The first table below looks at the demand for C# 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 C# over the 3 months to 22 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 Programming Languages category for the South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 6 6 13
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Permanent jobs citing C# 209 164 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 19.72% 16.50% 11.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.95% 30.83% 21.26%
Number of salaries quoted 194 162 94
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -17.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,350 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
598 532 494
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 56.42% 53.52% 55.88%
Number of salaries quoted 550 466 459
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,150 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C#
Wales

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South Wales C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

South Wales C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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 -1 118 £32,500 +1.56%
Newport +2 45 £32,500 -3.70%
Bridgend -2 18 £31,250 +13.63%
Torfaen -2 12 £35,000 -
Vale of Glamorgan - 2 £24,500 -
Neath Port Talbot +3 1 £37,500 -6.25%
Monmouthshire -3 1 £55,000 +83.33%
C#
Wales

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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#.

1 344 (97.73%) .NET
2 246 (69.89%) ASP.NET
3 218 (61.93%) SQL Server
4 127 (36.08%) Microsoft
5 120 (34.09%) .NET Framework
6 101 (28.69%) SQL
7 98 (27.84%) OO
8 96 (27.27%) XML
9 93 (26.42%) JavaScript
10 90 (25.57%) VB.NET
11 86 (24.43%) Visual Studio
12 84 (23.86%) MS Excel
13 83 (23.58%) MVC
14 80 (22.73%) CSS
15 76 (21.59%) Scrum
16 69 (19.60%) HTML
17 66 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
18 55 (15.63%) VB
18 55 (15.63%) SharePoint
19 51 (14.49%) WCF
20 48 (13.64%) Web Development
21 43 (12.22%) Team Foundation Server
21 43 (12.22%) Finance
22 40 (11.36%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
23 39 (11.08%) jQuery
23 39 (11.08%) TDD
24 37 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
25 36 (10.23%) ASP.NET MVC
26 34 (9.659%) Degree
27 33 (9.375%) VB6

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

Application Development
1 344 (97.73%) .NET
2 246 (69.89%) ASP.NET
3 120 (34.09%) .NET Framework
4 96 (27.27%) XML
5 80 (22.73%) CSS
6 69 (19.60%) HTML
7 51 (14.49%) WCF
8 40 (11.36%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 39 (11.08%) jQuery
10 36 (10.23%) ASP.NET MVC
11 31 (8.807%) Web Services
12 27 (7.670%) Ajax
13 26 (7.386%) Razor View Engine
14 24 (6.818%) ASP
15 21 (5.966%) XSLT
16 19 (5.398%) WinForms
17 14 (3.977%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 14 (3.977%) WPF
18 13 (3.693%) Castle Windsor
19 12 (3.409%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 55 (15.63%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.534%) BizTalk Server
3 14 (3.977%) CMS
4 12 (3.409%) Sitecore CMS
5 10 (2.841%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (2.273%) IIS
7 6 (1.705%) Windows Azure
8 5 (1.420%) MSMQ
9 4 (1.136%) Apache
10 3 (0.852%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.284%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.284%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.284%) WordPress
Applications
1 84 (23.86%) MS Excel
2 9 (2.557%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 27 (7.670%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.284%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.534%) Internet
2 3 (0.852%) Intranet
3 2 (0.568%) VoIP
3 2 (0.568%) HTTP
4 1 (0.284%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.284%) HSPA
4 1 (0.284%) SSH
4 1 (0.284%) Wireless
4 1 (0.284%) TELNET
4 1 (0.284%) SNMP
4 1 (0.284%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.284%) WAN
4 1 (0.284%) LDAP
4 1 (0.284%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.284%) GPRS
4 1 (0.284%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (61.93%) SQL Server
2 30 (8.523%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 30 (8.523%) SQL Server 2005
3 20 (5.682%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 18 (5.114%) SQL Server 2000
5 13 (3.693%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (1.989%) SQL Server 2012
7 5 (1.420%) SQL Server 7
7 5 (1.420%) MS Access
8 3 (0.852%) MySQL
8 3 (0.852%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.568%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.284%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 1 (0.284%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.284%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 86 (24.43%) Visual Studio
2 43 (12.22%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (3.125%) ReSharper
4 4 (1.136%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 4 (1.136%) JUnit
4 4 (1.136%) Subversion
5 3 (0.852%) Selenium
5 3 (0.852%) NUnit
5 3 (0.852%) WebDriver
6 2 (0.568%) Rhino Mocks
7 1 (0.284%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.284%) MSTest
7 1 (0.284%) Moq
General
1 43 (12.22%) Finance
2 15 (4.261%) Legal
3 10 (2.841%) Retail
4 5 (1.420%) Law
4 5 (1.420%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.568%) Marketing
6 1 (0.284%) Electronics
6 1 (0.284%) Advertising
6 1 (0.284%) Games
Job Titles
1 317 (90.06%) Developer
2 205 (58.24%) .NET Developer
3 49 (13.92%) Web Developer
4 44 (12.50%) C# Developer
5 36 (10.23%) C# .NET Developer
6 31 (8.807%) ASP.NET Developer
7 26 (7.386%) Lead Developer
8 24 (6.818%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 21 (5.966%) Software Developer
10 18 (5.114%) VB.NET Developer
10 18 (5.114%) Senior Developer
11 17 (4.830%) BizTalk Developer
12 16 (4.545%) Senior .NET Developer
13 15 (4.261%) Analyst
13 15 (4.261%) Lead .NET Developer
14 14 (3.977%) Systems Developer
14 14 (3.977%) Applications Support
15 13 (3.693%) Support Analyst
15 13 (3.693%) Senior C# Developer
15 13 (3.693%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (1.705%) Open Source
1 6 (1.705%) Computer Science
2 5 (1.420%) VHDL
3 3 (0.852%) NHS
4 2 (0.568%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.284%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.284%) Physics
5 1 (0.284%) Tandem
5 1 (0.284%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (0.284%) W3C
5 1 (0.284%) Firmware
5 1 (0.284%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.284%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.682%) Windows
2 2 (0.568%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.284%) Android
3 1 (0.284%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.284%) Windows XP
3 1 (0.284%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.284%) Windows Phone
3 1 (0.284%) Windows 8
3 1 (0.284%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (27.84%) OO
2 83 (23.58%) MVC
3 76 (21.59%) Scrum
4 66 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
5 48 (13.64%) Web Development
6 39 (11.08%) TDD
7 27 (7.670%) CRM
8 23 (6.534%) E-Commerce
9 22 (6.250%) PRINCE2
10 21 (5.966%) Unit Testing
11 16 (4.545%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (4.545%) OOD
12 15 (4.261%) Workflow
13 14 (3.977%) Project Management
14 12 (3.409%) Content Management
15 10 (2.841%) ITIL
15 10 (2.841%) OOP
16 7 (1.989%) Kanban
16 7 (1.989%) Web Design
17 5 (1.420%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (28.69%) SQL
2 93 (26.42%) JavaScript
3 90 (25.57%) VB.NET
4 55 (15.63%) VB
5 33 (9.375%) VB6
6 29 (8.239%) T-SQL
7 15 (4.261%) PHP
8 12 (3.409%) Java
8 12 (3.409%) C++
9 9 (2.557%) VBA
10 8 (2.273%) C
11 5 (1.420%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.136%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.568%) PHP5
14 1 (0.284%) Lua
14 1 (0.284%) XPath
14 1 (0.284%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.284%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.284%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.284%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (10.51%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (9.659%) Degree
3 21 (5.966%) MCSD
4 6 (1.705%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.705%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.136%) ISEB
6 3 (0.852%) ISTQB
6 3 (0.852%) MCP
7 2 (0.568%) MCAD
7 2 (0.568%) MCTS
8 1 (0.284%) MCPD
8 1 (0.284%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.705%) QA
2 5 (1.420%) SLA
3 3 (0.852%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.284%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (0.284%) VMware ESX
1 1 (0.284%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.852%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 127 (36.08%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.261%) Sitecore
3 4 (1.136%) IBM
4 3 (0.852%) Remedy
4 3 (0.852%) Business Objects
5 2 (0.568%) Cognos
5 2 (0.568%) Oracle
5 2 (0.568%) Alterian
6 1 (0.284%) Atmel
6 1 (0.284%) VMware
6 1 (0.284%) Genesys
6 1 (0.284%) Typemock
6 1 (0.284%) Twitter
6 1 (0.284%) Verint
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The ideal .Net Developer must have experience of the following: *Extensive experience developing using the Microsoft .Net framework *Strong C# development skills *Experience with Visual Studio 2005/2008/...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newport, Gwent
An international group with offices in several countries and major operations globally, growing at 25% year on year is looking for an ambitious Junior - Senior C# ASP.NET...
Sanderson
Salary: £25000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The role is to work within an Agile environment using Scrum to deliver technical solutions for business requirements... You will need to have strong web skills and experience...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + Excellent benefits and bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Key technical skills: *.Net C# *WCF *Entity Framework *ASP.Net *Agile/Scrum experience As Lead Developer you must have the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues,...
CPS Group UK
Salary: excellent benefits and competitive salary
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The Lead Developer will be responsible for mentoring and supporting a small team of developers, and will also be expected to take a hands-on approach on development...
networx
Salary: £42,000 depending on skills
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Experience as C# developer within a Microsoft.Net environment... Experience of web development on the .Net platform, ideally with exposure to the Microsoft MVC framework, JQuery and XML.
Confused.com
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Your responsibilities will include; *Management of stakeholders to ensure expectations are appropriately managed, *Embedding of SSDLC and coding standards as defined by the group architecture team Successful code...
ISL
Salary: £40.00 - £50.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NET Framework (C#, ASP.Net) SQL Server. XML. XAML. ASP.Net MVC... Attitude and genuine interest in technology are key but knowledge of some of the following would...
Sequence
Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Waterton (Bridgend, S. Wales)
Wales) The role of the Senior Research Assistant (VB.Net and C#): Under line management, supervision and guidance, you will contribute to research and consultancy activity within the...
Coventry University
Salary: £30,426 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The position is to improve development throughput by effective validation of requirements and specifications before passing to developers. The company are a MS house so an understanding of ...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
Software Engineer Technical Skills: *Objective C/C++ programming on Windows Platforms *JAVA or .NET *Scrum/Agile Software Development *Embedded programming - C/VHDL The role of Software Engineer offers...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension & Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
A leading global company based in Cardiff is looking for an experienced Business Analyst. This challenging role will involve working as a Business Analyst applying business needs to...
The People Network
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + pension, health, hols
Posted: 21 May 2013
Treharris, Mid Glamorgan
You will also need a good exposure to Verint Call Recording/Quality Management, SQL Server (2005 or above), Business Objects (Universe design, Web Intelligence Report design), Windows Server...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
Business Analyst Opus is looking for a Business Analyst to join a well branded organisation in the Cardiff area- If you are a Business Analyst looking to develop...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013