Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ASP.NET 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 ASP.NET over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ASP.NET
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1319
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads1505517151
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.713 %7.677 %
As % of the category below29.09 %24.29 %
Salaries quoted1380314907
Average minimum salary£34,082£33,897
Average salary£37,364£37,201
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
Average maximum salary£40,646£40,504
UK excluding London average salary£34,348£33,925
% change on same period last year+1.24 %
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 %

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

ASP.NET Salary Trend

ASP.NET
Salary Histogram

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

ASP.NET Salary Histogram

ASP.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 ASP.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+614454£37,518+0.67 %
LondonUp+84832£44,745+0.98 %
South EastUp+23011£37,841+5.19 %
North WestUp+71504£31,141-3.80 %
South WestUp+71205£32,990+3.29 %
East of EnglandUp+21175£36,889+3.76 %
City of LondonUp+141158£48,848+0.94 %
YorkshireDown-21076£32,313+3.79 %
West MidlandsUp+61019£32,479+0.55 %
ManchesterUp+8704£30,612-7.57 %
BerkshireDown-1702£38,208-0.21 %
West YorkshireDown-2677£32,500+5.13 %
East MidlandsNo change0653£31,866+3.96 %
SurreyUp+2652£41,260+11.76 %
LeedsUp+1462£33,295+3.20 %
HampshireDown-2447£36,124+2.19 %
CheshireUp+4427£30,662-4.11 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1414£35,678+3.11 %
CambridgeshireUp+7406£36,067+7.04 %
ScotlandUp+1358£32,349-6.45 %
BirminghamUp+11357£33,327+9.95 %
BristolUp+11334£32,235+5.29 %
NottinghamshireUp+5333£31,284+2.75 %
OxfordshireUp+1322£36,312+5.35 %
CambridgeUp+10306£36,331+1.54 %
GloucestershireUp+3298£34,309+7.88 %
HertfordshireNo change0286£44,972+21.53 %
NottinghamUp+6281£31,479+3.82 %
SomersetUp+12273£33,184+5.70 %
South YorkshireUp+1249£32,304+3.65 %

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

130829 (99.76 %).NET
223420 (75.79 %)C#
320647 (66.81 %)SQL Server
411050 (35.76 %)SQL
510648 (34.46 %)XML
69322 (30.17 %)VB.NET
79184 (29.72 %)JavaScript
88605 (27.85 %)HTML
97667 (24.81 %)Microsoft
107406 (23.97 %)CSS
116742 (21.82 %)SQL Server 2005
126228 (20.15 %)AJAX
135433 (17.58 %)ASP
145024 (16.26 %)VB
154941 (15.99 %)WebServices
164375 (14.16 %)Finance
174178 (13.52 %)SQL Server 2000
183973 (12.86 %)Visual Studio
193762 (12.17 %)OO
203613 (11.69 %)Windows
213492 (11.30 %).NET Framework
223377 (10.93 %)Degree
233316 (10.73 %)Web Development
243271 (10.59 %)SharePoint
253264 (10.56 %)MS Excel
263067 (9.925 %)XHTML
272684 (8.686 %)Transact-SQL
282402 (7.773 %)E-Commerce
292288 (7.404 %)Microsoft Certification
302199 (7.116 %)XSLT

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130829 (99.76 %).NET
210648 (34.46 %)XML
38605 (27.85 %)HTML
47406 (23.97 %)CSS
56228 (20.15 %)AJAX
65433 (17.58 %)ASP
74941 (15.99 %)WebServices
83492 (11.30 %).NET Framework
93067 (9.925 %)XHTML
102199 (7.116 %)XSLT
111950 (6.310 %)WinForms
121860 (6.019 %)WCF
131366 (4.420 %)ASP.NET 2.0
141214 (3.929 %)WPF
151182 (3.825 %)Silverlight
161128 (3.650 %)ADO.NET
17975 (3.155 %)WF
18819 (2.650 %)XSL
19557 (1.802 %)SOAP
20443 (1.434 %)LINQ
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13271 (10.59 %)SharePoint
22182 (7.061 %)IIS
31406 (4.550 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41335 (4.320 %)BizTalk Server
51227 (3.971 %)CMS
6193 (0.625 %)Content Management Server
7179 (0.579 %)ColdFusion
7179 (0.579 %)SharePoint Portal Server
8153 (0.495 %)Apache
9132 (0.427 %)Commerce Server
10125 (0.405 %)MS Exchange
1178 (0.252 %)Commerce Server 2007
1262 (0.201 %)Tomcat
1351 (0.165 %)MQSeries
1448 (0.155 %)DotNetNuke
1542 (0.136 %)Exchange Server 2000
1640 (0.129 %)ArcGIS
1734 (0.110 %)MTS
1828 (0.091 %)Lotus Notes
1927 (0.087 %)EPiServer
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13264 (10.56 %)MS Excel
2856 (2.770 %)Photoshop
3642 (2.078 %)MS Office
4406 (1.314 %)MS Visio
5178 (0.576 %)InfoPath
6148 (0.479 %)Adobe Illustrator
7108 (0.349 %)Fireworks
866 (0.214 %)MS Project
942 (0.136 %)Spreadsheet
1035 (0.113 %)MATLAB
1126 (0.084 %)FreeHand
1126 (0.084 %)MS PowerPoint
1222 (0.071 %)Shockwave
1311 (0.036 %)Adobe Director
147 (0.023 %)ImageReady
156 (0.019 %)CA Clarity
162 (0.006 %)InDesign
162 (0.006 %)PrintSoft PReS
162 (0.006 %)Quicktime
162 (0.006 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1150 (0.485 %)Microsoft CRM
289 (0.288 %)Dynamics CRM
351 (0.165 %)Axapta
443 (0.139 %)Dynamics AX
526 (0.084 %)WebTrends
625 (0.081 %)SoftGrid
724 (0.078 %)Navision
822 (0.071 %)Summit
822 (0.071 %)Hyperion Planning
921 (0.068 %)GoldMine
1019 (0.061 %)Google Analytics
1115 (0.049 %)Oracle Applications
1212 (0.039 %)SalesLogix
1310 (0.032 %)Great Plains
149 (0.029 %)Applix TM1
157 (0.023 %)Dynamics NAV
165 (0.016 %)Pivotal CRM
165 (0.016 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
173 (0.010 %)Sophis VALUE
173 (0.010 %)Sage MMS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12110 (6.828 %)Internet
21167 (3.776 %)Intranet
3319 (1.032 %)TCP/IP
4209 (0.676 %)Extranet
5200 (0.647 %)HTTP
6117 (0.379 %)DNS
7113 (0.366 %)FTP
8102 (0.330 %)SMTP
990 (0.291 %)Firewall
1065 (0.210 %)Wireless
1161 (0.197 %)Broadband
1243 (0.139 %)LAN
1342 (0.136 %)SMS
1441 (0.133 %)SSL
1539 (0.126 %)WAN
1633 (0.107 %)DHCP
1731 (0.100 %)VPN
1829 (0.094 %)3G
1919 (0.061 %)SAN
1919 (0.061 %)Reverse Proxy
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120647 (66.81 %)SQL Server
26742 (21.82 %)SQL Server 2005
34178 (13.52 %)SQL Server 2000
4894 (2.893 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5768 (2.485 %)MySQL
6744 (2.408 %)Crystal Reports
7664 (2.149 %)RDBMS
8588 (1.903 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9389 (1.259 %)DTS
10373 (1.207 %)MS Access
11336 (1.087 %)SQL Server 2008
12277 (0.896 %)Datawarehouse
13266 (0.861 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
14210 (0.680 %)OLAP
15166 (0.537 %)Oracle 9i
16164 (0.531 %)Oracle 8/8i
17163 (0.527 %)GIS
18149 (0.482 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
19148 (0.479 %)BusinessObjects
20147 (0.476 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13973 (12.86 %)Visual Studio
21168 (3.780 %)Flash
3543 (1.757 %)NUnit
4480 (1.553 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5349 (1.129 %)Dreamweaver
6259 (0.838 %)Subversion
7105 (0.340 %)Visual Studio Team System
899 (0.320 %)CruiseControl
979 (0.256 %)ClearCase
1060 (0.194 %)Oracle Forms
1139 (0.126 %)JUnit
1234 (0.110 %)Bugzilla
1328 (0.091 %)TestDirector
1328 (0.091 %)QuickTest Pro
1425 (0.081 %)InstallShield
1522 (0.071 %)Rational Rose
1522 (0.071 %)ReSharper
1620 (0.065 %)FrontPage
1719 (0.061 %)WinRunner
1818 (0.058 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14375 (14.16 %)Finance
22057 (6.657 %)Pensions
31383 (4.475 %)Marketing
41291 (4.178 %)Health
51263 (4.087 %)Insurance
61161 (3.757 %)Banking
7854 (2.764 %)Retail
8600 (1.942 %)Education
9477 (1.544 %)Games
10465 (1.505 %)Investment Banking
11447 (1.447 %)Telecoms
12410 (1.327 %)Legal
13374 (1.210 %)Publishing
14371 (1.201 %)Music
15368 (1.191 %)Front Office
16338 (1.094 %)Government
17301 (0.974 %)Back Office
18277 (0.896 %)Law
19240 (0.777 %)Advertising
20228 (0.738 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124029 (77.76 %)Developer
213366 (43.25 %).NET Developer
37936 (25.68 %)C# Developer
46679 (21.61 %)ASP.NET Developer
55431 (17.57 %)Web Developer
64803 (15.54 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
72906 (9.404 %)Senior Developer
82631 (8.514 %)Software Developer
92168 (7.016 %)VB.NET Developer
101986 (6.427 %).NET Web Developer
111941 (6.281 %)Analyst
121711 (5.537 %)Programmer
131389 (4.495 %)Senior .NET Developer
141191 (3.854 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
151178 (3.812 %)Junior
161137 (3.679 %)C# Web Developer
171071 (3.466 %)SQL Developer
181022 (3.307 %)Junior Developer
19950 (3.074 %)Senior C# Developer
20913 (2.955 %)Analyst Programmer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1910 (2.945 %)N-Tier
2711 (2.301 %)Computer Science
3452 (1.463 %)W3C
4427 (1.382 %)Client/Server
5365 (1.181 %)Web 2.0
6269 (0.870 %)Mathematics
7187 (0.605 %)Management Information System
8182 (0.589 %)Social Network
9174 (0.563 %)Tandem
10158 (0.511 %)Fixed Income
11147 (0.476 %)Derivative
12145 (0.469 %)Equities
13124 (0.401 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
14119 (0.385 %)Multithreading
1591 (0.294 %)NHS
1690 (0.291 %)RIA
1766 (0.214 %)E-Learning
1864 (0.207 %)Replication
1962 (0.201 %)PDA
2055 (0.178 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13613 (11.69 %)Windows
2756 (2.446 %)Windows Server 2003
3431 (1.395 %)UNIX
4346 (1.120 %)Linux
5333 (1.078 %)Windows XP
6234 (0.757 %)Windows 2000
7152 (0.492 %)Windows Mobile
8138 (0.447 %)Windows Vista
981 (0.262 %)Windows 2000 Server
1080 (0.259 %)Windows CE
1173 (0.236 %)Windows Server 2008
1242 (0.136 %)Solaris
1336 (0.116 %)Windows NT
1433 (0.107 %)Red Hat Linux
1523 (0.074 %)Embedded Linux
168 (0.026 %)HPUX
177 (0.023 %)VMS
185 (0.016 %)Mac OS X
185 (0.016 %)Nucleus RTOS
194 (0.013 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13762 (12.17 %)OO
23316 (10.73 %)Web Development
32402 (7.773 %)E-Commerce
41779 (5.757 %)Agile Software Development
51586 (5.132 %)UML
61556 (5.035 %)Scrum
71179 (3.815 %)Project Management
8892 (2.887 %)TDD
9869 (2.812 %)Content Management
10801 (2.592 %)CRM
11744 (2.408 %)OOP
12735 (2.378 %)Unit Testing
13606 (1.961 %)Extreme Programming
14603 (1.951 %)OOD
15592 (1.916 %)Web Design
16502 (1.624 %)Business Intelligence
17449 (1.453 %)SEO
18437 (1.414 %)Software Engineering
19405 (1.311 %)SOA
20396 (1.281 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123420 (75.79 %)C#
211050 (35.76 %)SQL
39322 (30.17 %)VB.NET
49184 (29.72 %)JavaScript
55024 (16.26 %)VB
62684 (8.686 %)Transact-SQL
71965 (6.359 %)VB6
81868 (6.045 %)Java
91684 (5.449 %)C++
101173 (3.796 %)PHP
111043 (3.375 %)VBA
12993 (3.213 %)VBScript
13951 (3.077 %)DHTML
14701 (2.268 %)C
15456 (1.476 %)PL/SQL
16397 (1.285 %)ActionScript
17346 (1.120 %)Perl
18291 (0.942 %)Delphi
19288 (0.932 %)XPath
20176 (0.570 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13377 (10.93 %)Degree
22288 (7.404 %)Microsoft Certification
31350 (4.369 %)MCSD
41144 (3.702 %)MCAD
51113 (3.602 %)MCP
6393 (1.272 %)MCTS
7259 (0.838 %)MCPD
8103 (0.333 %)HND
992 (0.298 %)MCSE
1068 (0.220 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1152 (0.168 %)ISEB
1244 (0.142 %)HNC
1337 (0.120 %)MCITP
1430 (0.097 %)MCDBA
1523 (0.074 %)PhD
1621 (0.068 %)Oracle Certification
1716 (0.052 %)MCSA
1814 (0.045 %)ITIL Certification
1814 (0.045 %)PMI Certification
1912 (0.039 %)CISSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1302 (0.977 %)QA
2184 (0.595 %)WAI
395 (0.307 %)SLA
446 (0.149 %)ISO9001
534 (0.110 %)TickIT
534 (0.110 %)WCAG
618 (0.058 %)ISO9000
713 (0.042 %)Basel II
89 (0.029 %)21 CFR Part 11
89 (0.029 %)HL7
98 (0.026 %)ISO8583
106 (0.019 %)PCI DSS
115 (0.016 %)PAS 78
115 (0.016 %)COBIT
121 (0.003 %)ISO27001
121 (0.003 %)BS7799
121 (0.003 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1442 (1.430 %)Active Directory
2108 (0.349 %)MSMQ
333 (0.107 %)ISA Server
432 (0.104 %)VMware Infrastructure
516 (0.052 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
612 (0.039 %)Terminal Server
711 (0.036 %)Terminal Services
89 (0.029 %)Backup Exec
96 (0.019 %)Cronacle
96 (0.019 %)VMware ESX
103 (0.010 %)WebInspect
103 (0.010 %)Oracle RAC
112 (0.006 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
128 (0.091 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
225 (0.081 %)SCCM
315 (0.049 %)CA SiteMinder
411 (0.036 %)AutoSys
55 (0.016 %)SCOM
55 (0.016 %)MOM
61 (0.003 %)Nessus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17667 (24.81 %)Microsoft
22054 (6.647 %)Oracle
3293 (0.948 %)Adobe
4182 (0.589 %)Sybase
5148 (0.479 %)Business Objects
6116 (0.375 %)Cognos
6116 (0.375 %)Google
774 (0.239 %)Citrix
873 (0.236 %)VMware
969 (0.223 %)telerik
1067 (0.217 %)Sage
1158 (0.188 %)Sun
1249 (0.159 %)IBM
1348 (0.155 %)SAP
1445 (0.146 %)Cisco
1543 (0.139 %)Infragistics
1641 (0.133 %)Sitecore
1641 (0.133 %)Ericsson
1740 (0.129 %)Macromedia
1740 (0.129 %)Visualfiles