Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 9 February 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 Application Development category.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank445
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads144771776131832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK18.39 %17.57 %15.75 %
As % of the Application Development category50.49 %51.38 %49.45 %
Salaries quoted127371601627827
Average salary£37,500£35,000£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-2.770 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286743457164377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.42 %34.20 %31.86 %
Salaries quoted248923022554762
Average salary£37,500£37,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing .NET within 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 citing .NET within the UK.

.NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

.NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandNo change013833£37,500+7.14 %
LondonDown-25257£47,750+6.11 %
South EastUp+22957£37,500-
City of LondonUp+21564£50,000-
North WestNo change01200£31,500+5.00 %
South WestNo change01140£32,500-4.41 %
East of EnglandNo change01124£35,000-
YorkshireNo change0893£32,000+1.58 %
West MidlandsNo change0748£32,500-
ManchesterNo change0728£31,500+10.52 %
BerkshireUp+2718£37,500-
SurreyUp+1693£41,250+3.12 %
West YorkshireNo change0480£33,250+5.55 %
East MidlandsDown-1431£32,500+7.43 %
HampshireUp+3415£35,000-4.10 %
CambridgeshireUp+1400£32,500-7.14 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0371£35,000-
HertfordshireUp+4353£42,500+6.25 %
BristolDown-1335£32,500-4.41 %
ScotlandDown-1331£35,000+6.06 %
LeedsUp+1314£34,000+7.93 %
BirminghamNo change0295£32,500-
CambridgeUp+1285£32,500-7.14 %
OxfordshireDown-1278£37,500-
CheshireDown-3259£30,000+5.26 %
WiltshireUp+3215£31,000-4.61 %
DorsetUp+2202£31,000-10.14 %
Milton KeynesUp+1200£35,000+7.69 %
WalesDown-1194£30,000-
NottinghamshireDown-2190£34,000+13.33 %

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

119090 (68.34 %)C#
214535 (52.03 %)ASP.NET
314451 (51.73 %)SQL Server
49871 (35.34 %)SQL
56246 (22.36 %)Microsoft
66104 (21.85 %)XML
76017 (21.54 %)JavaScript
85841 (20.91 %)VB.NET
95415 (19.38 %)HTML
105278 (18.89 %)CSS
114597 (16.46 %)Finance
124295 (15.37 %)SQL Server 2005
133940 (14.10 %)AJAX
143848 (13.77 %)Web Services
153821 (13.68 %)Windows
163717 (13.31 %)OO
173425 (12.26 %)Java
183366 (12.05 %).NET Framework
193299 (11.81 %)Degree
203288 (11.77 %)VB
212906 (10.40 %)Visual Studio
222800 (10.02 %)C++
232766 (9.902 %)SharePoint
242626 (9.400 %)Oracle
252577 (9.225 %)ASP
262494 (8.928 %)WCF
272428 (8.692 %)MS Excel
282388 (8.548 %)T-SQL
292349 (8.409 %)Web Development
302342 (8.384 %)WPF

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114535 (52.03 %)ASP.NET
26104 (21.85 %)XML
35415 (19.38 %)HTML
45278 (18.89 %)CSS
53940 (14.10 %)AJAX
63848 (13.77 %)Web Services
73366 (12.05 %).NET Framework
82577 (9.225 %)ASP
92494 (8.928 %)WCF
102342 (8.384 %)WPF
112272 (8.133 %)WinForms
121853 (6.633 %)XHTML
131384 (4.954 %)XSLT
141220 (4.367 %)Silverlight
151127 (4.034 %)MVC
16983 (3.519 %)jQuery
17905 (3.240 %)J2EE
18825 (2.953 %)LINQ
19815 (2.917 %)Flash
20762 (2.728 %)NHibernate
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12766 (9.902 %)SharePoint
21464 (5.241 %)IIS
31244 (4.453 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41084 (3.880 %)CMS
5800 (2.864 %)BizTalk Server
6275 (0.984 %)EPiServer
7238 (0.852 %)Apache
8206 (0.737 %)ColdFusion
9120 (0.430 %)Tomcat
10118 (0.422 %)Umbraco
11113 (0.405 %)MS Exchange
12105 (0.376 %)SharePoint Portal Server
13102 (0.365 %)WebLogic
14101 (0.362 %)DotNetNuke
1598 (0.351 %)Rendezvous
1697 (0.347 %)Sitecore CMS
1785 (0.304 %)Commerce Server
1878 (0.279 %)WebSphere MQ
1960 (0.215 %)MQSeries
2059 (0.211 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12428 (8.692 %)MS Excel
2551 (1.972 %)MS Office
3484 (1.733 %)Photoshop
4448 (1.604 %)MS Visio
5202 (0.723 %)InfoPath
6129 (0.462 %)Fireworks
789 (0.319 %)Spreadsheet
883 (0.297 %)Adobe Illustrator
972 (0.258 %)MS Project
1048 (0.172 %)MATLAB
1119 (0.068 %)PrintSoft PReS
1212 (0.043 %)MS PowerPoint
139 (0.032 %)Paint Shop Pro
139 (0.032 %)AutoCAD
148 (0.029 %)FastStats
155 (0.018 %)3ds Max
164 (0.014 %)RoboHelp
164 (0.014 %)FreeHand
164 (0.014 %)Pro/ENGINEER
173 (0.011 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1403 (1.443 %)Dynamics CRM
2289 (1.035 %)Microsoft CRM
3161 (0.576 %)Dynamics AX
4122 (0.437 %)Axapta
583 (0.297 %)Navision
667 (0.240 %)Dynamics NAV
742 (0.150 %)SalesLogix
839 (0.140 %)Google Analytics
926 (0.093 %)BusinessWorks
1021 (0.075 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1119 (0.068 %)Misys Opics
1217 (0.061 %)Endur
1315 (0.054 %)Pivotal CRM
1315 (0.054 %)Summit
1315 (0.054 %)WebTrends
1315 (0.054 %)Oracle Financials
1414 (0.050 %)Dynamics GP
1512 (0.043 %)Oracle Applications
169 (0.032 %)TIBCO iProcess
169 (0.032 %)Great Plains
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11130 (4.045 %)Internet
2783 (2.803 %)Intranet
3235 (0.841 %)HTTP
4227 (0.813 %)TCP/IP
5178 (0.637 %)Extranet
6122 (0.437 %)DNS
7103 (0.369 %)Firewall
881 (0.290 %)SMTP
971 (0.254 %)SAN
1057 (0.204 %)Broadband
1153 (0.190 %)FTP
1251 (0.183 %)LDAP
1347 (0.168 %)LAN
1347 (0.168 %)WAN
1444 (0.158 %)VoIP
1538 (0.136 %)VPN
1636 (0.129 %)DHCP
1735 (0.125 %)SMS
1833 (0.118 %)SSL
1928 (0.100 %)IP Telephony
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114451 (51.73 %)SQL Server
24295 (15.37 %)SQL Server 2005
31902 (6.809 %)SQL Server 2008
41568 (5.613 %)SQL Server 2000
51088 (3.895 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6920 (3.293 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7749 (2.681 %)MySQL
8687 (2.459 %)RDBMS
9579 (2.073 %)Crystal Reports
10498 (1.783 %)Datawarehouse
11489 (1.750 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12310 (1.110 %)DTS
13301 (1.078 %)BusinessObjects
14271 (0.970 %)MS Access
15254 (0.909 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
16235 (0.841 %)Oracle 10g
17223 (0.798 %)OLAP
18208 (0.745 %)ETL
19193 (0.691 %)Oracle 8/8i
20191 (0.684 %)Oracle Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12906 (10.40 %)Visual Studio
2921 (3.297 %)NUnit
3530 (1.897 %)Subversion
4458 (1.640 %)Team Foundation Server
5334 (1.196 %)VSS/SourceSafe
6188 (0.673 %)Dreamweaver
7138 (0.494 %)QuickTest Pro
894 (0.336 %)ClearCase
988 (0.315 %)Selenium
1071 (0.254 %)FitNesse
1169 (0.247 %)Oracle Forms
1267 (0.240 %)TeamCity
1365 (0.233 %)ReSharper
1458 (0.208 %)CruiseControl
1557 (0.204 %)Visual Studio Team System
1656 (0.200 %)Expression Blend
1656 (0.200 %)Ant
1656 (0.200 %)InstallShield
1749 (0.175 %)JUnit
1749 (0.175 %)Eclipse
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14597 (16.46 %)Finance
22028 (7.260 %)Banking
31378 (4.933 %)Pensions
41287 (4.607 %)Front Office
51072 (3.837 %)Insurance
61020 (3.651 %)Marketing
7952 (3.408 %)Health
8878 (3.143 %)Retail
9825 (2.953 %)Investment Banking
10584 (2.091 %)Education
11474 (1.697 %)Back Office
12311 (1.113 %)Telecoms
13300 (1.074 %)Publishing
14253 (0.906 %)Government
15244 (0.873 %)Games
16211 (0.755 %)Advertising
17198 (0.709 %)Financial Institution
18166 (0.594 %)Music
19151 (0.541 %)Manufacturing
20121 (0.433 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
120055 (71.79 %)Developer
28946 (32.02 %).NET Developer
36587 (23.58 %)C# Developer
43546 (12.69 %)Web Developer
53180 (11.38 %)ASP.NET Developer
62920 (10.45 %)Senior Developer
72317 (8.294 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
82167 (7.757 %)Analyst
91851 (6.626 %)Software Developer
101378 (4.933 %)Senior .NET Developer
111315 (4.707 %)VB.NET Developer
121259 (4.507 %)Architect
131244 (4.453 %).NET Web Developer
141203 (4.306 %)Programmer
151016 (3.637 %)Software Engineer
161004 (3.594 %)Senior C# Developer
17955 (3.419 %)SQL Developer
18941 (3.369 %)Applications Developer
19907 (3.247 %)Consultant
20795 (2.846 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11110 (3.974 %)Computer Science
21067 (3.820 %)Derivative
3795 (2.846 %)N-Tier
4786 (2.814 %)Client/Server
5567 (2.030 %)Fixed Income
6541 (1.937 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7534 (1.912 %)Mathematics
8523 (1.872 %)Multithreading
9353 (1.264 %)W3C
10344 (1.231 %)Equities
11276 (0.988 %)Equity Derivative
12233 (0.834 %)Credit Derivative
13216 (0.773 %)Open Source
14179 (0.641 %)Social Network
15161 (0.576 %)Web 2.0
16155 (0.555 %)Management Information System
17147 (0.526 %)Replication
18146 (0.523 %)Credit Risk
19144 (0.515 %)Interest Rate Derivative
20134 (0.480 %)Tandem
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13821 (13.68 %)Windows
2692 (2.477 %)UNIX
3532 (1.904 %)Linux
4497 (1.779 %)Windows Server 2003
5213 (0.762 %)Windows XP
6136 (0.487 %)Windows Server 2008
7135 (0.483 %)Solaris
8101 (0.362 %)Windows Vista
993 (0.333 %)Windows 2000
1086 (0.308 %)Windows Mobile
1165 (0.233 %)AIX
1242 (0.150 %)Windows 2000 Server
1332 (0.115 %)Windows NT
1430 (0.107 %)Windows CE
1525 (0.089 %)Red Hat Linux
1619 (0.068 %)Android
1714 (0.050 %)Windows 7
1811 (0.039 %)Debian
1910 (0.036 %)Ubuntu
209 (0.032 %)OS/400
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13717 (13.31 %)OO
22349 (8.409 %)Web Development
32294 (8.212 %)Agile Software Development
42077 (7.435 %)E-Commerce
51289 (4.614 %)Scrum
61234 (4.417 %)Project Management
71129 (4.042 %)TDD
81118 (4.002 %)CRM
91109 (3.970 %)UML
10814 (2.914 %)Unit Testing
11782 (2.799 %)SOA
12726 (2.599 %)OOP
13706 (2.527 %)Content Management
14704 (2.520 %)Business Intelligence
15648 (2.320 %)OOD
16641 (2.295 %)Workflow
17480 (1.718 %)Software Engineering
18462 (1.654 %)Migration
19457 (1.636 %)Risk Management
20443 (1.586 %)Business Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119090 (68.34 %)C#
29871 (35.34 %)SQL
36017 (21.54 %)JavaScript
45841 (20.91 %)VB.NET
53425 (12.26 %)Java
63288 (11.77 %)VB
72800 (10.02 %)C++
82388 (8.548 %)T-SQL
91393 (4.987 %)VB6
101271 (4.550 %)PHP
111195 (4.278 %)C
12708 (2.534 %)VBA
13621 (2.223 %)VBScript
14543 (1.944 %)PL/SQL
15275 (0.984 %)ActionScript
16274 (0.981 %)Delphi
17230 (0.823 %)Perl
18205 (0.734 %)Python
19181 (0.648 %)VC++
20153 (0.548 %)XPath
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13299 (11.81 %)Degree
21240 (4.439 %)Microsoft Certification
3652 (2.334 %)MCSD
4611 (2.187 %)MCTS
5552 (1.976 %)MCAD
6527 (1.887 %)MCP
7495 (1.772 %)Security Cleared
8202 (0.723 %)ISEB
9189 (0.677 %)SC Cleared
10102 (0.365 %)MCPD
1196 (0.344 %)MCSE
1287 (0.311 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1364 (0.229 %)PhD
1454 (0.193 %)DV Cleared
1548 (0.172 %)ITIL Certification
1647 (0.168 %)MCDBA
1740 (0.143 %)MCITP
1839 (0.140 %)HND
1935 (0.125 %)Cisco Certification
2032 (0.115 %)CCNA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1800 (2.864 %)QA
291 (0.326 %)SLA
366 (0.236 %)WAI
422 (0.079 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
519 (0.068 %)ISO9001
618 (0.064 %)HL7
715 (0.054 %)Basel II
89 (0.032 %)COBIT
98 (0.029 %)WCAG
106 (0.021 %)PCI DSS
115 (0.018 %)TickIT
124 (0.014 %)ISO9000
124 (0.014 %)ISO27001
131 (0.004 %)Dublin Core
131 (0.004 %)DICOM
131 (0.004 %)JTAG
131 (0.004 %)ISO/IEC 20000
131 (0.004 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1288 (1.031 %)Active Directory
2108 (0.387 %)MSMQ
356 (0.200 %)VMware Infrastructure
422 (0.079 %)ISA Server
519 (0.068 %)Oracle RMAN
613 (0.047 %)AquaLogic
711 (0.039 %)Terminal Server
88 (0.029 %)Backup Exec
97 (0.025 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
106 (0.021 %)Terminal Services
106 (0.021 %)Oracle RAC
106 (0.021 %)Hyper-V
115 (0.018 %)Xen
124 (0.014 %)NFS
133 (0.011 %)XenApp
133 (0.011 %)vSphere
142 (0.007 %)MetaFrame
142 (0.007 %)VMware ESX
142 (0.007 %)SRDF
151 (0.004 %)Snort
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
187 (0.311 %)MSI
221 (0.075 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
313 (0.047 %)SCOM
412 (0.043 %)HP Quality Center
59 (0.032 %)SCCM
67 (0.025 %)AutoSys
76 (0.021 %)OpenView
76 (0.021 %)CONTROL-M
76 (0.021 %)MOM
76 (0.021 %)Nagios
85 (0.018 %)Zenoss
85 (0.018 %)Tivoli
94 (0.014 %)OpenView Configuration Management
94 (0.014 %)EMC NetWorker
94 (0.014 %)Dollar Universe
103 (0.011 %)CA Wily
112 (0.007 %)CiscoWorks
112 (0.007 %)MIIS
112 (0.007 %)Norton AntiVirus
112 (0.007 %)DameWare
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16246 (22.36 %)Microsoft
22626 (9.400 %)Oracle
3301 (1.078 %)Business Objects
4285 (1.020 %)Adobe
5283 (1.013 %)TIBCO
6238 (0.852 %)Sybase
7194 (0.694 %)SAP
8172 (0.616 %)IBM
9153 (0.548 %)Cognos
10150 (0.537 %)Google
11132 (0.473 %)Sitecore
12107 (0.383 %)VMware
1396 (0.344 %)HP
1488 (0.315 %)Cisco
1581 (0.290 %)Infragistics
1675 (0.268 %)DevExpress
1771 (0.254 %)JBoss
1869 (0.247 %)Bloomberg
1963 (0.226 %)Citrix
2061 (0.218 %)Sage