The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 7 10 3
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -7
Contract jobs citing .NET 3 3 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 7.895% 6.522% 26.53%
As % of the Application Development category 33.33% 25.00% 43.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
Average daily rate £268 £313 £205
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.40% +52.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £301 £146
10% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £323 £228
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Bath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
9 12 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 23.68% 26.09% 61.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 14
Average daily rate £260 £248 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.05% +15.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £199
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £350 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Somerset

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bath .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bath .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (83.33%) ASP.NET
2 14 (77.78%) Visual Studio
3 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
3 11 (61.11%) Mobile App
4 10 (55.56%) C#
5 8 (44.44%) .NET Framework
5 8 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (38.89%) Release Management
6 7 (38.89%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
7 6 (33.33%) MVC
7 6 (33.33%) Automated Testing
7 6 (33.33%) jQuery
7 6 (33.33%) Test Scripting
8 5 (27.78%) Ext JS
8 5 (27.78%) HTML5
8 5 (27.78%) Ajax
9 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
9 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
9 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
9 4 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
9 4 (22.22%) LINQ
10 3 (16.67%) QA
10 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
10 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (16.67%) ISEB
10 3 (16.67%) LAMP
10 3 (16.67%) Scrum
10 3 (16.67%) Military
10 3 (16.67%) C

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath region 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (83.33%) ASP.NET
2 8 (44.44%) .NET Framework
3 6 (33.33%) jQuery
4 5 (27.78%) Ext JS
4 5 (27.78%) HTML5
4 5 (27.78%) Ajax
5 4 (22.22%) LINQ
6 3 (16.67%) LAMP
6 3 (16.67%) HTML
7 2 (11.11%) CSS
7 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (5.556%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (5.556%) Sass
8 1 (5.556%) LESS
8 1 (5.556%) WCF
8 1 (5.556%) MDX
8 1 (5.556%) ADO.NET
8 1 (5.556%) Web Services
8 1 (5.556%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
2 8 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (77.78%) Visual Studio
2 2 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.556%) MorphX
3 1 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 3 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Developer
2 9 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 7 (38.89%) Analyst
4 6 (33.33%) Test Analyst
5 5 (27.78%) Tester
6 4 (22.22%) Software Tester
7 2 (11.11%) SQL Developer
7 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Developer
8 1 (5.556%) Automation Analyst
8 1 (5.556%) Dynamics AX Developer
8 1 (5.556%) Automation Test Analyst
8 1 (5.556%) Senior .NET Developer
8 1 (5.556%) .NET Programmer
8 1 (5.556%) Senior Developer
8 1 (5.556%) Programmer
8 1 (5.556%) Test Engineer
8 1 (5.556%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.556%) iPad
2 1 (5.556%) iPhone
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.556%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Release Management
1 7 (38.89%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (33.33%) MVC
2 6 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 6 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 4 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 4 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
4 3 (16.67%) Scrum
4 3 (16.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Web Development
5 1 (5.556%) Data Management
5 1 (5.556%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (5.556%) OOP
5 1 (5.556%) OO
5 1 (5.556%) ERP
5 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) C#
2 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
3 3 (16.67%) C
3 3 (16.67%) SQL
4 2 (11.11%) VB.NET
5 1 (5.556%) X++
5 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 3 (16.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft