The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 18 26 26
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 7 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 5.000% 0.513% 1.087%
As % of the Application Development category 23.33% 7.692% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £300 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £300 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £304
% change year-on-year
- +6.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
30 13 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 21.43% 6.667% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 15
Average daily rate £325 £300 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £328 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £75.00 - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
Scotland

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Framework across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Aberdeen .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET Framework across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Aberdeen .NET Framework Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET Framework across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing .NET Framework 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited .NET Framework.

1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (57.14%) jQuery
3 4 (57.14%) MVC
3 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
4 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (42.86%) InfoPath
4 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (42.86%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (28.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (28.57%) HTML5
5 2 (28.57%) TDD
5 2 (28.57%) WinForms
5 2 (28.57%) VBA
5 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) MS Access
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 1 (14.29%) Unity DI Container
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (14.29%) Web Development
6 1 (14.29%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (14.29%) Dependency Injection
6 1 (14.29%) KnockoutJS

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing .NET Framework also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited .NET Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) jQuery
2 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 2 (28.57%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (28.57%) HTML5
3 2 (28.57%) WinForms
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 1 (14.29%) Unity DI Container
4 1 (14.29%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) MS Access
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Rhino Mocks
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) .NET Developer
2 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 3 (42.86%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Developer
3 3 (42.86%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior
4 1 (14.29%) Junior Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior C# Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Junior C# .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) MVC
2 2 (28.57%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
3 1 (14.29%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) VBA