Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

 Microsoft ASP.NET
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank11713
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads162277316
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire11.09 %19.36 %9.744 %
As % of the Application Development category32.34 %41.04 %28.21 %
Salaries quoted139269304
Average salary£30,000£27,750£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.100 %-14.61 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£22,500£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.610 %-
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
5016751120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire34.29 %47.17 %34.54 %
Salaries quoted4556271028
Average salary£32,500£30,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-9.090 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£22,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£50,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
ASP.NET North WestASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire ASP.NET Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire ASP.NET Salary Trend

ASP.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire ASP.NET Salary Histogram

ASP.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterUp+161£33,000-5.71 %
NorthwichUp+614£27,500-
WarringtonDown-911£26,000-13.33 %
KnutsfordDown-110£33,250+33.00 %
WilmslowUp+37£27,500-5.17 %
CreweDown-66£26,000-14.04 %
Ellesmere PortDown-33£17,000-32.67 %
MacclesfieldDown-182£36,250+54.25 %
WidnesNo change01£24,000-12.72 %
CongletonNo change01£27,500-31.25 %
ASP.NET North WestASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

1323 (100.00 %).NET
2261 (80.80 %)SQL Server
3256 (79.26 %)C#
4168 (52.01 %)SQL
5132 (40.87 %)HTML
6122 (37.77 %)JavaScript
7111 (34.37 %)XML
899 (30.65 %)T-SQL
998 (30.34 %)CSS
1089 (27.55 %)Web Services
1180 (24.77 %)AJAX
1270 (21.67 %)VB.NET
1359 (18.27 %)Microsoft
1455 (17.03 %)SQL Server 2005
1553 (16.41 %)ASP
1652 (16.10 %)WCF
1751 (15.79 %)OO
1848 (14.86 %)DHTML
1947 (14.55 %)N-Tier
2045 (13.93 %)Visual Studio
2144 (13.62 %)Windows
2144 (13.62 %)Web Development
2242 (13.00 %)XSLT
2242 (13.00 %)SQL Server 2000
2338 (11.76 %)OOA/OOD
2436 (11.15 %)E-Commerce
2532 (9.907 %)Pensions
2631 (9.598 %)Degree
2729 (8.978 %)WPF
2828 (8.669 %).NET Framework

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1323 (100.00 %).NET
2132 (40.87 %)HTML
3111 (34.37 %)XML
498 (30.34 %)CSS
589 (27.55 %)Web Services
680 (24.77 %)AJAX
753 (16.41 %)ASP
852 (16.10 %)WCF
948 (14.86 %)DHTML
1042 (13.00 %)XSLT
1129 (8.978 %)WPF
1228 (8.669 %).NET Framework
1325 (7.740 %)LINQ
1422 (6.811 %)XHTML
1521 (6.502 %)WinForms
1620 (6.192 %)ASP.NET 2.0
179 (2.786 %)jQuery
188 (2.477 %)J2ME
188 (2.477 %)J2EE
196 (1.858 %)ADO.NET
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
127 (8.359 %)CMS
214 (4.334 %)IIS
37 (2.167 %)BizTalk Server
46 (1.858 %)SharePoint Server 2007
46 (1.858 %)SharePoint
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (6.502 %)MS Excel
212 (3.715 %)Photoshop
36 (1.858 %)MS Visio
43 (0.929 %)MS Office
43 (0.929 %)Fireworks
52 (0.619 %)Adobe Illustrator
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (1.238 %)Dynamics CRM
14 (1.238 %)Microsoft CRM
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
112 (3.715 %)Internet
23 (0.929 %)Intranet
31 (0.310 %)LAN
31 (0.310 %)WAN
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1261 (80.80 %)SQL Server
255 (17.03 %)SQL Server 2005
342 (13.00 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (4.954 %)SQL Server 2008
514 (4.334 %)OLTP
68 (2.477 %)BusinessObjects
68 (2.477 %)MS Access
68 (2.477 %)Crystal Reports
75 (1.548 %)MySQL
83 (0.929 %)Informix
83 (0.929 %)Datawarehouse
83 (0.929 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.310 %)RDBMS
91 (0.310 %)Oracle 11g
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
145 (13.93 %)Visual Studio
211 (3.406 %)Dreamweaver
33 (0.929 %)PowerBuilder
42 (0.619 %)InstallShield
51 (0.310 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.310 %)Ant
51 (0.310 %)MSTest
51 (0.310 %)NUnit
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
132 (9.907 %)Pensions
223 (7.121 %)Finance
223 (7.121 %)Health
313 (4.025 %)Retail
410 (3.096 %)Marketing
58 (2.477 %)Insurance
67 (2.167 %)Education
67 (2.167 %)Government
76 (1.858 %)Legal
84 (1.238 %)Graphic Design
92 (0.619 %)Social Media
92 (0.619 %)Telecoms
101 (0.310 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.310 %)Construction
101 (0.310 %)Electronics
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1284 (87.93 %)Developer
2141 (43.65 %).NET Developer
3134 (41.49 %)Web Developer
4116 (35.91 %)C# Developer
588 (27.24 %)ASP.NET Developer
673 (22.60 %)C# Web Developer
765 (20.12 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
863 (19.50 %).NET Web Developer
937 (11.46 %)Applications Developer
1033 (10.22 %)Senior Developer
1128 (8.669 %)SQL Developer
1128 (8.669 %)Software Developer
1221 (6.502 %)VB.NET Developer
1320 (6.192 %)Web Applications Developer
1418 (5.573 %)Senior C# Developer
1517 (5.263 %)Senior Web Developer
1517 (5.263 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1614 (4.334 %)Programmer
1614 (4.334 %)C# Software Developer
1614 (4.334 %)Team Leader
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
147 (14.55 %)N-Tier
215 (4.644 %)Client/Server
34 (1.238 %)PDA
34 (1.238 %)Computer Science
42 (0.619 %)iPhone
51 (0.310 %)Handset
51 (0.310 %)Pocket PC
51 (0.310 %)Social Network
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
144 (13.62 %)Windows
213 (4.025 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (2.786 %)Windows Mobile
43 (0.929 %)Solaris
43 (0.929 %)Windows 2000
43 (0.929 %)UNIX
52 (0.619 %)Windows CE
61 (0.310 %)Android
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
151 (15.79 %)OO
244 (13.62 %)Web Development
338 (11.76 %)OOA/OOD
436 (11.15 %)E-Commerce
523 (7.121 %)Content Management
617 (5.263 %)Unit Testing
715 (4.644 %)CRM
715 (4.644 %)OOD
813 (4.025 %)Agile Software Development
813 (4.025 %)SOA
911 (3.406 %)OOP
1010 (3.096 %)Scrum
118 (2.477 %)TDD
118 (2.477 %)MVC
118 (2.477 %)SEO
126 (1.858 %)Web Design
126 (1.858 %)UML
133 (0.929 %)Resource Management
133 (0.929 %)Software Engineering
142 (0.619 %)Data Analysis
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1256 (79.26 %)C#
2168 (52.01 %)SQL
3122 (37.77 %)JavaScript
499 (30.65 %)T-SQL
570 (21.67 %)VB.NET
619 (5.882 %)VB
716 (4.954 %)PHP
815 (4.644 %)VBScript
912 (3.715 %)C
107 (2.167 %)VBA
107 (2.167 %)VB6
114 (1.238 %)Java
123 (0.929 %)Perl
123 (0.929 %)Delphi
123 (0.929 %)Korn
132 (0.619 %)XPath
132 (0.619 %)PHP5
132 (0.619 %)C++
132 (0.619 %)PL/SQL
141 (0.310 %)ActionScript
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
131 (9.598 %)Degree
24 (1.238 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (0.619 %)MCTS
32 (0.619 %)MCAD
32 (0.619 %)MCSD
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (4.954 %)QA
21 (0.310 %)SLA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.310 %)ISA Server
11 (0.310 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
159 (18.27 %)Microsoft
220 (6.192 %)Sybase
38 (2.477 %)Business Objects
45 (1.548 %)Oracle
53 (0.929 %)Sun
62 (0.619 %)Zend
62 (0.619 %)Tridion
71 (0.310 %)Symbian
71 (0.310 %)HP
71 (0.310 %)Citrix
71 (0.310 %)Cisco
71 (0.310 %)IBM
71 (0.310 %)AppSense
71 (0.310 %)VMware
71 (0.310 %)BT
71 (0.310 %)Accenture