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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# 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 Programming Languages category for the Leeds region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank666
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads206269724
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds16.84 %18.19 %18.92 %
As % of the Programming Languages category33.83 %40.94 %35.75 %
Salaries quoted190256661
Average salary£32,500£29,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.06 %-10.76 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£22,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£38,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6096572025
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds49.80 %44.42 %52.91 %
Salaries quoted5485781751
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£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C# West YorkshireC#
West Yorkshire

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Leeds C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

Leeds C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds C# Salary Histogram

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing C# 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 C#.

1366 (98.39 %).NET
2220 (59.14 %)SQL Server
2220 (59.14 %)ASP.NET
399 (26.61 %)SQL
490 (24.19 %)HTML
586 (23.12 %)Microsoft
684 (22.58 %)SharePoint
780 (21.51 %)CSS
876 (20.43 %)VB.NET
972 (19.35 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1066 (17.74 %)JavaScript
1066 (17.74 %)XML
1165 (17.47 %)SQL Server 2005
1262 (16.67 %)Windows
1361 (16.40 %)Web Services
1456 (15.05 %)Java
1550 (13.44 %)MS Excel
1649 (13.17 %)C++
1649 (13.17 %).NET Framework
1741 (11.02 %)VB
1741 (11.02 %)ASP
1838 (10.22 %)OO
1936 (9.677 %)WinForms
2034 (9.140 %)AJAX
2034 (9.140 %)Visual Studio
2132 (8.602 %)Finance
2231 (8.333 %)Web Development
2330 (8.065 %)CRM
2429 (7.796 %)Degree
2528 (7.527 %)SQL Server 2000

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing C# 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 C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1366 (98.39 %).NET
2220 (59.14 %)ASP.NET
390 (24.19 %)HTML
480 (21.51 %)CSS
566 (17.74 %)XML
661 (16.40 %)Web Services
749 (13.17 %).NET Framework
841 (11.02 %)ASP
936 (9.677 %)WinForms
1034 (9.140 %)AJAX
1123 (6.183 %)ADO.NET
1222 (5.914 %)XHTML
1321 (5.645 %)WCF
1321 (5.645 %)Silverlight
1417 (4.570 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1516 (4.301 %)Spring
1615 (4.032 %)Flash
1712 (3.226 %)XSLT
1712 (3.226 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1811 (2.957 %)WPF
Leeds IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
184 (22.58 %)SharePoint
272 (19.35 %)SharePoint Server 2007
317 (4.570 %)IIS
415 (4.032 %)CMS
514 (3.763 %)EPiServer
61 (0.269 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.269 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (0.269 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.269 %)Apache
Leeds IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
150 (13.44 %)MS Excel
224 (6.452 %)MS Office
318 (4.839 %)InfoPath
410 (2.688 %)Photoshop
53 (0.806 %)Spreadsheet
62 (0.538 %)Fireworks
62 (0.538 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.538 %)InDesign
Leeds IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.538 %)Navision
21 (0.269 %)Oracle 11i
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
118 (4.839 %)Intranet
213 (3.495 %)Internet
311 (2.957 %)Extranet
311 (2.957 %)Kerberos
44 (1.075 %)VoIP
52 (0.538 %)HTTP
61 (0.269 %)Broadband
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1220 (59.14 %)SQL Server
265 (17.47 %)SQL Server 2005
328 (7.527 %)SQL Server 2000
411 (2.957 %)SQL Server 2008
411 (2.957 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
59 (2.419 %)GIS
66 (1.613 %)Crystal Reports
75 (1.344 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
75 (1.344 %)SQL Server Integration Services
75 (1.344 %)RDBMS
75 (1.344 %)Informix
83 (0.806 %)Oracle 9i
92 (0.538 %)MySQL
92 (0.538 %)Oracle Reports
92 (0.538 %)Data Mining
92 (0.538 %)ETL
92 (0.538 %)DTS
92 (0.538 %)Oracle 10g
92 (0.538 %)Oracle 11g
101 (0.269 %)Oracle OLAP
Leeds IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
134 (9.140 %)Visual Studio
27 (1.882 %)Team Foundation Server
34 (1.075 %)NUnit
43 (0.806 %)Dreamweaver
43 (0.806 %)JUnit
52 (0.538 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.269 %)WatiN
61 (0.269 %)Visual Studio Team System
61 (0.269 %)Oracle APEX
61 (0.269 %)Selenium
61 (0.269 %)TestDirector
Leeds IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
132 (8.602 %)Finance
228 (7.527 %)Health
325 (6.720 %)Education
422 (5.914 %)Insurance
520 (5.376 %)Pensions
617 (4.570 %)Publishing
711 (2.957 %)Legal
89 (2.419 %)Marketing
96 (1.613 %)Telecoms
104 (1.075 %)Retail
104 (1.075 %)Construction
112 (0.538 %)Manufacturing
112 (0.538 %)Advertising
112 (0.538 %)Law
121 (0.269 %)Electric
121 (0.269 %)Games
Leeds IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1297 (79.84 %)Developer
2144 (38.71 %).NET Developer
388 (23.66 %)C# Developer
461 (16.40 %)ASP.NET Developer
549 (13.17 %)Web Developer
648 (12.90 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
738 (10.22 %)Software Developer
836 (9.677 %)Senior Developer
933 (8.871 %)SharePoint Developer
1032 (8.602 %)Programmer
1125 (6.720 %).NET Web Developer
1224 (6.452 %)Senior .NET Developer
1323 (6.183 %)C# Web Developer
1421 (5.645 %)Senior C# Developer
1421 (5.645 %)Team Leader
1519 (5.108 %)Lead Developer
1519 (5.108 %)Software Engineer
1618 (4.839 %)Applications Developer
1618 (4.839 %).NET Programmer
1717 (4.570 %)Graduate Developer
Leeds IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (2.688 %)N-Tier
27 (1.882 %)SaaS
27 (1.882 %)Computer Science
36 (1.613 %)Client/Server
45 (1.344 %)Data Conversion
45 (1.344 %)Pocket PC
53 (0.806 %)CCTV
53 (0.806 %)W3C
62 (0.538 %)EPoS
62 (0.538 %)NHS
62 (0.538 %)Multithreading
71 (0.269 %)Open Source
71 (0.269 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.269 %)Blackberry
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
162 (16.67 %)Windows
26 (1.613 %)UNIX
31 (0.269 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.269 %)Windows XP
31 (0.269 %)Solaris
31 (0.269 %)Linux
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
138 (10.22 %)OO
231 (8.333 %)Web Development
330 (8.065 %)CRM
427 (7.258 %)E-Commerce
523 (6.183 %)Workflow
615 (4.032 %)Business Analysis
712 (3.226 %)Agile Software Development
712 (3.226 %)Unit Testing
811 (2.957 %)Asset Management
811 (2.957 %)Project Management
910 (2.688 %)Content Management
910 (2.688 %)Web Design
109 (2.419 %)Migration
109 (2.419 %)UML
118 (2.151 %)SEO
118 (2.151 %)Data Migration
127 (1.882 %)Web Accessibility
136 (1.613 %)PRINCE2
136 (1.613 %)Service Delivery
136 (1.613 %)User Acceptance Testing
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
199 (26.61 %)SQL
276 (20.43 %)VB.NET
366 (17.74 %)JavaScript
456 (15.05 %)Java
549 (13.17 %)C++
641 (11.02 %)VB
721 (5.645 %)PHP
815 (4.032 %)C
914 (3.763 %)T-SQL
108 (2.151 %)VB6
117 (1.882 %)VBScript
124 (1.075 %)LINC
133 (0.806 %)Progress 4GL
133 (0.806 %)Delphi
142 (0.538 %)PL/SQL
151 (0.269 %)Ruby
151 (0.269 %)VBA
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
129 (7.796 %)Degree
210 (2.688 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (1.613 %)Security Cleared
45 (1.344 %)MCP
54 (1.075 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (0.806 %)MCTS
63 (0.806 %)MCAD
63 (0.806 %)MCSD
71 (0.269 %)SC Cleared
71 (0.269 %)MCPD
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.344 %)QA
Leeds IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.269 %)VMware Infrastructure
11 (0.269 %)Terminal Server
Leeds IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
186 (23.12 %)Microsoft
223 (6.183 %)Oracle
37 (1.882 %)Adobe
43 (0.806 %)DevExpress
52 (0.538 %)Progress
52 (0.538 %)Quark
52 (0.538 %)NetSuite
61 (0.269 %)VMware
61 (0.269 %)MicroStrategy
61 (0.269 %)Cognos
61 (0.269 %)JBoss
61 (0.269 %)Business Objects