Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for C# skills across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank810
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads2226226917
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled14.36 %12.05 %
As % of the category below30.71 %26.28 %
Salaries quoted1990422817
Average minimum salary£37,926£38,828
Average salary£41,979£42,921
% change on same period last year-2.19 %
Average maximum salary£46,032£47,013
UK excluding London average salary£35,643£35,721
% change on same period last year-0.21 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads72486102410
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.76 %45.84 %
Salaries quoted6262683811
Average minimum salary£37,192£38,141
Average salary£40,862£41,953
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum salary£44,532£45,764
UK excluding London average salary£35,690£35,938
% change on same period last year-0.68 %

C#
Demand Trend

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

C# Demand Trend

C#
Salary Trend

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

C# Salary Trend

C#
Salary Histogram

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

C# Salary Histogram

C#
Top 30 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 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+121354£42,241-2.03 %
LondonUp+39064£52,807-0.34 %
South EastNo change03864£38,738+2.49 %
City of LondonUp+52681£56,958-2.99 %
East of EnglandUp+21841£37,587+0.30 %
South WestUp+71678£34,415+3.88 %
North WestUp+51620£31,893-7.46 %
YorkshireDown-11317£33,694+3.34 %
West MidlandsUp+61132£33,927-0.78 %
SurreyDown-2906£41,373+6.48 %
West YorkshireDown-1870£33,888+4.22 %
East MidlandsUp+2826£33,526+4.66 %
BerkshireDown-2783£37,565-4.75 %
ManchesterUp+6776£31,402-10.56 %
HampshireUp+1699£37,714+2.60 %
CambridgeshireUp+3643£36,119-0.72 %
LeedsNo change0531£33,824-2.03 %
CambridgeUp+3498£36,467-3.84 %
ScotlandDown-2487£33,973-0.51 %
CheshireUp+2470£31,640-7.19 %
OxfordshireDown-1469£37,802+4.28 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1461£38,058+4.42 %
BristolUp+8461£32,793-2.44 %
HertfordshireDown-2436£43,695+10.06 %
EssexUp+3414£37,783-3.86 %
NottinghamshireUp+3376£32,199-2.37 %
BirminghamUp+12363£35,478+3.01 %
GloucestershireUp+5362£37,213+9.53 %
SomersetUp+6336£33,896+1.89 %
OxfordUp+2326£37,931+3.70 %

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

138376 (82.40 %).NET
225039 (53.76 %)SQL Server
323420 (50.29 %)ASP.NET
416358 (35.12 %)SQL
512461 (26.76 %)XML
610359 (22.24 %)Microsoft
79152 (19.65 %)C++
88920 (19.15 %)Finance
98084 (17.36 %)JavaScript
107983 (17.14 %)VB.NET
117977 (17.13 %)SQL Server 2005
127513 (16.13 %)OO
137460 (16.02 %)HTML
147275 (15.62 %)Windows
156772 (14.54 %)VB
166768 (14.53 %)Java
176504 (13.97 %)Degree
186435 (13.82 %)CSS
196338 (13.61 %)WebServices
205919 (12.71 %)AJAX
215377 (11.55 %).NET Framework
224920 (10.56 %)Visual Studio
234747 (10.19 %)SQL Server 2000
244724 (10.14 %)ASP
254504 (9.671 %)Oracle
264318 (9.272 %)MS Excel
274214 (9.048 %)WinForms
284169 (8.952 %)Banking
293783 (8.123 %)SharePoint
303568 (7.661 %)Front Office

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
138376 (82.40 %).NET
223420 (50.29 %)ASP.NET
312461 (26.76 %)XML
47460 (16.02 %)HTML
56435 (13.82 %)CSS
66338 (13.61 %)WebServices
75919 (12.71 %)AJAX
85377 (11.55 %).NET Framework
94724 (10.14 %)ASP
104214 (9.048 %)WinForms
112638 (5.664 %)XHTML
122322 (4.986 %)WCF
132265 (4.863 %)XSLT
141772 (3.805 %)WPF
151341 (2.879 %)J2EE
161295 (2.781 %)Silverlight
171184 (2.542 %)ADO.NET
181125 (2.416 %)ASP.NET 2.0
191089 (2.338 %)WF
20853 (1.832 %)XSL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13783 (8.123 %)SharePoint
21990 (4.273 %)IIS
31884 (4.045 %)BizTalk Server
41653 (3.549 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51215 (2.609 %)CMS
6276 (0.593 %)SharePoint Portal Server
7239 (0.513 %)Apache
8211 (0.453 %)ColdFusion
9199 (0.427 %)Content Management Server
10184 (0.395 %)WebLogic
11159 (0.341 %)Commerce Server
12147 (0.316 %)MQSeries
13144 (0.309 %)MS Exchange
14132 (0.283 %)Tomcat
15101 (0.217 %)ArcGIS
1688 (0.189 %)Commerce Server 2007
1772 (0.155 %)JBoss
1857 (0.122 %)SAS
1956 (0.120 %)MTS
2049 (0.105 %)ArcSDE
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14318 (9.272 %)MS Excel
2660 (1.417 %)MS Office
3615 (1.321 %)Photoshop
4505 (1.084 %)MS Visio
5258 (0.554 %)Spreadsheet
6234 (0.502 %)InfoPath
7165 (0.354 %)MATLAB
894 (0.202 %)MS Project
991 (0.195 %)Adobe Illustrator
1083 (0.178 %)Fireworks
1125 (0.054 %)MS PowerPoint
1224 (0.052 %)FreeHand
1322 (0.047 %)Shockwave
1421 (0.045 %)ArcInfo
1516 (0.034 %)AutoCAD
1516 (0.034 %)Simulink
1614 (0.030 %)CA Clarity
1712 (0.026 %)Adobe Director
1811 (0.024 %)S-PLUS
199 (0.019 %)PrintSoft PReS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1321 (0.689 %)Microsoft CRM
2252 (0.541 %)Dynamics CRM
372 (0.155 %)Dynamics AX
372 (0.155 %)Axapta
460 (0.129 %)Summit
545 (0.097 %)Endur
635 (0.075 %)Navision
729 (0.062 %)Dynamics NAV
826 (0.056 %)Oracle Financials
925 (0.054 %)SoftGrid
925 (0.054 %)Pivotal CRM
1018 (0.039 %)SAP CRM
1116 (0.034 %)SalesLogix
1215 (0.032 %)Great Plains
1215 (0.032 %)SAP Business One
1313 (0.028 %)Sophis VALUE
1313 (0.028 %)Oracle Applications
1411 (0.024 %)Temenos Globus
1411 (0.024 %)LongView
1411 (0.024 %)GoldMine
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12286 (4.909 %)Internet
2929 (1.995 %)Intranet
3703 (1.509 %)TCP/IP
4395 (0.848 %)HTTP
5170 (0.365 %)Extranet
6137 (0.294 %)SMTP
7122 (0.262 %)Wireless
8118 (0.253 %)FTP
9103 (0.221 %)GSM
1096 (0.206 %)DNS
1096 (0.206 %)Firewall
1185 (0.183 %)WAN
1278 (0.167 %)LAN
1364 (0.137 %)SMS
1463 (0.135 %)SAN
1559 (0.127 %)GPRS
1652 (0.112 %)Broadband
1746 (0.099 %)LDAP
1845 (0.097 %)VPN
1942 (0.090 %)Bluetooth
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125039 (53.76 %)SQL Server
27977 (17.13 %)SQL Server 2005
34747 (10.19 %)SQL Server 2000
41301 (2.794 %)RDBMS
51072 (2.302 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6888 (1.907 %)MySQL
7847 (1.819 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8810 (1.739 %)Crystal Reports
9537 (1.153 %)DTS
10449 (0.964 %)Oracle 9i
11425 (0.913 %)Datawarehouse
12423 (0.908 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13413 (0.887 %)SQL Server 2008
14406 (0.872 %)Oracle 10g
15391 (0.840 %)MS Access
16377 (0.809 %)GIS
17296 (0.636 %)BusinessObjects
18281 (0.603 %)ETL
18281 (0.603 %)Oracle 8/8i
19271 (0.582 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14920 (10.56 %)Visual Studio
21004 (2.156 %)Flash
3780 (1.675 %)NUnit
4614 (1.318 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5328 (0.704 %)Subversion
6241 (0.517 %)Dreamweaver
7170 (0.365 %)ClearCase
8166 (0.356 %)Visual Studio Team System
9159 (0.341 %)Oracle Forms
10116 (0.249 %)CruiseControl
11108 (0.232 %)TestDirector
12104 (0.223 %)QuickTest Pro
13103 (0.221 %)JUnit
1480 (0.172 %)Eclipse
1578 (0.167 %)Ant
1677 (0.165 %)WinRunner
1772 (0.155 %)PowerBuilder
1869 (0.148 %)InstallShield
1963 (0.135 %)JIRA
2061 (0.131 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18920 (19.15 %)Finance
24169 (8.952 %)Banking
33568 (7.661 %)Front Office
42729 (5.860 %)Pensions
52064 (4.432 %)Investment Banking
61896 (4.071 %)Insurance
71786 (3.835 %)Health
81214 (2.607 %)Marketing
91200 (2.577 %)Education
101030 (2.212 %)Retail
11855 (1.836 %)Telecoms
12758 (1.628 %)Games
13735 (1.578 %)Back Office
14461 (0.990 %)Financial Institution
15458 (0.983 %)Government
16449 (0.964 %)Legal
17349 (0.749 %)Music
18337 (0.724 %)Law
19319 (0.685 %)Publishing
20273 (0.586 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132958 (70.77 %)Developer
214458 (31.04 %)C# Developer
313859 (29.76 %).NET Developer
45238 (11.25 %)ASP.NET Developer
54803 (10.31 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
64456 (9.568 %)Web Developer
74117 (8.840 %)Senior Developer
83792 (8.142 %)Software Developer
93499 (7.513 %)Analyst
102513 (5.396 %)Software Engineer
112416 (5.188 %)Programmer
121770 (3.801 %)Senior C# Developer
131662 (3.569 %)SQL Developer
141649 (3.541 %)Architect
151625 (3.489 %)Junior
161623 (3.485 %).NET Web Developer
171588 (3.410 %)Senior .NET Developer
181517 (3.257 %)C++ Developer
191390 (2.985 %)Team Leader
201353 (2.905 %)Analyst Programmer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12766 (5.939 %)Derivative
21725 (3.704 %)Computer Science
31405 (3.017 %)N-Tier
41197 (2.570 %)Fixed Income
51097 (2.355 %)Mathematics
61019 (2.188 %)Equities
7959 (2.059 %)Equity Derivative
8850 (1.825 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9768 (1.649 %)Multithreading
10653 (1.402 %)Client/Server
11417 (0.895 %)Credit Derivative
12369 (0.792 %)Web 2.0
13333 (0.715 %)Physics
14304 (0.653 %)Management Information System
15303 (0.651 %)W3C
16239 (0.513 %)Tandem
17223 (0.479 %)Social Network
18215 (0.462 %)Interest Rate Derivative
19177 (0.380 %)Market Risk
20162 (0.348 %)PDA
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17275 (15.62 %)Windows
21697 (3.644 %)UNIX
31194 (2.564 %)Linux
4943 (2.025 %)Windows Server 2003
5620 (1.331 %)Windows XP
6476 (1.022 %)Windows 2000
7257 (0.552 %)Windows Mobile
8253 (0.543 %)Solaris
9242 (0.520 %)Windows Vista
10169 (0.363 %)Windows NT
11135 (0.290 %)Windows CE
12134 (0.288 %)Windows Server 2008
13114 (0.245 %)Red Hat Linux
1474 (0.159 %)Windows 2000 Server
1555 (0.118 %)VMS
1645 (0.097 %)AIX
1729 (0.062 %)Embedded Linux
1817 (0.037 %)HPUX
1912 (0.026 %)VxWorks
1912 (0.026 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17513 (16.13 %)OO
23239 (6.955 %)Web Development
32754 (5.913 %)Agile Software Development
42583 (5.546 %)UML
52315 (4.971 %)E-Commerce
61913 (4.108 %)Scrum
71768 (3.796 %)Project Management
81271 (2.729 %)TDD
91236 (2.654 %)OOD
101189 (2.553 %)Unit Testing
111168 (2.508 %)Software Engineering
121149 (2.467 %)CRM
131119 (2.403 %)SOA
141097 (2.355 %)Risk Management
151043 (2.240 %)OOP
16784 (1.683 %)Content Management
17699 (1.501 %)Asset Management
18678 (1.456 %)Workflow
19670 (1.439 %)Business Intelligence
20644 (1.383 %)Extreme Programming
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116358 (35.12 %)SQL
29152 (19.65 %)C++
38084 (17.36 %)JavaScript
47983 (17.14 %)VB.NET
56772 (14.54 %)VB
66768 (14.53 %)Java
73084 (6.622 %)Transact-SQL
82566 (5.510 %)VB6
92497 (5.362 %)VBA
101967 (4.224 %)C
111223 (2.626 %)PHP
121032 (2.216 %)PL/SQL
13940 (2.018 %)VC++
14877 (1.883 %)Perl
15835 (1.793 %)Delphi
16820 (1.761 %)DHTML
17753 (1.617 %)VBScript
18490 (1.052 %)Python
19383 (0.822 %)ActionScript
20324 (0.696 %)XPath
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16504 (13.97 %)Degree
22635 (5.658 %)Microsoft Certification
31457 (3.128 %)MCSD
41202 (2.581 %)MCP
51194 (2.564 %)MCAD
6459 (0.986 %)MCTS
7265 (0.569 %)MCPD
8240 (0.515 %)PhD
9186 (0.399 %)ISEB
10113 (0.243 %)MCSE
1192 (0.198 %)HND
1268 (0.146 %)HNC
1360 (0.129 %)MCITP
1457 (0.122 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1553 (0.114 %)MCDBA
1633 (0.071 %)CISSP
1726 (0.056 %)Postgraduate
1817 (0.037 %)MCSA
1915 (0.032 %)ISTQB
2013 (0.028 %)GIAC
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1754 (1.619 %)QA
2141 (0.303 %)WAI
3108 (0.232 %)SLA
468 (0.146 %)ISO9001
549 (0.105 %)TickIT
648 (0.103 %)ISO9000
733 (0.071 %)HL7
829 (0.062 %)WCAG
916 (0.034 %)Basel II
1012 (0.026 %)21 CFR Part 11
1111 (0.024 %)DICOM
1210 (0.021 %)ISO27001
138 (0.017 %)ISO8583
145 (0.011 %)COBIT
154 (0.009 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
163 (0.006 %)PCI DSS
172 (0.004 %)JTAG
172 (0.004 %)MiFID
181 (0.002 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1558 (1.198 %)Active Directory
2163 (0.350 %)MSMQ
361 (0.131 %)VMware Infrastructure
429 (0.062 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
524 (0.052 %)Terminal Services
613 (0.028 %)ISA Server
711 (0.024 %)Terminal Server
711 (0.024 %)AquaLogic
89 (0.019 %)Oracle RMAN
98 (0.017 %)Orbix
107 (0.015 %)Citrix Presentation Server
116 (0.013 %)Oracle RAC
116 (0.013 %)Cronacle
116 (0.013 %)Xen
116 (0.013 %)Intellisync
125 (0.011 %)VMware Workstation
125 (0.011 %)MetaFrame
132 (0.004 %)Backup Exec
132 (0.004 %)WebInspect
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
166 (0.142 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
247 (0.101 %)SCCM
327 (0.058 %)Tivoli
426 (0.056 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
525 (0.054 %)AutoSys
612 (0.026 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
711 (0.024 %)MIIS
89 (0.019 %)MOM
97 (0.015 %)SCOM
105 (0.011 %)Netcool
112 (0.004 %)CONTROL-M
112 (0.004 %)ZENworks
121 (0.002 %)Novell Identity Manager
121 (0.002 %)DirXML
121 (0.002 %)Norton AntiVirus
121 (0.002 %)AppManager
121 (0.002 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110359 (22.24 %)Microsoft
24504 (9.671 %)Oracle
31031 (2.214 %)Sybase
4296 (0.636 %)Business Objects
5294 (0.631 %)TIBCO
6241 (0.517 %)Adobe
7225 (0.483 %)IBM
8169 (0.363 %)SAP
9149 (0.320 %)Sun
10147 (0.316 %)Cognos
10147 (0.316 %)Citrix
11138 (0.296 %)Bloomberg
12128 (0.275 %)Google
13120 (0.258 %)Red Hat
14115 (0.247 %)Borland
14115 (0.247 %)VMware
15110 (0.236 %)ESRI
16106 (0.228 %)Reuters
1793 (0.200 %)Infragistics
1881 (0.174 %)Perforce