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

LinkMicrosoft ASP.NET
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1719
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1587917343
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.548 %7.229 %
As % of the category below26.27 %23.00 %
Salaries quoted1433315178
Average minimum salary£33,833£34,341
Average salary£37,064£37,420
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Average maximum salary£40,294£40,498
UK excluding London average salary£34,010£33,764
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
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 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

ASP.NET Salary Histogram

ASP.NET
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 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
EnglandUp+415351£37,145-0.98 %
LondonUp+95338£43,796-2.45 %
South EastDown-13184£36,335-0.53 %
East of EnglandUp+31491£37,354+4.39 %
North WestUp+31414£30,493-3.86 %
City of LondonUp+111245£46,278-4.30 %
South WestUp+71224£32,421+4.55 %
YorkshireNo change01085£32,054+5.27 %
West MidlandsUp+31024£31,311+1.35 %
BerkshireDown-1756£36,727-0.85 %
ManchesterUp+6744£30,321-7.73 %
East MidlandsUp+2632£33,104+6.52 %
West YorkshireUp+1620£32,265+7.68 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4579£36,839+1.18 %
SurreyDown-8575£38,095-3.23 %
CambridgeshireUp+3554£35,554+4.80 %
HampshireDown-2549£34,253+1.70 %
HertfordshireUp+3431£41,918+9.77 %
OxfordshireNo change0414£36,761+6.69 %
LeedsUp+4401£32,696+6.36 %
CheshireNo change0365£30,271-5.66 %
ScotlandUp+10331£33,797-0.13 %
BristolUp+17319£31,685+2.14 %
BirminghamUp+3318£31,939+6.50 %
CambridgeUp+5301£36,714-0.35 %
GloucestershireNo change0296£33,974+2.79 %
South YorkshireDown-4291£31,127+1.33 %
ReadingUp+1278£36,881-1.86 %
PeterboroughUp+3246£34,273+16.38 %
EssexDown-2242£35,939-1.23 %

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

132469 (99.79 %).NET
224245 (74.51 %)C#
321939 (67.43 %)SQL Server
411637 (35.76 %)SQL
511521 (35.41 %)XML
610203 (31.36 %)VB.NET
79331 (28.68 %)JavaScript
89262 (28.47 %)HTML
98149 (25.04 %)Microsoft
107539 (23.17 %)CSS
116953 (21.37 %)SQL Server 2005
125951 (18.29 %)ASP
135841 (17.95 %)AJAX
145298 (16.28 %)VB
155115 (15.72 %)WebServices
164764 (14.64 %)Finance
174613 (14.18 %)SQL Server 2000
184088 (12.56 %)Visual Studio
193992 (12.27 %)OO
203826 (11.76 %)Windows
213747 (11.52 %).NET Framework
223704 (11.38 %)Web Development
233473 (10.67 %)MS Excel
233473 (10.67 %)SharePoint
243416 (10.50 %)Degree
253215 (9.881 %)XHTML
262904 (8.925 %)Transact-SQL
272587 (7.951 %)XSLT
282439 (7.496 %)IIS
292409 (7.404 %)E-Commerce

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 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
132469 (99.79 %).NET
211521 (35.41 %)XML
39262 (28.47 %)HTML
47539 (23.17 %)CSS
55951 (18.29 %)ASP
65841 (17.95 %)AJAX
75115 (15.72 %)WebServices
83747 (11.52 %).NET Framework
93215 (9.881 %)XHTML
102587 (7.951 %)XSLT
112291 (7.041 %)WinForms
121745 (5.363 %)ASP.NET 2.0
131434 (4.407 %)WCF
141274 (3.915 %)ADO.NET
15940 (2.889 %)WPF
16896 (2.754 %)XSL
17895 (2.751 %)Silverlight
18784 (2.409 %)WF
19580 (1.783 %)COM+
20512 (1.574 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13473 (10.67 %)SharePoint
22439 (7.496 %)IIS
31568 (4.819 %)BizTalk Server
41405 (4.318 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51232 (3.786 %)CMS
6221 (0.679 %)Content Management Server
7194 (0.596 %)SharePoint Portal Server
8193 (0.593 %)ColdFusion
9168 (0.516 %)Apache
10141 (0.433 %)Commerce Server
11123 (0.378 %)MQSeries
12119 (0.366 %)MS Exchange
1386 (0.264 %)Tomcat
1479 (0.243 %)MTS
1577 (0.237 %)Commerce Server 2007
1649 (0.151 %)ArcGIS
1744 (0.135 %)DotNetNuke
1843 (0.132 %)Exchange Server 2003
1942 (0.129 %)Lotus Notes
2031 (0.095 %)ArcSDE
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13473 (10.67 %)MS Excel
2740 (2.274 %)Photoshop
3724 (2.225 %)MS Office
4248 (0.762 %)MS Visio
5167 (0.513 %)Adobe Illustrator
6164 (0.504 %)InfoPath
7107 (0.329 %)Fireworks
886 (0.264 %)MS Project
952 (0.160 %)Spreadsheet
1039 (0.120 %)MATLAB
1135 (0.108 %)MS PowerPoint
1222 (0.068 %)Shockwave
1315 (0.046 %)FreeHand
1414 (0.043 %)ImageReady
1511 (0.034 %)Adobe Director
167 (0.022 %)CorelDRAW
176 (0.018 %)CA Clarity
184 (0.012 %)InDesign
184 (0.012 %)AutoCAD
184 (0.012 %)S-PLUS
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1303 (0.931 %)Microsoft CRM
2131 (0.403 %)Dynamics CRM
394 (0.289 %)Axapta
453 (0.163 %)Summit
542 (0.129 %)GoldMine
639 (0.120 %)Dynamics AX
722 (0.068 %)Navision
819 (0.058 %)Great Plains
819 (0.058 %)Dynamics GP
918 (0.055 %)WebTrends
1017 (0.052 %)SalesLogix
1017 (0.052 %)Hyperion Planning
1111 (0.034 %)Oracle Applications
126 (0.018 %)Oracle Financials
126 (0.018 %)Dynamics NAV
135 (0.015 %)Line 500
144 (0.012 %)Endur
153 (0.009 %)assyst
153 (0.009 %)Pivotal CRM
153 (0.009 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12304 (7.081 %)Internet
21241 (3.814 %)Intranet
3346 (1.063 %)Extranet
4281 (0.864 %)TCP/IP
5203 (0.624 %)HTTP
6118 (0.363 %)DNS
7105 (0.323 %)SMTP
891 (0.280 %)FTP
982 (0.252 %)Firewall
1078 (0.240 %)SSL
1164 (0.197 %)VoIP
1259 (0.181 %)Wireless
1357 (0.175 %)LAN
1442 (0.129 %)Broadband
1536 (0.111 %)LDAP
1635 (0.108 %)WAN
1733 (0.101 %)DHCP
1830 (0.092 %)HTTPS
1929 (0.089 %)RFID
2028 (0.086 %)SMS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121939 (67.43 %)SQL Server
26953 (21.37 %)SQL Server 2005
34613 (14.18 %)SQL Server 2000
4967 (2.972 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5893 (2.744 %)MySQL
6745 (2.290 %)Crystal Reports
7601 (1.847 %)RDBMS
8489 (1.503 %)DTS
9485 (1.491 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10433 (1.331 %)MS Access
11304 (0.934 %)Datawarehouse
12255 (0.784 %)SQL Server 2008
13201 (0.618 %)GIS
14198 (0.609 %)OLAP
15193 (0.593 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
16165 (0.507 %)BusinessObjects
17157 (0.483 %)Oracle 10g
18129 (0.396 %)Oracle 8/8i
19120 (0.369 %)Oracle 9i
20114 (0.350 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14088 (12.56 %)Visual Studio
21192 (3.663 %)Flash
3568 (1.746 %)NUnit
4497 (1.527 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5386 (1.186 %)Dreamweaver
6315 (0.968 %)Subversion
7109 (0.335 %)CruiseControl
899 (0.304 %)Visual Studio Team System
976 (0.234 %)Oracle Forms
1067 (0.206 %)ClearCase
1161 (0.187 %)InstallShield
1236 (0.111 %)Bugzilla
1236 (0.111 %)Rational Rose
1333 (0.101 %)TestDirector
1427 (0.083 %)JUnit
1524 (0.074 %)Ant
1621 (0.065 %)Eclipse
1719 (0.058 %)ClearQuest
1818 (0.055 %)Log4Net
1818 (0.055 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14764 (14.64 %)Finance
22107 (6.476 %)Pensions
31450 (4.456 %)Health
41331 (4.091 %)Marketing
51288 (3.958 %)Insurance
61203 (3.697 %)Banking
7970 (2.981 %)Retail
8598 (1.838 %)Education
9453 (1.392 %)Front Office
10449 (1.380 %)Investment Banking
11445 (1.368 %)Legal
12438 (1.346 %)Telecoms
13437 (1.343 %)Games
14435 (1.337 %)Publishing
15410 (1.260 %)Advertising
16363 (1.116 %)Government
17343 (1.054 %)Law
18340 (1.045 %)Back Office
19317 (0.974 %)Music
20190 (0.584 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125786 (79.25 %)Developer
214378 (44.19 %).NET Developer
38603 (26.44 %)C# Developer
47188 (22.09 %)ASP.NET Developer
56253 (19.22 %)Web Developer
65070 (15.58 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
73110 (9.558 %)Senior Developer
82470 (7.591 %)Software Developer
92417 (7.428 %).NET Web Developer
102389 (7.342 %)VB.NET Developer
112029 (6.236 %)Analyst
121745 (5.363 %)Programmer
131603 (4.927 %)Senior .NET Developer
141393 (4.281 %)C# Web Developer
151345 (4.134 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
161266 (3.891 %)Junior
171142 (3.510 %)Senior C# Developer
181111 (3.414 %)Junior Developer
191093 (3.359 %)SQL Developer
20985 (3.027 %)Applications Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11012 (3.110 %)N-Tier
2772 (2.373 %)Computer Science
3466 (1.432 %)Client/Server
4457 (1.405 %)W3C
5388 (1.192 %)Web 2.0
6268 (0.824 %)Mathematics
7226 (0.695 %)Derivative
8210 (0.645 %)Social Network
9196 (0.602 %)Tandem
10181 (0.556 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11179 (0.550 %)Multithreading
12172 (0.529 %)Management Information System
13162 (0.498 %)Equities
14140 (0.430 %)Fixed Income
1587 (0.267 %)NHS
1676 (0.234 %)Replication
1775 (0.230 %)PDA
1871 (0.218 %)Statistics
1967 (0.206 %)Spread Betting
2063 (0.194 %)Physics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13826 (11.76 %)Windows
2799 (2.456 %)Windows Server 2003
3367 (1.128 %)Windows XP
4360 (1.106 %)Linux
5339 (1.042 %)UNIX
6240 (0.738 %)Windows 2000
7154 (0.473 %)Windows 2000 Server
8131 (0.403 %)Windows Vista
969 (0.212 %)Windows Mobile
1056 (0.172 %)Windows Server 2008
1146 (0.141 %)Solaris
1146 (0.141 %)Windows CE
1240 (0.123 %)Windows NT
1326 (0.080 %)Red Hat Linux
1419 (0.058 %)Embedded Linux
159 (0.028 %)Mac OS X
166 (0.018 %)FreeBSD
175 (0.015 %)AIX
184 (0.012 %)HPUX
184 (0.012 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13992 (12.27 %)OO
23704 (11.38 %)Web Development
32409 (7.404 %)E-Commerce
41905 (5.855 %)UML
51598 (4.911 %)Agile Software Development
61493 (4.588 %)Scrum
71256 (3.860 %)Project Management
81024 (3.147 %)CRM
9970 (2.981 %)Content Management
10808 (2.483 %)Unit Testing
11762 (2.342 %)Web Design
12735 (2.259 %)OOP
13681 (2.093 %)Extreme Programming
14649 (1.995 %)TDD
15562 (1.727 %)OOD
16495 (1.521 %)Business Intelligence
17470 (1.444 %)RUP
18461 (1.417 %)Software Engineering
19426 (1.309 %)SEO
20414 (1.272 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124245 (74.51 %)C#
211637 (35.76 %)SQL
310203 (31.36 %)VB.NET
49331 (28.68 %)JavaScript
55298 (16.28 %)VB
62904 (8.925 %)Transact-SQL
72124 (6.528 %)VB6
82058 (6.325 %)Java
91864 (5.729 %)C++
101260 (3.872 %)PHP
111176 (3.614 %)VBScript
121145 (3.519 %)DHTML
13905 (2.781 %)VBA
14723 (2.222 %)C
15473 (1.454 %)PL/SQL
16400 (1.229 %)ActionScript
17297 (0.913 %)Delphi
18287 (0.882 %)Perl
19232 (0.713 %)XPath
20217 (0.667 %)VC++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13416 (10.50 %)Degree
22229 (6.850 %)Microsoft Certification
31359 (4.177 %)MCSD
41087 (3.341 %)MCAD
51043 (3.205 %)MCP
6226 (0.695 %)MCTS
7202 (0.621 %)MCPD
884 (0.258 %)HND
977 (0.237 %)MCSE
1072 (0.221 %)ISEB
1143 (0.132 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1236 (0.111 %)HNC
1325 (0.077 %)PhD
1424 (0.074 %)MCSA
1522 (0.068 %)MCDBA
1621 (0.065 %)PMP
1720 (0.061 %)PMI Certification
1818 (0.055 %)MCITP
1818 (0.055 %)Postgraduate
1913 (0.040 %)Oracle Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1241 (0.741 %)QA
2173 (0.532 %)WAI
3104 (0.320 %)SLA
438 (0.117 %)WCAG
530 (0.092 %)ISO9001
623 (0.071 %)TickIT
716 (0.049 %)ISO8583
811 (0.034 %)ISO9000
99 (0.028 %)21 CFR Part 11
99 (0.028 %)Basel II
105 (0.015 %)PAS 78
114 (0.012 %)COBIT
123 (0.009 %)ISO27001
123 (0.009 %)BS7799
132 (0.006 %)HL7
141 (0.003 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1356 (1.094 %)Active Directory
2181 (0.556 %)MSMQ
335 (0.108 %)ISA Server
433 (0.101 %)VMware Infrastructure
520 (0.061 %)AquaLogic
610 (0.031 %)Terminal Services
78 (0.025 %)MetaFrame
78 (0.025 %)Backup Exec
87 (0.022 %)VMware ESX
96 (0.018 %)Terminal Server
104 (0.012 %)ClearTrust
113 (0.009 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
113 (0.009 %)WebInspect
122 (0.006 %)Oracle RAC
131 (0.003 %)Citrix Presentation Server
131 (0.003 %)Cronacle
131 (0.003 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
121 (0.065 %)SCOM
217 (0.052 %)AutoSys
315 (0.046 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
410 (0.031 %)MOM
54 (0.012 %)WSUS
63 (0.009 %)SCCM
63 (0.009 %)Nessus
72 (0.006 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18149 (25.04 %)Microsoft
22218 (6.817 %)Oracle
3271 (0.833 %)Adobe
4168 (0.516 %)Sybase
5165 (0.507 %)Business Objects
6142 (0.436 %)TIBCO
7111 (0.341 %)Sage
897 (0.298 %)Citrix
995 (0.292 %)SAP
1089 (0.274 %)Google
1185 (0.261 %)Macromedia
1275 (0.230 %)Bloomberg
1373 (0.224 %)Cognos
1471 (0.218 %)IBM
1570 (0.215 %)Reuters
1652 (0.160 %)Lotus
1751 (0.157 %)Siebel
1751 (0.157 %)VMware
1850 (0.154 %)Sun
1949 (0.151 %)ESRI