Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6810
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads124011363224521
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.75 %13.49 %12.13 %
As % of the Programming Languages category32.27 %29.00 %26.84 %
Salaries quoted109161226221056
Average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£60,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
384264700891356
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.80 %46.51 %45.21 %
Salaries quoted331384065375843
Average salary£38,500£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.470 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C# within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

C# Salary Histogram

C#
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# 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
EnglandUp+311936£40,000+6.66 %
LondonUp+15477£55,000+10.00 %
South EastUp+52332£37,500-2.59 %
City of LondonUp+11720£55,000-
South WestUp+1995£32,500-4.41 %
East of EnglandNo change0851£35,000-
North WestDown-1778£32,500+4.83 %
YorkshireUp+1634£32,500-
BerkshireUp+14582£35,000-7.89 %
SurreyUp+5531£42,500+2.40 %
ManchesterNo change0471£32,500+8.33 %
West MidlandsUp+1460£35,000+7.69 %
East MidlandsDown-2338£32,500+8.33 %
West YorkshireNo change0327£34,250+5.38 %
HampshireUp+3308£35,000-4.10 %
CambridgeshireDown-1303£35,000-
BristolUp+2294£32,500-4.41 %
BuckinghamshireUp+5262£35,000-
ScotlandNo change0260£35,000+2.94 %
CambridgeUp+1249£32,500-7.14 %
HertfordshireUp+7238£42,500+6.25 %
OxfordshireUp+3238£35,000-10.82 %
LeedsDown-1224£35,000+11.11 %
CheshireUp+1195£30,000-4.76 %
BirminghamUp+1165£35,000+7.69 %
DorsetUp+2161£32,500-5.79 %
GloucestershireNo change0153£37,500+7.14 %
SomersetNo change0150£32,500-7.14 %
WiltshireUp+4148£31,000-5.34 %
NottinghamshireDown-1147£33,500+11.66 %

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

119090 (79.44 %).NET
211782 (49.03 %)SQL Server
311648 (48.47 %)ASP.NET
48072 (33.59 %)SQL
54979 (20.72 %)XML
64709 (19.59 %)JavaScript
74631 (19.27 %)Microsoft
84488 (18.68 %)C++
94451 (18.52 %)Finance
104176 (17.38 %)Java
113979 (16.56 %)HTML
123806 (15.84 %)OO
133779 (15.72 %)CSS
143435 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
153430 (14.27 %)Windows
163409 (14.19 %)Web Services
173323 (13.83 %)AJAX
183320 (13.81 %)VB.NET
193205 (13.34 %)Degree
202648 (11.02 %)Banking
212638 (10.98 %)WinForms
222474 (10.29 %)Visual Studio
232444 (10.17 %)WPF
242416 (10.05 %)WCF
252401 (9.991 %).NET Framework
262319 (9.650 %)Oracle
272252 (9.371 %)Front Office
282194 (9.129 %)VB
292053 (8.543 %)Agile Software Development
302008 (8.356 %)SharePoint

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing C# 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 C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119090 (79.44 %).NET
211648 (48.47 %)ASP.NET
34979 (20.72 %)XML
43979 (16.56 %)HTML
53779 (15.72 %)CSS
63409 (14.19 %)Web Services
73323 (13.83 %)AJAX
82638 (10.98 %)WinForms
92444 (10.17 %)WPF
102416 (10.05 %)WCF
112401 (9.991 %).NET Framework
121590 (6.616 %)ASP
131246 (5.185 %)XHTML
141093 (4.548 %)MVC
151085 (4.515 %)XSLT
161041 (4.332 %)Silverlight
17828 (3.445 %)jQuery
18761 (3.167 %)LINQ
19758 (3.154 %)NHibernate
20645 (2.684 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12008 (8.356 %)SharePoint
21002 (4.169 %)IIS
3934 (3.886 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4788 (3.279 %)CMS
5533 (2.218 %)BizTalk Server
6246 (1.024 %)EPiServer
7179 (0.745 %)Apache
8133 (0.553 %)Rendezvous
9102 (0.424 %)Umbraco
10101 (0.420 %)MQSeries
1195 (0.395 %)DotNetNuke
1293 (0.387 %)Sitecore CMS
1390 (0.375 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1488 (0.366 %)Tomcat
1581 (0.337 %)ColdFusion
1675 (0.312 %)Commerce Server
1774 (0.308 %)ArcGIS
1871 (0.295 %)TIBCO EMS
1960 (0.250 %)Oracle Workflow
2057 (0.237 %)SmartSockets
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11709 (7.111 %)MS Excel
2339 (1.411 %)MS Office
3307 (1.277 %)MS Visio
4217 (0.903 %)Photoshop
5196 (0.816 %)InfoPath
6134 (0.558 %)Spreadsheet
787 (0.362 %)Fireworks
882 (0.341 %)MATLAB
949 (0.204 %)MS Project
1032 (0.133 %)S-PLUS
1124 (0.100 %)Adobe Illustrator
125 (0.021 %)3ds Max
134 (0.017 %)Windchill
134 (0.017 %)Maya
134 (0.017 %)MS PowerPoint
143 (0.012 %)FreeHand
152 (0.008 %)AutoCAD
152 (0.008 %)FrameMaker
152 (0.008 %)XMetaL
152 (0.008 %)SketchUp
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1212 (0.882 %)Dynamics CRM
2158 (0.657 %)Microsoft CRM
3100 (0.416 %)RMDS
445 (0.187 %)Dynamics AX
535 (0.146 %)Summit
634 (0.141 %)Navision
720 (0.083 %)Axapta
720 (0.083 %)SalesLogix
819 (0.079 %)Dynamics NAV
819 (0.079 %)Endur
915 (0.062 %)BusinessWorks
1013 (0.054 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
119 (0.037 %)Google Analytics
119 (0.037 %)Kondor+
119 (0.037 %)Pivotal CRM
128 (0.033 %)WebTrends
137 (0.029 %)Front Arena
146 (0.025 %)SolArc RightAngle
146 (0.025 %)Dynamics GP
146 (0.025 %)ZaiNet
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1777 (3.233 %)Internet
2428 (1.781 %)Intranet
3232 (0.965 %)HTTP
4198 (0.824 %)TCP/IP
5135 (0.562 %)Extranet
669 (0.287 %)DNS
768 (0.283 %)Firewall
857 (0.237 %)SMTP
951 (0.212 %)SAN
1047 (0.196 %)VoIP
1140 (0.166 %)FTP
1236 (0.150 %)Broadband
1236 (0.150 %)WAN
1334 (0.141 %)DHCP
1334 (0.141 %)SMS
1433 (0.137 %)LAN
1529 (0.121 %)ISDN
1627 (0.112 %)IP Telephony
1627 (0.112 %)CTI
1723 (0.096 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
111782 (49.03 %)SQL Server
23435 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
31629 (6.778 %)SQL Server 2008
41161 (4.831 %)SQL Server 2000
5813 (3.383 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6738 (3.071 %)RDBMS
7638 (2.655 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8557 (2.318 %)MySQL
9415 (1.727 %)Crystal Reports
10373 (1.552 %)Datawarehouse
11333 (1.386 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12248 (1.032 %)BusinessObjects
13179 (0.745 %)DTS
14172 (0.716 %)Oracle 10g
15168 (0.699 %)GIS
16166 (0.691 %)Oracle Reports
17153 (0.637 %)ETL
18150 (0.624 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
19149 (0.620 %)Oracle 8/8i
20138 (0.574 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12474 (10.29 %)Visual Studio
2963 (4.007 %)NUnit
3563 (2.343 %)Subversion
4407 (1.694 %)Team Foundation Server
5246 (1.024 %)VSS/SourceSafe
6185 (0.770 %)JUnit
7131 (0.545 %)Selenium
8111 (0.462 %)ClearCase
9100 (0.416 %)TeamCity
1096 (0.399 %)QuickTest Pro
1187 (0.362 %)Dreamweaver
1275 (0.312 %)Maven
1363 (0.262 %)ReSharper
1459 (0.246 %)CruiseControl
1558 (0.241 %)FitNesse
1657 (0.237 %)Eclipse
1657 (0.237 %)InstallShield
1754 (0.225 %)Ant
1847 (0.196 %)NCover
1944 (0.183 %)PowerBuilder
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14451 (18.52 %)Finance
22648 (11.02 %)Banking
32252 (9.371 %)Front Office
41229 (5.114 %)Investment Banking
51147 (4.773 %)Pensions
6818 (3.404 %)Insurance
7805 (3.350 %)Health
8670 (2.788 %)Marketing
9577 (2.401 %)Education
10540 (2.247 %)Retail
11515 (2.143 %)Back Office
12268 (1.115 %)Telecoms
13256 (1.065 %)Games
14209 (0.870 %)Publishing
14209 (0.870 %)Government
15177 (0.737 %)Financial Institution
16142 (0.591 %)Music
17137 (0.570 %)Advertising
18102 (0.424 %)Law
1994 (0.391 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
118524 (77.08 %)Developer
27946 (33.06 %)C# Developer
37101 (29.55 %).NET Developer
42990 (12.44 %)Senior Developer
52620 (10.90 %)ASP.NET Developer
62566 (10.68 %)Web Developer
72317 (9.641 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
81746 (7.265 %)Software Developer
91497 (6.229 %)Analyst
101224 (5.093 %)Senior .NET Developer
111196 (4.977 %)Senior C# Developer
121105 (4.598 %)Software Engineer
131052 (4.377 %)Programmer
14947 (3.941 %).NET Web Developer
15835 (3.475 %)Architect
16833 (3.466 %)Applications Developer
17780 (3.246 %)C# Web Developer
18763 (3.175 %)Team Leader
19755 (3.142 %)SQL Developer
20743 (3.092 %)Graduate
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11930 (8.031 %)Derivative
21153 (4.798 %)Computer Science
3956 (3.978 %)Fixed Income
4793 (3.300 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5789 (3.283 %)Client/Server
6753 (3.133 %)N-Tier
7742 (3.088 %)Mathematics
8706 (2.938 %)Multithreading
9646 (2.688 %)Equity Derivative
10536 (2.230 %)Equities
11346 (1.440 %)Credit Derivative
12293 (1.219 %)Interest Rate Derivative
13231 (0.961 %)W3C
14219 (0.911 %)Physics
15209 (0.870 %)Open Source
16156 (0.649 %)Social Network
17129 (0.537 %)Web 2.0
18125 (0.520 %)Credit Risk
19121 (0.503 %)Tandem
20114 (0.474 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13430 (14.27 %)Windows
2798 (3.321 %)UNIX
3707 (2.942 %)Linux
4348 (1.448 %)Windows Server 2003
5165 (0.687 %)Solaris
6145 (0.603 %)Windows XP
799 (0.412 %)Windows Mobile
896 (0.399 %)Windows Server 2008
961 (0.254 %)AIX
1058 (0.241 %)Windows Vista
1156 (0.233 %)Windows 2000
1232 (0.133 %)Windows CE
1331 (0.129 %)Windows NT
1420 (0.083 %)VMS
1515 (0.062 %)Windows 2000 Server
1613 (0.054 %)Windows 7
1613 (0.054 %)Android
178 (0.033 %)Red Hat Linux
187 (0.029 %)Embedded Linux
187 (0.029 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13806 (15.84 %)OO
22053 (8.543 %)Agile Software Development
31748 (7.274 %)Web Development
41524 (6.342 %)E-Commerce
51190 (4.952 %)TDD
61170 (4.869 %)Scrum
7916 (3.812 %)UML
8835 (3.475 %)Unit Testing
9796 (3.312 %)Project Management
10755 (3.142 %)OOD
11718 (2.988 %)Risk Management
12685 (2.850 %)CRM
13657 (2.734 %)OOP
14606 (2.522 %)Workflow
15595 (2.476 %)SOA
16514 (2.139 %)Software Engineering
17506 (2.106 %)RAD
18440 (1.831 %)Business Intelligence
19399 (1.660 %)Content Management
20392 (1.631 %)Algorithmic Trading
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
18072 (33.59 %)SQL
24709 (19.59 %)JavaScript
34488 (18.68 %)C++
44176 (17.38 %)Java
53320 (13.81 %)VB.NET
62194 (9.129 %)VB
71849 (7.694 %)T-SQL
81270 (5.285 %)C
9850 (3.537 %)VB6
10814 (3.387 %)VBA
11791 (3.291 %)PHP
12496 (2.064 %)PL/SQL
13478 (1.989 %)Perl
14427 (1.777 %)Python
15388 (1.615 %)VBScript
16320 (1.332 %)Delphi
17275 (1.144 %)Ruby
18216 (0.899 %)VC++
19179 (0.745 %)ActionScript
20134 (0.558 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13205 (13.34 %)Degree
21027 (4.273 %)Microsoft Certification
3610 (2.538 %)MCSD
4543 (2.259 %)MCTS
5517 (2.151 %)MCAD
6480 (1.997 %)MCP
7404 (1.681 %)Security Cleared
8141 (0.587 %)PhD
9128 (0.533 %)SC Cleared
10120 (0.499 %)ISEB
1189 (0.370 %)MCPD
1249 (0.204 %)MCSE
1340 (0.166 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1435 (0.146 %)DV Cleared
1533 (0.137 %)Postgraduate
1533 (0.137 %)HND
1632 (0.133 %)MCITP
1728 (0.117 %)Cisco Certification
1728 (0.117 %)CCNA
1822 (0.092 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1720 (2.996 %)QA
256 (0.233 %)SLA
256 (0.233 %)WAI
314 (0.058 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
412 (0.050 %)ISO9001
511 (0.046 %)Basel II
65 (0.021 %)WCAG
65 (0.021 %)TickIT
72 (0.008 %)ISO9000
72 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
81 (0.004 %)ISO/IEC 20000
81 (0.004 %)JTAG
81 (0.004 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1187 (0.778 %)Active Directory
280 (0.333 %)MSMQ
331 (0.129 %)VMware Infrastructure
49 (0.037 %)Terminal Server
56 (0.025 %)Terminal Services
56 (0.025 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
64 (0.017 %)NFS
64 (0.017 %)Hyper-V
73 (0.012 %)Oracle RAC
73 (0.012 %)XenApp
81 (0.004 %)AquaLogic
81 (0.004 %)Hadoop
81 (0.004 %)Veritas Cluster Server
81 (0.004 %)VMware GSX
81 (0.004 %)VMware ESX
81 (0.004 %)Samba
81 (0.004 %)Snort
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
183 (0.345 %)MSI
237 (0.154 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
318 (0.075 %)Tivoli
415 (0.062 %)SCCM
58 (0.033 %)AutoSys
66 (0.025 %)OpenView
66 (0.025 %)Dollar Universe
66 (0.025 %)SCOM
75 (0.021 %)MOM
82 (0.008 %)CONTROL-M
82 (0.008 %)MIIS
82 (0.008 %)CiscoWorks
91 (0.004 %)ServiceCenter
91 (0.004 %)Nessus
91 (0.004 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14631 (19.27 %)Microsoft
22319 (9.650 %)Oracle
3502 (2.089 %)Sybase
4325 (1.352 %)TIBCO
5248 (1.032 %)Business Objects
6216 (0.899 %)Adobe
7121 (0.503 %)Sitecore
8118 (0.491 %)Cognos
9114 (0.474 %)IBM
1092 (0.383 %)Perforce
1189 (0.370 %)Reuters
1288 (0.366 %)Bloomberg
1385 (0.354 %)SAP
1483 (0.345 %)Infragistics
1577 (0.320 %)DevExpress
1667 (0.279 %)Cisco
1667 (0.279 %)Google
1760 (0.250 %)ESRI
1857 (0.237 %)DataSynapse
1857 (0.237 %)JBoss