Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Suffolk region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank32
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads205256
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.137 %0.114 %
As % of the category below69.97 %50.20 %
Salaries quoted157230
Average minimum salary£29,093£30,307
Average salary£32,250£34,352
% change on same period last year-6.11 %
Average maximum salary£35,407£38,396
UK excluding London average salary£35,596£35,918
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Suffolk IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Suffolk
Matching permanent IT job ads293510
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.228 %
Salaries quoted237451
Average minimum salary£30,481£33,156
Average salary£34,048£38,396
% change on same period last year-11.32 %
Average maximum salary£37,615£43,636
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£36,564
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
.NET East of England.NET
East of England

.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Suffolk .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Suffolk region.

Suffolk .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Suffolk .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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
IpswichUp+3119£33,161-7.47 %
Bury St EdmundsUp+141£31,094-0.05 %
FelixstoweDown-115£33,900-
NewmarketUp+213£30,500-2.17 %
SouthwoldNew entry-7£25,000-
LowestoftDown-14£25,500-3.77 %
.NET East of England.NET
East of England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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.

1365 (78.66 %)C#
2343 (73.92 %)SQL Server
3270 (58.19 %)ASP.NET
4164 (35.34 %)Microsoft
5162 (34.91 %)XML
6148 (31.90 %)VB.NET
7132 (28.45 %)SQL
8115 (24.78 %)JavaScript
9101 (21.77 %).NET Framework
9101 (21.77 %)OO
1097 (20.91 %)WebServices
1181 (17.46 %)SQL Server 2005
1277 (16.59 %)HTML
1366 (14.22 %)CSS
1465 (14.01 %)Insurance
1564 (13.79 %)Web Development
1663 (13.58 %)AJAX
1762 (13.36 %)Visual Studio
1858 (12.50 %)VB
1957 (12.28 %)E-Commerce
2056 (12.07 %)Transact-SQL
2056 (12.07 %)Degree
2056 (12.07 %)Data Protection Act
2056 (12.07 %)Data Protection
2155 (11.85 %)Finance
2253 (11.42 %)BizTalk Server
2351 (10.99 %)Java
2448 (10.34 %)J2EE
2448 (10.34 %)Banking
2545 (9.698 %)SQL Server 2000

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Suffolk IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1270 (58.19 %)ASP.NET
2162 (34.91 %)XML
3101 (21.77 %).NET Framework
497 (20.91 %)WebServices
577 (16.59 %)HTML
666 (14.22 %)CSS
763 (13.58 %)AJAX
848 (10.34 %)J2EE
944 (9.483 %)ASP
1039 (8.405 %)XSLT
1137 (7.974 %)WebSphere
1137 (7.974 %)WinForms
1232 (6.897 %)XHTML
1322 (4.741 %)SOAP
1415 (3.233 %)Middleware
1510 (2.155 %)WCF
1510 (2.155 %)WPF
167 (1.509 %)WF
167 (1.509 %)XSD
167 (1.509 %)Spring
Suffolk IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
153 (11.42 %)BizTalk Server
241 (8.836 %)SharePoint
323 (4.957 %)SharePoint Server 2007
421 (4.526 %)CMS
520 (4.310 %)IIS
615 (3.233 %)ESB
713 (2.802 %)WPS
812 (2.586 %)Site Server
95 (1.078 %)MTS
102 (0.431 %)SharePoint Portal Server
102 (0.431 %)WebSphere Message Broker
111 (0.216 %)Tomcat
111 (0.216 %)Apache
111 (0.216 %)ColdFusion
Suffolk IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
144 (9.483 %)MS Excel
210 (2.155 %)MS Office
38 (1.724 %)MS Project
45 (1.078 %)Photoshop
52 (0.431 %)MS Visio
61 (0.216 %)Fireworks
Suffolk IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.940 %)Dynamics CRM
25 (1.078 %)Microsoft CRM
32 (0.431 %)Navision
Suffolk IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (3.879 %)Internet
Suffolk IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1343 (73.92 %)SQL Server
281 (17.46 %)SQL Server 2005
345 (9.698 %)SQL Server 2000
419 (4.095 %)SQL Server Integration Services
419 (4.095 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
517 (3.664 %)Oracle 8/8i
612 (2.586 %)DTS
711 (2.371 %)Crystal Reports
88 (1.724 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
96 (1.293 %)MS Access
102 (0.431 %)RDBMS
102 (0.431 %)MySQL
111 (0.216 %)DB2
Suffolk IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
162 (13.36 %)Visual Studio
28 (1.724 %)VSS/SourceSafe
37 (1.509 %)Visual Studio Team System
43 (0.647 %)NUnit
51 (0.216 %)QuickTest Pro
Suffolk IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
165 (14.01 %)Insurance
255 (11.85 %)Finance
348 (10.34 %)Banking
437 (7.974 %)Health
536 (7.759 %)Pensions
631 (6.681 %)Telecoms
716 (3.448 %)Music
815 (3.233 %)Retail
912 (2.586 %)Games
1010 (2.155 %)Education
119 (1.940 %)Pharmaceutical
127 (1.509 %)Back Office
127 (1.509 %)Music Industry
136 (1.293 %)Multimedia
136 (1.293 %)Online Games
144 (0.862 %)Billing
152 (0.431 %)Marketing
152 (0.431 %)Manufacturing
Suffolk IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1334 (71.98 %)Developer
2235 (50.65 %).NET Developer
3113 (24.35 %)C# Developer
462 (13.36 %)Web Developer
559 (12.72 %)ASP.NET Developer
658 (12.50 %)Programmer
746 (9.914 %).NET Programmer
838 (8.190 %)Graduate
838 (8.190 %)Software Developer
838 (8.190 %).NET Web Developer
933 (7.112 %)Architect
1031 (6.681 %)Senior Developer
1031 (6.681 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1129 (6.250 %)Technical Architect
1228 (6.034 %)Junior
1325 (5.388 %)Junior Developer
1325 (5.388 %)Graduate Developer
1422 (4.741 %)Systems Engineer
1520 (4.310 %)Analyst
1619 (4.095 %).NET Architect
Suffolk IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
156 (12.07 %)Data Protection Act
218 (3.879 %)N-Tier
39 (1.940 %)Computer Science
43 (0.647 %)PMI
43 (0.647 %)Clustering
52 (0.431 %)Thin Client
52 (0.431 %)Fat Client
61 (0.216 %)DTV
61 (0.216 %)Management Information System
61 (0.216 %)IPTV
61 (0.216 %)NHS
61 (0.216 %)W3C
61 (0.216 %)MPEG
Suffolk IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (3.233 %)Windows
26 (1.293 %)Windows Server 2008
34 (0.862 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (0.647 %)Linux
43 (0.647 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (0.216 %)UNIX
51 (0.216 %)Embedded Linux
Suffolk IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1101 (21.77 %)OO
264 (13.79 %)Web Development
357 (12.28 %)E-Commerce
456 (12.07 %)Data Protection
543 (9.267 %)SOA
642 (9.052 %)UML
724 (5.172 %)Content Management
817 (3.664 %)PRINCE2
915 (3.233 %)EAI
915 (3.233 %)DSDM
915 (3.233 %)CRM
1013 (2.802 %)DNA
1013 (2.802 %)Scrum
1112 (2.586 %)Change Management
1112 (2.586 %)RUP
1211 (2.371 %)Workflow
1310 (2.155 %)Agile Software Development
148 (1.724 %)Business Intelligence
157 (1.509 %)Migration
166 (1.293 %)TDD
Suffolk IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1365 (78.66 %)C#
2148 (31.90 %)VB.NET
3132 (28.45 %)SQL
4115 (24.78 %)JavaScript
558 (12.50 %)VB
656 (12.07 %)Transact-SQL
751 (10.99 %)Java
840 (8.621 %)VB6
936 (7.759 %)C++
1034 (7.328 %)C
1115 (3.233 %)Delphi
1213 (2.802 %)PHP
134 (0.862 %)PL/SQL
143 (0.647 %)VBScript
143 (0.647 %)PowerHouse
152 (0.431 %)VBA
161 (0.216 %)Python
161 (0.216 %)Embedded C
161 (0.216 %)Embedded C++
161 (0.216 %)Perl
Suffolk IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
156 (12.07 %)Degree
232 (6.897 %)Microsoft Certification
328 (6.034 %)MCSD
419 (4.095 %)MCP
56 (1.293 %)MCAD
64 (0.862 %)MCPD
73 (0.647 %)MCTS
73 (0.647 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
82 (0.431 %)SCJA
82 (0.431 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
82 (0.431 %)SCJP
91 (0.216 %)MCITP
Suffolk IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.431 %)QA
Suffolk IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1164 (35.34 %)Microsoft
227 (5.819 %)Oracle
37 (1.509 %)IBM
46 (1.293 %)Adobe
53 (0.647 %)Sun
62 (0.431 %)Infragistics