The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ASP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ASP 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.

Microsoft Active Server Pages (Classic ASP)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank174152132
Rank change year-on-year
Down-22Down-20
Matching permanent IT job ads179820471745
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.484 %1.678 %1.833 %
As % of the Application Development category3.546 %4.183 %4.806 %
Number of salaries quoted158218321536
Average salary£35,000£37,000£32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40 %+12.97 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£57,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£32,500£31,000
% change year-on-year
+4.61 %+4.83 %
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 %-

ASP
Demand Trend

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

ASP Demand Trend

ASP
Salary Trend

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

ASP Salary Trend

ASP
Salary Histogram

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

ASP Salary Histogram

ASP
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ASP 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
EnglandDown-261704£35,000-6.66 %
LondonDown-47600£45,000-
South EastDown-27383£35,500+1.42 %
North WestUp+23233£30,000-
East of EnglandDown-36171£35,000-
ManchesterUp+48124£31,500+16.66 %
City of LondonDown-57119£50,000-
SurreyUp+4111£37,500-6.25 %
East MidlandsDown-19104£32,500-
BerkshireDown-799£36,000+20.00 %
YorkshireDown-1690£30,000-3.22 %
CheshireDown-968£27,500-8.33 %
West MidlandsDown-4357£35,000+7.69 %
ScotlandUp+3454£32,500-1.51 %
West YorkshireDown-2152£30,000-
South WestDown-5251£29,500+1.72 %
HertfordshireDown-1049£45,000+20.00 %
HampshireDown-5442£39,000+2.63 %
ReadingNo change038£42,500-
LeicestershireDown-137£32,500+8.33 %
CambridgeshireDown-4937£36,500+14.06 %
LutonUp+534£37,500-
BedfordshireDown-434£37,500-
LeedsDown-1833£32,500+5.69 %
West SussexUp+1532£31,500+14.54 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2531£32,500-
OxfordshireDown-1629£34,000-15.00 %
CambridgeDown-3229£34,500+16.94 %
EssexDown-1224£35,000+21.73 %
EdinburghUp+2123£30,000-14.28 %

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing ASP 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 ASP.

12523 (74.36 %).NET
21928 (56.82 %)C#
31844 (54.35 %)SQL Server
41766 (52.05 %)SQL
51693 (49.90 %)JavaScript
61685 (49.66 %)HTML
71663 (49.01 %)ASP.NET
81401 (41.29 %)CSS
91125 (33.16 %)XML
10839 (24.73 %)VB
11828 (24.40 %)Microsoft
12780 (22.99 %)VB.NET
13722 (21.28 %)Ajax
14661 (19.48 %)jQuery
15622 (18.33 %)Windows
16610 (17.98 %)Web Services
17554 (16.33 %)PHP
18541 (15.94 %)MS Excel
19509 (15.00 %)IIS
20507 (14.94 %)Java
21505 (14.88 %)Finance
22498 (14.68 %)T-SQL
23479 (14.12 %)SQL Server 2008
24454 (13.38 %)Degree
25437 (12.88 %)Web Development
26432 (12.73 %)Visual Studio
27421 (12.41 %)MVC
28417 (12.29 %)SQL Server 2005
29404 (11.91 %)Oracle
30396 (11.67 %)XSLT

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12523 (74.36 %).NET
21685 (49.66 %)HTML
31663 (49.01 %)ASP.NET
41401 (41.29 %)CSS
51125 (33.16 %)XML
6722 (21.28 %)Ajax
7661 (19.48 %)jQuery
8610 (17.98 %)Web Services
9396 (11.67 %)XSLT
10385 (11.35 %)XHTML
11357 (10.52 %).NET Framework
12231 (6.808 %)WCF
13188 (5.541 %)WPF
14184 (5.423 %)HTML5
15173 (5.099 %)SOAP
16149 (4.391 %)JSP
17148 (4.362 %)Flash
18143 (4.215 %)DHTML
19126 (3.714 %)ASP.NET MVC
20122 (3.596 %)LINQ
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1509 (15.00 %)IIS
2353 (10.40 %)SharePoint
3245 (7.221 %)CMS
4131 (3.861 %)Apache
597 (2.859 %)SharePoint 2010
687 (2.564 %)Umbraco
768 (2.004 %)SharePoint Server
853 (1.562 %)Drupal
948 (1.415 %)Tomcat
1040 (1.179 %)Joomla!
1139 (1.149 %)DotNetNuke
1237 (1.090 %)ColdFusion
1332 (0.943 %)MS Exchange
1427 (0.796 %)Sitecore CMS
1526 (0.766 %)Commerce Server
1625 (0.737 %)Amazon EC2
1720 (0.589 %)Force.com
1720 (0.589 %)Exchange Server 2010
1720 (0.589 %)WebLogic
1720 (0.589 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1541 (15.94 %)MS Excel
2177 (5.217 %)Photoshop
388 (2.594 %)MS Office
454 (1.592 %)MS Visio
543 (1.267 %)Fireworks
631 (0.914 %)MS Project
631 (0.914 %)Adobe Illustrator
727 (0.796 %)Spreadsheet
821 (0.619 %)InfoPath
913 (0.383 %)MS PowerPoint
103 (0.088 %)GIMP
103 (0.088 %)ProjectWise
112 (0.059 %)Acrobat
121 (0.029 %)Adobe After Effects
121 (0.029 %)Adobe Premiere
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
134 (1.002 %)Dynamics CRM
228 (0.825 %)Google Analytics
311 (0.324 %)Dynamics AX
410 (0.295 %)SAP ERP
59 (0.265 %)Maximo
67 (0.206 %)Movex
76 (0.177 %)Prophet
76 (0.177 %)Kiodex
76 (0.177 %)WebTrends
76 (0.177 %)Visualfiles
85 (0.147 %)Summit
85 (0.147 %)SunGard APT
85 (0.147 %)FastVal
94 (0.118 %)Oracle 11i
94 (0.118 %)SAP R/3
94 (0.118 %)Oracle CRM
103 (0.088 %)SAP FI-CA
103 (0.088 %)SAP CO
103 (0.088 %)Dynamics GP
103 (0.088 %)SAP FI/CO
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1327 (9.637 %)Internet
2182 (5.364 %)Intranet
385 (2.505 %)DNS
477 (2.269 %)HTTP
565 (1.916 %)TCP/IP
663 (1.857 %)Firewall
756 (1.650 %)SAN
845 (1.326 %)FTP
942 (1.238 %)Extranet
1036 (1.061 %)LDAP
1134 (1.002 %)SMTP
1134 (1.002 %)Broadband
1229 (0.855 %)LAN
1229 (0.855 %)WAN
1325 (0.737 %)SSL
1416 (0.472 %)HTTPS
1416 (0.472 %)VLAN
1514 (0.413 %)DAB
1612 (0.354 %)DHCP
1711 (0.324 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11844 (54.35 %)SQL Server
2479 (14.12 %)SQL Server 2008
3417 (12.29 %)SQL Server 2005
4308 (9.078 %)MySQL
5202 (5.953 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6197 (5.806 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7177 (5.217 %)SQL Server 2000
8129 (3.802 %)Crystal Reports
977 (2.269 %)MS Access
1066 (1.945 %)DTS
1146 (1.356 %)RDBMS
1242 (1.238 %)Oracle 8/8i
1340 (1.179 %)Oracle Reports
1439 (1.149 %)Data Warehouse
1538 (1.120 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1631 (0.914 %)PostgreSQL
1727 (0.796 %)BusinessObjects
1727 (0.796 %)ETL
1821 (0.619 %)DB2
1913 (0.383 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1432 (12.73 %)Visual Studio
2206 (6.071 %)Subversion
397 (2.859 %)Team Foundation Server
475 (2.210 %)NUnit
574 (2.181 %)VSS/SourceSafe
665 (1.916 %)MSI
764 (1.886 %)Dreamweaver
833 (0.973 %)JIRA
919 (0.560 %)TortoiseSVN
1018 (0.531 %)Oracle Forms
1018 (0.531 %)InstallShield
1116 (0.472 %)MSBuild
1116 (0.472 %)Ant
1215 (0.442 %)Rhino Mocks
1215 (0.442 %)Git (software)
1314 (0.413 %)QuickTest Pro
1413 (0.383 %)Selenium
1413 (0.383 %)Cucumber
1512 (0.354 %)TeamCity
1512 (0.354 %)FxCop
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1505 (14.88 %)Finance
2201 (5.924 %)Marketing
3141 (4.156 %)Retail
4105 (3.095 %)Banking
570 (2.063 %)Back Office
666 (1.945 %)Telecoms
756 (1.650 %)Legal
855 (1.621 %)Law
938 (1.120 %)Publishing
938 (1.120 %)Games
1037 (1.090 %)Manufacturing
1037 (1.090 %)Advertising
1133 (0.973 %)Front Office
1229 (0.855 %)French Language
1328 (0.825 %)Investment Banking
1421 (0.619 %)Financial Institution
1518 (0.531 %)German Language
1614 (0.413 %)Automotive
1710 (0.295 %)Spanish Language
189 (0.265 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12324 (68.49 %)Developer
2889 (26.20 %).NET Developer
3671 (19.78 %)Web Developer
4421 (12.41 %)C# Developer
5390 (11.49 %)Analyst
6352 (10.37 %)ASP.NET Developer
7290 (8.547 %)Senior Developer
8282 (8.311 %)C# .NET Developer
9281 (8.282 %)Software Developer
10221 (6.513 %)Programmer
11203 (5.983 %).NET Web Developer
12189 (5.570 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
13178 (5.246 %)Support Analyst
14170 (5.010 %)Applications Support
15156 (4.598 %)Junior
16136 (4.008 %)C# Web Developer
17135 (3.979 %)VB.NET Developer
18134 (3.949 %)Applications Developer
19131 (3.861 %)Consultant
20122 (3.596 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1149 (4.391 %)Computer Science
2114 (3.360 %)SaaS
397 (2.859 %)N-Tier
480 (2.358 %)W3C
568 (2.004 %)Mathematics
659 (1.739 %)Management Information System
757 (1.680 %)Cloud Computing
853 (1.562 %)Social Media
943 (1.267 %)iPad
1041 (1.208 %)Open Source
1139 (1.149 %)Derivative
1238 (1.120 %)DTV
1334 (1.002 %)Client/Server
1433 (0.973 %)Digital Media
1532 (0.943 %)Fat Client
1532 (0.943 %)Thin Client
1631 (0.914 %)Blackberry
1631 (0.914 %)Hedge funds
1727 (0.796 %)Blog
1825 (0.737 %)New Media
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1622 (18.33 %)Windows
2276 (8.134 %)Linux
3204 (6.012 %)UNIX
4166 (4.892 %)Windows Server 2003
5129 (3.802 %)Windows Server 2008
672 (2.122 %)Android
755 (1.621 %)Apple iOS
849 (1.444 %)Solaris
936 (1.061 %)Windows XP
1034 (1.002 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1125 (0.737 %)Windows Mobile
1222 (0.648 %)CentOS
1316 (0.472 %)Debian
1415 (0.442 %)Ubuntu
1415 (0.442 %)BlackBerry OS
1513 (0.383 %)Windows 7
169 (0.265 %)Windows 2000
176 (0.177 %)AIX
176 (0.177 %)HPUX
184 (0.118 %)Gentoo
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1437 (12.88 %)Web Development
2421 (12.41 %)MVC
3352 (10.37 %)E-Commerce
4304 (8.960 %)OO
5243 (7.162 %)Agile Software Development
6230 (6.779 %)TDD
7201 (5.924 %)CRM
8191 (5.629 %)Content Management
9185 (5.452 %)SEO
10184 (5.423 %)Project Management
11183 (5.393 %)Scrum
12152 (4.480 %)ITIL
13126 (3.714 %)Unit Testing
13126 (3.714 %)UML
14114 (3.360 %)Web Application Development
15107 (3.154 %)Migration
16106 (3.124 %)OOP
17102 (3.006 %)SOA
1897 (2.859 %)Business Intelligence
1992 (2.711 %)Web Design
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11928 (56.82 %)C#
21766 (52.05 %)SQL
31693 (49.90 %)JavaScript
4839 (24.73 %)VB
5780 (22.99 %)VB.NET
6554 (16.33 %)PHP
7507 (14.94 %)Java
8498 (14.68 %)T-SQL
9332 (9.785 %)VB6
10257 (7.574 %)VBScript
11176 (5.187 %)C++
12149 (4.391 %)VBA
13147 (4.332 %)Perl
14110 (3.242 %)C
14110 (3.242 %)PL/SQL
1574 (2.181 %)Python
1673 (2.151 %)Shell Script
1762 (1.827 %)Objective-C
1846 (1.356 %)PHP5
1935 (1.032 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1454 (13.38 %)Degree
2103 (3.036 %)Microsoft Certification
356 (1.650 %)MCP
440 (1.179 %)MCAD
539 (1.149 %)MCSD
636 (1.061 %)MCTS
724 (0.707 %)ITIL Certification
823 (0.678 %)Security Cleared
823 (0.678 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
823 (0.678 %)Cisco Certification
920 (0.589 %)CCNP
920 (0.589 %)MCITP
1019 (0.560 %)HP AIS
1019 (0.560 %)HP ASE
1019 (0.560 %)HP MASE
1019 (0.560 %)HP APS
1019 (0.560 %)Citrix Certification
1019 (0.560 %)CCIE
1019 (0.560 %)CCIA
1019 (0.560 %)VCAP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1125 (3.684 %)QA
255 (1.621 %)SLA
324 (0.707 %)WCAG
417 (0.501 %)ISO/IEC 27001
514 (0.413 %)PCI DSS
69 (0.265 %)WAI
75 (0.147 %)HL7
84 (0.118 %)ISO 9001
84 (0.118 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
84 (0.118 %)DICOM
91 (0.029 %)Dublin Core
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1107 (3.154 %)Active Directory
253 (1.562 %)VMware Infrastructure
320 (0.589 %)Hyper-V
48 (0.236 %)vSphere
56 (0.177 %)VMware ESX
65 (0.147 %)ISA Server
65 (0.147 %)XenApp
74 (0.118 %)Squid
83 (0.088 %)MailMarshal
83 (0.088 %)WebMarshal
83 (0.088 %)NDS
83 (0.088 %)XenServer
92 (0.059 %)XenDesktop
92 (0.059 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
101 (0.029 %)VMware Workstation
101 (0.029 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
139 (1.149 %)Nagios
214 (0.413 %)Plesk
313 (0.383 %)SCCM
49 (0.265 %)Backup Exec
56 (0.177 %)vCenter
56 (0.177 %)HP Quality Center
65 (0.147 %)Cacti
65 (0.147 %)Ganglia
65 (0.147 %)Splunk
74 (0.118 %)Red Hat Spacewalk
74 (0.118 %)Puppet
74 (0.118 %)Control-M
74 (0.118 %)CA SiteMinder
74 (0.118 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
83 (0.088 %)HP Data Protector
92 (0.059 %)EMC NetWorker
101 (0.029 %)SCOM
101 (0.029 %)SCVMM
101 (0.029 %)BladeLogic
101 (0.029 %)WSUS
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1828 (24.40 %)Microsoft
2404 (11.91 %)Oracle
380 (2.358 %)Citrix
380 (2.358 %)Red Hat
476 (2.240 %)Business Objects
573 (2.151 %)Google
672 (2.122 %)VMware
767 (1.975 %)Adobe
849 (1.444 %)SAP
849 (1.444 %)Salesforce.com
942 (1.238 %)Ektron
942 (1.238 %)HP
1038 (1.120 %)IBM
1135 (1.032 %)Cisco
1232 (0.943 %)Sybase
1331 (0.914 %)Siebel
1428 (0.825 %)Zend
1428 (0.825 %)Sitecore
1527 (0.796 %)JBoss
1626 (0.766 %)Telerik