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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank34
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads61407737
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.398 %3.245 %
As % of the category below53.67 %51.29 %
Salaries quoted54386746
Average minimum salary£34,386£35,236
Average salary£38,000£38,186
% change on same period last year-0.48 %
Average maximum salary£41,615£41,136
UK excluding London average salary£35,277£35,924
% change on same period last year-1.80 %
South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads1144115085
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.331 %6.326 %
Salaries quoted984912810
Average minimum salary£35,588£36,067
Average salary£39,171£39,321
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Average maximum salary£42,754£42,574
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,795
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
.NET England.NET
England

.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the South East region.

South East .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South East .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 South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyDown-21392£39,032-0.37 %
BerkshireDown-21340£39,490-0.33 %
HampshireUp+11128£36,841+3.95 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1886£37,213-1.48 %
OxfordshireUp+2773£38,483+9.33 %
KentNo change0296£34,909+1.18 %
West SussexUp+3211£32,994-12.26 %
East SussexNo change0206£32,574-2.70 %
MiddlesexDown-1092£41,087-9.45 %
Thames ValleyDown-123£37,667-3.67 %
Home CountiesUp+721£45,969-34.33 %
SussexUp+412£43,292+12.52 %
Isle of WightDown-35£30,000+11.48 %
M4 CorridorUp+34£60,000-4.50 %
.NET England.NET
England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

17820 (59.88 %)C#
27382 (56.52 %)SQL Server
36571 (50.31 %)ASP.NET
44757 (36.42 %)SQL
53710 (28.41 %)Microsoft
63709 (28.40 %)VB.NET
73700 (28.33 %)XML
82829 (21.66 %)HTML
92650 (20.29 %)VB
102465 (18.87 %)JavaScript
112224 (17.03 %)Windows
122135 (16.35 %)SQL Server 2005
131952 (14.95 %)ASP
141830 (14.01 %)Java
151736 (13.29 %)Degree
161723 (13.19 %)Finance
171708 (13.08 %)WebServices
181633 (12.50 %)CSS
191582 (12.11 %)C++
201525 (11.68 %)Oracle
211511 (11.57 %)SQL Server 2000
221492 (11.42 %)MS Excel
231410 (10.80 %).NET Framework
241408 (10.78 %)Visual Studio
251287 (9.855 %)AJAX
261256 (9.617 %)OO
271198 (9.173 %)SharePoint
281053 (8.063 %)VB6
291020 (7.810 %)Web Development
301011 (7.741 %)Pensions

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16571 (50.31 %)ASP.NET
23700 (28.33 %)XML
32829 (21.66 %)HTML
41952 (14.95 %)ASP
51708 (13.08 %)WebServices
61633 (12.50 %)CSS
71410 (10.80 %).NET Framework
81287 (9.855 %)AJAX
9803 (6.149 %)WinForms
10656 (5.023 %)XHTML
11646 (4.946 %)J2EE
12545 (4.173 %)XSLT
13398 (3.047 %)WCF
14345 (2.642 %)XSL
15333 (2.550 %)ADO.NET
16327 (2.504 %)WPF
17312 (2.389 %)SOAP
18291 (2.228 %)ASP.NET 2.0
19235 (1.799 %)WF
20200 (1.531 %)MFC
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11198 (9.173 %)SharePoint
2896 (6.861 %)IIS
3533 (4.081 %)BizTalk Server
4511 (3.913 %)SharePoint Server 2007
5245 (1.876 %)CMS
6183 (1.401 %)ColdFusion
7149 (1.141 %)WebLogic
8112 (0.858 %)Apache
9105 (0.804 %)SharePoint Portal Server
10102 (0.781 %)JBoss
1179 (0.605 %)ArcGIS
1278 (0.597 %)Tomcat
1364 (0.490 %)Commerce Server
1457 (0.436 %)MS Exchange
1554 (0.413 %)MTS
1643 (0.329 %)Commerce Server 2007
1741 (0.314 %)ArcSDE
1840 (0.306 %)Content Management Server
1933 (0.253 %)Lotus Notes
1933 (0.253 %)SAS
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11492 (11.42 %)MS Excel
2367 (2.810 %)MS Office
3262 (2.006 %)Photoshop
4131 (1.003 %)MS Visio
585 (0.651 %)InfoPath
666 (0.505 %)MS Project
761 (0.467 %)Adobe Illustrator
831 (0.237 %)Fireworks
921 (0.161 %)MS PowerPoint
1014 (0.107 %)MATLAB
1110 (0.077 %)Spreadsheet
1110 (0.077 %)AutoCAD
1110 (0.077 %)Acrobat
1110 (0.077 %)ArcInfo
128 (0.061 %)CA Clarity
137 (0.054 %)S-PLUS
137 (0.054 %)SPSS
146 (0.046 %)FrameMaker
146 (0.046 %)Simulink
155 (0.038 %)ArcView
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1177 (1.355 %)Dynamics CRM
2153 (1.172 %)Microsoft CRM
348 (0.368 %)Dynamics AX
440 (0.306 %)Dynamics NAV
440 (0.306 %)Navision
519 (0.145 %)Pivotal CRM
618 (0.138 %)Axapta
715 (0.115 %)Great Plains
812 (0.092 %)Oracle Applications
812 (0.092 %)SAP CRM
910 (0.077 %)Summit
108 (0.061 %)SalesLogix
108 (0.061 %)WebTrends
117 (0.054 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
126 (0.046 %)LabWindows
134 (0.031 %)SAP Business One
134 (0.031 %)Oracle Financials
143 (0.023 %)Oracle 11i
143 (0.023 %)SAP R/3
143 (0.023 %)GoldMine
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1712 (5.452 %)Internet
2378 (2.894 %)Intranet
3139 (1.064 %)TCP/IP
4129 (0.988 %)Extranet
587 (0.666 %)HTTP
674 (0.567 %)Wireless
773 (0.559 %)GSM
872 (0.551 %)DNS
947 (0.360 %)Firewall
1045 (0.345 %)LAN
1140 (0.306 %)WAN
1236 (0.276 %)SMTP
1335 (0.268 %)FTP
1434 (0.260 %)VoIP
1434 (0.260 %)GPRS
1530 (0.230 %)HTTPS
1628 (0.214 %)SAN
1726 (0.199 %)LDAP
1823 (0.176 %)UMTS
1823 (0.176 %)VPN
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17382 (56.52 %)SQL Server
22135 (16.35 %)SQL Server 2005
31511 (11.57 %)SQL Server 2000
4437 (3.346 %)RDBMS
5357 (2.734 %)MySQL
6354 (2.711 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7287 (2.198 %)Crystal Reports
8268 (2.052 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9252 (1.930 %)DTS
10219 (1.677 %)Datawarehouse
11208 (1.593 %)MS Access
12198 (1.516 %)GIS
13118 (0.904 %)Oracle 10g
14109 (0.835 %)BusinessObjects
1596 (0.735 %)Oracle 9i
1690 (0.689 %)SQL Server 2008
1785 (0.651 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1883 (0.636 %)DB2
1981 (0.620 %)Oracle 8/8i
2063 (0.482 %)Oracle Reports
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11408 (10.78 %)Visual Studio
2425 (3.254 %)Flash
3227 (1.738 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4152 (1.164 %)NUnit
5130 (0.995 %)Dreamweaver
671 (0.544 %)TestDirector
767 (0.513 %)Eclipse
852 (0.398 %)Subversion
852 (0.398 %)InstallShield
943 (0.329 %)JUnit
1041 (0.314 %)WinRunner
1140 (0.306 %)Oracle Forms
1236 (0.276 %)Rational Rose
1335 (0.268 %)Ant
1431 (0.237 %)SilkTest
1528 (0.214 %)QuickTest Pro
1528 (0.214 %)Visual Studio Team System
1626 (0.199 %)TestComplete
1724 (0.184 %)PowerBuilder
1823 (0.176 %)ClearCase
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11723 (13.19 %)Finance
21011 (7.741 %)Pensions
3678 (5.191 %)Health
4486 (3.721 %)Insurance
5402 (3.078 %)Marketing
6378 (2.894 %)Telecoms
7375 (2.871 %)Retail
8250 (1.914 %)Education
9220 (1.685 %)Banking
10216 (1.654 %)Government
11149 (1.141 %)Back Office
12138 (1.057 %)Publishing
13135 (1.034 %)Legal
14120 (0.919 %)Construction
15101 (0.773 %)Pharmaceutical
1687 (0.666 %)Advertising
1778 (0.597 %)Multimedia
1871 (0.544 %)Manufacturing
1967 (0.513 %)Games
2062 (0.475 %)Electronics
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18334 (63.81 %)Developer
24410 (33.77 %).NET Developer
32400 (18.38 %)C# Developer
41647 (12.61 %)Web Developer
51596 (12.22 %)ASP.NET Developer
61174 (8.989 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
71105 (8.461 %)Analyst
81002 (7.672 %)VB.NET Developer
9987 (7.557 %)Software Developer
10821 (6.286 %)Programmer
11811 (6.210 %)Senior Developer
12776 (5.942 %)Consultant
13711 (5.444 %)Software Engineer
14619 (4.740 %).NET Web Developer
15527 (4.035 %)SQL Developer
16477 (3.652 %)Graduate
17472 (3.614 %)Junior
18447 (3.423 %)Architect
19383 (2.933 %)Senior .NET Developer
20376 (2.879 %)Analyst Programmer
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1474 (3.629 %)Computer Science
2285 (2.182 %)Client/Server
3179 (1.371 %)N-Tier
4176 (1.348 %)Mathematics
5130 (0.995 %)PDA
6110 (0.842 %)Tandem
776 (0.582 %)Management Information System
874 (0.567 %)Multithreading
964 (0.490 %)NHS
1062 (0.475 %)W3C
1151 (0.391 %)Data Integration
1249 (0.375 %)Equities
1348 (0.368 %)French Language
1447 (0.360 %)Physics
1542 (0.322 %)German Language
1640 (0.306 %)Statistics
1733 (0.253 %)PMI
1831 (0.237 %)Mainframe
1928 (0.214 %)Handset
1928 (0.214 %)Replication
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12224 (17.03 %)Windows
2443 (3.392 %)Windows Server 2003
3393 (3.009 %)UNIX
4365 (2.795 %)Linux
5203 (1.554 %)Windows XP
6129 (0.988 %)Windows Mobile
786 (0.658 %)Windows 2000
859 (0.452 %)Windows 2000 Server
945 (0.345 %)Windows Vista
1035 (0.268 %)Solaris
1125 (0.191 %)AIX
1224 (0.184 %)Windows NT
1317 (0.130 %)Windows Server 2008
1416 (0.123 %)Windows CE
1515 (0.115 %)Red Hat Linux
1611 (0.084 %)zOS
179 (0.069 %)OS/390
179 (0.069 %)VxWorks
186 (0.046 %)FreeBSD
193 (0.023 %)MVS
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11256 (9.617 %)OO
21020 (7.810 %)Web Development
3950 (7.274 %)UML
4607 (4.648 %)E-Commerce
5559 (4.280 %)Project Management
6520 (3.982 %)Scrum
7513 (3.928 %)Agile Software Development
8484 (3.706 %)CRM
9419 (3.208 %)Business Intelligence
10369 (2.825 %)SOA
11316 (2.420 %)Content Management
12265 (2.029 %)Workflow
13258 (1.975 %)Unit Testing
14250 (1.914 %)Web Design
15239 (1.830 %)Security Cleared
16235 (1.799 %)OOP
17216 (1.654 %)RUP
18207 (1.585 %)TDD
19195 (1.493 %)PRINCE2
20192 (1.470 %)Business Analysis
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17820 (59.88 %)C#
24757 (36.42 %)SQL
33709 (28.40 %)VB.NET
42650 (20.29 %)VB
52465 (18.87 %)JavaScript
61830 (14.01 %)Java
71582 (12.11 %)C++
81053 (8.063 %)VB6
9889 (6.807 %)Transact-SQL
10698 (5.345 %)C
11528 (4.043 %)VBScript
12488 (3.737 %)PHP
13323 (2.473 %)VBA
14302 (2.312 %)PL/SQL
15269 (2.060 %)VC++
16265 (2.029 %)Delphi
17256 (1.960 %)DHTML
18145 (1.110 %)ActionScript
19142 (1.087 %)Perl
2072 (0.551 %)COBOL
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11736 (13.29 %)Degree
2749 (5.735 %)Microsoft Certification
3377 (2.887 %)MCSD
4311 (2.381 %)MCAD
5281 (2.152 %)MCP
6133 (1.018 %)MCTS
783 (0.636 %)ISEB
863 (0.482 %)MCDBA
863 (0.482 %)MCSE
960 (0.459 %)PhD
1058 (0.444 %)MCPD
1157 (0.436 %)HND
1243 (0.329 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1336 (0.276 %)MCITP
1423 (0.176 %)HNC
1519 (0.145 %)MCSA
1616 (0.123 %)CISSP
1714 (0.107 %)Cisco Certification
1812 (0.092 %)PMI Certification
1911 (0.084 %)PMP
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1204 (1.562 %)QA
251 (0.391 %)SLA
333 (0.253 %)ISO9001
416 (0.123 %)HL7
59 (0.069 %)ISO9000
68 (0.061 %)WAI
72 (0.015 %)WCAG
72 (0.015 %)TickIT
81 (0.008 %)ISO27001
81 (0.008 %)BS7799
81 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1177 (1.355 %)Active Directory
229 (0.222 %)MSMQ
319 (0.145 %)VMware Infrastructure
418 (0.138 %)AquaLogic
515 (0.115 %)Terminal Services
613 (0.100 %)ISA Server
613 (0.100 %)MetaFrame
76 (0.046 %)VMware GSX
76 (0.046 %)Citrix Presentation Server
83 (0.023 %)WebInspect
83 (0.023 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
83 (0.023 %)Oracle RAC
91 (0.008 %)VMware ESX
91 (0.008 %)NetBackup
91 (0.008 %)Backup Exec
91 (0.008 %)Oracle RMAN
91 (0.008 %)NDS
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (0.115 %)OpenView
213 (0.100 %)MOM
311 (0.084 %)MIIS
311 (0.084 %)SCOM
410 (0.077 %)Unicenter
57 (0.054 %)AutoSys
66 (0.046 %)SCCM
74 (0.031 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
83 (0.023 %)Nessus
92 (0.015 %)TIBCO InConcert
92 (0.015 %)Norton AntiVirus
101 (0.008 %)OVSD
101 (0.008 %)WSUS
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13710 (28.41 %)Microsoft
21525 (11.68 %)Oracle
3174 (1.332 %)SAP
4142 (1.087 %)EMC
5129 (0.988 %)Sybase
6109 (0.835 %)Business Objects
7104 (0.796 %)Siebel
896 (0.735 %)IBM
990 (0.689 %)Cognos
1088 (0.674 %)BEA
1179 (0.605 %)Google
1276 (0.582 %)Reuters
1373 (0.559 %)Adobe
1472 (0.551 %)ESRI
1566 (0.505 %)Citrix
1660 (0.459 %)Macromedia
1748 (0.368 %)PeopleSoft
1748 (0.368 %)ProClarity
1843 (0.329 %)Ericsson
1939 (0.299 %)Lotus