The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 3 3 5
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 517 608 523
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 28.48% 30.25% 24.41%
As % of the Application Development category 59.91% 58.97% 49.20%
Number of salaries quoted 498 560 474
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Application Development
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
863 1031 1063
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 47.55% 51.29% 49.60%
Number of salaries quoted 803 917 952
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Cambridgeshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge .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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 771 (84.82%) C#
2 516 (56.77%) ASP.NET
3 504 (55.45%) SQL Server
4 322 (35.42%) SQL
5 299 (32.89%) Microsoft
6 298 (32.78%) JavaScript
7 294 (32.34%) HTML
8 260 (28.60%) CSS
9 237 (26.07%) Degree
10 196 (21.56%) XML
11 193 (21.23%) Web Services
12 173 (19.03%) Java
12 173 (19.03%) VB.NET
13 169 (18.59%) MS Excel
14 168 (18.48%) TDD
15 153 (16.83%) C++
15 153 (16.83%) WCF
16 139 (15.29%) Oracle
17 132 (14.52%) SharePoint
18 128 (14.08%) WPF
19 119 (13.09%) OO
20 113 (12.43%) Agile Software Development
21 111 (12.21%) Microsoft Certification
22 110 (12.10%) Windows
23 106 (11.66%) jQuery
24 100 (11.00%) Ajax
25 97 (10.67%) MVC
26 94 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
27 89 (9.791%) NUnit
28 85 (9.351%) Computer Science

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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
1 516 (56.77%) ASP.NET
2 294 (32.34%) HTML
3 260 (28.60%) CSS
4 196 (21.56%) XML
5 193 (21.23%) Web Services
6 153 (16.83%) WCF
7 128 (14.08%) WPF
8 106 (11.66%) jQuery
9 100 (11.00%) Ajax
10 79 (8.691%) WinForms
11 65 (7.151%) XSLT
12 63 (6.931%) ASP.NET MVC
13 58 (6.381%) SOAP
14 55 (6.051%) .NET Framework
15 48 (5.281%) Silverlight
16 46 (5.061%) ADO.NET
17 35 (3.850%) ASP
18 34 (3.740%) Razor View Engine
19 30 (3.300%) ASP.NET MVC 4
20 29 (3.190%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 132 (14.52%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.850%) SharePoint 2010
3 25 (2.750%) IIS
4 19 (2.090%) SharePoint Server
5 18 (1.980%) OpenEdge
6 17 (1.870%) CMS
7 14 (1.540%) BizTalk Server
7 14 (1.540%) Apache
8 13 (1.430%) Windows Azure
9 10 (1.100%) Oracle Workflow
10 8 (0.880%) Drupal
10 8 (0.880%) concrete5
10 8 (0.880%) ColdFusion
11 6 (0.660%) SharePoint 2013
11 6 (0.660%) Smallworld
12 4 (0.440%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.440%) Magento
12 4 (0.440%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.330%) ESB
14 2 (0.220%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 169 (18.59%) MS Excel
2 21 (2.310%) Photoshop
3 6 (0.660%) MS Office
4 5 (0.550%) Fireworks
5 3 (0.330%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.110%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.110%) GIMP
Business Applications
1 41 (4.510%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.100%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.880%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.220%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 76 (8.361%) HTTP
2 15 (1.650%) HTTPS
3 8 (0.880%) Internet
4 4 (0.440%) X.509
4 4 (0.440%) SSL
5 3 (0.330%) Intranet
6 2 (0.220%) Firewall
6 2 (0.220%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.110%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.110%) GPRS
7 1 (0.110%) WLAN
7 1 (0.110%) 3G
7 1 (0.110%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 504 (55.45%) SQL Server
2 94 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
3 77 (8.471%) SQL Server 2005
4 73 (8.031%) MySQL
5 51 (5.611%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 41 (4.510%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (3.520%) MS Access
8 27 (2.970%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (2.200%) Big Data
10 18 (1.980%) Crystal Reports
11 17 (1.870%) SQL Server 2012
12 13 (1.430%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 12 (1.320%) RDBMS
14 9 (0.990%) Oracle 8/8i
14 9 (0.990%) DB2
15 7 (0.770%) GIS
16 6 (0.660%) QlikView
16 6 (0.660%) Apache Cassandra
16 6 (0.660%) NoSQL
16 6 (0.660%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 89 (9.791%) NUnit
2 73 (8.031%) Visual Studio
3 58 (6.381%) Rhino Mocks
4 57 (6.271%) Moq
5 28 (3.080%) MSTest
6 26 (2.860%) Subversion
7 25 (2.750%) Team Foundation Server
8 15 (1.650%) QUnit
9 8 (0.880%) QuickTest Pro
9 8 (0.880%) Dreamweaver
10 7 (0.770%) Selenium
11 5 (0.550%) TestComplete
12 4 (0.440%) Maven
12 4 (0.440%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.440%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.330%) Git (software)
13 3 (0.330%) JIRA
14 2 (0.220%) AQtime
14 2 (0.220%) VSS/SourceSafe
15 1 (0.110%) Bugzilla
General
1 76 (8.361%) Finance
2 27 (2.970%) Music
3 26 (2.860%) Music Industry
4 20 (2.200%) Manufacturing
5 15 (1.650%) Electronics
6 12 (1.320%) Retail
7 10 (1.100%) Telecoms
7 10 (1.100%) Automotive
8 8 (0.880%) Military
9 7 (0.770%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (0.660%) Advertising
11 4 (0.440%) Publishing
11 4 (0.440%) Billing
12 3 (0.330%) German Language
13 2 (0.220%) French Language
13 2 (0.220%) Legal
14 1 (0.110%) Law
14 1 (0.110%) Games
14 1 (0.110%) Back Office
14 1 (0.110%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 696 (76.57%) Developer
2 281 (30.91%) .NET Developer
3 242 (26.62%) C# Developer
4 203 (22.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 164 (18.04%) Software Engineer
6 131 (14.41%) Software Developer
7 123 (13.53%) Web Developer
8 93 (10.23%) Senior Developer
9 90 (9.901%) ASP.NET Developer
10 71 (7.811%) .NET Web Developer
11 67 (7.371%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 64 (7.041%) Applications Developer
13 59 (6.491%) C# Software Developer
14 58 (6.381%) SharePoint Developer
15 49 (5.391%) .NET Software Developer
16 44 (4.840%) Senior Software Engineer
17 40 (4.400%) Web Applications Developer
18 38 (4.180%) .NET Applications Developer
19 28 (3.080%) Lead Software Engineer
20 27 (2.970%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 85 (9.351%) Computer Science
2 48 (5.281%) Open Source
3 36 (3.960%) Mobile App
4 27 (2.970%) Inversion of Control
5 26 (2.860%) Blog
6 25 (2.750%) SaaS
7 22 (2.420%) Mathematics
8 20 (2.200%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (1.760%) Mobile Payment
10 13 (1.430%) Blackberry
11 10 (1.100%) iPhone
11 10 (1.100%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.770%) N-Tier
12 7 (0.770%) PKI
12 7 (0.770%) Cryptography
12 7 (0.770%) Physics
13 6 (0.660%) Replication
13 6 (0.660%) Firmware
14 5 (0.550%) Management Information System
15 4 (0.440%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 110 (12.10%) Windows
2 36 (3.960%) Android
3 35 (3.850%) Linux
4 23 (2.530%) Apple iOS
5 19 (2.090%) UNIX
6 10 (1.100%) CentOS
6 10 (1.100%) openSUSE
7 4 (0.440%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.440%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.220%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.220%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.110%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.110%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (18.48%) TDD
2 119 (13.09%) OO
3 113 (12.43%) Agile Software Development
4 97 (10.67%) MVC
5 79 (8.691%) Scrum
6 64 (7.041%) OOD
7 61 (6.711%) E-Commerce
8 58 (6.381%) Web Application Development
9 57 (6.271%) Continuous Integration
10 54 (5.941%) Web Development
11 53 (5.831%) Kanban
12 49 (5.391%) CRM
13 48 (5.281%) Pair Programming
14 43 (4.730%) MVVM
15 40 (4.400%) Business Intelligence
16 32 (3.520%) Analytics
17 30 (3.300%) ERP
18 28 (3.080%) Project Management
19 27 (2.970%) Dependency Injection
20 26 (2.860%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 771 (84.82%) C#
2 322 (35.42%) SQL
3 298 (32.78%) JavaScript
4 173 (19.03%) Java
4 173 (19.03%) VB.NET
5 153 (16.83%) C++
6 71 (7.811%) VB
7 68 (7.481%) T-SQL
8 61 (6.711%) Python
9 52 (5.721%) PHP
10 29 (3.190%) VBA
11 11 (1.210%) VBScript
11 11 (1.210%) VB6
12 10 (1.100%) Ruby
12 10 (1.100%) Objective-C
13 9 (0.990%) C++/CLI
14 8 (0.880%) C
14 8 (0.880%) Perl
15 6 (0.660%) Magik
16 4 (0.440%) XAML
Qualifications
1 237 (26.07%) Degree
2 111 (12.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 54 (5.941%) MCTS
3 54 (5.941%) MCP
3 54 (5.941%) MCAD
3 54 (5.941%) MCSD
4 20 (2.200%) ISEB
5 18 (1.980%) Security Cleared
6 16 (1.760%) ISTQB
7 7 (0.770%) PhD
7 7 (0.770%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.440%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.110%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.970%) QA
2 7 (0.770%) ISO 9000
3 5 (0.550%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.110%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.440%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 299 (32.89%) Microsoft
2 139 (15.29%) Oracle
3 29 (3.190%) Adobe
4 18 (1.980%) Zend
5 10 (1.100%) Macromedia
5 10 (1.100%) Red Hat
6 7 (0.770%) QNX
7 6 (0.660%) Sage
8 5 (0.550%) Perforce
9 4 (0.440%) Google
10 3 (0.330%) Epicor
10 3 (0.330%) SAP
10 3 (0.330%) Sybase
10 3 (0.330%) Facebook
10 3 (0.330%) Twitter
11 2 (0.220%) Infobright
12 1 (0.110%) Cognizant
12 1 (0.110%) VMware
12 1 (0.110%) Sencha
12 1 (0.110%) Omniture
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
NET Developer /Software Developer/ Software Engineer/ Analyst Programmer/ C# / ASP.NET/ SQL Server... Experience in a .Net Development role. ASP.NET Experience. C# Experience. J Query Knowledge. SQL...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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Salary: £24000 - £37000 per annum + benifits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Position: Contract Software Developer (C#, SQL)Location: Cambridge. Skills: C#.NET, PHP, SQL ServerRate: £250-£320 per day.My established, growing and successful client, within Cambridge are looking...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £250 - £320 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The UX / UI Engineer is a key role and will be tasked with working alongside the Senior Software Engineer with the web development and user interface designs improving...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
My client, a prestigious, cutting edge blue chip company is seeking a number of developers working within the C#, ASP.NET framework... 2+ experience within ASP.Net is...
TEKsystems
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + bonus, pension, benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Extensive Benefits Package
Posted: 25 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will be working within a small team of talented developers working on a core product that is supplied to numerous global customers including several FTSE100 companies. The...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: up to 45k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Skills: C# Developer with experience of; .Net Compact Framework, or other suitable mobile skillset... SQL Server. ASP.Net/Winforms/Silverlight... Degree Educated... Keywords: C#/ ASP.NET/ SQL...
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Keywords: C#, .NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, WCF, WPF, SQL, SQL SERVER, PROGRAMMING, DATABASES, SOFTWARE, DEVELOPER, DEVELOPMENT, IT, CAMBRIDGE, GRADUATE, 2:1, 1ST, FIRST CLASS, BACHELORS, MASTERS, COMPUTER SCIENCE,...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £20000 to £26000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C# expertise. In-depth knowledge ofWeb protocols and languages, including HTTP, HTML, XML, JavaScript ,CSS... Desired: Has developed in MS-SQL, Azure SQL... Experience of asp.net MVC...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
A high profile ecommerce company based in Cambridge are seeking talented ASP.NET Developers who are agile advocates to join their team!... Candidates will need experience of : ASP...
Salt
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To be considered you'll be degree educated and be comfortable working with mixture of technologies including C#, C++, OO design and Visual Studio and .Net tools... Essential:...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Fantastic + prospects
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Software Developer (C# / .Net) - Central Cambridge... Experience with Web Services (SOAP, XML etc). Relevant degree (e.g... Desirable: Experience with Java, PHP or HTML... Keywords: Software Developer, Software...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits (flexi-time etc)
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Net, AJAX, SQL, Microsoft, Web, WPF, TDD, WCF, SOAP. Job Description: Designing, developing and maintaining software using Microsoft .Net framework (C#) and SQL Server for the web, desktop...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Unspecified Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
They have a fantastic relationship with Microsoft and are working on one of the first SharePoint 2013 implementations with Microsoft right now... The role itself will involve working...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge
This role has the scope to move into a Software Architect role, so if you have any architecture experience it would be a distinct advantage. This Senior Software...
Michael Rothstein
Salary: £41k
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C# .net Developer required in Cambridge to work on desktop applications... To be considered you be degree educated and highly comfortable working with C# .net for desktop applications.....
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Fantastic + prospects
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Java. C# Visual Studio. T-SQL... SQL Server. ASP.Net/Winforms/Silverlight... Degree Educated... Keywords: C#/ ASP.NET/ SQL Server/ ERP/ Microsoft Dynamics Navision/ Cambridge/ Peterborough/ East Anglia.
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
They were awarded Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partner of the year 2010 and Global Vertical Partner 2011 ... Additional Information: With over a million users worldwide Microsoft Dynamics NAV is...
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C# Software Engineer in R&D... The company specialises in the creation of automated products for research and development chemists and is a world leader in areas dovetailing...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The successful applicant will have knowledge in the following skills - C# WPF SQL ASP.NET Any additional skills in WCF, Web Services, COM/DCOM or MS reporting services...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: c50k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Practical knowledge of design patterns and avoidance of anti-patterns is a must.Applicants must have at least 4 years of commercial software development or equivalent open source...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Extensive Benefits Package
Posted: 25 May 2013
Cambridge
You will have: - A good degree in a relevant technical subject from a top university - Commercial development experience, including a notable contribution to the design of one or...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k plus excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The successful candidate will have the following attributes: Degree educated - 1st/2:1 (or equivalent) Exposure to any of the following languages: C#, Asp.net, HTML, XML, CSS,...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Being the "hands on" technical lead for a small team of database application experts (SQL Server and Oracle) you will have responsibility for managing development, system enhancement and...
Vadis People
Salary: £42000 - £44000 per annum + Final Salary Pension
Posted: 21 May 2013