Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 2 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. 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
2 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads1214632623
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK17.82 %16.55 %
As % of the Application Development category49.93 %50.70 %
Salaries quoted1074828501
Average salary£35,500£36,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-1.380 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2432564345
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK35.68 %32.65 %
Salaries quoted2099354885
Average salary£36,461£37,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year-2.770 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£35,000
% change on same period last year-4.280 %

.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 2 July 2009 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 2 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+111597£36,000-
LondonUp+24160£46,500+3.33 %
South EastUp+22356£36,000+1.40 %
City of LondonUp+31327£47,500-1.04 %
South WestUp+11254£35,000+7.69 %
East of EnglandNo change01025£35,000-
North WestNo change01014£30,000-3.22 %
West MidlandsDown-1729£31,500+1.61 %
YorkshireNo change0618£32,000+3.22 %
ManchesterNo change0547£30,000-6.25 %
SurreyUp+3524£40,000+11.11 %
BerkshireUp+3453£40,000-
BristolUp+2425£35,000+7.69 %
East MidlandsNo change0377£32,500-
HampshireDown-1326£35,000-2.77 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2312£35,000-
OxfordshireNo change0299£36,000+2.85 %
CambridgeshireDown-2298£32,500-7.14 %
ScotlandUp+2283£32,500-7.14 %
EssexNo change0273£33,043-5.59 %
West YorkshireDown-1266£32,000-
WiltshireUp+4242£32,500-7.14 %
CheshireUp+4237£30,000-
HertfordshireDown-6232£37,500-5.66 %
South YorkshireUp+1210£35,000+9.37 %
CambridgeUp+2206£32,500-7.14 %
SomersetUp+4199£35,000+16.66 %
West SussexNo change0199£32,500-7.14 %
BirminghamDown-1198£32,000+3.22 %
LeedsDown-1193£30,750-3.90 %

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 July 2009, 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.

118108 (65.84 %)C#
215254 (55.46 %)ASP.NET
314755 (53.65 %)SQL Server
49527 (34.64 %)SQL
56801 (24.73 %)XML
66672 (24.26 %)VB.NET
76368 (23.15 %)Microsoft
86052 (22.00 %)JavaScript
95499 (19.99 %)HTML
105281 (19.20 %)CSS
114594 (16.70 %)SQL Server 2005
124271 (15.53 %)Finance
134115 (14.96 %)AJAX
144007 (14.57 %)Windows
153777 (13.73 %)WebServices
163574 (12.99 %)Degree
173529 (12.83 %)VB
183378 (12.28 %)Java
193359 (12.21 %)OO
203148 (11.45 %)ASP
213035 (11.04 %)Visual Studio
223014 (10.96 %)SharePoint
232962 (10.77 %)C++
242912 (10.59 %).NET Framework
252852 (10.37 %)MS Excel
262655 (9.653 %)Web Development
272479 (9.014 %)Oracle
282277 (8.279 %)T-SQL
292244 (8.159 %)SQL Server 2000
302144 (7.796 %)E-Commerce

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
115254 (55.46 %)ASP.NET
26801 (24.73 %)XML
35499 (19.99 %)HTML
45281 (19.20 %)CSS
54115 (14.96 %)AJAX
63777 (13.73 %)WebServices
73148 (11.45 %)ASP
82912 (10.59 %).NET Framework
92017 (7.334 %)WinForms
101928 (7.010 %)XHTML
111884 (6.850 %)WCF
121503 (5.465 %)WPF
131458 (5.301 %)XSLT
141068 (3.883 %)J2EE
15868 (3.156 %)Silverlight
16834 (3.032 %)Flash
17614 (2.232 %)ADO.NET
18572 (2.080 %)ASP.NET 2.0
19515 (1.873 %)WF
20500 (1.818 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13014 (10.96 %)SharePoint
21654 (6.014 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31534 (5.578 %)IIS
41087 (3.952 %)BizTalk Server
5980 (3.563 %)CMS
6292 (1.062 %)Apache
7187 (0.680 %)WebLogic
8146 (0.531 %)ColdFusion
9141 (0.513 %)SharePoint Portal Server
10134 (0.487 %)Commerce Server
11114 (0.415 %)Content Management Server
12104 (0.378 %)EPiServer
1395 (0.345 %)MS Exchange
1478 (0.284 %)Commerce Server 2007
1565 (0.236 %)Tomcat
1663 (0.229 %)Documentum
1756 (0.204 %)Sitecore CMS
1847 (0.171 %)Lotus Domino
1945 (0.164 %)ESB
2041 (0.149 %)MQSeries
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12852 (10.37 %)MS Excel
2615 (2.236 %)MS Office
3525 (1.909 %)MS Visio
4498 (1.811 %)Photoshop
5148 (0.538 %)InfoPath
6109 (0.396 %)Fireworks
7102 (0.371 %)Adobe Illustrator
876 (0.276 %)MS Project
973 (0.265 %)Spreadsheet
1055 (0.200 %)MATLAB
1122 (0.080 %)CA Clarity
1217 (0.062 %)MS PowerPoint
1310 (0.036 %)3ds Max
148 (0.029 %)Shockwave
156 (0.022 %)ArcView
165 (0.018 %)SPSS
165 (0.018 %)InDesign
174 (0.015 %)S-PLUS
174 (0.015 %)Acrobat
183 (0.011 %)ProjectWise
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1434 (1.578 %)Dynamics CRM
2410 (1.491 %)Microsoft CRM
3228 (0.829 %)Dynamics AX
4210 (0.764 %)Axapta
553 (0.193 %)Oracle EBS
651 (0.185 %)Navision
738 (0.138 %)Summit
832 (0.116 %)Oracle Financials
931 (0.113 %)Pivotal CRM
1028 (0.102 %)Dynamics NAV
1126 (0.095 %)Oracle Applications
1225 (0.091 %)Endur
1321 (0.076 %)Google Analytics
1420 (0.073 %)Dynamics GP
1517 (0.062 %)Oracle 11i
1616 (0.058 %)Great Plains
1715 (0.055 %)WebTrends
1813 (0.047 %)TIBCO iProcess
1912 (0.044 %)GoldMine
2010 (0.036 %)BusinessWorks
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11324 (4.814 %)Internet
2651 (2.367 %)Intranet
3273 (0.993 %)TCP/IP
4164 (0.596 %)HTTP
5133 (0.484 %)DNS
6105 (0.382 %)LDAP
795 (0.345 %)Wireless
891 (0.331 %)Firewall
989 (0.324 %)Extranet
1080 (0.291 %)LAN
1178 (0.284 %)SSL
1276 (0.276 %)SAN
1375 (0.273 %)VPN
1465 (0.236 %)FTP
1560 (0.218 %)WAN
1651 (0.185 %)SMS
1744 (0.160 %)Broadband
1834 (0.124 %)3G
1929 (0.105 %)DHCP
2028 (0.102 %)SMTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114755 (53.65 %)SQL Server
24594 (16.70 %)SQL Server 2005
32244 (8.159 %)SQL Server 2000
41038 (3.774 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5992 (3.607 %)MySQL
6919 (3.341 %)SQL Server 2008
7719 (2.614 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8503 (1.829 %)RDBMS
8503 (1.829 %)Crystal Reports
9395 (1.436 %)Datawarehouse
10354 (1.287 %)BusinessObjects
11316 (1.149 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12275 (1.000 %)DTS
13222 (0.807 %)MS Access
14209 (0.760 %)ETL
15194 (0.705 %)Oracle 8/8i
16174 (0.633 %)Oracle 10g
17167 (0.607 %)GIS
18165 (0.600 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
19136 (0.494 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13035 (11.04 %)Visual Studio
2541 (1.967 %)NUnit
3400 (1.454 %)Team Foundation Server
4330 (1.200 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5246 (0.894 %)Subversion
6227 (0.825 %)Dreamweaver
780 (0.291 %)Oracle Forms
872 (0.262 %)ClearCase
969 (0.251 %)QuickTest Pro
1067 (0.244 %)Eclipse
1067 (0.244 %)Visual Studio Team System
1162 (0.225 %)CruiseControl
1258 (0.211 %)Selenium
1356 (0.204 %)Ant
1452 (0.189 %)TestDirector
1547 (0.171 %)LoadRunner
1646 (0.167 %)WinRunner
1745 (0.164 %)Rational Rose
1836 (0.131 %)FitNesse
1935 (0.127 %)InstallShield
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14271 (15.53 %)Finance
21476 (5.367 %)Pensions
31413 (5.138 %)Banking
41065 (3.872 %)Insurance
51001 (3.640 %)Health
6995 (3.618 %)Marketing
7796 (2.894 %)Education
8726 (2.640 %)Front Office
9598 (2.174 %)Investment Banking
10593 (2.156 %)Telecoms
11556 (2.022 %)Retail
12455 (1.654 %)Back Office
13450 (1.636 %)Games
14443 (1.611 %)Government
15285 (1.036 %)Publishing
16222 (0.807 %)Advertising
17205 (0.745 %)Manufacturing
18183 (0.665 %)Music
19173 (0.629 %)Financial Institution
20142 (0.516 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118955 (68.92 %)Developer
28954 (32.56 %).NET Developer
35761 (20.95 %)C# Developer
43759 (13.67 %)Web Developer
53658 (13.30 %)ASP.NET Developer
62520 (9.163 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
72307 (8.388 %)Senior Developer
82115 (7.690 %)Analyst
91930 (7.017 %)Software Developer
101561 (5.676 %)VB.NET Developer
111335 (4.854 %)Architect
121307 (4.752 %).NET Web Developer
131140 (4.145 %)Programmer
141047 (3.807 %)Software Engineer
15911 (3.312 %)SQL Developer
16866 (3.149 %)Senior .NET Developer
17860 (3.127 %)Consultant
18827 (3.007 %)Team Leader
19790 (2.872 %)Junior
20733 (2.665 %)Senior C# Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1926 (3.367 %)Computer Science
2769 (2.796 %)N-Tier
3713 (2.592 %)Derivative
4586 (2.131 %)Mathematics
5457 (1.662 %)Multithreading
6373 (1.356 %)Client/Server
7336 (1.222 %)W3C
8274 (0.996 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9250 (0.909 %)Web 2.0
10223 (0.811 %)Fixed Income
11204 (0.742 %)Management Information System
12202 (0.734 %)Equity Derivative
13190 (0.691 %)Social Network
14181 (0.658 %)Equities
15150 (0.545 %)Physics
16133 (0.484 %)Tandem
17127 (0.462 %)Credit Derivative
18125 (0.454 %)NHS
19121 (0.440 %)Replication
20109 (0.396 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14007 (14.57 %)Windows
2677 (2.462 %)UNIX
3663 (2.411 %)Linux
4657 (2.389 %)Windows Server 2003
5232 (0.844 %)Windows Mobile
6199 (0.724 %)Windows XP
7156 (0.567 %)Windows 2000
8101 (0.367 %)Windows Server 2008
991 (0.331 %)Windows Vista
1077 (0.280 %)Solaris
1172 (0.262 %)Windows CE
1269 (0.251 %)Windows 2000 Server
1334 (0.124 %)AIX
1429 (0.105 %)Windows NT
1525 (0.091 %)Android
1622 (0.080 %)VMS
1719 (0.069 %)Red Hat Linux
1817 (0.062 %)HPUX
1916 (0.058 %)SUSE
2015 (0.055 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13359 (12.21 %)OO
22655 (9.653 %)Web Development
32144 (7.796 %)E-Commerce
41804 (6.559 %)Agile Software Development
51406 (5.112 %)UML
61162 (4.225 %)Project Management
71088 (3.956 %)CRM
81065 (3.872 %)Scrum
9886 (3.221 %)TDD
10810 (2.945 %)Content Management
11727 (2.643 %)SOA
12687 (2.498 %)OOP
13671 (2.440 %)Unit Testing
14655 (2.382 %)OOD
15558 (2.029 %)Business Intelligence
16556 (2.022 %)Software Engineering
17529 (1.923 %)Workflow
18474 (1.723 %)Migration
19449 (1.633 %)ERP
20433 (1.574 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118108 (65.84 %)C#
29527 (34.64 %)SQL
36672 (24.26 %)VB.NET
46052 (22.00 %)JavaScript
53529 (12.83 %)VB
63378 (12.28 %)Java
72962 (10.77 %)C++
82277 (8.279 %)T-SQL
91616 (5.876 %)VB6
101316 (4.785 %)PHP
11988 (3.592 %)C
12650 (2.363 %)VBA
13566 (2.058 %)VBScript
14419 (1.523 %)PL/SQL
15410 (1.491 %)ActionScript
16407 (1.480 %)Delphi
17271 (0.985 %)Perl
18257 (0.934 %)VC++
19215 (0.782 %)X++
20208 (0.756 %)XPath
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13574 (12.99 %)Degree
21568 (5.701 %)Microsoft Certification
3759 (2.760 %)MCSD
4727 (2.643 %)MCP
5693 (2.520 %)MCAD
6585 (2.127 %)Security Cleared
7341 (1.240 %)MCTS
8235 (0.854 %)SC Cleared
9207 (0.753 %)ISEB
10115 (0.418 %)MCPD
1186 (0.313 %)ACCA
1186 (0.313 %)CIMA
1280 (0.291 %)PhD
1375 (0.273 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1467 (0.244 %)DV Cleared
1564 (0.233 %)MCSE
1635 (0.127 %)MCDBA
1734 (0.124 %)PMI Certification
1829 (0.105 %)HND
1928 (0.102 %)PMP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1500 (1.818 %)QA
2134 (0.487 %)SLA
3105 (0.382 %)WAI
475 (0.273 %)ISO9001
540 (0.145 %)WCAG
623 (0.084 %)HL7
719 (0.069 %)COBIT
816 (0.058 %)TickIT
911 (0.040 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1010 (0.036 %)ISO12207
119 (0.033 %)Basel II
128 (0.029 %)EFQM
128 (0.029 %)ISO9000
128 (0.029 %)ISO27001
136 (0.022 %)GAMP
144 (0.015 %)PCI DSS
153 (0.011 %)DICOM
153 (0.011 %)GAAP
162 (0.007 %)ISO14001
162 (0.007 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1350 (1.273 %)Active Directory
2195 (0.709 %)MSMQ
344 (0.160 %)VMware Infrastructure
441 (0.149 %)AquaLogic
525 (0.091 %)ISA Server
614 (0.051 %)Backup Exec
713 (0.047 %)MetaFrame
88 (0.029 %)Oracle RAC
88 (0.029 %)Xen
97 (0.025 %)XenApp
106 (0.022 %)Terminal Services
106 (0.022 %)Squid
114 (0.015 %)Oracle RMAN
114 (0.015 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
123 (0.011 %)Cronacle
132 (0.007 %)VMware Workstation
132 (0.007 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
132 (0.007 %)Hyper-V
132 (0.007 %)Novell eDirectory
141 (0.004 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
136 (0.131 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
232 (0.116 %)CA SiteMinder
323 (0.084 %)MOM
419 (0.069 %)AutoSys
516 (0.058 %)CONTROL-M
66 (0.022 %)Tivoli
74 (0.015 %)AppManager
74 (0.015 %)BMC PATROL
83 (0.011 %)OpenView
83 (0.011 %)Norton AntiVirus
92 (0.007 %)MIIS
92 (0.007 %)Novell Identity Manager
92 (0.007 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
92 (0.007 %)Sun Identity Manager
92 (0.007 %)SCCM
92 (0.007 %)WSUS
101 (0.004 %)Data Guard
101 (0.004 %)Tivoli NetView
101 (0.004 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16368 (23.15 %)Microsoft
22479 (9.014 %)Oracle
3354 (1.287 %)Business Objects
4267 (0.971 %)Sybase
5220 (0.800 %)Adobe
6168 (0.611 %)SAP
7141 (0.513 %)TIBCO
8132 (0.480 %)IBM
9129 (0.469 %)VMware
10112 (0.407 %)Google
11102 (0.371 %)Citrix
1295 (0.345 %)Cognos
1389 (0.324 %)DevExpress
1477 (0.280 %)Sitecore
1576 (0.276 %)HP
1675 (0.273 %)Sage
1675 (0.273 %)Cisco
1773 (0.265 %)Siebel
1872 (0.262 %)JBoss
1965 (0.236 %)telerik