Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Cambridge 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
Rank38
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads439487
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.372 %0.247 %
As % of the category below57.09 %46.96 %
Salaries quoted374406
Average minimum salary£33,245£33,649
Average salary£36,717£36,922
% change on same period last year-0.55 %
Average maximum salary£40,190£40,195
UK excluding London average salary£35,458£35,877
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads7691037
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.652 %0.525 %
Salaries quoted675887
Average minimum salary£33,394£33,126
Average salary£37,051£36,222
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum salary£40,708£39,318
UK excluding London average salary£35,849£36,277
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
.NET Cambridgeshire.NET
Cambridgeshire

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge .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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge .NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1746 (69.59 %)C#
2536 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
3493 (45.99 %)SQL Server
4293 (27.33 %)C++
5284 (26.49 %)SQL
6236 (22.01 %)XML
7227 (21.18 %)Microsoft
8223 (20.80 %)VB.NET
9217 (20.24 %)Degree
10205 (19.12 %)Windows
11187 (17.44 %)JavaScript
12174 (16.23 %)Java
13173 (16.14 %)Visual Studio
14160 (14.93 %)AJAX
15134 (12.50 %)Oracle
16129 (12.03 %)VB
17127 (11.85 %).NET Framework
18120 (11.19 %)HTML
19119 (11.10 %)Computer Science
20112 (10.45 %)SQL Server 2005
21111 (10.35 %)OO
22107 (9.981 %)J2EE
2394 (8.769 %)CSS
2492 (8.582 %)MS Excel
2492 (8.582 %)Pensions
2492 (8.582 %)Software Engineering
2582 (7.649 %)SharePoint
2677 (7.183 %)Web Development
2677 (7.183 %)WebServices
2773 (6.810 %)Education

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1536 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
2236 (22.01 %)XML
3160 (14.93 %)AJAX
4127 (11.85 %).NET Framework
5120 (11.19 %)HTML
6107 (9.981 %)J2EE
794 (8.769 %)CSS
877 (7.183 %)WebServices
971 (6.623 %)ASP
1068 (6.343 %)WinForms
1166 (6.157 %)WCF
1260 (5.597 %)XHTML
1345 (4.198 %)Silverlight
1438 (3.545 %)jQuery
1537 (3.451 %)JSP
1635 (3.265 %)DHTML
1730 (2.799 %)SyncML
1828 (2.612 %)WPF
1922 (2.052 %)WAP
2021 (1.959 %)STL
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
182 (7.649 %)SharePoint
241 (3.825 %)IIS
241 (3.825 %)BizTalk Server
310 (0.933 %)CMS
48 (0.746 %)ColdFusion
57 (0.653 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (0.187 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.093 %)Apache
71 (0.093 %)ColdFusion MX
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
192 (8.582 %)MS Excel
215 (1.399 %)MS Project
313 (1.213 %)MS Office
46 (0.560 %)MS Visio
55 (0.466 %)Photoshop
63 (0.280 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.093 %)Adobe Illustrator
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.187 %)Navision
21 (0.093 %)Pivotal CRM
21 (0.093 %)Dynamics NAV
21 (0.093 %)Axapta
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
143 (4.011 %)Internet
217 (1.586 %)SMPP
316 (1.493 %)Intranet
410 (0.933 %)Wireless
58 (0.746 %)HTTP
67 (0.653 %)TCP/IP
74 (0.373 %)SMTP
74 (0.373 %)SMS
83 (0.280 %)VoIP
92 (0.187 %)LAN
92 (0.187 %)SAN
92 (0.187 %)UWB
101 (0.093 %)802.11
101 (0.093 %)SSH
101 (0.093 %)Wi-Fi
101 (0.093 %)GSM
101 (0.093 %)WLAN
101 (0.093 %)Ethernet
101 (0.093 %)SSL
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1493 (45.99 %)SQL Server
2112 (10.45 %)SQL Server 2005
364 (5.970 %)SQL Server 2000
433 (3.078 %)MySQL
531 (2.892 %)Oracle 10g
628 (2.612 %)DTS
719 (1.772 %)SQL Server 2008
818 (1.679 %)Oracle 9i
917 (1.586 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1015 (1.399 %)GIS
119 (0.840 %)RDBMS
119 (0.840 %)Crystal Reports
128 (0.746 %)Oracle 8/8i
128 (0.746 %)Data Mining
128 (0.746 %)Oracle 11g
137 (0.653 %)Oracle OWB
137 (0.653 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
146 (0.560 %)Datawarehouse
146 (0.560 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
154 (0.373 %)OLAP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1173 (16.14 %)Visual Studio
28 (0.746 %)VSS/SourceSafe
36 (0.560 %)CruiseControl
36 (0.560 %)Subversion
43 (0.280 %)Visual Studio Team System
52 (0.187 %)TestComplete
52 (0.187 %)MSI
52 (0.187 %)Bugzilla
52 (0.187 %)Selenium
61 (0.093 %)LabVIEW
61 (0.093 %)FrontPage
61 (0.093 %)MorphX
61 (0.093 %)Dreamweaver
61 (0.093 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.093 %)LoadRunner
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
192 (8.582 %)Pensions
273 (6.810 %)Education
349 (4.571 %)Finance
444 (4.104 %)Health
536 (3.358 %)Pharmaceutical
625 (2.332 %)Marketing
716 (1.493 %)Insurance
815 (1.399 %)Electronics
912 (1.119 %)Banking
1010 (0.933 %)Aerospace
1010 (0.933 %)Manufacturing
119 (0.840 %)Telecoms
128 (0.746 %)Government
137 (0.653 %)Chemicals
137 (0.653 %)3D Graphics
137 (0.653 %)Music
146 (0.560 %)Automotive
153 (0.280 %)Military
153 (0.280 %)Retail
162 (0.187 %)Electric
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1600 (55.97 %)Developer
2292 (27.24 %).NET Developer
3227 (21.18 %)Software Engineer
4198 (18.47 %)C# Developer
5130 (12.13 %)Software Developer
690 (8.396 %)ASP.NET Developer
786 (8.022 %)Web Developer
882 (7.649 %)C# Software Engineer
962 (5.784 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1059 (5.504 %)C++ Software Engineer
1059 (5.504 %)Project Manager
1151 (4.757 %)Senior Software Engineer
1249 (4.571 %)Senior Developer
1342 (3.918 %).NET Software Engineer
1438 (3.545 %)Applications Developer
1533 (3.078 %)Junior
1631 (2.892 %)Programmer
1730 (2.799 %)Graduate
1730 (2.799 %)C# Software Developer
1829 (2.705 %)VB.NET Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1119 (11.10 %)Computer Science
232 (2.985 %)Multithreading
328 (2.612 %)Client/Server
427 (2.519 %)Mathematics
520 (1.866 %)Social Network
619 (1.772 %)Web 2.0
712 (1.119 %)Robotics
712 (1.119 %)Life Science
811 (1.026 %)N-Tier
99 (0.840 %)Replication
107 (0.653 %)Handset
107 (0.653 %)Clustering
107 (0.653 %)Physics
114 (0.373 %)PDA
114 (0.373 %)ASTM
114 (0.373 %)PMI
122 (0.187 %)Management Information System
122 (0.187 %)Device Driver
122 (0.187 %)Informatics
122 (0.187 %)IVR
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1205 (19.12 %)Windows
270 (6.530 %)Linux
324 (2.239 %)Windows Server 2003
420 (1.866 %)Windows Server 2008
519 (1.772 %)Windows XP
618 (1.679 %)Windows Vista
716 (1.493 %)Solaris
813 (1.213 %)UNIX
912 (1.119 %)Windows 2000
108 (0.746 %)Windows CE
111 (0.093 %)Embedded Linux
111 (0.093 %)Windows 2000 Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1111 (10.35 %)OO
292 (8.582 %)Software Engineering
377 (7.183 %)Web Development
466 (6.157 %)Project Management
553 (4.944 %)Agile Software Development
642 (3.918 %)PRINCE2
734 (3.172 %)Unit Testing
833 (3.078 %)E-Commerce
930 (2.799 %)OOD
1028 (2.612 %)Change Management
1126 (2.425 %)OOP
1225 (2.332 %)UML
1225 (2.332 %)TDD
1322 (2.052 %)Scrum
1420 (1.866 %)OOA/OOD
1518 (1.679 %)Data Management
1518 (1.679 %)SEO
1616 (1.493 %)Product Marketing
1715 (1.399 %)Business Analysis
1814 (1.306 %)Use Case
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1746 (69.59 %)C#
2293 (27.33 %)C++
3284 (26.49 %)SQL
4223 (20.80 %)VB.NET
5187 (17.44 %)JavaScript
6174 (16.23 %)Java
7129 (12.03 %)VB
870 (6.530 %)Transact-SQL
960 (5.597 %)VB6
1057 (5.317 %)C
1147 (4.384 %)PHP
1215 (1.399 %)Delphi
1313 (1.213 %)PL/SQL
1412 (1.119 %)Pascal
1511 (1.026 %)VBScript
169 (0.840 %)Python
169 (0.840 %)Perl
178 (0.746 %)ActionScript
178 (0.746 %)XPath
187 (0.653 %)Ruby
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1217 (20.24 %)Degree
229 (2.705 %)PRINCE2 Certification
326 (2.425 %)Microsoft Certification
421 (1.959 %)ISEB
517 (1.586 %)PhD
611 (1.026 %)MCP
611 (1.026 %)MCSD
611 (1.026 %)ISTQB
77 (0.653 %)MCAD
77 (0.653 %)MCSE
77 (0.653 %)MCDBA
85 (0.466 %)HND
94 (0.373 %)PMI Certification
102 (0.187 %)HNC
111 (0.093 %)CCNA
111 (0.093 %)GIAC
111 (0.093 %)CISSP
111 (0.093 %)Cisco Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (0.840 %)QA
22 (0.187 %)ISO9000
22 (0.187 %)SLA
31 (0.093 %)GAMP
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.653 %)Oracle RMAN
23 (0.280 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.187 %)Xen
32 (0.187 %)Active Directory
41 (0.093 %)MSMQ
41 (0.093 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (0.093 %)Hyper-V
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1227 (21.18 %)Microsoft
2134 (12.50 %)Oracle
37 (0.653 %)Cisco
46 (0.560 %)Macromedia
54 (0.373 %)Perforce
63 (0.280 %)VMware
72 (0.187 %)Google
72 (0.187 %)salesforce.com
72 (0.187 %)Citrix
72 (0.187 %)Siemens
81 (0.093 %)Mapinfo
81 (0.093 %)Nokia
81 (0.093 %)Sybase
81 (0.093 %)Adobe
81 (0.093 %)ESRI
81 (0.093 %)BT
81 (0.093 %)SolidWorks
81 (0.093 %)Macrovision
81 (0.093 %)Yahoo!