Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Hertfordshire 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
Rank89
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads303471
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.262 %0.240 %
As % of the category below27.62 %26.73 %
Salaries quoted278404
Average minimum salary£37,923£35,954
Average salary£42,592£40,030
% change on same period last year+6.39 %
Average maximum salary£47,261£44,107
UK excluding London average salary£35,760£35,874
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads10971762
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.948 %0.899 %
Salaries quoted9701498
Average minimum salary£37,327£33,838
Average salary£40,783£37,197
% change on same period last year+9.64 %
Average maximum salary£44,240£40,555
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
WatfordDown-1929£38,554+5.84 %
St AlbansNo change021£40,881+6.97 %
Bishop's StortfordUp+720£40,972-8.95 %
StevenageDown-917£36,467+21.62 %
RoystonUp+1315£30,467-18.75 %
Potters BarNew entry-9£44,167-
Welwyn Garden CityUp+38£55,357+55.93 %
HitchinNew entry-3£31,000-
RickmansworthNew entry-2£46,500-
HertfordUp+51£35,000-17.64 %
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 Hertfordshire 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#.

1698 (90.18 %).NET
2411 (53.10 %)SQL Server
3397 (51.29 %)ASP.NET
4310 (40.05 %)XML
5291 (37.60 %)SQL
6169 (21.83 %)SQL Server 2005
7164 (21.19 %)VB
7164 (21.19 %)OO
8154 (19.90 %).NET Framework
9150 (19.38 %)C++
10143 (18.48 %)VB.NET
10143 (18.48 %)WebServices
11141 (18.22 %)HTML
12138 (17.83 %)Java
13134 (17.31 %)Microsoft
14123 (15.89 %)BizTalk Server
15116 (14.99 %)Degree
16113 (14.60 %)JavaScript
17112 (14.47 %)ASP
18103 (13.31 %)AJAX
19100 (12.92 %)Windows
2097 (12.53 %)SQL Server 2000
2186 (11.11 %)Finance
2186 (11.11 %)CSS
2277 (9.948 %)MS Excel
2374 (9.561 %)Scrum
2472 (9.302 %)XSLT
2472 (9.302 %)Pensions
2571 (9.173 %)UML
2667 (8.656 %)E-Commerce

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1698 (90.18 %).NET
2397 (51.29 %)ASP.NET
3310 (40.05 %)XML
4154 (19.90 %).NET Framework
5143 (18.48 %)WebServices
6141 (18.22 %)HTML
7112 (14.47 %)ASP
8103 (13.31 %)AJAX
986 (11.11 %)CSS
1072 (9.302 %)XSLT
1165 (8.398 %)WinForms
1236 (4.651 %)WCF
1335 (4.522 %)WPF
1427 (3.488 %)XHTML
1526 (3.359 %)XSL
1625 (3.230 %)ADO.NET
1724 (3.101 %)J2EE
1724 (3.101 %)STL
1724 (3.101 %)XSD
1724 (3.101 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1123 (15.89 %)BizTalk Server
255 (7.106 %)SharePoint
330 (3.876 %)IIS
417 (2.196 %)CMS
511 (1.421 %)SharePoint Server 2007
69 (1.163 %)Apache
76 (0.775 %)SharePoint Portal Server
85 (0.646 %)JBoss
93 (0.388 %)ESB
102 (0.258 %)EPiServer
102 (0.258 %)Tomcat
111 (0.129 %)SAS
111 (0.129 %)ColdFusion
111 (0.129 %)Content Management Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
177 (9.948 %)MS Excel
26 (0.775 %)Photoshop
35 (0.646 %)MS Office
44 (0.517 %)MATLAB
53 (0.388 %)Fireworks
61 (0.129 %)InfoPath
61 (0.129 %)MS Project
61 (0.129 %)MS Visio
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
158 (7.494 %)HTTP
257 (7.364 %)Internet
354 (6.977 %)TCP/IP
425 (3.230 %)SMTP
521 (2.713 %)FTP
616 (2.067 %)Firewall
76 (0.775 %)Extranet
85 (0.646 %)Wireless
85 (0.646 %)LAN
93 (0.388 %)VPN
93 (0.388 %)HTTPS
93 (0.388 %)LDAP
102 (0.258 %)Intranet
102 (0.258 %)SMS
111 (0.129 %)SSL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1411 (53.10 %)SQL Server
2169 (21.83 %)SQL Server 2005
397 (12.53 %)SQL Server 2000
450 (6.460 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
536 (4.651 %)RDBMS
634 (4.393 %)SQL Server Integration Services
725 (3.230 %)MS Access
812 (1.550 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
99 (1.163 %)SQL Server 2008
108 (1.034 %)Crystal Reports
108 (1.034 %)FileMaker
117 (0.904 %)DTS
117 (0.904 %)MySQL
126 (0.775 %)Datawarehouse
135 (0.646 %)Oracle 9i
135 (0.646 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
144 (0.517 %)BusinessObjects
152 (0.258 %)Informix
161 (0.129 %)Oracle 8/8i
161 (0.129 %)DB2
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
141 (5.297 %)Visual Studio
234 (4.393 %)VSS/SourceSafe
314 (1.809 %)ClearCase
314 (1.809 %)Bugzilla
49 (1.163 %)NUnit
55 (0.646 %)CruiseControl
63 (0.388 %)Visual Studio Team System
72 (0.258 %)Subversion
72 (0.258 %)PowerBuilder
81 (0.129 %)Oracle Forms
81 (0.129 %)Oracle APEX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
186 (11.11 %)Finance
272 (9.302 %)Pensions
354 (6.977 %)Health
443 (5.556 %)Retail
531 (4.005 %)Education
622 (2.842 %)Aerospace
720 (2.584 %)Pharmaceutical
817 (2.196 %)Legal
916 (2.067 %)Insurance
1015 (1.938 %)Marketing
1111 (1.421 %)Publishing
129 (1.163 %)Games
129 (1.163 %)Back Office
129 (1.163 %)Electric
138 (1.034 %)Construction
138 (1.034 %)Manufacturing
147 (0.904 %)Electronics
155 (0.646 %)Financial Institution
164 (0.517 %)Government
164 (0.517 %)Banking
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1490 (63.31 %)Developer
2199 (25.71 %)C# Developer
3183 (23.64 %).NET Developer
473 (9.432 %)ASP.NET Developer
565 (8.398 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
662 (8.010 %)Web Developer
662 (8.010 %)Senior Developer
760 (7.752 %)Team Leader
859 (7.623 %)Software Engineer
950 (6.460 %)Software Developer
1048 (6.202 %)Development Manager
1140 (5.168 %)Programmer
1239 (5.039 %)Architect
1333 (4.264 %)C++ Software Engineer
1333 (4.264 %)Senior C# Developer
1431 (4.005 %)Junior
1530 (3.876 %)Junior Developer
1629 (3.747 %)Applications Support
1629 (3.747 %).NET Team Leader
1629 (3.747 %).NET Programmer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
135 (4.522 %)Computer Science
234 (4.393 %)Multithreading
323 (2.972 %)Client/Server
422 (2.842 %)Robotics
521 (2.713 %)N-Tier
619 (2.455 %)Mathematics
715 (1.938 %)Life Science
715 (1.938 %)Web 2.0
810 (1.292 %)W3C
810 (1.292 %)Physics
98 (1.034 %)PDA
107 (0.904 %)Data Conversion
116 (0.775 %)Streaming Video
124 (0.517 %)German Language
133 (0.388 %)Chemistry
133 (0.388 %)Blackberry
133 (0.388 %)APACS
133 (0.388 %)Tandem
142 (0.258 %)EPoS
142 (0.258 %)Derivative
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1100 (12.92 %)Windows
224 (3.101 %)Windows Server 2003
320 (2.584 %)UNIX
49 (1.163 %)Linux
55 (0.646 %)Windows 2000
63 (0.388 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (0.129 %)VxWorks
71 (0.129 %)pSOS
71 (0.129 %)Windows CE
71 (0.129 %)HPUX
71 (0.129 %)Solaris
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1164 (21.19 %)OO
274 (9.561 %)Scrum
371 (9.173 %)UML
467 (8.656 %)E-Commerce
548 (6.202 %)Web Development
637 (4.780 %)Agile Software Development
734 (4.393 %)RAD
825 (3.230 %)Software Engineering
924 (3.101 %)Workflow
1022 (2.842 %)OOA/OOD
1022 (2.842 %)Business Intelligence
1121 (2.713 %)OOP
1220 (2.584 %)Content Management
1318 (2.326 %)Web Design
1417 (2.196 %)TDD
1417 (2.196 %)Change Management
1417 (2.196 %)Unit Testing
1516 (2.067 %)ITIL
1613 (1.680 %)Project Management
1613 (1.680 %)System Testing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1291 (37.60 %)SQL
2164 (21.19 %)VB
3150 (19.38 %)C++
4143 (18.48 %)VB.NET
5138 (17.83 %)Java
6113 (14.60 %)JavaScript
758 (7.494 %)VB6
848 (6.202 %)VBA
934 (4.393 %)PHP
1026 (3.359 %)Transact-SQL
1122 (2.842 %)C
1221 (2.713 %)ActionScript
1316 (2.067 %)Python
1316 (2.067 %)Embedded C++
1413 (1.680 %)XPath
1511 (1.421 %)Ruby
1511 (1.421 %)Delphi
1610 (1.292 %)PL/SQL
173 (0.388 %)VBScript
182 (0.258 %)Perl
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1116 (14.99 %)Degree
223 (2.972 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (1.034 %)Security Cleared
46 (0.775 %)MBA
46 (0.775 %)MCTS
53 (0.388 %)Sun Certification
62 (0.258 %)MCSD
62 (0.258 %)MCSE
62 (0.258 %)SC Cleared
71 (0.129 %)ISEB
71 (0.129 %)MCP
71 (0.129 %)MCAD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (1.550 %)QA
25 (0.646 %)SLA
33 (0.388 %)ISO8583
42 (0.258 %)HL7
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.129 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1134 (17.31 %)Microsoft
263 (8.140 %)Oracle
317 (2.196 %)QNX
410 (1.292 %)telerik
56 (0.775 %)Adobe
64 (0.517 %)Business Objects
64 (0.517 %)Serena
73 (0.388 %)Sun
82 (0.258 %)SAP
82 (0.258 %)IBM
82 (0.258 %)RedDot
91 (0.129 %)VMware
91 (0.129 %)Cisco
91 (0.129 %)Sybase
91 (0.129 %)Lawson