Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C# skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank811
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads1671123565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled14.17 %11.93 %
As % of the category below30.19 %26.31 %
Salaries quoted1495820099
Average minimum salary£37,593£38,015
Average salary£41,530£42,081
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Average maximum salary£45,466£46,148
UK excluding London average salary£35,834£35,864
% change on same period last year-0.08 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5534589556
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.93 %45.35 %
Salaries quoted4785473747
Average minimum salary£36,751£37,474
Average salary£40,309£41,278
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum salary£43,868£45,083
UK excluding London average salary£35,659£35,902
% change on same period last year-0.67 %

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C# within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

C# Salary Histogram

C#
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# 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+116036£41,794-0.95 %
LondonUp+46467£52,314+0.84 %
South EastNo change02914£39,286+4.28 %
City of LondonUp+31955£56,256-3.21 %
North WestUp+41357£31,809-8.90 %
East of EnglandUp+11336£37,901+1.17 %
South WestUp+61320£35,074+4.17 %
YorkshireNo change01008£33,450+2.19 %
West MidlandsUp+6978£34,213-2.90 %
SurreyDown-1795£43,275+14.86 %
West YorkshireNo change0676£33,674+3.30 %
ManchesterUp+3664£31,082-10.42 %
East MidlandsUp+3659£33,945+7.13 %
HampshireUp+2577£36,695-3.74 %
BerkshireDown-3570£37,666-3.89 %
CambridgeshireUp+2491£37,547+2.61 %
LeedsNo change0437£33,138-1.62 %
CambridgeUp+3399£37,097-1.61 %
BristolUp+9382£33,895+5.20 %
CheshireUp+2368£32,499-9.24 %
ScotlandUp+1364£33,328-5.59 %
BirminghamUp+10327£34,941-5.38 %
HertfordshireNo change0318£43,057+7.51 %
SomersetUp+6317£34,745+1.72 %
NottinghamshireUp+2315£32,458-3.67 %
EssexUp+5306£37,119-4.27 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1299£38,003+4.38 %
GloucestershireUp+4289£37,063+6.20 %
NottinghamUp+1260£32,389-7.36 %
OxfordshireDown-4257£38,208+8.26 %

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

133521 (82.62 %).NET
221680 (53.43 %)SQL Server
320768 (51.19 %)ASP.NET
414151 (34.88 %)SQL
510719 (26.42 %)XML
68818 (21.73 %)Microsoft
77950 (19.59 %)C++
87740 (19.08 %)Finance
97124 (17.56 %)JavaScript
106953 (17.14 %)VB.NET
116847 (16.88 %)SQL Server 2005
126546 (16.13 %)OO
136437 (15.86 %)HTML
146279 (15.48 %)Windows
155805 (14.31 %)Java
165767 (14.21 %)Degree
175651 (13.93 %)VB
185626 (13.87 %)CSS
195482 (13.51 %)WebServices
205253 (12.95 %)AJAX
214567 (11.26 %).NET Framework
224424 (10.90 %)Visual Studio
234070 (10.03 %)ASP
243969 (9.782 %)SQL Server 2000
253901 (9.615 %)Oracle
263574 (8.809 %)WinForms
273562 (8.779 %)MS Excel
283533 (8.708 %)Banking
293442 (8.483 %)SharePoint
303073 (7.574 %)Front Office

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing C# 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 C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133521 (82.62 %).NET
220768 (51.19 %)ASP.NET
310719 (26.42 %)XML
46437 (15.86 %)HTML
55626 (13.87 %)CSS
65482 (13.51 %)WebServices
75253 (12.95 %)AJAX
84567 (11.26 %).NET Framework
94070 (10.03 %)ASP
103574 (8.809 %)WinForms
112260 (5.570 %)XHTML
122223 (5.479 %)WCF
131920 (4.732 %)XSLT
141731 (4.266 %)WPF
151153 (2.842 %)J2EE
161140 (2.810 %)Silverlight
17996 (2.455 %)WF
18982 (2.420 %)ADO.NET
19886 (2.184 %)ASP.NET 2.0
20877 (2.161 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13442 (8.483 %)SharePoint
21696 (4.180 %)IIS
31656 (4.081 %)BizTalk Server
41556 (3.835 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51086 (2.677 %)CMS
6228 (0.562 %)SharePoint Portal Server
7202 (0.498 %)Content Management Server
8187 (0.461 %)Apache
8187 (0.461 %)ColdFusion
9185 (0.456 %)WebLogic
10146 (0.360 %)Commerce Server
11113 (0.279 %)MS Exchange
12107 (0.264 %)Tomcat
12107 (0.264 %)MQSeries
1385 (0.209 %)Commerce Server 2007
1483 (0.205 %)ArcGIS
1559 (0.145 %)JBoss
1648 (0.118 %)TIBCO EMS
1746 (0.113 %)Exchange Server 2000
1844 (0.108 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13562 (8.779 %)MS Excel
2551 (1.358 %)Photoshop
3542 (1.336 %)MS Office
4534 (1.316 %)MS Visio
5226 (0.557 %)InfoPath
6206 (0.508 %)Spreadsheet
7149 (0.367 %)MATLAB
880 (0.197 %)Adobe Illustrator
977 (0.190 %)Fireworks
1072 (0.177 %)MS Project
1123 (0.057 %)ArcInfo
1221 (0.052 %)MS PowerPoint
1320 (0.049 %)FreeHand
1415 (0.037 %)CA Clarity
1514 (0.035 %)Simulink
1514 (0.035 %)Shockwave
1612 (0.030 %)AutoCAD
1710 (0.025 %)Adobe Director
188 (0.020 %)PrintSoft PReS
188 (0.020 %)FrameMaker
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1267 (0.658 %)Microsoft CRM
2194 (0.478 %)Dynamics CRM
360 (0.148 %)Dynamics AX
449 (0.121 %)Axapta
548 (0.118 %)Summit
632 (0.079 %)Navision
728 (0.069 %)Endur
728 (0.069 %)Pivotal CRM
728 (0.069 %)Dynamics NAV
825 (0.062 %)SoftGrid
917 (0.042 %)Oracle Financials
1013 (0.032 %)Great Plains
1013 (0.032 %)Sophis VALUE
1112 (0.030 %)GoldMine
1112 (0.030 %)SalesLogix
1211 (0.027 %)LongView
139 (0.022 %)SAP CRM
148 (0.020 %)Temenos Globus
148 (0.020 %)Oracle Applications
148 (0.020 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11882 (4.638 %)Internet
2807 (1.989 %)Intranet
3649 (1.600 %)TCP/IP
4347 (0.855 %)HTTP
5135 (0.333 %)Extranet
6126 (0.311 %)Wireless
7107 (0.264 %)SMTP
897 (0.239 %)FTP
988 (0.217 %)GSM
1085 (0.209 %)WAN
1182 (0.202 %)Firewall
1270 (0.173 %)LAN
1366 (0.163 %)DNS
1457 (0.140 %)SMS
1550 (0.123 %)SAN
1647 (0.116 %)Broadband
1647 (0.116 %)GPRS
1745 (0.111 %)VPN
1844 (0.108 %)SSL
1937 (0.091 %)SNMP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121680 (53.43 %)SQL Server
26847 (16.88 %)SQL Server 2005
33969 (9.782 %)SQL Server 2000
41098 (2.706 %)RDBMS
5931 (2.295 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6825 (2.033 %)MySQL
7744 (1.834 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8707 (1.742 %)Crystal Reports
9415 (1.023 %)DTS
10409 (1.008 %)Oracle 9i
11394 (0.971 %)SQL Server 2008
12378 (0.932 %)Datawarehouse
12378 (0.932 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13345 (0.850 %)Oracle 10g
14303 (0.747 %)MS Access
15278 (0.685 %)GIS
16259 (0.638 %)ETL
17256 (0.631 %)BusinessObjects
18234 (0.577 %)Oracle 8/8i
19233 (0.574 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14424 (10.90 %)Visual Studio
2764 (1.883 %)NUnit
3499 (1.230 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4273 (0.673 %)Subversion
5220 (0.542 %)Dreamweaver
6137 (0.338 %)ClearCase
7135 (0.333 %)Oracle Forms
8121 (0.298 %)Visual Studio Team System
9101 (0.249 %)CruiseControl
1090 (0.222 %)JUnit
1178 (0.192 %)QuickTest Pro
1267 (0.165 %)TestDirector
1360 (0.148 %)Rational Rose
1454 (0.133 %)PowerBuilder
1553 (0.131 %)Ant
1650 (0.123 %)Eclipse
1749 (0.121 %)JIRA
1843 (0.106 %)InstallShield
1940 (0.099 %)WinRunner
2037 (0.091 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17740 (19.08 %)Finance
23533 (8.708 %)Banking
33073 (7.574 %)Front Office
42397 (5.908 %)Pensions
51750 (4.313 %)Investment Banking
61726 (4.254 %)Insurance
71555 (3.833 %)Health
81109 (2.733 %)Marketing
91016 (2.504 %)Education
10877 (2.161 %)Retail
11767 (1.890 %)Telecoms
12742 (1.829 %)Games
13643 (1.585 %)Back Office
14404 (0.996 %)Financial Institution
15401 (0.988 %)Government
16349 (0.860 %)Legal
17314 (0.774 %)Music
18283 (0.697 %)Law
19269 (0.663 %)Publishing
20236 (0.582 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128846 (71.09 %)Developer
212652 (31.18 %)C# Developer
312192 (30.05 %).NET Developer
44735 (11.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
54327 (10.66 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
63920 (9.661 %)Web Developer
73794 (9.351 %)Senior Developer
83343 (8.239 %)Software Developer
92808 (6.921 %)Analyst
102283 (5.627 %)Software Engineer
111975 (4.868 %)Programmer
121608 (3.963 %)Senior C# Developer
131492 (3.677 %)Senior .NET Developer
141426 (3.515 %)Junior
151422 (3.505 %)Architect
161420 (3.500 %)SQL Developer
171392 (3.431 %).NET Web Developer
181300 (3.204 %)Team Leader
191292 (3.184 %)C++ Developer
201161 (2.861 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12382 (5.871 %)Derivative
21563 (3.852 %)Computer Science
31290 (3.179 %)N-Tier
41051 (2.590 %)Fixed Income
5961 (2.369 %)Mathematics
6843 (2.078 %)Equities
7782 (1.927 %)Equity Derivative
8739 (1.821 %)Multithreading
9717 (1.767 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
10533 (1.314 %)Client/Server
11379 (0.934 %)Credit Derivative
12294 (0.725 %)Web 2.0
13280 (0.690 %)Physics
14255 (0.628 %)Management Information System
15245 (0.604 %)W3C
16205 (0.505 %)Tandem
17194 (0.478 %)Interest Rate Derivative
18165 (0.407 %)Social Network
19148 (0.365 %)Market Risk
20133 (0.328 %)PDA
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16279 (15.48 %)Windows
21481 (3.650 %)UNIX
31024 (2.524 %)Linux
4804 (1.982 %)Windows Server 2003
5543 (1.338 %)Windows XP
6439 (1.082 %)Windows 2000
7258 (0.636 %)Windows Mobile
8190 (0.468 %)Windows Vista
8190 (0.468 %)Solaris
9159 (0.392 %)Windows NT
10131 (0.323 %)Windows CE
11108 (0.266 %)Windows Server 2008
1290 (0.222 %)Red Hat Linux
1358 (0.143 %)Windows 2000 Server
1448 (0.118 %)VMS
1540 (0.099 %)AIX
1632 (0.079 %)Embedded Linux
1712 (0.030 %)Ubuntu
1712 (0.030 %)HPUX
1712 (0.030 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16546 (16.13 %)OO
22784 (6.862 %)Web Development
32614 (6.443 %)Agile Software Development
42110 (5.200 %)E-Commerce
52054 (5.062 %)UML
61732 (4.269 %)Scrum
71477 (3.640 %)Project Management
81308 (3.224 %)TDD
91095 (2.699 %)Unit Testing
101072 (2.642 %)OOD
111029 (2.536 %)Software Engineering
12980 (2.415 %)OOP
13948 (2.336 %)SOA
14931 (2.295 %)CRM
15900 (2.218 %)Risk Management
16696 (1.715 %)Content Management
17585 (1.442 %)Business Intelligence
18581 (1.432 %)Asset Management
19563 (1.388 %)Workflow
20552 (1.360 %)Extreme Programming
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114151 (34.88 %)SQL
27950 (19.59 %)C++
37124 (17.56 %)JavaScript
46953 (17.14 %)VB.NET
55805 (14.31 %)Java
65651 (13.93 %)VB
72679 (6.603 %)Transact-SQL
82179 (5.370 %)VB6
92096 (5.166 %)VBA
101713 (4.222 %)C
111103 (2.718 %)PHP
12860 (2.120 %)PL/SQL
13787 (1.940 %)VC++
14753 (1.856 %)Delphi
15705 (1.738 %)Perl
16581 (1.432 %)VBScript
17377 (0.929 %)Python
18374 (0.922 %)ActionScript
19297 (0.732 %)XPath
20159 (0.392 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15767 (14.21 %)Degree
22253 (5.553 %)Microsoft Certification
31258 (3.101 %)MCSD
41031 (2.541 %)MCP
51030 (2.539 %)MCAD
6408 (1.006 %)MCTS
7385 (0.949 %)Security Cleared
8220 (0.542 %)MCPD
9200 (0.493 %)PhD
10141 (0.348 %)ISEB
11101 (0.249 %)SC Cleared
12100 (0.246 %)MCSE
1388 (0.217 %)HND
1457 (0.140 %)HNC
1549 (0.121 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1645 (0.111 %)MCITP
1733 (0.081 %)MCDBA
1827 (0.067 %)CISSP
1827 (0.067 %)DV Cleared
1917 (0.042 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1608 (1.498 %)QA
2127 (0.313 %)WAI
3102 (0.251 %)SLA
469 (0.170 %)ISO9001
551 (0.126 %)TickIT
645 (0.111 %)ISO9000
733 (0.081 %)HL7
831 (0.076 %)WCAG
915 (0.037 %)Basel II
1014 (0.035 %)DICOM
1110 (0.025 %)ISO27001
126 (0.015 %)21 CFR Part 11
135 (0.012 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
135 (0.012 %)COBIT
144 (0.010 %)ISO8583
153 (0.007 %)PCI DSS
162 (0.005 %)JTAG
162 (0.005 %)MiFID
171 (0.002 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1455 (1.121 %)Active Directory
2172 (0.424 %)MSMQ
355 (0.136 %)VMware Infrastructure
424 (0.059 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
518 (0.044 %)Terminal Services
610 (0.025 %)ISA Server
79 (0.022 %)Oracle RMAN
88 (0.020 %)AquaLogic
97 (0.017 %)Xen
106 (0.015 %)Intellisync
106 (0.015 %)Oracle RAC
106 (0.015 %)Cronacle
106 (0.015 %)Orbix
106 (0.015 %)Terminal Server
114 (0.010 %)Citrix Presentation Server
123 (0.007 %)MetaFrame
132 (0.005 %)VMware Workstation
132 (0.005 %)Backup Exec
132 (0.005 %)WebInspect
141 (0.002 %)Hyper-V
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
159 (0.145 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
241 (0.101 %)SCCM
327 (0.067 %)Tivoli
426 (0.064 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
523 (0.057 %)AutoSys
615 (0.037 %)MOM
710 (0.025 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
89 (0.022 %)MIIS
98 (0.020 %)Data Guard
106 (0.015 %)CONTROL-M
115 (0.012 %)SCOM
115 (0.012 %)Netcool
122 (0.005 %)ZENworks
131 (0.002 %)Novell Identity Manager
131 (0.002 %)DirXML
131 (0.002 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18818 (21.73 %)Microsoft
23901 (9.615 %)Oracle
3873 (2.152 %)Sybase
4256 (0.631 %)Business Objects
5240 (0.592 %)TIBCO
6234 (0.577 %)Adobe
7221 (0.545 %)IBM
8120 (0.296 %)Cognos
9117 (0.288 %)Citrix
10116 (0.286 %)SAP
11113 (0.279 %)Bloomberg
12111 (0.274 %)Sun
13109 (0.269 %)Google
14106 (0.261 %)Borland
15100 (0.246 %)VMware
1695 (0.234 %)Infragistics
1695 (0.234 %)Red Hat
1779 (0.195 %)ESRI
1872 (0.177 %)Reuters
1970 (0.173 %)telerik