Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET 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 Application Development category for the Northern Ireland region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank141530
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+15
Matching permanent IT job ads232313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland9.312 %11.73 %4.290 %
As % of the Application Development category42.59 %43.40 %20.97 %
Salaries quoted18146
Average salary£37,500£32,500£22,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38 %+46.06 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£25,900£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£38,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£33,500
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %+1.490 %
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
545362
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland21.86 %27.04 %20.46 %
Salaries quoted332925
Average salary£37,500£31,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.96 %-11.42 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,600£25,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£50,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
.NET UK.NET
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.NET
Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

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

Northern Ireland .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Northern Ireland .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 Northern Ireland 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
County AntrimDown-822£37,500+3.44 %
NewryUp+31£37,500+25.00 %
.NET UK.NET
UK

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

124 (85.71 %)C#
219 (67.86 %)Microsoft
219 (67.86 %)SQL Server
313 (46.43 %)Degree
412 (42.86 %)Visual Studio
511 (39.29 %)SQL
511 (39.29 %)MS Excel
610 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
79 (32.14 %)XML
88 (28.57 %)Windows
88 (28.57 %)Computer Science
96 (21.43 %)SharePoint Server 2007
96 (21.43 %)Software Engineering
96 (21.43 %)Oracle
96 (21.43 %)C++
105 (17.86 %)Java
105 (17.86 %)CRM
105 (17.86 %)ERP
105 (17.86 %)Axapta
105 (17.86 %)SQL Server 2005
105 (17.86 %)X++
105 (17.86 %)Dynamics AX
105 (17.86 %)Pensions
114 (14.29 %)Windows Mobile
114 (14.29 %)Dynamics CRM
114 (14.29 %)Health
114 (14.29 %)Finance
114 (14.29 %)SharePoint
114 (14.29 %)XSLT
114 (14.29 %)T-SQL

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (35.71 %)ASP.NET
29 (32.14 %)XML
34 (14.29 %)XSLT
43 (10.71 %)Web Services
43 (10.71 %)HTML
43 (10.71 %).NET Framework
52 (7.143 %)AJAX
61 (3.571 %)XHTML
61 (3.571 %)WinForms
61 (3.571 %)Java EE
61 (3.571 %)Adobe Flex
61 (3.571 %)WCF
61 (3.571 %)WPF
61 (3.571 %)Silverlight
61 (3.571 %)LINQ
61 (3.571 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (3.571 %)J2EE
61 (3.571 %)MFC
61 (3.571 %)ADO.NET
61 (3.571 %)ASP
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (21.43 %)SharePoint Server 2007
24 (14.29 %)SharePoint
33 (10.71 %)BizTalk Server
41 (3.571 %)CMS
41 (3.571 %)LiveLink
41 (3.571 %)IIS
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (39.29 %)MS Excel
21 (3.571 %)MS Office
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (17.86 %)Axapta
15 (17.86 %)Dynamics AX
24 (14.29 %)Dynamics CRM
32 (7.143 %)Microsoft CRM
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (67.86 %)SQL Server
25 (17.86 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (3.571 %)RDBMS
41 (3.571 %)EDRMS
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (42.86 %)Visual Studio
23 (10.71 %)MorphX
31 (3.571 %)Ant
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (17.86 %)Pensions
24 (14.29 %)Finance
24 (14.29 %)Health
32 (7.143 %)Banking
41 (3.571 %)Insurance
41 (3.571 %)Marketing
41 (3.571 %)Manufacturing
41 (3.571 %)Education
41 (3.571 %)Government
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
120 (71.43 %)Developer
24 (14.29 %)Analyst
24 (14.29 %)Software Developer
24 (14.29 %)Dynamics AX Developer
33 (10.71 %)Analyst Developer
33 (10.71 %)Software Engineer
33 (10.71 %)C# Developer
42 (7.143 %)Senior Analyst
42 (7.143 %)Support Engineer
42 (7.143 %)Consultant
42 (7.143 %)Customer Engineer
42 (7.143 %)Senior Developer
42 (7.143 %)Customer Support Engineer
42 (7.143 %)Senior Analyst Developer
42 (7.143 %)Technical Leader
42 (7.143 %)Microsoft Developer
51 (3.571 %)Technical Developer
51 (3.571 %)Wintel Analyst
51 (3.571 %)Wintel Support
51 (3.571 %)Systems Developer
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (28.57 %)Computer Science
23 (10.71 %)PDA
23 (10.71 %)Open Source
31 (3.571 %)Client/Server
31 (3.571 %)Mathematics
31 (3.571 %)Multithreading
31 (3.571 %)Visualisation
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (28.57 %)Windows
24 (14.29 %)Windows Mobile
32 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (3.571 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (3.571 %)UNIX
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (21.43 %)Software Engineering
25 (17.86 %)CRM
25 (17.86 %)ERP
33 (10.71 %)Resource Management
42 (7.143 %)Unit Testing
42 (7.143 %)Content Management
51 (3.571 %)OO
51 (3.571 %)E-Commerce
51 (3.571 %)Product Management
51 (3.571 %)Web Development
51 (3.571 %)EAI
51 (3.571 %)Business Intelligence
51 (3.571 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.571 %)Project Management
51 (3.571 %)Change Management
51 (3.571 %)Risk Management
51 (3.571 %)Workflow
51 (3.571 %)TDD
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
124 (85.71 %)C#
211 (39.29 %)SQL
36 (21.43 %)C++
45 (17.86 %)Java
45 (17.86 %)X++
54 (14.29 %)T-SQL
62 (7.143 %)C
71 (3.571 %)VB
71 (3.571 %)VBA
71 (3.571 %)VB6
71 (3.571 %)JavaScript
71 (3.571 %)PHP
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (46.43 %)Degree
23 (10.71 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (7.143 %)HND
41 (3.571 %)Security Cleared
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
119 (67.86 %)Microsoft
26 (21.43 %)Oracle
33 (10.71 %)IBM
42 (7.143 %)Adobe
42 (7.143 %)Software AG
51 (3.571 %)Reuters
51 (3.571 %)Bloomberg
51 (3.571 %)Meridio
51 (3.571 %)Sybase
51 (3.571 %)Vignette