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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 14 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to 14 May 2008Same period last year
Rank56
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads3326534084
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled16.33 %14.85 %
As % of the category below50.79 %46.62 %
Salaries quoted2882628866
Average minimum salary£36,670£37,281
Average salary£40,271£40,799
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
Average maximum salary£43,871£44,317
UK excluding London average salary£35,584£35,299
% change on same period last year+0.80 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6549973117
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.14 %31.85 %
Salaries quoted5547960106
Average minimum salary£37,301£38,465
Average salary£41,010£42,307
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
Average maximum salary£44,720£46,149
UK excluding London average salary£35,983£36,633
% change on same period last year-1.77 %

.NET
Demand Trend

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

.NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

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

.NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the UK over the past 3 months.

.NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+132060£40,321-1.60 %
2LondonUp+312191£49,213-1.02 %
3South EastDown-17057£37,717-1.74 %
4City of LondonUp+42962£52,372-7.98 %
5East of EnglandUp+22949£37,270+2.78 %
6North WestUp+12371£34,509+3.66 %
7South WestUp+22190£33,203+3.24 %
8YorkshireUp+12140£32,375+3.96 %
9West MidlandsNo change01796£32,650+7.25 %
10SurreyUp+31655£38,136-5.75 %
11HampshireNo change01504£36,843+0.44 %
12West YorkshireUp+21460£32,321+2.76 %
13BerkshireDown-31407£40,664-0.96 %
14ManchesterUp+11284£36,244+4.84 %
15East MidlandsUp+11164£32,735+6.88 %
16LeedsUp+2980£32,667+3.43 %
17CambridgeshireUp+6977£35,947+5.28 %
18OxfordshireNo change0838£35,754+3.39 %
19ScotlandDown-1804£35,159-0.33 %
20EssexUp+2743£37,015-8.40 %
21BuckinghamshireUp+1707£36,644-0.99 %
22BristolUp+7679£32,420+2.16 %
23HertfordshireDown-1674£39,437+8.82 %
24CambridgeUp+5563£36,807+3.66 %
25CheshireDown-4552£32,353+1.59 %
26BirminghamDown-1518£33,060+9.26 %
27ReadingNo change0452£43,123+2.87 %
28NottinghamshireUp+2431£33,486+10.62 %
29GloucestershireUp+4399£33,310+2.28 %
30WiltshireUp+5385£34,855+9.63 %

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing .NET also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing .NET.

140967 (62.62 %)C#
234634 (52.94 %)SQL Server
332511 (49.70 %)ASP.NET
422755 (34.78 %)SQL
517528 (26.79 %)XML
617160 (26.23 %)VB.NET
716400 (25.07 %)Microsoft
812288 (18.78 %)HTML
912089 (18.48 %)VB
1011841 (18.10 %)JavaScript
1111546 (17.65 %)Finance
129872 (15.09 %)SQL Server 2005
139261 (14.16 %)Java
149253 (14.14 %)Windows
159138 (13.97 %)ASP
168821 (13.48 %)CSS
178289 (12.67 %)OO
187956 (12.16 %)Degree
197797 (11.92 %)C++
207588 (11.60 %)Oracle
217427 (11.35 %)WebServices
227160 (10.94 %)SQL Server 2000
236823 (10.43 %)MS Excel
246667 (10.19 %).NET Framework
256284 (9.605 %)Visual Studio
265844 (8.933 %)SharePoint
275521 (8.439 %)AJAX
285206 (7.958 %)Web Development
294845 (7.406 %)VB6
304305 (6.580 %)Transact-SQL

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing .NET also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
132511 (49.70 %)ASP.NET
217528 (26.79 %)XML
312288 (18.78 %)HTML
49138 (13.97 %)ASP
58821 (13.48 %)CSS
67427 (11.35 %)WebServices
76667 (10.19 %).NET Framework
85521 (8.439 %)AJAX
94212 (6.438 %)WinForms
103661 (5.596 %)J2EE
113439 (5.257 %)XHTML
123258 (4.980 %)XSLT
131785 (2.728 %)ADO.NET
141523 (2.328 %)ASP.NET 2.0
151400 (2.140 %)XSL
161253 (1.915 %)SOAP
171072 (1.639 %)WCF
18919 (1.405 %)JSP
19907 (1.386 %)WPF
20884 (1.351 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
15844 (8.933 %)SharePoint
24062 (6.209 %)IIS
33346 (5.115 %)BizTalk Server
41904 (2.910 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51711 (2.615 %)CMS
6699 (1.068 %)MS Exchange
7661 (1.010 %)Apache
8577 (0.882 %)ColdFusion
9539 (0.824 %)WebLogic
10454 (0.694 %)Tomcat
11359 (0.549 %)SharePoint Portal Server
12302 (0.462 %)JBoss
13277 (0.423 %)Commerce Server
14267 (0.408 %)Content Management Server
15262 (0.400 %)MQSeries
16198 (0.303 %)Lotus Notes
17172 (0.263 %)Exchange Server 2003
18145 (0.222 %)Documentum
19126 (0.193 %)ArcGIS
20125 (0.191 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
16823 (10.43 %)MS Excel
21770 (2.706 %)MS Office
3952 (1.455 %)Photoshop
4734 (1.122 %)MS Visio
5369 (0.564 %)MS Project
6212 (0.324 %)Fireworks
7206 (0.315 %)Adobe Illustrator
7206 (0.315 %)InfoPath
873 (0.112 %)MS PowerPoint
971 (0.109 %)MATLAB
1050 (0.076 %)Acrobat
1129 (0.044 %)AutoCAD
1129 (0.044 %)CA Clarity
1225 (0.038 %)SPSS
1324 (0.037 %)3ds Max
1422 (0.034 %)PrintSoft PReS
1518 (0.028 %)Adobe Director
1617 (0.026 %)CorelDRAW
1617 (0.026 %)RoboHelp
1716 (0.024 %)ImageReady
Business Applications
1707 (1.081 %)Microsoft CRM
2486 (0.743 %)Dynamics CRM
3354 (0.541 %)Axapta
4274 (0.419 %)Dynamics AX
5156 (0.238 %)Summit
6133 (0.203 %)Navision
7113 (0.173 %)SAP Oil and Gas
875 (0.115 %)Dynamics NAV
950 (0.076 %)Oracle EBS
1048 (0.073 %)SalesLogix
1147 (0.072 %)GoldMine
1245 (0.069 %)Oracle Applications
1343 (0.066 %)Oracle Financials
1437 (0.057 %)Great Plains
1533 (0.050 %)Pivotal CRM
1632 (0.049 %)SAP CRM
1730 (0.046 %)Dynamics GP
1829 (0.044 %)Oracle ERP
1927 (0.041 %)Fidessa
2026 (0.040 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
13618 (5.530 %)Internet
21801 (2.753 %)Intranet
3593 (0.906 %)TCP/IP
4519 (0.793 %)Extranet
5328 (0.501 %)HTTP
6242 (0.370 %)DNS
7231 (0.353 %)Firewall
8195 (0.298 %)LDAP
9184 (0.281 %)WINS
10175 (0.267 %)LAN
11171 (0.261 %)Wireless
12161 (0.246 %)WAN
13144 (0.220 %)SMTP
14138 (0.211 %)FTP
15124 (0.190 %)SSL
16120 (0.183 %)VoIP
17104 (0.159 %)SAN
1870 (0.107 %)VPN
1965 (0.099 %)SMS
2057 (0.087 %)3G
Database & Business Intelligence
134634 (52.94 %)SQL Server
29872 (15.09 %)SQL Server 2005
37160 (10.94 %)SQL Server 2000
42632 (4.023 %)SQL Server 7
51770 (2.706 %)Crystal Reports
61607 (2.456 %)MySQL
71535 (2.346 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81249 (1.909 %)RDBMS
91077 (1.646 %)DTS
10988 (1.510 %)Datawarehouse
11938 (1.434 %)MS Access
12903 (1.380 %)SQL Server Integration Services
13600 (0.917 %)BusinessObjects
14533 (0.815 %)GIS
15502 (0.767 %)ETL
16473 (0.723 %)Oracle 10g
17451 (0.689 %)DB2
18438 (0.670 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
19412 (0.630 %)Oracle 8/8i
20398 (0.608 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
16284 (9.605 %)Visual Studio
21847 (2.823 %)Flash
31020 (1.559 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4797 (1.218 %)NUnit
5579 (0.885 %)Dreamweaver
6377 (0.576 %)Subversion
7261 (0.399 %)Eclipse
8198 (0.303 %)Oracle Forms
9196 (0.300 %)QuickTest Pro
10183 (0.280 %)InstallShield
11166 (0.254 %)CruiseControl
12153 (0.234 %)Ant
13151 (0.231 %)WinRunner
14150 (0.229 %)TestDirector
14150 (0.229 %)JUnit
15126 (0.193 %)Rational Rose
16115 (0.176 %)ClearCase
1798 (0.150 %)MorphX
1897 (0.148 %)PowerBuilder
1996 (0.147 %)PVCS
General
111546 (17.65 %)Finance
24254 (6.502 %)Banking
33620 (5.533 %)Pensions
42752 (4.207 %)Health
52401 (3.670 %)Insurance
62225 (3.401 %)Retail
72180 (3.332 %)Front Office
82132 (3.259 %)Investment Banking
92067 (3.160 %)Marketing
101522 (2.326 %)Education
11996 (1.522 %)Telecoms
12918 (1.403 %)Back Office
13914 (1.397 %)Government
14690 (1.055 %)Publishing
15686 (1.049 %)Games
16675 (1.032 %)Advertising
17659 (1.007 %)Law
18607 (0.928 %)Legal
19558 (0.853 %)Financial Institution
20496 (0.758 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
144305 (67.72 %)Developer
220260 (30.97 %).NET Developer
313586 (20.77 %)C# Developer
48049 (12.30 %)Web Developer
57072 (10.81 %)ASP.NET Developer
66221 (9.509 %)Analyst
75738 (8.771 %)Senior Developer
84804 (7.343 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
94404 (6.732 %)Software Developer
104070 (6.221 %)Programmer
114000 (6.114 %)VB.NET Developer
123227 (4.933 %)Architect
133052 (4.665 %)Consultant
142730 (4.173 %).NET Web Developer
152561 (3.915 %)Senior .NET Developer
162448 (3.742 %)Software Engineer
172315 (3.539 %)Analyst Programmer
182283 (3.490 %)SQL Developer
192264 (3.461 %)Junior
201961 (2.998 %)Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
12074 (3.170 %)Computer Science
21617 (2.472 %)Derivative
31467 (2.242 %)N-Tier
4964 (1.474 %)Client/Server
5817 (1.249 %)Asset Management
6741 (1.133 %)Mathematics
7683 (1.044 %)Equities
8674 (1.030 %)Fixed Income
9662 (1.012 %)W3C
10582 (0.890 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11557 (0.851 %)Multithreading
12471 (0.720 %)Equity Derivative
13430 (0.657 %)Web 2.0
14399 (0.610 %)Management Information System
15269 (0.411 %)Credit Derivative
16236 (0.361 %)AS400
17219 (0.335 %)PDA
18216 (0.330 %)Tandem
19204 (0.312 %)Social Network
20197 (0.301 %)Physics
Operating Systems
19253 (14.14 %)Windows
22046 (3.127 %)Unix
31703 (2.603 %)Linux
4781 (1.194 %)Windows 2000
5700 (1.070 %)Windows Server 2003
6486 (0.743 %)Windows NT
7423 (0.647 %)Windows XP
8329 (0.503 %)Solaris
9199 (0.304 %)Windows Mobile
10105 (0.160 %)Windows CE
1153 (0.081 %)AIX
1237 (0.057 %)Windows Vista
1319 (0.029 %)SUSE
1418 (0.028 %)Embedded Linux
1513 (0.020 %)Fedora
1612 (0.018 %)FreeBSD
1612 (0.018 %)Mac OS X
1711 (0.017 %)MVS
1711 (0.017 %)Debian
1810 (0.015 %)Slackware
Processes & Methodologies
18289 (12.67 %)OO
25206 (7.958 %)Web Development
34260 (6.512 %)UML
43710 (5.671 %)E-Commerce
53252 (4.971 %)Project Management
62661 (4.068 %)Agile Software Development
72215 (3.386 %)CRM
81945 (2.973 %)Scrum
91672 (2.556 %)SOA
101524 (2.330 %)OOD
111520 (2.323 %)Content Management
121394 (2.131 %)PRINCE2
131351 (2.065 %)OOP
141245 (1.903 %)Unit Testing
151218 (1.862 %)RUP
161217 (1.860 %)Business Intelligence
171085 (1.658 %)Web Design
181063 (1.625 %)Business Analysis
191019 (1.558 %)Software Engineering
20988 (1.510 %)Workflow
Programming Languages
140967 (62.62 %)C#
222755 (34.78 %)SQL
317160 (26.23 %)VB.NET
412089 (18.48 %)VB
511841 (18.10 %)JavaScript
69261 (14.16 %)Java
77797 (11.92 %)C++
84845 (7.406 %)VB6
94305 (6.580 %)Transact-SQL
102522 (3.855 %)VBA
112476 (3.785 %)C
122407 (3.679 %)PHP
131831 (2.799 %)VBScript
141592 (2.433 %)DHTML
151316 (2.012 %)PL/SQL
161046 (1.599 %)VC++
17902 (1.379 %)Perl
18716 (1.094 %)ActionScript
19705 (1.078 %)Delphi
20305 (0.466 %)Python
Qualifications
17956 (12.16 %)Degree
23261 (4.985 %)Microsoft Certification
31642 (2.510 %)MCSD
41083 (1.655 %)MCAD
51006 (1.538 %)MCP
6443 (0.677 %)ISEB
7270 (0.413 %)PRINCE2 Certification
8243 (0.371 %)MCSE
9154 (0.235 %)MCPD
10145 (0.222 %)MCTS
11136 (0.208 %)MCDBA
12135 (0.206 %)HND
13123 (0.188 %)PhD
14116 (0.177 %)PMI Certification
1583 (0.127 %)PMP
1663 (0.096 %)MCITP
1753 (0.081 %)MCSA
1849 (0.075 %)Sun Certification
1937 (0.057 %)HNC
2036 (0.055 %)Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11032 (1.577 %)QA
2247 (0.378 %)WAI
3178 (0.272 %)SLA
4104 (0.159 %)ISO9001
588 (0.135 %)WCAG
655 (0.084 %)TickIT
734 (0.052 %)ISO9000
829 (0.044 %)Basel II
926 (0.040 %)HL7
1024 (0.037 %)COBIT
1114 (0.021 %)MiFID
1210 (0.015 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
139 (0.014 %)GAMP
148 (0.012 %)ISO8583
157 (0.011 %)SNOMED CT
157 (0.011 %)DICOM
165 (0.008 %)ISO12207
165 (0.008 %)GMP
165 (0.008 %)GLP
165 (0.008 %)21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1868 (1.327 %)Active Directory
2391 (0.598 %)MSMQ
3127 (0.194 %)AquaLogic
448 (0.073 %)Terminal Services
547 (0.072 %)ISA Server
628 (0.043 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
721 (0.032 %)Oracle RAC
818 (0.028 %)Terminal Server
916 (0.024 %)VMware Workstation
1013 (0.020 %)Backup Exec
1111 (0.017 %)Oracle RMAN
1111 (0.017 %)VMware ESX
1210 (0.015 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1210 (0.015 %)VMware Server
138 (0.012 %)MetaFrame
147 (0.011 %)NetBackup
154 (0.006 %)ClearTrust
163 (0.005 %)Xen
163 (0.005 %)NDS
163 (0.005 %)VMware GSX
Systems Management
189 (0.136 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
266 (0.101 %)MIIS
348 (0.073 %)SCOM
442 (0.064 %)MOM
536 (0.055 %)AutoSys
625 (0.038 %)Tivoli
724 (0.037 %)CA SiteMinder
820 (0.031 %)OpenView
916 (0.024 %)Unicenter
1012 (0.018 %)Norton AntiVirus
119 (0.014 %)Oracle Statspack
127 (0.011 %)OVSD
135 (0.008 %)WSUS
144 (0.006 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
153 (0.005 %)Nagios
153 (0.005 %)ServiceCenter
162 (0.003 %)TIBCO InConcert
162 (0.003 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
162 (0.003 %)OpenView Configuration Management
171 (0.002 %)CONTROL-M
Vendors
116400 (25.07 %)Microsoft
27588 (11.60 %)Oracle
31032 (1.577 %)Sybase
4717 (1.096 %)SAP
5600 (0.917 %)Business Objects
6499 (0.763 %)IBM
7384 (0.587 %)TIBCO
8368 (0.563 %)Adobe
9296 (0.452 %)Citrix
10276 (0.422 %)Cognos
11255 (0.390 %)Sun
12249 (0.381 %)Reuters
13234 (0.358 %)BEA
14228 (0.349 %)Siebel
15225 (0.344 %)Macromedia
16217 (0.332 %)Bloomberg
17216 (0.330 %)Lotus
18209 (0.319 %)Sage
19183 (0.280 %)Google
20170 (0.260 %)ESRI
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