The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bath 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 10 8 20
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +12
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 1 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 2.222% 8.333% 1.515%
As % of the Application Development category 5.882% 19.05% 2.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £200 £311 £115
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.74% +170.65%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £315
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.48% -2.42%
All Application Development
Bath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
17 21 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 37.78% 43.75% 68.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 26
Average daily rate £260 £295 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.86% +18.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £230 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £325 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
.NET Framework
Somerset

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath .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 Bath region.

Bath .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.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 Bath region.

Bath .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (87.50%) Visual Studio
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
2 7 (87.50%) C#
3 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (62.50%) Mobile App
4 5 (62.50%) MVC
4 5 (62.50%) Ajax
4 5 (62.50%) jQuery
4 5 (62.50%) Ext JS
4 5 (62.50%) HTML5
5 4 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 4 (50.00%) LINQ
6 2 (25.00%) VB.NET
6 2 (25.00%) HTML
7 1 (12.50%) SQL
7 1 (12.50%) IIS
7 1 (12.50%) Oracle
7 1 (12.50%) CSS
7 1 (12.50%) Web Services
7 1 (12.50%) OOP
7 1 (12.50%) OO
7 1 (12.50%) ADO.NET
7 1 (12.50%) Web Development
7 1 (12.50%) WCF
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (12.50%) iPad
7 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 5 (62.50%) Ajax
3 5 (62.50%) jQuery
3 5 (62.50%) Ext JS
3 5 (62.50%) HTML5
4 4 (50.00%) LINQ
5 2 (25.00%) HTML
6 1 (12.50%) CSS
6 1 (12.50%) Web Services
6 1 (12.50%) ADO.NET
6 1 (12.50%) WCF
6 1 (12.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (12.50%) Sass
6 1 (12.50%) LESS
6 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
1 8 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) iPad
2 1 (12.50%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (12.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) MVC
2 4 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (12.50%) OOP
3 1 (12.50%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle