Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the England 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank810
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1564222427
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled13.52 %11.45 %
As % of the category below30.08 %26.44 %
Salaries quoted1401519229
Average minimum salary£37,714£38,126
Average salary£41,642£42,230
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
Average maximum salary£45,569£46,335
UK excluding London average salary£35,760£35,874
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching permanent IT job ads5199884817
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled44.94 %43.29 %
Salaries quoted4508070381
Average minimum salary£36,833£37,517
Average salary£40,380£41,356
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Average maximum salary£43,928£45,195
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
C# UKC#
UK

C#
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C# across the England region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 8 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
LondonUp+56283£52,095+0.13 %
South EastNo change02868£39,276+4.16 %
North WestUp+41322£31,588-9.95 %
South WestUp+61291£34,984+3.66 %
East of EnglandUp+21276£37,891+1.11 %
YorkshireNo change0988£33,277+1.79 %
West MidlandsUp+6953£34,177-2.65 %
East MidlandsUp+4657£33,970+7.63 %
North EastDown-1077£30,632-5.55 %
MidlandsUp+725£45,295+29.45 %
South CoastUp+36£41,833-14.18 %
C# UKC#
UK

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England 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#.

131934 (82.50 %).NET
220615 (53.26 %)SQL Server
319865 (51.32 %)ASP.NET
413437 (34.72 %)SQL
510207 (26.37 %)XML
68293 (21.43 %)Microsoft
77660 (19.79 %)C++
87485 (19.34 %)Finance
96827 (17.64 %)JavaScript
106575 (16.99 %)SQL Server 2005
116546 (16.91 %)VB.NET
126263 (16.18 %)OO
136213 (16.05 %)HTML
145961 (15.40 %)Windows
155579 (14.41 %)Degree
165509 (14.23 %)Java
175445 (14.07 %)CSS
185259 (13.59 %)WebServices
195243 (13.55 %)VB
205091 (13.15 %)AJAX
214338 (11.21 %).NET Framework
224134 (10.68 %)Visual Studio
233811 (9.846 %)ASP
243784 (9.776 %)SQL Server 2000
253746 (9.678 %)Oracle
263463 (8.947 %)Banking
273454 (8.924 %)WinForms
283365 (8.694 %)MS Excel
293205 (8.280 %)SharePoint
303045 (7.867 %)Front Office

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131934 (82.50 %).NET
219865 (51.32 %)ASP.NET
310207 (26.37 %)XML
46213 (16.05 %)HTML
55445 (14.07 %)CSS
65259 (13.59 %)WebServices
75091 (13.15 %)AJAX
84338 (11.21 %).NET Framework
93811 (9.846 %)ASP
103454 (8.924 %)WinForms
112199 (5.681 %)WCF
122182 (5.637 %)XHTML
131867 (4.824 %)XSLT
141730 (4.470 %)WPF
151107 (2.860 %)J2EE
161069 (2.762 %)Silverlight
17988 (2.553 %)WF
18941 (2.431 %)ADO.NET
19866 (2.237 %)ASP.NET 2.0
20825 (2.131 %)Flash
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13205 (8.280 %)SharePoint
21589 (4.105 %)IIS
31545 (3.992 %)BizTalk Server
41488 (3.844 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51042 (2.692 %)CMS
6205 (0.530 %)SharePoint Portal Server
7191 (0.493 %)Content Management Server
8180 (0.465 %)WebLogic
9176 (0.455 %)Apache
10172 (0.444 %)ColdFusion
11146 (0.377 %)Commerce Server
12111 (0.287 %)MS Exchange
13104 (0.269 %)MQSeries
1497 (0.251 %)Tomcat
1586 (0.222 %)Commerce Server 2007
1675 (0.194 %)ArcGIS
1757 (0.147 %)JBoss
1847 (0.121 %)TIBCO EMS
1946 (0.119 %)Exchange Server 2000
2043 (0.111 %)WebSphere MQ
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13365 (8.694 %)MS Excel
2539 (1.393 %)MS Visio
3529 (1.367 %)Photoshop
4509 (1.315 %)MS Office
5223 (0.576 %)InfoPath
6203 (0.524 %)Spreadsheet
7148 (0.382 %)MATLAB
877 (0.199 %)Adobe Illustrator
971 (0.183 %)Fireworks
1067 (0.173 %)MS Project
1124 (0.062 %)ArcInfo
1220 (0.052 %)FreeHand
1220 (0.052 %)MS PowerPoint
1315 (0.039 %)CA Clarity
1414 (0.036 %)Simulink
1513 (0.034 %)Shockwave
1612 (0.031 %)AutoCAD
1710 (0.026 %)Adobe Director
189 (0.023 %)PrintSoft PReS
198 (0.021 %)FrameMaker
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1259 (0.669 %)Microsoft CRM
2185 (0.478 %)Dynamics CRM
354 (0.140 %)Dynamics AX
448 (0.124 %)Summit
544 (0.114 %)Axapta
628 (0.072 %)Navision
628 (0.072 %)Pivotal CRM
726 (0.067 %)Endur
825 (0.065 %)SoftGrid
825 (0.065 %)Dynamics NAV
916 (0.041 %)Oracle Financials
1013 (0.034 %)Great Plains
1013 (0.034 %)Sophis VALUE
1112 (0.031 %)SalesLogix
1211 (0.028 %)LongView
1211 (0.028 %)GoldMine
139 (0.023 %)SAP CRM
148 (0.021 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
157 (0.018 %)SAP Business One
157 (0.018 %)Oracle Applications
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11788 (4.619 %)Internet
2778 (2.010 %)Intranet
3624 (1.612 %)TCP/IP
4340 (0.878 %)HTTP
5132 (0.341 %)Extranet
6126 (0.326 %)Wireless
7106 (0.274 %)SMTP
896 (0.248 %)FTP
986 (0.222 %)GSM
986 (0.222 %)WAN
1079 (0.204 %)Firewall
1170 (0.181 %)LAN
1260 (0.155 %)DNS
1354 (0.140 %)SMS
1447 (0.121 %)GPRS
1544 (0.114 %)Broadband
1544 (0.114 %)SSL
1642 (0.109 %)SAN
1740 (0.103 %)CTI
1837 (0.096 %)VPN
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120615 (53.26 %)SQL Server
26575 (16.99 %)SQL Server 2005
33784 (9.776 %)SQL Server 2000
41040 (2.687 %)RDBMS
5875 (2.261 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6786 (2.031 %)MySQL
7709 (1.832 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8665 (1.718 %)Crystal Reports
9401 (1.036 %)Oracle 9i
10400 (1.033 %)DTS
11376 (0.971 %)SQL Server 2008
12366 (0.946 %)Datawarehouse
13343 (0.886 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
14333 (0.860 %)Oracle 10g
15298 (0.770 %)MS Access
16265 (0.685 %)GIS
17255 (0.659 %)BusinessObjects
18242 (0.625 %)ETL
19224 (0.579 %)Oracle 8/8i
20198 (0.512 %)OLAP
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14134 (10.68 %)Visual Studio
2759 (1.961 %)NUnit
3464 (1.199 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4250 (0.646 %)Subversion
5214 (0.553 %)Dreamweaver
6126 (0.326 %)Oracle Forms
6126 (0.326 %)ClearCase
798 (0.253 %)Visual Studio Team System
894 (0.243 %)CruiseControl
985 (0.220 %)JUnit
1075 (0.194 %)QuickTest Pro
1163 (0.163 %)TestDirector
1259 (0.152 %)Rational Rose
1353 (0.137 %)PowerBuilder
1445 (0.116 %)Eclipse
1445 (0.116 %)Ant
1543 (0.111 %)InstallShield
1642 (0.109 %)JIRA
1738 (0.098 %)WinRunner
1836 (0.093 %)C++Builder
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17485 (19.34 %)Finance
23463 (8.947 %)Banking
33045 (7.867 %)Front Office
42309 (5.965 %)Pensions
51735 (4.483 %)Investment Banking
61673 (4.322 %)Insurance
71509 (3.899 %)Health
81090 (2.816 %)Marketing
9975 (2.519 %)Education
10842 (2.175 %)Retail
11721 (1.863 %)Telecoms
12662 (1.710 %)Games
13634 (1.638 %)Back Office
14403 (1.041 %)Financial Institution
15389 (1.005 %)Government
16340 (0.878 %)Legal
17309 (0.798 %)Music
18276 (0.713 %)Law
19259 (0.669 %)Publishing
20227 (0.586 %)Construction
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127680 (71.51 %)Developer
212267 (31.69 %)C# Developer
311629 (30.04 %).NET Developer
44585 (11.85 %)ASP.NET Developer
54198 (10.85 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
63780 (9.766 %)Web Developer
73638 (9.399 %)Senior Developer
83154 (8.149 %)Software Developer
92678 (6.919 %)Analyst
102164 (5.591 %)Software Engineer
111813 (4.684 %)Programmer
121582 (4.087 %)Senior C# Developer
131443 (3.728 %)Senior .NET Developer
141395 (3.604 %)SQL Developer
151379 (3.563 %)Junior
161339 (3.459 %).NET Web Developer
171318 (3.405 %)Architect
181261 (3.258 %)C++ Developer
191252 (3.235 %)Team Leader
201128 (2.914 %)Junior Developer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12374 (6.133 %)Derivative
21497 (3.868 %)Computer Science
31261 (3.258 %)N-Tier
41036 (2.677 %)Fixed Income
5944 (2.439 %)Mathematics
6850 (2.196 %)Equities
7785 (2.028 %)Equity Derivative
8731 (1.889 %)Multithreading
9709 (1.832 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
10516 (1.333 %)Client/Server
11377 (0.974 %)Credit Derivative
12280 (0.723 %)Web 2.0
13271 (0.700 %)Physics
14241 (0.623 %)Management Information System
15238 (0.615 %)W3C
16204 (0.527 %)Tandem
17194 (0.501 %)Interest Rate Derivative
18162 (0.419 %)Social Network
19143 (0.369 %)Market Risk
20126 (0.326 %)Credit Risk
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15961 (15.40 %)Windows
21440 (3.720 %)UNIX
3993 (2.565 %)Linux
4755 (1.951 %)Windows Server 2003
5526 (1.359 %)Windows XP
6423 (1.093 %)Windows 2000
7258 (0.667 %)Windows Mobile
8186 (0.481 %)Windows Vista
9185 (0.478 %)Solaris
10156 (0.403 %)Windows NT
11118 (0.305 %)Windows CE
1289 (0.230 %)Red Hat Linux
1375 (0.194 %)Windows Server 2008
1457 (0.147 %)Windows 2000 Server
1544 (0.114 %)VMS
1635 (0.090 %)AIX
1731 (0.080 %)Embedded Linux
1812 (0.031 %)Ubuntu
1812 (0.031 %)zOS
1911 (0.028 %)HPUX
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16263 (16.18 %)OO
22622 (6.774 %)Web Development
32484 (6.418 %)Agile Software Development
42081 (5.376 %)E-Commerce
51954 (5.048 %)UML
61699 (4.390 %)Scrum
71363 (3.521 %)Project Management
81305 (3.372 %)TDD
91058 (2.733 %)Unit Testing
101024 (2.646 %)OOD
11949 (2.452 %)Software Engineering
12933 (2.410 %)OOP
13896 (2.315 %)SOA
14893 (2.307 %)CRM
15889 (2.297 %)Risk Management
16668 (1.726 %)Content Management
17569 (1.470 %)Asset Management
18554 (1.431 %)Business Intelligence
19549 (1.418 %)Extreme Programming
19549 (1.418 %)Workflow
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113437 (34.72 %)SQL
27660 (19.79 %)C++
36827 (17.64 %)JavaScript
46546 (16.91 %)VB.NET
55509 (14.23 %)Java
65243 (13.55 %)VB
72477 (6.400 %)Transact-SQL
82052 (5.302 %)VBA
91989 (5.139 %)VB6
101604 (4.144 %)C
111057 (2.731 %)PHP
12832 (2.150 %)PL/SQL
13760 (1.964 %)VC++
14683 (1.765 %)Delphi
15661 (1.708 %)Perl
16532 (1.374 %)VBScript
17364 (0.940 %)Python
18353 (0.912 %)ActionScript
19290 (0.749 %)XPath
20154 (0.398 %)Ruby
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15579 (14.41 %)Degree
22191 (5.661 %)Microsoft Certification
31249 (3.227 %)MCSD
41026 (2.651 %)MCAD
51022 (2.640 %)MCP
6394 (1.018 %)MCTS
7372 (0.961 %)Security Cleared
8214 (0.553 %)MCPD
9198 (0.512 %)PhD
10136 (0.351 %)ISEB
1199 (0.256 %)SC Cleared
1298 (0.253 %)MCSE
1385 (0.220 %)HND
1455 (0.142 %)HNC
1546 (0.119 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1645 (0.116 %)MCITP
1732 (0.083 %)MCDBA
1827 (0.070 %)CISSP
1926 (0.067 %)DV Cleared
2017 (0.044 %)Postgraduate
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1577 (1.491 %)QA
2122 (0.315 %)WAI
393 (0.240 %)SLA
444 (0.114 %)ISO9000
539 (0.101 %)ISO9001
630 (0.078 %)WCAG
722 (0.057 %)TickIT
722 (0.057 %)HL7
814 (0.036 %)DICOM
912 (0.031 %)Basel II
1010 (0.026 %)ISO27001
116 (0.016 %)21 CFR Part 11
125 (0.013 %)COBIT
134 (0.010 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
143 (0.008 %)ISO8583
143 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
151 (0.003 %)GAMP
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1441 (1.139 %)Active Directory
2173 (0.447 %)MSMQ
353 (0.137 %)VMware Infrastructure
424 (0.062 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
518 (0.047 %)Terminal Services
69 (0.023 %)ISA Server
69 (0.023 %)Oracle RMAN
78 (0.021 %)AquaLogic
87 (0.018 %)Xen
96 (0.016 %)Intellisync
96 (0.016 %)Oracle RAC
96 (0.016 %)Terminal Server
96 (0.016 %)Cronacle
105 (0.013 %)Orbix
114 (0.010 %)Citrix Presentation Server
123 (0.008 %)Squid
123 (0.008 %)MetaFrame
132 (0.005 %)VMware Workstation
132 (0.005 %)Backup Exec
132 (0.005 %)WebInspect
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
155 (0.142 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
235 (0.090 %)SCCM
327 (0.070 %)Tivoli
426 (0.067 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
522 (0.057 %)AutoSys
614 (0.036 %)MOM
79 (0.023 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
79 (0.023 %)MIIS
88 (0.021 %)Data Guard
96 (0.016 %)CONTROL-M
105 (0.013 %)SCOM
105 (0.013 %)Netcool
112 (0.005 %)ZENworks
121 (0.003 %)Novell Identity Manager
121 (0.003 %)DirXML
121 (0.003 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18293 (21.43 %)Microsoft
23746 (9.678 %)Oracle
3848 (2.191 %)Sybase
4255 (0.659 %)Business Objects
5237 (0.612 %)TIBCO
6225 (0.581 %)Adobe
7216 (0.558 %)IBM
8118 (0.305 %)Cognos
9115 (0.297 %)Citrix
10113 (0.292 %)Bloomberg
11107 (0.276 %)SAP
12105 (0.271 %)Sun
13104 (0.269 %)Google
1497 (0.251 %)VMware
1594 (0.243 %)Red Hat
1691 (0.235 %)Infragistics
1789 (0.230 %)Borland
1872 (0.186 %)Reuters
1970 (0.181 %)ESRI
2053 (0.137 %)Perforce