Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the London 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
Rank58
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads690111157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.965 %5.694 %
As % of the category below46.15 %42.34 %
Salaries quoted61139548
Average minimum salary£44,334£43,910
Average salary£48,728£48,647
% change on same period last year+0.16 %
Average maximum salary£53,122£53,383
UK excluding London average salary£35,390£35,839
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1495426353
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled12.92 %13.45 %
Salaries quoted1276022041
Average minimum salary£42,677£42,456
Average salary£46,958£47,154
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Average maximum salary£51,239£51,853
UK excluding London average salary£35,813£36,194
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
.NET England.NET
England

.NET
Demand Trend

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

London .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 London region.

London .NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

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

London .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 London 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
City of LondonUp+41759£52,444-4.36 %
Docklands, LondonUp+5116£67,119+18.45 %
Canary WharfUp+1357£54,567-13.40 %
CroydonNo change056£43,045+2.25 %
BarnetNo change045£42,444-20.92 %
Kingston Upon ThamesDown-537£37,571+5.10 %
HammersmithUp+426£38,053-4.08 %
UxbridgeUp+1526£37,096-11.24 %
BexleyNew entry-17£33,971-
LutonDown-1416£36,600-8.99 %
ClaphamUp+416£46,767+19.15 %
WimbledonDown-515£42,233+2.42 %
MitchamNew entry-13£39,615-
HarrowDown-212£44,083+13.38 %
EalingUp+1012£49,375-16.31 %
EnfieldDown-211£30,136-4.83 %
RomfordDown-79£35,556-12.47 %
BromleyDown-169£36,389+4.02 %
WembleyNo change08£42,188-4.21 %
TwickenhamDown-36£30,000-30.15 %
New MaldenDown-26£41,333+6.96 %
SouthwarkDown-24£52,500-30.00 %
SidcupNew entry-4£33,250-
ErithNew entry-3£32,500-
HendonNew entry-3£32,500-
OsterleyUp+53--
South CroydonNew entry-2£55,000-
TeddingtonUp+32£21,000-32.62 %
EdgwareUp+102£35,000-22.22 %
BeckenhamNew entry-1£30,000-
BexleyheathNo change01£40,000-5.88 %
CarshaltonNew entry-1--
HounslowDown-101£37,000-16.93 %
LewishamNew entry-1£42,500-
PaddingtonNew entry-1£45,000-
WestminsterDown-21£37,500-
.NET England.NET
England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112325 (67.76 %)C#
28659 (47.60 %)ASP.NET
38641 (47.50 %)SQL Server
47055 (38.79 %)SQL
54863 (26.73 %)Finance
64831 (26.56 %)XML
74108 (22.58 %)Microsoft
83436 (18.89 %)JavaScript
93227 (17.74 %)SQL Server 2005
103174 (17.45 %)VB.NET
113134 (17.23 %)HTML
122953 (16.23 %)CSS
132907 (15.98 %)Java
142813 (15.46 %)OO
152606 (14.33 %)Windows
162459 (13.52 %)Banking
172432 (13.37 %)WebServices
182407 (13.23 %)AJAX
192340 (12.86 %)Degree
202261 (12.43 %)C++
212172 (11.94 %)VB
222028 (11.15 %)Oracle
231958 (10.76 %)SharePoint
241828 (10.05 %).NET Framework
251759 (9.670 %)MS Excel
261747 (9.604 %)ASP
271661 (9.131 %)WinForms
281640 (9.016 %)Front Office
291557 (8.560 %)SQL Server 2000
301554 (8.543 %)Agile Software Development

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18659 (47.60 %)ASP.NET
24831 (26.56 %)XML
33134 (17.23 %)HTML
42953 (16.23 %)CSS
52432 (13.37 %)WebServices
62407 (13.23 %)AJAX
71828 (10.05 %).NET Framework
81747 (9.604 %)ASP
91661 (9.131 %)WinForms
101241 (6.822 %)XHTML
111196 (6.575 %)WCF
121017 (5.591 %)J2EE
13948 (5.212 %)WPF
14942 (5.179 %)XSLT
15658 (3.617 %)Flash
16652 (3.584 %)Silverlight
17611 (3.359 %)WF
18471 (2.589 %)ASP.NET 2.0
19437 (2.402 %)ADO.NET
20358 (1.968 %)XSL
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11958 (10.76 %)SharePoint
21018 (5.596 %)IIS
3913 (5.019 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4828 (4.552 %)BizTalk Server
5703 (3.865 %)CMS
6188 (1.034 %)Apache
7184 (1.012 %)WebLogic
8165 (0.907 %)ColdFusion
9146 (0.803 %)Content Management Server
10120 (0.660 %)Commerce Server
11114 (0.627 %)Tomcat
12112 (0.616 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1388 (0.484 %)SAS
1481 (0.445 %)MQSeries
1577 (0.423 %)Commerce Server 2007
1675 (0.412 %)MS Exchange
1745 (0.247 %)JBoss
1841 (0.225 %)WebSphere Application Server
1841 (0.225 %)Documentum
1935 (0.192 %)TIBCO EMS
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11759 (9.670 %)MS Excel
2343 (1.886 %)MS Office
3331 (1.820 %)Photoshop
4266 (1.462 %)MS Visio
5111 (0.610 %)Spreadsheet
681 (0.445 %)MS Project
762 (0.341 %)Adobe Illustrator
856 (0.308 %)InfoPath
945 (0.247 %)MATLAB
1035 (0.192 %)Fireworks
1122 (0.121 %)MS PowerPoint
1214 (0.077 %)ArcInfo
137 (0.038 %)SPSS
137 (0.038 %)CA Clarity
146 (0.033 %)PrintSoft PReS
155 (0.027 %)Stata
164 (0.022 %)Acrobat
164 (0.022 %)Quicktime
172 (0.011 %)RoboHelp
172 (0.011 %)AutoCAD
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1113 (0.621 %)Microsoft CRM
277 (0.423 %)Dynamics CRM
332 (0.176 %)SoftGrid
418 (0.099 %)JDE OneWorld
418 (0.099 %)Oracle Financials
516 (0.088 %)Axapta
615 (0.082 %)Summit
615 (0.082 %)Oracle EBS
714 (0.077 %)WebTrends
714 (0.077 %)Oracle Applications
813 (0.071 %)Sophis VALUE
910 (0.055 %)SAP Business One
910 (0.055 %)Pivotal CRM
109 (0.049 %)LongView
118 (0.044 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
118 (0.044 %)Google Analytics
127 (0.038 %)Oracle EBS R12
127 (0.038 %)SAP CRM
136 (0.033 %)Dynamics AX
136 (0.033 %)SalesLogix
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1959 (5.272 %)Internet
2472 (2.595 %)Intranet
3279 (1.534 %)TCP/IP
4111 (0.610 %)HTTP
584 (0.462 %)Extranet
682 (0.451 %)FTP
764 (0.352 %)Firewall
861 (0.335 %)SMTP
943 (0.236 %)DNS
1041 (0.225 %)LAN
1138 (0.209 %)Broadband
1236 (0.198 %)WAN
1236 (0.198 %)SAN
1329 (0.159 %)LDAP
1329 (0.159 %)VoIP
1428 (0.154 %)SSH
1524 (0.132 %)SMS
1620 (0.110 %)3G
1620 (0.110 %)IMAP
1719 (0.104 %)SSL
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18641 (47.50 %)SQL Server
23227 (17.74 %)SQL Server 2005
31557 (8.560 %)SQL Server 2000
4671 (3.689 %)RDBMS
5532 (2.925 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6470 (2.584 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7389 (2.139 %)MySQL
8340 (1.869 %)Datawarehouse
9326 (1.792 %)Crystal Reports
10249 (1.369 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
11226 (1.242 %)DTS
12222 (1.220 %)ETL
13221 (1.215 %)BusinessObjects
14210 (1.154 %)MS Access
15191 (1.050 %)Oracle 9i
16181 (0.995 %)SQL Server 2008
17166 (0.913 %)OLAP
18144 (0.792 %)DB2
19139 (0.764 %)Oracle 8/8i
20125 (0.687 %)GIS
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11373 (7.548 %)Visual Studio
2459 (2.523 %)NUnit
3317 (1.743 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4228 (1.253 %)Subversion
5122 (0.671 %)QuickTest Pro
6109 (0.599 %)Dreamweaver
7103 (0.566 %)CruiseControl
881 (0.445 %)TestDirector
980 (0.440 %)ClearCase
1072 (0.396 %)Ant
1171 (0.390 %)Eclipse
1266 (0.363 %)JUnit
1266 (0.363 %)Oracle Forms
1364 (0.352 %)WinRunner
1463 (0.346 %)Selenium
1543 (0.236 %)FitNesse
1635 (0.192 %)JIRA
1734 (0.187 %)ReSharper
1734 (0.187 %)LoadRunner
1830 (0.165 %)TeamCity
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14863 (26.73 %)Finance
22459 (13.52 %)Banking
31640 (9.016 %)Front Office
41237 (6.800 %)Investment Banking
51158 (6.366 %)Insurance
6714 (3.925 %)Marketing
7674 (3.705 %)Retail
8554 (3.046 %)Health
9541 (2.974 %)Pensions
10530 (2.914 %)Education
11513 (2.820 %)Back Office
12505 (2.776 %)Games
13351 (1.930 %)Publishing
14274 (1.506 %)Financial Institution
15253 (1.391 %)Law
16247 (1.358 %)Music
17241 (1.325 %)Telecoms
18227 (1.248 %)Legal
19226 (1.242 %)Government
20159 (0.874 %)Online Games
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111903 (65.44 %)Developer
25159 (28.36 %).NET Developer
34543 (24.98 %)C# Developer
41743 (9.582 %)Analyst
51710 (9.401 %)Senior Developer
61634 (8.983 %)ASP.NET Developer
71444 (7.938 %)Web Developer
81421 (7.812 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
91121 (6.163 %)Architect
10856 (4.706 %)SQL Developer
11758 (4.167 %)VB.NET Developer
12731 (4.019 %)Senior .NET Developer
13692 (3.804 %)Programmer
14675 (3.711 %)Senior C# Developer
15605 (3.326 %)Consultant
16594 (3.266 %)Project Manager
17548 (3.013 %)Software Developer
18510 (2.804 %)Junior
19450 (2.474 %)Team Leader
20426 (2.342 %)Analyst Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11138 (6.256 %)Derivative
2723 (3.975 %)N-Tier
3672 (3.694 %)Fixed Income
4499 (2.743 %)Computer Science
5498 (2.738 %)Equities
6409 (2.248 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7373 (2.051 %)Equity Derivative
8309 (1.699 %)Multithreading
9285 (1.567 %)Web 2.0
10270 (1.484 %)Client/Server
11242 (1.330 %)Mathematics
12189 (1.039 %)Credit Derivative
13169 (0.929 %)W3C
14166 (0.913 %)Market Risk
15145 (0.797 %)Management Information System
16142 (0.781 %)Social Network
17133 (0.731 %)Credit Risk
18122 (0.671 %)Tandem
1992 (0.506 %)Spread Betting
2087 (0.478 %)Physics
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12606 (14.33 %)Windows
2928 (5.102 %)UNIX
3494 (2.716 %)Windows Server 2003
4461 (2.534 %)Linux
5194 (1.067 %)Windows 2000
6190 (1.045 %)Windows XP
7135 (0.742 %)Solaris
896 (0.528 %)Windows Vista
969 (0.379 %)Windows Mobile
1062 (0.341 %)Windows NT
1161 (0.335 %)Red Hat Linux
1251 (0.280 %)Windows Server 2008
1251 (0.280 %)Windows 2000 Server
1333 (0.181 %)VMS
1419 (0.104 %)OS/400
1515 (0.082 %)Android
1614 (0.077 %)AIX
1614 (0.077 %)HPUX
1711 (0.060 %)Ubuntu
189 (0.049 %)Mac OS X
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12813 (15.46 %)OO
21554 (8.543 %)Agile Software Development
31137 (6.251 %)E-Commerce
41097 (6.031 %)Scrum
51038 (5.706 %)Web Development
6921 (5.063 %)TDD
7914 (5.025 %)Project Management
8833 (4.579 %)UML
9685 (3.766 %)SOA
10503 (2.765 %)Unit Testing
11460 (2.529 %)Asset Management
12452 (2.485 %)Risk Management
13426 (2.342 %)CRM
14425 (2.336 %)Business Intelligence
15390 (2.144 %)Content Management
16382 (2.100 %)PRINCE2
17376 (2.067 %)OOD
18375 (2.062 %)Business Analysis
19359 (1.974 %)Extreme Programming
20357 (1.963 %)OOP
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112325 (67.76 %)C#
27055 (38.79 %)SQL
33436 (18.89 %)JavaScript
43174 (17.45 %)VB.NET
52907 (15.98 %)Java
62261 (12.43 %)C++
72172 (11.94 %)VB
81547 (8.505 %)Transact-SQL
91312 (7.213 %)VBA
10806 (4.431 %)VB6
11731 (4.019 %)PHP
12539 (2.963 %)C
13509 (2.798 %)Perl
14380 (2.089 %)VBScript
15370 (2.034 %)PL/SQL
16336 (1.847 %)ActionScript
17294 (1.616 %)Python
18214 (1.176 %)VC++
19212 (1.165 %)XPath
20178 (0.979 %)Delphi
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12340 (12.86 %)Degree
21163 (6.394 %)Microsoft Certification
3726 (3.991 %)MCSD
4702 (3.859 %)MCP
5626 (3.441 %)MCAD
6188 (1.034 %)MCTS
7123 (0.676 %)MCPD
8104 (0.572 %)Security Cleared
992 (0.506 %)ISEB
1068 (0.374 %)PhD
1157 (0.313 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1256 (0.308 %)MCSE
1333 (0.181 %)SC Cleared
1427 (0.148 %)MCDBA
1526 (0.143 %)HND
1526 (0.143 %)ISTQB
1623 (0.126 %)MCITP
1721 (0.115 %)CISSP
1817 (0.093 %)Cisco Certification
1915 (0.082 %)ITIL Certification
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1387 (2.128 %)QA
258 (0.319 %)WAI
340 (0.220 %)SLA
425 (0.137 %)WCAG
515 (0.082 %)Basel II
613 (0.071 %)MiFID
711 (0.060 %)ISO9001
810 (0.055 %)HL7
98 (0.044 %)ISO9000
98 (0.044 %)ISO27001
106 (0.033 %)COBIT
115 (0.027 %)TickIT
115 (0.027 %)PAS 78
124 (0.022 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
124 (0.022 %)DICOM
132 (0.011 %)GAAP
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1316 (1.737 %)Active Directory
2121 (0.665 %)MSMQ
370 (0.385 %)VMware Infrastructure
434 (0.187 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
512 (0.066 %)ISA Server
68 (0.044 %)Oracle RAC
68 (0.044 %)AquaLogic
77 (0.038 %)Backup Exec
86 (0.033 %)Cronacle
86 (0.033 %)Terminal Services
94 (0.022 %)Terminal Server
103 (0.016 %)MetaFrame
103 (0.016 %)Xen
103 (0.016 %)Squid
112 (0.011 %)Oracle RMAN
112 (0.011 %)WebInspect
121 (0.005 %)Samba
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
139 (0.214 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
229 (0.159 %)AutoSys
323 (0.126 %)OpenView
323 (0.126 %)OVSD
420 (0.110 %)Tivoli
517 (0.093 %)SCCM
67 (0.038 %)MOM
76 (0.033 %)CONTROL-M
85 (0.027 %)Data Guard
93 (0.016 %)ZENworks
101 (0.005 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
101 (0.005 %)Nagios
101 (0.005 %)ServiceCenter
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14108 (22.58 %)Microsoft
22028 (11.15 %)Oracle
3509 (2.798 %)Sybase
4221 (1.215 %)Business Objects
5182 (1.001 %)TIBCO
6163 (0.896 %)Adobe
7135 (0.742 %)IBM
8108 (0.594 %)Sun
9107 (0.588 %)VMware
10101 (0.555 %)Red Hat
1188 (0.484 %)Citrix
1276 (0.418 %)Cognos
1371 (0.390 %)HP
1467 (0.368 %)SAP
1467 (0.368 %)Reuters
1566 (0.363 %)Google
1658 (0.319 %)Bloomberg
1756 (0.308 %)Perforce
1852 (0.286 %)Remedy
1950 (0.275 %)Cisco