The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 14 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
-12 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 16 89 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 9.195% 45.18% 30.24%
As % of the Application Development category 32.00% 68.46% 53.57%
Number of salaries quoted 11 82 69
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
All Application Development
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
50 130 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 28.74% 65.99% 56.45%
Number of salaries quoted 45 113 131
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
.NET
Essex

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

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

Colchester .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Colchester .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

1 40 (78.43%) C#
2 35 (68.63%) SQL
2 35 (68.63%) VB.NET
3 31 (60.78%) SQL Server
4 24 (47.06%) ASP.NET
4 24 (47.06%) Microsoft
5 19 (37.25%) JavaScript
5 19 (37.25%) Silverlight
6 17 (33.33%) HTML
7 16 (31.37%) Finance
8 15 (29.41%) XML
9 12 (23.53%) CSS
10 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (21.57%) Ajax
11 10 (19.61%) jQuery
11 10 (19.61%) Visual Studio
12 9 (17.65%) MS Excel
12 9 (17.65%) WPF
13 8 (15.69%) WCF
13 8 (15.69%) .NET Framework
14 7 (13.73%) Degree
14 7 (13.73%) T-SQL
14 7 (13.73%) MySQL
15 6 (11.76%) MVC
15 6 (11.76%) Objective-C
15 6 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
16 5 (9.804%) Mobile App
16 5 (9.804%) Mobile Application Development
16 5 (9.804%) Android
16 5 (9.804%) SQL Server 2008

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

Application Development
1 24 (47.06%) ASP.NET
2 19 (37.25%) Silverlight
3 17 (33.33%) HTML
4 15 (29.41%) XML
5 12 (23.53%) CSS
6 11 (21.57%) Ajax
7 10 (19.61%) jQuery
8 9 (17.65%) WPF
9 8 (15.69%) WCF
9 8 (15.69%) .NET Framework
10 6 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (9.804%) J2ME
12 3 (5.882%) WinForms
13 1 (1.961%) Google Maps API
13 1 (1.961%) ASP.NET MVC 2
13 1 (1.961%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.961%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.961%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (17.65%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.961%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.882%) SyteLine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (60.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (13.73%) MySQL
3 5 (9.804%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (7.843%) Data Mining
4 4 (7.843%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.961%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.961%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.961%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.961%) OLAP
6 1 (1.961%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.961%) TortoiseSVN
2 1 (1.961%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.961%) Redmine
2 1 (1.961%) Subversion
General
1 16 (31.37%) Finance
2 3 (5.882%) French Language
2 3 (5.882%) German Language
3 2 (3.922%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (90.20%) Developer
2 23 (45.10%) .NET Developer
3 22 (43.14%) Software Developer
4 12 (23.53%) C# Developer
5 8 (15.69%) C# .NET Developer
5 8 (15.69%) C# Software Developer
6 5 (9.804%) Systems Developer
7 4 (7.843%) VB.NET Developer
7 4 (7.843%) .NET Software Developer
8 3 (5.882%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (5.882%) ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (5.882%) Software Engineer
8 3 (5.882%) Analyst
9 2 (3.922%) Analyst Programmer
9 2 (3.922%) Programmer
9 2 (3.922%) Graduate
9 2 (3.922%) Graduate Software Developer
9 2 (3.922%) Analyst Developer
9 2 (3.922%) Graduate Developer
10 1 (1.961%) VBA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.804%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.882%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.961%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.961%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.961%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.804%) Android
2 4 (7.843%) Windows
3 3 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (5.882%) Windows 7
3 3 (5.882%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (11.76%) MVC
2 5 (9.804%) Mobile Application Development
2 5 (9.804%) OO
3 4 (7.843%) Web Development
4 3 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (5.882%) E-Commerce
4 3 (5.882%) ERP
4 3 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (5.882%) Change Management
5 2 (3.922%) Scrum
6 1 (1.961%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (1.961%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.961%) Image Processing
6 1 (1.961%) CRM
6 1 (1.961%) Workflow
6 1 (1.961%) Logistics
6 1 (1.961%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 40 (78.43%) C#
2 35 (68.63%) SQL
2 35 (68.63%) VB.NET
3 19 (37.25%) JavaScript
4 7 (13.73%) T-SQL
5 6 (11.76%) Objective-C
6 4 (7.843%) VB
7 1 (1.961%) Java
7 1 (1.961%) VBA
7 1 (1.961%) XAML
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (13.73%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.882%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 24 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.961%) Google
2 1 (1.961%) Oracle
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