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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 5 4 2
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 12 12 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dartford 24.00% 27.27% 64.15%
As % of the Application Development category 60.00% 80.00% 72.34%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 34
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,625
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -1.75%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Dartford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
20 15 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dartford 40.00% 34.09% 88.68%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 47
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Kent

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dartford .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 Dartford region.

Dartford .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dartford 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 24 (92.31%) C#
2 17 (65.38%) ASP.NET
3 16 (61.54%) SQL Server
3 16 (61.54%) WCF
4 13 (50.00%) MVC
4 13 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 13 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 12 (46.15%) Razor View Engine
5 12 (46.15%) Web Application Development
5 12 (46.15%) SQL Server 2012
5 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (46.15%) MCP
5 12 (46.15%) MCAD
5 12 (46.15%) MCSD
5 12 (46.15%) Kanban
5 12 (46.15%) Scrum
5 12 (46.15%) MCTS
6 10 (38.46%) NHibernate
6 10 (38.46%) Music
6 10 (38.46%) Music Industry
6 10 (38.46%) Rhino Mocks
6 10 (38.46%) Moq
6 10 (38.46%) TDD
6 10 (38.46%) NUnit
6 10 (38.46%) BDD
7 9 (34.62%) C++
8 8 (30.77%) MFC
8 8 (30.77%) Degree
9 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
9 7 (26.92%) OO

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dartford 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 17 (65.38%) ASP.NET
2 16 (61.54%) WCF
3 13 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 13 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 12 (46.15%) Razor View Engine
5 10 (38.46%) NHibernate
6 8 (30.77%) MFC
7 7 (26.92%) ATL
7 7 (26.92%) COM
8 6 (23.08%) CSS
8 6 (23.08%) HTML
9 4 (15.38%) XHTML
9 4 (15.38%) Ajax
10 3 (11.54%) WPF
10 3 (11.54%) WinForms
11 2 (7.692%) .NET Framework
11 2 (7.692%) WF
11 2 (7.692%) LINQ
11 2 (7.692%) ASP
11 2 (7.692%) RSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) SharePoint 2010
1 4 (15.38%) IIS
1 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (61.54%) SQL Server
2 12 (46.15%) SQL Server 2012
3 4 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Rhino Mocks
1 10 (38.46%) Moq
1 10 (38.46%) NUnit
2 4 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (38.46%) Music
1 10 (38.46%) Music Industry
2 5 (19.23%) Legal
3 4 (15.38%) Law
4 1 (3.846%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 17 (65.38%) Developer
2 11 (42.31%) .NET Developer
3 9 (34.62%) Software Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.692%) ASP Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Classic ASP Developer
6 1 (3.846%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.846%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior C# Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) MVC
2 12 (46.15%) Web Application Development
2 12 (46.15%) Kanban
2 12 (46.15%) Scrum
3 10 (38.46%) TDD
3 10 (38.46%) BDD
4 7 (26.92%) OO
5 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (15.38%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (11.54%) UML
7 2 (7.692%) Image Processing
7 2 (7.692%) OOP
8 1 (3.846%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 24 (92.31%) C#
2 9 (34.62%) C++
3 4 (15.38%) SQL
4 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.692%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (46.15%) MCP
1 12 (46.15%) MCAD
1 12 (46.15%) MCSD
1 12 (46.15%) MCTS
2 8 (30.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
Dartford, Kent
Required skills / experience: Experience of SQL 2005 / 2008. Good knowledge of T-SQL Stored procedures, Triggers & Functions... Experience of Classic ASP, with knowledge of development in / migration to...
PPM Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Dartford, South East
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013