Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads2787534792
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.98 %15.57 %
As % of the category below53.87 %49.27 %
Salaries quoted2508629516
Average minimum salary£36,402£37,094
Average salary£39,948£40,735
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Average maximum salary£43,494£44,376
UK excluding London average salary£35,567£35,882
% change on same period last year-0.87 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5174670618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled33.38 %31.61 %
Salaries quoted4527858880
Average minimum salary£36,692£37,450
Average salary£40,260£41,235
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum salary£43,828£45,020
UK excluding London average salary£36,010£36,558
% change on same period last year-1.49 %

.NET
Demand Trend

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

.NET Demand Trend

.NET
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET within the UK.

.NET Salary Trend

.NET
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing .NET over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

.NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+126666£40,104-1.68 %
LondonUp+39995£48,872-1.14 %
South EastUp+15519£38,780+3.65 %
City of LondonUp+52586£52,832-3.45 %
East of EnglandNo change02258£37,941+3.97 %
North WestNo change02193£31,433-15.86 %
South WestUp+42108£33,916+2.68 %
YorkshireNo change01870£32,616+2.23 %
West MidlandsUp+31610£33,540-1.89 %
SurreyNo change01266£40,805+7.38 %
West YorkshireNo change01241£32,819+2.06 %
BerkshireDown-11183£39,048-1.43 %
East MidlandsNo change01137£34,240+7.36 %
ManchesterNo change01038£31,470-23.32 %
HampshireNo change0915£37,787+6.15 %
LeedsDown-1781£33,026-3.06 %
CambridgeshireUp+3775£36,634+3.87 %
BristolUp+8650£32,299-2.16 %
ScotlandUp+1648£35,488-0.21 %
OxfordshireNo change0647£37,969+8.46 %
CheshireUp+5633£30,871-6.42 %
CambridgeUp+6608£36,872-0.74 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1595£36,402+3.40 %
NottinghamshireUp+1553£34,867+6.98 %
HertfordshireNo change0543£44,597+15.02 %
BirminghamUp+7526£35,201-1.99 %
EssexUp+1507£37,466-0.45 %
GloucestershireUp+3471£36,240+8.41 %
NottinghamUp+1463£35,390+6.97 %
OxfordNo change0425£37,560+5.44 %

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

138376 (64.92 %)C#
232479 (54.94 %)SQL Server
330829 (52.15 %)ASP.NET
421190 (35.84 %)SQL
515958 (26.99 %)XML
615015 (25.40 %)VB.NET
714214 (24.04 %)Microsoft
811551 (19.54 %)JavaScript
911379 (19.25 %)HTML
1010338 (17.49 %)VB
1110140 (17.15 %)Finance
129978 (16.88 %)SQL Server 2005
139187 (15.54 %)CSS
148572 (14.50 %)Windows
157848 (13.28 %)ASP
167613 (12.88 %)Java
177566 (12.80 %)OO
187503 (12.69 %)WebServices
197424 (12.56 %)AJAX
207230 (12.23 %)Degree
216659 (11.26 %)C++
226496 (10.99 %).NET Framework
236161 (10.42 %)SQL Server 2000
246047 (10.23 %)MS Excel
256015 (10.17 %)Oracle
265974 (10.11 %)Visual Studio
274995 (8.449 %)SharePoint
284813 (8.141 %)Web Development
294431 (7.495 %)Transact-SQL
304426 (7.487 %)VB6

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130829 (52.15 %)ASP.NET
215958 (26.99 %)XML
311379 (19.25 %)HTML
49187 (15.54 %)CSS
57848 (13.28 %)ASP
67503 (12.69 %)WebServices
77424 (12.56 %)AJAX
86496 (10.99 %).NET Framework
93933 (6.653 %)WinForms
103892 (6.584 %)XHTML
112919 (4.938 %)XSLT
122500 (4.229 %)J2EE
132393 (4.048 %)WCF
141837 (3.107 %)WPF
151459 (2.468 %)Silverlight
161407 (2.380 %)ADO.NET
171383 (2.339 %)ASP.NET 2.0
181249 (2.113 %)XSL
191143 (1.933 %)WF
201014 (1.715 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14995 (8.449 %)SharePoint
23441 (5.821 %)IIS
32290 (3.874 %)BizTalk Server
42139 (3.618 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51688 (2.855 %)CMS
6480 (0.812 %)Apache
7469 (0.793 %)ColdFusion
8399 (0.675 %)WebLogic
9357 (0.604 %)SharePoint Portal Server
10276 (0.467 %)Tomcat
11258 (0.436 %)MS Exchange
12250 (0.423 %)Content Management Server
13205 (0.347 %)Commerce Server
14170 (0.288 %)JBoss
15162 (0.274 %)SAS
16124 (0.210 %)Commerce Server 2007
17120 (0.203 %)ArcGIS
18117 (0.198 %)MQSeries
1992 (0.156 %)Lotus Notes
2081 (0.137 %)CICS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16047 (10.23 %)MS Excel
21238 (2.094 %)MS Office
31132 (1.915 %)Photoshop
4678 (1.147 %)MS Visio
5292 (0.494 %)InfoPath
6270 (0.457 %)MS Project
7227 (0.384 %)Adobe Illustrator
8146 (0.247 %)Spreadsheet
9145 (0.245 %)Fireworks
10101 (0.171 %)MATLAB
1170 (0.118 %)MS PowerPoint
1226 (0.044 %)FreeHand
1324 (0.041 %)AutoCAD
1324 (0.041 %)Shockwave
1423 (0.039 %)ArcInfo
1519 (0.032 %)CA Clarity
1615 (0.025 %)SPSS
1615 (0.025 %)ImageReady
1713 (0.022 %)Acrobat
1713 (0.022 %)Simulink
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1392 (0.663 %)Microsoft CRM
2332 (0.562 %)Dynamics CRM
3125 (0.211 %)Dynamics AX
4109 (0.184 %)Axapta
570 (0.118 %)Navision
660 (0.101 %)Dynamics NAV
746 (0.078 %)SAP Oil and Gas
843 (0.073 %)Oracle Applications
939 (0.066 %)Summit
1036 (0.061 %)SoftGrid
1133 (0.056 %)WebTrends
1232 (0.054 %)Oracle Financials
1331 (0.052 %)Pivotal CRM
1430 (0.051 %)Great Plains
1529 (0.049 %)SalesLogix
1626 (0.044 %)SAP Business One
1725 (0.042 %)Endur
1823 (0.039 %)GoldMine
1921 (0.036 %)SAP CRM
1921 (0.036 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13197 (5.408 %)Internet
21606 (2.717 %)Intranet
3756 (1.279 %)TCP/IP
4461 (0.780 %)HTTP
5305 (0.516 %)Extranet
6281 (0.475 %)Firewall
7237 (0.401 %)DNS
8197 (0.333 %)FTP
9192 (0.325 %)SMTP
10122 (0.206 %)Wireless
11121 (0.205 %)WAN
12119 (0.201 %)GSM
13112 (0.189 %)LDAP
14111 (0.188 %)LAN
1586 (0.145 %)SAN
1683 (0.140 %)SMS
1777 (0.130 %)DHCP
1876 (0.129 %)VPN
1973 (0.123 %)Broadband
2072 (0.122 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132479 (54.94 %)SQL Server
29978 (16.88 %)SQL Server 2005
36161 (10.42 %)SQL Server 2000
41708 (2.889 %)RDBMS
51589 (2.688 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61420 (2.402 %)MySQL
71331 (2.251 %)Crystal Reports
81265 (2.140 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9863 (1.460 %)DTS
10852 (1.441 %)Datawarehouse
11767 (1.297 %)MS Access
12617 (1.044 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13561 (0.949 %)GIS
14501 (0.847 %)SQL Server 2008
15473 (0.800 %)Oracle 9i
16449 (0.760 %)OLAP
17441 (0.746 %)BusinessObjects
18425 (0.719 %)ETL
19419 (0.709 %)Oracle 8/8i
20408 (0.690 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15974 (10.11 %)Visual Studio
21884 (3.187 %)Flash
3898 (1.519 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4846 (1.431 %)NUnit
5476 (0.805 %)Dreamweaver
6438 (0.741 %)Subversion
7274 (0.463 %)QuickTest Pro
8224 (0.379 %)WinRunner
9217 (0.367 %)TestDirector
10199 (0.337 %)Oracle Forms
11184 (0.311 %)Visual Studio Team System
12174 (0.294 %)Eclipse
13164 (0.277 %)LoadRunner
14146 (0.247 %)CruiseControl
15141 (0.239 %)ClearCase
15141 (0.239 %)JUnit
16124 (0.210 %)Ant
17104 (0.176 %)FitNesse
1883 (0.140 %)InstallShield
1976 (0.129 %)Selenium
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110140 (17.15 %)Finance
23420 (5.785 %)Pensions
33380 (5.717 %)Banking
42585 (4.373 %)Insurance
52405 (4.068 %)Health
62117 (3.581 %)Marketing
71985 (3.358 %)Front Office
81843 (3.118 %)Retail
91526 (2.581 %)Investment Banking
101403 (2.373 %)Education
11984 (1.664 %)Telecoms
12904 (1.529 %)Back Office
13812 (1.374 %)Government
14769 (1.301 %)Games
15657 (1.111 %)Publishing
16593 (1.003 %)Legal
17484 (0.819 %)Law
18456 (0.771 %)Financial Institution
19434 (0.734 %)Music
20369 (0.624 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139004 (65.98 %)Developer
218436 (31.19 %).NET Developer
312152 (20.56 %)C# Developer
46679 (11.30 %)ASP.NET Developer
56667 (11.28 %)Web Developer
65327 (9.011 %)Analyst
74803 (8.125 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
84771 (8.070 %)Senior Developer
94376 (7.402 %)Software Developer
103602 (6.093 %)VB.NET Developer
113325 (5.624 %)Programmer
122517 (4.258 %)Architect
132262 (3.826 %).NET Web Developer
142251 (3.808 %)Software Engineer
152166 (3.664 %)SQL Developer
162006 (3.393 %)Consultant
171998 (3.380 %)Senior .NET Developer
181989 (3.365 %)Junior
191863 (3.151 %)Analyst Programmer
201657 (2.803 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11803 (3.050 %)Computer Science
21638 (2.771 %)N-Tier
31365 (2.309 %)Derivative
4938 (1.587 %)Client/Server
5822 (1.390 %)Fixed Income
6754 (1.275 %)Mathematics
7706 (1.194 %)Equities
8620 (1.049 %)W3C
9565 (0.956 %)Web 2.0
10557 (0.942 %)Multithreading
11520 (0.880 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12485 (0.820 %)Management Information System
13441 (0.746 %)Equity Derivative
14257 (0.435 %)Tandem
15254 (0.430 %)Social Network
16243 (0.411 %)Physics
17193 (0.326 %)Credit Derivative
18188 (0.318 %)PDA
19178 (0.301 %)Market Risk
20176 (0.298 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18572 (14.50 %)Windows
21944 (3.288 %)UNIX
31602 (2.710 %)Windows Server 2003
41275 (2.157 %)Linux
5686 (1.160 %)Windows XP
6565 (0.956 %)Windows 2000
7267 (0.452 %)Solaris
8266 (0.450 %)Windows Vista
9259 (0.438 %)Windows Mobile
10219 (0.370 %)Windows 2000 Server
11196 (0.332 %)Windows Server 2008
12170 (0.288 %)Windows NT
13117 (0.198 %)Windows CE
14100 (0.169 %)Red Hat Linux
1582 (0.139 %)AIX
1655 (0.093 %)zOS
1739 (0.066 %)OS/400
1838 (0.064 %)VMS
1934 (0.058 %)HPUX
2030 (0.051 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17566 (12.80 %)OO
24813 (8.141 %)Web Development
33397 (5.746 %)E-Commerce
43188 (5.393 %)UML
53125 (5.286 %)Agile Software Development
62889 (4.887 %)Project Management
72384 (4.033 %)Scrum
81741 (2.945 %)SOA
91665 (2.816 %)CRM
101404 (2.375 %)TDD
111346 (2.277 %)Business Intelligence
121329 (2.248 %)Content Management
131309 (2.214 %)Unit Testing
141282 (2.169 %)OOP
151174 (1.986 %)OOD
161127 (1.906 %)Software Engineering
171106 (1.871 %)PRINCE2
18939 (1.588 %)Business Analysis
19886 (1.499 %)RUP
20848 (1.434 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
138376 (64.92 %)C#
221190 (35.84 %)SQL
315015 (25.40 %)VB.NET
411551 (19.54 %)JavaScript
510338 (17.49 %)VB
67613 (12.88 %)Java
76659 (11.26 %)C++
84431 (7.495 %)Transact-SQL
94426 (7.487 %)VB6
102556 (4.324 %)VBA
112281 (3.858 %)PHP
122098 (3.549 %)C
131506 (2.547 %)VBScript
141206 (2.040 %)DHTML
151111 (1.879 %)PL/SQL
16894 (1.512 %)Perl
17855 (1.446 %)Delphi
18817 (1.382 %)ActionScript
19734 (1.242 %)VC++
20490 (0.829 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17230 (12.23 %)Degree
23353 (5.672 %)Microsoft Certification
31741 (2.945 %)MCSD
41445 (2.444 %)MCP
51416 (2.395 %)MCAD
6506 (0.856 %)MCTS
7354 (0.599 %)ISEB
8297 (0.502 %)MCPD
9250 (0.423 %)PRINCE2 Certification
10217 (0.367 %)MCSE
11203 (0.343 %)PhD
12167 (0.282 %)HND
1392 (0.156 %)MCDBA
1477 (0.130 %)HNC
1565 (0.110 %)ISTQB
1661 (0.103 %)MCITP
1746 (0.078 %)CISSP
1842 (0.071 %)MCSA
1934 (0.058 %)MBA
2033 (0.056 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11056 (1.786 %)QA
2251 (0.425 %)SLA
3216 (0.365 %)WAI
480 (0.135 %)ISO9001
559 (0.100 %)ISO9000
658 (0.098 %)TickIT
747 (0.080 %)WCAG
834 (0.058 %)HL7
925 (0.042 %)21 CFR Part 11
1021 (0.036 %)Basel II
1116 (0.027 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1116 (0.027 %)MiFID
1212 (0.020 %)COBIT
1311 (0.019 %)ISO27001
149 (0.015 %)PCI DSS
158 (0.014 %)ISO8583
167 (0.012 %)GLP
175 (0.008 %)PAS 78
184 (0.007 %)DICOM
192 (0.003 %)JTAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1904 (1.529 %)Active Directory
2190 (0.321 %)MSMQ
3128 (0.217 %)VMware Infrastructure
495 (0.161 %)ISA Server
560 (0.101 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
651 (0.086 %)MetaFrame
737 (0.063 %)Terminal Server
831 (0.052 %)Terminal Services
918 (0.030 %)Oracle RAC
1014 (0.024 %)Backup Exec
1113 (0.022 %)AquaLogic
1212 (0.020 %)Oracle RMAN
1212 (0.020 %)VMware ESX
139 (0.015 %)Citrix Presentation Server
147 (0.012 %)VMware GSX
156 (0.010 %)VMware Server
156 (0.010 %)Cronacle
156 (0.010 %)Intellisync
165 (0.008 %)NetBackup
173 (0.005 %)WebInspect
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
176 (0.129 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
247 (0.080 %)AutoSys
342 (0.071 %)MOM
435 (0.059 %)OpenView
534 (0.058 %)SCCM
622 (0.037 %)OVSD
720 (0.034 %)Tivoli
815 (0.025 %)CA SiteMinder
912 (0.020 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
109 (0.015 %)Unicenter
116 (0.010 %)SCOM
123 (0.005 %)ZENworks
123 (0.005 %)Tivoli Monitoring
123 (0.005 %)ServiceCenter
132 (0.003 %)Norton AntiVirus
132 (0.003 %)WSUS
141 (0.002 %)EMC NetWorker
141 (0.002 %)Nessus
141 (0.002 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
141 (0.002 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
114214 (24.04 %)Microsoft
26015 (10.17 %)Oracle
3711 (1.203 %)Sybase
4441 (0.746 %)Business Objects
5434 (0.734 %)Adobe
6376 (0.636 %)IBM
7365 (0.617 %)SAP
8317 (0.536 %)Cognos
9302 (0.511 %)TIBCO
10284 (0.480 %)Citrix
11213 (0.360 %)Sun
12211 (0.357 %)VMware
13199 (0.337 %)EMC
14176 (0.298 %)Google
15155 (0.262 %)Siebel
16154 (0.261 %)HP
16154 (0.261 %)Reuters
17145 (0.245 %)Sage
17145 (0.245 %)Red Hat
18142 (0.240 %)ESRI