Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Essex 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank21
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads353550
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.305 %0.281 %
As % of the category below68.28 %79.02 %
Salaries quoted316478
Average minimum salary£35,145£35,635
Average salary£36,353£37,180
% change on same period last year-2.22 %
Average maximum salary£37,562£38,724
UK excluding London average salary£35,390£35,839
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads517696
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.447 %0.355 %
Salaries quoted455610
Average minimum salary£34,353£35,747
Average salary£35,898£37,403
% change on same period last year-4.02 %
Average maximum salary£37,442£39,059
UK excluding London average salary£35,813£36,194
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
.NET East of England.NET
East of England

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Essex .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 Essex region.

Essex .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Essex .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 Essex 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
ColchesterNo change0115£38,522-2.79 %
BasildonUp+418£34,306-4.83 %
Southend-on-SeaUp+311£32,688+8.32 %
ChelmsfordDown-87£32,500-19.00 %
.NET East of England.NET
East of England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1709 (79.66 %)SQL Server
2689 (77.42 %)C#
3402 (45.17 %)ASP.NET
4345 (38.76 %)VB.NET
5315 (35.39 %)Web Development
6278 (31.24 %)WebServices
7255 (28.65 %)XML
8234 (26.29 %)Visual Studio
9228 (25.62 %)SQL
10202 (22.70 %)AJAX
11197 (22.13 %)Microsoft
12188 (21.12 %)MS Visio
13180 (20.22 %)Windows
14179 (20.11 %)JavaScript
15173 (19.44 %)HTML
15173 (19.44 %)Finance
16142 (15.96 %)TDD
17122 (13.71 %)OO
18108 (12.13 %)Marketing
1998 (11.01 %)WinForms
2096 (10.79 %)SQL Server 2005
2191 (10.22 %)VB
2290 (10.11 %).NET Framework
2372 (8.090 %)ASP
2372 (8.090 %)Degree
2471 (7.978 %)Insurance
2566 (7.416 %)IIS
2665 (7.303 %)Pensions
2756 (6.292 %)E-Commerce
2756 (6.292 %)Transact-SQL

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1402 (45.17 %)ASP.NET
2278 (31.24 %)WebServices
3255 (28.65 %)XML
4202 (22.70 %)AJAX
5173 (19.44 %)HTML
698 (11.01 %)WinForms
790 (10.11 %).NET Framework
872 (8.090 %)ASP
948 (5.393 %)CSS
1044 (4.944 %)XSL
1129 (3.258 %)XSLT
1227 (3.034 %)XML Messaging
1326 (2.921 %)DHTML
1421 (2.360 %)XHTML
1519 (2.135 %)WCF
1617 (1.910 %)J2EE
1714 (1.573 %)WF
1813 (1.461 %)WPF
1911 (1.236 %)Flash
2010 (1.124 %)SOAP
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
166 (7.416 %)IIS
222 (2.472 %)SharePoint
310 (1.124 %)SharePoint Portal Server
47 (0.787 %)WebLogic
47 (0.787 %)JBoss
47 (0.787 %)Tomcat
56 (0.674 %)CMS
65 (0.562 %)SharePoint Server 2007
65 (0.562 %)MS Exchange
65 (0.562 %)BizTalk Server
72 (0.225 %)Sitecore CMS
81 (0.112 %)DotNetNuke
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1188 (21.12 %)MS Visio
242 (4.719 %)MS Excel
37 (0.787 %)MS Office
44 (0.449 %)Photoshop
51 (0.112 %)DOC1
51 (0.112 %)PrintSoft PReS
Essex IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (1.685 %)Dynamics CRM
26 (0.674 %)Sage MMS
35 (0.562 %)Microsoft CRM
44 (0.449 %)Line 100
53 (0.337 %)Line 50
62 (0.225 %)WebTrends
71 (0.112 %)SAP ERP
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
138 (4.270 %)TCP/IP
213 (1.461 %)Intranet
39 (1.011 %)Internet
42 (0.225 %)SSL
42 (0.225 %)Ethernet
51 (0.112 %)DHCP
51 (0.112 %)DNS
51 (0.112 %)Wireless
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1709 (79.66 %)SQL Server
296 (10.79 %)SQL Server 2005
336 (4.045 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (1.798 %)SQL Server Integration Services
416 (1.798 %)Crystal Reports
511 (1.236 %)MS Access
511 (1.236 %)DTS
65 (0.562 %)MySQL
65 (0.562 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (0.449 %)Oracle 10g
74 (0.449 %)Oracle 8/8i
74 (0.449 %)Informix
83 (0.337 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.112 %)Oracle 9i
91 (0.112 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.112 %)ETL
91 (0.112 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.112 %)SQL Server 2008
91 (0.112 %)PerformancePoint
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1234 (26.29 %)Visual Studio
25 (0.562 %)Subversion
25 (0.562 %)Oracle Forms
33 (0.337 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.112 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.112 %)WinRunner
41 (0.112 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.112 %)NUnit
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1173 (19.44 %)Finance
2108 (12.13 %)Marketing
371 (7.978 %)Insurance
465 (7.303 %)Pensions
524 (2.697 %)Health
618 (2.022 %)Telecoms
79 (1.011 %)Advertising
88 (0.899 %)Education
88 (0.899 %)Back Office
97 (0.787 %)Pharmaceutical
105 (0.562 %)Publishing
114 (0.449 %)Banking
114 (0.449 %)FMCG
123 (0.337 %)Retail
123 (0.337 %)Multimedia
131 (0.112 %)Games
131 (0.112 %)Front Office
131 (0.112 %)Electronics
131 (0.112 %)Manufacturing
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1558 (62.70 %)Developer
2258 (28.99 %)Web Developer
3197 (22.13 %).NET Developer
4138 (15.51 %)Team Leader
5136 (15.28 %)Development Team Leader
6118 (13.26 %)Programmer
7116 (13.03 %)Junior
8114 (12.81 %)Analyst
9109 (12.25 %)C# Developer
10108 (12.13 %)Junior Developer
11102 (11.46 %)Junior Web Developer
1288 (9.888 %)Web Team Leader
1288 (9.888 %)Web Development Team Leader
1382 (9.213 %)Analyst Programmer
1461 (6.854 %)VB.NET Developer
1560 (6.742 %)Senior Developer
1646 (5.169 %)Senior .NET Developer
1740 (4.494 %)Software Developer
1838 (4.270 %).NET Programmer
1934 (3.820 %)ASP.NET Developer
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (1.236 %)Client/Server
29 (1.011 %)N-Tier
35 (0.562 %)PDA
43 (0.337 %)Derivative
43 (0.337 %)Computer Science
43 (0.337 %)W3C
43 (0.337 %)Management Information System
52 (0.225 %)Device Driver
52 (0.225 %)Web 2.0
61 (0.112 %)German Language
61 (0.112 %)Replication
61 (0.112 %)Fixed Income
61 (0.112 %)Equities
61 (0.112 %)DTV
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1180 (20.22 %)Windows
246 (5.169 %)Windows Server 2003
333 (3.708 %)Windows XP
416 (1.798 %)Windows 2000
510 (1.124 %)UNIX
69 (1.011 %)Windows Mobile
72 (0.225 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.112 %)Linux
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1315 (35.39 %)Web Development
2142 (15.96 %)TDD
3122 (13.71 %)OO
456 (6.292 %)E-Commerce
544 (4.944 %)Use Case
638 (4.270 %)Scrum
732 (3.596 %)Systems Analysis
831 (3.483 %)OOD
930 (3.371 %)Data Modelling
1026 (2.921 %)Agile Software Development
1125 (2.809 %)CRM
1223 (2.584 %)Configuration Management
1322 (2.472 %)Business Intelligence
1420 (2.247 %)Business Analysis
1420 (2.247 %)User Acceptance Testing
1519 (2.135 %)E-business
1618 (2.022 %)UML
1711 (1.236 %)OOP
1711 (1.236 %)Content Management
1810 (1.124 %)DSDM
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1689 (77.42 %)C#
2345 (38.76 %)VB.NET
3228 (25.62 %)SQL
4179 (20.11 %)JavaScript
591 (10.22 %)VB
656 (6.292 %)Transact-SQL
656 (6.292 %)Delphi
747 (5.281 %)VB6
845 (5.056 %)Java
930 (3.371 %)C++
1010 (1.124 %)VBScript
117 (0.787 %)PHP
125 (0.562 %)VBA
134 (0.449 %)C
134 (0.449 %)PL/SQL
143 (0.337 %)ABAP
143 (0.337 %)ECMAScript
151 (0.112 %)Python
151 (0.112 %)ActionScript
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
172 (8.090 %)Degree
221 (2.360 %)Microsoft Certification
318 (2.022 %)MCSD
417 (1.910 %)MCAD
510 (1.124 %)MCP
67 (0.787 %)ICAEW
75 (0.562 %)MCPD
75 (0.562 %)MCTS
83 (0.337 %)Security Cleared
92 (0.225 %)MCSE
101 (0.112 %)ISEB
101 (0.112 %)MCITP
101 (0.112 %)ACCA
101 (0.112 %)CIMA
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.461 %)QA
29 (1.011 %)SLA
32 (0.225 %)ISO9000
41 (0.112 %)ISO9001
41 (0.112 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Essex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.562 %)Hyper-V
22 (0.225 %)Active Directory
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1197 (22.13 %)Microsoft
242 (4.719 %)Oracle
317 (1.910 %)Sage
44 (0.449 %)SAP
44 (0.449 %)Adobe
52 (0.225 %)ProClarity
52 (0.225 %)Sitecore
52 (0.225 %)Sybase
52 (0.225 %)Toshiba
61 (0.112 %)BT
61 (0.112 %)Kofax
61 (0.112 %)Cisco
61 (0.112 %)ILOG