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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank55
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3129635675
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled16.85 %14.87 %
As % of the category below51.78 %47.31 %
Salaries quoted2756230077
Average minimum salary£36,379£37,739
Average salary£39,867£41,159
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Average maximum salary£43,354£44,580
UK excluding London average salary£35,310£35,970
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6044175403
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.54 %31.43 %
Salaries quoted5197261857
Average minimum salary£36,905£38,729
Average salary£40,489£42,527
% change on same period last year-4.79 %
Average maximum salary£44,073£46,326
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %

.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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

.NET Salary Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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
EnglandNo change030192£39,929-3.05 %
LondonUp+411613£48,383-3.32 %
South EastUp+16291£37,905-0.48 %
City of LondonUp+53047£51,480-6.10 %
East of EnglandNo change02911£37,928-0.12 %
South WestUp+52372£33,083+4.38 %
North WestDown-12215£31,682-9.06 %
YorkshireDown-11968£32,294+0.41 %
West MidlandsUp+11661£32,279-2.04 %
SurreyDown-21483£38,754-1.22 %
BerkshireDown-31369£39,551-0.07 %
HampshireDown-11177£36,995+5.28 %
West YorkshireUp+11174£32,617+0.03 %
ManchesterUp+11128£32,078-12.85 %
East MidlandsNo change01060£33,268+4.55 %
CambridgeshireUp+41029£35,713+0.74 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1869£37,031-1.96 %
HertfordshireUp+5812£42,008+4.26 %
OxfordshireUp+2779£38,468+10.22 %
LeedsNo change0770£33,066-2.08 %
ScotlandUp+3677£35,723+1.81 %
CambridgeUp+2654£36,868-2.48 %
BristolUp+6592£32,422+2.83 %
EssexNo change0560£37,902-5.61 %
GloucestershireUp+1547£34,728+4.52 %
CheshireDown-2547£31,086-5.67 %
BirminghamNo change0486£33,257-4.60 %
OxfordUp+4438£38,436+8.52 %
ReadingDown-2413£38,310-2.27 %
South YorkshireDown-2405£31,655+3.55 %

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

140779 (63.49 %)C#
235157 (54.74 %)SQL Server
332469 (50.55 %)ASP.NET
422492 (35.02 %)SQL
517401 (27.09 %)XML
616831 (26.21 %)VB.NET
715981 (24.88 %)Microsoft
812323 (19.19 %)HTML
912054 (18.77 %)JavaScript
1011545 (17.98 %)VB
1111234 (17.49 %)Finance
1210220 (15.91 %)SQL Server 2005
139356 (14.57 %)CSS
149252 (14.40 %)Windows
158665 (13.49 %)Java
168632 (13.44 %)ASP
178213 (12.79 %)OO
187912 (12.32 %)WebServices
197849 (12.22 %)Degree
207341 (11.43 %)C++
217040 (10.96 %)AJAX
226951 (10.82 %).NET Framework
236940 (10.81 %)Oracle
246808 (10.60 %)MS Excel
256784 (10.56 %)SQL Server 2000
266215 (9.676 %)Visual Studio
275549 (8.640 %)SharePoint
285301 (8.253 %)Web Development
294827 (7.515 %)VB6
304692 (7.305 %)Transact-SQL

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 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
132469 (50.55 %)ASP.NET
217401 (27.09 %)XML
312323 (19.19 %)HTML
49356 (14.57 %)CSS
58632 (13.44 %)ASP
67912 (12.32 %)WebServices
77040 (10.96 %)AJAX
86951 (10.82 %).NET Framework
94376 (6.813 %)WinForms
104061 (6.323 %)XHTML
113315 (5.161 %)XSLT
123215 (5.006 %)J2EE
131874 (2.918 %)WCF
141765 (2.748 %)ASP.NET 2.0
151714 (2.669 %)ADO.NET
161386 (2.158 %)WPF
171325 (2.063 %)XSL
181157 (1.801 %)Silverlight
191067 (1.661 %)SOAP
20917 (1.428 %)WF
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15549 (8.640 %)SharePoint
23951 (6.152 %)IIS
32926 (4.556 %)BizTalk Server
42100 (3.270 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51773 (2.760 %)CMS
6557 (0.867 %)Apache
7432 (0.673 %)ColdFusion
8418 (0.651 %)WebLogic
8418 (0.651 %)SharePoint Portal Server
9379 (0.590 %)Tomcat
10308 (0.480 %)MS Exchange
11307 (0.478 %)Content Management Server
12266 (0.414 %)JBoss
13251 (0.391 %)Commerce Server
14210 (0.327 %)MQSeries
15161 (0.251 %)ArcGIS
16139 (0.216 %)Lotus Notes
17137 (0.213 %)SAS
18126 (0.196 %)Commerce Server 2007
19117 (0.182 %)MTS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16808 (10.60 %)MS Excel
21569 (2.443 %)MS Office
31063 (1.655 %)Photoshop
4626 (0.975 %)MS Visio
5376 (0.585 %)MS Project
6281 (0.438 %)Adobe Illustrator
7237 (0.369 %)InfoPath
8155 (0.241 %)Fireworks
9151 (0.235 %)Spreadsheet
1079 (0.123 %)MS PowerPoint
1171 (0.111 %)MATLAB
1238 (0.059 %)AutoCAD
1328 (0.044 %)ImageReady
1423 (0.036 %)Shockwave
1521 (0.033 %)3ds Max
1620 (0.031 %)Acrobat
1620 (0.031 %)CA Clarity
1715 (0.023 %)FreeHand
1813 (0.020 %)ArcInfo
1912 (0.019 %)Adobe Director
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1648 (1.009 %)Microsoft CRM
2495 (0.771 %)Dynamics CRM
3249 (0.388 %)Axapta
4237 (0.369 %)Dynamics AX
5128 (0.199 %)Navision
691 (0.142 %)Summit
784 (0.131 %)Dynamics NAV
868 (0.106 %)SAP Oil and Gas
950 (0.078 %)GoldMine
1046 (0.072 %)Pivotal CRM
1046 (0.072 %)Great Plains
1046 (0.072 %)Endur
1145 (0.070 %)Oracle Applications
1145 (0.070 %)SAP CRM
1145 (0.070 %)SalesLogix
1243 (0.067 %)Oracle Financials
1335 (0.054 %)SAP Business One
1429 (0.045 %)Dynamics GP
1525 (0.039 %)Line 500
1624 (0.037 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13686 (5.739 %)Internet
21769 (2.754 %)Intranet
3658 (1.024 %)TCP/IP
4447 (0.696 %)HTTP
5438 (0.682 %)Extranet
6254 (0.395 %)DNS
7242 (0.377 %)Firewall
8203 (0.316 %)SMTP
9179 (0.279 %)FTP
10175 (0.272 %)LDAP
11149 (0.232 %)LAN
11149 (0.232 %)Wireless
12130 (0.202 %)WAN
13127 (0.198 %)VoIP
1497 (0.151 %)SSL
1587 (0.135 %)GSM
1681 (0.126 %)VPN
1780 (0.125 %)GPRS
1879 (0.123 %)SMS
1879 (0.123 %)HTTPS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
135157 (54.74 %)SQL Server
210220 (15.91 %)SQL Server 2005
36784 (10.56 %)SQL Server 2000
41671 (2.602 %)RDBMS
51655 (2.577 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61587 (2.471 %)MySQL
71407 (2.191 %)Crystal Reports
81119 (1.742 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9989 (1.540 %)DTS
10985 (1.534 %)Datawarehouse
11914 (1.423 %)MS Access
12625 (0.973 %)GIS
13520 (0.810 %)BusinessObjects
14495 (0.771 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
15462 (0.719 %)OLAP
16454 (0.707 %)Oracle 10g
17447 (0.696 %)ETL
17447 (0.696 %)DB2
18422 (0.657 %)Oracle 9i
19401 (0.624 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16215 (9.676 %)Visual Studio
21883 (2.932 %)Flash
31044 (1.625 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4848 (1.320 %)NUnit
5553 (0.861 %)Dreamweaver
6489 (0.761 %)Subversion
7255 (0.397 %)Eclipse
8252 (0.392 %)QuickTest Pro
9230 (0.358 %)WinRunner
10227 (0.353 %)Oracle Forms
11215 (0.335 %)TestDirector
12175 (0.272 %)Visual Studio Team System
13168 (0.262 %)JUnit
14161 (0.251 %)InstallShield
15155 (0.241 %)Ant
16150 (0.234 %)CruiseControl
17138 (0.215 %)LoadRunner
18132 (0.206 %)ClearCase
19116 (0.181 %)Rational Rose
2097 (0.151 %)FitNesse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111234 (17.49 %)Finance
23793 (5.906 %)Pensions
33753 (5.843 %)Banking
42814 (4.381 %)Health
52642 (4.113 %)Insurance
62204 (3.432 %)Retail
72107 (3.281 %)Marketing
82073 (3.228 %)Front Office
91630 (2.538 %)Investment Banking
101546 (2.407 %)Education
111082 (1.685 %)Telecoms
121012 (1.576 %)Back Office
13921 (1.434 %)Government
14714 (1.112 %)Games
15646 (1.006 %)Legal
16614 (0.956 %)Publishing
17600 (0.934 %)Advertising
18524 (0.816 %)Financial Institution
19521 (0.811 %)Law
20406 (0.632 %)Music
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
142626 (66.37 %)Developer
220009 (31.15 %).NET Developer
313402 (20.87 %)C# Developer
47513 (11.70 %)Web Developer
57188 (11.19 %)ASP.NET Developer
65919 (9.216 %)Analyst
75098 (7.937 %)Senior Developer
85066 (7.888 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
94456 (6.938 %)Software Developer
104100 (6.384 %)VB.NET Developer
113720 (5.792 %)Programmer
123108 (4.839 %)Architect
132811 (4.377 %)Consultant
142679 (4.171 %).NET Web Developer
152469 (3.844 %)Software Engineer
162286 (3.559 %)SQL Developer
172218 (3.453 %)Senior .NET Developer
182152 (3.351 %)Junior
192137 (3.327 %)Analyst Programmer
201818 (2.831 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11876 (2.921 %)Computer Science
21671 (2.602 %)N-Tier
31524 (2.373 %)Derivative
41008 (1.569 %)Client/Server
5844 (1.314 %)Mathematics
6757 (1.179 %)Fixed Income
7725 (1.129 %)Equities
8640 (0.996 %)W3C
9577 (0.898 %)Multithreading
10558 (0.869 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11547 (0.852 %)Web 2.0
12468 (0.729 %)Equity Derivative
13419 (0.652 %)Management Information System
14272 (0.423 %)Tandem
15258 (0.402 %)Social Network
16247 (0.385 %)PDA
17244 (0.380 %)Physics
18219 (0.341 %)Credit Derivative
19197 (0.307 %)NHS
20166 (0.258 %)Replication
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19252 (14.40 %)Windows
22105 (3.277 %)UNIX
31646 (2.563 %)Windows Server 2003
41524 (2.373 %)Linux
5771 (1.200 %)Windows XP
6625 (0.973 %)Windows 2000
7354 (0.551 %)Windows Vista
8266 (0.414 %)Solaris
9251 (0.391 %)Windows 2000 Server
10229 (0.357 %)Windows Mobile
11160 (0.249 %)Windows NT
12116 (0.181 %)Windows Server 2008
1386 (0.134 %)Windows CE
1465 (0.101 %)Red Hat Linux
1554 (0.084 %)AIX
1634 (0.053 %)Embedded Linux
1726 (0.040 %)Android
1825 (0.039 %)VMS
1918 (0.028 %)Mac OS X
2016 (0.025 %)FreeBSD
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18213 (12.79 %)OO
25301 (8.253 %)Web Development
34150 (6.461 %)UML
43593 (5.594 %)E-Commerce
53166 (4.929 %)Project Management
62935 (4.570 %)Agile Software Development
72343 (3.648 %)Scrum
82147 (3.343 %)CRM
91763 (2.745 %)SOA
101534 (2.388 %)Content Management
111360 (2.117 %)Business Intelligence
121359 (2.116 %)OOP
131330 (2.071 %)Unit Testing
141326 (2.065 %)OOD
151285 (2.001 %)PRINCE2
161184 (1.843 %)RUP
171141 (1.776 %)Software Engineering
181086 (1.691 %)Business Analysis
191054 (1.641 %)TDD
201018 (1.585 %)Web Design
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140779 (63.49 %)C#
222492 (35.02 %)SQL
316831 (26.21 %)VB.NET
412054 (18.77 %)JavaScript
511545 (17.98 %)VB
68665 (13.49 %)Java
77341 (11.43 %)C++
84827 (7.515 %)VB6
94692 (7.305 %)Transact-SQL
102543 (3.959 %)VBA
112409 (3.751 %)PHP
122361 (3.676 %)C
131808 (2.815 %)VBScript
141471 (2.290 %)DHTML
151247 (1.942 %)PL/SQL
16966 (1.504 %)VC++
17847 (1.319 %)Perl
18805 (1.253 %)Delphi
19762 (1.186 %)ActionScript
20449 (0.699 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17849 (12.22 %)Degree
23514 (5.471 %)Microsoft Certification
31819 (2.832 %)MCSD
41362 (2.121 %)MCP
51350 (2.102 %)MCAD
6462 (0.719 %)ISEB
7342 (0.532 %)MCTS
8328 (0.511 %)PRINCE2 Certification
9266 (0.414 %)MCPD
10237 (0.369 %)MCSE
11199 (0.310 %)PhD
12179 (0.279 %)HND
13119 (0.185 %)MCDBA
1489 (0.139 %)PMI Certification
1579 (0.123 %)HNC
1675 (0.117 %)MCITP
1767 (0.104 %)MCSA
1858 (0.090 %)PMP
1937 (0.058 %)ISTQB
1937 (0.058 %)CISSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11119 (1.742 %)QA
2242 (0.377 %)SLA
3214 (0.333 %)WAI
487 (0.135 %)ISO9001
562 (0.097 %)WCAG
660 (0.093 %)ISO9000
758 (0.090 %)TickIT
827 (0.042 %)Basel II
925 (0.039 %)COBIT
1020 (0.031 %)HL7
1117 (0.026 %)ISO8583
1214 (0.022 %)21 CFR Part 11
1310 (0.016 %)MiFID
146 (0.009 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
155 (0.008 %)PAS 78
164 (0.006 %)ISO27001
164 (0.006 %)BS7799
173 (0.005 %)DICOM
182 (0.003 %)PCI DSS
182 (0.003 %)GAMP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1876 (1.364 %)Active Directory
2273 (0.425 %)MSMQ
3125 (0.195 %)VMware Infrastructure
477 (0.120 %)ISA Server
557 (0.089 %)AquaLogic
655 (0.086 %)Terminal Services
740 (0.062 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
827 (0.042 %)Terminal Server
919 (0.030 %)MetaFrame
919 (0.030 %)Oracle RAC
1018 (0.028 %)VMware ESX
1113 (0.020 %)Backup Exec
1210 (0.016 %)Citrix Presentation Server
137 (0.011 %)VMware GSX
146 (0.009 %)Oracle RMAN
146 (0.009 %)VMware Workstation
146 (0.009 %)NetBackup
146 (0.009 %)Intellisync
154 (0.006 %)VMware Server
154 (0.006 %)ClearTrust
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
166 (0.103 %)MOM
255 (0.086 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
341 (0.064 %)AutoSys
431 (0.048 %)SCOM
529 (0.045 %)OpenView
617 (0.026 %)MIIS
715 (0.023 %)Unicenter
810 (0.016 %)OVSD
810 (0.016 %)SCCM
99 (0.014 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
108 (0.012 %)CA SiteMinder
117 (0.011 %)WSUS
125 (0.008 %)Norton AntiVirus
133 (0.005 %)ZENworks
133 (0.005 %)Nessus
142 (0.003 %)EMC NetWorker
142 (0.003 %)TIBCO InConcert
142 (0.003 %)Tivoli
142 (0.003 %)Nagios
142 (0.003 %)Oracle Statspack
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115981 (24.88 %)Microsoft
26940 (10.81 %)Oracle
3835 (1.300 %)Sybase
4578 (0.900 %)SAP
5520 (0.810 %)Business Objects
6406 (0.632 %)Adobe
7397 (0.618 %)TIBCO
8383 (0.596 %)IBM
9333 (0.518 %)Cognos
10293 (0.456 %)Citrix
11248 (0.386 %)Reuters
12223 (0.347 %)Siebel
13207 (0.322 %)ESRI
14200 (0.311 %)Sage
15195 (0.304 %)Sun
16189 (0.294 %)VMware
17179 (0.279 %)Bloomberg
18173 (0.269 %)Google
19171 (0.266 %)Lotus
20163 (0.254 %)BEA