The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 22 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 4 3 1
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 44 52 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 19.21% 31.71% 46.26%
As % of the Application Development category 66.67% 74.29% 76.40%
Number of salaries quoted 31 49 68
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,700 £16,700
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £68,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
66 70 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 28.82% 42.68% 60.54%
Number of salaries quoted 41 57 87
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £67,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire .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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Shropshire .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Telford 0 23 £30,750 -0.80%
Shrewsbury +1 10 £34,000 +6.25%
Ludlow 0 1 £29,500 +9.25%
Oswestry - 1 £30,000 -
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 68 (80.95%) C#
2 53 (63.10%) ASP.NET
3 33 (39.29%) SQL
4 31 (36.90%) CSS
4 31 (36.90%) SQL Server
5 30 (35.71%) HTML
6 29 (34.52%) Microsoft
7 28 (33.33%) JavaScript
8 27 (32.14%) Windows
9 26 (30.95%) XML
10 23 (27.38%) Agile Software Development
11 21 (25.00%) jQuery
11 21 (25.00%) Web Services
12 19 (22.62%) MVC
12 19 (22.62%) Ajax
12 19 (22.62%) Web Development
13 18 (21.43%) WPF
14 16 (19.05%) T-SQL
15 14 (16.67%) XSLT
15 14 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 2
16 13 (15.48%) VB.NET
16 13 (15.48%) WinForms
17 12 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
18 11 (13.10%) TDD
18 11 (13.10%) SharePoint
18 11 (13.10%) HTTP
19 10 (11.90%) Visual Studio
19 10 (11.90%) .NET Framework
20 9 (10.71%) PHP
20 9 (10.71%) Java

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 53 (63.10%) ASP.NET
2 31 (36.90%) CSS
3 30 (35.71%) HTML
4 26 (30.95%) XML
5 21 (25.00%) jQuery
5 21 (25.00%) Web Services
6 19 (22.62%) Ajax
7 18 (21.43%) WPF
8 14 (16.67%) XSLT
8 14 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 2
9 13 (15.48%) WinForms
10 12 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
11 10 (11.90%) .NET Framework
12 8 (9.524%) COM
13 6 (7.143%) NHibernate
13 6 (7.143%) WCF
13 6 (7.143%) Silverlight
14 5 (5.952%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 4 (4.762%) Flash
15 4 (4.762%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 11 (13.10%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.143%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (7.143%) IIS
3 5 (5.952%) WebLogic
4 4 (4.762%) CMS
4 4 (4.762%) MSMQ
4 4 (4.762%) Kentico
4 4 (4.762%) NServiceBus
5 3 (3.571%) Apache
6 2 (2.381%) Tomcat
6 2 (2.381%) JRun
6 2 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.190%) ESB
Applications
1 6 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.762%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (4.762%) Acrobat
2 4 (4.762%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.381%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.10%) HTTP
2 1 (1.190%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (36.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (4.762%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (4.762%) MySQL
2 4 (4.762%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.381%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.381%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (2.381%) Firebird
3 2 (2.381%) TOAD
3 2 (2.381%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (2.381%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.381%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.190%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.190%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.190%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.190%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 10 (11.90%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.952%) Subversion
3 2 (2.381%) Log4j
3 2 (2.381%) NUnit
3 2 (2.381%) Ant
3 2 (2.381%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (2.381%) Eclipse
3 2 (2.381%) IntelliJ
3 2 (2.381%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (1.190%) Selenium
4 1 (1.190%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.190%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.190%) ClearQuest
General
1 7 (8.333%) Finance
2 4 (4.762%) Publishing
2 4 (4.762%) Marketing
3 2 (2.381%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.190%) Banking
Job Titles
1 61 (72.62%) Developer
2 50 (59.52%) .NET Developer
3 33 (39.29%) C# Developer
4 32 (38.10%) C# .NET Developer
5 23 (27.38%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 20 (23.81%) ASP.NET Developer
7 13 (15.48%) Software Developer
7 13 (15.48%) Architect
8 10 (11.90%) .NET Software Developer
8 10 (11.90%) C# Software Developer
9 9 (10.71%) Web Developer
9 9 (10.71%) Senior Developer
10 8 (9.524%) .NET Web Developer
10 8 (9.524%) Senior .NET Developer
11 7 (8.333%) Senior C# Developer
11 7 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (4.762%) Technical Architect
13 3 (3.571%) C# Web Developer
13 3 (3.571%) Analyst
14 2 (2.381%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.762%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.381%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.190%) Data Extraction
3 1 (1.190%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 27 (32.14%) Windows
2 3 (3.571%) Windows CE
3 2 (2.381%) UNIX
3 2 (2.381%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.38%) Agile Software Development
2 19 (22.62%) MVC
2 19 (22.62%) Web Development
3 11 (13.10%) TDD
4 8 (9.524%) Waterfall
5 6 (7.143%) RUP
5 6 (7.143%) Software Architecture
6 4 (4.762%) Content Management
6 4 (4.762%) Web Application Development
7 3 (3.571%) OO
7 3 (3.571%) Project Management
8 2 (2.381%) Process Management
8 2 (2.381%) Scrum
8 2 (2.381%) Logistics
8 2 (2.381%) UML
8 2 (2.381%) SOA
8 2 (2.381%) MVVM
8 2 (2.381%) Integration Testing
9 1 (1.190%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (1.190%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 68 (80.95%) C#
2 33 (39.29%) SQL
3 28 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 16 (19.05%) T-SQL
5 13 (15.48%) VB.NET
6 9 (10.71%) PHP
6 9 (10.71%) Java
7 5 (5.952%) PL/SQL
8 4 (4.762%) C
9 3 (3.571%) COBOL
10 2 (2.381%) XAML
10 2 (2.381%) Delphi
10 2 (2.381%) C++
10 2 (2.381%) VB
11 1 (1.190%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.190%) Python
11 1 (1.190%) VBScript
11 1 (1.190%) Perl
11 1 (1.190%) VB6
11 1 (1.190%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 7 (8.333%) Degree
2 6 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.190%) EnCE
3 1 (1.190%) MCTS
3 1 (1.190%) MCP
3 1 (1.190%) MCAD
3 1 (1.190%) MCSD
3 1 (1.190%) HNC
3 1 (1.190%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.762%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.190%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 29 (34.52%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.333%) Oracle
3 4 (4.762%) Google
4 2 (2.381%) BEA
4 2 (2.381%) Pega
5 1 (1.190%) Facebook
5 1 (1.190%) Twitter
5 1 (1.190%) SAP
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