Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 3 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 Programming Languages category.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank88
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads977225423
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.35 %12.75 %
As % of the Programming Languages category29.70 %27.81 %
Salaries quoted853921977
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

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 3 July 2009 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 3 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
EnglandNo change09399£37,500-
LondonUp+34040£50,000-
South EastUp+11750£36,500-2.66 %
City of LondonUp+61374£50,000-4.76 %
South WestUp+4968£35,000+7.69 %
East of EnglandDown-2787£35,000-
North WestUp+2642£31,500-
West MidlandsUp+3478£32,500+6.55 %
YorkshireUp+2458£31,500-3.07 %
SurreyUp+5400£40,000+9.58 %
BristolUp+5362£35,000+7.69 %
ManchesterNo change0355£30,000-4.76 %
BerkshireNo change0301£37,500-6.25 %
OxfordshireUp+4281£36,250-3.33 %
HampshireNo change0274£36,000-4.00 %
CambridgeshireDown-1258£35,000-
EssexNo change0234£35,000-
East MidlandsNo change0231£33,500+3.07 %
ScotlandUp+3221£32,500-7.14 %
BuckinghamshireNo change0210£35,000-
South YorkshireUp+4208£34,000+6.25 %
CambridgeNo change0195£37,500+7.14 %
BirminghamUp+6174£32,500+4.83 %
SheffieldUp+7165£30,000-7.69 %
WiltshireUp+10162£32,750-6.42 %
West SussexUp+3160£32,500-12.16 %
HertfordshireDown-5160£40,500+3.84 %
West YorkshireDown-5144£30,000-7.69 %
SomersetUp+10142£36,000+16.12 %
CheshireUp+1135£33,875+12.91 %

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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#.

118171 (82.96 %).NET
211578 (52.86 %)ASP.NET
311156 (50.93 %)SQL Server
47314 (33.39 %)SQL
55452 (24.89 %)XML
64615 (21.07 %)Microsoft
74449 (20.31 %)JavaScript
84204 (19.19 %)C++
93813 (17.41 %)Finance
103806 (17.38 %)HTML
113764 (17.18 %)CSS
123565 (16.28 %)VB.NET
133516 (16.05 %)SQL Server 2005
143317 (15.14 %)OO
153303 (15.08 %)Java
163302 (15.08 %)Windows
173297 (15.05 %)AJAX
183209 (14.65 %)Degree
193166 (14.45 %)WebServices
202424 (11.07 %)Visual Studio
212363 (10.79 %)VB
222213 (10.10 %)SharePoint
232210 (10.09 %).NET Framework
242186 (9.980 %)WinForms
251974 (9.012 %)ASP
261929 (8.807 %)MS Excel
271855 (8.469 %)Oracle
281826 (8.337 %)WCF
291818 (8.300 %)Web Development
301714 (7.825 %)Banking

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
118171 (82.96 %).NET
211578 (52.86 %)ASP.NET
35452 (24.89 %)XML
43806 (17.38 %)HTML
53764 (17.18 %)CSS
63297 (15.05 %)AJAX
73166 (14.45 %)WebServices
82210 (10.09 %).NET Framework
92186 (9.980 %)WinForms
101974 (9.012 %)ASP
111826 (8.337 %)WCF
121529 (6.981 %)WPF
131282 (5.853 %)XHTML
141160 (5.296 %)XSLT
15740 (3.379 %)Silverlight
16542 (2.475 %)J2EE
17512 (2.338 %)ADO.NET
18499 (2.278 %)ASP.NET 2.0
19493 (2.251 %)WF
20433 (1.977 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12213 (10.10 %)SharePoint
21244 (5.680 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3940 (4.292 %)IIS
4742 (3.388 %)BizTalk Server
5735 (3.356 %)CMS
6142 (0.648 %)Apache
7130 (0.594 %)SharePoint Portal Server
8110 (0.502 %)Commerce Server
9101 (0.461 %)Content Management Server
1098 (0.447 %)EPiServer
1173 (0.333 %)Commerce Server 2007
1249 (0.224 %)ColdFusion
1347 (0.215 %)WebLogic
1443 (0.196 %)Sitecore CMS
1538 (0.173 %)ArcGIS
1636 (0.164 %)MS Exchange
1636 (0.164 %)Rendezvous
1735 (0.160 %)Tomcat
1834 (0.155 %)Immediacy CMS
1933 (0.151 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11929 (8.807 %)MS Excel
2419 (1.913 %)MS Office
3414 (1.890 %)MS Visio
4243 (1.109 %)Photoshop
5183 (0.836 %)Spreadsheet
6126 (0.575 %)InfoPath
796 (0.438 %)MATLAB
857 (0.260 %)Fireworks
944 (0.201 %)MS Project
1034 (0.155 %)Adobe Illustrator
1113 (0.059 %)3ds Max
1212 (0.055 %)CA Clarity
139 (0.041 %)MS PowerPoint
147 (0.032 %)AutoCAD
156 (0.027 %)ArcView
164 (0.018 %)Maya
173 (0.014 %)Simulink
173 (0.014 %)S-PLUS
173 (0.014 %)XMetaL
182 (0.009 %)ArcInfo
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1260 (1.187 %)Dynamics CRM
2220 (1.004 %)Microsoft CRM
355 (0.251 %)Dynamics AX
454 (0.247 %)Axapta
546 (0.210 %)RMDS
642 (0.192 %)Summit
727 (0.123 %)Navision
825 (0.114 %)Oracle Financials
922 (0.100 %)Pivotal CRM
1021 (0.096 %)Dynamics GP
1021 (0.096 %)Endur
1119 (0.087 %)Sophis RISQUE
1218 (0.082 %)Great Plains
1218 (0.082 %)Oracle 11i
1316 (0.073 %)Dynamics NAV
1415 (0.068 %)SalesLogix
1512 (0.055 %)Tesseract
168 (0.037 %)WebTrends
177 (0.032 %)Movex
177 (0.032 %)Capstone
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1854 (3.899 %)Internet
2419 (1.913 %)Intranet
3302 (1.379 %)TCP/IP
4142 (0.648 %)HTTP
5105 (0.479 %)Wireless
652 (0.237 %)LAN
750 (0.228 %)Extranet
848 (0.219 %)FTP
944 (0.201 %)SMS
1043 (0.196 %)WAN
1142 (0.192 %)SSL
1237 (0.169 %)SAN
1336 (0.164 %)GPRS
1435 (0.160 %)Broadband
1534 (0.155 %)LDAP
1534 (0.155 %)3G
1631 (0.142 %)VoIP
1730 (0.137 %)Firewall
1828 (0.128 %)DNS
1926 (0.119 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111156 (50.93 %)SQL Server
23516 (16.05 %)SQL Server 2005
31567 (7.154 %)SQL Server 2000
4783 (3.575 %)SQL Server 2008
5721 (3.292 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6673 (3.073 %)MySQL
7518 (2.365 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8365 (1.666 %)RDBMS
9317 (1.447 %)Crystal Reports
10254 (1.160 %)Datawarehouse
11228 (1.041 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12213 (0.972 %)BusinessObjects
13184 (0.840 %)DTS
14152 (0.694 %)GIS
15151 (0.689 %)Oracle 8/8i
16129 (0.589 %)Oracle 10g
17123 (0.562 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
18108 (0.493 %)OLAP
19102 (0.466 %)MS Access
2089 (0.406 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12424 (11.07 %)Visual Studio
2541 (2.470 %)NUnit
3328 (1.498 %)Team Foundation Server
4233 (1.064 %)Subversion
5220 (1.004 %)VSS/SourceSafe
695 (0.434 %)Dreamweaver
770 (0.320 %)Selenium
866 (0.301 %)Oracle Forms
957 (0.260 %)ClearCase
1056 (0.256 %)Eclipse
1151 (0.233 %)CruiseControl
1244 (0.201 %)Visual Studio Team System
1343 (0.196 %)QuickTest Pro
1440 (0.183 %)Ant
1536 (0.164 %)InstallShield
1635 (0.160 %)LoadRunner
1728 (0.128 %)Rational Rose
1728 (0.128 %)JUnit
1826 (0.119 %)MSI
1925 (0.114 %)PowerBuilder
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13813 (17.41 %)Finance
21714 (7.825 %)Banking
31265 (5.775 %)Front Office
41182 (5.397 %)Pensions
5925 (4.223 %)Investment Banking
6800 (3.652 %)Insurance
7756 (3.452 %)Health
8632 (2.885 %)Education
9610 (2.785 %)Marketing
10512 (2.338 %)Telecoms
11490 (2.237 %)Games
12404 (1.844 %)Back Office
13345 (1.575 %)Government
14340 (1.552 %)Retail
15193 (0.881 %)Financial Institution
16181 (0.826 %)Publishing
17175 (0.799 %)Music
18147 (0.671 %)Advertising
19113 (0.516 %)Aerospace
2092 (0.420 %)Manufacturing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116016 (73.12 %)Developer
26865 (31.34 %).NET Developer
36789 (31.00 %)C# Developer
42891 (13.20 %)ASP.NET Developer
52531 (11.56 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
62460 (11.23 %)Web Developer
72137 (9.757 %)Senior Developer
81703 (7.775 %)Software Developer
91428 (6.520 %)Analyst
101300 (5.935 %)Software Engineer
11946 (4.319 %)Programmer
12933 (4.260 %).NET Web Developer
13841 (3.840 %)Senior C# Developer
14769 (3.511 %)Team Leader
15747 (3.410 %)Senior .NET Developer
15747 (3.410 %)Architect
16695 (3.173 %)C# Web Developer
17663 (3.027 %)SQL Developer
18639 (2.917 %)Junior
19629 (2.872 %)C++ Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11468 (6.702 %)Derivative
21015 (4.634 %)Computer Science
3787 (3.593 %)Mathematics
4643 (2.936 %)N-Tier
5599 (2.735 %)Multithreading
6470 (2.146 %)Equity Derivative
7410 (1.872 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
8394 (1.799 %)Fixed Income
9391 (1.785 %)Equities
10312 (1.424 %)Client/Server
11223 (1.018 %)Physics
12211 (0.963 %)Credit Derivative
13181 (0.826 %)Web 2.0
14180 (0.822 %)Social Network
15176 (0.804 %)W3C
16166 (0.758 %)Interest Rate Derivative
17144 (0.657 %)Credit Risk
18133 (0.607 %)Tandem
19123 (0.562 %)Management Information System
2075 (0.342 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13302 (15.08 %)Windows
2604 (2.758 %)Linux
3530 (2.420 %)UNIX
4326 (1.488 %)Windows Server 2003
5221 (1.009 %)Windows Mobile
6126 (0.575 %)Windows XP
791 (0.415 %)Windows 2000
876 (0.347 %)Solaris
965 (0.297 %)Windows CE
1059 (0.269 %)Windows Vista
1157 (0.260 %)Windows 2000 Server
1249 (0.224 %)Windows Server 2008
1329 (0.132 %)Red Hat Linux
1422 (0.100 %)Windows NT
1517 (0.078 %)Embedded Linux
1615 (0.068 %)VMS
1615 (0.068 %)OS/400
178 (0.037 %)Android
187 (0.032 %)HPUX
187 (0.032 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13317 (15.14 %)OO
21818 (8.300 %)Web Development
31594 (7.278 %)Agile Software Development
41451 (6.625 %)E-Commerce
51193 (5.447 %)UML
6920 (4.200 %)Scrum
7878 (4.009 %)TDD
8761 (3.474 %)Project Management
9698 (3.187 %)CRM
10612 (2.794 %)OOP
11611 (2.790 %)Unit Testing
12600 (2.739 %)OOD
13589 (2.689 %)Software Engineering
14544 (2.484 %)SOA
15530 (2.420 %)Content Management
16514 (2.347 %)Risk Management
17377 (1.721 %)Workflow
18346 (1.580 %)OOA/OOD
19334 (1.525 %)RAD
20317 (1.447 %)Migration
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17314 (33.39 %)SQL
24449 (20.31 %)JavaScript
34204 (19.19 %)C++
43565 (16.28 %)VB.NET
53303 (15.08 %)Java
62363 (10.79 %)VB
71627 (7.428 %)T-SQL
8981 (4.479 %)C
9943 (4.305 %)VB6
10736 (3.360 %)VBA
11713 (3.255 %)PHP
12435 (1.986 %)Delphi
13368 (1.680 %)PL/SQL
14363 (1.657 %)VC++
15284 (1.297 %)Perl
16279 (1.274 %)Python
17278 (1.269 %)VBScript
18251 (1.146 %)ActionScript
19153 (0.699 %)XPath
20108 (0.493 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13209 (14.65 %)Degree
21322 (6.036 %)Microsoft Certification
3723 (3.301 %)MCSD
4679 (3.100 %)MCP
5650 (2.968 %)MCAD
6481 (2.196 %)Security Cleared
7326 (1.488 %)MCTS
8160 (0.730 %)SC Cleared
9132 (0.603 %)PhD
10103 (0.470 %)MCPD
1164 (0.292 %)ISEB
1232 (0.146 %)DV Cleared
1325 (0.114 %)ACCA
1325 (0.114 %)CIMA
1424 (0.110 %)MCSE
1521 (0.096 %)HNC
1616 (0.073 %)Postgraduate
1616 (0.073 %)CISSP
1714 (0.064 %)PMI Certification
1714 (0.064 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1408 (1.863 %)QA
255 (0.251 %)WAI
353 (0.242 %)ISO9001
448 (0.219 %)SLA
518 (0.082 %)HL7
616 (0.073 %)Basel II
713 (0.059 %)COBIT
811 (0.050 %)WCAG
910 (0.046 %)TickIT
910 (0.046 %)ISO9000
106 (0.027 %)GAMP
115 (0.023 %)21 CFR Part 11
123 (0.014 %)DICOM
123 (0.014 %)PCI DSS
132 (0.009 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
132 (0.009 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1187 (0.854 %)MSMQ
2133 (0.607 %)Active Directory
331 (0.142 %)VMware Infrastructure
423 (0.105 %)Oracle RAC
510 (0.046 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
67 (0.032 %)Xen
67 (0.032 %)XenApp
75 (0.023 %)Hyper-V
84 (0.018 %)Squid
93 (0.014 %)Cronacle
102 (0.009 %)Terminal Services
111 (0.005 %)ISA Server
111 (0.005 %)Oracle RMAN
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (0.119 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
220 (0.091 %)CONTROL-M
319 (0.087 %)AutoSys
413 (0.059 %)MOM
54 (0.018 %)BMC PATROL
54 (0.018 %)CA SiteMinder
54 (0.018 %)AppManager
62 (0.009 %)Tivoli
71 (0.005 %)Data Guard
71 (0.005 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14615 (21.07 %)Microsoft
21855 (8.469 %)Oracle
3374 (1.708 %)Sybase
4213 (0.972 %)Business Objects
5145 (0.662 %)TIBCO
6142 (0.648 %)Adobe
789 (0.406 %)DevExpress
871 (0.324 %)IBM
964 (0.292 %)ESRI
964 (0.292 %)Sitecore
1059 (0.269 %)Cognos
1157 (0.260 %)telerik
1157 (0.260 %)Google
1255 (0.251 %)Perforce
1354 (0.247 %)SAP
1452 (0.237 %)VMware
1549 (0.224 %)Sun
1646 (0.210 %)Citrix
1743 (0.196 %)Sage
1842 (0.192 %)JD Edwards