Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the South East region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank5109
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads245719215227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East15.86 %10.82 %12.19 %
As % of the Programming Languages category34.96 %25.94 %28.40 %
Salaries quoted223617514613
Average salary£37,500£38,500£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.590 %+6.940 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
7029740518404
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East45.36 %41.70 %42.93 %
Salaries quoted6226640415830
Average salary£37,500£37,500£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.160 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C# EnglandC#
England

C#
Demand Trend

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

South East C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

South East C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East C# Salary Histogram

C#
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+12630£37,000-5.12 %
SurreyUp+1585£42,500+2.40 %
OxfordshireNo change0292£37,500-
HampshireUp+6278£35,000-6.66 %
BuckinghamshireUp+6235£35,000-6.66 %
West SussexUp+11129£35,000+2.94 %
KentNo change0120£35,000-1.40 %
Home CountiesUp+1292£42,500+51.78 %
East SussexUp+666£35,000-
MiddlesexUp+719£42,500+13.33 %
SussexDown-24£50,000+36.05 %
M4 CorridorDown-134£40,000-33.33 %
Thames ValleyNew entry-4£35,000-
C# EnglandC#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East region citing C# 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 C#.

13998 (87.77 %).NET
22724 (59.80 %)ASP.NET
32676 (58.75 %)SQL Server
41681 (36.90 %)SQL
51316 (28.89 %)Microsoft
61119 (24.57 %)JavaScript
71101 (24.17 %)XML
8925 (20.31 %)HTML
9911 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
10901 (19.78 %)CSS
11848 (18.62 %)AJAX
12789 (17.32 %)Web Services
13695 (15.26 %)Degree
14654 (14.36 %)VB.NET
15643 (14.12 %)C++
16641 (14.07 %)Visual Studio
17636 (13.96 %)Windows
18531 (11.66 %)OO
19529 (11.61 %)Finance
20505 (11.09 %)Java
21504 (11.06 %)Agile Software Development
22498 (10.93 %)WCF
23489 (10.74 %)Oracle
24485 (10.65 %)SharePoint
25435 (9.550 %)MS Excel
26420 (9.221 %)VB
27414 (9.089 %)SQL Server 2008
28397 (8.716 %).NET Framework
29389 (8.540 %)T-SQL
30369 (8.101 %)Microsoft Certification

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East region citing C# 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 C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13998 (87.77 %).NET
22724 (59.80 %)ASP.NET
31101 (24.17 %)XML
4925 (20.31 %)HTML
5901 (19.78 %)CSS
6848 (18.62 %)AJAX
7789 (17.32 %)Web Services
8498 (10.93 %)WCF
9397 (8.716 %).NET Framework
10338 (7.420 %)WPF
11317 (6.959 %)WinForms
12301 (6.608 %)ASP
13259 (5.686 %)NHibernate
14252 (5.532 %)jQuery
15251 (5.510 %)XSLT
16233 (5.115 %)XHTML
17229 (5.027 %)Silverlight
18137 (3.008 %)ASP.NET 2.0
18137 (3.008 %)SOAP
19111 (2.437 %)LINQ
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1485 (10.65 %)SharePoint
2211 (4.632 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3184 (4.040 %)IIS
4122 (2.678 %)CMS
5110 (2.415 %)BizTalk Server
640 (0.878 %)EPiServer
732 (0.703 %)WebLogic
732 (0.703 %)DotNetNuke
827 (0.593 %)SharePoint Portal Server
827 (0.593 %)Apache
925 (0.549 %)Documentum
1023 (0.505 %)LiveLink
1023 (0.505 %)Oracle Workflow
1121 (0.461 %)Tomcat
1218 (0.395 %)ESB
1313 (0.285 %)WordPress
1313 (0.285 %)Sitecore CMS
1411 (0.241 %)Commerce Server
1510 (0.220 %)SAS
1510 (0.220 %)ColdFusion
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1435 (9.550 %)MS Excel
281 (1.778 %)MS Office
374 (1.625 %)InfoPath
463 (1.383 %)Photoshop
533 (0.724 %)MS Visio
625 (0.549 %)Fireworks
712 (0.263 %)MATLAB
85 (0.110 %)MS Project
92 (0.044 %)Windchill
101 (0.022 %)CA Clarity
101 (0.022 %)Spreadsheet
101 (0.022 %)3ds Max
101 (0.022 %)Adobe Director
101 (0.022 %)AutoCAD
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
192 (2.020 %)Dynamics CRM
256 (1.229 %)Microsoft CRM
319 (0.417 %)BusinessWorks
418 (0.395 %)SalesLogix
516 (0.351 %)Dynamics AX
69 (0.198 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
78 (0.176 %)Navision
86 (0.132 %)Dynamics NAV
93 (0.066 %)Pivotal CRM
102 (0.044 %)Oracle Financials
102 (0.044 %)WebTrends
102 (0.044 %)Axapta
111 (0.022 %)Oracle Applications
111 (0.022 %)Dynamics GP
111 (0.022 %)Google Analytics
111 (0.022 %)Oracle BPM
111 (0.022 %)AquaLogic BPM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1128 (2.810 %)Internet
2119 (2.613 %)Intranet
346 (1.010 %)TCP/IP
444 (0.966 %)Extranet
539 (0.856 %)Firewall
632 (0.703 %)DNS
730 (0.659 %)DHCP
828 (0.615 %)ISDN
927 (0.593 %)IP Telephony
1026 (0.571 %)VoIP
1124 (0.527 %)LAN
1222 (0.483 %)WAN
1317 (0.373 %)HTTP
1416 (0.351 %)SAN
1514 (0.307 %)LDAP
1610 (0.220 %)Wireless
179 (0.198 %)SSL
188 (0.176 %)SNMP
195 (0.110 %)Broadband
195 (0.110 %)GSM
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12676 (58.75 %)SQL Server
2911 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
3414 (9.089 %)SQL Server 2008
4210 (4.610 %)SQL Server 2000
5201 (4.413 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6153 (3.359 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7118 (2.591 %)Datawarehouse
893 (2.042 %)Oracle 11g
990 (1.976 %)Crystal Reports
1088 (1.932 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1161 (1.339 %)MySQL
1161 (1.339 %)BusinessObjects
1260 (1.317 %)RDBMS
1343 (0.944 %)ETL
1439 (0.856 %)Oracle 8/8i
1534 (0.746 %)DTS
1632 (0.703 %)Oracle 10g
1725 (0.549 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1817 (0.373 %)DB2
1817 (0.373 %)GIS
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1641 (14.07 %)Visual Studio
2295 (6.476 %)NUnit
3137 (3.008 %)Subversion
479 (1.734 %)Team Foundation Server
549 (1.076 %)VSS/SourceSafe
647 (1.032 %)ReSharper
739 (0.856 %)MSTest
826 (0.571 %)Visual Studio Team System
924 (0.527 %)Selenium
1020 (0.439 %)Eclipse
1118 (0.395 %)PowerBuilder
1216 (0.351 %)Dreamweaver
1313 (0.285 %)TestComplete
1412 (0.263 %)InstallShield
1412 (0.263 %)WinRunner
1510 (0.220 %)Ant
169 (0.198 %)QuickTest Pro
169 (0.198 %)LoadRunner
169 (0.198 %)MorphX
178 (0.176 %)TeamCity
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1529 (11.61 %)Finance
2276 (6.059 %)Pensions
3215 (4.720 %)Insurance
4195 (4.281 %)Marketing
5175 (3.842 %)Health
6138 (3.030 %)Retail
7136 (2.986 %)Education
8115 (2.525 %)Banking
9109 (2.393 %)Telecoms
1052 (1.142 %)Publishing
1151 (1.120 %)Back Office
1243 (0.944 %)Electronics
1243 (0.944 %)Government
1331 (0.681 %)Billing
1427 (0.593 %)Financial Institution
1524 (0.527 %)Multimedia
1524 (0.527 %)Manufacturing
1623 (0.505 %)Investment Banking
1722 (0.483 %)Front Office
1722 (0.483 %)Pharmaceutical
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13426 (75.21 %)Developer
21672 (36.71 %).NET Developer
31399 (30.71 %)C# Developer
4687 (15.08 %)ASP.NET Developer
5590 (12.95 %)Web Developer
6583 (12.80 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
7538 (11.81 %)Senior Developer
8408 (8.957 %)Software Developer
9293 (6.432 %)Senior .NET Developer
10283 (6.213 %)Software Engineer
11232 (5.093 %)Analyst
12213 (4.676 %).NET Web Developer
13205 (4.501 %)Architect
14203 (4.457 %)Junior
15199 (4.369 %)Senior C# Developer
16180 (3.952 %)SQL Developer
17155 (3.403 %)C# Web Developer
18151 (3.315 %)Graduate
18151 (3.315 %)Programmer
19146 (3.205 %)Junior Developer
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1268 (5.884 %)Computer Science
2132 (2.898 %)Mathematics
3128 (2.810 %)N-Tier
475 (1.647 %)Client/Server
563 (1.383 %)Dependency Injection
642 (0.922 %)W3C
736 (0.790 %)Multithreading
834 (0.746 %)Physics
933 (0.724 %)Social Network
1031 (0.681 %)Web 2.0
1128 (0.615 %)Management Information System
1225 (0.549 %)Dutch Language
1225 (0.549 %)Open Source
1323 (0.505 %)iPhone
1323 (0.505 %)Data Integration
1323 (0.505 %)Firmware
1421 (0.461 %)SaaS
1518 (0.395 %)Blackberry
1518 (0.395 %)Tandem
1617 (0.373 %)German Language
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1636 (13.96 %)Windows
2135 (2.964 %)Linux
3127 (2.788 %)Windows Server 2003
464 (1.405 %)UNIX
539 (0.856 %)Windows XP
631 (0.681 %)Windows Mobile
631 (0.681 %)Windows Server 2008
718 (0.395 %)Windows CE
814 (0.307 %)Android
910 (0.220 %)Solaris
106 (0.132 %)OS/400
106 (0.132 %)Embedded Linux
106 (0.132 %)Windows Vista
115 (0.110 %)Debian
115 (0.110 %)Fedora
124 (0.088 %)MVS
124 (0.088 %)Red Hat Linux
133 (0.066 %)Windows 2000 Server
133 (0.066 %)VMS
142 (0.044 %)zOS
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1531 (11.66 %)OO
2504 (11.06 %)Agile Software Development
3338 (7.420 %)Web Development
4305 (6.696 %)TDD
5284 (6.235 %)MVC
6283 (6.213 %)Scrum
7242 (5.313 %)E-Commerce
8221 (4.852 %)CRM
9182 (3.996 %)Workflow
10154 (3.381 %)Business Intelligence
11152 (3.337 %)Project Management
12147 (3.227 %)UML
13141 (3.095 %)SOA
14127 (2.788 %)Unit Testing
15104 (2.283 %)OOD
15104 (2.283 %)Software Engineering
16101 (2.217 %)OOP
1791 (1.998 %)Migration
1875 (1.647 %)Software Testing
1966 (1.449 %)Web Design
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11681 (36.90 %)SQL
21119 (24.57 %)JavaScript
3654 (14.36 %)VB.NET
4643 (14.12 %)C++
5505 (11.09 %)Java
6420 (9.221 %)VB
7389 (8.540 %)T-SQL
8265 (5.818 %)C
9142 (3.117 %)VB6
10109 (2.393 %)VBScript
11107 (2.349 %)Delphi
1286 (1.888 %)PHP
1357 (1.251 %)Python
1443 (0.944 %)PL/SQL
1537 (0.812 %)VBA
1636 (0.790 %)Perl
1636 (0.790 %)XAML
1729 (0.637 %)Objective-C
1729 (0.637 %)VC++
1822 (0.483 %)XPath
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1695 (15.26 %)Degree
2369 (8.101 %)Microsoft Certification
3210 (4.610 %)MCSD
3210 (4.610 %)Security Cleared
4193 (4.237 %)MCTS
5172 (3.776 %)MCAD
6144 (3.161 %)MCP
789 (1.954 %)SC Cleared
844 (0.966 %)MCSE
941 (0.900 %)MCPD
1031 (0.681 %)Postgraduate
1126 (0.571 %)CCNA
1126 (0.571 %)ISEB
1126 (0.571 %)Cisco Certification
1211 (0.241 %)PhD
1211 (0.241 %)ITIL Certification
138 (0.176 %)DV Cleared
146 (0.132 %)PRINCE2 Certification
155 (0.110 %)Sun Certification
163 (0.066 %)HND
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1146 (3.205 %)QA
222 (0.483 %)SLA
34 (0.088 %)ISO9001
41 (0.022 %)GAMP
41 (0.022 %)WAI
41 (0.022 %)JTAG
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1101 (2.217 %)Active Directory
29 (0.198 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (0.154 %)MSMQ
45 (0.110 %)Samba
52 (0.044 %)Hyper-V
61 (0.022 %)ISA Server
South East IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (0.176 %)MSI
22 (0.044 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.022 %)AutoSys
31 (0.022 %)MIIS
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11316 (28.89 %)Microsoft
2489 (10.74 %)Oracle
368 (1.493 %)Cognos
461 (1.339 %)Business Objects
552 (1.142 %)Adobe
644 (0.966 %)SAP
735 (0.768 %)TIBCO
830 (0.659 %)HP
929 (0.637 %)VMware
1027 (0.593 %)Cisco
1124 (0.527 %)MicroStrategy
1223 (0.505 %)Open Text
1321 (0.461 %)Google
1321 (0.461 %)Citrix
1321 (0.461 %)Sybase
1419 (0.417 %)IBM
1517 (0.373 %)Plumtree
1616 (0.351 %)Sitecore
1713 (0.285 %)Sun
1812 (0.263 %)Macromedia