Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Microsoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank557894
Rank change year-on-year
Up+23Up+16
Matching permanent IT job ads543778
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire2.844 %1.751 %1.732 %
As % of the Application Development category7.542 %6.016 %6.161 %
Salaries quoted533478
Average salary£47,500£35,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71 %-26.31 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,700£28,500£34,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£63,000£51,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7166151266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire37.70 %29.11 %28.11 %
Salaries quoted6345231041
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,900£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
.NET Framework East of England.NET Framework
East of England

.NET Framework
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hertfordshire .NET Framework Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire .NET Framework Salary Histogram

.NET Framework
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansUp+913£45,000+57.89 %
StevenageUp+23£42,500+42.85 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-43£42,500+34.92 %
WatfordUp+72£43,750+90.21 %
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-2£46,500-
RoystonNew entry-1--
WareNew entry-1£49,000-
.NET Framework East of England.NET Framework
East of England

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1119 (100.00 %).NET
295 (79.83 %)C#
370 (58.82 %)SQL
456 (47.06 %)ASP.NET
550 (42.02 %)CMS
647 (39.50 %)EPiServer
737 (31.09 %)Web Development
830 (25.21 %)AJAX
929 (24.37 %)Workflow
929 (24.37 %)HTML
1028 (23.53 %)Java
1127 (22.69 %)Microsoft
1226 (21.85 %)SQL Server
1325 (21.01 %)SharePoint
1423 (19.33 %)Windows
1522 (18.49 %)CSS
1620 (16.81 %)XML
1719 (15.97 %)System Testing
1818 (15.13 %)Oracle 11g
1818 (15.13 %)SAP
1818 (15.13 %)Oracle
1818 (15.13 %)Open Text
1818 (15.13 %)LiveLink
1818 (15.13 %)Oracle Workflow
1818 (15.13 %)Information Management
1917 (14.29 %)WinForms
2016 (13.45 %)JavaScript
2114 (11.76 %)Finance
2213 (10.92 %)LINQ
2312 (10.08 %)WF

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1119 (100.00 %).NET
256 (47.06 %)ASP.NET
330 (25.21 %)AJAX
429 (24.37 %)HTML
522 (18.49 %)CSS
620 (16.81 %)XML
717 (14.29 %)WinForms
813 (10.92 %)LINQ
912 (10.08 %)WF
107 (5.882 %)Silverlight
107 (5.882 %)CSLA
107 (5.882 %)XML Messaging
107 (5.882 %)XSLT
107 (5.882 %)J2EE
116 (5.042 %)WCF
124 (3.361 %)Web Services
132 (1.681 %)XSL
141 (0.840 %)Flash
141 (0.840 %)XHTML
141 (0.840 %)ASP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
150 (42.02 %)CMS
247 (39.50 %)EPiServer
325 (21.01 %)SharePoint
418 (15.13 %)LiveLink
418 (15.13 %)Oracle Workflow
57 (5.882 %)ESB
66 (5.042 %)IIS
71 (0.840 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.840 %)Exchange Server 2007
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (0.840 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (2.521 %)Intranet
13 (2.521 %)Internet
13 (2.521 %)Firewall
21 (0.840 %)iSCSI
21 (0.840 %)SAN
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (21.85 %)SQL Server
218 (15.13 %)Oracle 11g
310 (8.403 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (5.882 %)Datawarehouse
47 (5.882 %)ETL
53 (2.521 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (1.681 %)SQL Server 2008
62 (1.681 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.840 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (5.882 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (1.681 %)Visual Studio
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (11.76 %)Finance
212 (10.08 %)Pensions
39 (7.563 %)Retail
47 (5.882 %)Government
55 (4.202 %)Marketing
64 (3.361 %)Health
72 (1.681 %)Insurance
81 (0.840 %)Retail Banking
81 (0.840 %)Banking
81 (0.840 %)Construction
81 (0.840 %)Education
81 (0.840 %)Electronics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
157 (47.90 %)Developer
234 (28.57 %)Architect
330 (25.21 %).NET Developer
421 (17.65 %)Technical Architect
520 (16.81 %)Consultant
617 (14.29 %)ASP.NET Developer
617 (14.29 %)Technical Leader
716 (13.45 %)C# Developer
716 (13.45 %)Senior Developer
813 (10.92 %)Senior .NET Developer
813 (10.92 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
910 (8.403 %)Lead Architect
910 (8.403 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
109 (7.563 %).NET Architect
109 (7.563 %)Senior C# Developer
117 (5.882 %)Software Developer
124 (3.361 %)Software Engineer
124 (3.361 %)Administrator
124 (3.361 %)Software Architect
124 (3.361 %)Team Leader
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (5.882 %)Management Information System
24 (3.361 %)N-Tier
32 (1.681 %)Wiki
32 (1.681 %)Device Driver
41 (0.840 %)Replication
41 (0.840 %)VHDL
41 (0.840 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
41 (0.840 %)Mathematics
41 (0.840 %)Physics
41 (0.840 %)Computer Science
41 (0.840 %)Client/Server
41 (0.840 %)Chip and PIN
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (19.33 %)Windows
21 (0.840 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (0.840 %)Windows Server 2008
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
137 (31.09 %)Web Development
229 (24.37 %)Workflow
319 (15.97 %)System Testing
418 (15.13 %)Information Management
510 (8.403 %)UML
510 (8.403 %)OO
510 (8.403 %)Content Management
68 (6.723 %)SOA
77 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
77 (5.882 %)OOA/OOD
77 (5.882 %)TOGAF
86 (5.042 %)Zachman Framework
86 (5.042 %)Enterprise Architecture
95 (4.202 %)Email Marketing
95 (4.202 %)Digital Marketing
103 (2.521 %)Software Engineering
103 (2.521 %)E-Commerce
112 (1.681 %)Requirements Analysis
112 (1.681 %)Use Case
112 (1.681 %)Unit Testing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
195 (79.83 %)C#
270 (58.82 %)SQL
328 (23.53 %)Java
416 (13.45 %)JavaScript
511 (9.244 %)VB.NET
610 (8.403 %)T-SQL
79 (7.563 %)VB
85 (4.202 %)VB6
93 (2.521 %)C++
102 (1.681 %)C
111 (0.840 %)VBScript
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (8.403 %)Degree
22 (1.681 %)Security Cleared
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.840 %)Active Directory
11 (0.840 %)VMware ESX
11 (0.840 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.840 %)Backup Exec
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
127 (22.69 %)Microsoft
218 (15.13 %)Oracle
218 (15.13 %)SAP
218 (15.13 %)Open Text
31 (0.840 %)VMware
31 (0.840 %)Altera
31 (0.840 %)Sophos