The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 8 4 2
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 268 508 382
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 12.49% 22.33% 20.50%
As % of the Application Development category 42.07% 53.25% 53.20%
Number of salaries quoted 255 466 342
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £61,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
637 954 718
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 29.68% 41.93% 38.54%
Number of salaries quoted 561 865 624
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Berkshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading .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 Reading region.

Reading .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 489 (75.46%) C#
2 408 (62.96%) ASP.NET
3 392 (60.49%) SQL Server
4 291 (44.91%) SQL
5 209 (32.25%) JavaScript
6 200 (30.86%) MVC
7 199 (30.71%) Microsoft
8 173 (26.70%) CSS
9 163 (25.15%) jQuery
10 162 (25.00%) HTML
11 147 (22.69%) VB.NET
12 145 (22.38%) WCF
13 133 (20.52%) Scrum
14 128 (19.75%) ASP.NET MVC
15 118 (18.21%) TDD
16 115 (17.75%) Finance
17 113 (17.44%) MS Excel
18 104 (16.05%) SharePoint
19 98 (15.12%) XML
20 94 (14.51%) Web Services
21 92 (14.20%) .NET Framework
22 91 (14.04%) Windows
23 90 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
24 89 (13.73%) SQL Server 2008
25 83 (12.81%) Visual Studio
26 70 (10.80%) Razor View Engine
27 68 (10.49%) Java
28 66 (10.19%) OO
29 65 (10.03%) Ajax
30 59 (9.105%) Degree

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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
1 408 (62.96%) ASP.NET
2 173 (26.70%) CSS
3 163 (25.15%) jQuery
4 162 (25.00%) HTML
5 145 (22.38%) WCF
6 128 (19.75%) ASP.NET MVC
7 98 (15.12%) XML
8 94 (14.51%) Web Services
9 92 (14.20%) .NET Framework
10 70 (10.80%) Razor View Engine
11 65 (10.03%) Ajax
12 55 (8.488%) Castle Windsor
13 47 (7.253%) WPF
14 40 (6.173%) LINQ
15 38 (5.864%) Ninject
15 38 (5.864%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 37 (5.710%) NHibernate
17 35 (5.401%) WinForms
17 35 (5.401%) Unity DI Container
18 32 (4.938%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 104 (16.05%) SharePoint
2 34 (5.247%) SharePoint 2010
3 32 (4.938%) IIS
4 29 (4.475%) CMS
5 24 (3.704%) SharePoint Server
6 19 (2.932%) MS Exchange
7 13 (2.006%) BizTalk Server
8 12 (1.852%) Sitecore CMS
9 11 (1.698%) Exchange Server 2003
10 8 (1.235%) Exchange Server 2007
11 6 (0.926%) SharePoint 2013
12 4 (0.617%) Windows Azure
13 3 (0.463%) Exchange Server 2010
13 3 (0.463%) Drupal
14 2 (0.309%) LiveLink
14 2 (0.309%) Force.com
14 2 (0.309%) ExpressionEngine
14 2 (0.309%) WordPress
14 2 (0.309%) Movable Type
14 2 (0.309%) Umbraco
Applications
1 113 (17.44%) MS Excel
2 25 (3.858%) InfoPath
3 14 (2.160%) MS Office
4 3 (0.463%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (0.463%) MS Project
4 3 (0.463%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.309%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.309%) Fireworks
6 1 (0.154%) SketchUp
6 1 (0.154%) Revit
6 1 (0.154%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (2.623%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.235%) BusinessWorks
3 3 (0.463%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.463%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.309%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.315%) TCP/IP
2 12 (1.852%) HTTP
3 10 (1.543%) Intranet
4 9 (1.389%) LAN
4 9 (1.389%) WAN
5 8 (1.235%) Frame Relay
5 8 (1.235%) Firewall
5 8 (1.235%) Ethernet
5 8 (1.235%) ATM
5 8 (1.235%) VPN
6 6 (0.926%) Internet
7 4 (0.617%) DNS
8 2 (0.309%) Extranet
8 2 (0.309%) SAN
8 2 (0.309%) NAS
9 1 (0.154%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (60.49%) SQL Server
2 89 (13.73%) SQL Server 2008
3 56 (8.642%) MySQL
4 41 (6.327%) SQL Server 2005
5 32 (4.938%) SQL Server 2000
6 26 (4.012%) SQL Server 2012
7 20 (3.086%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.389%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.080%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.080%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.926%) MS Access
10 6 (0.926%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (0.926%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.463%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
11 3 (0.463%) Big Data
11 3 (0.463%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.309%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 1 (0.154%) BusinessObjects XI
13 1 (0.154%) Oracle 8/8i
13 1 (0.154%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 83 (12.81%) Visual Studio
2 58 (8.951%) NUnit
3 56 (8.642%) Rhino Mocks
4 38 (5.864%) Team Foundation Server
5 35 (5.401%) Moq
6 31 (4.784%) MSTest
7 21 (3.241%) TeamCity
8 17 (2.623%) Selenium
9 12 (1.852%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 12 (1.852%) Subversion
10 10 (1.543%) SpecFlow
10 10 (1.543%) Git (software)
11 9 (1.389%) Cucumber
12 8 (1.235%) ReSharper
13 7 (1.080%) Firebug
14 4 (0.617%) MSI
14 4 (0.617%) InstallShield
14 4 (0.617%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
15 3 (0.463%) Jenkins
16 2 (0.309%) Eclipse
General
1 115 (17.75%) Finance
2 18 (2.778%) Banking
3 15 (2.315%) Marketing
4 10 (1.543%) Advertising
5 9 (1.389%) Local Government
5 9 (1.389%) Telecoms
6 8 (1.235%) Retail
7 7 (1.080%) Publishing
8 5 (0.772%) Investment Banking
9 4 (0.617%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.617%) Billing
10 3 (0.463%) German Language
10 3 (0.463%) Legal
10 3 (0.463%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.309%) Electronics
12 1 (0.154%) Russian Language
12 1 (0.154%) Games
Job Titles
1 501 (77.31%) Developer
2 275 (42.44%) .NET Developer
3 135 (20.83%) C# Developer
4 117 (18.06%) C# .NET Developer
5 77 (11.88%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 75 (11.57%) Software Developer
7 69 (10.65%) ASP.NET Developer
8 65 (10.03%) Senior Developer
9 64 (9.877%) Web Developer
10 58 (8.951%) Consultant
11 45 (6.944%) SharePoint Developer
12 35 (5.401%) Senior .NET Developer
13 34 (5.247%) Applications Developer
14 32 (4.938%) Junior
15 31 (4.784%) .NET Web Developer
16 30 (4.630%) Software Engineer
17 29 (4.475%) Graduate
18 28 (4.321%) Junior Developer
19 27 (4.167%) Programmer
20 25 (3.858%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.790%) Inversion of Control
2 32 (4.938%) Client/Server
3 25 (3.858%) Computer Science
4 24 (3.704%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (3.086%) Digital Media
6 18 (2.778%) Tandem
7 13 (2.006%) SaaS
8 12 (1.852%) iPad
9 11 (1.698%) Clustering
10 9 (1.389%) RIA
11 8 (1.235%) Social Media
12 7 (1.080%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.080%) New Media
13 6 (0.926%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.772%) PMI
15 4 (0.617%) W3C
15 4 (0.617%) SWIFT
15 4 (0.617%) Hedge funds
16 3 (0.463%) Open Source
16 3 (0.463%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 91 (14.04%) Windows
2 15 (2.315%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (1.852%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (1.543%) UNIX
4 10 (1.543%) Windows 2000
5 9 (1.389%) Solaris
6 8 (1.235%) Windows XP
6 8 (1.235%) Linux
7 6 (0.926%) Android
8 3 (0.463%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.309%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.154%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (30.86%) MVC
2 133 (20.52%) Scrum
3 118 (18.21%) TDD
4 90 (13.89%) Agile Software Development
5 66 (10.19%) OO
6 58 (8.951%) Web Application Development
7 55 (8.488%) Continuous Integration
8 42 (6.481%) OOP
8 42 (6.481%) Kanban
9 34 (5.247%) MVVM
10 33 (5.093%) Dependency Injection
11 32 (4.938%) Web Development
11 32 (4.938%) CRM
11 32 (4.938%) Project Management
12 29 (4.475%) Migration
12 29 (4.475%) RAD
13 26 (4.012%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (3.858%) E-Commerce
15 22 (3.395%) Unit Testing
15 22 (3.395%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 489 (75.46%) C#
2 291 (44.91%) SQL
3 209 (32.25%) JavaScript
4 147 (22.69%) VB.NET
5 68 (10.49%) Java
6 48 (7.407%) PHP
7 41 (6.327%) T-SQL
8 33 (5.093%) Python
8 33 (5.093%) C++
8 33 (5.093%) Ruby
9 31 (4.784%) Perl
10 25 (3.858%) VB
11 22 (3.395%) C
12 15 (2.315%) VB6
13 11 (1.698%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.926%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.772%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.617%) XAML
16 4 (0.617%) VC++
17 3 (0.463%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 59 (9.105%) Degree
2 49 (7.562%) Microsoft Certification
3 36 (5.556%) MCSD
4 34 (5.247%) MCTS
4 34 (5.247%) MCP
4 34 (5.247%) MCAD
5 21 (3.241%) Security Cleared
6 13 (2.006%) SC Cleared
7 6 (0.926%) ISEB
8 5 (0.772%) PMI Certification
9 4 (0.617%) PMP
9 4 (0.617%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (0.617%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.154%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.154%) MCITP
10 1 (0.154%) MCSE
10 1 (0.154%) MCDBA
10 1 (0.154%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.623%) QA
2 4 (0.617%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.463%) HMG Infosec
3 3 (0.463%) COBIT
3 3 (0.463%) SLA
4 2 (0.309%) HL7
4 2 (0.309%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.154%) WAI
System Software
1 29 (4.475%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (4.321%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.543%) Xen
3 10 (1.543%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.543%) vSphere
4 2 (0.309%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.154%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (1.235%) Backup Exec
1 8 (1.235%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 8 (1.235%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 199 (30.71%) Microsoft
2 43 (6.636%) Oracle
3 35 (5.401%) VMware
4 28 (4.321%) Zend
5 18 (2.778%) Citrix
6 14 (2.160%) Sitecore
7 11 (1.698%) JBoss
8 10 (1.543%) Apple
9 8 (1.235%) McAfee
9 8 (1.235%) Veritas
9 8 (1.235%) TIBCO
9 8 (1.235%) Sun
10 7 (1.080%) Fujitsu
11 6 (0.926%) Telerik
12 4 (0.617%) Adobe
12 4 (0.617%) DevExpress
13 3 (0.463%) Salesforce.com
14 2 (0.309%) Open Text
14 2 (0.309%) Progress
14 2 (0.309%) Interwoven
Reading, Berkshire
NET Developer /Software Developer/ Software Engineer/ Analyst Programmer/ C# / ASP.NET/ SQL Server... Experience in a .Net Development role. ASP.NET Experience. C# Experience. J Query Knowledge. SQL...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
C#.Net Developer to work for a industry leading Software House... Key Skills Required: C# ASP.NET. MVC. PHP (Not essential but preferred) The role will be of...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Company Car
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
C#.Net Developer to work for a industry leading Software House... Key Skills Required: C# ASP.NET MVC PHP (Not essential but preferred) The role will be of...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Company Car
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
C# Developer, ASP.Net, HTML, CSS, MVC, SQL Server, JavaScript, Berkshire,£30k) Roc Search are working with their client, A Digital Media Agency based on the outskirts of...
Roc Search
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Senior .NET Developer /ASP.NET MVC / C# / TDD / HTML / CSS / JavaScript / MVC / .NET - Reading - £40,000 to £50,000... You will be positioned as a Senior .NET Developer;...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Software Developer / Engineer Skills Required to be successful - Solid commercial experience of C#.Net - Solid experience of SQL Server Desirable skills - TDD experience - Experience of using Rhino Mocks -...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Object Oriented Design capabilities... In addition to the above, it would be advantageous if the C# .NET / C++ Developer had: * WPF, WCF, ASP.NET experience. * MS SQL Server...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Software Engineer C# / ASP.NET... The Software engineer needs to have :- A proven experience of working with C# ASP.NET development experience... Some experience of C++ would be...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £37,000 - £45,000
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
C#, C++, Visual Studios 2010, .Net3.5, Visual C++ C# Developer is required for a world leading data analyst software company to create new functionality to their awarding...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
ASP.NET MVC / C# / TDD / HTML / CSS / JavaScript / MVC / .NET - Reading - £40,000 to £50,000... You will be developing bespoke ASP.NET MVC (C#) applications using CSS,...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
You will enjoy project and product responsibility while working in a high-technology environment working with some major clients.The role:-Developing high-quality software, on brief and...
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The ideal candidate will have the following: *Experience in developing software using C# and C++ *Knowledge of ASP.Net *Experience WCF/Web Services *Knowledge of technologies such as...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Software engineer - C# / ASP.Net, SQL Server... The successful C# and ASP.Net software engineer will have a strong record of academic achievement (good degree in Software engineering,...
Tindall IT Resourcing
Salary: GBP Up to 55k +Many benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key skills for this SharePoint Developer role include: Extensive SharePoint 2010 experience necessary Significant experience with SharePoint Feature framework Significant experience with SharePoint Site Definitions, List definitions, Event...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + pension, health, bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Keywords - Android Developer / IOS Developer / Windows Mobile / Mobile Applications Developer / Mobile Developer / UI Developer / GUI / Database Developer / Business Systems Development / Web Developer / Web Applications Developer / ASP.Net Developer /...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £0 - 42k per year + Pension and Training
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Technical:The primary development language is C#... Experience designing and coding complex distributed desktop and web (preferably ASP.Net) applications.Good experience with .Net 3.5.C++ competence...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Software Development Manager - £55-70k + Bonus + Benefits - C#, .NET, TDD. A market leading software company in Reading is now looking for a Software Development Manager (C# / ASP.NET)...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Job Title: Software Developer (Website)Location: Reading Experience: 3-5 years within .NET software development5 traits we are looking for in a candidate: A self-starter who is...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
A C# ASP.Net Developer interested in joining a development team in small but well established software company, to contribute towards all stages of software lifecycle of web-...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My client based in Reading is looking for a senior C# ASP.Net developer to join their team who work on web applications for the insurance sector... Visual...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The successful C# / ASP.Net software engineer will have a strong record of academic achievement (good degree in Software engineering, Computer Science or related) and 2+ years commercial...
Tindall IT Resourcing
Salary: GBP Negotiable on experience +benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Agile / SCRUM, TDD, Castle...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Agile / SCRUM, TDD, Castle...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The successful Senior C# / ASP.Net software engineer will have a strong record of academic achievement (good degree in Software engineering, Computer Science or related) and 5+ years...
Tindall IT Resourcing
Salary: From £35,000 to £55,000 per annum GBP 55k +Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key Skills Required:- -A Chemical Engineering Bachelor?s Degree is required -Technical Experience in web based technologies (XML or HTML) -Any .NET, C, C#, or VB structured programming -...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £42000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Job Title:- Senior Software Engineer - C# (WPF) Windows applications - Reading, Berkshire... Technical Knowledge for the C# (WPF) Software Engineer role. Candidates must have experience in the following: Current...
Bentley Whitaker
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + 10% bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, South East
In some cases it also involves responding to a RFXs, setting up and performing customer demonstrations and POCs and supporting sales activities from a technical perspective.Essential skills...
eChoice Consulting
Salary: £55k - 65k per year + Bonus, Car allowance and bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key skills: Development Architect - Security / Application Design / Governance / Change Management / COBIT / Java / C++ / .Net / Visual Studio - Permanent - up-to £70k - Reading - Finance A global leading financial organisation is...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Therefore designing security into application development.You will need experience in common programming languages such as Java, C++, .NET, Visual Studio etc. You will also need to be...
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Responsible for test automation within QA . Create, execute and maintain automated test scripts . Implement automation tests using Selenium Webdriver . Implement automation service tests using SoapU or JMeter . Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40000
Posted: 20 May 2013