The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 1 3 3
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 51 57 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 47.22% 46.72% 25.53%
As % of the Application Development category 80.95% 82.61% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 48 56 11
Average salary £33,250 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.30% -13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
All Application Development
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
63 69 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 58.33% 56.56% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 59 68 19
Average salary £34,000 £31,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.93% -1.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,204 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £37,500 £35,700
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
.NET
Lancashire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston .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 Preston region.

Preston .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Preston region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Preston .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 69 (81.18%) C#
2 52 (61.18%) ASP.NET
3 50 (58.82%) SQL Server
4 48 (56.47%) Microsoft
5 28 (32.94%) MVC
6 23 (27.06%) JavaScript
6 23 (27.06%) VB.NET
7 22 (25.88%) VB
7 22 (25.88%) OO
8 21 (24.71%) MS Excel
8 21 (24.71%) .NET Framework
9 20 (23.53%) CSS
9 20 (23.53%) Visual Studio
10 19 (22.35%) WCF
11 17 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
11 17 (20.00%) WPF
12 16 (18.82%) MVVM
13 15 (17.65%) XML
14 14 (16.47%) SQL
14 14 (16.47%) SharePoint
14 14 (16.47%) SQL Server 2012
15 13 (15.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 13 (15.29%) jQuery
15 13 (15.29%) SQL Server 2005
16 12 (14.12%) XAML
16 12 (14.12%) Web Development
17 11 (12.94%) Web Application Development
17 11 (12.94%) E-Commerce
17 11 (12.94%) HTML
17 11 (12.94%) Windows

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 52 (61.18%) ASP.NET
2 21 (24.71%) .NET Framework
3 20 (23.53%) CSS
4 19 (22.35%) WCF
5 17 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 17 (20.00%) WPF
6 15 (17.65%) XML
7 13 (15.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 13 (15.29%) jQuery
8 11 (12.94%) HTML
9 10 (11.76%) Ajax
10 9 (10.59%) Castle Windsor
11 8 (9.412%) XSLT
11 8 (9.412%) Web Services
11 8 (9.412%) WinForms
12 7 (8.235%) Lucene
12 7 (8.235%) NHibernate
12 7 (8.235%) ASP
12 7 (8.235%) LINQ
13 6 (7.059%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 14 (16.47%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.235%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (7.059%) TeamSite
4 1 (1.176%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.176%) IIS
4 1 (1.176%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 21 (24.71%) MS Excel
2 7 (8.235%) MS Office
3 4 (4.706%) InfoPath
4 2 (2.353%) Photoshop
4 2 (2.353%) Fireworks
4 2 (2.353%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.176%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.706%) Intranet
1 4 (4.706%) Extranet
2 1 (1.176%) SMTP
2 1 (1.176%) FTP
2 1 (1.176%) HTTP
2 1 (1.176%) DNS
2 1 (1.176%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (58.82%) SQL Server
2 14 (16.47%) SQL Server 2012
3 13 (15.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (10.59%) RDBMS
5 7 (8.235%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (8.235%) SQL Server 2008
6 6 (7.059%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.176%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 20 (23.53%) Visual Studio
2 9 (10.59%) Rhino Mocks
2 9 (10.59%) NUnit
3 7 (8.235%) Cucumber
3 7 (8.235%) Selenium
4 6 (7.059%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (4.706%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (4.706%) ClearCase
6 2 (2.353%) MSTest
6 2 (2.353%) Moq
General
1 7 (8.235%) Advertising
1 7 (8.235%) Retail
2 6 (7.059%) Finance
3 4 (4.706%) Military
3 4 (4.706%) Aerospace
4 3 (3.529%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (72.94%) Developer
2 29 (34.12%) .NET Developer
3 24 (28.24%) Software Developer
4 19 (22.35%) C# Developer
4 19 (22.35%) C# .NET Developer
5 12 (14.12%) C# Software Developer
5 12 (14.12%) .NET Software Developer
6 11 (12.94%) SharePoint Developer
7 10 (11.76%) Analyst
8 9 (10.59%) Web Developer
9 6 (7.059%) ASP.NET Developer
10 5 (5.882%) Programmer
10 5 (5.882%) VB.NET Developer
10 5 (5.882%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 4 (4.706%) Development Engineer
11 4 (4.706%) Junior Developer
11 4 (4.706%) Software Development Engineer
11 4 (4.706%) Junior
11 4 (4.706%) Software Engineer
12 3 (3.529%) .NET Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.353%) FMCG
1 2 (2.353%) Inversion of Control
2 1 (1.176%) Streaming Music
2 1 (1.176%) Thin Client
2 1 (1.176%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.176%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.94%) Windows
2 6 (7.059%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (7.059%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.94%) MVC
2 22 (25.88%) OO
3 16 (18.82%) MVVM
4 12 (14.12%) Web Development
5 11 (12.94%) Web Application Development
5 11 (12.94%) E-Commerce
6 10 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
6 10 (11.76%) TDD
7 9 (10.59%) Kanban
7 9 (10.59%) Scrum
8 7 (8.235%) Web Design
8 7 (8.235%) Scrum-ban
8 7 (8.235%) BDD
8 7 (8.235%) Unit Testing
9 6 (7.059%) Waterfall
10 5 (5.882%) Workflow
11 4 (4.706%) UML
11 4 (4.706%) Document Management
12 3 (3.529%) Enterprise Architecture
12 3 (3.529%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 69 (81.18%) C#
2 23 (27.06%) JavaScript
2 23 (27.06%) VB.NET
3 22 (25.88%) VB
4 14 (16.47%) SQL
5 12 (14.12%) XAML
6 10 (11.76%) C++
7 7 (8.235%) VB6
7 7 (8.235%) T-SQL
8 6 (7.059%) PowerShell
8 6 (7.059%) VBA
9 4 (4.706%) VC++
10 1 (1.176%) XPath
Qualifications
1 10 (11.76%) MCP
1 10 (11.76%) MCAD
1 10 (11.76%) MCSD
1 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (11.76%) MCTS
2 3 (3.529%) ISTQB
2 3 (3.529%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.176%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.706%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 48 (56.47%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.235%) Oracle
3 3 (3.529%) Twitter
4 2 (2.353%) Adobe
5 1 (1.176%) Citrix
5 1 (1.176%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.176%) SAP
Preston, Lancashire
C# /.NET / Agile / SQL Server / WCF / WPF / Preston / Lancashire / Blackburn / Blackpool / Manchester / Wigan / Warrington / Cheshire. C# .NET Applications Developer... Suitable candidates must have proven experience of developing enterprise...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £35,000 to £43,000 per annum Plus Pension, Holidays
Posted: 14 June 2013
Preston, North West
I'm currently looking for a Lead ASP.Net Developer with good business facing skills to head up a small but growing development team for a company going...
Mint
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
I'm currently looking for a Lead ASP.Net Developer with good business facing skills to head up a small but growing development team for a company going...
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Preston, North West
web developer, .Net, C#, MVC3, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, CSS, MS SQL, Unit Testing, Web testing, e-commerce, Preston/ 38K Are you passionate about ASP.Net Development?... Some experience...
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
web developer, .Net, C#, MVC3, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, CSS, MS SQL, Unit Testing, Web testing, e-commerce, Preston/ 38K... Some experience of JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, CSS, MS SQL,...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum Plus Pension, Holidays
Posted: 14 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Blackpool,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £37,000 + bonus + excellent bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Preston, North West
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Intapeople
Salary: £32000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013