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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank710
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads15991624
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.933 %0.696 %
As % of the category below33.13 %27.61 %
Salaries quoted14631375
Average minimum salary£28,951£31,080
Average salary£31,599£34,028
% change on same period last year-7.13 %
Average maximum salary£34,247£36,977
UK excluding London average salary£35,253£35,778
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads48275881
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.817 %2.521 %
Salaries quoted42164963
Average minimum salary£29,217£30,729
Average salary£32,061£33,699
% change on same period last year-4.86 %
Average maximum salary£34,904£36,669
UK excluding London average salary£35,495£35,768
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
C# EnglandC#
England

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

North West C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 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+7790£31,588-10.54 %
CheshireNo change0447£30,566-5.81 %
LancashireUp+4226£31,401+7.23 %
MerseysideDown-2138£33,236-1.34 %
CumbriaDown-318£29,268+4.94 %
C# EnglandC#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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#.

12939 (90.88 %).NET
22167 (67.01 %)ASP.NET
32064 (63.82 %)SQL Server
41100 (34.01 %)SQL
5824 (25.48 %)XML
6776 (24.00 %)VB.NET
7695 (21.49 %)CSS
8685 (21.18 %)JavaScript
9681 (21.06 %)HTML
10676 (20.90 %)Microsoft
11595 (18.40 %)WebServices
12588 (18.18 %)VB
13540 (16.70 %)ASP
14510 (15.77 %)AJAX
14510 (15.77 %)SQL Server 2005
15478 (14.78 %)SQL Server 2000
16473 (14.63 %)OO
17394 (12.18 %)Java
18381 (11.78 %)Visual Studio
19377 (11.66 %)Windows
20371 (11.47 %)Degree
21366 (11.32 %)C++
22327 (10.11 %)MS Excel
23325 (10.05 %).NET Framework
24306 (9.462 %)XHTML
25298 (9.215 %)Web Development
26283 (8.751 %)Finance
27267 (8.256 %)Transact-SQL
28266 (8.225 %)Pensions
29259 (8.009 %)Oracle

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12939 (90.88 %).NET
22167 (67.01 %)ASP.NET
3824 (25.48 %)XML
4695 (21.49 %)CSS
5681 (21.06 %)HTML
6595 (18.40 %)WebServices
7540 (16.70 %)ASP
8510 (15.77 %)AJAX
9325 (10.05 %).NET Framework
10306 (9.462 %)XHTML
11194 (5.999 %)WinForms
12193 (5.968 %)XSLT
1399 (3.061 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1492 (2.845 %)WPF
1586 (2.659 %)WCF
1680 (2.474 %)Silverlight
1770 (2.165 %)J2EE
1861 (1.886 %)J2ME
1958 (1.793 %)ADO.NET
2056 (1.732 %)MFC
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1215 (6.648 %)IIS
2154 (4.762 %)SharePoint
386 (2.659 %)CMS
464 (1.979 %)SharePoint Server 2007
555 (1.701 %)BizTalk Server
621 (0.649 %)ColdFusion
712 (0.371 %)Tomcat
89 (0.278 %)SharePoint Portal Server
97 (0.216 %)Apache
106 (0.186 %)MS Exchange
115 (0.155 %)Commerce Server
123 (0.093 %)ArcGIS
123 (0.093 %)Oracle Spatial
123 (0.093 %)Oracle Workflow
123 (0.093 %)ArcSDE
123 (0.093 %)Exchange Server 2000
123 (0.093 %)JBoss
123 (0.093 %)WebLogic
123 (0.093 %)Lotus Domino
131 (0.031 %)Lotus Notes
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1327 (10.11 %)MS Excel
2100 (3.092 %)Photoshop
338 (1.175 %)MS Office
338 (1.175 %)Adobe Illustrator
432 (0.989 %)InfoPath
524 (0.742 %)MS Visio
622 (0.680 %)FreeHand
711 (0.340 %)Fireworks
810 (0.309 %)Adobe Director
96 (0.186 %)MS Project
101 (0.031 %)Maya
101 (0.031 %)3ds Max
101 (0.031 %)LightWave 3D
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
119 (0.588 %)Axapta
210 (0.309 %)Navision
38 (0.247 %)Dynamics CRM
45 (0.155 %)Microsoft CRM
54 (0.124 %)Dynamics AX
63 (0.093 %)Dynamics NAV
63 (0.093 %)WebTrends
71 (0.031 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1163 (5.040 %)Internet
2158 (4.886 %)Intranet
359 (1.824 %)HTTP
426 (0.804 %)SMTP
519 (0.588 %)GPRS
519 (0.588 %)LAN
618 (0.557 %)WAN
717 (0.526 %)Extranet
810 (0.309 %)ADSL
810 (0.309 %)HDSL
810 (0.309 %)Intrusion Detection
99 (0.278 %)FTP
108 (0.247 %)DAB
117 (0.216 %)DSL
126 (0.186 %)BT 21CN
135 (0.155 %)Firewall
143 (0.093 %)Wi-Fi
143 (0.093 %)TCP/IP
143 (0.093 %)Bluetooth
152 (0.062 %)Broadband
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12064 (63.82 %)SQL Server
2510 (15.77 %)SQL Server 2005
3478 (14.78 %)SQL Server 2000
4125 (3.865 %)MySQL
574 (2.288 %)Crystal Reports
665 (2.010 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
749 (1.515 %)SQL Server 2008
830 (0.928 %)RDBMS
928 (0.866 %)Datawarehouse
1027 (0.835 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1027 (0.835 %)MS Access
1125 (0.773 %)DTS
1224 (0.742 %)BusinessObjects
1323 (0.711 %)ETL
1419 (0.588 %)Oracle 10g
1516 (0.495 %)Oracle 8/8i
1614 (0.433 %)Oracle 9i
1712 (0.371 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
189 (0.278 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
198 (0.247 %)OLAP
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1381 (11.78 %)Visual Studio
253 (1.639 %)Flash
345 (1.391 %)VSS/SourceSafe
443 (1.330 %)Dreamweaver
530 (0.928 %)NUnit
620 (0.618 %)Subversion
718 (0.557 %)MorphX
814 (0.433 %)C++Builder
911 (0.340 %)Eclipse
911 (0.340 %)TestDirector
106 (0.186 %)JIRA
115 (0.155 %)InstallShield
124 (0.124 %)QuickTest Pro
124 (0.124 %)PowerBuilder
124 (0.124 %)JBuilder
124 (0.124 %)Visual Studio Team System
133 (0.093 %)WinRunner
142 (0.062 %)JUnit
142 (0.062 %)Rational Robot
142 (0.062 %)CruiseControl
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1283 (8.751 %)Finance
2266 (8.225 %)Pensions
3160 (4.947 %)Health
4111 (3.432 %)Education
586 (2.659 %)Marketing
660 (1.855 %)Telecoms
752 (1.608 %)Insurance
849 (1.515 %)Retail
948 (1.484 %)Legal
1032 (0.989 %)Law
1131 (0.959 %)Government
1227 (0.835 %)Graphic Design
1325 (0.773 %)Banking
1424 (0.742 %)Advertising
1522 (0.680 %)Construction
1621 (0.649 %)Games
1621 (0.649 %)Financial Institution
1717 (0.526 %)Manufacturing
1815 (0.464 %)Automotive
1910 (0.309 %)Electronics
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12452 (75.82 %)Developer
21142 (35.31 %).NET Developer
31042 (32.22 %)C# Developer
4636 (19.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
5630 (19.48 %)Web Developer
6591 (18.27 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
7396 (12.24 %)Software Developer
8312 (9.647 %)Senior Developer
9289 (8.936 %).NET Web Developer
10261 (8.071 %)C# Web Developer
11204 (6.308 %)Analyst
12156 (4.824 %)VB.NET Developer
13146 (4.515 %)CSharp Software Developer
14145 (4.484 %)Programmer
15126 (3.896 %)Senior C# Developer
16123 (3.803 %)SQL Developer
17116 (3.587 %)Applications Developer
18112 (3.463 %)Senior .NET Developer
19105 (3.247 %)Software Engineer
2096 (2.968 %)Junior
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
177 (2.381 %)W3C
266 (2.041 %)Client/Server
364 (1.979 %)N-Tier
455 (1.701 %)Computer Science
553 (1.639 %)Management Information System
633 (1.020 %)PDA
727 (0.835 %)Blackberry
818 (0.557 %)EPoS
914 (0.433 %)Tandem
1012 (0.371 %)Clustering
1111 (0.340 %)Mathematics
1210 (0.309 %)NHS
139 (0.278 %)Replication
139 (0.278 %)Multithreading
148 (0.247 %)Device Driver
148 (0.247 %)E-Learning
157 (0.216 %)Artificial Intelligence
157 (0.216 %)Statistics
166 (0.186 %)Web 2.0
174 (0.124 %)Data Extraction
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1377 (11.66 %)Windows
267 (2.072 %)Linux
343 (1.330 %)UNIX
425 (0.773 %)Windows Mobile
522 (0.680 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (0.278 %)Windows CE
74 (0.124 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (0.124 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.062 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.031 %)SUSE
91 (0.031 %)Windows XP
91 (0.031 %)Solaris
91 (0.031 %)Windows Vista
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1473 (14.63 %)OO
2298 (9.215 %)Web Development
3248 (7.669 %)E-Commerce
4202 (6.246 %)UML
5147 (4.545 %)Project Management
6143 (4.422 %)Agile Software Development
7135 (4.174 %)CRM
8110 (3.401 %)Unit Testing
9100 (3.092 %)OOP
1070 (2.165 %)OOD
1166 (2.041 %)Scrum
1166 (2.041 %)Content Management
1263 (1.948 %)OOA/OOD
1356 (1.732 %)PRINCE2
1455 (1.701 %)Requirements Analysis
1550 (1.546 %)SOA
1649 (1.515 %)Business Analysis
1743 (1.330 %)Migration
1842 (1.299 %)Stakeholder Management
1941 (1.268 %)Web Design
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11100 (34.01 %)SQL
2776 (24.00 %)VB.NET
3685 (21.18 %)JavaScript
4588 (18.18 %)VB
5394 (12.18 %)Java
6366 (11.32 %)C++
7267 (8.256 %)Transact-SQL
8223 (6.895 %)VB6
9149 (4.607 %)DHTML
10118 (3.649 %)C
11106 (3.278 %)PHP
1281 (2.505 %)VBScript
1364 (1.979 %)PL/SQL
1452 (1.608 %)Delphi
1544 (1.361 %)VBA
1642 (1.299 %)Perl
1729 (0.897 %)ActionScript
1823 (0.711 %)VC++
1918 (0.557 %)X++
207 (0.216 %)PHP5
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1371 (11.47 %)Degree
2154 (4.762 %)Microsoft Certification
353 (1.639 %)MCSD
446 (1.422 %)MCP
537 (1.144 %)MCAD
625 (0.773 %)MCTS
715 (0.464 %)ISEB
814 (0.433 %)HND
911 (0.340 %)MCPD
108 (0.247 %)MCSE
115 (0.155 %)HNC
115 (0.155 %)PRINCE2 Certification
124 (0.124 %)ITIL Certification
133 (0.093 %)Postgraduate
142 (0.062 %)GNVQ
142 (0.062 %)NVQ Level 3
151 (0.031 %)PMP
151 (0.031 %)PMI Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
163 (1.948 %)QA
213 (0.402 %)SLA
36 (0.186 %)WCAG
42 (0.062 %)ISO9001
42 (0.062 %)TickIT
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (0.618 %)Terminal Server
211 (0.340 %)Active Directory
34 (0.124 %)Terminal Services
34 (0.124 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (0.093 %)MSMQ
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.062 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1676 (20.90 %)Microsoft
2259 (8.009 %)Oracle
342 (1.299 %)Adobe
428 (0.866 %)Citrix
524 (0.742 %)Business Objects
616 (0.495 %)NetSuite
711 (0.340 %)Sybase
810 (0.309 %)Visualfiles
98 (0.247 %)Sage
107 (0.216 %)Google
116 (0.186 %)VMware
116 (0.186 %)IBM
125 (0.155 %)Sun
125 (0.155 %)Siebel
125 (0.155 %)Infragistics
125 (0.155 %)Borland
134 (0.124 %)SAP
143 (0.093 %)Macromedia
143 (0.093 %)Motorola
143 (0.093 %)Nokia