Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Manchester 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
Rank69
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads654741
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.565 %0.378 %
As % of the category below34.10 %30.10 %
Salaries quoted597646
Average minimum salary£28,680£30,873
Average salary£31,007£34,911
% change on same period last year-11.18 %
Average maximum salary£33,335£38,948
UK excluding London average salary£35,760£35,874
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads19182462
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.658 %1.256 %
Salaries quoted17182162
Average minimum salary£28,833£31,984
Average salary£31,384£35,676
% change on same period last year-12.03 %
Average maximum salary£33,934£39,368
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
C# North WestC#
North West

C#
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 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
StockportDown-467£31,201+9.41 %
OldhamUp+1155£28,100+3.64 %
BoltonDown-123£30,705+11.34 %
AltrinchamUp+522£31,205+38.68 %
SalfordUp+45£27,100-11.58 %
RochdaleUp+204£35,625-20.83 %
CheadleDown-112£20,000-42.55 %
WiganDown-111£27,500+1.85 %
SaleNew entry-1£27,000-
C# North WestC#
North West

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

11326 (91.01 %).NET
2993 (68.15 %)ASP.NET
3967 (66.37 %)SQL Server
4462 (31.71 %)SQL
5437 (29.99 %)VB.NET
6423 (29.03 %)XML
7392 (26.90 %)CSS
8390 (26.77 %)JavaScript
9355 (24.37 %)HTML
10343 (23.54 %)Microsoft
11325 (22.31 %)SQL Server 2005
12291 (19.97 %)VB
13287 (19.70 %)WebServices
14259 (17.78 %)Degree
15253 (17.36 %)ASP
16248 (17.02 %)OO
17222 (15.24 %)SQL Server 2000
18213 (14.62 %)AJAX
19192 (13.18 %)Java
20191 (13.11 %).NET Framework
21189 (12.97 %)Windows
22170 (11.67 %)MS Excel
23159 (10.91 %)XHTML
24153 (10.50 %)Visual Studio
25151 (10.36 %)Web Development
26150 (10.30 %)C++
27147 (10.09 %)E-Commerce
28128 (8.785 %)Microsoft Certification
29119 (8.167 %)Transact-SQL
30101 (6.932 %)Pensions

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11326 (91.01 %).NET
2993 (68.15 %)ASP.NET
3423 (29.03 %)XML
4392 (26.90 %)CSS
5355 (24.37 %)HTML
6287 (19.70 %)WebServices
7253 (17.36 %)ASP
8213 (14.62 %)AJAX
9191 (13.11 %).NET Framework
10159 (10.91 %)XHTML
1185 (5.834 %)XSLT
1279 (5.422 %)Silverlight
1367 (4.598 %)WPF
1466 (4.530 %)J2EE
1562 (4.255 %)WCF
1652 (3.569 %)WinForms
1739 (2.677 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1838 (2.608 %)J2ME
1935 (2.402 %)MFC
2024 (1.647 %)Flash
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
173 (5.010 %)IIS
265 (4.461 %)SharePoint
351 (3.500 %)CMS
433 (2.265 %)SharePoint Server 2007
518 (1.235 %)BizTalk Server
615 (1.030 %)JBoss
713 (0.892 %)WebLogic
89 (0.618 %)ColdFusion
95 (0.343 %)MS Exchange
103 (0.206 %)EPiServer
103 (0.206 %)Magento
111 (0.069 %)Lotus Domino
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1170 (11.67 %)MS Excel
272 (4.942 %)Photoshop
341 (2.814 %)InfoPath
418 (1.235 %)MS Office
515 (1.030 %)Adobe Illustrator
613 (0.892 %)FreeHand
710 (0.686 %)MS Visio
85 (0.343 %)Fireworks
92 (0.137 %)MS Project
101 (0.069 %)PrintSoft PReS
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.480 %)Navision
23 (0.206 %)WebTrends
23 (0.206 %)Pivotal CRM
31 (0.069 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.069 %)Dynamics AX
31 (0.069 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.069 %)Axapta
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
183 (5.697 %)Internet
274 (5.079 %)Intranet
316 (1.098 %)HTTP
49 (0.618 %)TCP/IP
58 (0.549 %)ADSL
58 (0.549 %)HDSL
66 (0.412 %)BT 21CN
66 (0.412 %)DSL
74 (0.275 %)CTI
74 (0.275 %)LAN
83 (0.206 %)Broadband
83 (0.206 %)WAN
92 (0.137 %)DAB
101 (0.069 %)Extranet
101 (0.069 %)SMTP
101 (0.069 %)SMS
101 (0.069 %)DNS
101 (0.069 %)SSL
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1967 (66.37 %)SQL Server
2325 (22.31 %)SQL Server 2005
3222 (15.24 %)SQL Server 2000
470 (4.804 %)MySQL
561 (4.187 %)SQL Server 2008
640 (2.745 %)SQL Server Integration Services
727 (1.853 %)Datawarehouse
823 (1.579 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
918 (1.235 %)GIS
918 (1.235 %)MS Access
1013 (0.892 %)RDBMS
1112 (0.824 %)Oracle 8/8i
1210 (0.686 %)DTS
139 (0.618 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
147 (0.480 %)Crystal Reports
156 (0.412 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
164 (0.275 %)BusinessObjects
164 (0.275 %)Data Mining
164 (0.275 %)OLAP
173 (0.206 %)DB2
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1153 (10.50 %)Visual Studio
221 (1.441 %)NUnit
316 (1.098 %)VSS/SourceSafe
414 (0.961 %)C++Builder
58 (0.549 %)Subversion
67 (0.480 %)Dreamweaver
67 (0.480 %)TestDirector
72 (0.137 %)Eclipse
81 (0.069 %)Bugzilla
81 (0.069 %)CruiseControl
81 (0.069 %)JUnit
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1101 (6.932 %)Pensions
290 (6.177 %)Health
375 (5.148 %)Finance
472 (4.942 %)Marketing
565 (4.461 %)Education
644 (3.020 %)Telecoms
742 (2.883 %)Law
826 (1.784 %)Legal
921 (1.441 %)Government
1014 (0.961 %)Electronics
1112 (0.824 %)Advertising
1112 (0.824 %)Insurance
128 (0.549 %)Automotive
136 (0.412 %)Games
145 (0.343 %)Banking
154 (0.275 %)Retail
154 (0.275 %)3D Graphics
154 (0.275 %)Manufacturing
163 (0.206 %)Construction
172 (0.137 %)Back Office
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11104 (75.77 %)Developer
2532 (36.51 %).NET Developer
3402 (27.59 %)C# Developer
4325 (22.31 %)Web Developer
5286 (19.63 %)ASP.NET Developer
6216 (14.82 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
7184 (12.63 %)Senior Developer
8174 (11.94 %)Software Developer
9133 (9.128 %).NET Web Developer
10110 (7.550 %)C# Web Developer
1174 (5.079 %)Senior .NET Developer
1273 (5.010 %)Consultant
1372 (4.942 %)Analyst
1465 (4.461 %)Team Leader
1558 (3.981 %)VB.NET Developer
1655 (3.775 %)Programmer
1754 (3.706 %)C# Software Developer
1850 (3.432 %)Software Engineer
1850 (3.432 %)Systems Developer
1850 (3.432 %)Senior C# Developer
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
157 (3.912 %)Computer Science
251 (3.500 %)N-Tier
323 (1.579 %)W3C
420 (1.373 %)Blackberry
420 (1.373 %)Clustering
518 (1.235 %)Client/Server
613 (0.892 %)Management Information System
78 (0.549 %)Mathematics
87 (0.480 %)Replication
96 (0.412 %)Device Driver
96 (0.412 %)CCTV
105 (0.343 %)Web 2.0
105 (0.343 %)Tandem
114 (0.275 %)NHS
114 (0.275 %)IVR
114 (0.275 %)Spanish Language
123 (0.206 %)Derivative
123 (0.206 %)Fixed Income
123 (0.206 %)E-Learning
123 (0.206 %)Equities
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1189 (12.97 %)Windows
218 (1.235 %)Linux
218 (1.235 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (0.412 %)Windows XP
44 (0.275 %)Windows 2000
53 (0.206 %)UNIX
62 (0.137 %)VxWorks
62 (0.137 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (0.137 %)Windows NT
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1248 (17.02 %)OO
2151 (10.36 %)Web Development
3147 (10.09 %)E-Commerce
490 (6.177 %)OOP
583 (5.697 %)UML
663 (4.324 %)CRM
761 (4.187 %)Agile Software Development
853 (3.638 %)Project Management
952 (3.569 %)Unit Testing
1051 (3.500 %)OOD
1143 (2.951 %)Content Management
1232 (2.196 %)Systems Analysis
1330 (2.059 %)Scrum
1428 (1.922 %)PRINCE2
1525 (1.716 %)OOA/OOD
1621 (1.441 %)Data Modelling
1720 (1.373 %)SOA
1818 (1.235 %)Business Analysis
1818 (1.235 %)Web Design
1917 (1.167 %)Requirements Analysis
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1462 (31.71 %)SQL
2437 (29.99 %)VB.NET
3390 (26.77 %)JavaScript
4291 (19.97 %)VB
5192 (13.18 %)Java
6150 (10.30 %)C++
7119 (8.167 %)Transact-SQL
887 (5.971 %)VB6
955 (3.775 %)C
1033 (2.265 %)PHP
1123 (1.579 %)VBA
1218 (1.235 %)Delphi
1315 (1.030 %)PL/SQL
149 (0.618 %)VC++
157 (0.480 %)XAML
164 (0.275 %)VBScript
173 (0.206 %)Perl
182 (0.137 %)Progress 4GL
191 (0.069 %)Assembly Language
191 (0.069 %)COBOL
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1259 (17.78 %)Degree
2128 (8.785 %)Microsoft Certification
348 (3.294 %)MCSD
438 (2.608 %)MCP
526 (1.784 %)MCAD
614 (0.961 %)HND
78 (0.549 %)HNC
87 (0.480 %)ISEB
96 (0.412 %)MCTS
96 (0.412 %)Security Cleared
105 (0.343 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.069 %)ACCA
111 (0.069 %)CIMA
111 (0.069 %)SC Cleared
111 (0.069 %)MCSE
111 (0.069 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (0.686 %)QA
26 (0.412 %)SLA
32 (0.137 %)WCAG
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (1.304 %)Active Directory
23 (0.206 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.137 %)MSMQ
41 (0.069 %)ISA Server
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.206 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.069 %)MOM
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1343 (23.54 %)Microsoft
268 (4.667 %)Oracle
313 (0.892 %)Visualfiles
49 (0.618 %)Google
58 (0.549 %)Sage
66 (0.412 %)NetSuite
75 (0.343 %)Infragistics
75 (0.343 %)EMC
75 (0.343 %)Siemens
75 (0.343 %)IBM
84 (0.275 %)Sybase
84 (0.275 %)Business Objects
93 (0.206 %)Adobe
93 (0.206 %)Citrix
102 (0.137 %)Sun
102 (0.137 %)Progress
102 (0.137 %)Borland
102 (0.137 %)Sitecore
111 (0.069 %)Fujitsu
111 (0.069 %)Macromedia