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 Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 11 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 Manchester region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank224
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads7867831045
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester30.01 %28.36 %18.56 %
As % of the Application Development category61.17 %66.30 %56.61 %
Salaries quoted723683894
Average salary£31,500£29,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.620 %-12.12 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,200£22,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£33,500
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %+1.490 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
128511811846
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester49.06 %42.77 %32.79 %
Salaries quoted117810181545
Average salary£32,000£29,500£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.470 %-6.340 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£57,500£42,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
.NET North West.NET
North West

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Manchester .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 Manchester region.

Manchester .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

Manchester .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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StockportNo change047£27,500+0.91 %
AltrinchamDown-229£27,000-10.00 %
OldhamNo change022£22,500-6.25 %
RochdaleUp+36£32,500+28.71 %
SaleUp+36£28,000-
CheadleDown-35£25,000-19.35 %
BuryUp+14£25,250+9.78 %
BoltonDown-23£25,000-13.04 %
SalfordDown-63£42,500+21.42 %
WiganNo change02£23,000-16.36 %
.NET North West.NET
North West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

11068 (69.35 %)ASP.NET
21022 (66.36 %)C#
3955 (62.01 %)SQL Server
4643 (41.75 %)VB.NET
5639 (41.49 %)SQL
6437 (28.38 %)XML
7343 (22.27 %)JavaScript
8332 (21.56 %)CSS
9318 (20.65 %)Windows
10295 (19.16 %)HTML
11266 (17.27 %)Microsoft
12261 (16.95 %)Web Services
13252 (16.36 %)VB
14238 (15.45 %)SQL Server 2005
15225 (14.61 %)Web Development
16217 (14.09 %)OO
17200 (12.99 %).NET Framework
18195 (12.66 %)Project Management
19175 (11.36 %)E-Commerce
20161 (10.45 %)Degree
21147 (9.545 %)AJAX
22137 (8.896 %)T-SQL
23129 (8.377 %)ASP
23129 (8.377 %)XHTML
24128 (8.312 %)MVC
25125 (8.117 %)WinForms
26120 (7.792 %)WCF
27115 (7.468 %)NHibernate
27115 (7.468 %)VB6
2899 (6.429 %)XSLT

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11068 (69.35 %)ASP.NET
2437 (28.38 %)XML
3332 (21.56 %)CSS
4295 (19.16 %)HTML
5261 (16.95 %)Web Services
6200 (12.99 %).NET Framework
7147 (9.545 %)AJAX
8129 (8.377 %)ASP
8129 (8.377 %)XHTML
9128 (8.312 %)MVC
10125 (8.117 %)WinForms
11120 (7.792 %)WCF
12115 (7.468 %)NHibernate
1399 (6.429 %)XSLT
1479 (5.130 %)jQuery
1566 (4.286 %)LINQ
1640 (2.597 %)Spring
1739 (2.532 %)Flash
1834 (2.208 %)ASP.NET MVC
1931 (2.013 %)WPF
Manchester IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
182 (5.325 %)CMS
264 (4.156 %)IIS
352 (3.377 %)SharePoint
428 (1.818 %)SharePoint Server 2007
519 (1.234 %)BizTalk Server
618 (1.169 %)Umbraco
715 (0.974 %)EPiServer
89 (0.584 %)MS Exchange
98 (0.519 %)WebSphere MQ
98 (0.519 %)Apache
106 (0.390 %)ColdFusion
115 (0.325 %)Tomcat
124 (0.260 %)Content Management Server
133 (0.195 %)Plone
133 (0.195 %)WordPress
133 (0.195 %)Drupal
142 (0.130 %)SharePoint Portal Server
151 (0.065 %)WebLogic
151 (0.065 %)JCAPS
Manchester IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
196 (6.234 %)MS Excel
223 (1.494 %)Photoshop
317 (1.104 %)MS Office
413 (0.844 %)MS Visio
59 (0.584 %)MS Project
62 (0.130 %)Fireworks
62 (0.130 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.065 %)InfoPath
Manchester IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.260 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.195 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.130 %)Google Analytics
32 (0.130 %)Navision
41 (0.065 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.065 %)Dynamics AX
41 (0.065 %)Pivotal CRM
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
161 (3.961 %)Internet
253 (3.442 %)Intranet
314 (0.909 %)HTTP
411 (0.714 %)CTI
59 (0.584 %)BSS
67 (0.455 %)TCP/IP
67 (0.455 %)Extranet
76 (0.390 %)SAN
76 (0.390 %)WAN
76 (0.390 %)LAN
83 (0.195 %)FTP
83 (0.195 %)Firewall
92 (0.130 %)Wireless
92 (0.130 %)HTTPS
101 (0.065 %)DNS
101 (0.065 %)VoIP
101 (0.065 %)DHCP
101 (0.065 %)DAB
101 (0.065 %)iSCSI
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1955 (62.01 %)SQL Server
2238 (15.45 %)SQL Server 2005
389 (5.779 %)SQL Server 2000
484 (5.455 %)SQL Server 2008
558 (3.766 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
654 (3.506 %)RDBMS
747 (3.052 %)SQL Server Integration Services
846 (2.987 %)MySQL
929 (1.883 %)Datawarehouse
1028 (1.818 %)Crystal Reports
1125 (1.623 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1218 (1.169 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1316 (1.039 %)DB2
146 (0.390 %)GIS
146 (0.390 %)DTS
155 (0.325 %)BusinessObjects
164 (0.260 %)Oracle 10g
164 (0.260 %)MS Access
173 (0.195 %)Oracle 9i
173 (0.195 %)InterBase
Manchester IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
198 (6.364 %)Visual Studio
266 (4.286 %)Subversion
337 (2.403 %)VSS/SourceSafe
428 (1.818 %)NUnit
514 (0.909 %)ProC
66 (0.390 %)Dreamweaver
75 (0.325 %)InstallShield
84 (0.260 %)Zend Studio
93 (0.195 %)Oracle Forms
93 (0.195 %)Oracle APEX
93 (0.195 %)Team Foundation Server
93 (0.195 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
102 (0.130 %)csUnit
102 (0.130 %)CruiseControl
102 (0.130 %)FrontPage
102 (0.130 %)PVCS
111 (0.065 %)ClearCase
111 (0.065 %)JUnit
111 (0.065 %)PowerBuilder
111 (0.065 %)ReSharper
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
190 (5.844 %)Finance
281 (5.260 %)Marketing
358 (3.766 %)Pensions
455 (3.571 %)Retail
539 (2.532 %)Telecoms
632 (2.078 %)Insurance
729 (1.883 %)Billing
823 (1.494 %)Health
914 (0.909 %)Education
1013 (0.844 %)Back Office
119 (0.584 %)Advertising
126 (0.390 %)Legal
135 (0.325 %)Banking
144 (0.260 %)Pharmaceutical
153 (0.195 %)Manufacturing
153 (0.195 %)Government
153 (0.195 %)Auditing
162 (0.130 %)Social Media
162 (0.130 %)Multimedia
162 (0.130 %)Games
Manchester IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11187 (77.08 %)Developer
2756 (49.09 %).NET Developer
3347 (22.53 %)C# Developer
4333 (21.62 %)Web Developer
5224 (14.55 %)ASP.NET Developer
6213 (13.83 %)VB.NET Developer
7176 (11.43 %)Senior Developer
8172 (11.17 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
9142 (9.221 %).NET Web Developer
10127 (8.247 %)Analyst
11109 (7.078 %)C# Web Developer
12108 (7.013 %)Software Developer
13107 (6.948 %)Senior .NET Developer
14103 (6.688 %)Team Leader
1593 (6.039 %)Applications Developer
1668 (4.416 %)Architect
1766 (4.286 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1865 (4.221 %).NET Team Leader
1956 (3.636 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
1956 (3.636 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
179 (5.130 %)N-Tier
231 (2.013 %)Computer Science
316 (1.039 %)Google App Engine
415 (0.974 %)Replication
511 (0.714 %)Open Source
69 (0.584 %)Client/Server
69 (0.584 %)W3C
78 (0.519 %)BBC
87 (0.455 %)Multithreading
95 (0.325 %)Clustering
95 (0.325 %)Device Driver
95 (0.325 %)Mathematics
104 (0.260 %)CCTV
104 (0.260 %)Data Integration
113 (0.195 %)Mainframe
113 (0.195 %)EPoS
113 (0.195 %)iPhone
122 (0.130 %)Pocket PC
122 (0.130 %)PDA
122 (0.130 %)RIA
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1318 (20.65 %)Windows
229 (1.883 %)Windows Server 2003
327 (1.753 %)UNIX
49 (0.584 %)Windows Mobile
58 (0.519 %)Linux
58 (0.519 %)Windows XP
67 (0.455 %)Windows NT
75 (0.325 %)Windows 2000
75 (0.325 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (0.260 %)Windows Server 2008
93 (0.195 %)VxWorks
102 (0.130 %)Windows Vista
102 (0.130 %)Solaris
111 (0.065 %)AIX
111 (0.065 %)Debian
111 (0.065 %)Ubuntu
111 (0.065 %)Windows 7
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1225 (14.61 %)Web Development
2217 (14.09 %)OO
3195 (12.66 %)Project Management
4175 (11.36 %)E-Commerce
587 (5.649 %)Agile Software Development
685 (5.519 %)OOP
781 (5.260 %)UML
860 (3.896 %)Requirements Analysis
948 (3.117 %)CRM
1047 (3.052 %)Unit Testing
1146 (2.987 %)OOA/OOD
1242 (2.727 %)Web Design
1333 (2.143 %)Content Management
1432 (2.078 %)OOD
1530 (1.948 %)Online Marketing
1624 (1.558 %)Scrum
1723 (1.494 %)Business Analysis
1822 (1.429 %)TDD
1920 (1.299 %)Continuous Integration
2018 (1.169 %)SOA
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11022 (66.36 %)C#
2643 (41.75 %)VB.NET
3639 (41.49 %)SQL
4343 (22.27 %)JavaScript
5252 (16.36 %)VB
6137 (8.896 %)T-SQL
7115 (7.468 %)VB6
878 (5.065 %)Java
961 (3.961 %)PHP
1056 (3.636 %)C
1146 (2.987 %)C++
1227 (1.753 %)XPath
1319 (1.234 %)Python
1413 (0.844 %)FoxPro (VFP)
1512 (0.779 %)Perl
1611 (0.714 %)PHP5
179 (0.584 %)VBScript
188 (0.519 %)VBA
197 (0.455 %)PL/SQL
205 (0.325 %)Delphi
Manchester IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1161 (10.45 %)Degree
224 (1.558 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (0.779 %)MCTS
411 (0.714 %)MCPD
510 (0.649 %)Security Cleared
69 (0.584 %)ISEB
78 (0.519 %)MCSE
86 (0.390 %)ISTQB
94 (0.260 %)ITIL Certification
102 (0.130 %)Cisco Certification
102 (0.130 %)MCP
102 (0.130 %)MCSD
102 (0.130 %)CCNA
111 (0.065 %)MCDBA
111 (0.065 %)SC Cleared
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
151 (3.312 %)QA
22 (0.130 %)SLA
31 (0.065 %)HL7
Manchester IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (0.714 %)Active Directory
210 (0.649 %)MSMQ
36 (0.390 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.130 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.065 %)Data Guard
Manchester IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1266 (17.27 %)Microsoft
285 (5.519 %)Oracle
320 (1.299 %)Adobe
419 (1.234 %)Google
510 (0.649 %)Alcatel
510 (0.649 %)Hitachi
510 (0.649 %)IBM
66 (0.390 %)VMware
75 (0.325 %)Intel
75 (0.325 %)Business Objects
84 (0.260 %)Visualfiles
84 (0.260 %)Zend
84 (0.260 %)Red Hat
92 (0.130 %)Riverbed
92 (0.130 %)Barracuda Networks
92 (0.130 %)Infragistics
101 (0.065 %)Sun
101 (0.065 %)HP
101 (0.065 %)Symbian
101 (0.065 %)Vignette