Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the West Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank232
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads4305521556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire20.91 %23.58 %27.23 %
As % of the Application Development category59.89 %67.56 %65.38 %
Salaries quoted3774971410
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,700£22,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£39,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£33,500
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %+1.490 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7188172380
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire34.92 %34.90 %41.65 %
Salaries quoted6417302130
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
.NET Yorkshire.NET
Yorkshire

.NET
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire .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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Yorkshire .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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
LeedsUp+1294£32,500+8.33 %
BradfordUp+459£35,000+16.66 %
HalifaxDown-527£32,500-
OtleyDown-17£23,000-4.16 %
HuddersfieldDown-27£33,500-4.28 %
WakefieldDown-45£33,750+27.35 %
LiversedgeDown-22--
BatleyNew entry-1£31,500-
.NET Yorkshire.NET
Yorkshire

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1515 (60.73 %)C#
2459 (54.13 %)ASP.NET
3438 (51.65 %)SQL Server
4274 (32.31 %)SQL
5262 (30.90 %)VB.NET
6217 (25.59 %)HTML
7197 (23.23 %)JavaScript
8194 (22.88 %)XML
9193 (22.76 %)Microsoft
10180 (21.23 %)CSS
11173 (20.40 %)VB
12149 (17.57 %)SharePoint
12149 (17.57 %)SQL Server 2005
13122 (14.39 %).NET Framework
14113 (13.33 %)Web Services
15109 (12.85 %)Windows
16105 (12.38 %)ASP
1795 (11.20 %)OO
1891 (10.73 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1987 (10.26 %)MS Excel
2086 (10.14 %)Web Development
2185 (10.02 %)Visual Studio
2284 (9.906 %)Java
2380 (9.434 %)AJAX
2473 (8.608 %)T-SQL
2571 (8.373 %)Finance
2670 (8.255 %)Degree
2762 (7.311 %)SQL Server 2000
2861 (7.193 %)PHP
2960 (7.075 %)C++

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1459 (54.13 %)ASP.NET
2217 (25.59 %)HTML
3194 (22.88 %)XML
4180 (21.23 %)CSS
5122 (14.39 %).NET Framework
6113 (13.33 %)Web Services
7105 (12.38 %)ASP
880 (9.434 %)AJAX
957 (6.722 %)WinForms
1055 (6.486 %)Spring
1055 (6.486 %)XHTML
1142 (4.953 %)ADO.NET
1233 (3.892 %)Flash
1331 (3.656 %)Silverlight
1430 (3.538 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1527 (3.184 %)WCF
1619 (2.241 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1718 (2.123 %)J2EE
1814 (1.651 %)WPF
1913 (1.533 %)XSLT
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1149 (17.57 %)SharePoint
291 (10.73 %)SharePoint Server 2007
353 (6.250 %)IIS
420 (2.358 %)CMS
420 (2.358 %)EPiServer
55 (0.590 %)SAS
64 (0.472 %)BizTalk Server
64 (0.472 %)ESB
73 (0.354 %)OpenEdge
73 (0.354 %)ArcSDE
73 (0.354 %)ArcGIS
82 (0.236 %)Commerce Server 2007
82 (0.236 %)Commerce Server
82 (0.236 %)Apache
82 (0.236 %)MS Exchange
82 (0.236 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.118 %)WordPress
91 (0.118 %)Magento
91 (0.118 %)Documentum
91 (0.118 %)Tomcat
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
187 (10.26 %)MS Excel
244 (5.189 %)MS Office
321 (2.476 %)InfoPath
420 (2.358 %)Photoshop
55 (0.590 %)Adobe Illustrator
64 (0.472 %)MS Visio
64 (0.472 %)PrintSoft PReS
73 (0.354 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.354 %)MATLAB
73 (0.354 %)Fireworks
82 (0.236 %)AutoCAD
82 (0.236 %)InDesign
91 (0.118 %)MS PowerPoint
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (1.061 %)Navision
23 (0.354 %)Movex
32 (0.236 %)Oracle Financials
32 (0.236 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.118 %)WebTrends
41 (0.118 %)Pivotal CRM
41 (0.118 %)Dynamics NAV
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
134 (4.009 %)Intranet
232 (3.774 %)Internet
316 (1.887 %)HTTP
415 (1.769 %)Extranet
511 (1.297 %)Kerberos
63 (0.354 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.236 %)Wireless
81 (0.118 %)STUN
81 (0.118 %)ZigBee
81 (0.118 %)Cisco IOS
81 (0.118 %)Cisco ASA
81 (0.118 %)NAS
81 (0.118 %)Firewall
81 (0.118 %)VPN
81 (0.118 %)DNS
81 (0.118 %)SSL
81 (0.118 %)SAN
81 (0.118 %)Broadband
81 (0.118 %)LAN
81 (0.118 %)WAN
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1438 (51.65 %)SQL Server
2149 (17.57 %)SQL Server 2005
362 (7.311 %)SQL Server 2000
430 (3.538 %)SQL Server 2008
528 (3.302 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
620 (2.358 %)Crystal Reports
717 (2.005 %)RDBMS
816 (1.887 %)SQL Server Integration Services
914 (1.651 %)MySQL
1013 (1.533 %)GIS
1111 (1.297 %)BusinessObjects
1111 (1.297 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
128 (0.943 %)Datawarehouse
136 (0.708 %)MS Access
136 (0.708 %)OLAP
145 (0.590 %)Oracle 9i
145 (0.590 %)Informix
154 (0.472 %)Oracle Reports
154 (0.472 %)Oracle 10g
154 (0.472 %)Data Mining
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
185 (10.02 %)Visual Studio
230 (3.538 %)Team Foundation Server
310 (1.179 %)NUnit
48 (0.943 %)VSS/SourceSafe
56 (0.708 %)QuickTest Pro
65 (0.590 %)JUnit
65 (0.590 %)Selenium
74 (0.472 %)FitNesse
74 (0.472 %)Dreamweaver
83 (0.354 %)Oracle Forms
92 (0.236 %)PowerBuilder
92 (0.236 %)NetAdvantage
101 (0.118 %)Oracle APEX
101 (0.118 %)Visual Studio Team System
101 (0.118 %)WebLOAD
101 (0.118 %)WebSpeed
101 (0.118 %)TestDirector
101 (0.118 %)ClearCase
101 (0.118 %)WatiN
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
171 (8.373 %)Finance
257 (6.722 %)Health
343 (5.071 %)Education
343 (5.071 %)Insurance
437 (4.363 %)Pensions
535 (4.127 %)Marketing
624 (2.830 %)Retail
717 (2.005 %)Legal
717 (2.005 %)Publishing
812 (1.415 %)Manufacturing
911 (1.297 %)Construction
106 (0.708 %)Banking
114 (0.472 %)Telecoms
114 (0.472 %)Financial Institution
123 (0.354 %)Back Office
123 (0.354 %)Graphic Design
123 (0.354 %)Social Media
132 (0.236 %)Advertising
132 (0.236 %)Law
141 (0.118 %)Games
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1678 (79.95 %)Developer
2283 (33.37 %).NET Developer
3142 (16.75 %)C# Developer
4117 (13.80 %)ASP.NET Developer
5111 (13.09 %)Web Developer
684 (9.906 %)Software Developer
770 (8.255 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
865 (7.665 %)Senior Developer
964 (7.547 %)SharePoint Developer
1063 (7.429 %)VB.NET Developer
1159 (6.958 %)Programmer
1256 (6.604 %)Analyst
1353 (6.250 %)Junior
1449 (5.778 %)Junior Developer
1545 (5.307 %)Applications Developer
1640 (4.717 %).NET Web Developer
1737 (4.363 %)Junior .NET Developer
1833 (3.892 %)Team Leader
1833 (3.892 %)C# Web Developer
1932 (3.774 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (2.948 %)N-Tier
125 (2.948 %)Computer Science
212 (1.415 %)W3C
39 (1.061 %)SaaS
48 (0.943 %)Pocket PC
48 (0.943 %)Client/Server
48 (0.943 %)NHS
57 (0.825 %)Data Conversion
66 (0.708 %)Web 2.0
75 (0.590 %)iPhone
75 (0.590 %)Credit Risk
75 (0.590 %)Taxonomies
83 (0.354 %)CCTV
83 (0.354 %)EPoS
83 (0.354 %)Management Information System
92 (0.236 %)Derivative
92 (0.236 %)Statistics
92 (0.236 %)PDA
92 (0.236 %)Economics
92 (0.236 %)Firmware
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1109 (12.85 %)Windows
29 (1.061 %)UNIX
38 (0.943 %)Windows Server 2003
46 (0.708 %)Linux
54 (0.472 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (0.236 %)Android
62 (0.236 %)Windows Server 2008
62 (0.236 %)Windows XP
71 (0.118 %)Windows 2000
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
195 (11.20 %)OO
286 (10.14 %)Web Development
358 (6.840 %)UML
441 (4.835 %)E-Commerce
537 (4.363 %)Workflow
635 (4.127 %)CRM
730 (3.538 %)Agile Software Development
829 (3.420 %)Business Intelligence
928 (3.302 %)Web Design
928 (3.302 %)SEO
1024 (2.830 %)Business Analysis
1024 (2.830 %)OOP
1024 (2.830 %)Project Management
1122 (2.594 %)User Acceptance Testing
1220 (2.358 %)MVC
1319 (2.241 %)Unit Testing
1418 (2.123 %)Content Management
1515 (1.769 %)Web Accessibility
1614 (1.651 %)Asset Management
1614 (1.651 %)Migration
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1515 (60.73 %)C#
2274 (32.31 %)SQL
3262 (30.90 %)VB.NET
4197 (23.23 %)JavaScript
5173 (20.40 %)VB
684 (9.906 %)Java
773 (8.608 %)T-SQL
861 (7.193 %)PHP
960 (7.075 %)C++
1052 (6.132 %)VB6
1134 (4.009 %)C
1223 (2.712 %)VBScript
1321 (2.476 %)VBA
1414 (1.651 %)PL/SQL
1512 (1.415 %)Progress 4GL
169 (1.061 %)ActionScript
177 (0.825 %)Delphi
186 (0.708 %)ActionScript 2.0
194 (0.472 %)LINC
194 (0.472 %)PHP5
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
170 (8.255 %)Degree
230 (3.538 %)Microsoft Certification
39 (1.061 %)MCTS
48 (0.943 %)Security Cleared
48 (0.943 %)MCP
56 (0.708 %)MCSD
65 (0.590 %)HND
65 (0.590 %)MCAD
74 (0.472 %)ISEB
83 (0.354 %)SC Cleared
92 (0.236 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.118 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.118 %)PMP
101 (0.118 %)PMI Certification
101 (0.118 %)MCPD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (2.476 %)QA
25 (0.590 %)Basel II
33 (0.354 %)ISO27001
42 (0.236 %)WAI
51 (0.118 %)SLA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.236 %)Active Directory
12 (0.236 %)Terminal Server
21 (0.118 %)Terminal Services
21 (0.118 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1193 (22.76 %)Microsoft
259 (6.958 %)Oracle
313 (1.533 %)Adobe
412 (1.415 %)Progress
511 (1.297 %)Business Objects
69 (1.061 %)MicroStrategy
75 (0.590 %)DevExpress
84 (0.472 %)Google
84 (0.472 %)Quark
84 (0.472 %)JBoss
93 (0.354 %)Cognos
93 (0.354 %)ESRI
93 (0.354 %)JD Edwards
93 (0.354 %)Zend
102 (0.236 %)NetSuite
102 (0.236 %)Citrix
102 (0.236 %)Yahoo!
102 (0.236 %)Infragistics
102 (0.236 %)Macromedia
111 (0.118 %)Compuware