The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 7 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
-5 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 170 219 385
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 14.73% 31.02% 36.70%
As % of the Application Development category 37.86% 73.24% 71.43%
Number of salaries quoted 144 202 367
Average salary £40,000 £36,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.58% -3.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
449 299 539
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 38.91% 42.35% 51.38%
Number of salaries quoted 383 270 505
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
South East

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent .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 Kent region.

Kent .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Kent .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 Kent 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
Maidstone -1 23 £40,000 +15.94%
Tunbridge Wells +2 20 £45,000 +28.57%
Dartford -1 13 £40,000 +14.28%
Tonbridge 0 11 £43,750 +9.37%
Rochester - 10 £27,500 -
Folkestone -3 4 - -
Chatham +3 3 £40,000 +60.00%
Whitstable - 3 £35,000 -
Canterbury +3 2 £31,000 -22.60%
.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 234 (75.00%) C#
2 198 (63.46%) SQL Server
3 196 (62.82%) ASP.NET
4 120 (38.46%) SQL
5 101 (32.37%) MVC
6 100 (32.05%) Microsoft
7 81 (25.96%) WCF
8 75 (24.04%) CSS
9 72 (23.08%) JavaScript
10 66 (21.15%) HTML
11 64 (20.51%) TDD
11 64 (20.51%) ASP.NET MVC
12 61 (19.55%) Agile Software Development
13 53 (16.99%) Finance
13 53 (16.99%) .NET Framework
13 53 (16.99%) VB.NET
14 52 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
15 51 (16.35%) Windows
16 49 (15.71%) XML
17 48 (15.38%) OO
17 48 (15.38%) Legal
18 41 (13.14%) Microsoft Certification
19 40 (12.82%) SharePoint
19 40 (12.82%) Scrum
20 39 (12.50%) E-Commerce
21 36 (11.54%) MCP
21 36 (11.54%) MCAD
21 36 (11.54%) MCSD
21 36 (11.54%) MCTS
21 36 (11.54%) WPF

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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
1 196 (62.82%) ASP.NET
2 81 (25.96%) WCF
3 75 (24.04%) CSS
4 66 (21.15%) HTML
5 64 (20.51%) ASP.NET MVC
6 53 (16.99%) .NET Framework
7 49 (15.71%) XML
8 36 (11.54%) WPF
9 34 (10.90%) Web Services
10 33 (10.58%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 32 (10.26%) Razor View Engine
12 30 (9.615%) LINQ
12 30 (9.615%) Ajax
13 26 (8.333%) WinForms
14 23 (7.372%) XHTML
15 22 (7.051%) NHibernate
15 22 (7.051%) jQuery
16 20 (6.410%) HTML5
17 17 (5.449%) Castle Windsor
17 17 (5.449%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 40 (12.82%) SharePoint
2 24 (7.692%) IIS
3 16 (5.128%) SharePoint 2010
4 10 (3.205%) Umbraco
5 7 (2.244%) CMS
6 5 (1.603%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.282%) MS Exchange
7 4 (1.282%) SAS
7 4 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.962%) DotNetNuke
8 3 (0.962%) GlassFish
8 3 (0.962%) CICS
9 2 (0.641%) MSMQ
9 2 (0.641%) Apache
9 2 (0.641%) MTS
9 2 (0.641%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.641%) Force.com
9 2 (0.641%) WordPress
9 2 (0.641%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.321%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 22 (7.051%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.321%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.321%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.885%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.321%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.731%) Internet
2 4 (1.282%) DHCP
2 4 (1.282%) SAN
3 3 (0.962%) MPLS
3 3 (0.962%) LAN
3 3 (0.962%) WAN
3 3 (0.962%) HTTP
3 3 (0.962%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.962%) DNS
3 3 (0.962%) Firewall
4 1 (0.321%) Intranet
4 1 (0.321%) VoIP
4 1 (0.321%) SSL
4 1 (0.321%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (63.46%) SQL Server
2 52 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (8.333%) SQL Server 2012
3 26 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (4.487%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (3.526%) MySQL
6 7 (2.244%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.923%) Oracle OWB
7 6 (1.923%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (1.923%) DTS
7 6 (1.923%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.282%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (1.282%) DB2
9 3 (0.962%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 3 (0.962%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.962%) OLAP
10 2 (0.641%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (0.641%) StreamInsight
10 2 (0.641%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.641%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 34 (10.90%) Team Foundation Server
2 33 (10.58%) NUnit
2 33 (10.58%) Rhino Mocks
3 25 (8.013%) Visual Studio
3 25 (8.013%) Moq
4 12 (3.846%) MSTest
5 6 (1.923%) Selenium
6 5 (1.603%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.962%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.962%) JProfiler
7 3 (0.962%) Ant
7 3 (0.962%) JUnit
7 3 (0.962%) Subversion
7 3 (0.962%) Maven
7 3 (0.962%) JIRA
8 2 (0.641%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.321%) Xcode
General
1 53 (16.99%) Finance
2 48 (15.38%) Legal
3 30 (9.615%) Banking
4 27 (8.654%) Investment Banking
5 13 (4.167%) Retail
5 13 (4.167%) Music
5 13 (4.167%) Music Industry
6 11 (3.526%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.244%) Law
8 6 (1.923%) Marketing
9 5 (1.603%) Automotive
10 4 (1.282%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.282%) Advertising
10 4 (1.282%) Games
11 3 (0.962%) Electronics
12 1 (0.321%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.321%) French Language
12 1 (0.321%) German Language
12 1 (0.321%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.321%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 261 (83.65%) Developer
2 164 (52.56%) .NET Developer
3 66 (21.15%) ASP.NET Developer
4 57 (18.27%) C# Developer
5 52 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
6 42 (13.46%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 34 (10.90%) Web Developer
8 24 (7.692%) Software Engineer
9 16 (5.128%) Software Developer
10 15 (4.808%) Architect
11 13 (4.167%) Mobile Developer
11 13 (4.167%) Java Developer
12 12 (3.846%) VB.NET Developer
12 12 (3.846%) Senior Developer
12 12 (3.846%) .NET Web Developer
13 9 (2.885%) Agile .NET Developer
14 8 (2.564%) Agile C# Developer
14 8 (2.564%) Front-End Developer
15 7 (2.244%) Programmer
16 6 (1.923%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.26%) Mobile App
2 27 (8.654%) Computer Science
3 14 (4.487%) Mathematics
4 13 (4.167%) Inversion of Control
5 8 (2.564%) W3C
6 6 (1.923%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.923%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.603%) Mainframe
7 5 (1.603%) Blackberry
8 4 (1.282%) EPoS
8 4 (1.282%) Social Gaming
8 4 (1.282%) Social Media
9 3 (0.962%) SaaS
9 3 (0.962%) iSeries
10 2 (0.641%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.641%) Wiki
10 2 (0.641%) Blog
11 1 (0.321%) DataPower
11 1 (0.321%) iPad
11 1 (0.321%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 51 (16.35%) Windows
2 15 (4.808%) Android
2 15 (4.808%) UNIX
3 12 (3.846%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.885%) Linux
5 6 (1.923%) Windows 8
6 5 (1.603%) Windows Phone
7 4 (1.282%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.962%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.321%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.321%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.321%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.321%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (32.37%) MVC
2 64 (20.51%) TDD
3 61 (19.55%) Agile Software Development
4 48 (15.38%) OO
5 40 (12.82%) Scrum
6 39 (12.50%) E-Commerce
7 32 (10.26%) Kanban
8 31 (9.936%) Unit Testing
9 29 (9.295%) Web Application Development
10 28 (8.974%) OOD
11 22 (7.051%) BDD
12 20 (6.410%) SOA
13 19 (6.090%) Domain-Driven Design
14 18 (5.769%) Mobile Application Development
15 17 (5.449%) CRM
15 17 (5.449%) Web Development
16 16 (5.128%) UML
16 16 (5.128%) Multithreading
17 15 (4.808%) Configuration Management
18 13 (4.167%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 234 (75.00%) C#
2 120 (38.46%) SQL
3 72 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 53 (16.99%) VB.NET
5 32 (10.26%) VB
6 31 (9.936%) Java
7 28 (8.974%) T-SQL
8 25 (8.013%) PHP
9 20 (6.410%) C++
10 15 (4.808%) PL/SQL
11 10 (3.205%) XAML
11 10 (3.205%) VB6
12 8 (2.564%) C
13 6 (1.923%) Objective-C
14 4 (1.282%) Ruby
14 4 (1.282%) Python
15 3 (0.962%) PL/1
15 3 (0.962%) VBScript
15 3 (0.962%) COBOL
16 2 (0.641%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (13.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (11.54%) MCP
2 36 (11.54%) MCAD
2 36 (11.54%) MCSD
2 36 (11.54%) MCTS
3 33 (10.58%) Degree
4 4 (1.282%) PhD
4 4 (1.282%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.564%) QA
2 2 (0.641%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (0.962%) vSphere
1 3 (0.962%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (0.962%) Terminal Services
1 3 (0.962%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.641%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.321%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.962%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 100 (32.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.449%) Oracle
3 9 (2.885%) Sitecore
3 9 (2.885%) Apple
4 6 (1.923%) Salesforce.com
5 5 (1.603%) VMware
6 4 (1.282%) JBoss
6 4 (1.282%) Business Objects
6 4 (1.282%) HP
6 4 (1.282%) BMC
6 4 (1.282%) Pega
6 4 (1.282%) Facebook
6 4 (1.282%) Twitter
7 3 (0.962%) Razor Risk
7 3 (0.962%) CheckPoint
7 3 (0.962%) IBM
7 3 (0.962%) Telerik
8 2 (0.641%) Citrix
9 1 (0.321%) Draytek
9 1 (0.321%) Informatica
Kent
Global company specialising in cutting-edge technology for the finance industry is looking for a Silverlight Developer!... Skills in Silverlight, C#, ASP.Net, WCF & MS SQL are essential.
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum + superb benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Technical Skills Required: .NET/ASP.NET/C# development skills. C#, ideally .NET 4 framework with WPF WCF. Understanding of VB.NET for conversion of legacy applications to C#...
Smart Sourcing
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Tonbridge, Kent, South East
Clients stretch across the UK and overseas into Ireland and South Africa, with software projects that address solutions in a variety of industry sectors, e.g. commercial radio,...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 1 May 2013
Maidstone, Kent
You will have around 4 yrs C# and 3 yrs Asp.Net development background and a strong understanding of SQL server 2005/08. A good understanding of HTML,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000 - 42,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Kent, South East
Excellent communication skills and customer focus Strong analytical and development skills To be able to work with the business in establishing requirements and specifications To be able to...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Rochester, Kent, South East
Essential Skills: - Strong commercial experience of developing database-driven web site development - Good knowledge of the Microsoft .NET framework, especially using ASP.NET - Experience of developing in C# -...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013
Dartford, Kent
Required skills / experience: Experience of SQL 2005 / 2008. Good knowledge of T-SQL Stored procedures, Triggers & Functions... Experience of Classic ASP, with knowledge of development in / migration to...
PPM Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Silverlight .Net developer - Tonbridge - My client is a leading organisation who are looking for a new Silverlight .Net developer to come on board to join their well-established...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 45,000 - 60,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
New opportunity for an ASP.Net C# Developer with a minimum 2 years commercial experience to join this Financial Services company based out of their offices in Tunbridge...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Pension + Medical Ins + LA + other
Posted: 17 May 2013
Rochester, Kent , South East
The primary purpose of this role is to provide customer support for a range of mainly web based complex bespoke solutions built on a range of Microsoft technologies...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013
Rochester, South East
It is expected that you will have a very good understanding of the Web Design and CSS... Ensuring .NET & web best practices are followed Developer: Essential Skills/Experience...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013
Rochester, Kent
It is expected that you will have a very good understanding of the Web Design and CSS... - Development of web applications using .NET 4 - Ensuring .NET & web best...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Tonbridge, Kent
Our client, is based in a semi rural location, therefore you must have your own transport to get there, they are a long established, privately owned software company,...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Dartford, South East
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Kent
The role requires a strong understanding of both front and back end development using SQL and .Net technologies in order to design and develop software for the company.....
Harnham
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + comprehensive benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Kent
Experience using SSIS and SSRS THE BENEFITS: * Up to £40,000 per annum * A comprehensive benefits package KEYWORDS:SAS, SAS Web Reports Studio, SAS Information Map Studio, OLAP...
Harnham
Salary: £27000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Ashford, Kent
Photoshop. - HTML5. - Flash/Silverlight. - CSS3. - jQuery/Javascript. - Apache/IIS. - Strong OO knowledge... - .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 (or greater) Desirable Skills: - Team Foundation Server/Git source...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Ashford, Kent, South East
Reporting To: Development ManagerMain Purpose of the UX/UI DeveloperWe are seeking a User Experience/User Interface Developer who shares a passion for exciting user interface/user experience...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £0 - £35,000 per year DOE
Posted: 10 May 2013
Ashford, Kent, South East
Main Purpose of the SQL Server DBATo be responsible for SQL infrastructure across 2 divisions of the company.We are providing our software products as part of a...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £0 - £35,000 per year DOE
Posted: 10 May 2013
Ashford, Kent
Data security... - SSIS Design & Administration... - SQL Server Migrations... - SQL Sentry. - SSRS Administration. - Compellent / Equallogic. - VMware / HyperV virtualisation. - Application Development (.net) - PowerShell scripting / automation... - MCSA / MCSE SQL. - MCTS / MCITP.
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013