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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the last 3 months to 20 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to 20 May 2008Same period last year
Rank42
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads268410
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.130 %0.181 %
As % of the category below51.94 %73.48 %
Salaries quoted253327
Average minimum salary£29,457£30,153
Average salary£32,822£32,964
% change on same period last year-0.43 %
Average maximum salary£36,187£35,775
UK excluding London average salary£35,613£35,344
% change on same period last year+0.76 %
Application Development KentApplication Development
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads516558
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.251 %0.247 %
Salaries quoted464455
Average minimum salary£30,278£29,715
Average salary£33,406£32,129
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Average maximum salary£36,535£34,542
UK excluding London average salary£36,015£36,647
% change on same period last year-1.72 %
.NET South East.NET
South East

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Kent .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

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

Kent .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Kent region over the past 3 months.

Kent .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Kent region over the past 3 months.

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
Tunbridge WellsDown-420£33,450+18.05 %
MaidstoneDown-918£30,722-4.12 %
West MallingNew entry-16£39,031-
CanterburyDown-113£31,750+41.11 %
DartfordDown-111£26,950-8.58 %
FolkestoneDown-211£29,778-19.42 %
TonbridgeUp+211£30,409+20.73 %
ChathamDown-89£33,750-15.20 %
SevenoaksUp+18£35,313+6.04 %
RochesterNo change08£30,938+4.87 %
SwanleyNew entry-1£22,500-
.NET South East.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Kent region citing .NET also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing .NET.

1339 (55.67 %)ASP.NET
2328 (53.86 %)SQL Server
3299 (49.10 %)SQL
4287 (47.13 %)C#
5210 (34.48 %)XML
6176 (28.90 %)HTML
7172 (28.24 %)VB
8166 (27.26 %)VB.NET
9157 (25.78 %)Microsoft
10134 (22.00 %)Java
11124 (20.36 %)JavaScript
12119 (19.54 %)CSS
13108 (17.73 %)ASP
14104 (17.08 %)Oracle
15103 (16.91 %)WebServices
1695 (15.60 %)ColdFusion
1793 (15.27 %)OO
1891 (14.94 %)SQL Server 2000
1989 (14.61 %)SQL Server 2005
2084 (13.79 %)Transact-SQL
2179 (12.97 %)AJAX
2278 (12.81 %)Web Development
2377 (12.64 %)Finance
2475 (12.32 %)PHP
2574 (12.15 %)DHTML
2671 (11.66 %)VB6
2768 (11.17 %)IIS
2865 (10.67 %)Flash
2964 (10.51 %)C++
3063 (10.34 %)Pensions

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Kent region citing .NET also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1339 (55.67 %)ASP.NET
2210 (34.48 %)XML
3176 (28.90 %)HTML
4119 (19.54 %)CSS
5108 (17.73 %)ASP
6103 (16.91 %)WebServices
779 (12.97 %)AJAX
856 (9.195 %)XHTML
940 (6.568 %)WinForms
1035 (5.747 %).NET Framework
1035 (5.747 %)Adobe Flex
1132 (5.255 %)ADO.NET
1228 (4.598 %)SOAP
1320 (3.284 %)XSLT
1417 (2.791 %)COM+
1513 (2.135 %)XSL
1612 (1.970 %)J2EE
1711 (1.806 %)COM
1711 (1.806 %)XML-RPC
187 (1.149 %)WCF
Application Platforms
195 (15.60 %)ColdFusion
268 (11.17 %)IIS
38 (1.314 %)Apache
38 (1.314 %)Tomcat
43 (0.493 %)SharePoint
52 (0.328 %)CMS
61 (0.164 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.164 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.164 %)BizTalk Server
Applications
128 (4.598 %)MS Excel
216 (2.627 %)PrintSoft PReS
39 (1.478 %)Fireworks
47 (1.149 %)MS Visio
56 (0.985 %)Photoshop
64 (0.657 %)MS Office
73 (0.493 %)ImageReady
73 (0.493 %)MATLAB
81 (0.164 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
11 (0.164 %)Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking
145 (7.389 %)Intranet
145 (7.389 %)Internet
29 (1.478 %)DNS
37 (1.149 %)RFID
45 (0.821 %)Firewall
45 (0.821 %)FTP
45 (0.821 %)TCP/IP
53 (0.493 %)LAN
62 (0.328 %)MPLS
71 (0.164 %)WAN
71 (0.164 %)VPN
71 (0.164 %)SSL
71 (0.164 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1328 (53.86 %)SQL Server
291 (14.94 %)SQL Server 2000
389 (14.61 %)SQL Server 2005
441 (6.732 %)Crystal Reports
533 (5.419 %)MySQL
628 (4.598 %)DTS
718 (2.956 %)SQL Server 7
816 (2.627 %)RDBMS
915 (2.463 %)Oracle 10g
108 (1.314 %)SQL Server Integration Services
117 (1.149 %)Oracle 9i
126 (0.985 %)DB2
134 (0.657 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
134 (0.657 %)InterBase
143 (0.493 %)MS Access
151 (0.164 %)PostgreSQL
151 (0.164 %)GIS
Development Applications
165 (10.67 %)Flash
254 (8.867 %)Dreamweaver
348 (7.882 %)Visual Studio
426 (4.269 %)PowerBuilder
57 (1.149 %)Oracle Forms
65 (0.821 %)VSS/SourceSafe
65 (0.821 %)ClearQuest
72 (0.328 %)XMLSpy
72 (0.328 %)Rational Rose
81 (0.164 %)JUnit
81 (0.164 %)NUnit
General
177 (12.64 %)Finance
263 (10.34 %)Pensions
356 (9.195 %)Insurance
444 (7.225 %)Health
523 (3.777 %)Education
620 (3.284 %)Telecoms
717 (2.791 %)Billing
717 (2.791 %)Music
815 (2.463 %)Marketing
815 (2.463 %)Banking
914 (2.299 %)Government
109 (1.478 %)Graphic Design
117 (1.149 %)Games
126 (0.985 %)Publishing
126 (0.985 %)Multimedia
135 (0.821 %)Investment Banking
144 (0.657 %)Electronics
153 (0.493 %)Back Office
153 (0.493 %)Electric
153 (0.493 %)Military
Job Titles
1479 (78.65 %)Developer
2198 (32.51 %).NET Developer
3159 (26.11 %)Web Developer
455 (9.031 %)C# Developer
554 (8.867 %)Analyst
554 (8.867 %)ASP.NET Developer
642 (6.897 %)Senior Developer
738 (6.240 %)Programmer
834 (5.583 %)ColdFusion Developer
933 (5.419 %).NET Web Developer
1032 (5.255 %)Java Developer
1130 (4.926 %)Graduate
1130 (4.926 %)VB.NET Developer
1229 (4.762 %)Team Leader
1328 (4.598 %)Technical Lead
1427 (4.433 %)Software Developer
1427 (4.433 %)Junior
1427 (4.433 %)Software Engineer
1526 (4.269 %)Junior Developer
1624 (3.941 %)Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
113 (2.135 %)Computer Science
29 (1.478 %)N-Tier
36 (0.985 %)W3C
36 (0.985 %)Management Information System
45 (0.821 %)Web 2.0
53 (0.493 %)Tandem
53 (0.493 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
62 (0.328 %)AS400
62 (0.328 %)Derivative
62 (0.328 %)Statistics
62 (0.328 %)Physics
71 (0.164 %)Photography
71 (0.164 %)Mathematics
71 (0.164 %)PDA
71 (0.164 %)Social Network
71 (0.164 %)RIA
71 (0.164 %)Blackberry
71 (0.164 %)NHS
Operating Systems
159 (9.688 %)Windows
245 (7.389 %)Linux
35 (0.821 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (0.657 %)Unix
44 (0.657 %)Solaris
52 (0.328 %)Fedora
61 (0.164 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
193 (15.27 %)OO
278 (12.81 %)Web Development
354 (8.867 %)E-Commerce
438 (6.240 %)SOA
524 (3.941 %)Project Management
622 (3.612 %)Scrum
721 (3.448 %)TDD
819 (3.120 %)Extreme Programming
918 (2.956 %)OOP
1017 (2.791 %)Web Design
1116 (2.627 %)Migration
1214 (2.299 %)UML
1214 (2.299 %)B2B
1313 (2.135 %)OOD
1313 (2.135 %)Information Management
1411 (1.806 %)CRM
1411 (1.806 %)Unit Testing
158 (1.314 %)Document Management
158 (1.314 %)Software Engineering
158 (1.314 %)Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1299 (49.10 %)SQL
2287 (47.13 %)C#
3172 (28.24 %)VB
4166 (27.26 %)VB.NET
5134 (22.00 %)Java
6124 (20.36 %)JavaScript
784 (13.79 %)Transact-SQL
875 (12.32 %)PHP
974 (12.15 %)DHTML
1071 (11.66 %)VB6
1164 (10.51 %)C++
1246 (7.553 %)VBScript
1328 (4.598 %)C
1426 (4.269 %)ActionScript
1519 (3.120 %)PL/SQL
1617 (2.791 %)VC++
1715 (2.463 %)Delphi
187 (1.149 %)COBOL
187 (1.149 %)Perl
196 (0.985 %)VBA
Qualifications
152 (8.539 %)Degree
223 (3.777 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (0.985 %)MCAD
45 (0.821 %)MCSD
45 (0.821 %)MCP
51 (0.164 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.149 %)HL7
21 (0.164 %)QA
System Software
11 (0.164 %)NetBackup
Systems Management
11 (0.164 %)WSUS
Vendors
1157 (25.78 %)Microsoft
2104 (17.08 %)Oracle
336 (5.911 %)Adobe
43 (0.493 %)Red Hat
43 (0.493 %)IBM
52 (0.328 %)Altova
61 (0.164 %)CheckPoint
61 (0.164 %)Mapinfo
61 (0.164 %)Teradata
61 (0.164 %)Citrix
61 (0.164 %)Sybase
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