Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Berkshire region 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
Rank55
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads9411624
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.798 %0.822 %
As % of the category below45.31 %49.72 %
Salaries quoted8591416
Average minimum salary£35,073£35,495
Average salary£38,751£39,231
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Average maximum salary£42,429£42,967
UK excluding London average salary£35,458£35,877
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads20773266
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.761 %1.654 %
Salaries quoted17822777
Average minimum salary£36,953£36,537
Average salary£40,722£40,286
% change on same period last year+1.08 %
Average maximum salary£44,491£44,035
UK excluding London average salary£35,849£36,277
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
.NET South East.NET
South East

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire .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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire .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 Berkshire region 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
ReadingDown-3281£40,968-4.98 %
WokinghamUp+2127£30,329+0.52 %
NewburyUp+299£40,934+22.14 %
SloughDown-781£38,481+5.54 %
MaidenheadUp+275£37,189+0.77 %
WindsorDown-252£39,418+14.71 %
BracknellUp+744£36,049-9.39 %
AscotUp+719£44,763+11.90 %
.NET South East.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

11361 (60.19 %)SQL Server
21321 (58.43 %)ASP.NET
31298 (57.41 %)C#
4759 (33.57 %)SQL
5597 (26.40 %)XML
6582 (25.74 %)Microsoft
7530 (23.44 %)HTML
8518 (22.91 %)VB.NET
9412 (18.22 %)JavaScript
10399 (17.65 %)VB
11389 (17.20 %)Windows
12362 (16.01 %)Java
13361 (15.97 %)SQL Server 2005
14355 (15.70 %)ASP
15335 (14.82 %)MS Excel
16331 (14.64 %)Oracle
17295 (13.05 %)C++
18292 (12.91 %)Finance
19273 (12.07 %)WebServices
20255 (11.28 %)OO
21251 (11.10 %)CSS
22248 (10.97 %)SharePoint
23241 (10.66 %).NET Framework
24240 (10.61 %)Degree
25232 (10.26 %)SQL Server 2000
26227 (10.04 %)Visual Studio
27219 (9.686 %)Pensions
28207 (9.155 %)AJAX
29186 (8.226 %)VBScript
30180 (7.961 %)SharePoint Server 2007

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11321 (58.43 %)ASP.NET
2597 (26.40 %)XML
3530 (23.44 %)HTML
4355 (15.70 %)ASP
5273 (12.07 %)WebServices
6251 (11.10 %)CSS
7241 (10.66 %).NET Framework
8207 (9.155 %)AJAX
9152 (6.723 %)J2EE
10124 (5.484 %)XSLT
11110 (4.865 %)XHTML
12109 (4.821 %)WinForms
1379 (3.494 %)ADO.NET
1474 (3.273 %)WCF
1571 (3.140 %)XSL
1667 (2.963 %)WPF
1766 (2.919 %)WebSphere
1864 (2.831 %)SOAP
1962 (2.742 %)WF
1962 (2.742 %)Windows SharePoint Services
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1248 (10.97 %)SharePoint
2180 (7.961 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3148 (6.546 %)IIS
449 (2.167 %)BizTalk Server
537 (1.636 %)WebLogic
537 (1.636 %)CMS
633 (1.460 %)SharePoint Portal Server
732 (1.415 %)JBoss
828 (1.238 %)CICS
924 (1.061 %)Tomcat
1020 (0.885 %)MS Exchange
1118 (0.796 %)WebSphere Application Server
1214 (0.619 %)Exchange Server 2000
1312 (0.531 %)ColdFusion
1410 (0.442 %)Content Management Server
157 (0.310 %)Lotus Notes
166 (0.265 %)Apache
175 (0.221 %)LiveLink
184 (0.177 %)Oracle Application Server
184 (0.177 %)ArcGIS
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1335 (14.82 %)MS Excel
2139 (6.148 %)MS Office
329 (1.283 %)MS Visio
329 (1.283 %)InfoPath
411 (0.487 %)Photoshop
57 (0.310 %)MS Project
57 (0.310 %)Spreadsheet
66 (0.265 %)FrameMaker
74 (0.177 %)SPSS
74 (0.177 %)MS PowerPoint
82 (0.088 %)Adobe Illustrator
82 (0.088 %)Shockwave
91 (0.044 %)CATIA
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.442 %)Dynamics CRM
29 (0.398 %)Microsoft CRM
38 (0.354 %)Applix TM1
46 (0.265 %)Dynamics AX
46 (0.265 %)Oracle Financials
46 (0.265 %)Navision
55 (0.221 %)Summit
64 (0.177 %)SAP CRM
64 (0.177 %)Google Analytics
64 (0.177 %)Axapta
73 (0.133 %)Great Plains
73 (0.133 %)SalesLogix
73 (0.133 %)Dynamics NAV
82 (0.088 %)SAP SD
82 (0.088 %)SAP FI
82 (0.088 %)SAP MM
91 (0.044 %)Endur
91 (0.044 %)Oracle Applications
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
179 (3.494 %)Internet
270 (3.096 %)Intranet
338 (1.681 %)TCP/IP
433 (1.460 %)HTTP
528 (1.238 %)Wireless
626 (1.150 %)DNS
721 (0.929 %)WAN
820 (0.885 %)Extranet
917 (0.752 %)HTTPS
1013 (0.575 %)DHCP
1112 (0.531 %)Kerberos
1211 (0.487 %)SMTP
1310 (0.442 %)GSM
1310 (0.442 %)SNMP
1310 (0.442 %)FTP
1310 (0.442 %)SAN
1310 (0.442 %)Firewall
146 (0.265 %)IP Telephony
154 (0.177 %)VLAN
154 (0.177 %)DMZ
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11361 (60.19 %)SQL Server
2361 (15.97 %)SQL Server 2005
3232 (10.26 %)SQL Server 2000
486 (3.804 %)SQL Server Integration Services
581 (3.582 %)RDBMS
667 (2.963 %)Datawarehouse
756 (2.477 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
848 (2.123 %)Crystal Reports
848 (2.123 %)MySQL
947 (2.079 %)DTS
1039 (1.725 %)Data Mining
1138 (1.681 %)SQL Server 2008
1237 (1.636 %)PerformancePoint
1237 (1.636 %)MS Access
1322 (0.973 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1419 (0.840 %)Oracle 8/8i
1514 (0.619 %)Oracle 10g
1514 (0.619 %)Oracle 11g
1611 (0.487 %)DB2
1710 (0.442 %)GIS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1227 (10.04 %)Visual Studio
233 (1.460 %)NUnit
325 (1.106 %)VSS/SourceSafe
419 (0.840 %)Subversion
515 (0.663 %)Eclipse
515 (0.663 %)Dreamweaver
610 (0.442 %)MSI
610 (0.442 %)InstallShield
79 (0.398 %)Visual Studio Team System
88 (0.354 %)JIRA
93 (0.133 %)InterDev
93 (0.133 %)TestDirector
93 (0.133 %)ClearQuest
93 (0.133 %)ClearCase
102 (0.088 %)StarTeam
102 (0.088 %)MorphX
111 (0.044 %)JUnit
111 (0.044 %)PVCS
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1292 (12.91 %)Finance
2219 (9.686 %)Pensions
3114 (5.042 %)Marketing
4103 (4.556 %)Health
571 (3.140 %)Insurance
660 (2.654 %)Retail
756 (2.477 %)Education
847 (2.079 %)Banking
937 (1.636 %)Pharmaceutical
1029 (1.283 %)Publishing
1124 (1.061 %)Investment Banking
1223 (1.017 %)Telecoms
1320 (0.885 %)Government
1320 (0.885 %)Advertising
1419 (0.840 %)Electronics
1516 (0.708 %)Automotive
1615 (0.663 %)Multimedia
1714 (0.619 %)Legal
1812 (0.531 %)Auditing
199 (0.398 %)Chemicals
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11339 (59.22 %)Developer
2805 (35.60 %).NET Developer
3390 (17.25 %)C# Developer
4330 (14.60 %)ASP.NET Developer
5266 (11.76 %)Software Developer
6242 (10.70 %)Analyst
7237 (10.48 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
8183 (8.094 %)Consultant
9152 (6.723 %)Web Developer
10146 (6.457 %)Senior Developer
11142 (6.280 %)Architect
11142 (6.280 %)Programmer
12104 (4.600 %)VB.NET Developer
1394 (4.157 %)SQL Developer
1488 (3.892 %)Analyst Programmer
1586 (3.804 %)ASP Developer
1586 (3.804 %)Senior .NET Developer
1674 (3.273 %).NET Web Developer
1773 (3.229 %)Software Engineer
1868 (3.008 %)Junior
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
199 (4.379 %)Computer Science
248 (2.123 %)Client/Server
322 (0.973 %)N-Tier
420 (0.885 %)Mathematics
518 (0.796 %)W3C
518 (0.796 %)Mainframe
612 (0.531 %)Physics
711 (0.487 %)RIA
810 (0.442 %)Streaming Media
810 (0.442 %)EPoS
99 (0.398 %)AS400
99 (0.398 %)iSeries
107 (0.310 %)French Language
107 (0.310 %)German Language
107 (0.310 %)Management Information System
116 (0.265 %)Clustering
116 (0.265 %)Dutch Language
116 (0.265 %)Multithreading
125 (0.221 %)Web 2.0
125 (0.221 %)Derivative
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1389 (17.20 %)Windows
298 (4.334 %)Windows Server 2003
381 (3.582 %)Windows XP
480 (3.538 %)UNIX
563 (2.786 %)Linux
635 (1.548 %)Windows 2000
732 (1.415 %)Windows Mobile
821 (0.929 %)Windows Vista
920 (0.885 %)Windows CE
920 (0.885 %)Red Hat Linux
1013 (0.575 %)zOS
119 (0.398 %)Windows 2000 Server
119 (0.398 %)OS/390
126 (0.265 %)Solaris
135 (0.221 %)Windows Server 2008
143 (0.133 %)Windows NT
143 (0.133 %)HPUX
152 (0.088 %)AIX
152 (0.088 %)Embedded Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1255 (11.28 %)OO
2121 (5.352 %)Web Development
3112 (4.954 %)SOA
4102 (4.511 %)UML
5100 (4.423 %)Migration
698 (4.334 %)Agile Software Development
786 (3.804 %)Project Management
884 (3.715 %)Scrum
982 (3.627 %)E-Commerce
1078 (3.450 %)OOP
1174 (3.273 %)CRM
1264 (2.831 %)Business Intelligence
1352 (2.300 %)Document Management
1442 (1.858 %)PRINCE2
1533 (1.460 %)ITIL
1630 (1.327 %)Content Management
1728 (1.238 %)Web Design
1728 (1.238 %)Business Analysis
1825 (1.106 %)Business Development
1825 (1.106 %)RUP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11298 (57.41 %)C#
2759 (33.57 %)SQL
3518 (22.91 %)VB.NET
4412 (18.22 %)JavaScript
5399 (17.65 %)VB
6362 (16.01 %)Java
7295 (13.05 %)C++
8186 (8.226 %)VBScript
9130 (5.750 %)C
10126 (5.573 %)VB6
11110 (4.865 %)Transact-SQL
1267 (2.963 %)COBOL
1351 (2.256 %)VBA
1438 (1.681 %)PL/SQL
1534 (1.504 %)PHP
1633 (1.460 %)Perl
1731 (1.371 %)XPath
1825 (1.106 %)Delphi
1924 (1.061 %)VC++
2018 (0.796 %)JCL
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1240 (10.61 %)Degree
2166 (7.342 %)Microsoft Certification
379 (3.494 %)MCSD
475 (3.317 %)MCP
572 (3.184 %)MCAD
652 (2.300 %)MCTS
722 (0.973 %)Security Cleared
821 (0.929 %)MCPD
920 (0.885 %)MCITP
1018 (0.796 %)MCSE
1115 (0.663 %)PhD
128 (0.354 %)PRINCE2 Certification
137 (0.310 %)Cisco Certification
146 (0.265 %)SC Cleared
146 (0.265 %)CCNA
146 (0.265 %)PMP
146 (0.265 %)PMI Certification
146 (0.265 %)MCDBA
154 (0.177 %)ISEB
162 (0.088 %)HND
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (0.796 %)QA
212 (0.531 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
166 (2.919 %)Active Directory
27 (0.310 %)ISA Server
32 (0.088 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.221 %)SCCM
24 (0.177 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.044 %)ServiceCenter
31 (0.044 %)Unicenter
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1582 (25.74 %)Microsoft
2331 (14.64 %)Oracle
345 (1.990 %)IBM
444 (1.946 %)SAP
530 (1.327 %)Sybase
625 (1.106 %)ProClarity
721 (0.929 %)TIBCO
820 (0.885 %)Red Hat
916 (0.708 %)HP
1015 (0.663 %)Sun
1114 (0.619 %)Micro Focus
1212 (0.531 %)Yahoo!
1310 (0.442 %)Syncfusion
1310 (0.442 %)Citrix
148 (0.354 %)Compuware
148 (0.354 %)Symantec
148 (0.354 %)Applix
157 (0.310 %)ILOG
157 (0.310 %)Lotus
166 (0.265 %)Sage