The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 4 5 6
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 1159 977 753
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 27.14% 26.44% 18.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.56% 43.10% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1070 928 697
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2661 2267 1936
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.30% 61.35% 48.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2365 2066 1819
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C#
North West

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

Manchester C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Manchester C# Salary Histogram

C#
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 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 0 98 £35,000 +9.37% 11
Bolton +8 77 £35,000 - 9
Wigan 0 39 £30,000 +9.09% 5
Altrincham -4 23 £35,000 - 8
Oldham -6 13 £35,000 +32.07% 2
Salford -4 11 £40,000 -3.61% 4
Cheadle -5 11 £50,000 +66.66% 4
Sale -11 5 £40,000 - 4
Rochdale +2 4 £34,000 -9.33% 1
C#
North West

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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#.

1 2047 (92.50%) .NET
2 1591 (71.89%) ASP.NET
3 1291 (58.34%) SQL Server
4 1076 (48.62%) SQL
5 825 (37.28%) JavaScript
6 772 (34.88%) MVC
7 657 (29.69%) CSS
8 649 (29.33%) HTML
9 588 (26.57%) TDD
10 576 (26.03%) WCF
11 515 (23.27%) Microsoft
12 493 (22.28%) VB.NET
13 473 (21.37%) Degree
14 468 (21.15%) OO
15 435 (19.66%) ASP.NET MVC
16 398 (17.98%) Web Services
17 388 (17.53%) T-SQL
18 365 (16.49%) .NET Framework
19 360 (16.27%) Windows
20 346 (15.63%) jQuery
21 342 (15.45%) Scrum
22 335 (15.14%) XML
23 316 (14.28%) Agile Software Development
24 276 (12.47%) WPF
25 271 (12.25%) LINQ
26 256 (11.57%) SQL Server 2008
27 247 (11.16%) Visual Studio
28 233 (10.53%) Computer Science
29 232 (10.48%) Web Development
30 211 (9.535%) Ajax

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 2047 (92.50%) .NET
2 1591 (71.89%) ASP.NET
3 657 (29.69%) CSS
4 649 (29.33%) HTML
5 576 (26.03%) WCF
6 435 (19.66%) ASP.NET MVC
7 398 (17.98%) Web Services
8 365 (16.49%) .NET Framework
9 346 (15.63%) jQuery
10 335 (15.14%) XML
11 276 (12.47%) WPF
12 271 (12.25%) LINQ
13 211 (9.535%) Ajax
14 187 (8.450%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 168 (7.592%) Razor View Engine
16 167 (7.546%) NHibernate
17 164 (7.411%) WinForms
18 120 (5.423%) HTML5
19 114 (5.151%) ASP.NET MVC 4
20 107 (4.835%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 154 (6.959%) SharePoint
2 137 (6.191%) CMS
3 92 (4.157%) IIS
4 63 (2.847%) Windows Azure
5 34 (1.536%) SharePoint 2010
6 32 (1.446%) BizTalk Server
7 30 (1.356%) Umbraco
8 13 (0.587%) SharePoint Server
9 11 (0.497%) Sitecore CMS
10 9 (0.407%) nginx
11 7 (0.316%) SharePoint Foundation
12 6 (0.271%) Kentico
13 5 (0.226%) Drupal
13 5 (0.226%) Joomla!
13 5 (0.226%) TIBCO EMS
13 5 (0.226%) WordPress
13 5 (0.226%) Magento
14 4 (0.181%) ESB
14 4 (0.181%) WebSphere Message Broker
14 4 (0.181%) CICS
Applications
1 187 (8.450%) MS Excel
2 11 (0.497%) MS Office
3 8 (0.362%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.090%) Office 365
4 2 (0.090%) Maya
4 2 (0.090%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.045%) MS Project
5 1 (0.045%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 71 (3.208%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.723%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.362%) Bond Adapt
4 7 (0.316%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.271%) Visualfiles
5 6 (0.271%) BusinessWorks
6 4 (0.181%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.090%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.090%) MFGPRO
8 1 (0.045%) Tridion
8 1 (0.045%) WebTrends
8 1 (0.045%) TIBCO iProcess
8 1 (0.045%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 66 (2.982%) Internet
2 57 (2.576%) HTTP
3 30 (1.356%) Intranet
4 14 (0.633%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.316%) DNS
5 7 (0.316%) SSL
5 7 (0.316%) X.509
6 6 (0.271%) Broadband
7 4 (0.181%) CTI
8 3 (0.136%) Wireless
8 3 (0.136%) Extranet
8 3 (0.136%) NFC
9 1 (0.045%) VPN
9 1 (0.045%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1291 (58.34%) SQL Server
2 256 (11.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 182 (8.224%) SQL Server 2005
4 125 (5.648%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 101 (4.564%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 99 (4.474%) MySQL
7 69 (3.118%) RDBMS
8 64 (2.892%) SQL Server 2012
9 56 (2.531%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 26 (1.175%) SQL Server 2000
11 25 (1.130%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (0.723%) OLAP
12 16 (0.723%) Oracle 8/8i
13 15 (0.678%) Crystal Reports
14 14 (0.633%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.542%) Oracle 9i
16 10 (0.452%) GIS
17 8 (0.362%) Azure SQL Database
17 8 (0.362%) PostgreSQL
18 6 (0.271%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 247 (11.16%) Visual Studio
2 152 (6.869%) NUnit
3 103 (4.654%) Rhino Mocks
4 100 (4.519%) Subversion
5 62 (2.802%) Team Foundation Server
6 58 (2.621%) Moq
7 54 (2.440%) Git (software)
8 28 (1.265%) MSTest
9 20 (0.904%) Selenium
10 19 (0.859%) TeamCity
11 16 (0.723%) CruiseControl
12 13 (0.587%) MSBuild
13 9 (0.407%) Dreamweaver
14 8 (0.362%) Visual Studio Team System
15 7 (0.316%) VSS/SourceSafe
16 6 (0.271%) Maven
16 6 (0.271%) JUnit
17 5 (0.226%) FitNesse
17 5 (0.226%) WATIR
17 5 (0.226%) Cucumber
General
1 198 (8.947%) Finance
2 101 (4.564%) Marketing
3 61 (2.756%) Back Office
4 53 (2.395%) Games
5 50 (2.259%) Retail
6 25 (1.130%) Law
7 22 (0.994%) Telecoms
7 22 (0.994%) Legal
8 20 (0.904%) Advertising
9 13 (0.587%) Banking
10 11 (0.497%) Electronics
11 10 (0.452%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (0.452%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.407%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.181%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.136%) Military
15 2 (0.090%) Vietnamese Language
15 2 (0.090%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1862 (84.14%) Developer
2 873 (39.45%) .NET Developer
3 597 (26.98%) C# Developer
4 438 (19.79%) C# .NET Developer
5 309 (13.96%) Software Developer
6 292 (13.19%) Senior Developer
7 267 (12.07%) ASP.NET Developer
8 264 (11.93%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 252 (11.39%) Web Developer
10 137 (6.191%) Software Engineer
11 126 (5.694%) Analyst
12 116 (5.242%) Senior .NET Developer
13 112 (5.061%) Junior
14 110 (4.971%) Junior Developer
15 92 (4.157%) Senior C# Developer
16 87 (3.931%) .NET Web Developer
17 72 (3.254%) .NET Software Developer
17 72 (3.254%) Lead Developer
18 68 (3.073%) Programmer
18 68 (3.073%) C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 233 (10.53%) Computer Science
2 139 (6.281%) N-Tier
3 105 (4.745%) Enterprise Software
4 86 (3.886%) Mobile App
5 46 (2.079%) Client/Server
6 29 (1.310%) W3C
7 26 (1.175%) Social Network
8 24 (1.085%) Inversion of Control
9 23 (1.039%) New Media
10 20 (0.904%) iPhone
11 19 (0.859%) Open Source
12 18 (0.813%) Management Information System
13 16 (0.723%) Social Media
13 16 (0.723%) Blackberry
14 11 (0.497%) Mathematics
15 10 (0.452%) Replication
15 10 (0.452%) Clustering
16 9 (0.407%) E-Learning
16 9 (0.407%) FMCG
17 8 (0.362%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 360 (16.27%) Windows
2 78 (3.525%) Android
3 57 (2.576%) Apple iOS
4 33 (1.491%) Linux
5 24 (1.085%) UNIX
6 10 (0.452%) Windows Phone
7 9 (0.407%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (0.362%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.136%) AIX
9 3 (0.136%) Windows CE
9 3 (0.136%) Windows Mobile
10 2 (0.090%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.090%) Windows Phone 8
10 2 (0.090%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 772 (34.88%) MVC
2 588 (26.57%) TDD
3 468 (21.15%) OO
4 342 (15.45%) Scrum
5 316 (14.28%) Agile Software Development
6 232 (10.48%) Web Development
7 205 (9.263%) OOP
8 185 (8.360%) Web Application Development
9 169 (7.637%) E-Commerce
10 168 (7.592%) Unit Testing
11 149 (6.733%) Project Management
12 120 (5.423%) UML
13 101 (4.564%) Kanban
14 100 (4.519%) Continuous Integration
15 99 (4.474%) Software Engineering
16 98 (4.428%) CRM
17 81 (3.660%) Business Intelligence
18 73 (3.299%) Dependency Injection
19 64 (2.892%) PRINCE2
20 62 (2.802%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 1076 (48.62%) SQL
2 825 (37.28%) JavaScript
3 493 (22.28%) VB.NET
4 388 (17.53%) T-SQL
5 196 (8.857%) Java
6 122 (5.513%) VB
7 102 (4.609%) C++
8 97 (4.383%) Ruby
9 94 (4.248%) PHP
10 76 (3.434%) C
11 32 (1.446%) VB6
12 26 (1.175%) Python
13 21 (0.949%) PL/SQL
13 21 (0.949%) VBA
14 14 (0.633%) XAML
14 14 (0.633%) VBScript
15 12 (0.542%) ActionScript
16 10 (0.452%) Objective-C
17 8 (0.362%) X++
18 6 (0.271%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 473 (21.37%) Degree
2 189 (8.540%) Microsoft Certification
3 165 (7.456%) MCTS
4 142 (6.417%) MCP
5 122 (5.513%) MCAD
6 121 (5.468%) MCSD
7 45 (2.033%) Security Cleared
8 19 (0.859%) ISEB
9 13 (0.587%) ISTQB
10 11 (0.497%) SC Cleared
11 8 (0.362%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.181%) MCPD
12 4 (0.181%) Sun Certification
12 4 (0.181%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.090%) SCJA
13 2 (0.090%) SCJP
13 2 (0.090%) HND
14 1 (0.045%) HNC
14 1 (0.045%) MCSE
14 1 (0.045%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (1.943%) QA
2 40 (1.808%) WAI
3 5 (0.226%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.181%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.181%) SLA
5 3 (0.136%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 9 (0.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 515 (23.27%) Microsoft
2 117 (5.287%) Oracle
3 49 (2.214%) Telerik
4 24 (1.085%) Infragistics
5 22 (0.994%) TIBCO
6 17 (0.768%) Google
7 13 (0.587%) Sitecore
8 12 (0.542%) DevExpress
9 11 (0.497%) Twitter
10 9 (0.407%) HP
10 9 (0.407%) MicroStrategy
10 9 (0.407%) EPiServer
11 8 (0.362%) Epicor
11 8 (0.362%) SAP
12 7 (0.316%) Facebook
13 6 (0.271%) Wonderware
14 5 (0.226%) Apple
14 5 (0.226%) Fredhopper
15 4 (0.181%) MEDITECH
15 4 (0.181%) Sun
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
Bolton, Lancashire
Ashdown IT
Salary: £40000 - £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
Stockport, North West, UK
Stockport NHS Trust
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Mint
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Sale, Cheshire
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Sale, North West
Mint
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cheadle, North West
Mint
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Mint
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + pension, life assurance,health
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wigan, North West
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 29 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Salford, Lancashire
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum Plus Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013