The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 17 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 26 59 80
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +21
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 79 31 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 7.531% 3.253% 0.557%
As % of the Application Development category 18.08% 8.659% 1.326%
Number of salaries quoted 68 30 5
Average salary £40,500 £30,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.00% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,350 £26,150 £26,600
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £40,500 £29,400
UK excluding London average salary £36,800 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+0.82% +4.28%
All Application Development
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
437 358 377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 41.66% 37.57% 42.03%
Number of salaries quoted 405 317 350
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £55,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET Framework
Wales

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Trend

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

South Wales .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales .NET Framework Salary Histogram

.NET Framework
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff +22 56 £42,000 +37.70%
Newport +5 10 £31,000 -22.50%
Torfaen -3 7 £35,000 +1.44%
Monmouthshire - 1 £55,000 -
.NET Framework
Wales

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 127 (100.00%) .NET
2 119 (93.70%) C#
3 96 (75.59%) SQL Server
4 94 (74.02%) ASP.NET
5 72 (56.69%) Microsoft
6 66 (51.97%) Visual Studio
6 66 (51.97%) OO
7 61 (48.03%) MS Excel
8 51 (40.16%) Scrum
9 43 (33.86%) XML
10 40 (31.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 35 (27.56%) MVC
11 35 (27.56%) WCF
12 32 (25.20%) SharePoint
13 31 (24.41%) Team Foundation Server
14 26 (20.47%) VB.NET
14 26 (20.47%) SQL
15 25 (19.69%) CRM
15 25 (19.69%) Dynamics CRM
16 24 (18.90%) ASP.NET MVC
17 23 (18.11%) BizTalk Server
18 22 (17.32%) JavaScript
19 21 (16.54%) CSS
20 20 (15.75%) Agile Software Development
21 19 (14.96%) TDD
21 19 (14.96%) HTML
22 18 (14.17%) Unit Testing
23 17 (13.39%) Sitecore
23 17 (13.39%) ASP.NET MVC 3
24 16 (12.60%) Razor View Engine

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 127 (100.00%) .NET
2 94 (74.02%) ASP.NET
3 43 (33.86%) XML
4 40 (31.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 35 (27.56%) WCF
6 24 (18.90%) ASP.NET MVC
7 21 (16.54%) CSS
8 19 (14.96%) HTML
9 17 (13.39%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 16 (12.60%) Razor View Engine
11 13 (10.24%) jQuery
11 13 (10.24%) Web Services
12 11 (8.661%) XHTML
12 11 (8.661%) Castle Windsor
13 10 (7.874%) XSLT
14 8 (6.299%) ASP
15 6 (4.724%) SOAP
16 5 (3.937%) WinForms
16 5 (3.937%) REST
16 5 (3.937%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 32 (25.20%) SharePoint
2 23 (18.11%) BizTalk Server
3 15 (11.81%) CMS
4 14 (11.02%) Sitecore CMS
5 10 (7.874%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (4.724%) Windows Azure
7 4 (3.150%) Apache
8 2 (1.575%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.787%) WordPress
9 1 (0.787%) IIS
9 1 (0.787%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.787%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 61 (48.03%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.575%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 25 (19.69%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.937%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (75.59%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.661%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (7.874%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (7.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (6.299%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (4.724%) SQL Server 2012
7 5 (3.937%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.787%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.787%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.787%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 66 (51.97%) Visual Studio
2 31 (24.41%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (8.661%) ReSharper
4 4 (3.150%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.787%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 15 (11.81%) Finance
2 10 (7.874%) Retail
3 5 (3.937%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.362%) Legal
5 2 (1.575%) Advertising
5 2 (1.575%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 118 (92.91%) Developer
2 88 (69.29%) .NET Developer
3 18 (14.17%) Lead Developer
4 17 (13.39%) BizTalk Developer
5 15 (11.81%) Lead .NET Developer
6 10 (7.874%) Web Developer
7 7 (5.512%) C# Developer
7 7 (5.512%) VB.NET Developer
7 7 (5.512%) ASP.NET Developer
8 6 (4.724%) Systems Developer
9 4 (3.150%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (3.150%) Programmer
9 4 (3.150%) .NET Programmer
10 3 (2.362%) Senior .NET Programmer
10 3 (2.362%) Senior Programmer
10 3 (2.362%) Senior Developer
10 3 (2.362%) Team Leader
10 3 (2.362%) Senior .NET Developer
11 2 (1.575%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
11 2 (1.575%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.937%) Computer Science
2 4 (3.150%) Open Source
3 3 (2.362%) NHS
4 1 (0.787%) W3C
4 1 (0.787%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.787%) Windows
1 1 (0.787%) Android
1 1 (0.787%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.787%) Windows 8
1 1 (0.787%) Windows Phone 8
1 1 (0.787%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (51.97%) OO
2 51 (40.16%) Scrum
3 35 (27.56%) MVC
4 25 (19.69%) CRM
5 20 (15.75%) Agile Software Development
6 19 (14.96%) TDD
7 18 (14.17%) Unit Testing
8 13 (10.24%) OOD
9 12 (9.449%) Continuous Integration
9 12 (9.449%) Web Development
10 10 (7.874%) Content Management
11 6 (4.724%) PRINCE2
12 4 (3.150%) Programme Management
12 4 (3.150%) Kanban
12 4 (3.150%) Product Management
13 3 (2.362%) Continuous Improvement
13 3 (2.362%) Project Management
14 2 (1.575%) UML
14 2 (1.575%) E-Commerce
14 2 (1.575%) User Experience Design
Programming Languages
1 119 (93.70%) C#
2 26 (20.47%) SQL
2 26 (20.47%) VB.NET
3 22 (17.32%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.512%) VB
5 6 (4.724%) VB6
6 2 (1.575%) ActionScript
6 2 (1.575%) C
6 2 (1.575%) PHP
6 2 (1.575%) RPG
6 2 (1.575%) C++
6 2 (1.575%) Java
7 1 (0.787%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.787%) XPath
Qualifications
1 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Certification
1 15 (11.81%) Degree
2 3 (2.362%) MCSD
3 1 (0.787%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.150%) QA
2 3 (2.362%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 72 (56.69%) Microsoft
2 17 (13.39%) Sitecore
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Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + Excellent benefits and bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
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Net Talent
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Posted: 13 May 2013