The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 8 6 7
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 413 421 643
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 17.50% 16.44% 17.68%
As % of the Application Development category 47.09% 38.91% 51.36%
Number of salaries quoted 383 390 593
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
877 1082 1252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 37.16% 42.25% 34.43%
Number of salaries quoted 714 885 1073
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £63,100
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
.NET
East of England

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire .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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hertfordshire .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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Watford +4 62 £37,500 -6.25% 6
Hemel Hempstead +15 47 £36,250 -12.65% 3
Letchworth +3 27 £35,000 +12.00% 6
Harpenden 0 24 £35,000 -6.66%
Rickmansworth -4 15 £31,500 -25.88%
Welwyn Garden City -19 15 £45,000 +2.85% 7
Bishop's Stortford +1 14 £35,000 -12.50% 2
St Albans -23 14 £43,500 +8.75% 4
Hertford -4 13 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Stevenage -20 10 £41,250 -8.33% 5
Royston +3 6 £40,000 +66.66% 2
Sawbridgeworth +1 4 £30,000 +9.09%
Hitchin -8 3 - - 2
Kings Langley +9 2 - -
Borehamwood - 1 - -
.NET
East of England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 648 (81.92%) C#
2 512 (64.73%) ASP.NET
3 428 (54.11%) SQL Server
4 353 (44.63%) SQL
5 317 (40.08%) MVC
6 308 (38.94%) JavaScript
7 264 (33.38%) CSS
8 253 (31.98%) Microsoft
9 212 (26.80%) HTML
10 208 (26.30%) Windows
11 194 (24.53%) jQuery
12 193 (24.40%) ASP.NET MVC
13 177 (22.38%) .NET Framework
14 166 (20.99%) XML
15 152 (19.22%) SQL Server 2008
16 149 (18.84%) Scrum
17 146 (18.46%) VB.NET
17 146 (18.46%) TDD
18 142 (17.95%) WCF
19 136 (17.19%) Finance
20 126 (15.93%) MS Excel
21 122 (15.42%) Visual Studio
22 121 (15.30%) Agile Software Development
23 118 (14.92%) Ajax
24 109 (13.78%) VB
25 106 (13.40%) Java
26 105 (13.27%) OO
27 103 (13.02%) Web Services
28 95 (12.01%) Web Development
29 94 (11.88%) Oracle

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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
1 512 (64.73%) ASP.NET
2 264 (33.38%) CSS
3 212 (26.80%) HTML
4 194 (24.53%) jQuery
5 193 (24.40%) ASP.NET MVC
6 177 (22.38%) .NET Framework
7 166 (20.99%) XML
8 142 (17.95%) WCF
9 118 (14.92%) Ajax
10 103 (13.02%) Web Services
11 93 (11.76%) HTML5
12 92 (11.63%) LINQ
13 89 (11.25%) WinForms
14 83 (10.49%) WPF
15 70 (8.850%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 62 (7.838%) SOAP
17 54 (6.827%) ASP.NET MVC 4
18 48 (6.068%) ASP
19 47 (5.942%) ASP.NET MVC 3
20 44 (5.563%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 74 (9.355%) IIS
2 65 (8.217%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.161%) SharePoint Server
4 24 (3.034%) BizTalk Server
5 23 (2.908%) CMS
6 14 (1.770%) Apache
7 13 (1.643%) SharePoint 2010
8 9 (1.138%) IBM HTTP Server
8 9 (1.138%) WebSphere Application Server
8 9 (1.138%) MQSeries
9 7 (0.885%) Windows Azure
10 5 (0.632%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.506%) MS Exchange
12 2 (0.253%) Amazon AWS
12 2 (0.253%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.126%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.126%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.126%) SAS
13 1 (0.126%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.126%) JCAPS
Applications
1 126 (15.93%) MS Excel
2 28 (3.540%) MS Office
3 3 (0.379%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.253%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.126%) SPSS
5 1 (0.126%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 14 (1.770%) Tridion
2 12 (1.517%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.264%) JDE OneWorld
4 7 (0.885%) Taleo
5 6 (0.759%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.632%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.506%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.126%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.919%) Internet
2 14 (1.770%) HTTP
3 12 (1.517%) Intranet
4 10 (1.264%) Firewall
5 5 (0.632%) LAN
5 5 (0.632%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.632%) VPN
6 3 (0.379%) Broadband
6 3 (0.379%) LTE
7 1 (0.126%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.126%) DNS
7 1 (0.126%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.126%) DHCP
7 1 (0.126%) ATM
7 1 (0.126%) VoIP
7 1 (0.126%) WAN
7 1 (0.126%) HSPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 428 (54.11%) SQL Server
2 152 (19.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 43 (5.436%) SQL Server 2005
4 39 (4.930%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 34 (4.298%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (2.781%) Oracle 8/8i
7 18 (2.276%) SQL Server 2012
8 15 (1.896%) MySQL
9 13 (1.643%) Crystal Reports
10 12 (1.517%) DB2
11 10 (1.264%) OLAP
11 10 (1.264%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.138%) Oracle OLAP
12 9 (1.138%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.885%) OLTP
13 7 (0.885%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.885%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 5 (0.632%) DTS
15 4 (0.506%) MS Access
16 3 (0.379%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 122 (15.42%) Visual Studio
2 77 (9.735%) Team Foundation Server
3 50 (6.321%) NUnit
4 41 (5.183%) Rhino Mocks
5 23 (2.908%) Moq
6 22 (2.781%) Selenium
7 21 (2.655%) Subversion
8 19 (2.402%) MSTest
9 12 (1.517%) Cucumber
10 10 (1.264%) FitNesse
11 9 (1.138%) Jenkins
11 9 (1.138%) Ant
11 9 (1.138%) Microsoft Blend
12 6 (0.759%) Git (software)
13 5 (0.632%) VSS/SourceSafe
13 5 (0.632%) CruiseControl
13 5 (0.632%) FxCop
13 5 (0.632%) StyleCop
14 4 (0.506%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.379%) JUnit
General
1 136 (17.19%) Finance
2 75 (9.482%) Retail
3 30 (3.793%) Manufacturing
4 15 (1.896%) Banking
5 13 (1.643%) Games
6 12 (1.517%) Marketing
7 8 (1.011%) Advertising
8 7 (0.885%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (0.632%) Front Office
10 4 (0.506%) Back Office
10 4 (0.506%) Publishing
11 3 (0.379%) Law
12 2 (0.253%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.253%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.253%) Automotive
13 1 (0.126%) Legal
13 1 (0.126%) Electronics
13 1 (0.126%) French Language
Job Titles
1 584 (73.83%) Developer
2 311 (39.32%) .NET Developer
3 160 (20.23%) C# Developer
4 113 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
5 109 (13.78%) Software Developer
6 87 (11.00%) Senior Developer
7 74 (9.355%) ASP.NET Developer
8 65 (8.217%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 64 (8.091%) Web Developer
10 41 (5.183%) Software Engineer
11 40 (5.057%) Analyst
12 39 (4.930%) Architect
13 36 (4.551%) C# Software Developer
14 35 (4.425%) Senior .NET Developer
15 34 (4.298%) Junior
16 30 (3.793%) Junior Developer
16 30 (3.793%) .NET Web Developer
17 27 (3.413%) Senior C# Developer
18 26 (3.287%) Solutions Architect
19 23 (2.908%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 62 (7.838%) Computer Science
2 31 (3.919%) Mobile App
3 30 (3.793%) Blog
4 29 (3.666%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (3.413%) N-Tier
6 22 (2.781%) Client/Server
7 18 (2.276%) Inversion of Control
8 17 (2.149%) Replication
8 17 (2.149%) Open Source
9 16 (2.023%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.264%) iPhone
11 8 (1.011%) Blackberry
12 7 (0.885%) Kindle
12 7 (0.885%) Spread Betting
13 6 (0.759%) Visualisation
13 6 (0.759%) SaaS
13 6 (0.759%) Tandem
13 6 (0.759%) Mathematics
13 6 (0.759%) W3C
13 6 (0.759%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 208 (26.30%) Windows
2 33 (4.172%) Linux
3 16 (2.023%) UNIX
4 13 (1.643%) Android
5 11 (1.391%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (1.138%) AIX
6 9 (1.138%) Windows Mobile
6 9 (1.138%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (1.011%) Windows 8
8 7 (0.885%) Windows CE
9 4 (0.506%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.379%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.126%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.126%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.126%) zOS
11 1 (0.126%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (40.08%) MVC
2 149 (18.84%) Scrum
3 146 (18.46%) TDD
4 121 (15.30%) Agile Software Development
5 105 (13.27%) OO
6 95 (12.01%) Web Development
7 72 (9.102%) E-Commerce
8 60 (7.585%) Web Application Development
9 53 (6.700%) Unit Testing
10 46 (5.815%) Software Engineering
11 45 (5.689%) OOD
11 45 (5.689%) BDD
12 37 (4.678%) Kanban
13 34 (4.298%) Continuous Integration
14 31 (3.919%) Project Management
15 28 (3.540%) Change Control
15 28 (3.540%) Dependency Injection
16 25 (3.161%) Content Management
17 24 (3.034%) Waterfall
18 23 (2.908%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 648 (81.92%) C#
2 353 (44.63%) SQL
3 308 (38.94%) JavaScript
4 146 (18.46%) VB.NET
5 109 (13.78%) VB
6 106 (13.40%) Java
7 78 (9.861%) T-SQL
8 65 (8.217%) C++
9 51 (6.448%) PHP
10 45 (5.689%) VB6
11 34 (4.298%) VBScript
12 21 (2.655%) C
13 18 (2.276%) Delphi
14 15 (1.896%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.391%) COBOL
16 9 (1.138%) Python
17 7 (0.885%) FoxPro (VFP)
18 5 (0.632%) VBA
18 5 (0.632%) Ruby
18 5 (0.632%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (9.861%) Degree
2 57 (7.206%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (6.068%) MCP
4 47 (5.942%) MCAD
5 46 (5.815%) MCSD
5 46 (5.815%) MCTS
6 5 (0.632%) ISEB
7 3 (0.379%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.379%) Security Cleared
8 2 (0.253%) PhD
8 2 (0.253%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.551%) QA
2 14 (1.770%) HIPAA
2 14 (1.770%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 13 (1.643%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.379%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.253%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.253%) SLA
5 2 (0.253%) TickIT
6 1 (0.126%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (1.011%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.632%) Terminal Services
2 5 (0.632%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.506%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (0.126%) SCCM
Vendors
1 253 (31.98%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.88%) Oracle
3 18 (2.276%) Sage
4 14 (1.770%) Google
5 12 (1.517%) IBM
6 6 (0.759%) Citrix
7 5 (0.632%) VMware
7 5 (0.632%) Progress
7 5 (0.632%) Symbian
7 5 (0.632%) DevExpress
8 4 (0.506%) SAP
8 4 (0.506%) Symantec
8 4 (0.506%) Micro Focus
8 4 (0.506%) SolidWorks
8 4 (0.506%) Twitter
8 4 (0.506%) Razor Risk
9 3 (0.379%) Facebook
10 2 (0.253%) JBoss
10 2 (0.253%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.253%) ATG
Stevenage, South East
NET Developer - Stevenage I currently have a number of NEW vacancies to work as a senior -NET developer for a consultancy focussed client of mine in Stevenage- This...
OPUS
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Letchworth Garden City, South East
Due to internal promotions and continual business success they're now recruiting for ASP.NET WEB FORM developers who are Microsoft certified with experience of C#, MVC, SQL...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 12 June 2013
Watford, South East
Our Watford based client is seeking an IT Developer to join their small team within the finance industry. The role will entail providing development and support to the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Our Watford based client is seeking an IT Developer to join their small team within the finance industry. The role will entail providing development and support to the...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
We have a position available for a .NET and SQL Developer, within a fast-growing healthcare staffing group. The candidate will require a strong ASP.Net Forms and...
Pulse Staffing
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 pa + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Ashdown IT
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 7 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Hertfordshire
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 June 2013
Letchworth Garden City, South East
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + including excellent benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + including excellent benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
St. Albans, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + benefits + Free parking
Posted: 11 June 2013
St. Albans, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Hertfordshire
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Royston, Hertfordshire
CK Group
Salary: £45,000
Posted: 18 June 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Global Travel
Posted: 15 June 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + 25 Days, 5% Pension, HC
Posted: 18 June 2013
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 37k + Bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Greater London, South East
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £32k per year + Excellent Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Connectus
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
PEOPLEVOX
Salary: From £24,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 9 June 2013
Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Pulse Staffing
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 pa + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Green Thompson Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + 20% bonus, Health and Pension
Posted: 16 June 2013