Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 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 Programming Languages category for the Cheshire region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank998
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads166235470
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire11.39 %16.46 %14.49 %
As % of the Programming Languages category28.38 %34.01 %29.88 %
Salaries quoted150225430
Average salary£30,000£30,500£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.630 %-4.680 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,850£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£40,500£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
5856911573
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire40.12 %48.39 %48.49 %
Salaries quoted5406301440
Average salary£31,500£30,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£42,850£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C# North WestC#
North West

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cheshire C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cheshire C# Salary Histogram

C#
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 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+266£33,000-5.71 %
NorthwichUp+717£27,500-
WarringtonDown-417£30,000-4.76 %
KnutsfordUp+259£45,000+60.71 %
CreweDown-68£23,500-21.66 %
WilmslowUp+26--
MacclesfieldDown-93£27,500+37.50 %
Ellesmere PortNew entry-3£17,000-
CongletonNo change01£27,500-31.25 %
C# North WestC#
North West

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing C# 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 C#.

1326 (87.40 %).NET
2263 (70.51 %)SQL Server
3252 (67.56 %)ASP.NET
4161 (43.16 %)SQL
5127 (34.05 %)HTML
6114 (30.56 %)JavaScript
7104 (27.88 %)XML
892 (24.66 %)T-SQL
892 (24.66 %)AJAX
991 (24.40 %)CSS
1088 (23.59 %)Web Services
1173 (19.57 %)Microsoft
1257 (15.28 %)Windows
1356 (15.01 %)VB.NET
1455 (14.75 %)Visual Studio
1554 (14.48 %)OO
1652 (13.94 %)WCF
1750 (13.40 %)SQL Server 2005
1848 (12.87 %)XSLT
1848 (12.87 %)VB
1945 (12.06 %)DHTML
2042 (11.26 %)OOA/OOD
2042 (11.26 %)Degree
2138 (10.19 %)C++
2237 (9.920 %)ASP
2336 (9.651 %)Web Development
2434 (9.115 %)MS Excel
2434 (9.115 %)N-Tier
2533 (8.847 %)C
2632 (8.579 %)SQL Server 2000

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing C# 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 C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1326 (87.40 %).NET
2252 (67.56 %)ASP.NET
3127 (34.05 %)HTML
4104 (27.88 %)XML
592 (24.66 %)AJAX
691 (24.40 %)CSS
788 (23.59 %)Web Services
852 (13.94 %)WCF
948 (12.87 %)XSLT
1045 (12.06 %)DHTML
1137 (9.920 %)ASP
1232 (8.579 %).NET Framework
1329 (7.775 %)WPF
1425 (6.702 %)LINQ
1425 (6.702 %)XHTML
1524 (6.434 %)WinForms
1618 (4.826 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1716 (4.290 %)Flash
1813 (3.485 %)J2EE
199 (2.413 %)Spring
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (2.949 %)IIS
28 (2.145 %)CMS
33 (0.804 %)SharePoint
42 (0.536 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (0.268 %)BizTalk Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (9.115 %)MS Excel
212 (3.217 %)Photoshop
36 (1.609 %)MS Visio
44 (1.072 %)MS Project
53 (0.804 %)MS Office
53 (0.804 %)Fireworks
62 (0.536 %)Adobe Illustrator
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (1.072 %)Summit
22 (0.536 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.536 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.268 %)GoldMine
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (3.485 %)Internet
25 (1.340 %)TCP/IP
32 (0.536 %)Intranet
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1263 (70.51 %)SQL Server
250 (13.40 %)SQL Server 2005
332 (8.579 %)SQL Server 2000
418 (4.826 %)SQL Server 2008
512 (3.217 %)Crystal Reports
512 (3.217 %)MS Access
512 (3.217 %)MySQL
69 (2.413 %)BusinessObjects
75 (1.340 %)InterBase
75 (1.340 %)Firebird
75 (1.340 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
84 (1.072 %)Informix
93 (0.804 %)Oracle Reports
93 (0.804 %)Datawarehouse
93 (0.804 %)RDBMS
93 (0.804 %)JasperReports
101 (0.268 %)QlikView
101 (0.268 %)Oracle 11g
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
155 (14.75 %)Visual Studio
210 (2.681 %)Dreamweaver
35 (1.340 %)Ant
44 (1.072 %)JUnit
44 (1.072 %)PowerBuilder
44 (1.072 %)Subversion
52 (0.536 %)Team Foundation Server
52 (0.536 %)InstallShield
52 (0.536 %)WinRunner
52 (0.536 %)TestDirector
52 (0.536 %)QuickTest Pro
52 (0.536 %)LoadRunner
61 (0.268 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (0.268 %)NUnit
61 (0.268 %)MSTest
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
128 (7.507 %)Pensions
225 (6.702 %)Finance
317 (4.558 %)Health
416 (4.290 %)Marketing
514 (3.753 %)Retail
67 (1.877 %)Legal
76 (1.609 %)Insurance
85 (1.340 %)Education
85 (1.340 %)Telecoms
94 (1.072 %)Government
101 (0.268 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.268 %)Graphic Design
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1317 (84.99 %)Developer
2137 (36.73 %).NET Developer
3131 (35.12 %)C# Developer
4117 (31.37 %)Web Developer
577 (20.64 %)C# Web Developer
672 (19.30 %)ASP.NET Developer
765 (17.43 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
857 (15.28 %).NET Web Developer
942 (11.26 %)Senior Developer
1034 (9.115 %)Software Developer
1129 (7.775 %)Applications Developer
1221 (5.630 %)Programmer
1221 (5.630 %)SQL Developer
1319 (5.094 %)Analyst
1418 (4.826 %)Senior C# Developer
1516 (4.290 %)Senior Web Developer
1615 (4.021 %)Junior
1615 (4.021 %).NET Programmer
1714 (3.753 %)C# Software Developer
1714 (3.753 %)C# Programmer
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
134 (9.115 %)N-Tier
216 (4.290 %)Computer Science
37 (1.877 %)iPhone
45 (1.340 %)Web 2.0
54 (1.072 %)PDA
54 (1.072 %)Multithreading
63 (0.804 %)Client/Server
71 (0.268 %)Social Network
71 (0.268 %)Spread Betting
71 (0.268 %)Pocket PC
71 (0.268 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (0.268 %)W3C
71 (0.268 %)Handset
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
157 (15.28 %)Windows
210 (2.681 %)Linux
210 (2.681 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (2.413 %)Windows Mobile
48 (2.145 %)UNIX
54 (1.072 %)Windows 2000
63 (0.804 %)Solaris
72 (0.536 %)Windows CE
81 (0.268 %)Android
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
154 (14.48 %)OO
242 (11.26 %)OOA/OOD
336 (9.651 %)Web Development
431 (8.311 %)E-Commerce
519 (5.094 %)SOA
618 (4.826 %)Agile Software Development
717 (4.558 %)OOD
816 (4.290 %)CRM
816 (4.290 %)Unit Testing
913 (3.485 %)Scrum
1010 (2.681 %)MVC
1010 (2.681 %)UML
1010 (2.681 %)OOP
1010 (2.681 %)Project Management
118 (2.145 %)SEO
118 (2.145 %)TDD
118 (2.145 %)Content Management
126 (1.609 %)PRINCE2
135 (1.340 %)Software Engineering
144 (1.072 %)Business Analysis
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1161 (43.16 %)SQL
2114 (30.56 %)JavaScript
392 (24.66 %)T-SQL
456 (15.01 %)VB.NET
548 (12.87 %)VB
638 (10.19 %)C++
733 (8.847 %)C
829 (7.775 %)Java
923 (6.166 %)VB6
1019 (5.094 %)PHP
1116 (4.290 %)Delphi
1214 (3.753 %)VBScript
1310 (2.681 %)VBA
149 (2.413 %)PHP5
158 (2.145 %)ActionScript
164 (1.072 %)Korn
164 (1.072 %)PL/SQL
164 (1.072 %)Perl
171 (0.268 %)XPath
171 (0.268 %)Objective-C
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
142 (11.26 %)Degree
25 (1.340 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (0.804 %)MCTS
33 (0.804 %)APMP
42 (0.536 %)ISEB
42 (0.536 %)MCAD
42 (0.536 %)MCSD
51 (0.268 %)MCDBA
51 (0.268 %)BC Cleared
51 (0.268 %)Security Cleared
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.753 %)QA
24 (1.072 %)ISO9001
31 (0.268 %)SLA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (1.072 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.268 %)ISA Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
173 (19.57 %)Microsoft
224 (6.434 %)Sybase
323 (6.166 %)Oracle
49 (2.413 %)Business Objects
54 (1.072 %)VMware
63 (0.804 %)Sun
72 (0.536 %)Tridion
72 (0.536 %)DevExpress
81 (0.268 %)Apple
81 (0.268 %)Sage
81 (0.268 %)BT
81 (0.268 %)Accenture
81 (0.268 %)AppSense
81 (0.268 %)Zend
81 (0.268 %)Adobe
81 (0.268 %)HP
81 (0.268 %)Citrix
81 (0.268 %)Avaya
81 (0.268 %)Symbian
81 (0.268 %)Cisco