The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 23 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 3 2 4
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 465 377 433
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 26.82% 21.79% 23.17%
As % of the Application Development category 49.00% 53.78% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 431 372 371
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
949 701 802
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 54.73% 40.52% 42.91%
Number of salaries quoted 871 655 711
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
South West

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol .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 Bristol region.

Bristol .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Avonmouth - 2 £30,000 -
.NET
South West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 787 (81.47%) C#
2 578 (59.83%) ASP.NET
3 526 (54.45%) SQL Server
4 367 (37.99%) SQL
5 312 (32.30%) JavaScript
6 282 (29.19%) CSS
7 274 (28.36%) MVC
8 258 (26.71%) HTML
9 252 (26.09%) Microsoft
10 192 (19.88%) SharePoint
11 190 (19.67%) WCF
12 186 (19.25%) Agile Software Development
13 177 (18.32%) VB.NET
14 152 (15.73%) MS Excel
15 148 (15.32%) OO
16 146 (15.11%) Scrum
17 144 (14.91%) ASP.NET MVC
18 143 (14.80%) .NET Framework
19 132 (13.66%) Visual Studio
20 131 (13.56%) Finance
21 126 (13.04%) XML
22 125 (12.94%) Web Services
23 119 (12.32%) jQuery
24 109 (11.28%) Degree
25 108 (11.18%) WPF
26 106 (10.97%) Legal
27 87 (9.006%) Web Development
28 84 (8.696%) T-SQL
29 75 (7.764%) Windows
30 74 (7.660%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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
1 578 (59.83%) ASP.NET
2 282 (29.19%) CSS
3 258 (26.71%) HTML
4 190 (19.67%) WCF
5 144 (14.91%) ASP.NET MVC
6 143 (14.80%) .NET Framework
7 126 (13.04%) XML
8 125 (12.94%) Web Services
9 119 (12.32%) jQuery
10 108 (11.18%) WPF
11 74 (7.660%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 49 (5.072%) Ajax
13 39 (4.037%) WinForms
14 37 (3.830%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 36 (3.727%) LINQ
16 32 (3.313%) ASP.NET MVC 2
17 31 (3.209%) SOAP
18 27 (2.795%) XSLT
19 26 (2.692%) XHTML
20 25 (2.588%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 192 (19.88%) SharePoint
2 73 (7.557%) SharePoint 2010
3 62 (6.418%) CMS
4 31 (3.209%) Umbraco
5 26 (2.692%) Kentico
6 25 (2.588%) Windows Azure
7 23 (2.381%) SharePoint Server
8 20 (2.070%) IIS
9 15 (1.553%) Sitecore CMS
10 8 (0.828%) Sitefinity
10 8 (0.828%) Google App Engine
10 8 (0.828%) DotNetNuke
11 6 (0.621%) Apache
12 5 (0.518%) BizTalk Server
13 4 (0.414%) Drupal
13 4 (0.414%) WordPress
13 4 (0.414%) SharePoint 2013
14 3 (0.311%) Magento
15 2 (0.207%) Oracle Spatial
15 2 (0.207%) ESB
Applications
1 152 (15.73%) MS Excel
2 22 (2.277%) InfoPath
3 9 (0.932%) MS Office
4 3 (0.311%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.104%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.104%) MS Project
5 1 (0.104%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 17 (1.760%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.656%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.207%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.207%) LabWindows
4 1 (0.104%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.104%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.104%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.070%) Intranet
2 7 (0.725%) SSL
3 4 (0.414%) Internet
4 3 (0.311%) HTTP
4 3 (0.311%) DNS
5 2 (0.207%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.207%) LAN
5 2 (0.207%) DHCP
5 2 (0.207%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.207%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 526 (54.45%) SQL Server
2 62 (6.418%) SQL Server 2008
3 57 (5.901%) SQL Server 2005
4 36 (3.727%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 34 (3.520%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (2.588%) MySQL
7 19 (1.967%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 14 (1.449%) Crystal Reports
9 9 (0.932%) Oracle 8/8i
10 8 (0.828%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.621%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 4 (0.414%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.414%) GIS
13 3 (0.311%) MS Access
14 2 (0.207%) DTS
14 2 (0.207%) PostgreSQL
15 1 (0.104%) Big Data
15 1 (0.104%) Couchbase
15 1 (0.104%) HBase
15 1 (0.104%) Redis
Development Applications
1 132 (13.66%) Visual Studio
2 47 (4.865%) Team Foundation Server
3 25 (2.588%) Subversion
4 22 (2.277%) NUnit
5 17 (1.760%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 14 (1.449%) StarTeam
7 10 (1.035%) Selenium
8 8 (0.828%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.621%) Eclipse
10 5 (0.518%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
11 4 (0.414%) MSTest
11 4 (0.414%) MbUnit
11 4 (0.414%) QuickTest Pro
11 4 (0.414%) LabVIEW
12 3 (0.311%) JUnit
12 3 (0.311%) TeamCity
13 2 (0.207%) JIRA
14 1 (0.104%) GitHub
14 1 (0.104%) Bugzilla
14 1 (0.104%) PowerBuilder
General
1 131 (13.56%) Finance
2 106 (10.97%) Legal
3 47 (4.865%) Marketing
4 43 (4.451%) Telecoms
5 35 (3.623%) Retail
6 29 (3.002%) Law
7 20 (2.070%) Front Office
8 19 (1.967%) Back Office
9 16 (1.656%) Banking
10 11 (1.139%) Automotive
11 10 (1.035%) Advertising
12 9 (0.932%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.518%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.311%) Avionics
15 2 (0.207%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.207%) Electronics
15 2 (0.207%) Games
15 2 (0.207%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.104%) Music
16 1 (0.104%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 754 (78.05%) Developer
2 331 (34.27%) .NET Developer
3 189 (19.57%) Software Developer
4 143 (14.80%) C# Developer
5 133 (13.77%) Senior Developer
6 126 (13.04%) C# .NET Developer
7 93 (9.627%) Senior .NET Developer
8 84 (8.696%) ASP.NET Developer
9 78 (8.075%) SharePoint Developer
10 75 (7.764%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 60 (6.211%) Web Developer
12 57 (5.901%) Software Engineer
13 48 (4.969%) Senior C# Developer
14 43 (4.451%) .NET Software Developer
15 40 (4.141%) Microsoft Developer
16 36 (3.727%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
17 34 (3.520%) Senior Software Developer
18 31 (3.209%) Analyst
19 30 (3.106%) Lead Developer
20 27 (2.795%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 44 (4.555%) N-Tier
1 44 (4.555%) Mobile App
2 38 (3.934%) Digital Media
3 37 (3.830%) Computer Science
4 25 (2.588%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (1.863%) Open Source
5 18 (1.863%) Management Information System
5 18 (1.863%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (1.656%) Social Media
7 11 (1.139%) Tandem
8 8 (0.828%) Mathematics
8 8 (0.828%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (0.621%) iPhone
9 6 (0.621%) Client/Server
9 6 (0.621%) W3C
10 5 (0.518%) Physics
11 4 (0.414%) Semantic Web
11 4 (0.414%) iPad
12 3 (0.311%) Thin Client
12 3 (0.311%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 75 (7.764%) Windows
2 29 (3.002%) Linux
3 22 (2.277%) Android
4 17 (1.760%) Windows Mobile
5 16 (1.656%) Windows CE
5 16 (1.656%) Apple iOS
6 14 (1.449%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (1.449%) UNIX
7 8 (0.828%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.207%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.207%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.207%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.104%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (28.36%) MVC
2 186 (19.25%) Agile Software Development
3 148 (15.32%) OO
4 146 (15.11%) Scrum
5 87 (9.006%) Web Development
6 69 (7.143%) E-Commerce
7 64 (6.625%) TDD
8 63 (6.522%) Project Management
9 58 (6.004%) UML
10 51 (5.280%) Unit Testing
11 50 (5.176%) Business Analysis
12 46 (4.762%) SOA
13 37 (3.830%) Continuous Integration
14 36 (3.727%) OOP
15 31 (3.209%) CRM
16 28 (2.899%) Software Engineering
17 27 (2.795%) Mobile Application Development
18 26 (2.692%) Domain-Driven Design
19 25 (2.588%) OOD
20 23 (2.381%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 787 (81.47%) C#
2 367 (37.99%) SQL
3 312 (32.30%) JavaScript
4 177 (18.32%) VB.NET
5 84 (8.696%) T-SQL
6 66 (6.832%) Java
7 60 (6.211%) VB
8 52 (5.383%) PHP
9 46 (4.762%) C++
10 37 (3.830%) VBA
11 23 (2.381%) VB6
12 20 (2.070%) VBScript
13 15 (1.553%) PowerShell
14 12 (1.242%) C
15 9 (0.932%) Delphi
15 9 (0.932%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.621%) Bash shell
16 6 (0.621%) Ruby
16 6 (0.621%) XPath
17 5 (0.518%) XAML
Qualifications
1 109 (11.28%) Degree
2 65 (6.729%) Microsoft Certification
3 56 (5.797%) Security Cleared
4 36 (3.727%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.139%) MCP
5 11 (1.139%) MCAD
5 11 (1.139%) MCSD
5 11 (1.139%) MCTS
6 7 (0.725%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.207%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.207%) ISEB
8 1 (0.104%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.104%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.104%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.070%) SLA
2 13 (1.346%) QA
System Software
1 5 (0.518%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.311%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.621%) Puppet
1 6 (0.621%) WMI
2 1 (0.104%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 252 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.004%) Oracle
3 16 (1.656%) Sitecore
4 15 (1.553%) Google
5 14 (1.449%) Red Hat
6 11 (1.139%) Facebook
7 10 (1.035%) Twitter
8 6 (0.621%) F5
8 6 (0.621%) Sun
8 6 (0.621%) ArcSight
9 4 (0.414%) ESRI
10 3 (0.311%) VMware
10 3 (0.311%) Apple
10 3 (0.311%) Zend
11 2 (0.207%) Panasonic
11 2 (0.207%) Ektron
11 2 (0.207%) Cognos
11 2 (0.207%) Salesforce.com
11 2 (0.207%) Business Objects
12 1 (0.104%) SAP
Bristol, South West
Based in the company's Bristol office you will be work on core web development using C#, ASP.NET and MVC... This is a role for someone who...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The successful candidates will be a mid-senior level developers who have experience working with C#, ASP.Net and good SQL Server skills who is happy to work...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
ASP-Net C# MVC Umbraco SQL This is not a job to be missed!
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP45000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The .NET Developer will have the majority of the following skills: - ASP.NET MVC - Windows Presentation Foundation / WPF - SQL Server - Entity Framework - Agile development methodologies The .NET Developer...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £0 - 40k per year + Pension + 25 days holiday
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
We are recruiting for a Senior Developer or Technical Lead for one of the fastest growing most exciting companies in Bristol- RequiredASP-NETHTMLCSSExperience of managing / leading a teamNice...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP45000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent benefits + training
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, South West
You will use the latest Microsoft technologies including ASP.Net 4.5 C#, MVC3, WPF and WCF... Experience requiredYou must have proven experience with ASP.Net C# and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, South West
Utilising the Agile Scrum approach, you will be delivering a wide range of functionality every 4 weeks into our core insurance system... Working with technologies such as C#, ...
Brightside Group
Salary: Up to £50,000
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They appreciate this is hard to find and therefore willing to flex if someone is more experienced in one as the team are mixed, however the opportunity to...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus Health Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
You should have experience with a number of programming languages such as C#, SQL and ASP.Net.You must have an advanced understanding of SharePoint 2010 and proven...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Lead .NET Developer - 40k, VB.NET, C#, SQL, WPF, WCF, Winforms... The ideal candidate will have strong exposure to the following: - VB.NET or C# - Enhancing and maintaining...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The Trainee / Graduate will have some experience (even if just academic) of using one or more of: .Net (C# or ASP.Net or VB.Net); any exposure to...
Mills Goodwin Talent Network
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum + pension, healthcare, 25 days hols
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking for a Development Project Manager to oversee the development life-cycle whilst liaising with an overseas development team and senior management. Desirable experience/qualities: -...
Sanderson
Salary: £41500 - £49500 per annum + £4k car allowance
Posted: 10 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Expansion has appeared due to funding from a major, well-known global corporation. This really is an exciting time to join an expanding, relatively young organisation. Any understand...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 45,000 - 50,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of OO Design (OOD) and Service Orientated Architectures (SOA)... - Experience using XAML / Expression... This successful C# Software Developer ( Programmer, Software Engineer, .NET, UI, Silverlight, WPF, SQL Server )...
Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £35-42,000 + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
We require a Senior Software Engineer with a solid grounding in Microsoft .Net ( 3.5+ ) including C# and MVC with strong OO design skills and an understanding of...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The -NET Applications Developer works closely with customers, business analysts, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of sound technical solutions- The -...
OPUS
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bristol City Centre, South West
This role requires strong web development skills (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/AJAX/JSON) as well as related database skills (SQL Server/Transact SQL). Strong .NET experience would also be...
Teleperformance
Salary: Dependant on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Analyst/Programmer, Developer, Perl, C, C++, Java, .Net, C#, OO language... Suitable candidates will have a strong understanding/experience of a development language - ideally OO - such as...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, South West
About the Role: - We use the Microsoft technology stack, and in particular C# and .Net 4.0 with Visual Studio tooling... - Understanding technologies such as C#, .Net, WCF,...
Brightside Group
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Tech skills required to get and do this role are; C#, .Net 3.5 or later, ASP, SQL Server 2008, Subversion / SourceSafe and Agile methodologies. It would greatly...
ISL
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Support/Application Support/Support Analyst/ .NET/Oracle/PL/SQL/3rd Line Support/SDLC/ITIL/Development/Perm/Bristol/Urgent Requirement Software/Application Support Analyst Due to internal progression and...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Support/Application Support/Support Analyst/ .NET/Oracle/PL/SQL/3rd Line Support/SDLC/ITIL/Development/Perm/Bristol/Urgent Requirement Software/Application Support Analyst Due to internal progression and...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Web based knowledge such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript is also essential. Experience using UNIX/Linux would also be beneficial. Applicants must be confident working with minimal supervision,...
Novate IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants will have substantial experience in C# and/or .NET programming along with advanced XML and Visual Studio skills. Web based knowledge such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Are you experienced in SQL Server, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, triggers, Views etc?... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + pension, life insurance etc
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Are you experienced in SQL Server, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, triggers, Views etc?... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + pension, life insurance etc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The senior manual tester will possess the following skills: *Must have the ability to WRITE YOUR OWN SCRIPTS in any OOP as opposed to just running pre written...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Therefor ANY knowledge of .Net, Java, C#, Python, C++, Bash, Perl, SQL, etc... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + Outstanding benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
To contribute to the functions operating plan in line with the strategy of the organisation.Reporting into the Development and Support Manager, the Senior SME is a technical...
Hudson
Salary: £5000 - £43000 per annum + Car + impressive benefits package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Any OOP such as .Net, C# or Java would be preferable. *Automated Testing with Selenium (MUST HAVE SELENIUM WEBDRIVER) *At least 7 years testing experience and test team...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key skills: Full understanding of Project Management lifecycle Prince 2 certified or ISEB certification Strong understanding of Agile Experience of facilitating daily Scrums, Planning games etc... People Source...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential skills include: * Degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science... * Experience of full development life cycle using C/C++ for Embedded Systems, Assembler(8051) , Visual C++, VB.NET... *...
Roc Search
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013