The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 23 May 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 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 192 171 190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 27.87% 19.79% 25.85%
As % of the Application Development category 69.31% 57.58% 64.19%
Number of salaries quoted 178 148 157
Average salary £34,000 £34,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.15% -0.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,400 £21,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,400 £50,000 £41,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
277 297 296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 40.20% 34.38% 40.27%
Number of salaries quoted 256 241 256
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £42,450 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
England

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East .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 North East region.

North East .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the North East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North East .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 North East region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Tyne and Wear 0 144 £35,000 -
Durham +5 30 £33,000 +10.00%
Cleveland - 8 £35,000 -
Northumberland +1 1 £30,000 -
.NET
England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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.

1 307 (78.72%) C#
2 229 (58.72%) SQL Server
3 214 (54.87%) ASP.NET
4 154 (39.49%) CSS
5 136 (34.87%) Microsoft
6 134 (34.36%) HTML
6 134 (34.36%) SQL
7 123 (31.54%) MVC
8 115 (29.49%) Scrum
9 103 (26.41%) JavaScript
10 83 (21.28%) ASP.NET MVC
11 80 (20.51%) VB.NET
12 72 (18.46%) TDD
13 64 (16.41%) XML
13 64 (16.41%) jQuery
14 63 (16.15%) .NET Framework
15 59 (15.13%) SQL Server 2008
16 56 (14.36%) WCF
17 52 (13.33%) Web Services
17 52 (13.33%) MS Excel
18 49 (12.56%) Ajax
19 43 (11.03%) SharePoint
20 42 (10.77%) XHTML
20 42 (10.77%) Team Foundation Server
20 42 (10.77%) HTML5
21 41 (10.51%) Web Application Development
21 41 (10.51%) VB
21 41 (10.51%) Oracle
21 41 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
21 41 (10.51%) Agile Software Development

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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
1 214 (54.87%) ASP.NET
2 154 (39.49%) CSS
3 134 (34.36%) HTML
4 83 (21.28%) ASP.NET MVC
5 64 (16.41%) XML
5 64 (16.41%) jQuery
6 63 (16.15%) .NET Framework
7 56 (14.36%) WCF
8 52 (13.33%) Web Services
9 49 (12.56%) Ajax
10 42 (10.77%) XHTML
10 42 (10.77%) HTML5
11 38 (9.744%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 30 (7.692%) WPF
12 30 (7.692%) LINQ
13 29 (7.436%) Razor View Engine
14 28 (7.179%) ASP
15 23 (5.897%) CSS3
16 18 (4.615%) NHibernate
17 17 (4.359%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 43 (11.03%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.385%) SharePoint Server
3 17 (4.359%) SharePoint 2010
4 16 (4.103%) Windows Azure
5 8 (2.051%) CMS
6 7 (1.795%) Apache
7 5 (1.282%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.769%) IIS
8 3 (0.769%) Amazon AWS
9 2 (0.513%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.256%) DotNetNuke
10 1 (0.256%) Magento
10 1 (0.256%) nginx
Applications
1 52 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 12 (3.077%) Photoshop
3 6 (1.538%) Acrobat
4 5 (1.282%) Fireworks
5 4 (1.026%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.026%) MS Office
6 2 (0.513%) Office 365
6 2 (0.513%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.564%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (2.051%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.872%) Internet
2 8 (2.051%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.795%) Ethernet
4 6 (1.538%) Modbus
4 6 (1.538%) Intranet
5 3 (0.769%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.513%) RIP
6 2 (0.513%) HTTP
7 1 (0.256%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 229 (58.72%) SQL Server
2 59 (15.13%) SQL Server 2008
3 32 (8.205%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 21 (5.385%) MySQL
5 13 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
6 11 (2.821%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (2.308%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.538%) SQL Server 2012
8 6 (1.538%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.026%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.026%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.769%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.513%) Oracle 8/8i
11 2 (0.513%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.256%) Oracle 11g
12 1 (0.256%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 42 (10.77%) Team Foundation Server
2 35 (8.974%) Visual Studio
3 25 (6.410%) NUnit
4 23 (5.897%) Rhino Mocks
4 23 (5.897%) Moq
5 10 (2.564%) MSTest
6 9 (2.308%) Selenium
7 8 (2.051%) Dreamweaver
7 8 (2.051%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 8 (2.051%) Subversion
8 6 (1.538%) PHPUnit
9 5 (1.282%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (1.026%) ProC
11 1 (0.256%) JIRA
11 1 (0.256%) Xcode
11 1 (0.256%) InstallShield
11 1 (0.256%) Git (software)
General
1 19 (4.872%) Finance
2 14 (3.590%) Publishing
3 12 (3.077%) Marketing
4 9 (2.308%) Retail
4 9 (2.308%) Law
5 7 (1.795%) Music
5 7 (1.795%) Advertising
6 6 (1.538%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.769%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.769%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.513%) Electronics
8 2 (0.513%) Games
8 2 (0.513%) Music Industry
9 1 (0.256%) Legal
9 1 (0.256%) Banking
Job Titles
1 300 (76.92%) Developer
2 120 (30.77%) .NET Developer
3 71 (18.21%) Web Developer
4 58 (14.87%) Software Developer
5 36 (9.231%) Senior Developer
6 33 (8.462%) C# Developer
7 30 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
8 27 (6.923%) Software Engineer
8 27 (6.923%) C# .NET Developer
9 23 (5.897%) SharePoint Developer
10 22 (5.641%) Junior
11 21 (5.385%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 21 (5.385%) Junior Developer
12 20 (5.128%) Analyst
13 17 (4.359%) .NET Web Developer
14 16 (4.103%) Applications Developer
15 15 (3.846%) Consultant
16 14 (3.590%) Graduate
17 13 (3.333%) Senior .NET Developer
18 12 (3.077%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.667%) N-Tier
2 20 (5.128%) Computer Science
3 13 (3.333%) DTV
4 12 (3.077%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.564%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.051%) iPhone
6 8 (2.051%) Inversion of Control
6 8 (2.051%) iPad
7 7 (1.795%) SaaS
8 6 (1.538%) Open Source
9 5 (1.282%) Mathematics
9 5 (1.282%) Tandem
9 5 (1.282%) Mainframe
10 4 (1.026%) Streaming Music
11 3 (0.769%) NHS
11 3 (0.769%) W3C
11 3 (0.769%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (0.513%) Physics
13 1 (0.256%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.256%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.744%) Windows
2 16 (4.103%) Linux
3 13 (3.333%) Android
4 7 (1.795%) UNIX
4 7 (1.795%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.538%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (1.282%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.513%) Windows Phone
7 2 (0.513%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.256%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.256%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.256%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (31.54%) MVC
2 115 (29.49%) Scrum
3 72 (18.46%) TDD
4 41 (10.51%) Web Application Development
4 41 (10.51%) Agile Software Development
5 37 (9.487%) OO
6 35 (8.974%) Unit Testing
7 34 (8.718%) Web Development
8 28 (7.179%) CRM
9 27 (6.923%) Kanban
10 25 (6.410%) BDD
11 21 (5.385%) OOP
12 17 (4.359%) Configuration Management
13 15 (3.846%) Waterfall
14 13 (3.333%) OOD
14 13 (3.333%) Multithreading
15 12 (3.077%) Dependency Injection
15 12 (3.077%) Business Intelligence
15 12 (3.077%) E-Commerce
16 10 (2.564%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 307 (78.72%) C#
2 134 (34.36%) SQL
3 103 (26.41%) JavaScript
4 80 (20.51%) VB.NET
5 41 (10.51%) VB
6 28 (7.179%) PHP
6 28 (7.179%) Java
7 23 (5.897%) C++
8 19 (4.872%) C
9 14 (3.590%) T-SQL
10 12 (3.077%) PL/SQL
10 12 (3.077%) Ruby
11 9 (2.308%) Python
12 7 (1.795%) Perl
12 7 (1.795%) VC++
12 7 (1.795%) ECMAScript
13 3 (0.769%) XAML
14 1 (0.256%) VB6
Qualifications
1 41 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 38 (9.744%) Degree
3 35 (8.974%) MCSD
4 31 (7.949%) MCTS
4 31 (7.949%) MCP
4 31 (7.949%) MCAD
5 1 (0.256%) HND
5 1 (0.256%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.333%) QA
2 6 (1.538%) ISO 8583
3 2 (0.513%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 4 (1.026%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 136 (34.87%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.51%) Oracle
3 11 (2.821%) Adobe
4 8 (2.051%) Symbian
5 6 (1.538%) Citrix
6 1 (0.256%) Omniture
6 1 (0.256%) Google
6 1 (0.256%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.256%) Sage
6 1 (0.256%) Twitter
6 1 (0.256%) F5
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