The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 3 4 9
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Permanent jobs citing .NET 230 218 148
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 21.52% 22.52% 14.57%
As % of the Application Development category 56.23% 56.04% 34.02%
Number of salaries quoted 209 209 135
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,250 £28,500 £26,600
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £41,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
All Application Development
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
409 389 435
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 38.26% 40.19% 42.81%
Number of salaries quoted 368 348 405
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £55,000 £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
.NET
Wales

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales .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 South Wales region.

South Wales .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales .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 Wales region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cardiff +4 140 £32,500 -1.51% 1
Newport +2 38 £32,146 -10.08% 2
Bridgend -1 30 £31,250 -2.34% 1
Torfaen -7 8 £35,000 -2.77%
Blaenau Gwent - 4 £31,250 -
Vale of Glamorgan -1 2 £24,500 -2.00%
Monmouthshire - 2 £56,250 -
Caerphilly -11 1 £42,000 +58.49%
.NET
Wales

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 321 (74.83%) C#
2 252 (58.74%) ASP.NET
3 239 (55.71%) SQL Server
4 148 (34.50%) Microsoft
5 132 (30.77%) .NET Framework
6 125 (29.14%) SQL
7 117 (27.27%) VB.NET
8 115 (26.81%) Visual Studio
9 108 (25.17%) XML
10 103 (24.01%) OO
11 90 (20.98%) JavaScript
12 88 (20.51%) MS Excel
13 86 (20.05%) Agile Software Development
14 84 (19.58%) MVC
15 82 (19.11%) Scrum
15 82 (19.11%) CSS
16 77 (17.95%) HTML
17 68 (15.85%) VB
17 68 (15.85%) Team Foundation Server
18 60 (13.99%) SharePoint
19 56 (13.05%) Web Development
20 53 (12.35%) WCF
21 51 (11.89%) jQuery
22 48 (11.19%) VB6
23 47 (10.96%) Degree
24 43 (10.02%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
25 39 (9.091%) Finance
26 37 (8.625%) SQL Server Reporting Services
27 36 (8.392%) TDD
28 35 (8.159%) Microsoft Certification

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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
1 252 (58.74%) ASP.NET
2 132 (30.77%) .NET Framework
3 108 (25.17%) XML
4 82 (19.11%) CSS
5 77 (17.95%) HTML
6 53 (12.35%) WCF
7 51 (11.89%) jQuery
8 43 (10.02%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 34 (7.925%) ASP.NET MVC
10 26 (6.061%) Ajax
11 25 (5.828%) ASP
12 23 (5.361%) Web Services
12 23 (5.361%) Razor View Engine
13 18 (4.196%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 18 (4.196%) XHTML
14 16 (3.730%) WPF
15 14 (3.263%) Silverlight
15 14 (3.263%) XSLT
16 12 (2.797%) Castle Windsor
17 11 (2.564%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 60 (13.99%) SharePoint
2 24 (5.594%) BizTalk Server
3 23 (5.361%) CMS
4 22 (5.128%) Sitecore CMS
5 10 (2.331%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (2.331%) Umbraco
6 7 (1.632%) IIS
7 5 (1.166%) Apache
8 4 (0.932%) Windows Azure
9 2 (0.466%) MS Exchange
10 1 (0.233%) WordPress
10 1 (0.233%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.233%) Joomla!
Applications
1 88 (20.51%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.865%) MS Office
3 1 (0.233%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 26 (6.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.233%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.895%) Internet
2 4 (0.932%) VoIP
3 3 (0.699%) WAN
4 2 (0.466%) Firewall
4 2 (0.466%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.466%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.466%) DNS
4 2 (0.466%) DHCP
4 2 (0.466%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.466%) HTTP
4 2 (0.466%) LAN
4 2 (0.466%) MPLS
5 1 (0.233%) HSPA
5 1 (0.233%) TELNET
5 1 (0.233%) UMTS
5 1 (0.233%) SNMP
5 1 (0.233%) Intranet
5 1 (0.233%) LDAP
5 1 (0.233%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.233%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 239 (55.71%) SQL Server
2 37 (8.625%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 28 (6.527%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 27 (6.294%) SQL Server 2005
5 23 (5.361%) SQL Server 2000
6 15 (3.497%) SQL Server 2008
7 10 (2.331%) MySQL
8 7 (1.632%) SQL Server 2012
9 5 (1.166%) SQL Server 7
9 5 (1.166%) MS Access
10 2 (0.466%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.466%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.233%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.233%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 115 (26.81%) Visual Studio
2 68 (15.85%) Team Foundation Server
3 19 (4.429%) Visual Studio Team System
4 15 (3.497%) MSBuild
5 11 (2.564%) ReSharper
6 3 (0.699%) JUnit
6 3 (0.699%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 3 (0.699%) Subversion
7 2 (0.466%) NUnit
7 2 (0.466%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.233%) Rhino Mocks
8 1 (0.233%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.233%) Selenium
General
1 39 (9.091%) Finance
2 17 (3.963%) Retail
3 16 (3.730%) Legal
4 6 (1.399%) Advertising
5 5 (1.166%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.699%) Law
6 3 (0.699%) Marketing
7 2 (0.466%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.233%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 356 (82.98%) Developer
2 226 (52.68%) .NET Developer
3 47 (10.96%) Analyst
4 43 (10.02%) Web Developer
4 43 (10.02%) C# Developer
5 37 (8.625%) C# .NET Developer
6 32 (7.459%) Lead Developer
7 28 (6.527%) VB.NET Developer
8 22 (5.128%) Software Developer
9 19 (4.429%) Systems Developer
9 19 (4.429%) ASP.NET Developer
9 19 (4.429%) Lead .NET Developer
10 18 (4.196%) Applications Support
11 17 (3.963%) Support Analyst
11 17 (3.963%) Release Analyst
11 17 (3.963%) BizTalk Developer
11 17 (3.963%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 16 (3.730%) Configuration Analyst
12 16 (3.730%) Senior Developer
13 14 (3.263%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.098%) Computer Science
2 5 (1.166%) Open Source
2 5 (1.166%) VHDL
2 5 (1.166%) CMDB
3 3 (0.699%) NHS
4 2 (0.466%) AS400
5 1 (0.233%) W3C
5 1 (0.233%) Firmware
5 1 (0.233%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.233%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.233%) Tandem
5 1 (0.233%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.233%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.061%) Windows
2 4 (0.932%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (0.466%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.233%) Android
4 1 (0.233%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.233%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.233%) Windows Phone 8
4 1 (0.233%) Windows Phone
4 1 (0.233%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (24.01%) OO
2 86 (20.05%) Agile Software Development
3 84 (19.58%) MVC
4 82 (19.11%) Scrum
5 56 (13.05%) Web Development
6 36 (8.392%) TDD
7 28 (6.527%) CRM
8 27 (6.294%) ITIL
9 23 (5.361%) Unit Testing
10 22 (5.128%) E-Commerce
11 20 (4.662%) PRINCE2
11 20 (4.662%) Change Management
12 19 (4.429%) OOD
13 17 (3.963%) Project Management
14 15 (3.497%) Workflow
15 14 (3.263%) Continuous Integration
16 13 (3.030%) Content Management
17 12 (2.797%) OOP
18 8 (1.865%) Software Testing
18 8 (1.865%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 321 (74.83%) C#
2 125 (29.14%) SQL
3 117 (27.27%) VB.NET
4 90 (20.98%) JavaScript
5 68 (15.85%) VB
6 48 (11.19%) VB6
7 32 (7.459%) C++
8 31 (7.226%) T-SQL
9 27 (6.294%) Java
10 15 (3.497%) PHP
11 12 (2.797%) VBA
12 9 (2.098%) C
13 5 (1.166%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.932%) RPG
14 4 (0.932%) Delphi
15 2 (0.466%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.466%) PHP5
16 1 (0.233%) Assembly Language
16 1 (0.233%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.233%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 47 (10.96%) Degree
2 35 (8.159%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (3.963%) MCSD
4 10 (2.331%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.098%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.699%) MCP
7 2 (0.466%) ISEB
7 2 (0.466%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.233%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.233%) MCAD
8 1 (0.233%) MCTS
8 1 (0.233%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.233%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.797%) QA
2 5 (1.166%) SLA
3 4 (0.932%) HL7
4 3 (0.699%) WCAG
4 3 (0.699%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.233%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (0.699%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.932%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.233%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 148 (34.50%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.828%) Sitecore
3 21 (4.895%) Oracle
4 6 (1.399%) Business Objects
4 6 (1.399%) Remedy
5 3 (0.699%) IBM
5 3 (0.699%) Alterian
6 2 (0.466%) Cognos
6 2 (0.466%) Intel
6 2 (0.466%) Nortel
6 2 (0.466%) Cisco
7 1 (0.233%) Atmel
7 1 (0.233%) Typemock
7 1 (0.233%) Twitter
7 1 (0.233%) VMware
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
They currently have an exciting opportunity for a .Net Developer / Applications Developer to join their thriving business... They are now recruiting for a commercially minded and customer focused...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Newport, Gwent
The ideal developer will have an understanding of- * C# (plus some experience of VB.NET) *.NET (preferably 4.0) * Visual Studio 2010 & Team Foundation Server * At least one...
Acorn
Salary: £25000 - £29000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
Due to continued growth they currently have opportunities for C++ Developers to join their established team... The successful C++ developer will be responsible for: *Full application lifecycle development *...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £25000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013