Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Berkshire region 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 6 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
6 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1814
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads5461157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.480 %0.580 %
As % of the category below19.64 %25.12 %
Salaries quoted510996
Average minimum salary£33,341£35,466
Average salary£37,680£39,148
% change on same period last year-3.75 %
Average maximum salary£42,019£42,830
UK excluding London average salary£35,812£35,862
% change on same period last year-0.13 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads27804606
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.444 %2.308 %
Salaries quoted23483862
Average minimum salary£36,739£35,909
Average salary£40,235£39,808
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Average maximum salary£43,732£43,706
UK excluding London average salary£35,677£35,845
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
C# South EastC#
South East

C#
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

Berkshire C# Salary Histogram

C#
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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 6 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-4183£38,658-9.57 %
WokinghamDown-162£31,426+1.85 %
NewburyDown-850£35,830+0.92 %
SloughNo change048£37,549-4.83 %
WindsorDown-140£39,934+16.11 %
MaidenheadDown-932£39,710+3.93 %
BracknellUp+721£36,921-0.39 %
AscotNew entry-16£45,344-
C# South EastC#
South East

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

11275 (90.11 %).NET
2918 (64.88 %)ASP.NET
3859 (60.71 %)SQL Server
4398 (28.13 %)SQL
5347 (24.52 %)XML
6321 (22.69 %)Microsoft
7299 (21.13 %)C++
8289 (20.42 %)SQL Server 2005
9273 (19.29 %)HTML
10270 (19.08 %)JavaScript
11239 (16.89 %)Java
12234 (16.54 %)Windows
13213 (15.05 %)VB.NET
14207 (14.63 %)VB
15191 (13.50 %)OO
16190 (13.43 %)WebServices
17184 (13.00 %)CSS
18177 (12.51 %)Oracle
18177 (12.51 %)AJAX
19175 (12.37 %).NET Framework
20170 (12.01 %)Visual Studio
20170 (12.01 %)MS Excel
21164 (11.59 %)SharePoint
22154 (10.88 %)ASP
23149 (10.53 %)Degree
24133 (9.399 %)SharePoint Server 2007
24133 (9.399 %)SQL Server 2000
25121 (8.551 %)Finance
26115 (8.127 %)Microsoft Certification
27113 (7.986 %)WinForms

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11275 (90.11 %).NET
2918 (64.88 %)ASP.NET
3347 (24.52 %)XML
4273 (19.29 %)HTML
5190 (13.43 %)WebServices
6184 (13.00 %)CSS
7177 (12.51 %)AJAX
8175 (12.37 %).NET Framework
9154 (10.88 %)ASP
10113 (7.986 %)WinForms
1177 (5.442 %)XHTML
1272 (5.088 %)XSLT
1371 (5.018 %)ADO.NET
1466 (4.664 %)WPF
1560 (4.240 %)WF
1657 (4.028 %)WCF
1749 (3.463 %)LINQ
1848 (3.392 %)J2EE
1940 (2.827 %)Silverlight
2034 (2.403 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1164 (11.59 %)SharePoint
2133 (9.399 %)SharePoint Server 2007
343 (3.039 %)IIS
438 (2.686 %)BizTalk Server
523 (1.625 %)CMS
622 (1.555 %)SharePoint Portal Server
711 (0.777 %)Exchange Server 2000
711 (0.777 %)MS Exchange
86 (0.424 %)ColdFusion
86 (0.424 %)Lotus Notes
95 (0.353 %)Content Management Server
104 (0.283 %)ArcGIS
104 (0.283 %)Tomcat
113 (0.212 %)Commerce Server
113 (0.212 %)Commerce Server 2007
121 (0.071 %)Oracle 10gAS
121 (0.071 %)Oracle Workflow
121 (0.071 %)Apache
121 (0.071 %)JBoss
121 (0.071 %)CICS
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1170 (12.01 %)MS Excel
237 (2.615 %)MS Office
316 (1.131 %)InfoPath
46 (0.424 %)MS Visio
46 (0.424 %)FrameMaker
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (0.919 %)Dynamics AX
211 (0.777 %)Dynamics CRM
39 (0.636 %)Microsoft CRM
45 (0.353 %)Summit
53 (0.212 %)SalesLogix
53 (0.212 %)Navision
53 (0.212 %)SAP FI
62 (0.141 %)SAP MM
62 (0.141 %)SAP CRM
62 (0.141 %)SAP SD
62 (0.141 %)Great Plains
71 (0.071 %)SAP FI/CO
71 (0.071 %)SAP CO
71 (0.071 %)SAP Oil and Gas
71 (0.071 %)Dynamics GP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
153 (3.746 %)Internet
229 (2.049 %)TCP/IP
327 (1.908 %)Wireless
426 (1.837 %)HTTP
521 (1.484 %)WAN
521 (1.484 %)Intranet
611 (0.777 %)DNS
710 (0.707 %)SAN
710 (0.707 %)SMTP
710 (0.707 %)FTP
710 (0.707 %)SNMP
87 (0.495 %)Extranet
96 (0.424 %)IP Telephony
96 (0.424 %)X.500
104 (0.283 %)LAN
113 (0.212 %)3G
113 (0.212 %)Bluetooth
122 (0.141 %)GSM
122 (0.141 %)VPN
131 (0.071 %)RTP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1859 (60.71 %)SQL Server
2289 (20.42 %)SQL Server 2005
3133 (9.399 %)SQL Server 2000
454 (3.816 %)SQL Server Integration Services
545 (3.180 %)Crystal Reports
643 (3.039 %)RDBMS
740 (2.827 %)MySQL
837 (2.615 %)SQL Server 2008
924 (1.696 %)Datawarehouse
1021 (1.484 %)DTS
1117 (1.201 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1214 (0.989 %)Oracle 8/8i
1312 (0.848 %)Oracle 11g
1411 (0.777 %)Oracle Reports
1411 (0.777 %)Data Mining
1510 (0.707 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
166 (0.424 %)Oracle 10g
166 (0.424 %)GIS
166 (0.424 %)MS Access
174 (0.283 %)ETL
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1170 (12.01 %)Visual Studio
233 (2.332 %)NUnit
318 (1.272 %)VSS/SourceSafe
416 (1.131 %)Eclipse
511 (0.777 %)Subversion
511 (0.777 %)InstallShield
610 (0.707 %)MSI
76 (0.424 %)Dreamweaver
82 (0.141 %)StarTeam
91 (0.071 %)JUnit
91 (0.071 %)QuickTest Pro
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1121 (8.551 %)Finance
287 (6.148 %)Pensions
355 (3.887 %)Marketing
449 (3.463 %)Health
547 (3.322 %)Education
547 (3.322 %)Insurance
637 (2.615 %)Retail
735 (2.473 %)Banking
819 (1.343 %)Publishing
819 (1.343 %)Pharmaceutical
917 (1.201 %)Advertising
917 (1.201 %)Investment Banking
1014 (0.989 %)Telecoms
1014 (0.989 %)Government
1113 (0.919 %)Automotive
1113 (0.919 %)Multimedia
1212 (0.848 %)Legal
134 (0.283 %)Construction
134 (0.283 %)Electronics
134 (0.283 %)International Banking
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1993 (70.18 %)Developer
2572 (40.42 %).NET Developer
3416 (29.40 %)C# Developer
4254 (17.95 %)ASP.NET Developer
5239 (16.89 %)Software Developer
6234 (16.54 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
7115 (8.127 %)Senior Developer
898 (6.926 %)Web Developer
969 (4.876 %)Software Engineer
1062 (4.382 %)Graduate
1158 (4.099 %)Architect
1257 (4.028 %)Programmer
1257 (4.028 %)Senior .NET Developer
1355 (3.887 %)Junior
1355 (3.887 %)Analyst
1452 (3.675 %)C# Software Developer
1546 (3.251 %)Consultant
1642 (2.968 %)Junior Developer
1642 (2.968 %).NET Web Developer
1642 (2.968 %)SharePoint Developer
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
177 (5.442 %)Computer Science
212 (0.848 %)Client/Server
311 (0.777 %)W3C
311 (0.777 %)Mathematics
311 (0.777 %)RIA
410 (0.707 %)Streaming Media
58 (0.565 %)N-Tier
58 (0.565 %)Physics
66 (0.424 %)Dutch Language
66 (0.424 %)French Language
66 (0.424 %)German Language
66 (0.424 %)Multithreading
75 (0.353 %)PMI
75 (0.353 %)EPoS
75 (0.353 %)Mainframe
75 (0.353 %)Management Information System
75 (0.353 %)Clustering
84 (0.283 %)Tandem
84 (0.283 %)Replication
84 (0.283 %)iPhone
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1234 (16.54 %)Windows
253 (3.746 %)Windows Server 2003
350 (3.534 %)Windows XP
447 (3.322 %)Linux
533 (2.332 %)Windows Mobile
632 (2.261 %)UNIX
720 (1.413 %)Windows CE
720 (1.413 %)Red Hat Linux
819 (1.343 %)Windows 2000
911 (0.777 %)zOS
1010 (0.707 %)Windows Vista
115 (0.353 %)Windows Server 2008
124 (0.283 %)Solaris
133 (0.212 %)Windows NT
142 (0.141 %)Embedded Linux
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1191 (13.50 %)OO
284 (5.936 %)Agile Software Development
379 (5.583 %)Scrum
379 (5.583 %)Web Development
474 (5.230 %)UML
555 (3.887 %)E-Commerce
647 (3.322 %)CRM
742 (2.968 %)OOP
837 (2.615 %)Migration
933 (2.332 %)SOA
1029 (2.049 %)Document Management
1123 (1.625 %)Business Intelligence
1221 (1.484 %)Project Management
1221 (1.484 %)Automated Testing
1318 (1.272 %)Web Design
1417 (1.201 %)ERP
1417 (1.201 %)SSADM
1516 (1.131 %)Content Management
1614 (0.989 %)Digital Marketing
1713 (0.919 %)Unit Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1398 (28.13 %)SQL
2299 (21.13 %)C++
3270 (19.08 %)JavaScript
4239 (16.89 %)Java
5213 (15.05 %)VB.NET
6207 (14.63 %)VB
793 (6.572 %)C
848 (3.392 %)COBOL
947 (3.322 %)VB6
1038 (2.686 %)Transact-SQL
1135 (2.473 %)VBScript
1233 (2.332 %)Delphi
1326 (1.837 %)PHP
1326 (1.837 %)VC++
1418 (1.272 %)PL/SQL
1515 (1.060 %)Perl
1515 (1.060 %)Python
1612 (0.848 %)XPath
1710 (0.707 %)ActionScript
186 (0.424 %)VBA
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1149 (10.53 %)Degree
2115 (8.127 %)Microsoft Certification
363 (4.452 %)MCSD
461 (4.311 %)MCP
557 (4.028 %)MCAD
641 (2.898 %)MCTS
720 (1.413 %)MCPD
720 (1.413 %)Security Cleared
818 (1.272 %)MCITP
99 (0.636 %)SC Cleared
107 (0.495 %)Cisco Certification
107 (0.495 %)PhD
116 (0.424 %)MCSE
116 (0.424 %)CCNA
125 (0.353 %)PMP
125 (0.353 %)PMI Certification
125 (0.353 %)MCDBA
133 (0.212 %)ISEB
142 (0.141 %)HND
151 (0.071 %)CCSP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (0.424 %)QA
21 (0.071 %)ISO9000
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
122 (1.555 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.636 %)MIIS
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1321 (22.69 %)Microsoft
2177 (12.51 %)Oracle
320 (1.413 %)Red Hat
413 (0.919 %)IBM
413 (0.919 %)Micro Focus
510 (0.707 %)Syncfusion
69 (0.636 %)Sun
76 (0.424 %)Cisco
76 (0.424 %)Lotus
76 (0.424 %)Citrix
85 (0.353 %)Sybase
94 (0.283 %)SAP
94 (0.283 %)Sage
94 (0.283 %)Dell
94 (0.283 %)Yahoo!
94 (0.283 %)Fujitsu
94 (0.283 %)ESRI
94 (0.283 %)NEC
103 (0.212 %)Borland
103 (0.212 %)Cognos