Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ASP.NET skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ASP.NET over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ASP.NET
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank516
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads664494
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.574 %0.252 %
As % of the category below44.39 %25.19 %
Salaries quoted620439
Average minimum salary£27,733£28,891
Average salary£30,103£32,212
% change on same period last year-6.54 %
Average maximum salary£32,474£35,533
UK excluding London average salary£34,090£33,731
% change on same period last year+1.06 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads14961961
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.293 %1.001 %
Salaries quoted13521742
Average minimum salary£28,313£33,636
Average salary£31,089£38,230
% change on same period last year-18.67 %
Average maximum salary£33,866£42,823
UK excluding London average salary£35,813£36,194
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
ASP.NET North WestASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

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

Manchester ASP.NET Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Manchester region.

Manchester ASP.NET Salary Trend

ASP.NET
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester ASP.NET Salary Histogram

ASP.NET
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the Manchester 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
StockportUp+10122£29,708+5.18 %
OldhamUp+137£30,986+9.50 %
BoltonUp+827£28,538-0.40 %
AltrinchamNo change019£33,263+38.27 %
CheadleUp+117£31,706-4.83 %
WiganDown-16£27,667+10.66 %
RochdaleUp+134£35,625+36.36 %
SalfordUp+64£28,250-3.30 %
SaleDown-11£27,000-20.58 %
BuryDown-31£23,000-30.56 %
ASP.NET North WestASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

11381 (100.00 %).NET
21078 (78.06 %)SQL Server
3993 (71.90 %)C#
4651 (47.14 %)VB.NET
5470 (34.03 %)HTML
6452 (32.73 %)XML
7426 (30.85 %)JavaScript
8416 (30.12 %)SQL
9410 (29.69 %)CSS
10402 (29.11 %)SQL Server 2005
11314 (22.74 %)ASP
12307 (22.23 %)VB
13300 (21.72 %)Microsoft
14270 (19.55 %)WebServices
15259 (18.75 %)AJAX
16234 (16.94 %)SQL Server 2000
17225 (16.29 %)OO
18215 (15.57 %)Degree
19201 (14.55 %)Web Development
20182 (13.18 %)MS Excel
21171 (12.38 %)Windows
22157 (11.37 %)Visual Studio
23156 (11.30 %)E-Commerce
24152 (11.01 %)XHTML
25122 (8.834 %)IIS
26121 (8.762 %).NET Framework
27118 (8.545 %)Microsoft Certification
28114 (8.255 %)VB6
29111 (8.038 %)Internet
30104 (7.531 %)Intranet

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11381 (100.00 %).NET
2470 (34.03 %)HTML
3452 (32.73 %)XML
4410 (29.69 %)CSS
5314 (22.74 %)ASP
6270 (19.55 %)WebServices
7259 (18.75 %)AJAX
8152 (11.01 %)XHTML
9121 (8.762 %).NET Framework
1093 (6.734 %)XSLT
1180 (5.793 %)Silverlight
1251 (3.693 %)WinForms
1348 (3.476 %)WPF
1348 (3.476 %)Flash
1447 (3.403 %)WCF
1540 (2.896 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1630 (2.172 %)XSL
1725 (1.810 %)COM+
1822 (1.593 %)LINQ
1918 (1.303 %)ADO.NET
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1122 (8.834 %)IIS
258 (4.200 %)CMS
351 (3.693 %)SharePoint
426 (1.883 %)SharePoint Server 2007
524 (1.738 %)MTS
610 (0.724 %)ColdFusion
76 (0.434 %)MS Exchange
85 (0.362 %)BizTalk Server
93 (0.217 %)EPiServer
93 (0.217 %)Magento
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1182 (13.18 %)MS Excel
289 (6.445 %)Photoshop
322 (1.593 %)InfoPath
420 (1.448 %)Adobe Illustrator
517 (1.231 %)MS Office
613 (0.941 %)FreeHand
78 (0.579 %)MS Visio
85 (0.362 %)Fireworks
91 (0.072 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.072 %)ImageReady
91 (0.072 %)MS Project
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.507 %)Navision
23 (0.217 %)WebTrends
23 (0.217 %)Pivotal CRM
31 (0.072 %)Line 50
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1111 (8.038 %)Internet
2104 (7.531 %)Intranet
38 (0.579 %)HDSL
38 (0.579 %)ADSL
46 (0.434 %)BT 21CN
46 (0.434 %)DSL
53 (0.217 %)CTI
62 (0.145 %)DAB
62 (0.145 %)Broadband
62 (0.145 %)SMTP
62 (0.145 %)DNS
71 (0.072 %)SSL
71 (0.072 %)DHCP
71 (0.072 %)VPN
71 (0.072 %)LAN
71 (0.072 %)SMS
71 (0.072 %)Extranet
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11078 (78.06 %)SQL Server
2402 (29.11 %)SQL Server 2005
3234 (16.94 %)SQL Server 2000
493 (6.734 %)SQL Server 2008
585 (6.155 %)MySQL
632 (2.317 %)RDBMS
731 (2.245 %)SQL Server Integration Services
822 (1.593 %)Datawarehouse
917 (1.231 %)MS Access
1011 (0.797 %)Oracle 8/8i
118 (0.579 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
126 (0.434 %)DTS
134 (0.290 %)Data Mining
134 (0.290 %)Crystal Reports
134 (0.290 %)BusinessObjects
143 (0.217 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
143 (0.217 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
143 (0.217 %)Oracle 10g
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1157 (11.37 %)Visual Studio
225 (1.810 %)Dreamweaver
321 (1.521 %)NUnit
420 (1.448 %)VSS/SourceSafe
513 (0.941 %)TestDirector
68 (0.579 %)Subversion
76 (0.434 %)TestComplete
76 (0.434 %)QuickTest Pro
76 (0.434 %)WinRunner
85 (0.362 %)Bugzilla
91 (0.072 %)CruiseControl
91 (0.072 %)JUnit
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
191 (6.589 %)Pensions
290 (6.517 %)Marketing
382 (5.938 %)Health
474 (5.358 %)Finance
529 (2.100 %)Education
618 (1.303 %)Law
618 (1.303 %)Legal
618 (1.303 %)Graphic Design
717 (1.231 %)Government
717 (1.231 %)Telecoms
812 (0.869 %)Advertising
911 (0.797 %)Automotive
911 (0.797 %)Insurance
108 (0.579 %)Electronics
117 (0.507 %)Banking
126 (0.434 %)Back Office
126 (0.434 %)Billing
135 (0.362 %)Retail
135 (0.362 %)Games
142 (0.145 %)Manufacturing
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11148 (83.13 %)Developer
2678 (49.09 %).NET Developer
3444 (32.15 %)Web Developer
4384 (27.81 %)ASP.NET Developer
5297 (21.51 %)C# Developer
6216 (15.64 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
7184 (13.32 %).NET Web Developer
8183 (13.25 %)VB.NET Developer
9150 (10.86 %)Software Developer
10149 (10.79 %)Senior Developer
11112 (8.110 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
12103 (7.458 %)C# Web Developer
1386 (6.227 %)Analyst
1462 (4.490 %)Senior .NET Developer
1558 (4.200 %)Programmer
1654 (3.910 %)Senior Web Developer
1751 (3.693 %)Team Leader
1843 (3.114 %)Systems Developer
1843 (3.114 %).NET Programmer
1942 (3.041 %)SQL Developer
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
153 (3.838 %)N-Tier
234 (2.462 %)Computer Science
332 (2.317 %)Client/Server
428 (2.028 %)W3C
517 (1.231 %)Clustering
69 (0.652 %)Management Information System
75 (0.362 %)Tandem
84 (0.290 %)Replication
93 (0.217 %)Mathematics
93 (0.217 %)E-Learning
93 (0.217 %)IVR
102 (0.145 %)NHS
102 (0.145 %)Semantic Web
111 (0.072 %)Spanish Language
111 (0.072 %)Physics
111 (0.072 %)Psychology
111 (0.072 %)CCTV
111 (0.072 %)iDTV
111 (0.072 %)BBC
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1171 (12.38 %)Windows
26 (0.434 %)Linux
35 (0.362 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (0.290 %)Windows XP
52 (0.145 %)UNIX
52 (0.145 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (0.072 %)SUSE
61 (0.072 %)Debian
61 (0.072 %)Windows Mobile
61 (0.072 %)Windows Vista
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1225 (16.29 %)OO
2201 (14.55 %)Web Development
3156 (11.30 %)E-Commerce
474 (5.358 %)Project Management
560 (4.345 %)CRM
651 (3.693 %)OOP
745 (3.259 %)Agile Software Development
841 (2.969 %)Content Management
939 (2.824 %)Requirements Analysis
1036 (2.607 %)UML
1135 (2.534 %)OOD
1233 (2.390 %)Web Design
1330 (2.172 %)Scrum
1429 (2.100 %)Unit Testing
1522 (1.593 %)SEO
1620 (1.448 %)Integration Testing
1718 (1.303 %)TDD
1817 (1.231 %)Business Analysis
1913 (0.941 %)Automated Testing
1913 (0.941 %)Systems Analysis
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1993 (71.90 %)C#
2651 (47.14 %)VB.NET
3426 (30.85 %)JavaScript
4416 (30.12 %)SQL
5307 (22.23 %)VB
6114 (8.255 %)VB6
769 (4.996 %)Java
861 (4.417 %)Transact-SQL
861 (4.417 %)PHP
925 (1.810 %)C
1022 (1.593 %)C++
1118 (1.303 %)VBA
1215 (1.086 %)VBScript
1311 (0.797 %)PL/SQL
1311 (0.797 %)ActionScript
147 (0.507 %)XAML
153 (0.217 %)Delphi
162 (0.145 %)XPath
171 (0.072 %)PHP5
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1215 (15.57 %)Degree
2118 (8.545 %)Microsoft Certification
346 (3.331 %)MCSD
438 (2.752 %)MCP
526 (1.883 %)MCAD
617 (1.231 %)HND
713 (0.941 %)ISEB
86 (0.434 %)MCTS
86 (0.434 %)ISTQB
86 (0.434 %)HNC
95 (0.362 %)ITIL Certification
95 (0.362 %)Security Cleared
101 (0.072 %)SC Cleared
101 (0.072 %)MCSE
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.507 %)QA
22 (0.145 %)WCAG
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.362 %)Active Directory
22 (0.145 %)MSMQ
31 (0.072 %)ISA Server
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1300 (21.72 %)Microsoft
294 (6.807 %)Oracle
314 (1.014 %)Visualfiles
49 (0.652 %)Google
49 (0.652 %)Sage
49 (0.652 %)Adobe
54 (0.290 %)Sybase
54 (0.290 %)Business Objects
54 (0.290 %)IBM
62 (0.145 %)Sitecore
62 (0.145 %)Quark
71 (0.072 %)NetSuite
71 (0.072 %)Cisco
71 (0.072 %)Tridion
71 (0.072 %)VERITAS
71 (0.072 %)Lotus