The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Towcester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 21 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 Towcester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 6 6 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET 2 7 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Towcester 22.22% 23.33% 73.33%
As % of the Application Development category 28.57% 53.85% 78.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 11
Average salary £35,000 £41,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.63% +26.15%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Towcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7 13 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Towcester 77.78% 43.33% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 14
Average salary £35,000 £41,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.63% +26.15%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Northamptonshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Towcester .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 Towcester region.

Towcester .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Towcester 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 15 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (80.00%) Scrum
3 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
4 9 (60.00%) SQL
5 8 (53.33%) WinForms
5 8 (53.33%) WPF
6 7 (46.67%) ASP.NET
6 7 (46.67%) OO
6 7 (46.67%) WCF
7 6 (40.00%) TDD
8 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
8 5 (33.33%) Visual Studio
9 4 (26.67%) MCP
9 4 (26.67%) MCAD
9 4 (26.67%) MCSD
9 4 (26.67%) C++
9 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (26.67%) Windows
9 4 (26.67%) NUnit
9 4 (26.67%) MCTS
9 4 (26.67%) Kanban
9 4 (26.67%) MVC
9 4 (26.67%) XAML
9 4 (26.67%) Finance
9 4 (26.67%) Oracle
9 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (26.67%) Spring.NET
9 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (26.67%) Dependency Injection
9 4 (26.67%) Inversion of Control

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Towcester 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 8 (53.33%) WinForms
1 8 (53.33%) WPF
2 7 (46.67%) ASP.NET
2 7 (46.67%) WCF
3 4 (26.67%) Spring.NET
3 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (26.67%) Castle Windsor
3 4 (26.67%) Ninject
3 4 (26.67%) Razor View Engine
3 4 (26.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 4 (26.67%) Unity DI Container
4 3 (20.00%) CSS
4 3 (20.00%) EDI
4 3 (20.00%) HTML
5 2 (13.33%) ADO.NET
6 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (20.00%) QlikView
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 4 (26.67%) NUnit
2 4 (26.67%) MSTest
2 4 (26.67%) Rhino Mocks
2 4 (26.67%) Moq
3 3 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (13.33%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Developer
2 7 (46.67%) .NET Developer
3 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
4 3 (20.00%) C# Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Junior C# Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Junior .NET Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Graduate Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Graduate C# Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Junior Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Architect
4 3 (20.00%) Junior
4 3 (20.00%) Graduate
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Technical Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) C# Software Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Technical Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Inversion of Control
1 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Scrum
2 7 (46.67%) OO
3 6 (40.00%) TDD
4 4 (26.67%) Kanban
4 4 (26.67%) MVC
4 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (26.67%) Dependency Injection
4 4 (26.67%) MVVM
4 4 (26.67%) Web Application Development
5 3 (20.00%) Web Development
5 3 (20.00%) DSDM
5 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
6 2 (13.33%) OOD
6 2 (13.33%) Project Management
6 2 (13.33%) Electronic Design Automation
6 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (13.33%) Multithreading
7 1 (6.667%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C#
2 9 (60.00%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) C++
3 4 (26.67%) XAML
4 3 (20.00%) Delphi
4 3 (20.00%) VB
4 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (13.33%) Java
6 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) MCP
1 4 (26.67%) MCAD
1 4 (26.67%) MCSD
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (26.67%) MCTS
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Oracle
3 3 (20.00%) DevExpress