The first 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 18 June 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 1307 1182 1058
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 30.63% 31.67% 26.25%
As % of the Application Development category 59.76% 63.55% 62.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1198 1121 990
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2187 1860 1684
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 51.25% 49.84% 41.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1983 1704 1565
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
.NET
North West

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

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 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Stockport +2 115 £34,000 +6.25% 12
Bolton 0 68 £35,000 - 9
Wigan -1 49 £27,500 - 6
Oldham -1 35 £37,873 +42.91% 4
Altrincham -6 26 £35,000 +7.69% 7
Salford +3 25 £37,500 -9.63% 3
Cheadle +8 22 £32,500 - 4
Sale -1 12 £40,000 - 4
Rochdale -3 4 £34,000 -9.33% 1
.NET
North West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 2043 (81.56%) C#
2 1800 (71.86%) ASP.NET
3 1495 (59.68%) SQL Server
4 1259 (50.26%) SQL
5 953 (38.04%) JavaScript
6 852 (34.01%) MVC
7 760 (30.34%) HTML
7 760 (30.34%) CSS
8 615 (24.55%) Microsoft
9 601 (23.99%) TDD
10 592 (23.63%) VB.NET
11 585 (23.35%) WCF
12 504 (20.12%) ASP.NET MVC
13 499 (19.92%) Degree
14 473 (18.88%) OO
15 454 (18.12%) T-SQL
16 440 (17.56%) jQuery
17 436 (17.41%) Windows
18 431 (17.21%) XML
19 418 (16.69%) Web Services
20 409 (16.33%) .NET Framework
21 354 (14.13%) Agile Software Development
22 334 (13.33%) Scrum
23 330 (13.17%) SQL Server 2008
24 304 (12.14%) Finance
25 294 (11.74%) MS Excel
26 284 (11.34%) Visual Studio
27 283 (11.30%) Web Development
28 278 (11.10%) LINQ
29 256 (10.22%) WPF

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1800 (71.86%) ASP.NET
2 760 (30.34%) HTML
2 760 (30.34%) CSS
3 585 (23.35%) WCF
4 504 (20.12%) ASP.NET MVC
5 440 (17.56%) jQuery
6 431 (17.21%) XML
7 418 (16.69%) Web Services
8 409 (16.33%) .NET Framework
9 278 (11.10%) LINQ
10 256 (10.22%) WPF
11 245 (9.780%) Ajax
12 187 (7.465%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 171 (6.826%) NHibernate
14 169 (6.747%) Razor View Engine
15 156 (6.228%) WinForms
16 139 (5.549%) HTML5
17 135 (5.389%) XHTML
18 127 (5.070%) ASP.NET MVC 4
19 98 (3.912%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 255 (10.18%) SharePoint
2 159 (6.347%) CMS
3 132 (5.269%) IIS
4 66 (2.635%) Windows Azure
5 65 (2.595%) SharePoint 2010
6 49 (1.956%) BizTalk Server
7 31 (1.238%) SharePoint Server
8 27 (1.078%) Umbraco
9 15 (0.599%) WordPress
10 12 (0.479%) Drupal
11 10 (0.399%) Sitecore CMS
12 9 (0.359%) SharePoint Foundation
13 6 (0.240%) Kentico
14 5 (0.200%) Joomla!
14 5 (0.200%) Magento
14 5 (0.200%) TIBCO EMS
15 4 (0.160%) ESB
15 4 (0.160%) SAS
15 4 (0.160%) CICS
15 4 (0.160%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 294 (11.74%) MS Excel
2 39 (1.557%) Photoshop
3 21 (0.838%) MS Office
4 12 (0.479%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (0.399%) InfoPath
6 4 (0.160%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.120%) MS Project
8 2 (0.080%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 106 (4.232%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (1.397%) Dynamics AX
3 13 (0.519%) Google Analytics
4 9 (0.359%) Visualfiles
5 8 (0.319%) Bond Adapt
6 7 (0.279%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.240%) BusinessWorks
8 3 (0.120%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.120%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.080%) MFGPRO
10 1 (0.040%) WebTrends
10 1 (0.040%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.040%) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
1 80 (3.194%) Internet
2 56 (2.236%) HTTP
3 52 (2.076%) Intranet
4 14 (0.559%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.399%) DNS
6 7 (0.279%) Extranet
7 6 (0.240%) SAN
7 6 (0.240%) Broadband
8 5 (0.200%) SSL
8 5 (0.200%) CTI
8 5 (0.200%) X.509
9 4 (0.160%) LAN
9 4 (0.160%) WAN
9 4 (0.160%) iSCSI
9 4 (0.160%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (0.120%) NAS
10 3 (0.120%) Wireless
11 2 (0.080%) NFC
11 2 (0.080%) FTP
12 1 (0.040%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1495 (59.68%) SQL Server
2 330 (13.17%) SQL Server 2008
3 241 (9.621%) SQL Server 2005
4 177 (7.066%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 134 (5.349%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 112 (4.471%) MySQL
7 85 (3.393%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 71 (2.834%) SQL Server 2012
9 68 (2.715%) RDBMS
10 47 (1.876%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (1.277%) SQL Server 2000
12 29 (1.158%) Crystal Reports
13 20 (0.798%) OLAP
14 16 (0.639%) Oracle 8/8i
15 15 (0.599%) Oracle 9i
15 15 (0.599%) GIS
16 12 (0.479%) MS Access
17 9 (0.359%) NoSQL
18 8 (0.319%) Azure SQL Database
18 8 (0.319%) DTS
Development Applications
1 284 (11.34%) Visual Studio
2 161 (6.427%) NUnit
3 111 (4.431%) Rhino Mocks
4 95 (3.792%) Subversion
5 80 (3.194%) Team Foundation Server
6 68 (2.715%) Git (software)
7 65 (2.595%) Moq
8 46 (1.836%) Dreamweaver
9 29 (1.158%) MSTest
10 25 (0.998%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 18 (0.719%) CruiseControl
11 18 (0.719%) Selenium
12 15 (0.599%) MSBuild
13 12 (0.479%) TestComplete
14 11 (0.439%) TeamCity
14 11 (0.439%) Maven
14 11 (0.439%) MorphX
15 10 (0.399%) Visual Studio Team System
15 10 (0.399%) RSpec
16 5 (0.200%) Mercurial
General
1 304 (12.14%) Finance
2 120 (4.790%) Marketing
3 92 (3.673%) Back Office
4 75 (2.994%) Retail
5 65 (2.595%) Games
6 34 (1.357%) Law
7 31 (1.238%) Advertising
8 30 (1.198%) Telecoms
9 27 (1.078%) Legal
10 26 (1.038%) Manufacturing
11 14 (0.559%) Banking
12 10 (0.399%) Financial Institution
12 10 (0.399%) Electronics
13 2 (0.080%) Automotive
14 1 (0.040%) Military
14 1 (0.040%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2014 (80.40%) Developer
2 954 (38.08%) .NET Developer
3 579 (23.11%) C# Developer
4 434 (17.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 295 (11.78%) ASP.NET Developer
5 295 (11.78%) Senior Developer
6 292 (11.66%) Software Developer
7 282 (11.26%) Web Developer
8 263 (10.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 158 (6.307%) Analyst
10 141 (5.629%) Junior
11 136 (5.429%) Junior Developer
12 121 (4.830%) Software Engineer
13 120 (4.790%) Senior .NET Developer
14 92 (3.673%) .NET Web Developer
15 87 (3.473%) Senior C# Developer
16 84 (3.353%) Lead Developer
17 77 (3.074%) .NET Software Developer
18 72 (2.874%) Programmer
19 71 (2.834%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 192 (7.665%) Computer Science
2 124 (4.950%) Enterprise Software
3 116 (4.631%) N-Tier
4 99 (3.952%) Mobile App
5 33 (1.317%) Client/Server
6 29 (1.158%) W3C
7 28 (1.118%) iPhone
7 28 (1.118%) Open Source
8 26 (1.038%) Social Network
9 25 (0.998%) Inversion of Control
9 25 (0.998%) Social Media
9 25 (0.998%) New Media
10 21 (0.838%) Management Information System
11 12 (0.479%) Mathematics
12 11 (0.439%) Blackberry
13 10 (0.399%) PKI
14 9 (0.359%) Digital Media
14 9 (0.359%) iPad
14 9 (0.359%) Data Extraction
15 8 (0.319%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 436 (17.41%) Windows
2 59 (2.355%) Android
3 34 (1.357%) Apple iOS
4 33 (1.317%) Linux
5 30 (1.198%) Windows Server 2008
5 30 (1.198%) UNIX
6 14 (0.559%) Windows Phone
7 12 (0.479%) Windows Mobile
8 10 (0.399%) Windows 7
9 8 (0.319%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (0.240%) Windows 8
11 4 (0.160%) Windows Vista
11 4 (0.160%) Windows XP
12 3 (0.120%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.120%) Windows CE
12 3 (0.120%) Windows 2000
12 3 (0.120%) AIX
13 2 (0.080%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.080%) Windows Phone 8
14 1 (0.040%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 852 (34.01%) MVC
2 601 (23.99%) TDD
3 473 (18.88%) OO
4 354 (14.13%) Agile Software Development
5 334 (13.33%) Scrum
6 283 (11.30%) Web Development
7 195 (7.784%) Web Application Development
8 188 (7.505%) OOP
9 187 (7.465%) E-Commerce
10 167 (6.667%) Unit Testing
11 160 (6.387%) Project Management
12 148 (5.908%) UML
13 145 (5.788%) CRM
14 118 (4.711%) Business Intelligence
15 106 (4.232%) Continuous Integration
16 100 (3.992%) Kanban
17 78 (3.114%) Software Engineering
18 74 (2.954%) PRINCE2
19 73 (2.914%) Dependency Injection
20 66 (2.635%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 2043 (81.56%) C#
2 1259 (50.26%) SQL
3 953 (38.04%) JavaScript
4 592 (23.63%) VB.NET
5 454 (18.12%) T-SQL
6 201 (8.024%) Java
7 174 (6.946%) VB
8 144 (5.749%) PHP
9 98 (3.912%) Ruby
10 77 (3.074%) C++
11 61 (2.435%) VB6
12 53 (2.116%) C
13 41 (1.637%) VBA
14 29 (1.158%) PL/SQL
15 25 (0.998%) X++
16 24 (0.958%) Python
17 20 (0.798%) VBScript
18 15 (0.599%) ActionScript
19 13 (0.519%) XAML
20 9 (0.359%) XPath
Qualifications
1 499 (19.92%) Degree
2 214 (8.543%) Microsoft Certification
3 175 (6.986%) MCTS
4 155 (6.188%) MCP
5 133 (5.309%) MCAD
6 132 (5.269%) MCSD
7 49 (1.956%) Security Cleared
8 29 (1.158%) ISEB
9 14 (0.559%) SC Cleared
10 12 (0.479%) ISTQB
11 11 (0.439%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.399%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.200%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.200%) MCPD
14 4 (0.160%) MCSE
14 4 (0.160%) Sun Certification
15 3 (0.120%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 2 (0.080%) MCDBA
17 1 (0.040%) MCSA
17 1 (0.040%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (1.796%) QA
2 40 (1.597%) WAI
3 17 (0.679%) SLA
4 5 (0.200%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.080%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (0.359%) Forefront TMG
1 9 (0.359%) UAG
2 8 (0.319%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.319%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.200%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.040%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (0.240%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.120%) SCOM
3 1 (0.040%) Nagios
Vendors
1 615 (24.55%) Microsoft
2 150 (5.988%) Oracle
3 48 (1.916%) Telerik
4 34 (1.357%) Google
5 29 (1.158%) SAP
6 25 (0.998%) TIBCO
7 23 (0.918%) Infragistics
8 21 (0.838%) VMware
9 13 (0.519%) Sitecore
9 13 (0.519%) Apple
10 12 (0.479%) EPiServer
11 11 (0.439%) DevExpress
11 11 (0.439%) Twitter
12 9 (0.359%) Adobe
12 9 (0.359%) MicroStrategy
13 8 (0.319%) Business Objects
13 8 (0.319%) Baan
13 8 (0.319%) JD Edwards
14 7 (0.279%) Northgate
14 7 (0.279%) PeopleSoft
Manchester, Lancashire
I have a new permanent opportunity for a C#/.NET Developer working for a Global brand working on cutting projects based Manchester/Leeds. The role requires you to...
Experis IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Bens + Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, North West
The candidate I am representing has the following skills: .Net C# SQL Desirable: SDLC This is an exciting role for anyone who is passionate about software development and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The key skills needed for this role are: C# SQL Server Web Services WCF ASP.Net Any experience working with Agile is a good to have, but by...
Computer Futures
Salary: £27000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
Manchester, North West
This role as a Senior C#.Net Developer (.Net, C#, MVC,) will give you the opportunity to play a key role within the Development, maintenance and support of...
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
Technically the ideal candidate will have experience in the following technologies: *C#/.Net *ASP *SQL *JavaScript My client offer a very comprehensive benefit package and the opportunity to...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum + GREAT BENEFITS
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £24000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Ashdown IT
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, North West
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + Pension, Share Scheme, Holidays,
Posted: 31 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Ashdown IT
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Mint
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Sale, North West
Mint
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Sale, Cheshire
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Stockport, North West, UK
Stockport NHS Trust
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Mint
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wigan, North West
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 29 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cheadle, North West
Mint
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Manchester, North West
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
IT Ventures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + pension, life assurance,health
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Permanent with Great Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013