Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills across the UK 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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads2126130921
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.03 %15.66 %
As % of the category below52.63 %49.06 %
Salaries quoted1917526727
Average minimum salary£36,048£36,615
Average salary£39,506£40,282
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Average maximum salary£42,965£43,949
UK excluding London average salary£35,458£35,877
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4039563028
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled34.25 %31.91 %
Salaries quoted3525153206
Average minimum salary£36,297£36,879
Average salary£39,806£40,705
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum salary£43,316£44,531
UK excluding London average salary£35,849£36,277
% change on same period last year-1.18 %

.NET
Demand Trend

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

.NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET within the UK.

.NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET over the 3 months to 5 January 2009 within the UK.

.NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 5 January 2009. 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
EnglandUp+120333£39,639-1.64 %
LondonUp+37091£48,865+0.50 %
South EastUp+14294£38,680+3.92 %
North WestUp+21990£31,048-18.98 %
City of LondonUp+31816£52,795-4.01 %
South WestUp+31648£34,407+3.22 %
East of EnglandNo change01632£37,559+3.28 %
West MidlandsUp+31416£33,787-2.28 %
YorkshireNo change01373£32,563+1.34 %
SurreyNo change01081£41,467+11.65 %
ManchesterNo change0979£30,824-25.89 %
BerkshireNo change0941£38,751-1.22 %
East MidlandsNo change0918£34,438+9.13 %
West YorkshireNo change0911£32,663+1.80 %
HampshireNo change0707£36,661+0.34 %
BristolUp+6590£33,194+2.87 %
LeedsDown-1585£32,627-2.63 %
CambridgeshireUp+1543£37,185+5.15 %
CheshireUp+5542£31,055-11.69 %
ScotlandUp+2490£34,677-3.39 %
BirminghamUp+1465£34,820-6.05 %
NottinghamshireUp+1464£34,899+6.28 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2446£35,941+3.20 %
CambridgeUp+5439£36,717-0.55 %
OxfordshireNo change0408£37,741+9.25 %
HertfordshireNo change0400£43,669+12.55 %
NottinghamUp+1396£35,162+4.15 %
West SussexUp+2387£39,124+7.98 %
EssexNo change0371£36,390-1.71 %
GloucestershireNo change0336£36,810+9.99 %

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

133521 (65.22 %)C#
228130 (54.73 %)SQL Server
327252 (53.03 %)ASP.NET
418430 (35.86 %)SQL
513819 (26.89 %)XML
613085 (25.46 %)VB.NET
712143 (23.63 %)Microsoft
810199 (19.84 %)JavaScript
99852 (19.17 %)HTML
108841 (17.20 %)VB
118689 (16.91 %)SQL Server 2005
128604 (16.74 %)Finance
138016 (15.60 %)CSS
147515 (14.62 %)Windows
156768 (13.17 %)ASP
166606 (12.85 %)AJAX
176543 (12.73 %)WebServices
186463 (12.58 %)Java
196454 (12.56 %)OO
206394 (12.44 %)Degree
215736 (11.16 %)C++
225605 (10.91 %).NET Framework
235281 (10.28 %)Visual Studio
245246 (10.21 %)Oracle
255222 (10.16 %)SQL Server 2000
265061 (9.847 %)MS Excel
274510 (8.775 %)SharePoint
284151 (8.077 %)Web Development
293853 (7.497 %)Transact-SQL
293853 (7.497 %)VB6

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127252 (53.03 %)ASP.NET
213819 (26.89 %)XML
39852 (19.17 %)HTML
48016 (15.60 %)CSS
56768 (13.17 %)ASP
66606 (12.85 %)AJAX
76543 (12.73 %)WebServices
85605 (10.91 %).NET Framework
93327 (6.474 %)WinForms
103312 (6.444 %)XHTML
112509 (4.882 %)XSLT
122262 (4.401 %)WCF
132093 (4.072 %)J2EE
141779 (3.461 %)WPF
151627 (3.166 %)Flash
161265 (2.461 %)Silverlight
171191 (2.317 %)ADO.NET
181106 (2.152 %)ASP.NET 2.0
191069 (2.080 %)DHTML
201061 (2.064 %)XSL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14510 (8.775 %)SharePoint
22978 (5.794 %)IIS
31991 (3.874 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41975 (3.843 %)BizTalk Server
51494 (2.907 %)CMS
6434 (0.844 %)ColdFusion
7404 (0.786 %)Apache
8326 (0.634 %)WebLogic
9294 (0.572 %)SharePoint Portal Server
10245 (0.477 %)Content Management Server
11230 (0.448 %)Tomcat
12209 (0.407 %)MS Exchange
13171 (0.333 %)Commerce Server
14133 (0.259 %)JBoss
15127 (0.247 %)SAS
16102 (0.198 %)Commerce Server 2007
1796 (0.187 %)ArcGIS
1889 (0.173 %)MQSeries
1978 (0.152 %)Lotus Notes
2074 (0.144 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15061 (9.847 %)MS Excel
21042 (2.027 %)MS Office
3956 (1.860 %)Photoshop
4673 (1.309 %)MS Visio
5271 (0.527 %)InfoPath
6191 (0.372 %)MS Project
7167 (0.325 %)Adobe Illustrator
8127 (0.247 %)Spreadsheet
9116 (0.226 %)Fireworks
10100 (0.195 %)MATLAB
1156 (0.109 %)MS PowerPoint
1228 (0.054 %)AutoCAD
1324 (0.047 %)ArcInfo
1423 (0.045 %)SPSS
1521 (0.041 %)CA Clarity
1620 (0.039 %)FreeHand
1716 (0.031 %)Shockwave
1811 (0.021 %)Simulink
1910 (0.019 %)ImageReady
1910 (0.019 %)Adobe Director
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1318 (0.619 %)Microsoft CRM
2262 (0.510 %)Dynamics CRM
381 (0.158 %)Dynamics AX
467 (0.130 %)Axapta
561 (0.119 %)Navision
651 (0.099 %)Dynamics NAV
737 (0.072 %)Summit
836 (0.070 %)SoftGrid
935 (0.068 %)Oracle Applications
1034 (0.066 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1132 (0.062 %)Pivotal CRM
1132 (0.062 %)WebTrends
1230 (0.058 %)Oracle Financials
1326 (0.051 %)SalesLogix
1424 (0.047 %)SAP Business One
1424 (0.047 %)Oracle EBS
1523 (0.045 %)Great Plains
1523 (0.045 %)Google Analytics
1618 (0.035 %)JDE OneWorld
1714 (0.027 %)Sage MMS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12646 (5.148 %)Internet
21409 (2.742 %)Intranet
3724 (1.409 %)TCP/IP
4380 (0.739 %)HTTP
5241 (0.469 %)Firewall
6232 (0.451 %)Extranet
7186 (0.362 %)DNS
8167 (0.325 %)FTP
9143 (0.278 %)SMTP
10118 (0.230 %)Wireless
11115 (0.224 %)WAN
12100 (0.195 %)LAN
1398 (0.191 %)GSM
1490 (0.175 %)SAN
1577 (0.150 %)LDAP
1671 (0.138 %)VPN
1770 (0.136 %)DHCP
1868 (0.132 %)SMS
1964 (0.125 %)VoIP
1964 (0.125 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
128130 (54.73 %)SQL Server
28689 (16.91 %)SQL Server 2005
35222 (10.16 %)SQL Server 2000
41472 (2.864 %)RDBMS
51392 (2.708 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61263 (2.457 %)MySQL
71190 (2.315 %)Crystal Reports
81084 (2.109 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9751 (1.461 %)Datawarehouse
10671 (1.306 %)MS Access
11660 (1.284 %)DTS
12578 (1.125 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13506 (0.985 %)SQL Server 2008
14437 (0.850 %)GIS
15408 (0.794 %)Oracle 9i
16407 (0.792 %)BusinessObjects
17378 (0.735 %)OLAP
18372 (0.724 %)Oracle 8/8i
19357 (0.695 %)ETL
20356 (0.693 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15281 (10.28 %)Visual Studio
2809 (1.574 %)NUnit
3748 (1.455 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4429 (0.835 %)Dreamweaver
5356 (0.693 %)Subversion
6218 (0.424 %)QuickTest Pro
7163 (0.317 %)TestDirector
8158 (0.307 %)WinRunner
9149 (0.290 %)Oracle Forms
10139 (0.270 %)Visual Studio Team System
11127 (0.247 %)CruiseControl
12124 (0.241 %)LoadRunner
13119 (0.232 %)Eclipse
14112 (0.218 %)ClearCase
1599 (0.193 %)JUnit
1696 (0.187 %)Ant
1776 (0.148 %)FitNesse
1869 (0.134 %)Selenium
1957 (0.111 %)Rational Rose
2054 (0.105 %)InstallShield
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18604 (16.74 %)Finance
22988 (5.814 %)Pensions
32907 (5.656 %)Banking
42306 (4.487 %)Insurance
52081 (4.049 %)Health
61872 (3.642 %)Marketing
71693 (3.294 %)Front Office
81534 (2.985 %)Retail
91328 (2.584 %)Investment Banking
101213 (2.360 %)Education
11903 (1.757 %)Telecoms
12774 (1.506 %)Back Office
13746 (1.452 %)Games
14678 (1.319 %)Government
15579 (1.127 %)Publishing
16463 (0.901 %)Legal
17416 (0.809 %)Law
18380 (0.739 %)Music
19362 (0.704 %)Financial Institution
20337 (0.656 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
134176 (66.50 %)Developer
216189 (31.50 %).NET Developer
310623 (20.67 %)C# Developer
45954 (11.59 %)ASP.NET Developer
55858 (11.40 %)Web Developer
64355 (8.474 %)Senior Developer
74350 (8.464 %)Analyst
84327 (8.419 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
93955 (7.695 %)Software Developer
103094 (6.020 %)VB.NET Developer
112736 (5.324 %)Programmer
122139 (4.162 %)Architect
131992 (3.876 %)Software Engineer
141959 (3.812 %).NET Web Developer
151885 (3.668 %)SQL Developer
161849 (3.598 %)Senior .NET Developer
171776 (3.456 %)Junior
181585 (3.084 %)Consultant
191528 (2.973 %)Analyst Programmer
201508 (2.934 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11652 (3.214 %)Computer Science
21509 (2.936 %)N-Tier
31173 (2.282 %)Derivative
4831 (1.617 %)Client/Server
5696 (1.354 %)Fixed Income
6647 (1.259 %)Mathematics
7564 (1.097 %)Equities
8529 (1.029 %)Multithreading
9513 (0.998 %)W3C
10465 (0.905 %)Web 2.0
11443 (0.862 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12434 (0.844 %)Management Information System
13374 (0.728 %)Equity Derivative
14214 (0.416 %)Tandem
15203 (0.395 %)Physics
16192 (0.374 %)Social Network
17188 (0.366 %)Credit Derivative
18166 (0.323 %)Market Risk
19152 (0.296 %)PDA
20151 (0.294 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17515 (14.62 %)Windows
21723 (3.353 %)UNIX
31446 (2.814 %)Windows Server 2003
41129 (2.197 %)Linux
5606 (1.179 %)Windows XP
6492 (0.957 %)Windows 2000
7274 (0.533 %)Windows Mobile
8236 (0.459 %)Solaris
9206 (0.401 %)Windows 2000 Server
10198 (0.385 %)Windows Vista
11172 (0.335 %)Windows Server 2008
12151 (0.294 %)Windows NT
13118 (0.230 %)Windows CE
1487 (0.169 %)Red Hat Linux
1571 (0.138 %)AIX
1656 (0.109 %)zOS
1746 (0.090 %)OS/400
1839 (0.076 %)VMS
1935 (0.068 %)HPUX
2032 (0.062 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16454 (12.56 %)OO
24151 (8.077 %)Web Development
33001 (5.839 %)E-Commerce
42906 (5.654 %)Agile Software Development
52621 (5.100 %)UML
62458 (4.783 %)Project Management
72116 (4.117 %)Scrum
81501 (2.921 %)SOA
91408 (2.740 %)TDD
101385 (2.695 %)CRM
111211 (2.356 %)Unit Testing
121143 (2.224 %)Business Intelligence
131139 (2.216 %)OOP
141133 (2.205 %)Content Management
151023 (1.991 %)OOD
16976 (1.899 %)Software Engineering
17967 (1.882 %)PRINCE2
18800 (1.557 %)Business Analysis
19737 (1.434 %)Migration
20713 (1.387 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133521 (65.22 %)C#
218430 (35.86 %)SQL
313085 (25.46 %)VB.NET
410199 (19.84 %)JavaScript
58841 (17.20 %)VB
66463 (12.58 %)Java
75736 (11.16 %)C++
83853 (7.497 %)Transact-SQL
83853 (7.497 %)VB6
92209 (4.298 %)VBA
102055 (3.999 %)PHP
111782 (3.467 %)C
121243 (2.419 %)VBScript
13966 (1.880 %)PL/SQL
14787 (1.531 %)Delphi
15779 (1.516 %)ActionScript
16759 (1.477 %)Perl
17613 (1.193 %)VC++
18405 (0.788 %)Python
19383 (0.745 %)XPath
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16394 (12.44 %)Degree
22898 (5.639 %)Microsoft Certification
31494 (2.907 %)MCSD
41245 (2.422 %)MCP
51202 (2.339 %)MCAD
6499 (0.971 %)Security Cleared
7465 (0.905 %)MCTS
8274 (0.533 %)ISEB
9250 (0.486 %)MCPD
10203 (0.395 %)MCSE
11189 (0.368 %)PRINCE2 Certification
12156 (0.304 %)HND
13155 (0.302 %)PhD
14154 (0.300 %)SC Cleared
1575 (0.146 %)MCDBA
1664 (0.125 %)HNC
1763 (0.123 %)ISTQB
1850 (0.097 %)MCITP
1946 (0.090 %)MBA
2031 (0.060 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1893 (1.738 %)QA
2242 (0.471 %)SLA
3202 (0.393 %)WAI
488 (0.171 %)ISO9001
563 (0.123 %)TickIT
657 (0.111 %)ISO9000
745 (0.088 %)WCAG
837 (0.072 %)HL7
931 (0.060 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1018 (0.035 %)Basel II
1018 (0.035 %)21 CFR Part 11
1115 (0.029 %)MiFID
1210 (0.019 %)ISO27001
139 (0.018 %)PCI DSS
147 (0.014 %)COBIT
147 (0.014 %)GLP
155 (0.010 %)PAS 78
155 (0.010 %)DICOM
164 (0.008 %)ISO8583
172 (0.004 %)GAAP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1766 (1.490 %)Active Directory
2201 (0.391 %)MSMQ
3112 (0.218 %)VMware Infrastructure
481 (0.158 %)ISA Server
549 (0.095 %)MetaFrame
549 (0.095 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
638 (0.074 %)Terminal Server
724 (0.047 %)Terminal Services
811 (0.021 %)Oracle RMAN
811 (0.021 %)Oracle RAC
99 (0.018 %)AquaLogic
108 (0.016 %)Citrix Presentation Server
117 (0.014 %)Backup Exec
126 (0.012 %)Intellisync
126 (0.012 %)Cronacle
126 (0.012 %)VMware Server
126 (0.012 %)Hyper-V
134 (0.008 %)Xen
134 (0.008 %)NetBackup
142 (0.004 %)WebInspect
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
178 (0.152 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
240 (0.078 %)AutoSys
332 (0.062 %)SCCM
430 (0.058 %)OpenView
529 (0.056 %)Tivoli
623 (0.045 %)OVSD
720 (0.039 %)MOM
817 (0.033 %)CA SiteMinder
910 (0.019 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
106 (0.012 %)CONTROL-M
115 (0.010 %)Unicenter
115 (0.010 %)Data Guard
123 (0.006 %)Tivoli Monitoring
123 (0.006 %)ZENworks
132 (0.004 %)Norton AntiVirus
132 (0.004 %)OVIS
132 (0.004 %)WSUS
132 (0.004 %)ServiceCenter
132 (0.004 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
141 (0.002 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112143 (23.63 %)Microsoft
25246 (10.21 %)Oracle
3609 (1.185 %)Sybase
4411 (0.800 %)Adobe
5407 (0.792 %)Business Objects
6359 (0.699 %)IBM
7295 (0.574 %)SAP
8255 (0.496 %)Cognos
9251 (0.488 %)TIBCO
10239 (0.465 %)Citrix
11185 (0.360 %)VMware
12184 (0.358 %)Sun
13160 (0.311 %)EMC
14144 (0.280 %)ProClarity
15142 (0.276 %)Google
16140 (0.272 %)HP
17132 (0.257 %)Cisco
18131 (0.255 %)Red Hat
19124 (0.241 %)Siebel
20107 (0.208 %)Sage