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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Essex 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
Rank58
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads295355
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.255 %0.181 %
As % of the category below43.13 %38.09 %
Salaries quoted263319
Average minimum salary£35,992£37,356
Average salary£36,990£39,066
% change on same period last year-5.31 %
Average maximum salary£37,989£40,775
UK excluding London average salary£35,760£35,874
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads684932
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.591 %0.476 %
Salaries quoted607774
Average minimum salary£35,804£35,250
Average salary£37,346£37,029
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
Average maximum salary£38,889£38,807
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
C# East of EnglandC#
East of England

C#
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

Essex 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 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
ColchesterUp+3109£38,707-3.54 %
Southend-on-SeaUp+36£34,417+7.85 %
ChelmsfordDown-66£29,000-28.58 %
BasildonDown-24£43,750+64.06 %
C# East of EnglandC#
East of England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1689 (98.15 %).NET
2601 (85.61 %)SQL Server
3342 (48.72 %)ASP.NET
4290 (41.31 %)Web Development
5263 (37.46 %)VB.NET
6260 (37.04 %)WebServices
7226 (32.19 %)Visual Studio
8207 (29.49 %)XML
9191 (27.21 %)AJAX
10188 (26.78 %)MS Visio
11153 (21.79 %)HTML
11153 (21.79 %)JavaScript
12142 (20.23 %)SQL
13138 (19.66 %)TDD
14133 (18.95 %)Finance
15124 (17.66 %)Microsoft
15124 (17.66 %)OO
16120 (17.09 %)Windows
1798 (13.96 %)WinForms
1891 (12.96 %)Marketing
1983 (11.82 %).NET Framework
2060 (8.547 %)SQL Server 2005
2153 (7.550 %)Pensions
2245 (6.410 %)ASP
2245 (6.410 %)Use Case
2344 (6.268 %)IIS
2442 (5.983 %)E-Commerce
2442 (5.983 %)Insurance
2541 (5.840 %)XSL
2640 (5.698 %)Oracle

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1689 (98.15 %).NET
2342 (48.72 %)ASP.NET
3260 (37.04 %)WebServices
4207 (29.49 %)XML
5191 (27.21 %)AJAX
6153 (21.79 %)HTML
798 (13.96 %)WinForms
883 (11.82 %).NET Framework
945 (6.410 %)ASP
1041 (5.840 %)XSL
1137 (5.271 %)CSS
1228 (3.989 %)XML Messaging
1323 (3.276 %)XSLT
1421 (2.991 %)DHTML
1519 (2.707 %)WCF
1618 (2.564 %)XHTML
1717 (2.422 %)J2EE
1814 (1.994 %)WF
1913 (1.852 %)WPF
209 (1.282 %)jQuery
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (6.268 %)IIS
213 (1.852 %)SharePoint
310 (1.425 %)SharePoint Portal Server
44 (0.570 %)BizTalk Server
53 (0.427 %)CMS
53 (0.427 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (0.285 %)Sitecore CMS
71 (0.142 %)DotNetNuke
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1188 (26.78 %)MS Visio
230 (4.274 %)MS Excel
32 (0.285 %)PrintSoft PReS
41 (0.142 %)DOC1
Essex IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.427 %)Dynamics CRM
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (0.712 %)Intranet
23 (0.427 %)Internet
31 (0.142 %)Wireless
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1601 (85.61 %)SQL Server
260 (8.547 %)SQL Server 2005
324 (3.419 %)SQL Server 2000
414 (1.994 %)Crystal Reports
59 (1.282 %)MS Access
66 (0.855 %)MySQL
74 (0.570 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (0.427 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92 (0.285 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (0.285 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.142 %)DTS
101 (0.142 %)ETL
101 (0.142 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.142 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.142 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101 (0.142 %)SQL Server 2008
101 (0.142 %)PerformancePoint
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1226 (32.19 %)Visual Studio
25 (0.712 %)Oracle Forms
25 (0.712 %)Subversion
33 (0.427 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.142 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.142 %)NUnit
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1133 (18.95 %)Finance
291 (12.96 %)Marketing
353 (7.550 %)Pensions
442 (5.983 %)Insurance
516 (2.279 %)Health
68 (1.140 %)Education
77 (0.997 %)Pharmaceutical
85 (0.712 %)Back Office
85 (0.712 %)Banking
85 (0.712 %)Telecoms
94 (0.570 %)FMCG
103 (0.427 %)Multimedia
103 (0.427 %)Advertising
112 (0.285 %)Retail
121 (0.142 %)Games
121 (0.142 %)Electronics
121 (0.142 %)Front Office
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1478 (68.09 %)Developer
2244 (34.76 %)Web Developer
3147 (20.94 %).NET Developer
4136 (19.37 %)Team Leader
5135 (19.23 %)Development Team Leader
6115 (16.38 %)C# Developer
7113 (16.10 %)Junior
8105 (14.96 %)Junior Developer
9102 (14.53 %)Junior Web Developer
10100 (14.25 %)Programmer
1188 (12.54 %)Web Team Leader
1188 (12.54 %)Web Development Team Leader
1270 (9.972 %)Analyst
1365 (9.259 %)Analyst Programmer
1449 (6.980 %)Senior Developer
1535 (4.986 %).NET Programmer
1632 (4.558 %)Senior .NET Developer
1727 (3.846 %)Senior C# Developer
1727 (3.846 %)Software Developer
1826 (3.704 %)VB.NET Developer
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (1.140 %)Client/Server
18 (1.140 %)N-Tier
25 (0.712 %)PDA
33 (0.427 %)Derivative
33 (0.427 %)Computer Science
41 (0.142 %)German Language
41 (0.142 %)DTV
41 (0.142 %)Replication
41 (0.142 %)Fixed Income
41 (0.142 %)Equities
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1120 (17.09 %)Windows
210 (1.425 %)Windows 2000
39 (1.282 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (1.282 %)Windows Mobile
46 (0.855 %)UNIX
51 (0.142 %)Linux
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1290 (41.31 %)Web Development
2138 (19.66 %)TDD
3124 (17.66 %)OO
445 (6.410 %)Use Case
542 (5.983 %)E-Commerce
633 (4.701 %)Scrum
731 (4.416 %)OOD
830 (4.274 %)Data Modelling
929 (4.131 %)Systems Analysis
1023 (3.276 %)Configuration Management
1122 (3.134 %)Agile Software Development
1219 (2.707 %)Business Intelligence
1318 (2.564 %)E-business
1318 (2.564 %)UML
1410 (1.425 %)OOP
1410 (1.425 %)DSDM
156 (0.855 %)Business Analysis
156 (0.855 %)User Acceptance Testing
156 (0.855 %)Unit Testing
156 (0.855 %)Software Engineering
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1263 (37.46 %)VB.NET
2153 (21.79 %)JavaScript
3142 (20.23 %)SQL
438 (5.413 %)Transact-SQL
536 (5.128 %)VB
632 (4.558 %)Java
730 (4.274 %)C++
820 (2.849 %)Delphi
918 (2.564 %)VB6
107 (0.997 %)PHP
114 (0.570 %)PL/SQL
123 (0.427 %)ECMAScript
123 (0.427 %)VBA
131 (0.142 %)Python
131 (0.142 %)ActionScript
131 (0.142 %)VBScript
131 (0.142 %)C
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
133 (4.701 %)Degree
213 (1.852 %)Microsoft Certification
310 (1.425 %)MCSD
49 (1.282 %)MCP
49 (1.282 %)MCAD
57 (0.997 %)ICAEW
62 (0.285 %)MCSE
71 (0.142 %)ISEB
71 (0.142 %)ACCA
71 (0.142 %)CIMA
71 (0.142 %)MCTS
71 (0.142 %)MCITP
71 (0.142 %)ISTQB
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (1.709 %)QA
22 (0.285 %)ISO9000
31 (0.142 %)ISO9001
31 (0.142 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1124 (17.66 %)Microsoft
240 (5.698 %)Oracle
34 (0.570 %)Adobe
42 (0.285 %)Sybase
42 (0.285 %)Sitecore
51 (0.142 %)ILOG
51 (0.142 %)BT