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This section looks at the demand for C# skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank89
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads2355228810
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled12.67 %12.01 %
As % of the category below28.74 %27.26 %
Salaries quoted2076224099
Average minimum salary£37,847£40,790
Average salary£41,805£44,805
% change on same period last year-6.69 %
Average maximum salary£45,763£48,820
UK excluding London average salary£35,189£35,923
% change on same period last year-2.04 %
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching permanent IT job ads81958105694
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled44.11 %44.07 %
Salaries quoted6992086012
Average minimum salary£37,575£39,466
Average salary£41,241£43,302
% change on same period last year-4.75 %
Average maximum salary£44,906£47,137
UK excluding London average salary£35,268£35,641
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
C# UKC#
UK

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

England C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England C# Salary Histogram

C#
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-110257£51,809-5.53 %
South EastUp+24235£37,686-2.36 %
East of EnglandUp+22294£37,521-1.28 %
South WestUp+41756£33,998+5.05 %
North WestUp+21566£31,506-7.01 %
YorkshireDown-21352£32,651+1.61 %
West MidlandsUp+41219£32,435-3.07 %
East MidlandsDown-1768£33,053+2.48 %
North EastUp+4239£33,873+8.39 %
MidlandsUp+475£37,064-20.17 %
South CoastDown-53£38,333+5.22 %
C# UKC#
UK

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England 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#.

139393 (81.80 %).NET
225637 (53.23 %)SQL Server
323419 (48.63 %)ASP.NET
416512 (34.29 %)SQL
513042 (27.08 %)XML
610976 (22.79 %)Microsoft
79702 (20.15 %)C++
89569 (19.87 %)Finance
98332 (17.30 %)VB.NET
108094 (16.81 %)JavaScript
117800 (16.20 %)SQL Server 2005
127797 (16.19 %)HTML
137754 (16.10 %)OO
147532 (15.64 %)Java
157468 (15.51 %)Windows
167259 (15.07 %)VB
176719 (13.95 %)Degree
186407 (13.30 %)WebServices
196274 (13.03 %)CSS
205442 (11.30 %).NET Framework
215346 (11.10 %)AJAX
224954 (10.29 %)Oracle
234946 (10.27 %)ASP
244780 (9.925 %)SQL Server 2000
254687 (9.732 %)Banking
264667 (9.691 %)Visual Studio
274523 (9.392 %)MS Excel
284513 (9.371 %)WinForms
293823 (7.938 %)Front Office
303818 (7.928 %)SharePoint

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
139393 (81.80 %).NET
223419 (48.63 %)ASP.NET
313042 (27.08 %)XML
47797 (16.19 %)HTML
56407 (13.30 %)WebServices
66274 (13.03 %)CSS
75442 (11.30 %).NET Framework
85346 (11.10 %)AJAX
94946 (10.27 %)ASP
104513 (9.371 %)WinForms
112662 (5.527 %)XHTML
122538 (5.270 %)XSLT
131799 (3.735 %)WCF
141650 (3.426 %)J2EE
151368 (2.841 %)ADO.NET
161364 (2.832 %)ASP.NET 2.0
171326 (2.753 %)WPF
181001 (2.078 %)Silverlight
19995 (2.066 %)MFC
20865 (1.796 %)WF
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13818 (7.928 %)SharePoint
22310 (4.797 %)IIS
32139 (4.441 %)BizTalk Server
41523 (3.162 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51226 (2.546 %)CMS
6300 (0.623 %)Apache
7287 (0.596 %)SharePoint Portal Server
8262 (0.544 %)MQSeries
9257 (0.534 %)ColdFusion
10231 (0.480 %)Content Management Server
11189 (0.392 %)Commerce Server
12174 (0.361 %)Tomcat
13147 (0.305 %)MS Exchange
14130 (0.270 %)WebLogic
15122 (0.253 %)JBoss
16121 (0.251 %)ArcGIS
1786 (0.179 %)Commerce Server 2007
1876 (0.158 %)MTS
1975 (0.156 %)Rendezvous
1975 (0.156 %)ArcSDE
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14523 (9.392 %)MS Excel
2829 (1.721 %)MS Office
3533 (1.107 %)Photoshop
4372 (0.772 %)MS Visio
5237 (0.492 %)Spreadsheet
6174 (0.361 %)MATLAB
7161 (0.334 %)InfoPath
8144 (0.299 %)MS Project
9108 (0.224 %)Adobe Illustrator
1067 (0.139 %)Fireworks
1145 (0.093 %)AutoCAD
1241 (0.085 %)MS PowerPoint
1339 (0.081 %)S-PLUS
1425 (0.052 %)3ds Max
1522 (0.046 %)PrintSoft PReS
1522 (0.046 %)Shockwave
1613 (0.027 %)Maya
1712 (0.025 %)ArcInfo
1712 (0.025 %)FreeHand
1810 (0.021 %)Adobe Director
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1482 (1.001 %)Microsoft CRM
2327 (0.679 %)Dynamics CRM
3166 (0.345 %)Axapta
4131 (0.272 %)Summit
5118 (0.245 %)Dynamics AX
653 (0.110 %)Navision
653 (0.110 %)Endur
740 (0.083 %)Oracle Financials
740 (0.083 %)SAP CRM
834 (0.071 %)Dynamics NAV
930 (0.062 %)Dynamics GP
1025 (0.052 %)SalesLogix
1122 (0.046 %)Great Plains
1219 (0.039 %)Pivotal CRM
1317 (0.035 %)FRONT ARENA
1414 (0.029 %)Oracle Applications
1414 (0.029 %)SAP Business One
1513 (0.027 %)AWD
1513 (0.027 %)Line 500
1611 (0.023 %)GoldMine
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12518 (5.228 %)Internet
21045 (2.170 %)Intranet
3550 (1.142 %)TCP/IP
4297 (0.617 %)HTTP
5274 (0.569 %)Extranet
6136 (0.282 %)FTP
7132 (0.274 %)Wireless
8129 (0.268 %)SMTP
9103 (0.214 %)DNS
1098 (0.203 %)LAN
1195 (0.197 %)VoIP
1287 (0.181 %)GSM
1377 (0.160 %)WAN
1474 (0.154 %)Firewall
1563 (0.131 %)GPRS
1661 (0.127 %)SMS
1759 (0.123 %)LDAP
1853 (0.110 %)SAN
1853 (0.110 %)TETRA
1951 (0.106 %)3G
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125637 (53.23 %)SQL Server
27800 (16.20 %)SQL Server 2005
34780 (9.925 %)SQL Server 2000
41300 (2.699 %)RDBMS
51101 (2.286 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61011 (2.099 %)MySQL
7775 (1.609 %)Crystal Reports
8687 (1.426 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9586 (1.217 %)DTS
10454 (0.943 %)Datawarehouse
11439 (0.912 %)Oracle 10g
12424 (0.880 %)GIS
13419 (0.870 %)MS Access
14400 (0.831 %)Oracle 9i
15305 (0.633 %)SQL Server 2008
16304 (0.631 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
17296 (0.615 %)BusinessObjects
18259 (0.538 %)Oracle 8/8i
19238 (0.494 %)OLAP
20183 (0.380 %)ETL
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14667 (9.691 %)Visual Studio
2976 (2.027 %)Flash
3793 (1.647 %)NUnit
4718 (1.491 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5387 (0.804 %)Subversion
6227 (0.471 %)Dreamweaver
7163 (0.338 %)TestDirector
8162 (0.336 %)InstallShield
9158 (0.328 %)ClearCase
10141 (0.293 %)CruiseControl
11136 (0.282 %)QuickTest Pro
12132 (0.274 %)Visual Studio Team System
13127 (0.264 %)Oracle Forms
14122 (0.253 %)Eclipse
1599 (0.206 %)WinRunner
1691 (0.189 %)JUnit
1780 (0.166 %)PowerBuilder
1877 (0.160 %)Ant
1975 (0.156 %)JIRA
2063 (0.131 %)Rational Rose
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19569 (19.87 %)Finance
24687 (9.732 %)Banking
33823 (7.938 %)Front Office
42799 (5.812 %)Pensions
52356 (4.892 %)Investment Banking
61967 (4.084 %)Health
71725 (3.582 %)Insurance
81246 (2.587 %)Education
91175 (2.440 %)Marketing
101146 (2.380 %)Retail
11941 (1.954 %)Telecoms
12731 (1.518 %)Back Office
13644 (1.337 %)Games
14469 (0.974 %)Financial Institution
15449 (0.932 %)Legal
16443 (0.920 %)Government
17364 (0.756 %)Advertising
18353 (0.733 %)Publishing
19351 (0.729 %)Law
20299 (0.621 %)Music
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
134588 (71.82 %)Developer
215562 (32.31 %)C# Developer
314189 (29.46 %).NET Developer
45394 (11.20 %)ASP.NET Developer
55000 (10.38 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
64811 (9.990 %)Web Developer
74255 (8.835 %)Senior Developer
83879 (8.054 %)Analyst
93657 (7.593 %)Software Developer
102560 (5.316 %)Programmer
112442 (5.071 %)Software Engineer
121993 (4.138 %)Senior C# Developer
131903 (3.951 %).NET Web Developer
141783 (3.702 %)Architect
151770 (3.675 %)C++ Developer
161733 (3.598 %)SQL Developer
171699 (3.528 %)Senior .NET Developer
181620 (3.364 %)Junior
191500 (3.115 %)C# Web Developer
201469 (3.050 %)Consultant
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13222 (6.690 %)Derivative
21654 (3.434 %)Computer Science
31360 (2.824 %)N-Tier
41194 (2.479 %)Equity Derivative
51184 (2.458 %)Equities
61132 (2.350 %)Fixed Income
71090 (2.263 %)Mathematics
8979 (2.033 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9754 (1.566 %)Multithreading
10687 (1.426 %)Client/Server
11508 (1.055 %)Credit Derivative
12340 (0.706 %)Web 2.0
13339 (0.704 %)Physics
14266 (0.552 %)W3C
15258 (0.536 %)Management Information System
16254 (0.527 %)Tandem
17248 (0.515 %)Social Network
18217 (0.451 %)Interest Rate Derivative
19206 (0.428 %)PDA
20187 (0.388 %)Market Risk
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17468 (15.51 %)Windows
21949 (4.047 %)UNIX
31406 (2.919 %)Linux
4911 (1.892 %)Windows Server 2003
5637 (1.323 %)Windows XP
6434 (0.901 %)Windows 2000
7324 (0.673 %)Solaris
8237 (0.492 %)Windows Vista
9221 (0.459 %)Windows Mobile
10167 (0.347 %)Windows NT
11125 (0.260 %)Windows 2000 Server
12108 (0.224 %)Windows CE
1380 (0.166 %)Windows Server 2008
1473 (0.152 %)Red Hat Linux
1537 (0.077 %)VMS
1633 (0.069 %)Embedded Linux
1732 (0.066 %)AIX
1824 (0.050 %)HPUX
1917 (0.035 %)VxWorks
2014 (0.029 %)Nucleus RTOS
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17754 (16.10 %)OO
23437 (7.137 %)UML
33359 (6.975 %)Web Development
42385 (4.952 %)Agile Software Development
52377 (4.936 %)E-Commerce
61906 (3.958 %)Scrum
71889 (3.922 %)Project Management
81436 (2.982 %)CRM
91327 (2.755 %)OOD
101240 (2.575 %)Unit Testing
111095 (2.274 %)Software Engineering
121093 (2.270 %)OOP
131034 (2.147 %)Risk Management
14962 (1.998 %)SOA
15885 (1.838 %)Content Management
16871 (1.809 %)TDD
17784 (1.628 %)Asset Management
18751 (1.559 %)Extreme Programming
19691 (1.435 %)Workflow
20684 (1.420 %)RUP
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116512 (34.29 %)SQL
29702 (20.15 %)C++
38332 (17.30 %)VB.NET
48094 (16.81 %)JavaScript
57532 (15.64 %)Java
67259 (15.07 %)VB
73134 (6.507 %)Transact-SQL
82590 (5.378 %)VB6
92481 (5.152 %)VBA
102100 (4.360 %)C
111336 (2.774 %)PHP
121173 (2.436 %)VC++
131141 (2.369 %)PL/SQL
141038 (2.155 %)DHTML
15977 (2.029 %)Perl
16970 (2.014 %)VBScript
17844 (1.752 %)Delphi
18497 (1.032 %)Python
19373 (0.775 %)ActionScript
20234 (0.486 %)XPath
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16719 (13.95 %)Degree
22610 (5.419 %)Microsoft Certification
31464 (3.040 %)MCSD
41134 (2.355 %)MCP
51133 (2.353 %)MCAD
6307 (0.637 %)MCTS
7266 (0.552 %)PhD
8231 (0.480 %)ISEB
9214 (0.444 %)MCPD
10106 (0.220 %)MCSE
1198 (0.203 %)HND
1271 (0.147 %)HNC
1271 (0.147 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1370 (0.145 %)MCDBA
1437 (0.077 %)MCITP
1535 (0.073 %)PMI Certification
1535 (0.073 %)Postgraduate
1631 (0.064 %)PMP
1724 (0.050 %)MCSA
1822 (0.046 %)ISTQB
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1849 (1.763 %)QA
2127 (0.264 %)WAI
389 (0.185 %)SLA
485 (0.176 %)ISO9001
551 (0.106 %)TickIT
649 (0.102 %)ISO9000
724 (0.050 %)HL7
821 (0.044 %)Basel II
919 (0.039 %)WCAG
1016 (0.033 %)ISO8583
1112 (0.025 %)21 CFR Part 11
129 (0.019 %)DICOM
134 (0.008 %)COBIT
134 (0.008 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
142 (0.004 %)ISO27001
142 (0.004 %)MiFID
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1523 (1.086 %)Active Directory
2220 (0.457 %)MSMQ
364 (0.133 %)VMware Infrastructure
446 (0.096 %)AquaLogic
536 (0.075 %)Terminal Services
630 (0.062 %)Terminal Server
719 (0.039 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
811 (0.023 %)Xen
811 (0.023 %)Orbix
910 (0.021 %)ISA Server
910 (0.021 %)VMware Workstation
106 (0.012 %)Intellisync
106 (0.012 %)Citrix Presentation Server
115 (0.010 %)VMware ESX
123 (0.006 %)MetaFrame
132 (0.004 %)Oracle RAC
141 (0.002 %)NetBackup
141 (0.002 %)Backup Exec
141 (0.002 %)Cronacle
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
163 (0.131 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
237 (0.077 %)MOM
329 (0.060 %)AutoSys
427 (0.056 %)MIIS
523 (0.048 %)SCOM
621 (0.044 %)SCCM
717 (0.035 %)CONTROL-M
810 (0.021 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
99 (0.019 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
99 (0.019 %)Tivoli
105 (0.010 %)AppManager
105 (0.010 %)Netcool
114 (0.008 %)Norton AntiVirus
122 (0.004 %)ZENworks
131 (0.002 %)WSUS
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110976 (22.79 %)Microsoft
24954 (10.29 %)Oracle
31216 (2.525 %)Sybase
4433 (0.899 %)TIBCO
5296 (0.615 %)Business Objects
6257 (0.534 %)SAP
7236 (0.490 %)Adobe
8227 (0.471 %)IBM
9195 (0.405 %)Bloomberg
10180 (0.374 %)Reuters
11176 (0.365 %)Citrix
12143 (0.297 %)Sun
13139 (0.289 %)ESRI
14138 (0.287 %)Cognos
15119 (0.247 %)Infragistics
16116 (0.241 %)Google
17108 (0.224 %)Macromedia
18106 (0.220 %)Sage
18106 (0.220 %)VMware
1998 (0.203 %)Borland