The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 22 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 34 25 44
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +19
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 18 9 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 5.158% 5.732% 2.893%
As % of the Application Development category 10.98% 10.34% 4.795%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 7
Average salary £32,500 £28,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.03% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +4.28%
All Application Development
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
164 87 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 46.99% 55.41% 60.33%
Number of salaries quoted 96 76 142
Average salary £37,250 £33,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.19% -9.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET Framework
Cheshire

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Chester region.

Chester .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Chester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Chester .NET Framework Salary Histogram

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 73 (100.00%) .NET
2 71 (97.26%) C#
3 59 (80.82%) ASP.NET
4 57 (78.08%) MVC
5 56 (76.71%) SQL Server
6 54 (73.97%) jQuery
7 37 (50.68%) JavaScript
8 32 (43.84%) SQL Server 2008
8 32 (43.84%) ASP.NET MVC
9 31 (42.47%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 31 (42.47%) SQL
10 29 (39.73%) CSS
11 28 (38.36%) Web Services
11 28 (38.36%) Microsoft
12 23 (31.51%) E-Commerce
13 22 (30.14%) WPF
14 21 (28.77%) XHTML
15 18 (24.66%) Visual Studio
16 17 (23.29%) Unit Testing
16 17 (23.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 16 (21.92%) Agile Software Development
17 16 (21.92%) MySQL
17 16 (21.92%) HTML
18 13 (17.81%) WCF
18 13 (17.81%) XML
19 12 (16.44%) OO
19 12 (16.44%) CMS
19 12 (16.44%) MVVM
20 11 (15.07%) Digital Media
21 10 (13.70%) HTML5

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 73 (100.00%) .NET
2 59 (80.82%) ASP.NET
3 54 (73.97%) jQuery
4 32 (43.84%) ASP.NET MVC
5 31 (42.47%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 29 (39.73%) CSS
7 28 (38.36%) Web Services
8 22 (30.14%) WPF
9 21 (28.77%) XHTML
10 17 (23.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 16 (21.92%) HTML
12 13 (17.81%) WCF
12 13 (17.81%) XML
13 10 (13.70%) HTML5
13 10 (13.70%) Ajax
14 9 (12.33%) SOAP
15 6 (8.219%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 6 (8.219%) ASP.NET MVC 2
16 5 (6.849%) CSS3
17 4 (5.479%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 12 (16.44%) CMS
2 7 (9.589%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (9.589%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.370%) HTTP
1 1 (1.370%) Intranet
1 1 (1.370%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (76.71%) SQL Server
2 32 (43.84%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (21.92%) MySQL
4 9 (12.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (6.849%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.370%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 18 (24.66%) Visual Studio
2 9 (12.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.740%) MSTest
4 1 (1.370%) NUnit
4 1 (1.370%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 8 (10.96%) Retail
2 2 (2.740%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 70 (95.89%) Developer
2 44 (60.27%) .NET Developer
3 28 (38.36%) C# Developer
3 28 (38.36%) C# .NET Developer
4 22 (30.14%) Web Developer
5 18 (24.66%) ASP.NET Developer
6 14 (19.18%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 10 (13.70%) Senior Developer
8 8 (10.96%) Senior .NET Developer
9 7 (9.589%) Senior Web Developer
10 6 (8.219%) Software Engineer
11 5 (6.849%) Software Developer
11 5 (6.849%) .NET Web Developer
11 5 (6.849%) C# Software Engineer
11 5 (6.849%) .NET Software Engineer
11 5 (6.849%) Senior .NET Web Developer
12 4 (5.479%) Lead Developer
13 3 (4.110%) Senior C# Developer
13 3 (4.110%) Graduate
13 3 (4.110%) Lead .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Digital Media
2 4 (5.479%) SaaS
3 2 (2.740%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.740%) Device Driver
3 2 (2.740%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.370%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.219%) Windows
2 2 (2.740%) UNIX
2 2 (2.740%) Linux
2 2 (2.740%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (78.08%) MVC
2 23 (31.51%) E-Commerce
3 17 (23.29%) Unit Testing
4 16 (21.92%) Agile Software Development
5 12 (16.44%) OO
5 12 (16.44%) MVVM
6 9 (12.33%) Web Development
6 9 (12.33%) Web Application Development
7 8 (10.96%) Scrum
8 6 (8.219%) TDD
9 5 (6.849%) E-business
10 4 (5.479%) OOP
11 3 (4.110%) Performance Testing
12 2 (2.740%) Business Analysis
12 2 (2.740%) Multithreading
13 1 (1.370%) Identity Management
13 1 (1.370%) Pair Programming
13 1 (1.370%) Project Management
13 1 (1.370%) Dependency Injection
13 1 (1.370%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 71 (97.26%) C#
2 37 (50.68%) JavaScript
3 31 (42.47%) SQL
4 7 (9.589%) C++
5 5 (6.849%) C
5 5 (6.849%) VB
6 4 (5.479%) Java
6 4 (5.479%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.740%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (13.70%) Degree
2 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.370%) QA
Vendors
1 28 (38.36%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.33%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.370%) BT
Chester, Cheshire
Implement, customise, and manage CMS/ecommerce sites as well as bespoke applications 3... Very strong working knowledge of .NET4 using C# 2. Knowledge of MVC framework 3. Very...
Blueleaf
Salary: £Attractive
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chester, North West
As a .Net Developer / Software Engineer it's highly likely that you will have existing knowledge of the .Net framework, ideally using C# and knowledge of developing software...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £35000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Rapidly expanding IT services business in Chester are looking to expand their technical team with the addition of a skilled .Net developer with particular knowledge of C#... As...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Chester, North West
Development Manager (Hand On) - Chester - Utilities I'm currently working on a Development Manager ro0le for a Utilities company in the Chester area where you will be required...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013