The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 24 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 93 64 98
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +34
Permanent jobs citing .NET Framework 136 204 131
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 2.592% 3.686% 2.171%
As % of the Application Development category 5.524% 8.044% 5.378%
Number of salaries quoted 126 187 115
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £44,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,000 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.36% +4.28%
All Application Development
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2462 2536 2436
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 46.93% 45.82% 40.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2233 2273 2175
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West .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 West region.

South West .NET Framework Salary Trend

.NET Framework
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West .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 West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol -10 49 £37,500 +15.38%
Wiltshire -5 25 £36,000 +6.66%
Devon +18 22 £34,000 +23.63%
Gloucestershire +1 21 £32,500 -5.79%
Dorset -36 8 £31,250 -3.84%
Somerset -31 5 £32,000 -5.18%
.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 367 (100.00%) .NET
2 318 (86.65%) C#
3 249 (67.85%) SQL Server
4 241 (65.67%) ASP.NET
5 159 (43.32%) SQL
6 142 (38.69%) JavaScript
7 136 (37.06%) MVC
8 125 (34.06%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 122 (33.24%) HTML
10 106 (28.88%) Microsoft
11 97 (26.43%) Windows
12 89 (24.25%) Agile Software Development
13 83 (22.62%) CSS
13 83 (22.62%) ASP.NET MVC
14 77 (20.98%) Web Services
15 76 (20.71%) VB.NET
16 75 (20.44%) WCF
17 72 (19.62%) XML
18 71 (19.35%) MS Excel
19 64 (17.44%) Scrum
20 63 (17.17%) jQuery
21 62 (16.89%) Degree
22 61 (16.62%) Finance
23 56 (15.26%) SharePoint
24 54 (14.71%) OO
25 53 (14.44%) UML
25 53 (14.44%) T-SQL
26 52 (14.17%) SQL Server 2008
27 48 (13.08%) SQL Server 2005
28 46 (12.53%) IIS

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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
1 367 (100.00%) .NET
2 241 (65.67%) ASP.NET
3 125 (34.06%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 122 (33.24%) HTML
5 83 (22.62%) CSS
5 83 (22.62%) ASP.NET MVC
6 77 (20.98%) Web Services
7 75 (20.44%) WCF
8 72 (19.62%) XML
9 63 (17.17%) jQuery
10 32 (8.719%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 32 (8.719%) LINQ
11 24 (6.540%) WPF
12 23 (6.267%) Ajax
13 21 (5.722%) WinForms
13 21 (5.722%) XSL
14 19 (5.177%) ASP.NET MVC 2
15 18 (4.905%) ASP
16 17 (4.632%) XHTML
17 16 (4.360%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 56 (15.26%) SharePoint
2 46 (12.53%) IIS
3 19 (5.177%) SharePoint 2010
4 10 (2.725%) Windows Azure
5 8 (2.180%) CMS
6 7 (1.907%) Umbraco
6 7 (1.907%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (1.907%) OpenROAD
7 6 (1.635%) DotNetNuke
7 6 (1.635%) Apache
7 6 (1.635%) Sitefinity
7 6 (1.635%) Kentico
8 5 (1.362%) Magento
9 4 (1.090%) ColdFusion
10 3 (0.817%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.272%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.272%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 71 (19.35%) MS Excel
2 14 (3.815%) MS Office
3 8 (2.180%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.545%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.545%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.545%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 12 (3.270%) Visualfiles
2 8 (2.180%) Summit
3 3 (0.817%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.272%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.272%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.632%) DNS
2 11 (2.997%) Intranet
3 7 (1.907%) Internet
4 3 (0.817%) Wireless
5 2 (0.545%) TETRA
5 2 (0.545%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.545%) LAN
5 2 (0.545%) DHCP
5 2 (0.545%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.272%) HTTP
6 1 (0.272%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 249 (67.85%) SQL Server
2 52 (14.17%) SQL Server 2008
3 48 (13.08%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (4.632%) Crystal Reports
5 12 (3.270%) MySQL
6 10 (2.725%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (2.725%) SQL Server 2000
7 7 (1.907%) Ingres
8 5 (1.362%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (1.090%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.817%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (0.817%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.545%) Oracle 11g
11 2 (0.545%) MS Access
11 2 (0.545%) GIS
11 2 (0.545%) Oracle 10g
12 1 (0.272%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (11.44%) Visual Studio
2 25 (6.812%) Team Foundation Server
3 24 (6.540%) Subversion
4 17 (4.632%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.087%) Dreamweaver
6 13 (3.542%) NUnit
7 8 (2.180%) ReSharper
8 7 (1.907%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 6 (1.635%) MSTest
9 6 (1.635%) Rhino Mocks
9 6 (1.635%) Moq
10 5 (1.362%) Eclipse
10 5 (1.362%) NetBeans
11 4 (1.090%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.272%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.272%) Git (software)
12 1 (0.272%) StyleCop
12 1 (0.272%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
12 1 (0.272%) MSBuild
12 1 (0.272%) Selenium
General
1 61 (16.62%) Finance
2 20 (5.450%) Legal
3 16 (4.360%) Back Office
4 15 (4.087%) Front Office
5 9 (2.452%) Banking
6 6 (1.635%) Retail
7 5 (1.362%) Law
8 3 (0.817%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.545%) Marketing
10 1 (0.272%) Automotive
10 1 (0.272%) Games
10 1 (0.272%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 331 (90.19%) Developer
2 168 (45.78%) .NET Developer
3 82 (22.34%) Senior Developer
4 65 (17.71%) C# Developer
5 57 (15.53%) Software Developer
6 52 (14.17%) C# .NET Developer
7 45 (12.26%) Senior .NET Developer
8 41 (11.17%) ASP.NET Developer
9 35 (9.537%) Web Developer
10 33 (8.992%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 23 (6.267%) Analyst
11 23 (6.267%) Senior Software Developer
12 21 (5.722%) Analyst Developer
13 19 (5.177%) SharePoint Developer
14 18 (4.905%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
15 17 (4.632%) Junior Developer
15 17 (4.632%) Junior
16 16 (4.360%) .NET Web Developer
17 15 (4.087%) Senior C# Developer
17 15 (4.087%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.809%) N-Tier
2 24 (6.540%) Mobile App
3 19 (5.177%) Computer Science
4 17 (4.632%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (2.180%) Social Media
6 7 (1.907%) Open Source
6 7 (1.907%) Inversion of Control
7 6 (1.635%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.635%) W3C
7 6 (1.635%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.817%) iPhone
8 3 (0.817%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.545%) Mathematics
9 2 (0.545%) CCTV
9 2 (0.545%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.545%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.545%) iPad
10 1 (0.272%) Kindle
10 1 (0.272%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.272%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 97 (26.43%) Windows
2 17 (4.632%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (4.087%) Windows Mobile
3 15 (4.087%) Windows CE
4 11 (2.997%) Android
5 10 (2.725%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (2.180%) UNIX
7 6 (1.635%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.090%) Linux
9 3 (0.817%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.545%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.272%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.272%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (37.06%) MVC
2 89 (24.25%) Agile Software Development
3 64 (17.44%) Scrum
4 54 (14.71%) OO
5 53 (14.44%) UML
6 37 (10.08%) Web Development
6 37 (10.08%) Unit Testing
7 36 (9.809%) TDD
8 33 (8.992%) Service Delivery
9 24 (6.540%) ITIL
10 22 (5.995%) Migration
11 19 (5.177%) SOA
11 19 (5.177%) Web Application Development
12 16 (4.360%) Domain-Driven Design
13 14 (3.815%) Dependency Injection
13 14 (3.815%) Kanban
14 13 (3.542%) Performance Management
14 13 (3.542%) Project Management
14 13 (3.542%) Software Engineering
15 12 (3.270%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 318 (86.65%) C#
2 159 (43.32%) SQL
3 142 (38.69%) JavaScript
4 76 (20.71%) VB.NET
5 53 (14.44%) T-SQL
6 45 (12.26%) C++
7 40 (10.90%) VB
8 35 (9.537%) Java
9 24 (6.540%) VB6
10 11 (2.997%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.907%) C
11 7 (1.907%) PHP
12 5 (1.362%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.090%) VC++
14 3 (0.817%) VBScript
15 2 (0.545%) XPath
15 2 (0.545%) XAML
16 1 (0.272%) Python
16 1 (0.272%) ABAP
16 1 (0.272%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 62 (16.89%) Degree
2 33 (8.992%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.905%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.725%) MCP
5 7 (1.907%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.635%) MCTS
6 6 (1.635%) MCAD
6 6 (1.635%) MCSD
7 2 (0.545%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.180%) ISO 14001
1 8 (2.180%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.817%) QA
3 1 (0.272%) DO-178B
System Software
1 2 (0.545%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.545%) WMI
Vendors
1 106 (28.88%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.90%) Oracle
3 15 (4.087%) Macromedia
4 13 (3.542%) Infragistics
5 8 (2.180%) Sitecore
6 5 (1.362%) Red Gate
7 2 (0.545%) Google
7 2 (0.545%) ESRI
8 1 (0.272%) Ektron
8 1 (0.272%) Razor Risk
8 1 (0.272%) Facebook
8 1 (0.272%) Twitter
8 1 (0.272%) CA
8 1 (0.272%) VMware
8 1 (0.272%) ATG
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Salary: £0 - 40k per year + Pension + 25 days holiday
Posted: 20 May 2013
Westbury, South West
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Westbury, South West
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Swindon, South West
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Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Somerset
A talented C# Developer with experience of developing in a Windows environment and ASP.Net is required for a position based in Taunton, Surrey... Key Skills; - C# - ASP...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £32k - 34k per year + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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A great opportunity for experienced C# Developers to join a growing development team within our well established client. The company is looking for C# developers to provide input...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chippenham, Swindon, Trowbrige, Wiltshire, Bath,...
VB.NET or C# Developer / Programmer / Software Engineer, .NET, SQL Server, MVC, HTML, JavaScript, £35-40,000 plus benefits, Chippenham, Wiltshire.Key Skills:- Solid commercial web development experience.-...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-40,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
Position Software Developer / C# / ASP.netSalary £30,000 - £35,000 DOE + Excellent bonus & benefits packageLocation Gloucester / CheltenhamReference number 39811Software Developer / C# / ASP.netThe BackgroundThis well-established software house,...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Unit testing, documentation, continuous process improvement You -Experience (recent) of C# language, .NET environment, ASP.net web apps framework. -Good understanding of full SLDC, GUI experience is key -...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
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Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £35-40,000 + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stroud, Gloucestershire
C#/Asp.Net Developer - 2 positions Open... The role also entails a small amount of Web Development in which technologies such as Asp.Net MVC will be utilised.
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £22,500 to £25,000 per annum Plus good benefits and bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
C#/Asp.Net Developer - 2 positions Open... The role also entails a small amount of Web Development in which technologies such as Asp.Net MVC will be utilised.
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
C#/Asp.Net Developer - 2 positions Open... The role also entails a small amount of Web Development in which technologies such as Asp.Net MVC will be utilised.
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
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The Richmond Group
Salary: From £40,000 to £47,500 per annum
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OPUS
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Swindon, South West
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Novate IT
Posted: 23 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
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Novate IT Ltd
Posted: 23 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
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SEC Recruitment Limited
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
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Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth
You'll be developing applications and interfaces - both internal and 3rd parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework. You'll be joining...
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