The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 2 5 6
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 325 246 205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.32% 21.10% 19.64%
As % of the Application Development category 60.98% 54.19% 44.86%
Number of salaries quoted 300 239 190
Average salary £32,500 £30,500 £32,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.55% -5.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,250 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Application Development
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
533 454 457
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 43.16% 38.94% 43.77%
Number of salaries quoted 488 406 424
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -14.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £52,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
UK

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Wales .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the Wales region.

Wales .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South Wales +3 259 £32,500 +1.56%
North Wales +5 47 £35,000 +20.68%
West Wales -5 7 £40,000 +44.14%
Mid Wales +1 5 £29,500 -4.83%
.NET
UK

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 430 (72.88%) C#
2 362 (61.36%) ASP.NET
3 343 (58.14%) SQL Server
4 222 (37.63%) SQL
5 176 (29.83%) Microsoft
6 171 (28.98%) VB.NET
7 163 (27.63%) JavaScript
8 152 (25.76%) .NET Framework
9 140 (23.73%) XML
10 135 (22.88%) HTML
11 124 (21.02%) Visual Studio
11 124 (21.02%) CSS
12 123 (20.85%) OO
13 119 (20.17%) MVC
14 97 (16.44%) MS Excel
14 97 (16.44%) jQuery
15 87 (14.75%) Agile Software Development
16 86 (14.58%) VB
17 82 (13.90%) Scrum
18 72 (12.20%) SharePoint
19 69 (11.69%) Team Foundation Server
19 69 (11.69%) Degree
20 63 (10.68%) WCF
21 62 (10.51%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
22 61 (10.34%) VB6
23 59 (10.00%) Windows
23 59 (10.00%) Web Development
24 56 (9.492%) Finance
25 52 (8.814%) Ajax
26 47 (7.966%) C++

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 362 (61.36%) ASP.NET
2 152 (25.76%) .NET Framework
3 140 (23.73%) XML
4 135 (22.88%) HTML
5 124 (21.02%) CSS
6 97 (16.44%) jQuery
7 63 (10.68%) WCF
8 62 (10.51%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 52 (8.814%) Ajax
10 45 (7.627%) ASP.NET MVC
11 33 (5.593%) Web Services
12 30 (5.085%) WinForms
13 27 (4.576%) ASP
14 26 (4.407%) XHTML
15 24 (4.068%) Razor View Engine
15 24 (4.068%) XSLT
16 23 (3.898%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 22 (3.729%) WPF
18 19 (3.220%) HTML5
19 15 (2.542%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 72 (12.20%) SharePoint
2 28 (4.746%) CMS
3 24 (4.068%) BizTalk Server
4 22 (3.729%) Sitecore CMS
5 13 (2.203%) IIS
6 10 (1.695%) SharePoint Server
6 10 (1.695%) Umbraco
6 10 (1.695%) Windows Azure
7 6 (1.017%) Apache
8 4 (0.678%) MSMQ
9 3 (0.508%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.339%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.339%) MS Exchange
11 1 (0.169%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.169%) WordPress
11 1 (0.169%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.169%) Joomla!
Applications
1 97 (16.44%) MS Excel
2 10 (1.695%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 35 (5.932%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.678%) MFGPRO
3 2 (0.339%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.407%) Internet
2 6 (1.017%) Intranet
3 5 (0.847%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.847%) WAN
4 4 (0.678%) VoIP
4 4 (0.678%) HTTP
5 3 (0.508%) Wireless
5 3 (0.508%) SSH
5 3 (0.508%) TELNET
5 3 (0.508%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.508%) GPRS
5 3 (0.508%) LAN
5 3 (0.508%) UMTS
5 3 (0.508%) SNMP
5 3 (0.508%) LDAP
5 3 (0.508%) HSPA
5 3 (0.508%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.339%) DHCP
6 2 (0.339%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.339%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 343 (58.14%) SQL Server
2 40 (6.780%) SQL Server 2005
3 38 (6.441%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 33 (5.593%) SQL Server 2008
5 29 (4.915%) SQL Server 2000
6 28 (4.746%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (3.220%) MySQL
8 9 (1.525%) SQL Server 7
8 9 (1.525%) RDBMS
8 9 (1.525%) MS Access
9 7 (1.186%) SQL Server 2012
10 6 (1.017%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.678%) GIS
12 3 (0.508%) Oracle 10g
12 3 (0.508%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.508%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.508%) Oracle 11g
13 1 (0.169%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 1 (0.169%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 124 (21.02%) Visual Studio
2 69 (11.69%) Team Foundation Server
3 19 (3.220%) Visual Studio Team System
4 15 (2.542%) MSBuild
5 11 (1.864%) ReSharper
6 4 (0.678%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 4 (0.678%) JUnit
6 4 (0.678%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.678%) Synon
6 4 (0.678%) Subversion
7 3 (0.508%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.339%) MSTest
8 2 (0.339%) TestDirector
8 2 (0.339%) NUnit
8 2 (0.339%) Xcode
9 1 (0.169%) Rhino Mocks
9 1 (0.169%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.169%) Selenium
General
1 56 (9.492%) Finance
2 24 (4.068%) Retail
3 21 (3.559%) Legal
4 11 (1.864%) Manufacturing
5 8 (1.356%) Advertising
6 7 (1.186%) Billing
7 5 (0.847%) Law
8 3 (0.508%) Electronics
8 3 (0.508%) Back Office
8 3 (0.508%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.339%) French Language
9 2 (0.339%) German Language
9 2 (0.339%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.339%) Marketing
9 2 (0.339%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.169%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 491 (83.22%) Developer
2 308 (52.20%) .NET Developer
3 80 (13.56%) Analyst
4 72 (12.20%) C# Developer
5 65 (11.02%) Web Developer
6 59 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
7 53 (8.983%) Software Developer
8 38 (6.441%) Programmer
9 36 (6.102%) VB.NET Developer
9 36 (6.102%) ASP.NET Developer
10 30 (5.085%) Senior Developer
11 29 (4.915%) Lead Developer
11 29 (4.915%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 27 (4.576%) Support Analyst
13 26 (4.407%) Applications Support
13 26 (4.407%) .NET Programmer
14 24 (4.068%) Junior Developer
14 24 (4.068%) Junior .NET Developer
14 24 (4.068%) Junior
15 20 (3.390%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.712%) Computer Science
2 6 (1.017%) Open Source
2 6 (1.017%) EPoS
3 5 (0.847%) VHDL
3 5 (0.847%) CMDB
4 4 (0.678%) Mathematics
4 4 (0.678%) Physics
4 4 (0.678%) Smartphone
5 3 (0.508%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.508%) NHS
5 3 (0.508%) Firmware
5 3 (0.508%) Blackberry
5 3 (0.508%) N-Tier
5 3 (0.508%) Life Science
6 2 (0.339%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.339%) AS400
7 1 (0.169%) Replication
7 1 (0.169%) Tandem
7 1 (0.169%) W3C
7 1 (0.169%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 59 (10.00%) Windows
2 5 (0.847%) Android
2 5 (0.847%) Apple iOS
3 4 (0.678%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (0.508%) Windows XP
4 3 (0.508%) Linux
5 2 (0.339%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.339%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.339%) UNIX
6 1 (0.169%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.169%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.169%) Windows Phone 8
6 1 (0.169%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (20.85%) OO
2 119 (20.17%) MVC
3 87 (14.75%) Agile Software Development
4 82 (13.90%) Scrum
5 59 (10.00%) Web Development
6 45 (7.627%) TDD
7 37 (6.271%) CRM
8 31 (5.254%) ITIL
9 26 (4.407%) E-Commerce
10 24 (4.068%) Unit Testing
11 23 (3.898%) Change Management
12 22 (3.729%) PRINCE2
13 20 (3.390%) Workflow
14 19 (3.220%) OOD
15 17 (2.881%) Project Management
16 16 (2.712%) Content Management
17 15 (2.542%) Release Management
18 14 (2.373%) Continuous Integration
19 13 (2.203%) User Acceptance Testing
20 11 (1.864%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 430 (72.88%) C#
2 222 (37.63%) SQL
3 171 (28.98%) VB.NET
4 163 (27.63%) JavaScript
5 86 (14.58%) VB
6 61 (10.34%) VB6
7 47 (7.966%) C++
8 40 (6.780%) Java
8 40 (6.780%) T-SQL
9 30 (5.085%) PHP
10 26 (4.407%) VBA
11 14 (2.373%) C
12 7 (1.186%) Objective-C
12 7 (1.186%) RPG
13 6 (1.017%) PHP5
13 6 (1.017%) ActionScript
14 5 (0.847%) Delphi
15 3 (0.508%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.508%) Progress 4GL
16 2 (0.339%) Python
Qualifications
1 69 (11.69%) Degree
2 41 (6.949%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (3.390%) MCSD
4 14 (2.373%) Security Cleared
5 13 (2.203%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.508%) MCP
7 2 (0.339%) ISEB
7 2 (0.339%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.169%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.169%) MCAD
8 1 (0.169%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.169%) MCPD
8 1 (0.169%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.220%) QA
2 9 (1.525%) SLA
3 5 (0.847%) HL7
4 3 (0.508%) JTAG
4 3 (0.508%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.508%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.508%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.847%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.169%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 176 (29.83%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.932%) Oracle
3 25 (4.237%) Sitecore
4 10 (1.695%) Remedy
5 7 (1.186%) Business Objects
6 4 (0.678%) IBM
6 4 (0.678%) Alterian
6 4 (0.678%) Teradata
6 4 (0.678%) QAD
7 3 (0.508%) Telerik
7 3 (0.508%) Progress
7 3 (0.508%) Atmel
8 2 (0.339%) Cognos
8 2 (0.339%) Intel
8 2 (0.339%) Nortel
8 2 (0.339%) Cisco
8 2 (0.339%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.169%) ESRI
9 1 (0.169%) Twitter
9 1 (0.169%) Typemock
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The ideal .Net Developer must have experience of the following: *Extensive experience developing using the Microsoft .Net framework *Strong C# development skills *Experience with Visual Studio 2005/2008/...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
C#, .NET, Software ?... The ideal C# developer will have an understanding of - C# - ASP.NET - Microsoft SQL Server - HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript - developing for the Cloud - Docs experience...
Acorn
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Key technical skills: *.Net C# *WCF *Entity Framework *ASP.Net *Agile/Scrum experience As Lead Developer you must have the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues,...
CPS Group UK
Salary: excellent benefits and competitive salary
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
They currently have an exciting opportunity for a .Net Developer / Applications Developer to join their thriving business... They are now recruiting for a commercially minded and customer focused...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £27000 - £32000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The successful candidate will be experienced in working on product based development using C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET 3.5 & .Net framework and related technologies while employing strong...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Aid the planning of integration and system testing... Expert knowledge on the latest version of the C# /.NET framework, WCF and Visual Studio/TFS. Agile/ Scrum process. The...
Net Talent
Salary: excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
A leading company in South Wales are looking for a Lead Developer, Lead .Net Developer, Senior Developer to lead a team of developers to deliver against business objectives...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The developer will be involved in the development of web and mobile based products. The ideal candidate will have experience in interface design and UX. The essential skills...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
We work for a wide range of companies from Blue Chip clients, such as Thomas Cook and Manchester United to local SME businesses, specialising in creating software solutions...
VSI-thinking
Salary: From £20,000 to £28,000 per annum Includes Pension
Posted: 10 May 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
Required Skills:- A minimum of 18 months commercial Experience in programming C# , ASP.Net , must have solid coding skills in C# Strong SQL programming and SQL Server Database...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £26,000 to £35,000 per annum plus benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The Lead Developer will be responsible for mentoring and supporting a small team of developers, and will also be expected to take a hands-on approach on development...
networx
Salary: £42,000 depending on skills
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Experience as C# developer within a Microsoft.Net environment... Experience of web development on the .Net platform, ideally with exposure to the Microsoft MVC framework, JQuery and XML.
Confused.com
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
It is essential that you have experience with VB6 and SQL Server. If you have experience of VB.Net and Visual Studio 2010/2012 this would be an...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
Graduate C# Programmer -Swansea - 2:1 or above in Computer Science, Maths or IT related with some Object Orientated OO skills in C# programming, Asp.Net WPF SQL -...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £18,000 to £26,000 per annum plus benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NET Framework (C#, ASP.Net) SQL Server. XML. XAML. ASP.Net MVC... Attitude and genuine interest in technology are key but knowledge of some of the following would...
Sequence
Salary: From £16,000 to £20,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Waterton (Bridgend, S. Wales)
Wales) The role of the Senior Research Assistant (VB.Net and C#): Under line management, supervision and guidance, you will contribute to research and consultancy activity within the...
Coventry University
Salary: £30,426 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Strong understanding of application development, including Agile/TDD/SOA/OOD development and programming methodologies... ASP.net. Visual Studio. CMS based development (Umbraco/Sitecore/SharePoint) Pluses. Mobile Development (iOS/...
Sequence
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
Software Engineer Technical Skills: *Objective C/C++ programming on Windows Platforms *JAVA or .NET *Scrum/Agile Software Development *Embedded programming - C/VHDL The role of Software Engineer offers...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension & Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
A leading global company based in Cardiff is looking for an experienced Business Analyst. This challenging role will involve working as a Business Analyst applying business needs to...
The People Network
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + pension, health, hols
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
Candidate Key words - ISEB, Testing, UAT, Functional, System, Performance, Automated, QA, Manual, Full Lifecycle, Quality Assurance, Test Scripts, C#, development, UI, SQL Server Commutable from - Swansea area, Cardiff,...
Acorn
Salary: £20000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Newport, Gwent
Essential experience: Embedded Assembler, C and C++ programming... CPUs: ARM, 8051, PIC, ATMEL (8-Bit, 16-Bit and 32-Bit) Assembler, C, C++, (Visual C) C# PC application...
ComputerWorld Personnel Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
The business is a leading software house providing Enterprise Content Management solutions globally to over 400 blue-chip organisations in over 30 countries... ISEB, Testing, UAT, Functional, System,...
Acorn
Salary: £20000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
All candidates must be eligible for SC Clearance. Essential Skills: *SQL scripting (any of MS SQL Server / Oracle / MySQL) *Any Database admin experience; Analytical / investigative capability; Ability to...
JM
Salary: £33000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
South Wales
This role has SC clearance as mandatory due to the nature of the work... Any person unable to meet these requirements should not apply************ Experience & Qualifications Essential Skills:...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
IIS 7.x deployment and operations. Active Directory administration and troubleshooting. Microsoft SQL 2008 deployment / admin / troubleshooting experience. Working knowledge of TCP / IP / DNS / VPN / Firewalls / Load Balancers.
Vizolution
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013