The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ADO.NET Entity Framework skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ADO.NET Entity Framework over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 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.

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank406503686
Rank change year-on-year
Up+97Up+183
Matching permanent IT job ads62840166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.518 %0.329 %0.069 %
As % of the Application Development category1.238 %0.819 %0.182 %
Number of salaries quoted58738863
Average salary£40,000£37,500£35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66 %+5.63 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,000£25,900
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£55,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85 %-
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
507084893836309
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK41.84 %40.11 %38.13 %
Number of salaries quoted450904320731294
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Demand Trend

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework within the UK.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Salary Trend

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Salary Histogram

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. 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+116601£40,000+6.66 %
LondonUp+82222£45,000+5.88 %
South EastUp+29149£45,000+18.42 %
North WestUp+2067£33,000+4.76 %
City of LondonUp+2652£47,500+11.76 %
SurreyUp+1852£48,750+21.87 %
South WestUp+1946£31,500-10.00 %
YorkshireDown-446£30,000-6.25 %
West YorkshireDown-1941£30,000-7.69 %
BerkshireDown-1236£45,000-10.00 %
ManchesterUp+1233£33,000+3.12 %
East of EnglandDown-3431£41,750+11.33 %
West MidlandsUp+827£40,000-
ScotlandNew entry-26£34,500-
LeedsDown-3223£30,000-7.69 %
BristolUp+1522£31,000-10.14 %
West SussexNew entry-20£45,000-
CambridgeshireUp+118£45,000+20.00 %
CheshireDown-116£35,000+18.64 %
HampshireDown-715£30,000-
East MidlandsUp+614£36,500-8.75 %
ReigateNew entry-14£65,000-
EpsomNew entry-13£80,000-
HuntingdonNew entry-12£45,000-
GlasgowNew entry-12£32,250-
NottinghamshireUp+1511£27,500-60.71 %
StaffordshireUp+411£47,500+18.75 %
ReadingDown-811£40,000+8.95 %
LeatherheadNew entry-11£40,000-
BirminghamNew entry-10£40,000-

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing ADO.NET Entity Framework 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 ADO.NET Entity Framework.

11097 (98.39 %).NET
21095 (98.21 %).NET Framework
31048 (93.99 %)C#
4860 (77.13 %)SQL Server
5772 (69.24 %)ASP.NET
6653 (58.57 %)WCF
7628 (56.32 %)MVC
8507 (45.47 %)JavaScript
9488 (43.77 %)SQL
10487 (43.68 %)LINQ
11464 (41.61 %)Microsoft
12424 (38.03 %)CSS
13393 (35.25 %)jQuery
14383 (34.35 %)ASP.NET MVC
15356 (31.93 %)SQL Server 2008
16344 (30.85 %)TDD
16344 (30.85 %)HTML
17284 (25.47 %)WPF
18281 (25.20 %)Agile Software Development
19274 (24.57 %)OO
20248 (22.24 %)Web Services
20248 (22.24 %)Scrum
21247 (22.15 %)SQL Server 2005
22238 (21.35 %)Finance
23235 (21.08 %)Ajax
24220 (19.73 %)NHibernate
25196 (17.58 %)Visual Studio
26195 (17.49 %)XML
27177 (15.87 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
28170 (15.25 %)Team Foundation Server

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing ADO.NET Entity Framework 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 ADO.NET Entity Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11097 (98.39 %).NET
21095 (98.21 %).NET Framework
3772 (69.24 %)ASP.NET
4653 (58.57 %)WCF
5487 (43.68 %)LINQ
6424 (38.03 %)CSS
7393 (35.25 %)jQuery
8383 (34.35 %)ASP.NET MVC
9344 (30.85 %)HTML
10284 (25.47 %)WPF
11248 (22.24 %)Web Services
12235 (21.08 %)Ajax
13220 (19.73 %)NHibernate
14195 (17.49 %)XML
15177 (15.87 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
16123 (11.03 %)WF
17114 (10.22 %)WinForms
18102 (9.148 %)Razor View Engine
19100 (8.969 %)Silverlight
2076 (6.816 %)LINQ to SQL
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
191 (8.161 %)SharePoint
281 (7.265 %)IIS
352 (4.664 %)CMS
450 (4.484 %)BizTalk Server
532 (2.870 %)Umbraco
616 (1.435 %)SharePoint 2010
715 (1.345 %)DotNetNuke
813 (1.166 %)MSMQ
911 (0.987 %)NServiceBus
911 (0.987 %)Sitecore CMS
1010 (0.897 %)ESB
118 (0.717 %)SharePoint Server
127 (0.628 %)Force.com
127 (0.628 %)Windows Azure
136 (0.538 %)MS Exchange
136 (0.538 %)Content Management Server
145 (0.448 %)Amazon AWS
154 (0.359 %)Amazon EC2
154 (0.359 %)Sitefinity
154 (0.359 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1134 (12.02 %)MS Excel
210 (0.897 %)MS Visio
36 (0.538 %)MS Office
44 (0.359 %)Photoshop
52 (0.179 %)InfoPath
52 (0.179 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (0.090 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (0.538 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (0.179 %)WebTrends
31 (0.090 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.090 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
152 (4.664 %)Internet
246 (4.126 %)Intranet
312 (1.076 %)SSL
410 (0.897 %)HTTP
410 (0.897 %)Kerberos
57 (0.628 %)FTP
57 (0.628 %)TCP/IP
57 (0.628 %)TELNET
57 (0.628 %)X.509
66 (0.538 %)DNS
75 (0.448 %)Extranet
82 (0.179 %)SNMP
91 (0.090 %)SAN
91 (0.090 %)RFID
91 (0.090 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1860 (77.13 %)SQL Server
2356 (31.93 %)SQL Server 2008
3247 (22.15 %)SQL Server 2005
481 (7.265 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
565 (5.830 %)SQL Server Integration Services
629 (2.601 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
727 (2.422 %)Data Warehouse
823 (2.063 %)Oracle 11g
922 (1.973 %)RDBMS
1020 (1.794 %)Crystal Reports
1118 (1.614 %)MySQL
1217 (1.525 %)ETL
1314 (1.256 %)SQL Server 2000
1413 (1.166 %)GIS
1510 (0.897 %)NoSQL
1510 (0.897 %)DataStage
169 (0.807 %)DTS
169 (0.807 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
178 (0.717 %)OLAP
187 (0.628 %)MongoDB
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1196 (17.58 %)Visual Studio
2170 (15.25 %)Team Foundation Server
367 (6.009 %)Subversion
457 (5.112 %)NUnit
522 (1.973 %)Moq
621 (1.883 %)Rhino Mocks
717 (1.525 %)VSS/SourceSafe
816 (1.435 %)MSBuild
914 (1.256 %)TeamCity
1012 (1.076 %)PhoneGap
1012 (1.076 %)MSTest
1110 (0.897 %)JIRA
1110 (0.897 %)ReSharper
127 (0.628 %)CruiseControl
136 (0.538 %)StyleCop
145 (0.448 %)StructureMap
154 (0.359 %)Selenium
154 (0.359 %)Expression Blend
163 (0.269 %)Oracle Forms
163 (0.269 %)Git (software)
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1238 (21.35 %)Finance
268 (6.099 %)Marketing
329 (2.601 %)Banking
329 (2.601 %)Retail
419 (1.704 %)Back Office
516 (1.435 %)Telecoms
614 (1.256 %)Advertising
711 (0.987 %)Investment Banking
89 (0.807 %)Games
98 (0.717 %)Military
98 (0.717 %)Multimedia
107 (0.628 %)Legal
107 (0.628 %)Financial Institution
107 (0.628 %)Pharmaceutical
114 (0.359 %)Front Office
123 (0.269 %)Law
123 (0.269 %)Music
132 (0.179 %)Danish Language
132 (0.179 %)Icelandic Language
132 (0.179 %)Norwegian Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1988 (88.61 %)Developer
2529 (47.44 %).NET Developer
3387 (34.71 %)C# Developer
4289 (25.92 %)C# .NET Developer
5211 (18.92 %)Senior Developer
6175 (15.70 %)ASP.NET Developer
7153 (13.72 %)Software Developer
8142 (12.74 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
9127 (11.39 %)Web Developer
10107 (9.596 %)Senior .NET Developer
1165 (5.830 %)Senior C# Developer
1254 (4.843 %)Architect
1352 (4.664 %)Agile C# Developer
1448 (4.305 %)Analyst
1544 (3.946 %)C# Software Developer
1641 (3.677 %)Agile .NET Developer
1739 (3.498 %)Programmer
1739 (3.498 %).NET Web Developer
1837 (3.318 %)Software Engineer
1936 (3.229 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1108 (9.686 %)N-Tier
247 (4.215 %)Inversion of Control
338 (3.408 %)Computer Science
432 (2.870 %)Social Network
529 (2.601 %)iPhone
619 (1.704 %)Cloud Computing
619 (1.704 %)Web 2.0
718 (1.614 %)Blog
814 (1.256 %)Social Media
912 (1.076 %)SaaS
912 (1.076 %)Management Information System
1011 (0.987 %)RIA
1011 (0.987 %)Mathematics
1110 (0.897 %)NHS
1110 (0.897 %)Digital Media
129 (0.807 %)Client/Server
129 (0.807 %)Kindle
129 (0.807 %)Credit Risk
138 (0.717 %)iPad
138 (0.717 %)Open Source
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1147 (13.18 %)Windows
224 (2.152 %)Windows Server 2003
317 (1.525 %)Windows Server 2008
416 (1.435 %)Android
513 (1.166 %)Linux
610 (0.897 %)UNIX
79 (0.807 %)Windows XP
87 (0.628 %)Apple iOS
96 (0.538 %)Windows 7
102 (0.179 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
102 (0.179 %)Solaris
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1628 (56.32 %)MVC
2344 (30.85 %)TDD
3281 (25.20 %)Agile Software Development
4274 (24.57 %)OO
5248 (22.24 %)Scrum
6143 (12.83 %)Web Development
7133 (11.93 %)Unit Testing
8106 (9.507 %)E-Commerce
993 (8.341 %)Software Engineering
993 (8.341 %)OOP
1092 (8.251 %)SOA
1176 (6.816 %)Financial Modelling
1266 (5.919 %)Continuous Integration
1352 (4.664 %)Web Application Development
1450 (4.484 %)OOD
1547 (4.215 %)Dependency Injection
1646 (4.126 %)UML
1738 (3.408 %)Workflow
1833 (2.960 %)Domain-Driven Design
1932 (2.870 %)Business Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11048 (93.99 %)C#
2507 (45.47 %)JavaScript
3488 (43.77 %)SQL
4161 (14.44 %)T-SQL
5149 (13.36 %)VB.NET
644 (3.946 %)C++
741 (3.677 %)VB
835 (3.139 %)Java
924 (2.152 %)C
1017 (1.525 %)PL/SQL
1116 (1.435 %)PHP
1215 (1.345 %)VB6
1314 (1.256 %)XPath
1413 (1.166 %)PowerShell
1510 (0.897 %)XAML
1510 (0.897 %)Delphi
169 (0.807 %)VBA
178 (0.717 %)Embedded C++
186 (0.538 %)ActionScript
195 (0.448 %)Python
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1120 (10.76 %)Degree
255 (4.933 %)Microsoft Certification
320 (1.794 %)MCP
416 (1.435 %)MCAD
513 (1.166 %)MCSD
612 (1.076 %)MCTS
79 (0.807 %)Security Cleared
86 (0.538 %)SC Cleared
86 (0.538 %)PhD
95 (0.448 %)MCSE
95 (0.448 %)MCSA
104 (0.359 %)CBAP
112 (0.179 %)HND
121 (0.090 %)BC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (3.229 %)QA
29 (0.807 %)ISO 9001
34 (0.359 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (0.717 %)Active Directory
27 (0.628 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (0.538 %)Backup Exec
22 (0.179 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1464 (41.61 %)Microsoft
285 (7.623 %)Oracle
326 (2.332 %)Telerik
419 (1.704 %)Infragistics
511 (0.987 %)Sitecore
610 (0.897 %)Informatica
79 (0.807 %)Salesforce.com
79 (0.807 %)Google
88 (0.717 %)Teradata
97 (0.628 %)VMware
106 (0.538 %)EPiServer
106 (0.538 %)Ektron
106 (0.538 %)DevExpress
106 (0.538 %)Sophos
106 (0.538 %)Veritas
106 (0.538 %)Adobe
115 (0.448 %)Rackspace
124 (0.359 %)SAP
133 (0.269 %)Cognos
142 (0.179 %)Atlassian