Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 18 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 Application Development category for the Cambridge region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank456
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads311288535
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge17.97 %19.06 %18.57 %
As % of the Application Development category52.80 %45.14 %54.10 %
Salaries quoted285247472
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,750£33,500
% change year-on-year
+3.700 %+0.740 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
589638989
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge34.03 %42.22 %34.33 %
Salaries quoted549564884
Average salary£33,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.710 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
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.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cambridge .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Cambridge .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

1463 (74.68 %)C#
2299 (48.23 %)SQL Server
3259 (41.77 %)SQL
4207 (33.39 %)Degree
5183 (29.52 %)C++
6174 (28.06 %)ASP.NET
7164 (26.45 %)Microsoft
8154 (24.84 %)Web Services
9151 (24.35 %)Windows
10147 (23.71 %)OO
11141 (22.74 %)AJAX
12139 (22.42 %)XML
13136 (21.94 %)VB.NET
14134 (21.61 %)HTML
15110 (17.74 %)JavaScript
16103 (16.61 %)IIS
17102 (16.45 %)Java
1878 (12.58 %)Visual Studio
1975 (12.10 %)Agile Software Development
2071 (11.45 %)WCF
2168 (10.97 %)Web Development
2265 (10.48 %)CSS
2364 (10.32 %)MS Excel
2463 (10.16 %).NET Framework
2559 (9.516 %)Computer Science
2657 (9.194 %)PHP
2755 (8.871 %)SharePoint
2851 (8.226 %)Middleware
2948 (7.742 %)SQL Server 2008
3047 (7.581 %)C

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1174 (28.06 %)ASP.NET
2154 (24.84 %)Web Services
3141 (22.74 %)AJAX
4139 (22.42 %)XML
5134 (21.61 %)HTML
671 (11.45 %)WCF
765 (10.48 %)CSS
863 (10.16 %).NET Framework
951 (8.226 %)Middleware
1041 (6.613 %)jQuery
1132 (5.161 %)JSON
1132 (5.161 %)Silverlight
1228 (4.516 %)SOAP
1228 (4.516 %)ASP
1320 (3.226 %)EDI
1320 (3.226 %)ODBC
1320 (3.226 %)J2EE
1419 (3.065 %)WPF
1419 (3.065 %)WinForms
1518 (2.903 %)XHTML
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1103 (16.61 %)IIS
255 (8.871 %)SharePoint
321 (3.387 %)BizTalk Server
419 (3.065 %)SharePoint Server 2007
515 (2.419 %)ColdFusion
67 (1.129 %)SAS
76 (0.968 %)SharePoint Portal Server
85 (0.806 %)DotNetNuke
85 (0.806 %)CMS
85 (0.806 %)MS Exchange
85 (0.806 %)Apache
94 (0.645 %)NetWeaver
103 (0.484 %)Sitecore CMS
103 (0.484 %)EPiServer
112 (0.323 %)Umbraco
121 (0.161 %)Joomla!
Cambridge IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
164 (10.32 %)MS Excel
217 (2.742 %)Photoshop
36 (0.968 %)MS Office
44 (0.645 %)Pro/ENGINEER
52 (0.323 %)FrameMaker
61 (0.161 %)MATLAB
61 (0.161 %)MS Visio
61 (0.161 %)Fireworks
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (1.290 %)Dynamics AX
26 (0.968 %)Dynamics CRM
34 (0.645 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.161 %)Google Analytics
41 (0.161 %)GoldMine
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
138 (6.129 %)Intranet
223 (3.710 %)Internet
322 (3.548 %)HTTP
420 (3.226 %)SMTP
510 (1.613 %)TCP/IP
64 (0.645 %)DHCP
64 (0.645 %)DNS
72 (0.323 %)Ethernet
72 (0.323 %)WAN
72 (0.323 %)LAN
81 (0.161 %)RTSP
81 (0.161 %)RTP
81 (0.161 %)3G
81 (0.161 %)WLAN
81 (0.161 %)Broadband
81 (0.161 %)GPRS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1299 (48.23 %)SQL Server
248 (7.742 %)SQL Server 2008
344 (7.097 %)MySQL
437 (5.968 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
536 (5.806 %)SQL Server 2000
634 (5.484 %)SQL Server Integration Services
727 (4.355 %)SQL Server 2005
826 (4.194 %)DTS
915 (2.419 %)Crystal Reports
1010 (1.613 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
118 (1.290 %)Datawarehouse
118 (1.290 %)Oracle Reports
127 (1.129 %)Oracle 11g
127 (1.129 %)Oracle OWB
127 (1.129 %)Oracle 8/8i
127 (1.129 %)Oracle 9i
127 (1.129 %)Oracle 10g
136 (0.968 %)RDBMS
144 (0.645 %)DB2
144 (0.645 %)GIS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
178 (12.58 %)Visual Studio
211 (1.774 %)Selenium
211 (1.774 %)VSS/SourceSafe
39 (1.452 %)Subversion
47 (1.129 %)NUnit
56 (0.968 %)TestComplete
65 (0.806 %)WatiN
65 (0.806 %)WATIR
65 (0.806 %)WinRunner
65 (0.806 %)QuickTest Pro
73 (0.484 %)Ant
73 (0.484 %)JUnit
82 (0.323 %)LabVIEW
82 (0.323 %)FitNesse
91 (0.161 %)TeamCity
91 (0.161 %)Team Foundation Server
91 (0.161 %)Atlassian Bamboo
91 (0.161 %)ClearCase
Cambridge IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
139 (6.290 %)Pensions
235 (5.645 %)Finance
235 (5.645 %)Education
334 (5.484 %)Health
415 (2.419 %)Insurance
514 (2.258 %)Marketing
612 (1.935 %)Manufacturing
710 (1.613 %)Billing
89 (1.452 %)Banking
89 (1.452 %)Advertising
98 (1.290 %)Pharmaceutical
107 (1.129 %)Games
115 (0.806 %)Multimedia
115 (0.806 %)Back Office
123 (0.484 %)Music
123 (0.484 %)3D Graphics
123 (0.484 %)Government
123 (0.484 %)Electronics
123 (0.484 %)Telecoms
132 (0.323 %)Electric
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1417 (67.26 %)Developer
2161 (25.97 %).NET Developer
3157 (25.32 %)C# Developer
4105 (16.94 %)Web Developer
567 (10.81 %)Software Developer
658 (9.355 %)Applications Developer
756 (9.032 %)Software Engineer
852 (8.387 %)Analyst
951 (8.226 %)Tester
1043 (6.935 %)Programmer
1142 (6.774 %)Graduate
1239 (6.290 %)SQL Developer
1337 (5.968 %)SQL Server Developer
1436 (5.806 %)C# Software Developer
1534 (5.484 %).NET Web Developer
1631 (5.000 %)Web Applications Developer
1631 (5.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
1730 (4.839 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1827 (4.355 %)Junior
1926 (4.194 %)C# Web Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
159 (9.516 %)Computer Science
241 (6.613 %)Mathematics
334 (5.484 %)Client/Server
417 (2.742 %)Replication
59 (1.452 %)Open Source
59 (1.452 %)Clustering
67 (1.129 %)iPhone
76 (0.968 %)Device Driver
76 (0.968 %)German Language
76 (0.968 %)Visualisation
84 (0.645 %)Handset
84 (0.645 %)Tandem
84 (0.645 %)Life Science
84 (0.645 %)Physics
92 (0.323 %)W3C
92 (0.323 %)Management Information System
92 (0.323 %)Chemistry
92 (0.323 %)Biology
101 (0.161 %)Multithreading
101 (0.161 %)SaaS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1151 (24.35 %)Windows
223 (3.710 %)UNIX
320 (3.226 %)AIX
320 (3.226 %)Solaris
410 (1.613 %)Linux
55 (0.806 %)Windows XP
64 (0.645 %)Windows CE
73 (0.484 %)Red Hat Linux
73 (0.484 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.323 %)Windows Mobile
82 (0.323 %)Windows Vista
82 (0.323 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.161 %)Windows 7
91 (0.161 %)ThreadX
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1147 (23.71 %)OO
275 (12.10 %)Agile Software Development
368 (10.97 %)Web Development
444 (7.097 %)MVC
535 (5.645 %)Unit Testing
633 (5.323 %)Software Engineering
731 (5.000 %)OOP
827 (4.355 %)Project Management
926 (4.194 %)OOD
1021 (3.387 %)ERP
1118 (2.903 %)CRM
1118 (2.903 %)Automated Testing
1217 (2.742 %)Test Scripting
1316 (2.581 %)Data Modelling
1413 (2.097 %)Web Testing
1413 (2.097 %)UML
1512 (1.935 %)DSDM
1611 (1.774 %)Scrum
1611 (1.774 %)PRINCE2
1710 (1.613 %)E-Commerce
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1463 (74.68 %)C#
2259 (41.77 %)SQL
3183 (29.52 %)C++
4136 (21.94 %)VB.NET
5110 (17.74 %)JavaScript
6102 (16.45 %)Java
757 (9.194 %)PHP
847 (7.581 %)C
943 (6.935 %)T-SQL
1036 (5.806 %)VB
1122 (3.548 %)VC++
1219 (3.065 %)VBScript
1219 (3.065 %)Python
1314 (2.258 %)PL/SQL
147 (1.129 %)Delphi
154 (0.645 %)Perl
163 (0.484 %)ActionScript 3.0
163 (0.484 %)Ruby
163 (0.484 %)ActionScript
172 (0.323 %)VB6
Cambridge IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1207 (33.39 %)Degree
216 (2.581 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (1.935 %)ISEB
49 (1.452 %)MCSE
57 (1.129 %)MCDBA
63 (0.484 %)Security Cleared
63 (0.484 %)MCTS
63 (0.484 %)MCP
63 (0.484 %)MCAD
63 (0.484 %)MCSD
72 (0.323 %)OCP
72 (0.323 %)Oracle Certification
72 (0.323 %)PRINCE2 Certification
72 (0.323 %)A+ Certification
72 (0.323 %)CCNA
72 (0.323 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.161 %)PhD
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (4.194 %)QA
23 (0.484 %)COBIT
Cambridge IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (1.129 %)Oracle RMAN
24 (0.645 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.645 %)Backup Exec
22 (0.323 %)MSI
Cambridge IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1164 (26.45 %)Microsoft
247 (7.581 %)Oracle
39 (1.452 %)Sybase
47 (1.129 %)VMware
54 (0.645 %)SAP
54 (0.645 %)Cisco
54 (0.645 %)Sophos
54 (0.645 %)SonicWALL
63 (0.484 %)Sitecore
63 (0.484 %)Agresso
63 (0.484 %)Red Hat
72 (0.323 %)Apple
72 (0.323 %)Google
81 (0.161 %)Zend
81 (0.161 %)ESRI
81 (0.161 %)Macromedia
81 (0.161 %)Siemens
81 (0.161 %)Sage