The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 7 14 13
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -1
Permanent jobs citing .NET 65 72 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 22.41% 20.87% 17.67%
As % of the Application Development category 51.59% 37.89% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59 65 67
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +18.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,900 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,640 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
All Application Development
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
126 190 228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 43.45% 55.07% 51.01%
Number of salaries quoted 93 118 168
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,400 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £61,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Hertfordshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford .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 Watford region.

Watford .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Watford .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 85 (66.93%) SQL
2 82 (64.57%) C#
3 78 (61.42%) SQL Server
4 67 (52.76%) ASP.NET
5 55 (43.31%) Windows
6 52 (40.94%) JavaScript
7 41 (32.28%) CSS
8 37 (29.13%) SQL Server 2008
9 34 (26.77%) Microsoft
10 33 (25.98%) Retail
11 31 (24.41%) XML
12 30 (23.62%) HTML
13 28 (22.05%) Java
14 27 (21.26%) C++
14 27 (21.26%) Oracle
15 26 (20.47%) Visual Studio
16 25 (19.69%) Web Services
16 25 (19.69%) E-Commerce
16 25 (19.69%) jQuery
17 24 (18.90%) .NET Framework
18 23 (18.11%) Agile Software Development
19 22 (17.32%) WinForms
19 22 (17.32%) IIS
20 21 (16.54%) Finance
21 20 (15.75%) MVC
21 20 (15.75%) SOAP
21 20 (15.75%) HTML5
22 19 (14.96%) Ajax
22 19 (14.96%) Linux
23 18 (14.17%) Degree

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 67 (52.76%) ASP.NET
2 41 (32.28%) CSS
3 31 (24.41%) XML
4 30 (23.62%) HTML
5 25 (19.69%) Web Services
5 25 (19.69%) jQuery
6 24 (18.90%) .NET Framework
7 22 (17.32%) WinForms
8 20 (15.75%) SOAP
8 20 (15.75%) HTML5
9 19 (14.96%) Ajax
10 15 (11.81%) WebSphere
10 15 (11.81%) J2EE
11 13 (10.24%) WPF
12 12 (9.449%) ASP.NET MVC
13 11 (8.661%) CSS3
13 11 (8.661%) WCF
13 11 (8.661%) DHTML
14 8 (6.299%) ASP
14 8 (6.299%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 22 (17.32%) IIS
2 15 (11.81%) WebSphere Application Server
2 15 (11.81%) IBM HTTP Server
3 13 (10.24%) Apache
4 12 (9.449%) MQSeries
5 5 (3.937%) SharePoint
6 4 (3.150%) MS Exchange
7 3 (2.362%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (2.362%) Tomcat
8 2 (1.575%) CMS
8 2 (1.575%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.787%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.787%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (12.60%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.575%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.150%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (3.150%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.787%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.60%) HTTP
2 12 (9.449%) Firewall
3 5 (3.937%) Internet
4 1 (0.787%) SMS
4 1 (0.787%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (61.42%) SQL Server
2 37 (29.13%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (12.60%) DB2
4 12 (9.449%) Oracle 8/8i
5 10 (7.874%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (3.150%) MySQL
6 4 (3.150%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.787%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 26 (20.47%) Visual Studio
2 17 (13.39%) Subversion
3 12 (9.449%) Ant
3 12 (9.449%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.512%) Expression Blend
5 2 (1.575%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (1.575%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.787%) PhoneGap
6 1 (0.787%) Eclipse
General
1 33 (25.98%) Retail
2 21 (16.54%) Finance
3 15 (11.81%) Games
4 9 (7.087%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.362%) Marketing
6 1 (0.787%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.787%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.787%) Advertising
6 1 (0.787%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 74 (58.27%) Developer
2 24 (18.90%) C# Developer
3 22 (17.32%) .NET Developer
4 15 (11.81%) Web Developer
5 14 (11.02%) Software Developer
5 14 (11.02%) Software Engineer
6 13 (10.24%) C# .NET Developer
6 13 (10.24%) Architect
7 12 (9.449%) Infrastructure Architect
7 12 (9.449%) ASP.NET Developer
8 11 (8.661%) Senior Developer
9 9 (7.087%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 9 (7.087%) Analyst
9 9 (7.087%) C# Software Engineer
10 8 (6.299%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
10 8 (6.299%) Senior Architect
11 6 (4.724%) Lead Developer
11 6 (4.724%) Senior .NET Developer
12 5 (3.937%) C# Software Developer
12 5 (3.937%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.724%) Mobile App
1 6 (4.724%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.150%) N-Tier
2 4 (3.150%) Computer Science
3 3 (2.362%) RIA
3 3 (2.362%) EPoS
4 2 (1.575%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.575%) W3C
5 1 (0.787%) iPhone
5 1 (0.787%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 55 (43.31%) Windows
2 19 (14.96%) Linux
3 17 (13.39%) UNIX
4 15 (11.81%) AIX
5 8 (6.299%) Windows Mobile
6 4 (3.150%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (3.150%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.575%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.787%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.69%) E-Commerce
2 23 (18.11%) Agile Software Development
3 20 (15.75%) MVC
4 16 (12.60%) OO
4 16 (12.60%) B2B
4 16 (12.60%) TDD
4 16 (12.60%) Web Development
5 15 (11.81%) Software Engineering
6 14 (11.02%) Web Application Development
7 10 (7.874%) OOD
8 9 (7.087%) Practice Management
9 8 (6.299%) Scrum
9 8 (6.299%) Unit Testing
10 7 (5.512%) Project Management
11 6 (4.724%) ERP
11 6 (4.724%) Business Analysis
12 5 (3.937%) Logistics
12 5 (3.937%) Content Management
12 5 (3.937%) Enterprise Architecture
12 5 (3.937%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 85 (66.93%) SQL
2 82 (64.57%) C#
3 52 (40.94%) JavaScript
4 28 (22.05%) Java
5 27 (21.26%) C++
6 17 (13.39%) VB.NET
7 13 (10.24%) T-SQL
8 11 (8.661%) VB
9 8 (6.299%) Delphi
10 7 (5.512%) PHP
11 6 (4.724%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 5 (3.937%) VBScript
13 4 (3.150%) C
14 2 (1.575%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.787%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 18 (14.17%) Degree
2 4 (3.150%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.575%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.874%) QA
2 6 (4.724%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.575%) TickIT
System Software
1 4 (3.150%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.150%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 34 (26.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (21.26%) Oracle
3 15 (11.81%) IBM
4 4 (3.150%) SolidWorks
4 4 (3.150%) VMware
4 4 (3.150%) Symantec
4 4 (3.150%) Citrix
4 4 (3.150%) Sage
5 2 (1.575%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.787%) Sencha
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