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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

 .NET Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank538240
Rank change year-on-year
Up+29Down-42
Matching contract IT job ads4926108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire2.195 %1.099 %3.018 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.427 %1.220 %3.271 %
Daily rates quoted22834
Average daily rate£298£325£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.460 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£212£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£364£409£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£263£300
% change year-on-year
+4.760 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted204
Average hourly rate£42.50-£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.25£31.50
% change year-on-year
-8.800 %-0.790 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
201921313302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire90.46 %90.11 %92.26 %
Daily rates quoted644433749
Average daily rate£350£350£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£200£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted12794309
Average hourly rate£19.50£17.50£18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42 %-2.770 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£10.00£9.95
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
.NET Developer South East.NET Developer
South East

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.

.NET Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire .NET Developer Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Berkshire .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+212£268-21.32 %
BracknellNo change05£225+12.50 %
SloughUp+63£213-
NewburyNew entry-3£225-
ThatchamNew entry-1--
WokinghamNew entry-1£300-
.NET Developer South East.NET Developer
South East

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title.

195 (100.00 %).NET
262 (65.26 %)C#
359 (62.11 %)ASP.NET
441 (43.16 %)SQL Server
527 (28.42 %)SQL
625 (26.32 %)HTML
625 (26.32 %)Microsoft
724 (25.26 %)CSS
820 (21.05 %)VB.NET
919 (20.00 %)JavaScript
919 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
1018 (18.95 %)Visual Studio
1116 (16.84 %)XML
1214 (14.74 %)SharePoint
1312 (12.63 %)OO
1411 (11.58 %)Web Services
1411 (11.58 %)Agile Software Development
1510 (10.53 %)jQuery
169 (9.474 %)AJAX
178 (8.421 %)TDD
178 (8.421 %)T-SQL
178 (8.421 %)SQL Server 2008
187 (7.368 %)Security Cleared
187 (7.368 %)Exchange Server 2007
187 (7.368 %)XSLT
187 (7.368 %)MS Exchange
187 (7.368 %)SQL Server 2000
187 (7.368 %)Scrum
187 (7.368 %)WinForms
196 (6.316 %)Workflow

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
195 (100.00 %).NET
259 (62.11 %)ASP.NET
325 (26.32 %)HTML
424 (25.26 %)CSS
516 (16.84 %)XML
611 (11.58 %)Web Services
710 (10.53 %)jQuery
89 (9.474 %)AJAX
97 (7.368 %)XSLT
97 (7.368 %)WinForms
106 (6.316 %)ASP
106 (6.316 %)LINQ
115 (5.263 %).NET Framework
124 (4.211 %)Flash
124 (4.211 %)XHTML
124 (4.211 %)WCF
124 (4.211 %)Silverlight
124 (4.211 %)ASP.NET MVC
132 (2.105 %)WebSphere
132 (2.105 %)Adobe Flex
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
114 (14.74 %)SharePoint
27 (7.368 %)Exchange Server 2007
27 (7.368 %)MS Exchange
35 (5.263 %)DotNetNuke
44 (4.211 %)SharePoint Server 2007
53 (3.158 %)BizTalk Server
53 (3.158 %)CMS
62 (2.105 %)WebSphere MQ
62 (2.105 %)Umbraco
62 (2.105 %)EPiServer
62 (2.105 %)Sitecore CMS
71 (1.053 %)TIBCO EMS
71 (1.053 %)ESB
71 (1.053 %)NetWeaver
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (3.158 %)MS Excel
22 (2.105 %)MS Office
31 (1.053 %)Photoshop
31 (1.053 %)Adobe Illustrator
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.105 %)BusinessWorks
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (2.105 %)Internet
21 (1.053 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.053 %)Intranet
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
141 (43.16 %)SQL Server
219 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (8.421 %)SQL Server 2008
47 (7.368 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (4.211 %)Oracle 10g
62 (2.105 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (1.053 %)Datawarehouse
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
118 (18.95 %)Visual Studio
24 (4.211 %)QuickTest Pro
32 (2.105 %)NUnit
32 (2.105 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (1.053 %)MSTest
41 (1.053 %)Team Foundation Server
41 (1.053 %)ReSharper
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (6.316 %)Finance
24 (4.211 %)Telecoms
32 (2.105 %)Automotive
41 (1.053 %)Law
41 (1.053 %)Insurance
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (1.053 %)Dependency Injection
11 (1.053 %)iSeries
11 (1.053 %)Data Integration
11 (1.053 %)Social Network
11 (1.053 %)Mashup
11 (1.053 %)Smartcard
11 (1.053 %)AS400
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (6.316 %)Windows
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (12.63 %)OO
211 (11.58 %)Agile Software Development
38 (8.421 %)TDD
47 (7.368 %)Scrum
56 (6.316 %)Workflow
56 (6.316 %)OOD
65 (5.263 %)MVC
74 (4.211 %)Service Management
74 (4.211 %)UML
74 (4.211 %)SOA
83 (3.158 %)Test Automation
83 (3.158 %)User Acceptance Testing
83 (3.158 %)Requirements Analysis
83 (3.158 %)Web Development
83 (3.158 %)ITIL
92 (2.105 %)Content Management
92 (2.105 %)Business Analysis
92 (2.105 %)Migration
92 (2.105 %)E-Commerce
92 (2.105 %)B2C
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
162 (65.26 %)C#
227 (28.42 %)SQL
320 (21.05 %)VB.NET
419 (20.00 %)JavaScript
58 (8.421 %)T-SQL
66 (6.316 %)VB
75 (5.263 %)Java
84 (4.211 %)C++
84 (4.211 %)VBScript
84 (4.211 %)PL/SQL
84 (4.211 %)C
91 (1.053 %)VBA
91 (1.053 %)VB6
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (7.368 %)Security Cleared
26 (6.316 %)SC Cleared
35 (5.263 %)Microsoft Certification
43 (3.158 %)MCAD
43 (3.158 %)MCSD
43 (3.158 %)MCTS
51 (1.053 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (5.263 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.053 %)MIIS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
125 (26.32 %)Microsoft
24 (4.211 %)TIBCO
24 (4.211 %)Oracle
32 (2.105 %)DevExpress
32 (2.105 %)Sitecore
41 (1.053 %)SAP
41 (1.053 %)JBoss
41 (1.053 %)Adobe
41 (1.053 %)Macromedia
41 (1.053 %)Avaya
41 (1.053 %)Informatica
41 (1.053 %)Thunderhead