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 West 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 West region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank5510
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+5
Matching permanent IT job ads101710311317
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West20.29 %16.67 %11.33 %
As % of the Programming Languages category35.01 %31.84 %24.50 %
Salaries quoted9539371186
Average salary£32,500£34,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.410 %+4.610 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£28,100£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,500£42,500£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
290532385376
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West57.95 %52.34 %46.27 %
Salaries quoted262528604513
Average salary£32,500£34,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.410 %+3.030 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South West 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 West region.

South West C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 West 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
BristolUp+1285£32,500-7.14 %
SomersetDown-1161£35,000-
GloucestershireDown-2156£37,500+10.29 %
WiltshireUp+15146£30,000-14.28 %
DorsetUp+1143£31,250-9.42 %
DevonDown-355£35,000+16.66 %
AvonNew entry-15£32,500-
CornwallUp+63£17,000-51.77 %
C# EnglandC#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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#.

11627 (79.44 %).NET
21164 (56.84 %)SQL Server
31127 (55.03 %)ASP.NET
4747 (36.47 %)SQL
5447 (21.83 %)JavaScript
6431 (21.04 %)HTML
7411 (20.07 %)XML
8400 (19.53 %)VB
9388 (18.95 %)Microsoft
10375 (18.31 %)VB.NET
11374 (18.26 %)CSS
12321 (15.67 %)Windows
13311 (15.19 %)C++
14270 (13.18 %)Java
15262 (12.79 %)Oracle
15262 (12.79 %)OO
16254 (12.40 %)Web Services
17238 (11.62 %)Degree
18226 (11.04 %)VB6
19212 (10.35 %)SQL Server 2005
20193 (9.424 %)AJAX
21192 (9.375 %)PHP
22189 (9.229 %)IIS
23180 (8.789 %)Finance
24174 (8.496 %)Agile Software Development
25173 (8.447 %)MySQL
26164 (8.008 %)WinForms
27162 (7.910 %).NET Framework
28158 (7.715 %)Pensions
29157 (7.666 %)MS Excel

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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 West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11627 (79.44 %).NET
21127 (55.03 %)ASP.NET
3431 (21.04 %)HTML
4411 (20.07 %)XML
5374 (18.26 %)CSS
6254 (12.40 %)Web Services
7193 (9.424 %)AJAX
8164 (8.008 %)WinForms
9162 (7.910 %).NET Framework
10122 (5.957 %)ASP
1187 (4.248 %)XSLT
1278 (3.809 %)XHTML
1366 (3.223 %)DCOM
1464 (3.125 %)Silverlight
1560 (2.930 %)WPF
1560 (2.930 %)ODBC
1657 (2.783 %)MFC
1753 (2.588 %)WCF
1850 (2.441 %)MDX
1949 (2.393 %)J2EE
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1189 (9.229 %)IIS
282 (4.004 %)SharePoint
360 (2.930 %)CMS
458 (2.832 %)BizTalk Server
540 (1.953 %)Apache
637 (1.807 %)ArcGIS
727 (1.318 %)Commerce Server
822 (1.074 %)SharePoint Server 2007
918 (0.879 %)LiveLink
918 (0.879 %)Oracle Workflow
1016 (0.781 %)OpenROAD
117 (0.342 %)EPiServer
126 (0.293 %)Sitecore CMS
135 (0.244 %)ColdFusion
144 (0.195 %)MTS
144 (0.195 %)Umbraco
153 (0.146 %)WebLogic
153 (0.146 %)ESB
162 (0.098 %)ArcSDE
162 (0.098 %)MS Exchange
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1157 (7.666 %)MS Excel
215 (0.732 %)MS Office
310 (0.488 %)MS Visio
49 (0.439 %)InfoPath
54 (0.195 %)Photoshop
62 (0.098 %)FastStats
62 (0.098 %)FreeHand
62 (0.098 %)MATLAB
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (0.488 %)Summit
24 (0.195 %)Pivotal CRM
33 (0.146 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.098 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.049 %)Line 500
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1133 (6.494 %)Internet
221 (1.025 %)TCP/IP
319 (0.928 %)Intranet
418 (0.879 %)SMTP
418 (0.879 %)FTP
418 (0.879 %)Extranet
516 (0.781 %)DNS
516 (0.781 %)HTTP
610 (0.488 %)GSM
75 (0.244 %)SMPP
84 (0.195 %)LDAP
93 (0.146 %)WAN
93 (0.146 %)GPRS
93 (0.146 %)Wi-Fi
93 (0.146 %)Cisco IOS
101 (0.049 %)Network Security
101 (0.049 %)Firewall
101 (0.049 %)Broadband
101 (0.049 %)VPN
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11164 (56.84 %)SQL Server
2212 (10.35 %)SQL Server 2005
3173 (8.447 %)MySQL
4143 (6.982 %)RDBMS
5107 (5.225 %)SQL Server 2008
6101 (4.932 %)SQL Server 2000
781 (3.955 %)BusinessObjects
876 (3.711 %)Crystal Reports
965 (3.174 %)Oracle Reports
965 (3.174 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1060 (2.930 %)GIS
1154 (2.637 %)OLAP
1242 (2.051 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1329 (1.416 %)Oracle 8/8i
1425 (1.221 %)Oracle OLAP
1519 (0.928 %)Oracle 11g
1519 (0.928 %)Datawarehouse
1519 (0.928 %)Ingres
1617 (0.830 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1617 (0.830 %)BODI
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1133 (6.494 %)Visual Studio
256 (2.734 %)Subversion
354 (2.637 %)NUnit
425 (1.221 %)Maven
524 (1.172 %)JUnit
524 (1.172 %)TeamCity
621 (1.025 %)VSS/SourceSafe
715 (0.732 %)Team Foundation Server
811 (0.537 %)Oracle Forms
99 (0.439 %)QuickTest Pro
107 (0.342 %)InstallShield
112 (0.098 %)LabVIEW
112 (0.098 %)CruiseControl
112 (0.098 %)Selenium
112 (0.098 %)Expression Blend
121 (0.049 %)Expression Studio
121 (0.049 %)Firebug
121 (0.049 %)Fiddler
121 (0.049 %)SilkTest
121 (0.049 %)WATIR
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1180 (8.789 %)Finance
2158 (7.715 %)Pensions
3100 (4.883 %)Insurance
461 (2.979 %)Health
557 (2.783 %)Back Office
644 (2.148 %)Marketing
738 (1.855 %)Telecoms
834 (1.660 %)Banking
924 (1.172 %)Retail
1020 (0.977 %)Advertising
1118 (0.879 %)Education
1215 (0.732 %)Government
1310 (0.488 %)Electronics
148 (0.391 %)Music
157 (0.342 %)Local Government
157 (0.342 %)Investment Banking
166 (0.293 %)Aerospace
166 (0.293 %)Multimedia
166 (0.293 %)Billing
174 (0.195 %)Manufacturing
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11675 (81.79 %)Developer
2720 (35.16 %)C# Developer
3586 (28.61 %).NET Developer
4313 (15.28 %)Web Developer
5297 (14.50 %)ASP.NET Developer
6248 (12.11 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
7202 (9.863 %)Software Developer
8188 (9.180 %)Applications Developer
9187 (9.131 %)Software Engineer
10121 (5.908 %)Analyst
11103 (5.029 %)Senior Developer
1291 (4.443 %)Programmer
1291 (4.443 %)C# Web Developer
1380 (3.906 %)Graduate
1479 (3.857 %)Applications Support
1576 (3.711 %)WinForms Developer
1668 (3.320 %).NET Web Developer
1767 (3.271 %)Analyst Programmer
1865 (3.174 %)Lead Developer
1959 (2.881 %)Java Developer
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
190 (4.395 %)Mathematics
275 (3.662 %)Client/Server
340 (1.953 %)W3C
431 (1.514 %)Computer Science
517 (0.830 %)RIA
517 (0.830 %)Open Source
614 (0.684 %)SaaS
713 (0.635 %)Physics
713 (0.635 %)N-Tier
811 (0.537 %)Tandem
910 (0.488 %)Freedom of Information
109 (0.439 %)Social Network
117 (0.342 %)Robotics
126 (0.293 %)Statistics
135 (0.244 %)Web 2.0
135 (0.244 %)Management Information System
144 (0.195 %)Replication
144 (0.195 %)Firmware
153 (0.146 %)VLE
162 (0.098 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1321 (15.67 %)Windows
252 (2.539 %)UNIX
341 (2.002 %)Linux
430 (1.465 %)Windows Mobile
526 (1.270 %)Windows Server 2003
620 (0.977 %)Windows Server 2008
79 (0.439 %)Solaris
79 (0.439 %)Windows XP
87 (0.342 %)HPUX
87 (0.342 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.195 %)Nucleus RTOS
94 (0.195 %)Windows CE
102 (0.098 %)AIX
102 (0.098 %)Windows 7
111 (0.049 %)Android
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1262 (12.79 %)OO
2174 (8.496 %)Agile Software Development
3130 (6.348 %)Web Development
4125 (6.104 %)E-Commerce
595 (4.639 %)Unit Testing
683 (4.053 %)Project Management
780 (3.906 %)TDD
780 (3.906 %)UML
874 (3.613 %)OOP
955 (2.686 %)OOD
1053 (2.588 %)MVC
1147 (2.295 %)Software Engineering
1246 (2.246 %)SOA
1345 (2.197 %)Scrum
1444 (2.148 %)ITIL
1543 (2.100 %)Data Analysis
1640 (1.953 %)CRM
1739 (1.904 %)Content Management
1837 (1.807 %)Business Intelligence
1935 (1.709 %)Workflow
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1747 (36.47 %)SQL
2447 (21.83 %)JavaScript
3400 (19.53 %)VB
4375 (18.31 %)VB.NET
5311 (15.19 %)C++
6270 (13.18 %)Java
7226 (11.04 %)VB6
8192 (9.375 %)PHP
9115 (5.615 %)T-SQL
1091 (4.443 %)Delphi
1186 (4.199 %)C
1274 (3.613 %)VC++
1341 (2.002 %)Python
1438 (1.855 %)VBScript
1514 (0.684 %)Perl
1610 (0.488 %)Embedded C
179 (0.439 %)ActionScript
188 (0.391 %)VBA
188 (0.391 %)XAML
188 (0.391 %)PowerShell
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1238 (11.62 %)Degree
281 (3.955 %)Security Cleared
341 (2.002 %)Microsoft Certification
426 (1.270 %)SC Cleared
521 (1.025 %)MCP
617 (0.830 %)MCTS
715 (0.732 %)HND
814 (0.684 %)MCSD
913 (0.635 %)MCAD
1012 (0.586 %)PhD
1012 (0.586 %)ISEB
118 (0.391 %)DV Cleared
127 (0.342 %)MCPD
136 (0.293 %)ITIL Certification
143 (0.146 %)Postgraduate
151 (0.049 %)Server+ Certification
151 (0.049 %)CISSP
151 (0.049 %)ISTQB
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
185 (4.150 %)QA
212 (0.586 %)SLA
31 (0.049 %)WAI
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (0.488 %)Active Directory
South West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
145 (2.197 %)MSI
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1388 (18.95 %)Microsoft
2262 (12.79 %)Oracle
381 (3.955 %)Business Objects
437 (1.807 %)Zend
532 (1.563 %)ESRI
622 (1.074 %)Sybase
718 (0.879 %)SAP
718 (0.879 %)Open Text
88 (0.391 %)Cisco
97 (0.342 %)Teradata
106 (0.293 %)Sitecore
115 (0.244 %)Google
115 (0.244 %)Infragistics
115 (0.244 %)Siemens
115 (0.244 %)Sage
124 (0.195 %)Alterian
133 (0.146 %)EMC
133 (0.146 %)Singularity
133 (0.146 %)PeopleSoft
142 (0.098 %)Lotus