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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 4 12 7
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Permanent jobs citing C# 12 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 34.29% 10.00% 13.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 66.67% 12.50% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 3
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +2.94%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
West Bromwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18 24 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 51.43% 80.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 11
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,100 £44,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C#
West Midlands

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C# across the West Bromwich region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Bromwich C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C# across the West Bromwich region.

West Bromwich C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the West Bromwich region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Bromwich C# Salary Histogram

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich region 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#.

1 23 (95.83%) .NET
2 20 (83.33%) Visual Studio
3 16 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 16 (66.67%) C++
4 15 (62.50%) Retail
5 14 (58.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 14 (58.33%) OO
6 13 (54.17%) VB
7 12 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
7 12 (50.00%) VB6
8 6 (25.00%) SQL
8 6 (25.00%) Silverlight
9 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
9 4 (16.67%) QA
9 4 (16.67%) Scrum
10 3 (12.50%) WinForms
10 3 (12.50%) Change Management
10 3 (12.50%) TOAD
10 3 (12.50%) Windows
10 3 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (12.50%) PL/SQL
10 3 (12.50%) Oracle
11 2 (8.333%) Java
11 2 (8.333%) VC++
11 2 (8.333%) XML
11 2 (8.333%) ISEB
11 2 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
11 2 (8.333%) CAD

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 23 (95.83%) .NET
2 6 (25.00%) Silverlight
3 3 (12.50%) WinForms
4 2 (8.333%) XML
4 2 (8.333%) WCF
4 2 (8.333%) WPF
5 1 (4.167%) LINQ
5 1 (4.167%) Middleware
5 1 (4.167%) HTML
5 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.167%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 12 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.167%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Maximo
1 1 (4.167%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) TOAD
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (4.167%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 20 (83.33%) Visual Studio
2 14 (58.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (8.333%) Selenium
4 2 (8.333%) TestComplete
4 2 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 15 (62.50%) Retail
2 2 (8.333%) Aerospace
2 2 (8.333%) Automotive
2 2 (8.333%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.167%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (79.17%) Developer
2 16 (66.67%) .NET Developer
3 14 (58.33%) C# Developer
3 14 (58.33%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 3 (12.50%) SQL Developer
5 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL Developer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Test Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) C# Software Developer
5 2 (8.333%) .NET Software Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Applications Support
6 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Mathematics
2 1 (4.167%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) OO
2 4 (16.67%) Scrum
3 3 (12.50%) Change Management
4 2 (8.333%) CAD
4 2 (8.333%) Automated Testing
4 2 (8.333%) Test Scripting
4 2 (8.333%) Manual Testing
5 1 (4.167%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
5 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
5 1 (4.167%) Migration
5 1 (4.167%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.167%) Configuration Management
5 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) C++
2 13 (54.17%) VB
3 12 (50.00%) VB6
4 6 (25.00%) SQL
5 3 (12.50%) PL/SQL
6 2 (8.333%) Java
6 2 (8.333%) VC++
7 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.167%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle