The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 4 4 7
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 224 275 232
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 21.11% 20.28% 15.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.02% 40.56% 36.31%
Number of salaries quoted 145 215 144
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £28,200 £24,300
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
574 678 639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 54.10% 50.00% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 347 521 461
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £46,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C#
Scotland

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Edinburgh C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Edinburgh C# Salary Histogram

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing C# 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 C#.

1 419 (84.48%) .NET
2 289 (58.27%) SQL Server
3 250 (50.40%) ASP.NET
4 182 (36.69%) SQL
5 166 (33.47%) Microsoft
6 155 (31.25%) Finance
6 155 (31.25%) Degree
7 150 (30.24%) JavaScript
8 123 (24.80%) CSS
9 122 (24.60%) jQuery
10 114 (22.98%) HTML
11 113 (22.78%) Visual Studio
12 102 (20.56%) Java
13 94 (18.95%) MVC
13 94 (18.95%) .NET Framework
14 86 (17.34%) Computer Science
15 82 (16.53%) Agile Software Development
16 81 (16.33%) WCF
17 79 (15.93%) Windows
18 72 (14.52%) SQL Server 2008
19 69 (13.91%) Scrum
20 68 (13.71%) MS Excel
21 67 (13.51%) Oracle
21 67 (13.51%) ASP.NET MVC
22 66 (13.31%) TDD
22 66 (13.31%) Web Services
22 66 (13.31%) OO
23 61 (12.30%) C++
24 60 (12.10%) Software Engineering
25 56 (11.29%) XML

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing C# 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 C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 419 (84.48%) .NET
2 250 (50.40%) ASP.NET
3 123 (24.80%) CSS
4 122 (24.60%) jQuery
5 114 (22.98%) HTML
6 94 (18.95%) .NET Framework
7 81 (16.33%) WCF
8 67 (13.51%) ASP.NET MVC
9 66 (13.31%) Web Services
10 56 (11.29%) XML
11 48 (9.677%) Ajax
11 48 (9.677%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 32 (6.452%) ASP
13 30 (6.048%) HTML5
14 29 (5.847%) Middleware
15 28 (5.645%) WinForms
15 28 (5.645%) XSLT
16 26 (5.242%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 21 (4.234%) WPF
18 20 (4.032%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 44 (8.871%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.435%) IIS
3 16 (3.226%) Windows Azure
4 13 (2.621%) CMS
5 12 (2.419%) SharePoint 2010
6 11 (2.218%) WebSphere Application Server
7 6 (1.210%) Umbraco
8 5 (1.008%) MSMQ
8 5 (1.008%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (1.008%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.806%) WebSphere Portal
10 3 (0.605%) SharePoint 2013
10 3 (0.605%) Apache
11 2 (0.403%) MS Exchange
11 2 (0.403%) TeamSite
11 2 (0.403%) Immediacy CMS
11 2 (0.403%) Mule
11 2 (0.403%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.403%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.403%) ESB
Applications
1 68 (13.71%) MS Excel
2 13 (2.621%) MS Office
3 6 (1.210%) MS Project
4 2 (0.403%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 16 (3.226%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.403%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.403%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.403%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (0.403%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.435%) Ethernet
2 16 (3.226%) Internet
3 15 (3.024%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (1.815%) DNS
5 7 (1.411%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.210%) DHCP
6 6 (1.210%) HTTP
7 3 (0.605%) FTP
8 2 (0.403%) SAN
8 2 (0.403%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (58.27%) SQL Server
2 72 (14.52%) SQL Server 2008
3 35 (7.056%) SQL Server 2005
4 27 (5.444%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 15 (3.024%) SQL Server 2012
6 14 (2.823%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (2.218%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (1.815%) RDBMS
9 7 (1.411%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.411%) MySQL
10 6 (1.210%) OLAP
11 5 (1.008%) DB2
11 5 (1.008%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 5 (1.008%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.008%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.806%) Informix
12 4 (0.806%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.605%) Oracle 8/8i
14 2 (0.403%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.403%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 113 (22.78%) Visual Studio
2 47 (9.476%) Team Foundation Server
3 25 (5.040%) Subversion
4 17 (3.427%) JUnit
5 10 (2.016%) Selenium
5 10 (2.016%) MSTest
6 9 (1.815%) Git (software)
7 8 (1.613%) NUnit
8 6 (1.210%) QuickTest Pro
9 4 (0.806%) Fiddler
9 4 (0.806%) Canoo WebTest
9 4 (0.806%) Rhino Mocks
9 4 (0.806%) Moq
10 3 (0.605%) Jenkins
10 3 (0.605%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.605%) Xcode
10 3 (0.605%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.403%) Bugzilla
11 2 (0.403%) Maven
11 2 (0.403%) JIRA
General
1 155 (31.25%) Finance
2 44 (8.871%) Banking
3 14 (2.823%) Financial Institution
4 12 (2.419%) French Language
4 12 (2.419%) German Language
5 11 (2.218%) Retail
5 11 (2.218%) Investment Banking
5 11 (2.218%) Front Office
6 10 (2.016%) Telecoms
7 9 (1.815%) Back Office
8 8 (1.613%) Electronics
8 8 (1.613%) Legal
9 7 (1.411%) Publishing
9 7 (1.411%) Games
10 6 (1.210%) Advertising
11 5 (1.008%) Marketing
12 2 (0.403%) Music
12 2 (0.403%) Music Industry
12 2 (0.403%) Billing
Job Titles
1 346 (69.76%) Developer
2 151 (30.44%) .NET Developer
3 90 (18.15%) C# Developer
4 69 (13.91%) Software Developer
4 69 (13.91%) C# .NET Developer
5 54 (10.89%) Analyst
5 54 (10.89%) Senior Developer
6 51 (10.28%) Software Engineer
7 45 (9.073%) ASP.NET Developer
8 39 (7.863%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 36 (7.258%) Web Developer
10 25 (5.040%) Junior
10 25 (5.040%) Senior .NET Developer
11 24 (4.839%) Junior Developer
12 20 (4.032%) Programmer
13 19 (3.831%) Graduate
14 17 (3.427%) Support Analyst
15 16 (3.226%) Applications Support
15 16 (3.226%) .NET Programmer
15 16 (3.226%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 86 (17.34%) Computer Science
2 28 (5.645%) Mathematics
3 15 (3.024%) Mobile Computing
3 15 (3.024%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (2.621%) Web 2.0
5 10 (2.016%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.815%) Visualisation
6 9 (1.815%) Physics
7 7 (1.411%) SaaS
7 7 (1.411%) CUDA
8 6 (1.210%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.210%) New Media
8 6 (1.210%) Derivative
9 5 (1.008%) N-Tier
9 5 (1.008%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.008%) SWIFT
10 4 (0.806%) iPhone
11 3 (0.605%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.605%) Equities
11 3 (0.605%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 79 (15.93%) Windows
2 18 (3.629%) UNIX
3 17 (3.427%) Linux
4 15 (3.024%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (2.621%) Android
6 10 (2.016%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (1.613%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.806%) Windows Phone
9 3 (0.605%) Solaris
10 2 (0.403%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.403%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.403%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.202%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (18.95%) MVC
2 82 (16.53%) Agile Software Development
3 69 (13.91%) Scrum
4 66 (13.31%) TDD
4 66 (13.31%) OO
5 60 (12.10%) Software Engineering
6 51 (10.28%) Unit Testing
7 48 (9.677%) Web Development
8 35 (7.056%) Continuous Integration
9 32 (6.452%) OOP
10 31 (6.250%) Project Management
11 22 (4.435%) UML
11 22 (4.435%) OOD
12 21 (4.234%) Analytics
13 20 (4.032%) BPMN
13 20 (4.032%) Business Analysis
14 19 (3.831%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (3.629%) SOA
16 17 (3.427%) Integration Testing
17 16 (3.226%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 182 (36.69%) SQL
2 150 (30.24%) JavaScript
3 102 (20.56%) Java
4 61 (12.30%) C++
5 53 (10.69%) VB.NET
6 43 (8.669%) T-SQL
7 41 (8.266%) Python
8 24 (4.839%) PL/SQL
9 18 (3.629%) Perl
10 15 (3.024%) C
10 15 (3.024%) VBA
10 15 (3.024%) VC++
11 14 (2.823%) PHP
12 12 (2.419%) Ruby
13 10 (2.016%) VB
14 9 (1.815%) Objective-C
15 7 (1.411%) Delphi
16 5 (1.008%) XQuery
16 5 (1.008%) MATLAB
16 5 (1.008%) XPath
Qualifications
1 155 (31.25%) Degree
2 25 (5.040%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (2.621%) PhD
4 12 (2.419%) ISEB
4 12 (2.419%) MCPD
5 6 (1.210%) MCTS
6 4 (0.806%) ISTQB
6 4 (0.806%) MCDBA
7 2 (0.403%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.403%) Sun Certification
7 2 (0.403%) MCP
7 2 (0.403%) MCAD
7 2 (0.403%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.613%) SLA
2 6 (1.210%) QA
System Software
1 7 (1.411%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.605%) Samba
Systems Management
1 4 (0.806%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 3 (0.605%) WMI
3 2 (0.403%) SCCM
3 2 (0.403%) MIIS
Vendors
1 166 (33.47%) Microsoft
2 67 (13.51%) Oracle
3 6 (1.210%) Sybase
3 6 (1.210%) Twitter
4 5 (1.008%) Razor Risk
5 4 (0.806%) DevExpress
5 4 (0.806%) Canoo
6 3 (0.605%) IBM
7 2 (0.403%) Talend
7 2 (0.403%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.403%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.403%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.403%) webMethods
7 2 (0.403%) Open Text
7 2 (0.403%) JBoss
7 2 (0.403%) BMC
8 1 (0.202%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.202%) Sun
8 1 (0.202%) Cognos
8 1 (0.202%) Symbian
Edinburgh, Scotland
They provide IVA's, and other debt management arrangements. They currently have 30,000 customers and they are growing very quickly. You will be required to develop their...
Computer Futures
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The key software skills that my client is looking for applicants to have are thus: Microsoft .NET, C#, ASP.NET (MVC would be good but not crucial) and...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £47000 per annum + Tremendous employee benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The key software skills that my client is looking for applicants to have are thus: Microsoft .NET, C#, ASP.NET (MVC would be good but not crucial) and...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £47000 per annum + Tremendous employee benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This is a key role within a motivated and energetic development team, working with the latest Microsoft .NET technologies. Applicants must be able to demonstrate * Significant experience developing...
Search Consultancy
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Cathcart Associates are helping one of our clients recruit for a .NET skilled developer for their team... The work is all Microsoft focussed and the successful candidate will...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
For these positions, I am very keen to speak with candidates who have at least 2+years commercial experience developing with the following technologies: .Net, C#, ASP.Net,...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
They ensure that their clients get the best level of service and that regulations are full adhered to. They are experts in their field and are looking for...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
My client, a very successful fund management firm are recruiting for a C# /.Net developer in Edinburgh. The role is open to anyone from a recent graduate to...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: competitve
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The successful .NET Technical Manager will be highly motivated, and have a university degree in an IT related subject (this is preferable but not essential if relevant industry...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The successful Software Developers will be joining an existing team of highly skilled C# .Net Developers who work in an Agile environment where cutting edge Microsoft development tools...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Position This position requires someone with an excellent academic record, strong experience working in C#/ASP.NET (with a great understanding of the project life-cycle)... SQL...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum + bonuses + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly regarded financial institution, is seeking a C# Web Developer to join their expanding team in Edinburgh. The job requires C# coding experience and extensive...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Your day-to-day duties will include: - Delivering a wide range of web application features, developing using ASP.Net MVC, ASP.Net & C# - Utilise modern client side development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Relocation Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Skills Essential: C#.NET Visual Studio Desirable: SQL Server Publish/subscribe Middleware (DDS) Comms (Ethernet, WiFi, ...) Mobile computing We require the successful candidate to be self-motivated, flexible...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £35000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be able to demonstrate a strong technical understanding of ASP.NET, C#, HTML / DHTML, AJAX and CSS and you will be able to communicate effectively with...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The Company The client is seeking a successful ASP.NET/C# Developer to work on software for financial applications within their securities team... The Position This position requires...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £38000 - £48000 per annum + bonuses + benefites
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Dynamics CRM Developer, Microsoft Dynamics, CRM, Developer Analyst, Business Analyst, Requirements Gathering, Testing, Full life-cycle, C#, .Net Excellent opportunity for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developers of all levels...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client has recently won a considerable amount of new business and is now looking to grow their Dynamics CRM team. As I'm looking for Developers of...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £25000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
The Junior Developer must have good knowledge of at least one Microsoft visual programming language (C#, .Net, VB etc) as well as experience with relational databases and MySQL...
Boston Capel
Salary: £18k to £25k depending on experience
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
They require an experienced manager who is able to successfully lead and pull together a development team who are located over different locations. This is an exciting opportunity...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience: *Java development experience *Exposure to Objective-C/C# *Oracle/SQL Server *Android *Any ASP.NET exposure If you...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You must be experienced in:- SQL Server / Cluster... Hands-on experience in at least 3 of the following:- Microsoft. ASP... NET -C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET Web -DHTML/...
Net Talent
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
SQL and .NET software developer required with home working option... We require someone with demonstrable experience of SQL and .NET development, ideally throughout the full life cycle... This...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Responsibilities: Direct the design & development of multiple projects both web and desktop Define & create reusable, dependable & efficient software components in C# Support the development team to guarantee the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Essential Extensive knowledge of .NET. Strong history of managing a team developers (minimum of 3) Experience with database and web development including some of: SQL; C#; C++; or...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
UML, BPMN), design patterns and software engineering... Candidates must possess a depth of knowledge in the following technical skills:- C# / ASP .Net development of complex distributed applications SQL...
Church International
Salary: £35,000 to £48,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or Physical Science along with hands on system deployment & integration experience, .NET C#, Microsoft SQL...
SYSTEM RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits and relocation package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will have experience of software design methodologies including UML and/or BPMN, design patterns and software engineering... Java / J2EE development of complex distributed applications, Websphere Application Server...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 April 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Due to continued growth they are in urgent need of an experienced Informix Database Administrator / Informix Developer to take an instrumental client facing position. To be considered for...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
HTML/XML, JavaScript, JQuery and CSS knowledge. -Experience of writing Coded UI tests in C# or VB.NET. -SQL Server experience (Administration and T-SQL) -Microsoft Systems and...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Unspecified £ Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh & Lothians
Min 5 yrs SQL Server BI including 2005 and 2008 - SSIS/SSAS/SSRS/ T-SQL/MDX - Dimensional modelling skills - SharePoint 2010 BI including Performance Point Services - Experience of...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
It is essential you have experience of the following; -C++ and OO design -Distributed application development on Windows or Linux/UNIX -Knowledge of multi-threaded software Any exposure...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £28000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013