The first table below looks at the demand for C# 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 C# over the 3 months to 24 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 Programming Languages category for the Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 9 3 18
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +15
Permanent jobs citing C# 45 65 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 17.51% 27.90% 10.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.80% 52.85% 20.87%
Number of salaries quoted 38 41 22
Average salary £56,250 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+73.07% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,700 £25,000 £27,900
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
151 123 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 58.75% 52.79% 49.78%
Number of salaries quoted 110 69 74
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C#
UK

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Northern Ireland C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

Northern Ireland C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim -2 42 £55,000 +46.66%
County Londonderry - 3 £95,000 -
C#
UK

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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#.

1 51 (68.92%) .NET
2 40 (54.05%) SQL Server
3 38 (51.35%) SQL
4 33 (44.59%) ASP.NET
5 26 (35.14%) Microsoft
6 20 (27.03%) Banking
7 19 (25.68%) .NET Framework
8 18 (24.32%) Finance
9 17 (22.97%) C++
10 15 (20.27%) HTML
10 15 (20.27%) SQL Server 2008
11 14 (18.92%) Visual Studio
11 14 (18.92%) Investment Banking
12 13 (17.57%) WCF
12 13 (17.57%) WPF
12 13 (17.57%) Windows
13 12 (16.22%) MS Excel
13 12 (16.22%) JavaScript
14 11 (14.86%) XML
14 11 (14.86%) SQL Server 2005
14 11 (14.86%) Security Cleared
15 10 (13.51%) Unit Testing
15 10 (13.51%) Subversion
15 10 (13.51%) CSS
16 9 (12.16%) SharePoint
16 9 (12.16%) MVC
16 9 (12.16%) Multithreading
17 8 (10.81%) WinForms
17 8 (10.81%) Progress
17 8 (10.81%) OO

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Application Development
1 51 (68.92%) .NET
2 33 (44.59%) ASP.NET
3 19 (25.68%) .NET Framework
4 15 (20.27%) HTML
5 13 (17.57%) WCF
5 13 (17.57%) WPF
6 11 (14.86%) XML
7 10 (13.51%) CSS
8 8 (10.81%) WinForms
9 5 (6.757%) WF
10 4 (5.405%) Web Services
10 4 (5.405%) Silverlight
10 4 (5.405%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (4.054%) Ajax
12 2 (2.703%) jQuery
12 2 (2.703%) Visualforce
12 2 (2.703%) HTML5
12 2 (2.703%) CSS3
13 1 (1.351%) WebSphere
13 1 (1.351%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 9 (12.16%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.459%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (6.757%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (6.757%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (5.405%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (2.703%) Force.com
6 1 (1.351%) Windows Azure
6 1 (1.351%) GlassFish
6 1 (1.351%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (1.351%) CMS
6 1 (1.351%) Apache
6 1 (1.351%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (16.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.351%) Fireworks
2 1 (1.351%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.351%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (54.05%) SQL Server
2 15 (20.27%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (14.86%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (5.405%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.703%) GIS
5 2 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.703%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.351%) Big Data
6 1 (1.351%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.351%) OLTP
6 1 (1.351%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 14 (18.92%) Visual Studio
2 10 (13.51%) Subversion
3 5 (6.757%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (2.703%) CruiseControl
4 2 (2.703%) JIRA
4 2 (2.703%) Hudson
4 2 (2.703%) MSBuild
General
1 20 (27.03%) Banking
2 18 (24.32%) Finance
3 14 (18.92%) Investment Banking
4 3 (4.054%) Front Office
5 1 (1.351%) Retail
5 1 (1.351%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.351%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (72.97%) Developer
2 28 (37.84%) C# Developer
3 14 (18.92%) Senior Developer
4 9 (12.16%) .NET Developer
4 9 (12.16%) C++ Developer
5 8 (10.81%) C# .NET Developer
5 8 (10.81%) Support Engineer
6 7 (9.459%) Microsoft Developer
6 7 (9.459%) C++/C# Developer
7 5 (6.757%) Senior C# Developer
7 5 (6.757%) Software Engineer
7 5 (6.757%) Lead Developer
8 4 (5.405%) Applications Specialist
8 4 (5.405%) Software Developer
9 3 (4.054%) Senior Software Engineer
9 3 (4.054%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 2 (2.703%) Applications Support
10 2 (2.703%) Senior C++ Developer
10 2 (2.703%) Senior Java Developer
10 2 (2.703%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.108%) Derivative
2 3 (4.054%) Open Source
3 2 (2.703%) Wiki
3 2 (2.703%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.351%) Blog
4 1 (1.351%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.351%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.351%) Equities
4 1 (1.351%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.351%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.57%) Windows
2 3 (4.054%) UNIX
3 2 (2.703%) Linux
4 1 (1.351%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.351%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.51%) Unit Testing
2 9 (12.16%) MVC
2 9 (12.16%) Multithreading
3 8 (10.81%) OO
4 5 (6.757%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (6.757%) Scrum
4 5 (6.757%) Workflow
5 4 (5.405%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (5.405%) Web Development
5 4 (5.405%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (5.405%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (4.054%) Computer Architecture
6 3 (4.054%) Time Management
6 3 (4.054%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (4.054%) TDD
7 2 (2.703%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.703%) SOA
7 2 (2.703%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.703%) Software Engineering
7 2 (2.703%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (51.35%) SQL
2 17 (22.97%) C++
3 12 (16.22%) JavaScript
4 7 (9.459%) Java
5 5 (6.757%) VB.NET
6 4 (5.405%) Python
7 3 (4.054%) C
8 2 (2.703%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.703%) Apex Code
8 2 (2.703%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.351%) Bash shell
9 1 (1.351%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.351%) XAML
9 1 (1.351%) Perl
Qualifications
1 11 (14.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.108%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.757%) Degree
4 2 (2.703%) BC Cleared
4 2 (2.703%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.351%) MCTS
5 1 (1.351%) ISEB
5 1 (1.351%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.703%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.351%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.351%) SCOM
Vendors
1 26 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.81%) Progress
2 8 (10.81%) Oracle
3 5 (6.757%) Sybase
4 4 (5.405%) DataSynapse
5 2 (2.703%) JBoss
5 2 (2.703%) Infragistics
5 2 (2.703%) ESRI
5 2 (2.703%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (2.703%) DevExpress
6 1 (1.351%) Syncfusion
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