Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ASP.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 ASP.NET over the 3 months to 19 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 ASP.NET
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6611
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+5
Matching permanent IT job ads529512565
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester19.62 %18.89 %9.923 %
As % of the Application Development category40.72 %44.52 %29.72 %
Salaries quoted490453477
Average salary£31,500£28,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.52 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£38,500£35,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.610 %-
Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
129911501901
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester48.18 %42.42 %33.39 %
Salaries quoted11899911584
Average salary£32,000£29,500£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.470 %-7.810 %
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 %
ASP.NET North WestASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

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

Manchester ASP.NET Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Salary Trend

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

Manchester ASP.NET Salary Trend

ASP.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Manchester ASP.NET Salary Histogram

ASP.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 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
StockportDown-231£27,500-1.78 %
AltrinchamUp+528£27,000-
OldhamUp+514£22,000-8.33 %
SaleNew entry-6£28,000-
BoltonDown-13£24,000-15.78 %
RochdaleDown-21£20,000-20.79 %
CheadleDown-41£25,000-16.66 %
SalfordDown-41£21,000-
ASP.NET North WestASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

11062 (100.00 %).NET
2783 (73.73 %)C#
3765 (72.03 %)SQL Server
4497 (46.80 %)VB.NET
5406 (38.23 %)SQL
6334 (31.45 %)XML
7302 (28.44 %)JavaScript
8283 (26.65 %)CSS
9241 (22.69 %)HTML
10230 (21.66 %)Windows
11214 (20.15 %)Web Services
12195 (18.36 %)Web Development
13177 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
14174 (16.38 %)Microsoft
15161 (15.16 %)VB
16139 (13.09 %)OO
17138 (12.99 %)AJAX
17138 (12.99 %).NET Framework
18127 (11.96 %)MVC
18127 (11.96 %)E-Commerce
19125 (11.77 %)Project Management
20119 (11.21 %)XHTML
21116 (10.92 %)NHibernate
22110 (10.36 %)VB6
23102 (9.605 %)WCF
2497 (9.134 %)ASP
2590 (8.475 %)WinForms
2682 (7.721 %)CMS
2781 (7.627 %)T-SQL
2879 (7.439 %)XSLT

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11062 (100.00 %).NET
2334 (31.45 %)XML
3283 (26.65 %)CSS
4241 (22.69 %)HTML
5214 (20.15 %)Web Services
6138 (12.99 %)AJAX
6138 (12.99 %).NET Framework
7119 (11.21 %)XHTML
8116 (10.92 %)NHibernate
9102 (9.605 %)WCF
1097 (9.134 %)ASP
1190 (8.475 %)WinForms
1279 (7.439 %)XSLT
1369 (6.497 %)jQuery
1465 (6.121 %)LINQ
1538 (3.578 %)ASP.NET MVC
1629 (2.731 %)Spring
1629 (2.731 %)Flash
1723 (2.166 %)Silverlight
1816 (1.507 %)Adobe Flex
Manchester IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
182 (7.721 %)CMS
252 (4.896 %)IIS
328 (2.637 %)SharePoint
417 (1.601 %)Umbraco
515 (1.412 %)EPiServer
614 (1.318 %)SharePoint Server 2007
614 (1.318 %)BizTalk Server
79 (0.847 %)MS Exchange
88 (0.753 %)ColdFusion
94 (0.377 %)Content Management Server
102 (0.188 %)SharePoint Portal Server
111 (0.094 %)Apache
Manchester IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
168 (6.403 %)MS Excel
222 (2.072 %)Photoshop
35 (0.471 %)MS Visio
44 (0.377 %)MS Office
52 (0.188 %)Fireworks
61 (0.094 %)InfoPath
Manchester IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.282 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.188 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.094 %)Pivotal CRM
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
149 (4.614 %)Intranet
245 (4.237 %)Internet
310 (0.942 %)HTTP
49 (0.847 %)CTI
57 (0.659 %)SAN
57 (0.659 %)Extranet
63 (0.282 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.188 %)HTTPS
81 (0.094 %)DHCP
81 (0.094 %)DNS
81 (0.094 %)DAB
81 (0.094 %)Firewall
81 (0.094 %)iSCSI
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1765 (72.03 %)SQL Server
2177 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
360 (5.650 %)SQL Server 2000
459 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2008
540 (3.766 %)RDBMS
625 (2.354 %)MySQL
719 (1.789 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
816 (1.507 %)Crystal Reports
97 (0.659 %)DTS
97 (0.659 %)SQL Server Integration Services
105 (0.471 %)BusinessObjects
105 (0.471 %)Datawarehouse
114 (0.377 %)Oracle 10g
114 (0.377 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
123 (0.282 %)Oracle 11g
123 (0.282 %)InterBase
123 (0.282 %)Firebird
123 (0.282 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
123 (0.282 %)Oracle 9i
132 (0.188 %)Informix
Manchester IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
172 (6.780 %)Visual Studio
265 (6.121 %)Subversion
334 (3.202 %)VSS/SourceSafe
418 (1.695 %)NUnit
57 (0.659 %)Dreamweaver
63 (0.282 %)Oracle Forms
63 (0.282 %)Oracle APEX
63 (0.282 %)Team Foundation Server
63 (0.282 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
72 (0.188 %)PowerBuilder
72 (0.188 %)CruiseControl
72 (0.188 %)FrontPage
81 (0.094 %)ReSharper
81 (0.094 %)WatiN
81 (0.094 %)NCover
81 (0.094 %)NDepend
81 (0.094 %)WATIR
81 (0.094 %)Selenium
81 (0.094 %)FitNesse
81 (0.094 %)csUnit
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
166 (6.215 %)Marketing
262 (5.838 %)Finance
345 (4.237 %)Pensions
436 (3.390 %)Retail
517 (1.601 %)Health
614 (1.318 %)Billing
711 (1.036 %)Telecoms
810 (0.942 %)Education
97 (0.659 %)Insurance
106 (0.565 %)Legal
114 (0.377 %)Advertising
114 (0.377 %)Banking
122 (0.188 %)Games
122 (0.188 %)Back Office
131 (0.094 %)Automotive
131 (0.094 %)Local Government
131 (0.094 %)Government
131 (0.094 %)Music
131 (0.094 %)Auditing
Manchester IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1908 (85.50 %)Developer
2636 (59.89 %).NET Developer
3297 (27.97 %)C# Developer
4294 (27.68 %)Web Developer
5220 (20.72 %)ASP.NET Developer
6172 (16.20 %)VB.NET Developer
7165 (15.54 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
8149 (14.03 %)Senior Developer
9134 (12.62 %).NET Web Developer
10107 (10.08 %)C# Web Developer
11106 (9.981 %)Senior .NET Developer
1277 (7.250 %)Team Leader
1367 (6.309 %)Applications Developer
1465 (6.121 %)Software Developer
1465 (6.121 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1562 (5.838 %)Analyst
1661 (5.744 %).NET Team Leader
1752 (4.896 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
1752 (4.896 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
1848 (4.520 %)Web Applications Developer
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
144 (4.143 %)N-Tier
216 (1.507 %)Computer Science
216 (1.507 %)Google App Engine
38 (0.753 %)BBC
47 (0.659 %)W3C
47 (0.659 %)Multithreading
56 (0.565 %)Open Source
64 (0.377 %)Data Integration
73 (0.282 %)Client/Server
82 (0.188 %)RIA
82 (0.188 %)iPhone
82 (0.188 %)Blog
91 (0.094 %)Fat Client
91 (0.094 %)Thin Client
91 (0.094 %)Clustering
91 (0.094 %)E-Learning
91 (0.094 %)PDA
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1230 (21.66 %)Windows
213 (1.224 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (0.565 %)UNIX
45 (0.471 %)Windows 2000
54 (0.377 %)Windows Server 2008
63 (0.282 %)Linux
72 (0.188 %)Solaris
72 (0.188 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.094 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.094 %)Windows XP
81 (0.094 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (0.094 %)Windows 7
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1195 (18.36 %)Web Development
2139 (13.09 %)OO
3127 (11.96 %)E-Commerce
3127 (11.96 %)MVC
4125 (11.77 %)Project Management
572 (6.780 %)Agile Software Development
660 (5.650 %)Requirements Analysis
755 (5.179 %)OOP
839 (3.672 %)Unit Testing
937 (3.484 %)CRM
1031 (2.919 %)UML
1128 (2.637 %)Online Marketing
1227 (2.542 %)OOA/OOD
1325 (2.354 %)Web Design
1325 (2.354 %)Content Management
1422 (2.072 %)Scrum
1520 (1.883 %)Continuous Integration
1619 (1.789 %)TDD
1717 (1.601 %)SEO
189 (0.847 %)OOD
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1783 (73.73 %)C#
2497 (46.80 %)VB.NET
3406 (38.23 %)SQL
4302 (28.44 %)JavaScript
5161 (15.16 %)VB
6110 (10.36 %)VB6
781 (7.627 %)T-SQL
846 (4.331 %)PHP
926 (2.448 %)XPath
1024 (2.260 %)C
1120 (1.883 %)Python
1215 (1.412 %)Java
1311 (1.036 %)FoxPro (VFP)
149 (0.847 %)VBScript
158 (0.753 %)C++
166 (0.565 %)PL/SQL
166 (0.565 %)Perl
174 (0.377 %)VBA
174 (0.377 %)Ruby
183 (0.282 %)ActionScript
Manchester IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
173 (6.874 %)Degree
210 (0.942 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (0.565 %)MCSE
44 (0.377 %)ITIL Certification
52 (0.188 %)MCSD
61 (0.094 %)MCTS
61 (0.094 %)Security Cleared
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (2.354 %)QA
Manchester IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (0.565 %)Active Directory
16 (0.565 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (0.188 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Manchester IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1174 (16.38 %)Microsoft
220 (1.883 %)Oracle
319 (1.789 %)Adobe
417 (1.601 %)Google
59 (0.847 %)Alcatel
66 (0.565 %)Intel
66 (0.565 %)VMware
75 (0.471 %)Business Objects
84 (0.377 %)Hitachi
84 (0.377 %)Red Hat
92 (0.188 %)Sun
92 (0.188 %)Infragistics
101 (0.094 %)telerik
101 (0.094 %)Visualfiles
101 (0.094 %)JBoss
101 (0.094 %)TIBCO
101 (0.094 %)NetApp