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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 13 19 12
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 16 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 13.22% 8.943% 8.696%
As % of the Application Development category 22.22% 15.28% 21.05%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 4
Average salary £31,250 £36,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.19% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +4.28%
All Application Development
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
72 72 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 59.50% 58.54% 41.30%
Number of salaries quoted 68 72 19
Average salary £33,250 £31,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,761 £27,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET Framework
Lancashire

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston .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 Preston region.

Preston .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 19 (100.00%) .NET
2 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
3 13 (68.42%) SQL Server
4 12 (63.16%) VB.NET
5 11 (57.89%) C#
6 8 (42.11%) Windows
6 8 (42.11%) VB
6 8 (42.11%) ASP.NET
7 7 (36.84%) Visual Studio
7 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (31.58%) Waterfall
8 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (31.58%) ASP
8 6 (31.58%) MS Office
8 6 (31.58%) VBA
8 6 (31.58%) C++
8 6 (31.58%) MS Excel
8 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
8 6 (31.58%) TeamSite
9 5 (26.32%) OO
9 5 (26.32%) XAML
9 5 (26.32%) Finance
9 5 (26.32%) MVVM
9 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2012
9 5 (26.32%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 5 (26.32%) Web Development
9 5 (26.32%) WPF
10 3 (15.79%) WCF

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 19 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (42.11%) ASP.NET
3 6 (31.58%) ASP
4 5 (26.32%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 5 (26.32%) WPF
5 3 (15.79%) WCF
6 2 (10.53%) Silverlight
6 2 (10.53%) HTML
6 2 (10.53%) CSS
6 2 (10.53%) SOAP
6 2 (10.53%) Web Services
6 2 (10.53%) XML
7 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
1 6 (31.58%) TeamSite
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) MS Office
1 6 (31.58%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (68.42%) SQL Server
2 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
5 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Developer
2 10 (52.63%) Software Developer
3 5 (26.32%) .NET Developer
3 5 (26.32%) C# Developer
3 5 (26.32%) VB.NET Developer
3 5 (26.32%) .NET Software Developer
3 5 (26.32%) C# .NET Developer
3 5 (26.32%) SharePoint Developer
3 5 (26.32%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (10.53%) Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Web Developer
5 1 (5.263%) VB Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) VB6 Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (5.263%) VB Programmer
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (31.58%) Waterfall
2 5 (26.32%) OO
2 5 (26.32%) MVVM
2 5 (26.32%) Web Development
3 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
3 1 (5.263%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) VB.NET
2 11 (57.89%) C#
3 8 (42.11%) VB
4 6 (31.58%) VBA
4 6 (31.58%) C++
5 5 (26.32%) XAML
6 2 (10.53%) VB6
6 2 (10.53%) SQL
7 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft