The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Runcorn 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 Runcorn region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 7 10 7
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Permanent jobs citing .NET 6 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Runcorn 26.09% 8.000% 16.00%
As % of the Application Development category 75.00% 20.00% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 4
Average salary £35,000 £30,875 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.36% -20.32%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Application Development
Runcorn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
8 20 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Runcorn 34.78% 40.00% 68.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 15
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Cheshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Runcorn .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 Runcorn region.

Runcorn .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Runcorn 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 17 (89.47%) C#
2 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
3 11 (57.89%) Windows
4 9 (47.37%) OO
4 9 (47.37%) C++
4 9 (47.37%) Web Development
4 9 (47.37%) WPF
5 8 (42.11%) Windows 8
6 7 (36.84%) jQuery
6 7 (36.84%) .NET Framework
6 7 (36.84%) Business Analysis
6 7 (36.84%) WCF
6 7 (36.84%) Finance
6 7 (36.84%) HTML
6 7 (36.84%) Java
6 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
6 7 (36.84%) Web Services
7 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (31.58%) MVC
7 6 (31.58%) Degree
8 5 (26.32%) JSON
8 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (26.32%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 5 (26.32%) Back Office
8 5 (26.32%) Subversion
8 5 (26.32%) Avaya
8 5 (26.32%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
8 5 (26.32%) COM

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Runcorn 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 9 (47.37%) WPF
2 7 (36.84%) jQuery
2 7 (36.84%) .NET Framework
2 7 (36.84%) WCF
2 7 (36.84%) HTML
2 7 (36.84%) Web Services
3 5 (26.32%) JSON
3 5 (26.32%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 5 (26.32%) COM
4 4 (21.05%) XML
4 4 (21.05%) Qt
5 2 (10.53%) CSS
5 2 (10.53%) SOAP
5 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET
5 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (10.53%) REST
5 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle 8/8i
1 5 (26.32%) MySQL
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Subversion
2 4 (21.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Back Office
3 4 (21.05%) Electronics
3 4 (21.05%) Aerospace
3 4 (21.05%) Automotive
4 2 (10.53%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Software Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Project Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Software Tester
3 2 (10.53%) .NET Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Microsoft Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (5.263%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Mobile App
2 4 (21.05%) Firmware
3 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows 8
3 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (15.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) OO
1 9 (47.37%) Web Development
2 7 (36.84%) Business Analysis
3 6 (31.58%) MVC
4 3 (15.79%) Scrum
4 3 (15.79%) CAD
5 2 (10.53%) CRM
5 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (89.47%) C#
2 9 (47.37%) C++
3 7 (36.84%) Java
3 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
4 5 (26.32%) SQL
4 5 (26.32%) T-SQL
5 4 (21.05%) VB
5 4 (21.05%) C
5 4 (21.05%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) HL7
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Avaya
2 5 (26.32%) Oracle
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