The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newport 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 Newport region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 2 4 9
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Permanent jobs citing .NET 38 27 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 28.79% 20.45% 16.42%
As % of the Application Development category 57.58% 72.97% 40.74%
Number of salaries quoted 36 21 21
Average salary £32,146 £35,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.15% -30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Application Development
Newport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
66 37 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 50.00% 28.03% 40.30%
Number of salaries quoted 64 30 52
Average salary £31,792 £36,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.89% +12.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £50,000 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
.NET
South Wales

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport .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 Newport region.

Newport .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Newport .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 66 (95.65%) C#
2 51 (73.91%) ASP.NET
3 45 (65.22%) SQL Server
4 32 (46.38%) SQL
5 30 (43.48%) VB.NET
6 28 (40.58%) XML
7 20 (28.99%) SQL Server 2005
8 19 (27.54%) ASP
9 17 (24.64%) VB
9 17 (24.64%) MVC
10 16 (23.19%) Internet
10 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (23.19%) MCSD
10 16 (23.19%) PRINCE2
10 16 (23.19%) OO
10 16 (23.19%) VB6
11 15 (21.74%) .NET Framework
12 13 (18.84%) Agile Software Development
12 13 (18.84%) JavaScript
13 12 (17.39%) Workflow
14 11 (15.94%) PHP
14 11 (15.94%) Web Services
15 10 (14.49%) SharePoint
15 10 (14.49%) WCF
15 10 (14.49%) SQL Server 2008
16 8 (11.59%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 8 (11.59%) XSLT
16 8 (11.59%) CSS
16 8 (11.59%) HTML
17 7 (10.14%) ASP.NET MVC

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 51 (73.91%) ASP.NET
2 28 (40.58%) XML
3 19 (27.54%) ASP
4 15 (21.74%) .NET Framework
5 11 (15.94%) Web Services
6 10 (14.49%) WCF
7 8 (11.59%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 8 (11.59%) HTML
7 8 (11.59%) XSLT
7 8 (11.59%) CSS
8 7 (10.14%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (8.696%) WPF
9 6 (8.696%) jQuery
10 5 (7.246%) REST
10 5 (7.246%) SOAP
10 5 (7.246%) Ajax
11 4 (5.797%) Apache FOP
12 3 (4.348%) LINQ
12 3 (4.348%) Java SE
12 3 (4.348%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (14.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.797%) Apache
3 2 (2.899%) IIS
4 1 (1.449%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (5.797%) MS Office
2 2 (2.899%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.19%) Internet
2 1 (1.449%) TELNET
2 1 (1.449%) Wireless
2 1 (1.449%) SSH
2 1 (1.449%) ZigBee
2 1 (1.449%) HSPA
2 1 (1.449%) LDAP
2 1 (1.449%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.449%) GPRS
2 1 (1.449%) UMTS
2 1 (1.449%) WAN
2 1 (1.449%) HTTP
2 1 (1.449%) SNMP
2 1 (1.449%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (65.22%) SQL Server
2 20 (28.99%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (14.49%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (5.797%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (4.348%) MySQL
6 1 (1.449%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (8.696%) Visual Studio
3 3 (4.348%) Subversion
3 3 (4.348%) JUnit
General
1 5 (7.246%) Finance
2 2 (2.899%) Advertising
3 1 (1.449%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 65 (94.20%) Developer
2 49 (71.01%) .NET Developer
3 6 (8.696%) C# Developer
3 6 (8.696%) Programmer
4 5 (7.246%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (7.246%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (7.246%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (5.797%) .NET Programmer
5 4 (5.797%) Web Developer
6 3 (4.348%) Senior .NET Programmer
6 3 (4.348%) Java Developer
6 3 (4.348%) Senior Programmer
7 2 (2.899%) Senior Developer
8 1 (1.449%) Lead Developer
8 1 (1.449%) Senior Java Developer
8 1 (1.449%) Senior .NET Developer
8 1 (1.449%) Graduate Developer
8 1 (1.449%) Development Engineer
8 1 (1.449%) Firmware Engineer
8 1 (1.449%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.348%) NHS
1 3 (4.348%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.449%) Open Source
2 1 (1.449%) Firmware
2 1 (1.449%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.449%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.348%) Windows
2 2 (2.899%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (2.899%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.449%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.64%) MVC
2 16 (23.19%) PRINCE2
2 16 (23.19%) OO
3 13 (18.84%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (17.39%) Workflow
5 7 (10.14%) TDD
6 5 (7.246%) Web Development
7 4 (5.797%) Unit Testing
7 4 (5.797%) Scrum
8 3 (4.348%) Information Security
8 3 (4.348%) OOD
8 3 (4.348%) Project Management
9 2 (2.899%) Requirements Analysis
10 1 (1.449%) Multithreading
10 1 (1.449%) System Testing
10 1 (1.449%) Information Management
10 1 (1.449%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 66 (95.65%) C#
2 32 (46.38%) SQL
3 30 (43.48%) VB.NET
4 17 (24.64%) VB
5 16 (23.19%) VB6
6 13 (18.84%) JavaScript
7 11 (15.94%) PHP
8 6 (8.696%) Java
9 3 (4.348%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.449%) C
10 1 (1.449%) C++
10 1 (1.449%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.449%) Embedded C++
10 1 (1.449%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 16 (23.19%) MCSD
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.246%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.348%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.449%) JTAG
System Software
1 2 (2.899%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (8.696%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.348%) Oracle
2 3 (4.348%) IBM
3 1 (1.449%) Atmel