.NET Contracts in Belfast
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 21 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 Belfast 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 3 8 12
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +4
Contract jobs citing .NET 56 20 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 26.29% 12.27% 10.31%
As % of the Application Development category 53.33% 39.22% 33.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 3 5
Average daily rate £375 £275 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -26.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.32 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.37% -12.47%
All Application Development
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 105 51 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 49.30% 31.29% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 16 21
Average daily rate £325 £280 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% -16.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
County Antrim

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast .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 Belfast region.

Belfast .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Belfast .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Belfast .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast 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 73 (80.22%) C#
2 35 (38.46%) SQL
2 35 (38.46%) SQL Server
3 33 (36.26%) WPF
4 28 (30.77%) WCF
4 28 (30.77%) ASP.NET
5 21 (23.08%) WinForms
6 20 (21.98%) JavaScript
6 20 (21.98%) SharePoint
6 20 (21.98%) WF
7 18 (19.78%) Oracle
8 17 (18.68%) Sybase
9 16 (17.58%) UML
10 15 (16.48%) VB
10 15 (16.48%) SQL Server 2008
11 14 (15.38%) HTML
11 14 (15.38%) CSS
12 12 (13.19%) SharePoint 2010
13 11 (12.09%) jQuery
13 11 (12.09%) SQL Server 2005
13 11 (12.09%) MVC
14 10 (10.99%) Web Services
15 9 (9.890%) .NET Framework
15 9 (9.890%) Microsoft
16 8 (8.791%) Ajax
16 8 (8.791%) Team Foundation Server
17 7 (7.692%) Degree
17 7 (7.692%) Finance
17 7 (7.692%) Java
18 6 (6.593%) Visual Studio

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast 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 33 (36.26%) WPF
2 28 (30.77%) WCF
2 28 (30.77%) ASP.NET
3 21 (23.08%) WinForms
4 20 (21.98%) WF
5 14 (15.38%) HTML
5 14 (15.38%) CSS
6 11 (12.09%) jQuery
7 10 (10.99%) Web Services
8 9 (9.890%) .NET Framework
9 8 (8.791%) Ajax
10 5 (5.495%) KnockoutJS
10 5 (5.495%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 4 (4.396%) XML
11 4 (4.396%) Middleware
11 4 (4.396%) ADO.NET
12 2 (2.198%) SOAP
12 2 (2.198%) JSON
12 2 (2.198%) LINQ
12 2 (2.198%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 20 (21.98%) SharePoint
2 12 (13.19%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (6.593%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.099%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.099%) Kentico
4 1 (1.099%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.198%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.099%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.099%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (5.495%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.396%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 15 (16.48%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (12.09%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (3.297%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.198%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.099%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 8 (8.791%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (6.593%) Visual Studio
3 5 (5.495%) Git (software)
4 2 (2.198%) Selenium
5 1 (1.099%) MSTest
5 1 (1.099%) NUnit
General
1 7 (7.692%) Finance
2 4 (4.396%) Banking
3 1 (1.099%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 75 (82.42%) Developer
2 40 (43.96%) C# Developer
3 24 (26.37%) .NET Developer
4 10 (10.99%) SharePoint Developer
5 7 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (5.495%) Database Developer
7 4 (4.396%) SharePoint Consultant
7 4 (4.396%) Consultant
8 3 (3.297%) Senior Developer
9 2 (2.198%) Web Developer
9 2 (2.198%) ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (2.198%) .NET Web Developer
9 2 (2.198%) C# Web Developer
10 1 (1.099%) Automation Engineer
10 1 (1.099%) Tools Developer
10 1 (1.099%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 1 (1.099%) Software Team Leader
10 1 (1.099%) Senior Programmer
10 1 (1.099%) Software Development Team Leader
10 1 (1.099%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.495%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.099%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.593%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (17.58%) UML
2 11 (12.09%) MVC
3 6 (6.593%) Web Development
4 5 (5.495%) Multithreading
4 5 (5.495%) CRM
4 5 (5.495%) OO
5 4 (4.396%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (4.396%) OOP
5 4 (4.396%) Product Management
5 4 (4.396%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 4 (4.396%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (3.297%) ETL
7 2 (2.198%) Workflow
7 2 (2.198%) Time Management
7 2 (2.198%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (1.099%) Web Application Development
8 1 (1.099%) Test Automation
8 1 (1.099%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (1.099%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.099%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 73 (80.22%) C#
2 35 (38.46%) SQL
3 20 (21.98%) JavaScript
4 15 (16.48%) VB
5 7 (7.692%) Java
6 4 (4.396%) C++
7 3 (3.297%) VBA
8 2 (2.198%) VB.NET
8 2 (2.198%) Ruby
8 2 (2.198%) Groovy
9 1 (1.099%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (7.692%) Degree
2 2 (2.198%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.198%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.099%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (19.78%) Oracle
2 17 (18.68%) Sybase
3 9 (9.890%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.495%) Twitter
5 2 (2.198%) HP
C# ASP.NET Developer
Belfast, County Antrim
C# - ASP.NET MVC3 - £350 per day - Belfast... The successful candidate will require extensive experience around the following technologies: -C# 3.5-4.0 -ASP.NET MVC3 -HTML,...
Stott & May
Rate: £350 per day + extensions
Posted: 16 May 2013
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