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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank41
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads120206
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.063 %0.084 %
As % of the category below60.61 %74.37 %
Salaries quoted114192
Average minimum salary£29,307£29,738
Average salary£31,864£31,825
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Average maximum salary£34,421£33,911
UK excluding London average salary£35,376£35,792
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads198277
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.113 %
Salaries quoted175259
Average minimum salary£29,329£29,004
Average salary£31,515£31,260
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
Average maximum salary£33,700£33,516
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
.NET Cheshire.NET
Cheshire

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Chester .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 Chester region.

Chester .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Chester region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Chester .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

1259 (85.76 %)C#
2233 (77.15 %)ASP.NET
3205 (67.88 %)SQL
4193 (63.91 %)SQL Server
5109 (36.09 %)Transact-SQL
6104 (34.44 %)AJAX
7100 (33.11 %)XML
894 (31.13 %)WebServices
894 (31.13 %)SQL Server 2000
980 (26.49 %)DHTML
1077 (25.50 %)OO
1166 (21.85 %)HTML
1260 (19.87 %)SQL Server 2005
1357 (18.87 %)Windows
1453 (17.55 %)OOA/OOD
1552 (17.22 %)Microsoft
1650 (16.56 %)JavaScript
1747 (15.56 %)VB.NET
1747 (15.56 %)CSS
1845 (14.90 %)MS Excel
1943 (14.24 %)VB
2042 (13.91 %)Finance
2140 (13.25 %)Oracle
2239 (12.91 %)E-Commerce
2338 (12.58 %)ASP
2435 (11.59 %)XHTML
2532 (10.60 %)OOP
2631 (10.26 %)XSLT
2729 (9.603 %)Retail
2826 (8.609 %)WinForms

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1233 (77.15 %)ASP.NET
2104 (34.44 %)AJAX
3100 (33.11 %)XML
494 (31.13 %)WebServices
566 (21.85 %)HTML
647 (15.56 %)CSS
738 (12.58 %)ASP
835 (11.59 %)XHTML
931 (10.26 %)XSLT
1026 (8.609 %)WinForms
1120 (6.623 %)SOAP
1215 (4.967 %).NET Framework
139 (2.980 %)ADO.NET
146 (1.987 %)DCOM
153 (0.993 %)EJB
153 (0.993 %)J2EE
153 (0.993 %)MFC
162 (0.662 %)ADO
162 (0.662 %)Struts
162 (0.662 %)JSP
Chester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (6.291 %)IIS
25 (1.656 %)SharePoint Portal Server
33 (0.993 %)ColdFusion
42 (0.662 %)CMS
42 (0.662 %)JBoss
42 (0.662 %)Tomcat
42 (0.662 %)SharePoint
Chester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
145 (14.90 %)MS Excel
21 (0.331 %)MS Office
Chester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.325 %)Navision
22 (0.662 %)Dynamics NAV
31 (0.331 %)SAP Business One
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (2.980 %)Intranet
27 (2.318 %)SSL
34 (1.325 %)Internet
43 (0.993 %)Extranet
43 (0.993 %)SMTP
Chester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1193 (63.91 %)SQL Server
294 (31.13 %)SQL Server 2000
360 (19.87 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (2.980 %)SQL Server 7
57 (2.318 %)MySQL
66 (1.987 %)Oracle 10g
66 (1.987 %)Crystal Reports
66 (1.987 %)Oracle 9i
73 (0.993 %)ETL
82 (0.662 %)Datawarehouse
82 (0.662 %)DB2
82 (0.662 %)OLAP
82 (0.662 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.331 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.331 %)DTS
91 (0.331 %)MS Access
91 (0.331 %)RDBMS
91 (0.331 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.331 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Chester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (7.285 %)Visual Studio
221 (6.954 %)Subversion
37 (2.318 %)Eclipse
45 (1.656 %)InstallShield
52 (0.662 %)JIRA
52 (0.662 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (0.662 %)Ant
61 (0.331 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.331 %)Flash
61 (0.331 %)NUnit
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (13.91 %)Finance
229 (9.603 %)Retail
324 (7.947 %)Education
423 (7.616 %)Pensions
513 (4.305 %)Marketing
610 (3.311 %)Health
75 (1.656 %)Legal
83 (0.993 %)Telecoms
92 (0.662 %)Insurance
92 (0.662 %)Advertising
101 (0.331 %)Pharmaceutical
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1215 (71.19 %)Developer
296 (31.79 %)C# Developer
378 (25.83 %).NET Developer
471 (23.51 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
558 (19.21 %)Programmer
649 (16.23 %)Software Developer
748 (15.89 %)ASP.NET Developer
847 (15.56 %)Analyst
945 (14.90 %)Analyst Programmer
1037 (12.25 %)Web Developer
1134 (11.26 %)C# Analyst Programmer
1134 (11.26 %).NET Programmer
1230 (9.934 %).NET Analyst Programmer
1324 (7.947 %)Server Analyst
1421 (6.954 %)CSharp Software Developer
1421 (6.954 %)SQL Developer
1518 (5.960 %).NET Web Developer
1616 (5.298 %)Junior
1616 (5.298 %)Senior Developer
1715 (4.967 %)Junior Developer
Chester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (2.318 %)Client/Server
17 (2.318 %)N-Tier
25 (1.656 %)Clustering
32 (0.662 %)W3C
32 (0.662 %)Management Information System
41 (0.331 %)Web 2.0
41 (0.331 %)PDA
41 (0.331 %)Mathematics
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
157 (18.87 %)Windows
26 (1.987 %)Linux
33 (0.993 %)Windows 2000
41 (0.331 %)Windows CE
41 (0.331 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (0.331 %)Windows Vista
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
177 (25.50 %)OO
253 (17.55 %)OOA/OOD
339 (12.91 %)E-Commerce
432 (10.60 %)OOP
520 (6.623 %)Web Development
617 (5.629 %)OOD
710 (3.311 %)Agile Software Development
89 (2.980 %)UML
89 (2.980 %)Scrum
97 (2.318 %)Configuration Management
105 (1.656 %)Project Management
105 (1.656 %)B2B
105 (1.656 %)CRM
105 (1.656 %)Business Analysis
105 (1.656 %)Unit Testing
114 (1.325 %)Direct Marketing
114 (1.325 %)Data Management
114 (1.325 %)PRINCE2
114 (1.325 %)Business Intelligence
123 (0.993 %)Stakeholder Management
Chester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1259 (85.76 %)C#
2205 (67.88 %)SQL
3109 (36.09 %)Transact-SQL
480 (26.49 %)DHTML
550 (16.56 %)JavaScript
647 (15.56 %)VB.NET
743 (14.24 %)VB
824 (7.947 %)VB6
915 (4.967 %)C++
109 (2.980 %)Delphi
109 (2.980 %)VBA
118 (2.649 %)Java
127 (2.318 %)VBScript
136 (1.987 %)C
136 (1.987 %)PL/SQL
145 (1.656 %)PHP
151 (0.331 %)PHP5
Chester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (4.967 %)Degree
27 (2.318 %)MCPD
32 (0.662 %)MCTS
32 (0.662 %)ISEB
41 (0.331 %)Microsoft Certification
Chester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.331 %)QA
Chester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.662 %)Active Directory
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (17.22 %)Microsoft
240 (13.25 %)Oracle
35 (1.656 %)Sybase
44 (1.325 %)Teradata
44 (1.325 %)Alterian
44 (1.325 %)Unica
52 (0.662 %)Sage
52 (0.662 %)Cognos
61 (0.331 %)Trillium
61 (0.331 %)SAP
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