The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.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 ASP.NET over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ASP.NET
Rank 11 18 42
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +24
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 14 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 8.642% 4.605% 0.673%
As % of the Application Development category 18.67% 15.56% 2.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -10.71%
All Application Development
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
75 45 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 46.30% 29.61% 32.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 17 21
Average daily rate £350 £300 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -21.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
ASP.NET
County Antrim

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast ASP.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Belfast ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Belfast ASP.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Belfast ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited ASP.NET.

1 27 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (92.59%) C#
3 16 (59.26%) JavaScript
4 9 (33.33%) HTML
4 9 (33.33%) CSS
4 9 (33.33%) Web Services
4 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 8 (29.63%) Ajax
6 7 (25.93%) jQuery
6 7 (25.93%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (22.22%) MVC
7 6 (22.22%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (18.52%) Degree
8 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
9 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
9 4 (14.81%) OOP
9 4 (14.81%) Java
9 4 (14.81%) C++
10 3 (11.11%) SQL
10 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
10 3 (11.11%) Windows
10 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
10 3 (11.11%) WCF
10 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
10 3 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (7.407%) LINQ
11 2 (7.407%) Time Management

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 27 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (33.33%) HTML
2 9 (33.33%) CSS
2 9 (33.33%) Web Services
3 8 (29.63%) Ajax
4 7 (25.93%) jQuery
5 3 (11.11%) WCF
5 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (7.407%) LINQ
6 2 (7.407%) JSON
6 2 (7.407%) XML
7 1 (3.704%) XSL
7 1 (3.704%) WinForms
7 1 (3.704%) WPF
7 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.704%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.704%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (11.11%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.704%) NUnit
3 1 (3.704%) MSTest
General
1 2 (7.407%) Banking
1 2 (7.407%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Developer
2 10 (37.04%) .NET Developer
3 7 (25.93%) C# Developer
4 3 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (7.407%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (7.407%) C# Web Developer
5 2 (7.407%) .NET Web Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Analyst Programmer
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (3.704%) Programmer
6 1 (3.704%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Programmer
6 1 (3.704%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) MVC
2 4 (14.81%) OOP
3 2 (7.407%) Time Management
3 2 (7.407%) Web Development
4 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.704%) System Testing
4 1 (3.704%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 25 (92.59%) C#
2 16 (59.26%) JavaScript
3 4 (14.81%) Java
3 4 (14.81%) C++
4 3 (11.11%) SQL
5 2 (7.407%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 2 (7.407%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.407%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle