The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wigan region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 23 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 Wigan region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Permanent jobs citing .NET 59 78 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 76.62% 60.94% 52.78%
As % of the Application Development category 95.16% 91.76% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 59 78 18
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,300 £22,350 £34,250
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Wigan
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
62 85 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 80.52% 66.41% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 62 85 19
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £40,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
Manchester

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wigan .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 Wigan region.

Wigan .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wigan .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan 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 93 (88.57%) ASP.NET
2 92 (87.62%) C#
3 73 (69.52%) MVC
4 69 (65.71%) SQL Server
5 66 (62.86%) SQL
6 56 (53.33%) JavaScript
7 47 (44.76%) CSS
8 42 (40.00%) HTML
9 36 (34.29%) Web Development
9 36 (34.29%) Unit Testing
10 35 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
11 32 (30.48%) LINQ
12 31 (29.52%) jQuery
13 26 (24.76%) TDD
13 26 (24.76%) Scrum
14 25 (23.81%) Visual Studio
14 25 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
15 24 (22.86%) ASP.NET MVC
16 23 (21.90%) SQL Server 2005
17 21 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
17 21 (20.00%) Degree
18 19 (18.10%) .NET Framework
19 18 (17.14%) Computer Science
19 18 (17.14%) CMS
20 17 (16.19%) HTML5
21 16 (15.24%) Web Application Development
21 16 (15.24%) MS Excel
21 16 (15.24%) Windows
22 15 (14.29%) Web Services
22 15 (14.29%) E-Commerce

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan 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 93 (88.57%) ASP.NET
2 47 (44.76%) CSS
3 42 (40.00%) HTML
4 32 (30.48%) LINQ
5 31 (29.52%) jQuery
6 24 (22.86%) ASP.NET MVC
7 19 (18.10%) .NET Framework
8 17 (16.19%) HTML5
9 15 (14.29%) Web Services
10 14 (13.33%) XML
10 14 (13.33%) XSLT
11 12 (11.43%) WCF
11 12 (11.43%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 8 (7.619%) Ajax
12 8 (7.619%) WinForms
12 8 (7.619%) EDI
12 8 (7.619%) Razor View Engine
12 8 (7.619%) CSS3
13 5 (4.762%) WPF
13 5 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 18 (17.14%) CMS
2 14 (13.33%) IIS
3 11 (10.48%) Windows Azure
4 3 (2.857%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.857%) WebLogic
4 3 (2.857%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (2.857%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (15.24%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.905%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (65.71%) SQL Server
2 25 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 23 (21.90%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (7.619%) Oracle 8/8i
4 8 (7.619%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (4.762%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (4.762%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (3.810%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.857%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (2.857%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (1.905%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (1.905%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 25 (23.81%) Visual Studio
2 21 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 12 (11.43%) Rhino Mocks
4 5 (4.762%) Subversion
5 3 (2.857%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.952%) NUnit
General
1 15 (14.29%) Back Office
2 13 (12.38%) Retail
3 3 (2.857%) Marketing
4 1 (0.952%) Law
Job Titles
1 99 (94.29%) Developer
2 41 (39.05%) C# Developer
3 40 (38.10%) .NET Developer
4 35 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 32 (30.48%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 27 (25.71%) ASP.NET Developer
7 24 (22.86%) Web Developer
7 24 (22.86%) Software Developer
8 13 (12.38%) SQL Developer
9 9 (8.571%) .NET Web Developer
9 9 (8.571%) C# Web Developer
10 8 (7.619%) Junior Developer
10 8 (7.619%) Junior
11 6 (5.714%) WinForms Developer
11 6 (5.714%) Graduate
12 5 (4.762%) Senior Developer
12 5 (4.762%) Systems Developer
12 5 (4.762%) SQL Server Developer
12 5 (4.762%) Senior C# Developer
12 5 (4.762%) Agile C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.14%) Computer Science
2 12 (11.43%) Mobile App
3 8 (7.619%) FMCG
4 7 (6.667%) W3C
5 5 (4.762%) Tandem
6 4 (3.810%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.24%) Windows
2 3 (2.857%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (69.52%) MVC
2 36 (34.29%) Web Development
2 36 (34.29%) Unit Testing
3 35 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 26 (24.76%) TDD
4 26 (24.76%) Scrum
5 16 (15.24%) Web Application Development
6 15 (14.29%) E-Commerce
7 13 (12.38%) Time Management
8 10 (9.524%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (7.619%) Logistics
9 8 (7.619%) B2B
9 8 (7.619%) E-business
9 8 (7.619%) UML
9 8 (7.619%) RAD
10 7 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
11 6 (5.714%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (5.714%) B2C
11 6 (5.714%) Service Management
11 6 (5.714%) OO
Programming Languages
1 92 (87.62%) C#
2 66 (62.86%) SQL
3 56 (53.33%) JavaScript
4 14 (13.33%) T-SQL
5 8 (7.619%) C
5 8 (7.619%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.857%) VB.NET
6 3 (2.857%) VBA
7 2 (1.905%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (20.00%) Degree
2 13 (12.38%) MCTS
3 5 (4.762%) MCP
3 5 (4.762%) MCAD
3 5 (4.762%) MCSD
3 5 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.857%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.714%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.857%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 3 (2.857%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 3 (2.857%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 10 (9.524%) Oracle
1 10 (9.524%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.762%) Telerik
Wigan, Lancashire
You will be given the opportunity to work with the latest technologies and work with their exciting client base. Key Skills: 5 years with .NET technologies. C# ASP...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Key Skills: 5 years with .NET technologies C# ASP.NET SQL Server Experience with WCF Front-end technologies e.g. CSS, HTML This opportunity requires a passionate developer,...
greywood
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
Wigan, North West
This is a growing team, (currently two developers) looking to in-house development work that is currently outsourced with a view to building their on-line business revenue...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
You will get to play with the latest Microsoft technologies available (up to .Net v4+).The Graduate/Junior C# .Net Developer should be educated to degree level. If...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 18,000 - 25,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Technologies: ASP.Net, C#, .Net 3.5, 4.0, SQL Server 2005/2008/2012, tSQL (stored procedures, triggers, functions etc), OOP, Javascript / Java Script, jQuery, Web design, AJAX,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £35k - 40k per year
Posted: 24 April 2013
Wigan, North West
My client works in a niche aspect of the retail sector delivering eCommerce website and solutions, as such any experience working on highly transactional web sites is advantageous.
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + Retail Vouchers and Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Wigan, LancsTo £37K + Bens Innovative logistics and distribution software house with solid international client base including big name retail and FMCG clients urgently requires an experienced C#.NET,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
To £37K + Bens Innovative logistics and distribution software house with solid international client base including big name retail and FMCG clients urgently requires an experienced C#.NET, ASP...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + +Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013