 (1.739%) SSADM
13 2 (1.739%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 91 (79.13%) C#
2 59 (51.30%) SQL
3 48 (41.74%) VB.NET
4 41 (35.65%) VB
5 39 (33.91%) T-SQL
6 36 (31.30%) JavaScript
7 8 (6.957%) C
7 8 (6.957%) X++
8 2 (1.739%) VBA
9 1 (0.870%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (21.74%) MCP
1 25 (21.74%) MCAD
1 25 (21.74%) MCSD
1 25 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
1 25 (21.74%) MCTS
2 16 (13.91%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.957%) SLA
2 2 (1.739%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (5.217%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.739%) Oracle
Bolton, Lancashire
Demonstrate an ability to learn and understand the software product, and the tools and techniques adopted by the Development team - in particular .NET, C# & SQL Server / Oracle... PERSON...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Demonstrate an ability to learn and understand the software product, and the tools and techniques adopted by the Development team - in particular .NET, C# & SQL Server / Oracle... PERSON...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set: C# ASP.NET MVC Agile OOP Any experience with the following would be desirable: JavaScript / jQuery HTML &...
greywood
Salary: £20000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set: C# ASP.NET. MVC... OOP. Any experience with the following would be desirable: JavaScript / jQuery. HTML & CSS...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £20000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Relevant Skills/Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field - Strong Knowledge of C#, ASP.Net, JavaScript - Experience of developing a commercial web product - Experience of...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
This particular organisation provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide... As a software developer on the eCommerce side, you'll be working on projects for...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Demonstrate an ability to learn and understand the software product, and the tools and techniques adopted by the Development team - in particular .NET, C# & SQL Server / Oracle... Knowledge /...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
SQL or Oracle. - HTML & XML. - JavaScript... - Full software development lifecycle (SDLC) If you have any experience with MVC (or other design patterns), VB, Visual Studio or IIS this...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of technologies/tools we currently use: - C# - JavaScript & associated libraries (eg JQuery) - ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.Net MVC, WCF - NHibernate - Castle...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 29 April 2013