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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank23
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads16601601
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.893 %0.667 %
As % of the category below60.30 %60.14 %
Salaries quoted15301492
Average minimum salary£29,569£30,347
Average salary£32,282£32,947
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Average maximum salary£34,994£35,548
UK excluding London average salary£35,330£35,965
% change on same period last year-1.76 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads27532662
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.482 %1.110 %
Salaries quoted24832399
Average minimum salary£30,101£29,936
Average salary£32,727£32,733
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Average maximum salary£35,353£35,531
UK excluding London average salary£35,949£36,837
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
.NET England.NET
England

.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing .NET across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

West Midlands .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamNo change0485£33,161-4.82 %
WarwickshireUp+1236£30,916+0.16 %
CoventryNo change0214£31,924+3.16 %
StaffordshireNo change0190£29,906-13.31 %
WorcestershireNo change0151£33,329+5.31 %
HerefordshireDown-3133£37,279+5.39 %
SolihullUp+3101£31,410-7.65 %
ShropshireUp+195£30,560+12.28 %
DudleyDown-132£29,479-10.89 %
WolverhamptonDown-332£29,422+6.57 %
HalesowenDown-215£27,500-
WalsallDown-111£26,227-15.00 %
Sutton ColdfieldDown-58£28,938+10.23 %
KingswinfordUp+17£34,124+1.21 %
SmethwickNew entry-3£26,500-
StourbridgeNew entry-1--
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

12146 (62.06 %)ASP.NET
22079 (60.12 %)SQL Server
32052 (59.34 %)C#
41418 (41.01 %)VB.NET
51120 (32.39 %)SQL
6951 (27.50 %)XML
7797 (23.05 %)HTML
8769 (22.24 %)JavaScript
9713 (20.62 %)VB
10673 (19.46 %)Microsoft
11639 (18.48 %)ASP
12595 (17.21 %)SQL Server 2005
13525 (15.18 %)Windows
14494 (14.29 %)Finance
15488 (14.11 %)CSS
16428 (12.38 %)Web Development
16428 (12.38 %).NET Framework
17413 (11.94 %)SQL Server 2000
18386 (11.16 %)Java
19378 (10.93 %)WebServices
20357 (10.32 %)OO
21350 (10.12 %)Pensions
22347 (10.03 %)Visual Studio
22347 (10.03 %)C++
23330 (9.543 %)Oracle
24300 (8.676 %)VB6
25299 (8.647 %)Degree
26282 (8.155 %)AJAX
27264 (7.634 %)MS Excel
28228 (6.593 %)Health

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12146 (62.06 %)ASP.NET
2951 (27.50 %)XML
3797 (23.05 %)HTML
4639 (18.48 %)ASP
5488 (14.11 %)CSS
6428 (12.38 %).NET Framework
7378 (10.93 %)WebServices
8282 (8.155 %)AJAX
9214 (6.189 %)XHTML
10181 (5.234 %)XSLT
11177 (5.119 %)WinForms
12105 (3.036 %)XSL
13100 (2.892 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1491 (2.632 %)J2EE
1567 (1.938 %)ADO.NET
1666 (1.909 %)MFC
1753 (1.533 %)WCF
1848 (1.388 %)WPF
1946 (1.330 %)Silverlight
2032 (0.925 %)JSP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1219 (6.333 %)SharePoint
2204 (5.899 %)IIS
3142 (4.106 %)CMS
465 (1.880 %)BizTalk Server
561 (1.764 %)SharePoint Server 2007
649 (1.417 %)Tomcat
738 (1.099 %)Apache
818 (0.521 %)ColdFusion
916 (0.463 %)JBoss
1014 (0.405 %)ArcSDE
1113 (0.376 %)MS Exchange
1211 (0.318 %)Oracle Spatial
1310 (0.289 %)Oracle Application Server
1310 (0.289 %)WebLogic
149 (0.260 %)TeamSite
157 (0.202 %)DotNetNuke
166 (0.174 %)SharePoint Portal Server
166 (0.174 %)OpenEdge
166 (0.174 %)MTS
175 (0.145 %)Content Management Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1264 (7.634 %)MS Excel
264 (1.851 %)Photoshop
358 (1.677 %)MS Office
417 (0.492 %)MS Visio
417 (0.492 %)Adobe Illustrator
515 (0.434 %)InfoPath
614 (0.405 %)Fireworks
79 (0.260 %)MATLAB
88 (0.231 %)AutoCAD
97 (0.202 %)MS Project
97 (0.202 %)CorelDRAW
97 (0.202 %)Spreadsheet
103 (0.087 %)3ds Max
103 (0.087 %)ImageReady
112 (0.058 %)Adobe Director
121 (0.029 %)ArcView
121 (0.029 %)MS PowerPoint
121 (0.029 %)FreeHand
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
130 (0.868 %)Microsoft CRM
215 (0.434 %)Dynamics CRM
39 (0.260 %)Navision
46 (0.174 %)Pivotal CRM
54 (0.116 %)Axapta
63 (0.087 %)Dynamics AX
63 (0.087 %)Dynamics NAV
72 (0.058 %)Line 500
81 (0.029 %)BPCS
81 (0.029 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
81 (0.029 %)arcHouse
81 (0.029 %)SalesLogix
81 (0.029 %)WebTrends
81 (0.029 %)Oracle Applications
81 (0.029 %)MFGPRO
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1143 (4.135 %)Internet
254 (1.562 %)Intranet
331 (0.896 %)Extranet
415 (0.434 %)Wireless
514 (0.405 %)HTTP
612 (0.347 %)GPRS
711 (0.318 %)TCP/IP
88 (0.231 %)LAN
88 (0.231 %)WAN
97 (0.202 %)GSM
97 (0.202 %)DNS
97 (0.202 %)FTP
106 (0.174 %)VoIP
106 (0.174 %)DHCP
106 (0.174 %)3G
106 (0.174 %)TETRA
113 (0.087 %)SAN
122 (0.058 %)Kerberos
122 (0.058 %)LDAP
131 (0.029 %)ATM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12079 (60.12 %)SQL Server
2595 (17.21 %)SQL Server 2005
3413 (11.94 %)SQL Server 2000
4124 (3.586 %)MySQL
598 (2.834 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
674 (2.140 %)Crystal Reports
748 (1.388 %)GIS
844 (1.272 %)RDBMS
943 (1.243 %)Oracle 10g
1039 (1.128 %)MS Access
1135 (1.012 %)DB2
1232 (0.925 %)OLAP
1330 (0.868 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1429 (0.839 %)Oracle OLAP
1528 (0.810 %)Oracle 9i
1623 (0.665 %)Oracle 8/8i
1623 (0.665 %)BusinessObjects
1721 (0.607 %)Datawarehouse
1819 (0.549 %)DTS
1915 (0.434 %)OLTP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1347 (10.03 %)Visual Studio
270 (2.024 %)Flash
358 (1.677 %)Dreamweaver
433 (0.954 %)Oracle Forms
532 (0.925 %)VSS/SourceSafe
610 (0.289 %)WinRunner
79 (0.260 %)Rational Robot
88 (0.231 %)Subversion
96 (0.174 %)OpenDeploy
105 (0.145 %)ProC
113 (0.087 %)Omnis Studio
113 (0.087 %)NUnit
122 (0.058 %)Synon
122 (0.058 %)COOL2E
122 (0.058 %)TestComplete
122 (0.058 %)Selenium
122 (0.058 %)FitNesse
131 (0.029 %)Fiddler
131 (0.029 %)Visual Studio Team System
131 (0.029 %)CruiseControl
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1494 (14.29 %)Finance
2350 (10.12 %)Pensions
3228 (6.593 %)Health
4199 (5.755 %)Insurance
590 (2.603 %)Education
682 (2.371 %)Marketing
780 (2.313 %)Banking
862 (1.793 %)Retail
947 (1.359 %)Telecoms
1046 (1.330 %)Manufacturing
1138 (1.099 %)Pharmaceutical
1236 (1.041 %)Back Office
1334 (0.983 %)Law
1428 (0.810 %)Automotive
1526 (0.752 %)Government
1623 (0.665 %)Construction
1718 (0.521 %)Games
1816 (0.463 %)Multimedia
1816 (0.463 %)Billing
1914 (0.405 %)Electronics
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12508 (72.53 %)Developer
21285 (37.16 %).NET Developer
3702 (20.30 %)C# Developer
4639 (18.48 %)ASP.NET Developer
5467 (13.50 %)Web Developer
6358 (10.35 %)Software Developer
7355 (10.27 %)VB.NET Developer
8348 (10.06 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
9275 (7.953 %)Senior Developer
10268 (7.750 %)Analyst
11214 (6.189 %)Programmer
12193 (5.581 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
13167 (4.829 %).NET Web Developer
14135 (3.904 %)Architect
15120 (3.470 %)Junior
16118 (3.412 %)Analyst Programmer
16118 (3.412 %)Senior .NET Developer
17115 (3.326 %)Applications Developer
18104 (3.008 %)Junior Developer
19102 (2.950 %)Team Leader
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
172 (2.082 %)N-Tier
262 (1.793 %)Computer Science
341 (1.186 %)Client/Server
433 (0.954 %)Mathematics
530 (0.868 %)W3C
617 (0.492 %)Web 2.0
716 (0.463 %)PDA
815 (0.434 %)AS400
912 (0.347 %)NHS
912 (0.347 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
912 (0.347 %)Contract for Difference
912 (0.347 %)Physics
1010 (0.289 %)SCADA
1010 (0.289 %)Pocket PC
1010 (0.289 %)EPoS
118 (0.231 %)Management Information System
127 (0.202 %)Social Network
127 (0.202 %)Multithreading
136 (0.174 %)Blog
145 (0.145 %)French Language
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1525 (15.18 %)Windows
2112 (3.239 %)UNIX
396 (2.776 %)Linux
470 (2.024 %)Windows Server 2003
537 (1.070 %)Windows 2000
621 (0.607 %)Windows Vista
621 (0.607 %)Windows 2000 Server
719 (0.549 %)Windows XP
815 (0.434 %)Windows Mobile
910 (0.289 %)Solaris
108 (0.231 %)Red Hat Linux
115 (0.145 %)HPUX
124 (0.116 %)Windows Server 2008
133 (0.087 %)Embedded Linux
142 (0.058 %)zOS
142 (0.058 %)OS/400
142 (0.058 %)FreeBSD
151 (0.029 %)Mac OS X
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1428 (12.38 %)Web Development
2357 (10.32 %)OO
3192 (5.552 %)E-Commerce
4169 (4.887 %)UML
5126 (3.644 %)Project Management
6125 (3.615 %)CRM
793 (2.689 %)Content Management
879 (2.285 %)OOP
974 (2.140 %)OOA/OOD
974 (2.140 %)Web Design
1055 (1.591 %)Agile Software Development
1055 (1.591 %)PRINCE2
1147 (1.359 %)SEO
1245 (1.301 %)RAD
1245 (1.301 %)Scrum
1344 (1.272 %)SOA
1443 (1.243 %)E-business
1540 (1.157 %)Business Intelligence
1636 (1.041 %)OOD
1731 (0.896 %)Migration
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12052 (59.34 %)C#
21418 (41.01 %)VB.NET
31120 (32.39 %)SQL
4769 (22.24 %)JavaScript
5713 (20.62 %)VB
6386 (11.16 %)Java
7347 (10.03 %)C++
8300 (8.676 %)VB6
9225 (6.507 %)Transact-SQL
10134 (3.875 %)PHP
1198 (2.834 %)C
1289 (2.574 %)VBScript
1373 (2.111 %)PL/SQL
1470 (2.024 %)VC++
1566 (1.909 %)Delphi
1663 (1.822 %)DHTML
1745 (1.301 %)Perl
1839 (1.128 %)ActionScript
1937 (1.070 %)VBA
2035 (1.012 %)COBOL
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1299 (8.647 %)Degree
2181 (5.234 %)Microsoft Certification
378 (2.256 %)MCSD
458 (1.677 %)MCAD
547 (1.359 %)MCP
644 (1.272 %)ISEB
725 (0.723 %)MCSE
820 (0.578 %)MCSA
910 (0.289 %)PRINCE2 Certification
108 (0.231 %)MCTS
114 (0.116 %)MCITP
114 (0.116 %)MCDBA
114 (0.116 %)HNC
122 (0.058 %)HND
122 (0.058 %)MCPD
122 (0.058 %)PMP
122 (0.058 %)PMI Certification
122 (0.058 %)CIW
122 (0.058 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
122 (0.058 %)MAPM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
154 (1.562 %)QA
233 (0.954 %)ISO9000
328 (0.810 %)TickIT
426 (0.752 %)SLA
54 (0.116 %)ISO9001
63 (0.087 %)WAI
72 (0.058 %)WCAG
81 (0.029 %)BS25999
81 (0.029 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (0.260 %)ISA Server
19 (0.260 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
28 (0.231 %)Active Directory
37 (0.202 %)Terminal Server
46 (0.174 %)Intellisync
55 (0.145 %)NetBackup
64 (0.116 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.058 %)MSMQ
72 (0.058 %)Oracle RAC
72 (0.058 %)VMware Infrastructure
81 (0.029 %)Oracle RMAN
81 (0.029 %)AquaLogic
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.145 %)OpenView
15 (0.145 %)Unicenter
15 (0.145 %)AutoSys
22 (0.058 %)CA SiteMinder
22 (0.058 %)SCOM
31 (0.029 %)MOM
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1673 (19.46 %)Microsoft
2330 (9.543 %)Oracle
339 (1.128 %)Cognos
433 (0.954 %)Interwoven
523 (0.665 %)Business Objects
621 (0.607 %)Progress
720 (0.578 %)SAP
720 (0.578 %)Remedy
817 (0.492 %)Infragistics
817 (0.492 %)RedDot
916 (0.463 %)Macromedia
1015 (0.434 %)TIBCO
1015 (0.434 %)ESRI
1114 (0.405 %)IBM
1210 (0.289 %)Sun
1210 (0.289 %)Borland
1210 (0.289 %)Onyx
139 (0.260 %)HP
148 (0.231 %)Red Hat
148 (0.231 %)Sage