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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 1 5 4
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 98 67 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 35.90% 30.32% 22.47%
As % of the Application Development category 79.67% 59.29% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 95 52 38
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +13.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £32,500 £26,550
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £32,800
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
All Application Development
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
123 113 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 45.05% 51.13% 40.45%
Number of salaries quoted 114 81 68
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £32,350 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull .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 Solihull region.

Solihull .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Solihull .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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.

1 134 (70.16%) C#
2 127 (66.49%) ASP.NET
3 85 (44.50%) HTML
4 81 (42.41%) SQL Server
5 79 (41.36%) CSS
6 73 (38.22%) VB.NET
7 72 (37.70%) JavaScript
8 69 (36.13%) SQL
9 64 (33.51%) MVC
10 60 (31.41%) Microsoft
11 57 (29.84%) jQuery
12 53 (27.75%) XML
13 48 (25.13%) Web Services
14 37 (19.37%) Ajax
14 37 (19.37%) ASP.NET MVC
15 31 (16.23%) WCF
16 28 (14.66%) TDD
17 25 (13.09%) Finance
18 23 (12.04%) SQL Server 2008
18 23 (12.04%) .NET Framework
19 21 (10.99%) Degree
19 21 (10.99%) Computer Science
20 20 (10.47%) Advertising
20 20 (10.47%) XSLT
20 20 (10.47%) JSON
21 19 (9.948%) Agile Software Development
22 18 (9.424%) XSD
22 18 (9.424%) VB
22 18 (9.424%) Web Application Development
23 17 (8.901%) SQL Server 2005

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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
1 127 (66.49%) ASP.NET
2 85 (44.50%) HTML
3 79 (41.36%) CSS
4 57 (29.84%) jQuery
5 53 (27.75%) XML
6 48 (25.13%) Web Services
7 37 (19.37%) Ajax
7 37 (19.37%) ASP.NET MVC
8 31 (16.23%) WCF
9 23 (12.04%) .NET Framework
10 20 (10.47%) XSLT
10 20 (10.47%) JSON
11 18 (9.424%) XSD
12 16 (8.377%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 15 (7.853%) XSL
13 15 (7.853%) HTML5
14 11 (5.759%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 11 (5.759%) Razor View Engine
15 10 (5.236%) Ninject
15 10 (5.236%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 12 (6.283%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.141%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.047%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (1.047%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (8.377%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.571%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 12 (6.283%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.571%) HTTPS
1 3 (1.571%) HTTP
2 1 (0.524%) SAN
2 1 (0.524%) LAN
2 1 (0.524%) WAN
2 1 (0.524%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (42.41%) SQL Server
2 23 (12.04%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (8.901%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (6.283%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (4.712%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (1.047%) ActiveReports
6 2 (1.047%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.047%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.524%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.524%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (5.236%) Moq
1 10 (5.236%) NUnit
2 8 (4.188%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (3.141%) Rational Functional Tester
3 6 (3.141%) TestPartner
3 6 (3.141%) Rational Robot
3 6 (3.141%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.571%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.047%) TestComplete
5 2 (1.047%) Selenium
5 2 (1.047%) Subversion
6 1 (0.524%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 25 (13.09%) Finance
2 20 (10.47%) Advertising
3 7 (3.665%) Retail
4 5 (2.618%) Games
5 3 (1.571%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.047%) Banking
7 1 (0.524%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.524%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.524%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 151 (79.06%) Developer
2 62 (32.46%) .NET Developer
3 36 (18.85%) C# Developer
4 33 (17.28%) C# .NET Developer
5 31 (16.23%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 30 (15.71%) ASP.NET Developer
7 28 (14.66%) Software Developer
8 21 (10.99%) Web Developer
9 17 (8.901%) Front-End Developer
10 15 (7.853%) Senior Developer
11 14 (7.330%) Junior
11 14 (7.330%) Junior Developer
12 12 (6.283%) Tester
13 11 (5.759%) Team Leader
13 11 (5.759%) Front-End Web Developer
14 9 (4.712%) .NET Team Leader
14 9 (4.712%) .NET Software Developer
15 7 (3.665%) VB.NET Developer
15 7 (3.665%) Software Engineer
15 7 (3.665%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.99%) Computer Science
2 15 (7.853%) iPhone
3 14 (7.330%) SaaS
4 4 (2.094%) Mathematics
4 4 (2.094%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.047%) Physics
5 2 (1.047%) SCADA
5 2 (1.047%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.047%) W3C
6 1 (0.524%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.330%) Windows
2 2 (1.047%) Android
2 2 (1.047%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (1.047%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.524%) UNIX
3 1 (0.524%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (33.51%) MVC
2 28 (14.66%) TDD
3 19 (9.948%) Agile Software Development
4 18 (9.424%) Web Application Development
5 15 (7.853%) E-Commerce
5 15 (7.853%) Scrum
6 14 (7.330%) BDD
7 13 (6.806%) CRM
7 13 (6.806%) Test Automation
8 10 (5.236%) Kanban
9 9 (4.712%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (4.712%) Web Development
9 9 (4.712%) Domain-Driven Design
9 9 (4.712%) CQRS
10 7 (3.665%) Unit Testing
11 6 (3.141%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (3.141%) Software Testing
11 6 (3.141%) OO
12 5 (2.618%) Workflow
12 5 (2.618%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 134 (70.16%) C#
2 73 (38.22%) VB.NET
3 72 (37.70%) JavaScript
4 69 (36.13%) SQL
5 18 (9.424%) VB
6 7 (3.665%) XPath
7 6 (3.141%) C++
8 5 (2.618%) VB6
9 4 (2.094%) Java
9 4 (2.094%) VC++
10 2 (1.047%) Delphi
10 2 (1.047%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.524%) Python
11 1 (0.524%) XQuery
11 1 (0.524%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.524%) VBScript
11 1 (0.524%) Perl
11 1 (0.524%) PHP
Qualifications
1 21 (10.99%) Degree
2 14 (7.330%) ISEB
3 13 (6.806%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (5.759%) MCTS
5 9 (4.712%) MCP
5 9 (4.712%) MCAD
5 9 (4.712%) MCSD
5 9 (4.712%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.618%) QA
Vendors
1 60 (31.41%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.283%) Oracle
3 6 (3.141%) Compuware
4 3 (1.571%) Facebook
4 3 (1.571%) Twitter
5 2 (1.047%) Sencha
5 2 (1.047%) Borland
6 1 (0.524%) SAP
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
I am working with a business based in Solihull who are looking for a .Net Developer to join there growing team. You will be working for a Microsoft...
QUANTICA
Salary: £3800 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
I am working with a business based in Solihull who are looking for a .Net Developer to join there growing team.You will be working for a Microsoft...
Salary: £3800 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
As a result, they are looking to expand and want to recruit 2 Developers who have commercial experience developing Enterprise ASP.NET Web Forms applications in C# with...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
As a result, they are looking to expand and want to recruit 2 Developers who have commercial experience developing Enterprise ASP.NET Web Forms applications in C# with...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £36000 per annum + Great benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
The Senior Developer (C#, .NET & WPF) must have good knowledge of C# and .Net and have a strong academic background... The Senior Developer (C#, .NET & WPF) will be...
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 17 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + pension, health, life cover
Posted: 14 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum Plus benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000-45,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 17 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + Great benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
QUANTICA
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013