Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Northamptonshire region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank101817
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads553693
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire10.87 %9.574 %8.122 %
As % of the Programming Languages category32.16 %24.00 %23.19 %
Salaries quoted543588
Average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£24,900£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
171150401
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire33.79 %39.89 %35.02 %
Salaries quoted159131366
Average salary£31,500£32,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.560 %-8.570 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£21,500£25,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C# East MidlandsC#
East Midlands

C#
Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NorthamptonUp+633£40,000+23.07 %
KetteringUp+23£37,500+66.66 %
CorbyNew entry-3£21,000-
C# East MidlandsC#
East Midlands

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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#.

171 (93.42 %).NET
243 (56.58 %)ASP.NET
334 (44.74 %)SQL Server
421 (27.63 %)CSS
519 (25.00 %)Web Services
519 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
618 (23.68 %)Microsoft
717 (22.37 %)Windows
816 (21.05 %)HTML
816 (21.05 %)JavaScript
914 (18.42 %)C
914 (18.42 %)SQL
914 (18.42 %)XHTML
1012 (15.79 %)SharePoint
1111 (14.47 %)Retail
1210 (13.16 %)VB.NET
1210 (13.16 %)XML
1210 (13.16 %)Web Development
1210 (13.16 %)SharePoint Server 2007
139 (11.84 %)Visual Studio
139 (11.84 %)OO
148 (10.53 %)Java
157 (9.211 %)SQL Server 2005
157 (9.211 %)Pensions
166 (7.895 %)E-Commerce
166 (7.895 %)Marketing
166 (7.895 %)Degree
166 (7.895 %)Unit Testing
175 (6.579 %)SQL Server 2000
175 (6.579 %)VB

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
171 (93.42 %).NET
243 (56.58 %)ASP.NET
321 (27.63 %)CSS
419 (25.00 %)Web Services
516 (21.05 %)HTML
614 (18.42 %)XHTML
710 (13.16 %)XML
84 (5.263 %)WCF
84 (5.263 %)ASP.NET 2.0
93 (3.947 %).NET Framework
93 (3.947 %)Windows SharePoint Services
93 (3.947 %)ASP
102 (2.632 %)WinForms
102 (2.632 %)XSL
102 (2.632 %)XSLT
102 (2.632 %)AJAX
102 (2.632 %)LINQ
111 (1.316 %)MonoRail
111 (1.316 %)NHibernate
111 (1.316 %).NET Remoting
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
112 (15.79 %)SharePoint
210 (13.16 %)SharePoint Server 2007
35 (6.579 %)IIS
42 (2.632 %)BizTalk Server
51 (1.316 %)CMS
51 (1.316 %)ColdFusion
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (2.632 %)MS Office
21 (1.316 %)MS Excel
21 (1.316 %)MS Visio
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.316 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (1.316 %)Navision
11 (1.316 %)Dynamics NAV
11 (1.316 %)Dynamics CRM
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (2.632 %)SMTP
12 (2.632 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.316 %)Intranet
21 (1.316 %)Internet
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (44.74 %)SQL Server
27 (9.211 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (6.579 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (5.263 %)MySQL
53 (3.947 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
53 (3.947 %)SQL Server Integration Services
53 (3.947 %)SQL Server 2008
62 (2.632 %)GIS
62 (2.632 %)DTS
71 (1.316 %)Oracle 10g
71 (1.316 %)Crystal Reports
71 (1.316 %)Oracle Reports
71 (1.316 %)Oracle 9i
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (11.84 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.316 %)NUnit
21 (1.316 %)Subversion
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (14.47 %)Retail
27 (9.211 %)Pensions
36 (7.895 %)Marketing
45 (6.579 %)Finance
45 (6.579 %)Health
52 (2.632 %)Insurance
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
166 (86.84 %)Developer
226 (34.21 %).NET Developer
318 (23.68 %)C# Developer
415 (19.74 %)Web Developer
511 (14.47 %)Senior Developer
69 (11.84 %)SharePoint Developer
78 (10.53 %)Programmer
78 (10.53 %)ASP.NET Developer
85 (6.579 %).NET Web Developer
85 (6.579 %).NET Programmer
85 (6.579 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
94 (5.263 %)Graduate Developer
94 (5.263 %)Software Engineer
94 (5.263 %)Applications Developer
94 (5.263 %)Graduate
94 (5.263 %)Software Developer
94 (5.263 %)Architect
94 (5.263 %)Project Manager
103 (3.947 %)Analyst
103 (3.947 %)Development Manager
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (5.263 %)Computer Science
23 (3.947 %)N-Tier
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (22.37 %)Windows
22 (2.632 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (2.632 %)Windows Server 2008
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
119 (25.00 %)Business Analysis
210 (13.16 %)Web Development
39 (11.84 %)OO
46 (7.895 %)E-Commerce
46 (7.895 %)Unit Testing
54 (5.263 %)Email Marketing
54 (5.263 %)SEO
62 (2.632 %)Migration
62 (2.632 %)Content Management
62 (2.632 %)Systems Analysis
62 (2.632 %)BPR
62 (2.632 %)Project Management
62 (2.632 %)CRM
62 (2.632 %)PRINCE2
62 (2.632 %)UML
62 (2.632 %)OOP
62 (2.632 %)Software Architecture
71 (1.316 %)Test Scripting
71 (1.316 %)Data Migration
71 (1.316 %)Change Management
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (21.05 %)JavaScript
214 (18.42 %)SQL
214 (18.42 %)C
310 (13.16 %)VB.NET
48 (10.53 %)Java
55 (6.579 %)VB
63 (3.947 %)PHP
72 (2.632 %)T-SQL
72 (2.632 %)C++
81 (1.316 %)COBOL
81 (1.316 %)Delphi
81 (1.316 %)PL/SQL
81 (1.316 %)Assembly Language
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (7.895 %)Degree
22 (2.632 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
31 (1.316 %)MCP
31 (1.316 %)MCAD
31 (1.316 %)MCSD
31 (1.316 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (1.316 %)ITIL Certification
31 (1.316 %)MCTS
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.632 %)QA
21 (1.316 %)SLA
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.316 %)MSMQ
Northamptonshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (23.68 %)Microsoft
24 (5.263 %)Google
24 (5.263 %)Oracle