Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Birmingham 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 6 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
6 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank35
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads449417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.395 %0.209 %
As % of the category below61.68 %45.67 %
Salaries quoted425398
Average minimum salary£31,609£33,254
Average salary£34,655£36,594
% change on same period last year-5.29 %
Average maximum salary£37,701£39,933
UK excluding London average salary£35,446£35,822
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads728913
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.640 %0.457 %
Salaries quoted683869
Average minimum salary£31,972£33,700
Average salary£35,045£37,129
% change on same period last year-5.61 %
Average maximum salary£38,118£40,558
UK excluding London average salary£35,850£36,187
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
.NET West Midlands.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham .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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1558 (64.66 %)ASP.NET
2519 (60.14 %)C#
3496 (57.47 %)SQL Server
4312 (36.15 %)VB.NET
5275 (31.87 %)SQL
6262 (30.36 %)XML
7193 (22.36 %)JavaScript
8184 (21.32 %)Microsoft
9182 (21.09 %)ASP
10157 (18.19 %)HTML
11154 (17.84 %)CSS
12131 (15.18 %)Windows
13130 (15.06 %)Web Development
14122 (14.14 %)AJAX
15114 (13.21 %)VB
16113 (13.09 %)MS Excel
17107 (12.40 %)SQL Server 2005
18101 (11.70 %)Visual Studio
1993 (10.78 %).NET Framework
2083 (9.618 %)XHTML
2181 (9.386 %)Oracle
2181 (9.386 %)Degree
2270 (8.111 %)SharePoint
2369 (7.995 %)XSLT
2461 (7.068 %)Windows Server 2003
2557 (6.605 %)Finance
2557 (6.605 %)WebServices
2557 (6.605 %)Java
2656 (6.489 %)IIS
2656 (6.489 %)SQL Server 2000

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1558 (64.66 %)ASP.NET
2262 (30.36 %)XML
3182 (21.09 %)ASP
4157 (18.19 %)HTML
5154 (17.84 %)CSS
6122 (14.14 %)AJAX
793 (10.78 %).NET Framework
883 (9.618 %)XHTML
969 (7.995 %)XSLT
1057 (6.605 %)WebServices
1133 (3.824 %)J2EE
1232 (3.708 %)WinForms
1329 (3.360 %)Flash
1425 (2.897 %)WCF
1517 (1.970 %)WPF
1613 (1.506 %)DHTML
1712 (1.390 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1811 (1.275 %)jQuery
1811 (1.275 %)Silverlight
1910 (1.159 %)SOAP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
170 (8.111 %)SharePoint
256 (6.489 %)IIS
336 (4.171 %)SharePoint Server 2007
424 (2.781 %)CMS
517 (1.970 %)BizTalk Server
610 (1.159 %)Umbraco
77 (0.811 %)MS Exchange
85 (0.579 %)Apache
92 (0.232 %)ColdFusion MX
92 (0.232 %)Lotus Notes
92 (0.232 %)ColdFusion
92 (0.232 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.116 %)OpenCms
101 (0.116 %)Exchange Server 2003
101 (0.116 %)SharePoint Portal Server
101 (0.116 %)Office Project Server
101 (0.116 %)TeamSite
101 (0.116 %)WebLogic
101 (0.116 %)JBoss
101 (0.116 %)Tomcat
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1113 (13.09 %)MS Excel
240 (4.635 %)Photoshop
38 (0.927 %)MS Office
47 (0.811 %)Adobe Illustrator
56 (0.695 %)MS Visio
63 (0.348 %)Fireworks
71 (0.116 %)InfoPath
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
124 (2.781 %)Microsoft CRM
214 (1.622 %)Dynamics CRM
36 (0.695 %)Pivotal CRM
43 (0.348 %)Navision
52 (0.232 %)Dynamics NAV
61 (0.116 %)Dynamics AX
61 (0.116 %)Siebel Analytics
61 (0.116 %)arcHouse
61 (0.116 %)Great Plains
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
146 (5.330 %)Internet
243 (4.983 %)Intranet
321 (2.433 %)HTTP
415 (1.738 %)SAN
514 (1.622 %)DNS
514 (1.622 %)HTTPS
514 (1.622 %)DHCP
514 (1.622 %)VRRP
611 (1.275 %)TCP/IP
74 (0.463 %)VPN
74 (0.463 %)Extranet
82 (0.232 %)SSL
91 (0.116 %)DSL
91 (0.116 %)Ethernet
91 (0.116 %)FTP
91 (0.116 %)SNMP
91 (0.116 %)LDAP
91 (0.116 %)ATM
91 (0.116 %)SDH
91 (0.116 %)VoIP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1496 (57.47 %)SQL Server
2107 (12.40 %)SQL Server 2005
356 (6.489 %)SQL Server 2000
427 (3.129 %)Crystal Reports
524 (2.781 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
617 (1.970 %)SQL Server Integration Services
79 (1.043 %)RDBMS
88 (0.927 %)MS Access
88 (0.927 %)MySQL
94 (0.463 %)Oracle 10g
94 (0.463 %)Oracle 8/8i
102 (0.232 %)Oracle 9i
102 (0.232 %)MSDE
111 (0.116 %)GIS
111 (0.116 %)Oracle BI EE
111 (0.116 %)SQL Server 2008
111 (0.116 %)Oracle Reports
111 (0.116 %)PowerCenter
111 (0.116 %)Datawarehouse
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1101 (11.70 %)Visual Studio
26 (0.695 %)Rational Rose
26 (0.695 %)ERwin
35 (0.579 %)Rational Robot
35 (0.579 %)VSS/SourceSafe
35 (0.579 %)Dreamweaver
35 (0.579 %)WinRunner
44 (0.463 %)NUnit
51 (0.116 %)CruiseControl
51 (0.116 %)Subversion
51 (0.116 %)StarTeam
51 (0.116 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.116 %)Synon
51 (0.116 %)Advantage 2E
51 (0.116 %)OpenDeploy
51 (0.116 %)PVCS
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
157 (6.605 %)Finance
239 (4.519 %)Pensions
334 (3.940 %)Government
428 (3.244 %)Insurance
523 (2.665 %)Health
617 (1.970 %)Retail
714 (1.622 %)Education
812 (1.390 %)Marketing
910 (1.159 %)Manufacturing
109 (1.043 %)Law
118 (0.927 %)Automotive
127 (0.811 %)Multimedia
136 (0.695 %)Telecoms
136 (0.695 %)Local Government
136 (0.695 %)Banking
136 (0.695 %)Graphic Design
145 (0.579 %)Animation
145 (0.579 %)Back Office
154 (0.463 %)Construction
154 (0.463 %)Legal
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1623 (72.19 %)Developer
2352 (40.79 %).NET Developer
3197 (22.83 %)ASP.NET Developer
4191 (22.13 %)C# Developer
5157 (18.19 %)Web Developer
6113 (13.09 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
799 (11.47 %)VB.NET Developer
891 (10.54 %)Senior Developer
966 (7.648 %)Software Developer
1062 (7.184 %).NET Web Developer
1158 (6.721 %)Programmer
1248 (5.562 %)Analyst
1248 (5.562 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1342 (4.867 %)Senior .NET Developer
1441 (4.751 %)C# Web Developer
1536 (4.171 %)Team Leader
1635 (4.056 %)ASP Developer
1732 (3.708 %).NET Team Leader
1732 (3.708 %)Senior C# Developer
1831 (3.592 %)Architect
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
126 (3.013 %)N-Tier
223 (2.665 %)Mathematics
223 (2.665 %)Computer Science
320 (2.317 %)Client/Server
410 (1.159 %)Web 2.0
410 (1.159 %)Pocket PC
57 (0.811 %)W3C
64 (0.463 %)Physics
73 (0.348 %)NHS
73 (0.348 %)Management Information System
82 (0.232 %)Mainframe
82 (0.232 %)Social Network
82 (0.232 %)Multithreading
91 (0.116 %)Data Integration
91 (0.116 %)iSeries
91 (0.116 %)RIA
91 (0.116 %)PDA
91 (0.116 %)AS400
91 (0.116 %)E-Learning
91 (0.116 %)IVR
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1131 (15.18 %)Windows
261 (7.068 %)Windows Server 2003
338 (4.403 %)Windows 2000 Server
418 (2.086 %)UNIX
54 (0.463 %)Linux
62 (0.232 %)Windows 2000
62 (0.232 %)Windows NT
62 (0.232 %)Windows Mobile
62 (0.232 %)Solaris
71 (0.116 %)Windows XP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1130 (15.06 %)Web Development
249 (5.678 %)E-Commerce
346 (5.330 %)CRM
443 (4.983 %)OO
541 (4.751 %)Web Design
635 (4.056 %)UML
733 (3.824 %)SEO
831 (3.592 %)Content Management
929 (3.360 %)Project Management
1022 (2.549 %)OOP
1121 (2.433 %)B2B
1220 (2.317 %)SOA
1220 (2.317 %)PRINCE2
1316 (1.854 %)Stakeholder Management
1412 (1.390 %)Pay per click
1511 (1.275 %)User Acceptance Testing
1511 (1.275 %)Agile Software Development
1511 (1.275 %)OOD
169 (1.043 %)Workflow
169 (1.043 %)Requirements Analysis
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1519 (60.14 %)C#
2312 (36.15 %)VB.NET
3275 (31.87 %)SQL
4193 (22.36 %)JavaScript
5114 (13.21 %)VB
657 (6.605 %)Java
753 (6.141 %)Transact-SQL
850 (5.794 %)VB6
932 (3.708 %)C++
1029 (3.360 %)PHP
1120 (2.317 %)VBScript
1219 (2.202 %)C
1313 (1.506 %)VBA
149 (1.043 %)PL/SQL
149 (1.043 %)ActionScript
154 (0.463 %)Delphi
154 (0.463 %)VC++
163 (0.348 %)Shell Script
163 (0.348 %)Perl
171 (0.116 %)RPG
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
181 (9.386 %)Degree
234 (3.940 %)Microsoft Certification
313 (1.506 %)MCSD
411 (1.275 %)MCP
56 (0.695 %)MCAD
64 (0.463 %)PRINCE2 Certification
73 (0.348 %)MCTS
73 (0.348 %)HND
73 (0.348 %)Security Cleared
82 (0.232 %)ISEB
82 (0.232 %)MCSA
91 (0.116 %)MCDBA
91 (0.116 %)HNC
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (1.738 %)SLA
211 (1.275 %)QA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
132 (3.708 %)ISA Server
217 (1.970 %)Terminal Server
36 (0.695 %)Active Directory
36 (0.695 %)Intellisync
44 (0.463 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.116 %)MSMQ
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1184 (21.32 %)Microsoft
281 (9.386 %)Oracle
314 (1.622 %)EMC
410 (1.159 %)Interwoven
56 (0.695 %)Remedy
65 (0.579 %)Infragistics
74 (0.463 %)Pegasus
83 (0.348 %)Sage
92 (0.232 %)NEC
92 (0.232 %)Lotus
92 (0.232 %)Borland
92 (0.232 %)Siebel
92 (0.232 %)RedDot
92 (0.232 %)Google
101 (0.116 %)Brio
101 (0.116 %)Onyx
101 (0.116 %)Kofax
101 (0.116 %)Progress
101 (0.116 %)SAP
101 (0.116 %)Genesys