The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dunstable region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 17 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 Dunstable region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 31 5 5
Rank change year-on-year
-26 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 0.877% 29.41% 12.00%
As % of the Application Development category 14.29% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 3
Average salary £35,000 £39,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.39% +12.85%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Dunstable
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7 20 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 6.140% 58.82% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 3
Average salary £26,000 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.46% +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Bedfordshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunstable .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 Dunstable region.

Dunstable .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 13 (100.00%) VB
2 12 (92.31%) SQL
3 11 (84.62%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 11 (84.62%) XAML
3 11 (84.62%) VB6
4 10 (76.92%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 10 (76.92%) Unit Testing
5 6 (46.15%) Ruby
5 6 (46.15%) Degree
5 6 (46.15%) Silverlight
5 6 (46.15%) Customer Engagement
6 4 (30.77%) C#
7 3 (23.08%) VB.NET
8 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
9 1 (7.692%) LINQ
9 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (7.692%) Marketing
9 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
9 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (7.692%) SaaS
9 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
9 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (7.692%) MVC
9 1 (7.692%) Retail
9 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
9 1 (7.692%) SharePoint

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable 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 6 (46.15%) Silverlight
2 1 (7.692%) LINQ
2 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (7.692%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 10 (76.92%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (7.692%) Retail
1 1 (7.692%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (46.15%) Software Developer
3 5 (38.46%) VB Developer
4 4 (30.77%) VB6 Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior VB Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior VB6 Developer
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
5 2 (15.38%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) SaaS
1 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Unit Testing
2 6 (46.15%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (7.692%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) VB
2 12 (92.31%) SQL
3 11 (84.62%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 11 (84.62%) XAML
3 11 (84.62%) VB6
4 6 (46.15%) Ruby
5 4 (30.77%) C#
6 3 (23.08%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree