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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank99146
Rank change on same period last yearUp+47
Matching permanent IT job ads221153
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.117 %0.063 %
As % of the category below5.529 %3.330 %
Salaries quoted190146
Average minimum salary£29,741£32,764
Average salary£32,345£35,247
% change on same period last year-8.23 %
Average maximum salary£34,949£37,730
UK excluding London average salary£37,004£37,650
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads39974594
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.110 %1.881 %
Salaries quoted34723952
Average minimum salary£29,752£31,523
Average salary£32,816£34,621
% change on same period last year-5.21 %
Average maximum salary£35,880£37,719
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
.NET Framework England.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Demand Trend

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

North West .NET Framework Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Trend

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

North West .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West .NET Framework Salary Histogram

.NET Framework
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+4992£32,885-14.70 %
CheshireUp+3191£31,451+12.09 %
MerseysideDown-921£28,975-10.68 %
LancashireDown-189£38,350-25.71 %
.NET Framework England.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1428 (100.00 %).NET
2272 (63.55 %)SQL Server
3268 (62.62 %)C#
4251 (58.64 %)ASP.NET
5189 (44.16 %)XML
6187 (43.69 %)SQL
7154 (35.98 %)WebServices
8139 (32.48 %)Microsoft
9128 (29.91 %)SQL Server 2005
10119 (27.80 %)VB.NET
11111 (25.93 %)SQL Server 2000
12109 (25.47 %)VB
1392 (21.50 %)HTML
1488 (20.56 %)JavaScript
1570 (16.36 %)Windows
1665 (15.19 %)Degree
1763 (14.72 %)ASP
1861 (14.25 %)IIS
1861 (14.25 %)AJAX
1958 (13.55 %)Java
2057 (13.32 %)CSS
2156 (13.08 %)C++
2248 (11.21 %)MS Excel
2347 (10.98 %)OO
2444 (10.28 %)Visual Studio
2444 (10.28 %)VB6
2540 (9.346 %)WinForms
2638 (8.879 %)Oracle
2737 (8.645 %)Health
2737 (8.645 %)Unit Testing

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1428 (100.00 %).NET
2251 (58.64 %)ASP.NET
3189 (44.16 %)XML
4154 (35.98 %)WebServices
592 (21.50 %)HTML
663 (14.72 %)ASP
761 (14.25 %)AJAX
857 (13.32 %)CSS
940 (9.346 %)WinForms
1030 (7.009 %)SOAP
1030 (7.009 %)J2EE
1128 (6.542 %)J2ME
1128 (6.542 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1225 (5.841 %)XHTML
1322 (5.140 %)MFC
1416 (3.738 %)MVC
1514 (3.271 %)XSLT
1611 (2.570 %)XML Schema
1611 (2.570 %)WCF
1710 (2.336 %)WPF
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
161 (14.25 %)IIS
222 (5.140 %)SharePoint
320 (4.673 %)MTS
415 (3.505 %)SharePoint Server 2007
58 (1.869 %)Tomcat
66 (1.402 %)BizTalk Server
73 (0.701 %)JBoss
82 (0.467 %)Oracle Workflow
82 (0.467 %)WebLogic
91 (0.234 %)SharePoint Portal Server
91 (0.234 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.234 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.234 %)Content Management Server
91 (0.234 %)CMS
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
148 (11.21 %)MS Excel
218 (4.206 %)MS Visio
316 (3.738 %)MS Office
43 (0.701 %)Photoshop
43 (0.701 %)Fireworks
51 (0.234 %)InfoPath
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.701 %)Line 500
22 (0.467 %)Dynamics NAV
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (5.140 %)HTTP
214 (3.271 %)Internet
310 (2.336 %)LAN
310 (2.336 %)WAN
49 (2.103 %)FTP
58 (1.869 %)GPRS
67 (1.636 %)ADSL
67 (1.636 %)DHCP
67 (1.636 %)DNS
67 (1.636 %)HDSL
76 (1.402 %)Intranet
84 (0.935 %)DSL
93 (0.701 %)BT 21CN
102 (0.467 %)RFID
102 (0.467 %)TCP/IP
111 (0.234 %)SSL
111 (0.234 %)3G
111 (0.234 %)POP3
111 (0.234 %)SMTP
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1272 (63.55 %)SQL Server
2128 (29.91 %)SQL Server 2005
3111 (25.93 %)SQL Server 2000
436 (8.411 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
436 (8.411 %)Crystal Reports
518 (4.206 %)Datawarehouse
617 (3.972 %)DTS
712 (2.804 %)SQL Server 7
810 (2.336 %)SQL Server Integration Services
96 (1.402 %)MS Access
96 (1.402 %)Oracle Reports
105 (1.168 %)MySQL
114 (0.935 %)DB2
123 (0.701 %)Oracle 8/8i
123 (0.701 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
123 (0.701 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
132 (0.467 %)RDBMS
132 (0.467 %)BusinessObjects
132 (0.467 %)SQL Anywhere
132 (0.467 %)EDRMS
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
144 (10.28 %)Visual Studio
226 (6.075 %)VSS/SourceSafe
38 (1.869 %)Subversion
46 (1.402 %)Eclipse
55 (1.168 %)InstallShield
55 (1.168 %)NUnit
64 (0.935 %)Dreamweaver
73 (0.701 %)Ant
73 (0.701 %)Flash
73 (0.701 %)JIRA
82 (0.467 %)Oracle Forms
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (8.645 %)Health
228 (6.542 %)Finance
319 (4.439 %)Pensions
415 (3.505 %)Pharmaceutical
512 (2.804 %)Retail
512 (2.804 %)Insurance
512 (2.804 %)Marketing
69 (2.103 %)Electronics
69 (2.103 %)Telecoms
77 (1.636 %)Education
85 (1.168 %)Government
94 (0.935 %)Banking
103 (0.701 %)Back Office
103 (0.701 %)Law
103 (0.701 %)Automotive
103 (0.701 %)Investment Banking
103 (0.701 %)Retail Banking
112 (0.467 %)Legal
112 (0.467 %)Manufacturing
112 (0.467 %)Billing
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1305 (71.26 %)Developer
2131 (30.61 %).NET Developer
388 (20.56 %)C# Developer
485 (19.86 %)Software Developer
555 (12.85 %)ASP.NET Developer
652 (12.15 %)Web Developer
738 (8.879 %)Architect
831 (7.243 %)Senior Developer
831 (7.243 %)Programmer
926 (6.075 %)Analyst
926 (6.075 %)C# Web Developer
1024 (5.607 %)Applications Developer
1024 (5.607 %)Analyst Programmer
1123 (5.374 %)SQL Developer
1123 (5.374 %).NET Web Developer
1222 (5.140 %)Consultant
1222 (5.140 %).NET Applications Developer
1321 (4.907 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1419 (4.439 %)CSharp Software Developer
1419 (4.439 %)C++ Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (6.776 %)N-Tier
221 (4.907 %)Client/Server
318 (4.206 %)Blackberry
411 (2.570 %)PDA
510 (2.336 %)Computer Science
66 (1.402 %)Web 2.0
74 (0.935 %)W3C
82 (0.467 %)NHS
82 (0.467 %)Pocket PC
91 (0.234 %)Management Information System
91 (0.234 %)Equities
91 (0.234 %)Multithreading
91 (0.234 %)Informatics
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
170 (16.36 %)Windows
218 (4.206 %)Windows Mobile
312 (2.804 %)UNIX
411 (2.570 %)Windows CE
510 (2.336 %)Linux
510 (2.336 %)Windows NT
63 (0.701 %)Windows XP
72 (0.467 %)Windows 2000
72 (0.467 %)Windows XP Embedded
81 (0.234 %)Windows Server 2003
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
147 (10.98 %)OO
237 (8.645 %)Unit Testing
331 (7.243 %)Web Development
429 (6.776 %)E-Commerce
429 (6.776 %)UML
527 (6.308 %)SOA
623 (5.374 %)CRM
722 (5.140 %)Zachman Framework
722 (5.140 %)TOGAF
819 (4.439 %)Business Intelligence
918 (4.206 %)OOP
1016 (3.738 %)ERP
1016 (3.738 %)DoDAF
1016 (3.738 %)Enterprise Architecture
1016 (3.738 %)Time Management
1111 (2.570 %)Business Analysis
128 (1.869 %)Software Engineering
128 (1.869 %)SEO
137 (1.636 %)Scrum
137 (1.636 %)B2B
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1268 (62.62 %)C#
2187 (43.69 %)SQL
3119 (27.80 %)VB.NET
4109 (25.47 %)VB
588 (20.56 %)JavaScript
658 (13.55 %)Java
756 (13.08 %)C++
844 (10.28 %)VB6
931 (7.243 %)Transact-SQL
1012 (2.804 %)Delphi
1110 (2.336 %)C
128 (1.869 %)PHP
137 (1.636 %)VBScript
146 (1.402 %)VBA
154 (0.935 %)PL/SQL
162 (0.467 %)DHTML
162 (0.467 %)VC++
162 (0.467 %)PHP5
162 (0.467 %)PHP4
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
165 (15.19 %)Degree
225 (5.841 %)Microsoft Certification
319 (4.439 %)MCSD
42 (0.467 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.234 %)ITIL Certification
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (1.168 %)MSMQ
23 (0.701 %)Active Directory
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1139 (32.48 %)Microsoft
238 (8.879 %)Oracle
321 (4.907 %)Sybase
419 (4.439 %)Dundas
54 (0.935 %)Borland
63 (0.701 %)Sage
72 (0.467 %)Macrovision
72 (0.467 %)Lagan
72 (0.467 %)Business Objects
81 (0.234 %)IBM
81 (0.234 %)Yahoo!
81 (0.234 %)Google
81 (0.234 %)Sun
81 (0.234 %)Lotus
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