The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wrexham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 22 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 Wrexham region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 2 8 4
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Permanent jobs citing .NET 8 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wrexham 57.14% 17.65% 25.00%
As % of the Application Development category 80.00% 25.00% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 1
Average salary £32,000 £28,500 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.28% +42.50%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
All Application Development
Wrexham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
10 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wrexham 71.43% 70.59% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 3
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +75.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
.NET
North Wales

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wrexham .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 Wrexham region.

Wrexham .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wrexham 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 10 (83.33%) C#
1 10 (83.33%) ASP.NET
2 9 (75.00%) HTML
2 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 8 (66.67%) SQL Server
4 7 (58.33%) CSS
4 7 (58.33%) SQL
5 5 (41.67%) VB.NET
6 4 (33.33%) WCF
6 4 (33.33%) WPF
6 4 (33.33%) TDD
6 4 (33.33%) Smartphone
6 4 (33.33%) ActionScript
6 4 (33.33%) T-SQL
6 4 (33.33%) MVC
6 4 (33.33%) CMS
6 4 (33.33%) Windows
7 3 (25.00%) Intranet
7 3 (25.00%) jQuery
8 2 (16.67%) Web Development
8 2 (16.67%) Internet
8 2 (16.67%) Scrum
8 2 (16.67%) Oracle
8 2 (16.67%) PHP
9 1 (8.333%) SOAP
9 1 (8.333%) Web Services
9 1 (8.333%) XML
9 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (8.333%) IIS
9 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wrexham 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 10 (83.33%) ASP.NET
2 9 (75.00%) HTML
3 7 (58.33%) CSS
4 4 (33.33%) WCF
4 4 (33.33%) WPF
5 3 (25.00%) jQuery
6 1 (8.333%) SOAP
6 1 (8.333%) Web Services
6 1 (8.333%) XML
6 1 (8.333%) XHTML
6 1 (8.333%) Ajax
6 1 (8.333%) REST
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (8.333%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Intranet
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (8.333%) LAN
3 1 (8.333%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 10 (83.33%) .NET Developer
3 5 (41.67%) Junior .NET Developer
3 5 (41.67%) Junior Developer
3 5 (41.67%) Junior
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Applications Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Junior Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Applications Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Web Manager
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Smartphone
2 1 (8.333%) Replication
2 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Android
2 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) TDD
1 4 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (16.67%) Web Development
2 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (8.333%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) C#
2 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (58.33%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) VB.NET
5 4 (33.33%) ActionScript
5 4 (33.33%) T-SQL
6 2 (16.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle