The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Development category for the Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 63 53 57
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +4
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 18 10 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 1.775% 1.558% 2.128%
As % of the Application Development category 4.380% 3.584% 3.890%
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 17
Average salary £52,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,400 £35,000 £28,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £43,400 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,800 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+0.82% +4.28%
All Application Development
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
411 279 437
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 40.53% 43.46% 54.69%
Number of salaries quoted 355 245 423
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET Framework
Oxfordshire

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Oxford .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Trend

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

Oxford .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxford .NET Framework Salary Histogram

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

1 57 (100.00%) .NET
2 52 (91.23%) C#
2 52 (91.23%) Microsoft
3 44 (77.19%) SQL Server
4 39 (68.42%) JavaScript
5 38 (66.67%) SQL
6 36 (63.16%) WCF
7 33 (57.89%) LINQ
8 30 (52.63%) WPF
9 29 (50.88%) Ruby
9 29 (50.88%) AMQP
9 29 (50.88%) T-SQL
9 29 (50.88%) C
9 29 (50.88%) Linux
10 26 (45.61%) OO
10 26 (45.61%) CRM
10 26 (45.61%) SQL Server 2008
11 16 (28.07%) RabbitMQ
11 16 (28.07%) ASP.NET
12 14 (24.56%) Visual Studio
12 14 (24.56%) HTML
13 12 (21.05%) MS Excel
13 12 (21.05%) BizTalk Server
14 11 (19.30%) Finance
14 11 (19.30%) XML
14 11 (19.30%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
15 9 (15.79%) Dynamics NAV
15 9 (15.79%) Dynamics CRM
15 9 (15.79%) Dynamics AX

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Application Development
1 57 (100.00%) .NET
2 36 (63.16%) WCF
3 33 (57.89%) LINQ
4 30 (52.63%) WPF
5 16 (28.07%) ASP.NET
6 14 (24.56%) HTML
7 11 (19.30%) XML
8 9 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
9 8 (14.04%) CSS
10 6 (10.53%) jQuery
11 5 (8.772%) ASP.NET MVC 2
11 5 (8.772%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 5 (8.772%) Ajax
12 4 (7.018%) XSLT
12 4 (7.018%) Web Services
12 4 (7.018%) HTML5
13 3 (5.263%) CSS3
13 3 (5.263%) XSL
13 3 (5.263%) SOAP
13 3 (5.263%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 16 (28.07%) RabbitMQ
2 12 (21.05%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (5.263%) IIS
4 2 (3.509%) Apache
4 2 (3.509%) ESB
5 1 (1.754%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.754%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Dynamics NAV
1 9 (15.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (15.79%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 29 (50.88%) AMQP
2 3 (5.263%) TCP/IP
2 3 (5.263%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (77.19%) SQL Server
2 26 (45.61%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (15.79%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (8.772%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (7.018%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (3.509%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.509%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (24.56%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.263%) NUnit
3 2 (3.509%) Subversion
4 1 (1.754%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.754%) Dreamweaver
General
1 11 (19.30%) Finance
2 2 (3.509%) French Language
2 2 (3.509%) German Language
2 2 (3.509%) Italian Language
2 2 (3.509%) Russian Language
2 2 (3.509%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 46 (80.70%) Developer
2 26 (45.61%) .NET Developer
3 15 (26.32%) Senior Developer
4 9 (15.79%) Architect
4 9 (15.79%) Senior Architect
4 9 (15.79%) BizTalk Architect
4 9 (15.79%) Senior BizTalk Architect
5 7 (12.28%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (7.018%) Senior .NET Developer
7 3 (5.263%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (5.263%) BizTalk Developer
7 3 (5.263%) Lead Developer
8 2 (3.509%) Data Analyst
8 2 (3.509%) Analyst
8 2 (3.509%) Web Developer
8 2 (3.509%) Applications Developer
8 2 (3.509%) Web Applications Developer
8 2 (3.509%) Microsoft Developer
8 2 (3.509%) Analyst Developer
8 2 (3.509%) Lead Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (7.018%) N-Tier
3 3 (5.263%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.509%) Inversion of Control
4 2 (3.509%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.754%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.754%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (50.88%) Linux
2 3 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) OO
1 26 (45.61%) CRM
2 9 (15.79%) Web Development
3 7 (12.28%) MVC
4 6 (10.53%) TDD
5 3 (5.263%) Unit Testing
5 3 (5.263%) E-Commerce
5 3 (5.263%) SOA
5 3 (5.263%) Configuration Management
6 2 (3.509%) Project Management
6 2 (3.509%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (3.509%) EAI
6 2 (3.509%) Dependency Injection
6 2 (3.509%) Workflow
6 2 (3.509%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.509%) Data Analysis
6 2 (3.509%) Business Analysis
7 1 (1.754%) OOP
7 1 (1.754%) Web Design
7 1 (1.754%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 52 (91.23%) C#
2 39 (68.42%) JavaScript
3 38 (66.67%) SQL
4 29 (50.88%) T-SQL
4 29 (50.88%) C
4 29 (50.88%) Ruby
5 6 (10.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.509%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) QA
Vendors
1 52 (91.23%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.79%) Baan
2 9 (15.79%) Kofax
2 9 (15.79%) Oracle
2 9 (15.79%) SAP