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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 2 1 3
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 12 9 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Pontefract 57.14% 64.29% 54.55%
As % of the Application Development category 100.00% 100.00% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 12
Average salary £28,750 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.53% +8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Application Development
Pontefract
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12 9 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Pontefract 57.14% 64.29% 63.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 14
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
West Yorkshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Pontefract .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

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

Pontefract .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 7 (50.00%) SQL
3 7 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 6 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (42.86%) RDBMS
4 6 (42.86%) Citrix
5 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
5 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
6 4 (28.57%) MVC
7 3 (21.43%) CSS
7 3 (21.43%) XML
7 3 (21.43%) HTML
7 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
7 3 (21.43%) Ajax
7 3 (21.43%) HTML5
7 3 (21.43%) jQuery
8 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (14.29%) Degree
8 2 (14.29%) WCF
9 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (7.143%) TDD
9 1 (7.143%) Windows
9 1 (7.143%) OO
9 1 (7.143%) OOD
9 1 (7.143%) Hibernate
9 1 (7.143%) Scrum

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 3 (21.43%) CSS
3 3 (21.43%) XML
3 3 (21.43%) HTML
3 3 (21.43%) Ajax
3 3 (21.43%) HTML5
3 3 (21.43%) jQuery
4 2 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (14.29%) WCF
5 1 (7.143%) Hibernate
5 1 (7.143%) CSS3
5 1 (7.143%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (42.86%) RDBMS
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 5 (35.71%) Analyst
3 5 (35.71%) Analyst Programmer
3 5 (35.71%) Programmer
3 5 (35.71%) C# Analyst Programmer
3 5 (35.71%) C# Programmer
4 3 (21.43%) .NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Developer
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (7.143%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.143%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior .NET Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior Developer
5 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Web Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Junior
5 1 (7.143%) C# .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (28.57%) MVC
3 1 (7.143%) TDD
3 1 (7.143%) OO
3 1 (7.143%) OOD
3 1 (7.143%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Citrix
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft