The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 5 3 4
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 227 416 330
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 23.23% 29.86% 26.29%
As % of the Application Development category 67.56% 59.09% 57.39%
Number of salaries quoted 211 351 302
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
336 704 575
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 34.39% 50.54% 45.82%
Number of salaries quoted 300 570 500
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
East of England

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex .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 Essex region.

Essex .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Basildon +4 85 £45,000 +38.46%
Chelmsford +4 22 £40,000 -11.11%
Brentwood -1 17 £42,500 -37.03%
Witham -1 15 £50,000 +61.29%
Colchester -10 15 £41,250 +10.00%
Southend-on-Sea +1 4 £35,000 -
Braintree +3 2 £51,250 +62.69%
Epping - 2 £40,000 -
Harlow +22 1 £47,500 +5.55%
Waltham Abbey +1 1 £33,500 -31.28%
Billericay 0 1 £32,500 +22.64%
.NET
East of England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1 344 (70.49%) C#
2 301 (61.68%) SQL Server
3 216 (44.26%) SQL
4 197 (40.37%) ASP.NET
5 184 (37.70%) Finance
6 155 (31.76%) WPF
7 147 (30.12%) Microsoft
8 142 (29.10%) WCF
9 132 (27.05%) VB.NET
10 130 (26.64%) HTML
11 128 (26.23%) Silverlight
12 108 (22.13%) MVC
13 107 (21.93%) JavaScript
14 103 (21.11%) XML
15 102 (20.90%) OO
16 97 (19.88%) Windows
16 97 (19.88%) CSS
17 94 (19.26%) Java
18 82 (16.80%) TDD
18 82 (16.80%) jQuery
18 82 (16.80%) SQL Server 2008
19 78 (15.98%) MS Excel
20 65 (13.32%) Microsoft Certification
21 64 (13.11%) Visual Studio
21 64 (13.11%) IIS
22 60 (12.30%) ASP.NET MVC
23 59 (12.09%) .NET Framework
24 57 (11.68%) SQL Server 2005
25 56 (11.48%) Rhino Mocks
25 56 (11.48%) NUnit

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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
1 197 (40.37%) ASP.NET
2 155 (31.76%) WPF
3 142 (29.10%) WCF
4 130 (26.64%) HTML
5 128 (26.23%) Silverlight
6 103 (21.11%) XML
7 97 (19.88%) CSS
8 82 (16.80%) jQuery
9 60 (12.30%) ASP.NET MVC
10 59 (12.09%) .NET Framework
11 53 (10.86%) Ajax
12 52 (10.66%) WinForms
13 46 (9.426%) Castle Windsor
14 42 (8.607%) Web Services
15 40 (8.197%) NHibernate
16 35 (7.172%) MonoRail
17 32 (6.557%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 32 (6.557%) XSLT
18 25 (5.123%) XSD
19 21 (4.303%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 64 (13.11%) IIS
2 15 (3.074%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.664%) Apache
3 13 (2.664%) Tomcat
4 12 (2.459%) WebLogic
4 12 (2.459%) Umbraco
5 11 (2.254%) GlassFish
6 9 (1.844%) ESB
7 4 (0.820%) MSMQ
7 4 (0.820%) Force.com
8 3 (0.615%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.615%) Captiva
8 3 (0.615%) CMS
9 2 (0.410%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.410%) Magento
9 2 (0.410%) Liferay
9 2 (0.410%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.205%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.205%) Documentum
Applications
1 78 (15.98%) MS Excel
2 4 (0.820%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.820%) MS Office
3 3 (0.615%) Office 365
4 2 (0.410%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.410%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.410%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.205%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.205%) InDesign
5 1 (0.205%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.615%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.205%) AWD
2 1 (0.205%) SyteLine
2 1 (0.205%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.205%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.123%) TCP/IP
2 15 (3.074%) Firewall
3 9 (1.844%) Internet
3 9 (1.844%) VoIP
4 7 (1.434%) DNS
5 5 (1.025%) ADSL
6 4 (0.820%) FTP
6 4 (0.820%) Cisco ICM
6 4 (0.820%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.615%) SAN
8 2 (0.410%) HTTP
8 2 (0.410%) LDAP
9 1 (0.205%) OpenLDAP
9 1 (0.205%) DHCP
9 1 (0.205%) Extranet
9 1 (0.205%) DAB
9 1 (0.205%) CTI
9 1 (0.205%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 301 (61.68%) SQL Server
2 82 (16.80%) SQL Server 2008
3 57 (11.68%) SQL Server 2005
4 47 (9.631%) MySQL
5 12 (2.459%) Oracle 10g
5 12 (2.459%) RDBMS
5 12 (2.459%) Oracle 11g
6 11 (2.254%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (2.254%) Oracle 8/8i
7 9 (1.844%) SQL Server 2012
7 9 (1.844%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.639%) MS Access
9 2 (0.410%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.410%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.410%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.410%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.205%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
10 1 (0.205%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.205%) CouchDB
10 1 (0.205%) DB2
Development Applications
1 64 (13.11%) Visual Studio
2 56 (11.48%) Rhino Mocks
2 56 (11.48%) NUnit
3 22 (4.508%) MSTest
4 18 (3.689%) Subversion
5 14 (2.869%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 11 (2.254%) Moq
7 9 (1.844%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (1.434%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.615%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.615%) JIRA
9 3 (0.615%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.410%) TestDirector
10 2 (0.410%) QuickTest Pro
10 2 (0.410%) PROIV
10 2 (0.410%) Git (software)
10 2 (0.410%) WebLOAD
11 1 (0.205%) Redmine
11 1 (0.205%) QUnit
11 1 (0.205%) Jasmine
General
1 184 (37.70%) Finance
2 11 (2.254%) Back Office
2 11 (2.254%) Manufacturing
3 8 (1.639%) Retail
3 8 (1.639%) Advertising
4 6 (1.230%) Music
4 6 (1.230%) Music Industry
4 6 (1.230%) Marketing
5 4 (0.820%) Banking
6 2 (0.410%) Games
7 1 (0.205%) French Language
7 1 (0.205%) German Language
7 1 (0.205%) Law
7 1 (0.205%) Military
7 1 (0.205%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.205%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 401 (82.17%) Developer
2 187 (38.32%) .NET Developer
3 99 (20.29%) C# Developer
4 75 (15.37%) Software Developer
5 72 (14.75%) Analyst
6 52 (10.66%) C# .NET Developer
7 37 (7.582%) Web Developer
8 36 (7.377%) Technical Analyst
9 29 (5.943%) Senior Developer
10 25 (5.123%) Junior
11 24 (4.918%) VB.NET Developer
12 23 (4.713%) Junior Developer
13 19 (3.893%) ASP.NET Developer
13 19 (3.893%) Programmer
14 18 (3.689%) Support Analyst
15 16 (3.279%) Applications Support
15 16 (3.279%) Senior .NET Developer
15 16 (3.279%) WPF Developer
16 15 (3.074%) Applications Support Analyst
17 14 (2.869%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.25%) Enterprise Software
2 27 (5.533%) Tandem
3 14 (2.869%) Computer Science
4 13 (2.664%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.254%) Inversion of Control
6 10 (2.049%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.434%) N-Tier
8 5 (1.025%) Social Media
9 4 (0.820%) RIA
9 4 (0.820%) SaaS
10 3 (0.615%) Machine Learning
10 3 (0.615%) Blog
10 3 (0.615%) Clustering
10 3 (0.615%) Artificial Intelligence
11 2 (0.410%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.410%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.410%) Data Integration
12 1 (0.205%) Motion Graphics
12 1 (0.205%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.205%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 97 (19.88%) Windows
2 13 (2.664%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 12 (2.459%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (2.049%) Android
5 8 (1.639%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (1.434%) Linux
7 6 (1.230%) Windows Mobile
8 5 (1.025%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.025%) Windows CE
9 3 (0.615%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.205%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (22.13%) MVC
2 102 (20.90%) OO
3 82 (16.80%) TDD
4 51 (10.45%) Scrum
5 45 (9.221%) OOP
6 36 (7.377%) MVVM
7 30 (6.148%) Agile Software Development
7 30 (6.148%) Web Development
8 27 (5.533%) E-Commerce
9 26 (5.328%) Dependency Injection
10 24 (4.918%) Change Control
11 18 (3.689%) Wealth Management
12 17 (3.484%) Workflow
13 16 (3.279%) Configuration Management
13 16 (3.279%) Unit Testing
13 16 (3.279%) Continuous Integration
14 14 (2.869%) SOA
14 14 (2.869%) Multithreading
15 12 (2.459%) Project Management
15 12 (2.459%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 344 (70.49%) C#
2 216 (44.26%) SQL
3 132 (27.05%) VB.NET
4 107 (21.93%) JavaScript
5 94 (19.26%) Java
6 39 (7.992%) C++
7 32 (6.557%) T-SQL
7 32 (6.557%) VB
8 26 (5.328%) C
9 25 (5.123%) VBA
10 24 (4.918%) PHP
11 23 (4.713%) Embedded C
12 22 (4.508%) Embedded C++
13 18 (3.689%) Objective-C
14 14 (2.869%) XAML
15 12 (2.459%) Delphi
15 12 (2.459%) VB6
16 10 (2.049%) VBScript
17 7 (1.434%) Python
18 5 (1.025%) XPath
Qualifications
1 65 (13.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 48 (9.836%) MCP
3 47 (9.631%) MCTS
4 46 (9.426%) MCAD
4 46 (9.426%) MCSD
5 40 (8.197%) Degree
6 3 (0.615%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.205%) MCITP
7 1 (0.205%) MCDBA
7 1 (0.205%) MCT
7 1 (0.205%) HND
7 1 (0.205%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.410%) SLA
1 2 (0.410%) QA
2 1 (0.205%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (1.434%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.615%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.205%) MDaemon
Systems Management
1 4 (0.820%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (0.615%) Nagios
3 1 (0.205%) WSUS
3 1 (0.205%) SCCM
Vendors
1 147 (30.12%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.148%) Oracle
3 15 (3.074%) Salesforce.com
4 13 (2.664%) JBoss
5 7 (1.434%) Google
6 4 (0.820%) Cisco
6 4 (0.820%) Open Text
7 3 (0.615%) DevExpress
7 3 (0.615%) VMware
7 3 (0.615%) Kofax
7 3 (0.615%) Adobe
7 3 (0.615%) HP
7 3 (0.615%) Dell
7 3 (0.615%) Reuters
7 3 (0.615%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.410%) IBM
8 2 (0.410%) Twitter
9 1 (0.205%) Talend
9 1 (0.205%) VeriFone
9 1 (0.205%) Wyse
Epping, Essex
NET Developer /Software Developer/ Software Engineer/ Analyst Programmer/ C# / ASP.NET/ SQL Server... Experience in a .Net Development role. ASP.NET Experience. C# Experience. J Query Knowledge. SQL...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Essex, South East
NET Developer£25,000 - £30,000Mint recruitment is currently resourcing for a .NET Developer who is actively looking for a new and exciting challenge. Based in Essex the ...
Mint
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 10 May 2013
Essex
Software Applications Developer ( Winforms, SQL Server, Windows Forms, C#.NET, VB.NET ) needed... The ideal candidate will have commercial experience in Winforms, (Windows Forms) Development, C#.NET and...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Billericay, Essex
30k-£35K plus bonus and stock options An established company are looking for an outstanding Software Developer with strong .NET skills to join their growing team. As the...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £35000 per annum - plus Bonus and Stock Options
Posted: 19 May 2013
Essex, South East
Responsibilities: C#.NET Software Developer - Global Insurance Organisation - C#/ .NET/ SQL / WPF / WCF / MVVM - EssexFrom an extensive knowledge of Brokasure Enterprise, work closely with the functional design team...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Brentwood, Essex
You will have the opportunity to be involved in SOA and have the opportunity to grow your career as a senior developer and progress into a senior architect.
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 to £47000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Brentwood, East Anglia
NET C# Developer I have a fantastic opportunity for a senior and experienced developer to join a well established client in the Essex area as a senior developer-...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP47000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Rural Colchester, South East
Our client is a leading author of fully integrated business management software, providing solutions for ERP, finance, HR, payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing. You...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Excellent + benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Waltham Abbey, Essex
Knowledge of SQL, CAML or SSRS. Exposure to Microsoft technologies including; Visual Studio, Visio or InfoPath. Exposure to web technologies including; XML, SOAP, Web Services, HTML, CSS, JavaScript,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum + Exc. Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Waltham Abbey, Essex
Knowledge of SQL, CAML or SSRS. Exposure to Microsoft technologies including; Visual Studio, Visio or InfoPath. Exposure to web technologies including; XML, SOAP, Web Services, HTML, CSS, JavaScript,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Exc. Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... - Participate in team meetingsYou You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in ASP...
Jam Recruitment
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 10 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Basildon, South East
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Essex, South East
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... *Participate in team meetingsYou You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in ASP...
JAM
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... *Participate in team meetings You… You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
Tech Developer/Analyst - Insurance - C#,.NET 3.5/4,OOP,WCF,Silverlight or WPF,Prism,T-SQL Essential Excellent development experience in C#, .NET 3.5/4.0...
Personnel IT
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex
Expert-level C# .NET 3.5/4.0 development experience * Strong hands-on experience in designing and developing Enterprise-scale applications/products in .NET * Strong hands-on experience...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Saffron Walden, Essex
Experience with HPC, distributed computing and large datasets (Big Data) A solid degree in Computer Science or related discipline... WISA) or Linux (e.g. LAMP). Pick your choice...
Illumina
Salary: From £38,000 to £45,000 per annum package inclusive of shares, pension
Posted: 9 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
As Software Technical Analyst you'll provide technical analysis and design to support application development through the production of prototypes, framework code and technical documentation You'll have...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Colchester, Essex
This is a great chance for someone to make the next step in their career where you will get extensive training and development... Computer People are an equal...
Computer People
Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
Skills/Experience/Qualifications required to perform the role Essential: - DBA experience with Oracle 10g / 11g Standard Edition Databases on the Microsoft Windows platform. - Oracle Database Performance Tuning (manual) -...
Xuber
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Colchester, Essex
An established Essex based Company, developers of award winning inspection systems, have a challenging opening for a competent Software Engineer with strong C++ development skills... Applications are sought...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum Dep on Exp
Posted: 16 May 2013