The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 22 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 40 36 35
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 8 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 2.145% 2.887% 0.426%
As % of the Application Development category 9.524% 7.237% 1.163%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 1
Average salary £38,000 £62,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-39.20% -3.84%
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +4.28%
All Application Development
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
84 152 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 22.52% 39.90% 36.60%
Number of salaries quoted 64 113 80
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET Framework
Bedfordshire

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Trend

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

Luton .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Luton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Luton .NET Framework Salary Histogram

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 36 (100.00%) .NET
2 34 (94.44%) SQL Server
3 33 (91.67%) Microsoft
4 31 (86.11%) Web Services
4 31 (86.11%) C#
5 29 (80.56%) XML
5 29 (80.56%) Windows
6 28 (77.78%) SQL Server 2005
7 27 (75.00%) Internet
8 23 (63.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 22 (61.11%) SQL Server 2008
10 20 (55.56%) DOC1
11 19 (52.78%) TDD
11 19 (52.78%) XMPie
11 19 (52.78%) Change Management
12 18 (50.00%) N-Tier
13 17 (47.22%) Unit Testing
14 16 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
14 16 (44.44%) Refactoring
14 16 (44.44%) SQL
15 14 (38.89%) HP
15 14 (38.89%) RDBMS
15 14 (38.89%) Exstream
15 14 (38.89%) PrintSoft PReS
16 13 (36.11%) Exstream Dialogue
16 13 (36.11%) Team Foundation Server
16 13 (36.11%) MS Excel
16 13 (36.11%) Oracle
17 11 (30.56%) ETL
17 11 (30.56%) OO

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 36 (100.00%) .NET
2 31 (86.11%) Web Services
3 29 (80.56%) XML
4 3 (8.333%) ASP.NET
4 3 (8.333%) WCF
5 2 (5.556%) NHibernate
5 2 (5.556%) WF
5 2 (5.556%) jQuery
5 2 (5.556%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (5.556%) WinForms
6 1 (2.778%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 13 (36.11%) Exstream Dialogue
2 10 (27.78%) SharePoint
3 9 (25.00%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (19.44%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (8.333%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (5.556%) Windows Azure
6 2 (5.556%) IIS
7 1 (2.778%) Papyrus
Applications
1 20 (55.56%) DOC1
2 14 (38.89%) PrintSoft PReS
3 13 (36.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (38.89%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 27 (75.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (94.44%) SQL Server
2 28 (77.78%) SQL Server 2005
3 23 (63.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 22 (61.11%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (38.89%) RDBMS
6 10 (27.78%) SQL Server 2000
7 8 (22.22%) GIS
8 7 (19.44%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (13.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
10 2 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (36.11%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (11.11%) Visual Studio
3 3 (8.333%) NUnit
General
1 2 (5.556%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (69.44%) Developer
2 18 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 18 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 16 (44.44%) .NET Developer
4 9 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (25.00%) Architect
5 7 (19.44%) Analyst
6 6 (16.67%) .NET Programmer
6 6 (16.67%) C# Analyst Programmer
6 6 (16.67%) .NET Analyst Programmer
6 6 (16.67%) C# Programmer
6 6 (16.67%) Analyst Programmer
6 6 (16.67%) Programmer
6 6 (16.67%) Developer Analyst
7 5 (13.89%) Lead Developer
8 4 (11.11%) Lead C# Developer
8 4 (11.11%) Lead .NET Developer
8 4 (11.11%) Software Developer
9 3 (8.333%) Senior Developer
9 3 (8.333%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 2 (5.556%) Data Integration
2 2 (5.556%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.556%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.778%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.778%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 29 (80.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) TDD
1 19 (52.78%) Change Management
2 17 (47.22%) Unit Testing
3 16 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
3 16 (44.44%) Refactoring
4 11 (30.56%) ETL
4 11 (30.56%) OO
5 8 (22.22%) Workflow
6 7 (19.44%) SOA
6 7 (19.44%) AOP
7 5 (13.89%) MVC
7 5 (13.89%) E-Commerce
7 5 (13.89%) Data Transformation
7 5 (13.89%) Software Engineering
7 5 (13.89%) Supplier Management
8 3 (8.333%) Scrum
8 3 (8.333%) UML
8 3 (8.333%) TOGAF
9 2 (5.556%) Web Development
9 2 (5.556%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 31 (86.11%) C#
2 16 (44.44%) SQL
3 2 (5.556%) VB6
3 2 (5.556%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.556%) VB
3 2 (5.556%) VB.NET
3 2 (5.556%) VBA
4 1 (2.778%) Java
4 1 (2.778%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (8.333%) ISEB
3 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.778%) MCP
3 1 (2.778%) MCAD
3 1 (2.778%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 33 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (52.78%) XMPie
3 14 (38.89%) HP
4 13 (36.11%) Oracle
5 10 (27.78%) Sybase