Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 16 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 Leeds region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank232
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads2913751052
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds23.79 %25.35 %27.49 %
As % of the Application Development category64.96 %72.39 %66.50 %
Salaries quoted267348944
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,800£22,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£33,750£33,500
% change year-on-year
+3.700 %+0.740 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
4485181582
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds36.63 %35.02 %41.34 %
Salaries quoted4054821413
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£21,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
.NET West Yorkshire.NET
West Yorkshire

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Leeds .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

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

Leeds .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

Leeds .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1366 (67.53 %)C#
2299 (55.17 %)ASP.NET
3282 (52.03 %)SQL Server
4156 (28.78 %)HTML
5153 (28.23 %)SQL
6145 (26.75 %)VB.NET
7121 (22.32 %)JavaScript
8114 (21.03 %)CSS
9112 (20.66 %)XML
10110 (20.30 %)Microsoft
11103 (19.00 %)SharePoint
1285 (15.68 %)VB
1379 (14.58 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1478 (14.39 %)SQL Server 2005
1577 (14.21 %)Windows
1672 (13.28 %)Java
1769 (12.73 %)Web Services
1861 (11.25 %).NET Framework
1959 (10.89 %)AJAX
2056 (10.33 %)MS Excel
2153 (9.779 %)OO
2153 (9.779 %)Visual Studio
2252 (9.594 %)ASP
2252 (9.594 %)Web Development
2350 (9.225 %)C++
2350 (9.225 %)Finance
2447 (8.672 %)PHP
2546 (8.487 %)Health
2638 (7.011 %)Degree
2736 (6.642 %)Spring

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1299 (55.17 %)ASP.NET
2156 (28.78 %)HTML
3114 (21.03 %)CSS
4112 (20.66 %)XML
569 (12.73 %)Web Services
661 (11.25 %).NET Framework
759 (10.89 %)AJAX
852 (9.594 %)ASP
936 (6.642 %)Spring
936 (6.642 %)WinForms
1032 (5.904 %)XHTML
1130 (5.535 %)Flash
1224 (4.428 %)WCF
1323 (4.244 %)Silverlight
1323 (4.244 %)ADO.NET
1420 (3.690 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1516 (2.952 %)J2EE
1516 (2.952 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1612 (2.214 %)XSLT
1711 (2.030 %)WPF
Leeds IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1103 (19.00 %)SharePoint
279 (14.58 %)SharePoint Server 2007
326 (4.797 %)IIS
420 (3.690 %)EPiServer
517 (3.137 %)CMS
64 (0.738 %)ESB
73 (0.554 %)ArcSDE
73 (0.554 %)ArcGIS
82 (0.369 %)Apache
82 (0.369 %)OpenEdge
82 (0.369 %)MS Exchange
82 (0.369 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.185 %)Commerce Server 2007
91 (0.185 %)Jetty
91 (0.185 %)Umbraco
91 (0.185 %)Magento
91 (0.185 %)WordPress
91 (0.185 %)SonicMQ
91 (0.185 %)Commerce Server
91 (0.185 %)Tomcat
Leeds IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
156 (10.33 %)MS Excel
233 (6.089 %)MS Office
318 (3.321 %)Photoshop
318 (3.321 %)InfoPath
46 (1.107 %)Adobe Illustrator
53 (0.554 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.554 %)MS Visio
62 (0.369 %)AutoCAD
62 (0.369 %)InDesign
62 (0.369 %)Fireworks
71 (0.185 %)MS PowerPoint
Leeds IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (1.661 %)Navision
23 (0.554 %)Movex
32 (0.369 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.185 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.185 %)WebTrends
41 (0.185 %)Oracle 11i
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (3.875 %)Internet
219 (3.506 %)Intranet
311 (2.030 %)Extranet
311 (2.030 %)Kerberos
42 (0.369 %)Wireless
42 (0.369 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.369 %)HTTP
51 (0.185 %)Cisco IOS
51 (0.185 %)NAS
51 (0.185 %)Cisco ASA
51 (0.185 %)Broadband
51 (0.185 %)LAN
51 (0.185 %)WAN
51 (0.185 %)DHCP
51 (0.185 %)VPN
51 (0.185 %)DNS
51 (0.185 %)SSL
51 (0.185 %)SAN
51 (0.185 %)Firewall
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1282 (52.03 %)SQL Server
278 (14.39 %)SQL Server 2005
336 (6.642 %)SQL Server 2000
414 (2.583 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
414 (2.583 %)SQL Server 2008
513 (2.399 %)GIS
610 (1.845 %)RDBMS
79 (1.661 %)SQL Server Integration Services
88 (1.476 %)MySQL
88 (1.476 %)Crystal Reports
97 (1.292 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
105 (0.923 %)Oracle 9i
105 (0.923 %)Informix
114 (0.738 %)OLAP
123 (0.554 %)Oracle OLAP
123 (0.554 %)Datawarehouse
123 (0.554 %)Cognos Powerplay
123 (0.554 %)BusinessObjects
123 (0.554 %)Oracle 10g
123 (0.554 %)Oracle Reports
Leeds IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
153 (9.779 %)Visual Studio
27 (1.292 %)Team Foundation Server
36 (1.107 %)QuickTest Pro
36 (1.107 %)NUnit
45 (0.923 %)Selenium
45 (0.923 %)JUnit
54 (0.738 %)FitNesse
63 (0.554 %)Dreamweaver
72 (0.369 %)NetAdvantage
72 (0.369 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.185 %)WebLOAD
81 (0.185 %)Oracle APEX
81 (0.185 %)WatiN
81 (0.185 %)Visual Studio Team System
81 (0.185 %)TestDirector
Leeds IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
150 (9.225 %)Finance
246 (8.487 %)Health
332 (5.904 %)Pensions
430 (5.535 %)Education
529 (5.351 %)Insurance
618 (3.321 %)Marketing
717 (3.137 %)Publishing
815 (2.768 %)Retail
914 (2.583 %)Legal
108 (1.476 %)Construction
113 (0.554 %)Graphic Design
113 (0.554 %)Financial Institution
113 (0.554 %)Telecoms
122 (0.369 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.369 %)Advertising
122 (0.369 %)Law
131 (0.185 %)Social Media
131 (0.185 %)Games
131 (0.185 %)Electric
131 (0.185 %)Pharmaceutical
Leeds IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1414 (76.38 %)Developer
2179 (33.03 %).NET Developer
387 (16.05 %)C# Developer
479 (14.58 %)ASP.NET Developer
571 (13.10 %)Web Developer
650 (9.225 %)Software Developer
748 (8.856 %)Senior Developer
748 (8.856 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
844 (8.118 %)Programmer
938 (7.011 %)SharePoint Developer
1035 (6.458 %)VB.NET Developer
1134 (6.273 %)Applications Developer
1230 (5.535 %)Analyst
1327 (4.982 %).NET Web Developer
1424 (4.428 %)Team Leader
1424 (4.428 %)Senior .NET Developer
1523 (4.244 %)C# Web Developer
1621 (3.875 %)Senior C# Developer
1621 (3.875 %)Junior
1720 (3.690 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Leeds IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (2.214 %)W3C
112 (2.214 %)Computer Science
210 (1.845 %)N-Tier
39 (1.661 %)SaaS
46 (1.107 %)Client/Server
46 (1.107 %)Pocket PC
55 (0.923 %)Web 2.0
55 (0.923 %)Data Conversion
55 (0.923 %)NHS
63 (0.554 %)CCTV
72 (0.369 %)Blackberry
72 (0.369 %)EPoS
72 (0.369 %)Multithreading
72 (0.369 %)Derivative
81 (0.185 %)Blog
81 (0.185 %)Open Source
81 (0.185 %)Firmware
81 (0.185 %)Clustering
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
177 (14.21 %)Windows
26 (1.107 %)UNIX
34 (0.738 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (0.369 %)Linux
42 (0.369 %)Windows XP
51 (0.185 %)Windows Server 2008
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
153 (9.779 %)OO
252 (9.594 %)Web Development
336 (6.642 %)E-Commerce
431 (5.720 %)CRM
529 (5.351 %)Workflow
622 (4.059 %)Business Analysis
721 (3.875 %)User Acceptance Testing
818 (3.321 %)Business Intelligence
818 (3.321 %)UML
917 (3.137 %)SEO
1016 (2.952 %)Web Design
1114 (2.583 %)Project Management
1114 (2.583 %)Agile Software Development
1114 (2.583 %)Unit Testing
1212 (2.214 %)Content Management
1212 (2.214 %)Asset Management
1311 (2.030 %)ITIL
1410 (1.845 %)Migration
158 (1.476 %)Data Migration
167 (1.292 %)Automated Testing
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1366 (67.53 %)C#
2153 (28.23 %)SQL
3145 (26.75 %)VB.NET
4121 (22.32 %)JavaScript
585 (15.68 %)VB
672 (13.28 %)Java
750 (9.225 %)C++
847 (8.672 %)PHP
924 (4.428 %)T-SQL
1023 (4.244 %)VBScript
1122 (4.059 %)C
1217 (3.137 %)VB6
138 (1.476 %)VBA
145 (0.923 %)ActionScript
145 (0.923 %)PL/SQL
154 (0.738 %)Progress 4GL
154 (0.738 %)PHP5
154 (0.738 %)LINC
163 (0.554 %)ActionScript 2.0
163 (0.554 %)Delphi
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
138 (7.011 %)Degree
211 (2.030 %)Microsoft Certification
39 (1.661 %)MCTS
48 (1.476 %)Security Cleared
55 (0.923 %)MCP
63 (0.554 %)SC Cleared
63 (0.554 %)MCAD
63 (0.554 %)MCSD
72 (0.369 %)ISEB
81 (0.185 %)MCPD
81 (0.185 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.476 %)QA
23 (0.554 %)ISO27001
32 (0.369 %)WAI
Leeds IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.369 %)Active Directory
12 (0.369 %)Terminal Server
21 (0.185 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.185 %)Terminal Services
Leeds IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1110 (20.30 %)Microsoft
230 (5.535 %)Oracle
312 (2.214 %)Adobe
49 (1.661 %)MicroStrategy
55 (0.923 %)DevExpress
64 (0.738 %)JBoss
64 (0.738 %)Progress
73 (0.554 %)Zend
73 (0.554 %)Cognos
73 (0.554 %)JD Edwards
73 (0.554 %)Business Objects
73 (0.554 %)ESRI
82 (0.369 %)Infragistics
82 (0.369 %)Macromedia
82 (0.369 %)Citrix
82 (0.369 %)Quark
82 (0.369 %)NetSuite
91 (0.185 %)Yahoo!
91 (0.185 %)Google
91 (0.185 %)Cisco