Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the London 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
Rank712
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads62839690
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.430 %4.945 %
As % of the category below29.95 %25.00 %
Salaries quoted54368036
Average minimum salary£46,846£46,439
Average salary£52,095£52,023
% change on same period last year+0.13 %
Average maximum salary£57,343£57,607
UK excluding London average salary£35,760£35,874
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2097638761
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.13 %19.78 %
Salaries quoted1771331087
Average minimum salary£44,704£44,608
Average salary£49,181£49,425
% change on same period last year-0.49 %
Average maximum salary£53,658£54,242
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
C# EnglandC#
England

C#
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 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+41892£55,783-3.76 %
Docklands, LondonUp+5138£69,719+10.78 %
Canary WharfUp+272£65,185-4.45 %
Kingston Upon ThamesUp+137£37,571+19.13 %
BarnetDown-130£41,600-20.80 %
CroydonDown-527£47,278+27.46 %
EalingUp+2125£50,341-8.47 %
BexleyNew entry-15£32,500-
MitchamNew entry-13£39,615-
HarrowUp+312£44,083+24.09 %
WimbledonDown-212£44,792+8.55 %
ClaphamUp+1112£48,875+23.21 %
RomfordDown-610£34,250-15.69 %
UxbridgeNo change09£41,944+1.77 %
New MaldenNo change08£37,375-3.79 %
HounslowDown-38£30,875-30.68 %
LutonDown-208£41,667+11.50 %
HayesNew entry-7£30,000-
HammersmithDown-37£47,500+13.62 %
WembleyUp+15£43,500-0.50 %
SouthwarkNew entry-4£52,500-
SidcupNew entry-4£33,250-
EnfieldDown-103£19,667-37.89 %
BromleyDown-183£39,167+4.81 %
RainhamNew entry-2£27,500-
BeckenhamNew entry-1£30,000-
BexleyheathNo change01£40,000-5.88 %
LewishamNew entry-1£42,500-
PaddingtonNew entry-1£45,000-
WestminsterDown-21£37,500-
C# EnglandC#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

112325 (75.02 %).NET
27328 (44.60 %)SQL Server
37146 (43.49 %)ASP.NET
46361 (38.72 %)SQL
55068 (30.85 %)Finance
64091 (24.90 %)XML
73588 (21.84 %)C++
83197 (19.46 %)Banking
93116 (18.97 %)Microsoft
103008 (18.31 %)Front Office
113007 (18.30 %)Java
122977 (18.12 %)OO
132857 (17.39 %)SQL Server 2005
142622 (15.96 %)Windows
152520 (15.34 %)JavaScript
162338 (14.23 %)Derivative
172268 (13.80 %)Degree
182184 (13.29 %)CSS
192175 (13.24 %)HTML
202118 (12.89 %)WebServices
212033 (12.37 %)AJAX
221930 (11.75 %)WinForms
231895 (11.53 %)Oracle
241834 (11.16 %)VB.NET
251684 (10.25 %)Investment Banking
261615 (9.830 %)VBA
271610 (9.799 %)VB
281530 (9.312 %).NET Framework
291509 (9.184 %)SharePoint
301478 (8.996 %)Agile Software Development

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112325 (75.02 %).NET
27146 (43.49 %)ASP.NET
34091 (24.90 %)XML
42184 (13.29 %)CSS
52175 (13.24 %)HTML
62118 (12.89 %)WebServices
72033 (12.37 %)AJAX
81930 (11.75 %)WinForms
91530 (9.312 %).NET Framework
101177 (7.164 %)WCF
111057 (6.433 %)ASP
12914 (5.563 %)WPF
13864 (5.259 %)XHTML
14714 (4.346 %)XSLT
15607 (3.694 %)J2EE
16595 (3.621 %)Silverlight
17592 (3.603 %)WF
18432 (2.629 %)ASP.NET 2.0
19353 (2.149 %)ADO.NET
20324 (1.972 %)Flash
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11509 (9.184 %)SharePoint
2720 (4.382 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3714 (4.346 %)BizTalk Server
4609 (3.707 %)IIS
5471 (2.867 %)CMS
6133 (0.809 %)Content Management Server
7120 (0.730 %)WebLogic
8105 (0.639 %)Commerce Server
9100 (0.609 %)MQSeries
1098 (0.596 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1192 (0.560 %)Apache
1265 (0.396 %)Commerce Server 2007
1352 (0.316 %)MS Exchange
1447 (0.286 %)TIBCO EMS
1543 (0.262 %)Tomcat
1640 (0.243 %)ColdFusion
1737 (0.225 %)Rendezvous
1832 (0.195 %)SAS
1929 (0.177 %)Immediacy CMS
2027 (0.164 %)ArcGIS
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11361 (8.284 %)MS Excel
2202 (1.229 %)Spreadsheet
3192 (1.169 %)MS Visio
4175 (1.065 %)Photoshop
5171 (1.041 %)MS Office
671 (0.432 %)MATLAB
745 (0.274 %)InfoPath
824 (0.146 %)MS Project
922 (0.134 %)Adobe Illustrator
1021 (0.128 %)Fireworks
1114 (0.085 %)ArcInfo
125 (0.030 %)Acrobat
125 (0.030 %)CA Clarity
134 (0.024 %)MS PowerPoint
143 (0.018 %)Quicktime
152 (0.012 %)S-PLUS
152 (0.012 %)PrintSoft PReS
152 (0.012 %)Maya
161 (0.006 %)3ds Max
161 (0.006 %)Paint Shop Pro
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
193 (0.566 %)Microsoft CRM
256 (0.341 %)Dynamics CRM
326 (0.158 %)Endur
421 (0.128 %)SoftGrid
519 (0.116 %)Summit
616 (0.097 %)Oracle Financials
713 (0.079 %)Sophis VALUE
811 (0.067 %)LongView
99 (0.055 %)Pivotal CRM
108 (0.049 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
117 (0.043 %)Oracle Applications
117 (0.043 %)SAP CRM
126 (0.037 %)Axapta
126 (0.037 %)SalesLogix
135 (0.030 %)Beauchamp
135 (0.030 %)Google Analytics
135 (0.030 %)Sophis RISQUE
143 (0.018 %)Global One
143 (0.018 %)WebTrends
152 (0.012 %)SAP Business One
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1736 (4.480 %)Internet
2311 (1.893 %)Intranet
3303 (1.844 %)TCP/IP
4109 (0.663 %)HTTP
562 (0.377 %)Extranet
649 (0.298 %)FTP
744 (0.268 %)SMTP
834 (0.207 %)Broadband
925 (0.152 %)Firewall
1024 (0.146 %)SAN
1123 (0.140 %)LDAP
1123 (0.140 %)SMS
1222 (0.134 %)LAN
1321 (0.128 %)IMAP
1420 (0.122 %)3G
1517 (0.103 %)DNS
1517 (0.103 %)Wireless
1517 (0.103 %)WAN
1611 (0.067 %)SSL
1710 (0.061 %)Reverse Proxy
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17328 (44.60 %)SQL Server
22857 (17.39 %)SQL Server 2005
31350 (8.217 %)SQL Server 2000
4623 (3.792 %)RDBMS
5411 (2.502 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6372 (2.264 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7245 (1.491 %)MySQL
8241 (1.467 %)Datawarehouse
9233 (1.418 %)Crystal Reports
10226 (1.376 %)Oracle 9i
11195 (1.187 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12191 (1.163 %)ETL
13176 (1.071 %)Oracle 10g
14173 (1.053 %)BusinessObjects
15170 (1.035 %)DTS
16156 (0.949 %)SQL Server 2008
17137 (0.834 %)OLAP
18111 (0.676 %)Oracle 8/8i
19102 (0.621 %)MS Access
2099 (0.603 %)Oracle Reports
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11126 (6.853 %)Visual Studio
2458 (2.788 %)NUnit
3167 (1.016 %)Subversion
4158 (0.962 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5104 (0.633 %)ClearCase
676 (0.463 %)CruiseControl
775 (0.456 %)Dreamweaver
858 (0.353 %)QuickTest Pro
957 (0.347 %)JUnit
1049 (0.298 %)Oracle Forms
1140 (0.243 %)JIRA
1239 (0.237 %)PowerBuilder
1239 (0.237 %)TestDirector
1335 (0.213 %)Ant
1434 (0.207 %)ReSharper
1530 (0.183 %)WinRunner
1629 (0.177 %)Rational Rose
1723 (0.140 %)Eclipse
1723 (0.140 %)Log4Net
1821 (0.128 %)Selenium
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15068 (30.85 %)Finance
23197 (19.46 %)Banking
33008 (18.31 %)Front Office
41684 (10.25 %)Investment Banking
5890 (5.417 %)Insurance
6511 (3.110 %)Education
7473 (2.879 %)Games
8471 (2.867 %)Health
9453 (2.757 %)Pensions
10447 (2.721 %)Back Office
11441 (2.684 %)Marketing
12405 (2.465 %)Retail
13324 (1.972 %)Financial Institution
14233 (1.418 %)Music
15216 (1.315 %)Telecoms
16206 (1.254 %)Legal
17172 (1.047 %)Law
18138 (0.840 %)Online Games
19121 (0.736 %)Government
20117 (0.712 %)Publishing
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112110 (73.71 %)Developer
26061 (36.89 %)C# Developer
34281 (26.06 %).NET Developer
41656 (10.08 %)Senior Developer
51427 (8.685 %)ASP.NET Developer
61421 (8.649 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
71394 (8.484 %)Analyst
81020 (6.208 %)Web Developer
9826 (5.027 %)Architect
10822 (5.003 %)Senior C# Developer
11817 (4.973 %)C++ Developer
12805 (4.900 %)SQL Developer
13642 (3.907 %)Senior .NET Developer
14571 (3.475 %)Programmer
15563 (3.427 %)Java Developer
16515 (3.135 %)Software Developer
17507 (3.086 %)C++/C# Developer
18491 (2.988 %)Analyst Developer
19483 (2.940 %)Junior
20430 (2.617 %)Team Leader
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12338 (14.23 %)Derivative
21023 (6.226 %)Fixed Income
3810 (4.930 %)Equities
4783 (4.766 %)Equity Derivative
5674 (4.102 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6653 (3.974 %)N-Tier
7540 (3.287 %)Computer Science
8497 (3.025 %)Multithreading
9418 (2.544 %)Mathematics
10375 (2.282 %)Credit Derivative
11201 (1.223 %)Web 2.0
12194 (1.181 %)Interest Rate Derivative
13170 (1.035 %)Client/Server
14143 (0.870 %)Market Risk
15130 (0.791 %)Physics
16123 (0.749 %)Tandem
16123 (0.749 %)Credit Risk
17122 (0.743 %)Social Network
18102 (0.621 %)Management Information System
1982 (0.499 %)Exotic Derivative
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12622 (15.96 %)Windows
21038 (6.318 %)UNIX
3463 (2.818 %)Linux
4352 (2.142 %)Windows Server 2003
5221 (1.345 %)Windows XP
6206 (1.254 %)Windows 2000
7150 (0.913 %)Solaris
8131 (0.797 %)Windows Vista
973 (0.444 %)Windows NT
1068 (0.414 %)Windows Mobile
1165 (0.396 %)Red Hat Linux
1241 (0.250 %)Windows Server 2008
1241 (0.250 %)VMS
1322 (0.134 %)Windows 2000 Server
1411 (0.067 %)Ubuntu
157 (0.043 %)AIX
164 (0.024 %)HPUX
173 (0.018 %)Mac OS X
173 (0.018 %)Symbian OS
173 (0.018 %)SUSE
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12977 (18.12 %)OO
21478 (8.996 %)Agile Software Development
3898 (5.466 %)Scrum
4878 (5.344 %)E-Commerce
5859 (5.228 %)TDD
6822 (5.003 %)Risk Management
7674 (4.102 %)Web Development
8536 (3.262 %)UML
9479 (2.915 %)Asset Management
10475 (2.891 %)Project Management
11464 (2.824 %)SOA
12438 (2.666 %)Unit Testing
13416 (2.532 %)OOD
14353 (2.149 %)Extreme Programming
14353 (2.149 %)Electronic Trading
15330 (2.009 %)OOP
16322 (1.960 %)Business Analysis
17297 (1.808 %)CRM
18293 (1.783 %)Algorithmic Trading
19285 (1.735 %)RAD
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16361 (38.72 %)SQL
23588 (21.84 %)C++
33007 (18.30 %)Java
42520 (15.34 %)JavaScript
51834 (11.16 %)VB.NET
61615 (9.830 %)VBA
71610 (9.799 %)VB
81171 (7.127 %)Transact-SQL
9497 (3.025 %)Perl
10459 (2.794 %)VB6
11418 (2.544 %)C
12361 (2.197 %)PL/SQL
13345 (2.100 %)PHP
14288 (1.753 %)VC++
15224 (1.363 %)Python
16186 (1.132 %)VBScript
16186 (1.132 %)XPath
17174 (1.059 %)Delphi
18160 (0.974 %)ActionScript
19103 (0.627 %)Shell Script
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12268 (13.80 %)Degree
2942 (5.733 %)Microsoft Certification
3639 (3.889 %)MCSD
4607 (3.694 %)MCP
5562 (3.421 %)MCAD
6165 (1.004 %)MCTS
7116 (0.706 %)PhD
8111 (0.676 %)MCPD
967 (0.408 %)ISEB
1053 (0.323 %)Security Cleared
1129 (0.177 %)MCSE
1220 (0.122 %)MCITP
1317 (0.103 %)MCDBA
1415 (0.091 %)HND
1513 (0.079 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1612 (0.073 %)CISSP
1710 (0.061 %)CISA
1710 (0.061 %)GIAC
188 (0.049 %)SC Cleared
197 (0.043 %)ISTQB
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1276 (1.680 %)QA
242 (0.256 %)WAI
315 (0.091 %)WCAG
413 (0.079 %)DICOM
512 (0.073 %)Basel II
610 (0.061 %)ISO9000
610 (0.061 %)HL7
78 (0.049 %)ISO27001
78 (0.049 %)SLA
85 (0.030 %)COBIT
85 (0.030 %)ISO9001
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1263 (1.601 %)Active Directory
2104 (0.633 %)MSMQ
344 (0.268 %)VMware Infrastructure
419 (0.116 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
59 (0.055 %)Oracle RMAN
68 (0.049 %)AquaLogic
68 (0.049 %)ISA Server
76 (0.037 %)Oracle RAC
76 (0.037 %)Cronacle
85 (0.030 %)Orbix
94 (0.024 %)Terminal Server
94 (0.024 %)Xen
103 (0.018 %)Squid
103 (0.018 %)MetaFrame
112 (0.012 %)Terminal Services
112 (0.012 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.012 %)Backup Exec
112 (0.012 %)WebInspect
121 (0.006 %)Citrix Presentation Server
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
135 (0.213 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
228 (0.170 %)SCCM
327 (0.164 %)Tivoli
426 (0.158 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
521 (0.128 %)AutoSys
611 (0.067 %)MOM
78 (0.049 %)Data Guard
86 (0.037 %)CONTROL-M
95 (0.030 %)SCOM
95 (0.030 %)Netcool
102 (0.012 %)ZENworks
111 (0.006 %)Novell Identity Manager
111 (0.006 %)DirXML
111 (0.006 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13116 (18.97 %)Microsoft
21895 (11.53 %)Oracle
3791 (4.814 %)Sybase
4231 (1.406 %)TIBCO
5173 (1.053 %)Business Objects
6130 (0.791 %)Adobe
7128 (0.779 %)IBM
8105 (0.639 %)Bloomberg
978 (0.475 %)VMware
1077 (0.469 %)Sun
1170 (0.426 %)Red Hat
1264 (0.390 %)Reuters
1264 (0.390 %)Infragistics
1362 (0.377 %)Google
1459 (0.359 %)Citrix
1551 (0.310 %)DataSynapse
1648 (0.292 %)Perforce
1746 (0.280 %)OpenLink
1836 (0.219 %)Actuate
1836 (0.219 %)Cognos