The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills 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 Framework over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 91 102 102
Rank change year-on-year
+11 0
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 31 34 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.264% 1.060% 0.957%
As % of the Application Development category 5.688% 6.104% 3.900%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 18
Average daily rate £375 £365 £269
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +35.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £307 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £344
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
545 557 718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 22.22% 17.36% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 251 300
Average daily rate £388 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.42% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 11 64
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
South East

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire .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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire .NET Framework Daily Rate Histogram

.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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Reading +18 18 £375 +22.95%
Slough - 6 - -
Newbury -6 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
.NET Framework
South East

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 85 (100.00%) .NET
2 75 (88.24%) C#
3 63 (74.12%) SQL Server
4 51 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 49 (57.65%) HTML
6 47 (55.29%) SQL
7 44 (51.76%) ASP.NET
8 43 (50.59%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 41 (48.24%) MVC
10 38 (44.71%) JavaScript
11 37 (43.53%) CSS
11 37 (43.53%) XML
12 33 (38.82%) jQuery
13 32 (37.65%) Windows
13 32 (37.65%) MS Excel
14 31 (36.47%) Visual Studio
15 28 (32.94%) ASP.NET MVC
16 27 (31.76%) Ajax
17 26 (30.59%) IIS
17 26 (30.59%) LINQ
18 25 (29.41%) Web Services
19 24 (28.24%) SQL Server 2005
20 23 (27.06%) Windows Azure
21 22 (25.88%) Scrum
21 22 (25.88%) Agile Software Development
21 22 (25.88%) TDD
22 21 (24.71%) SharePoint
22 21 (24.71%) ASP.NET MVC 3
23 19 (22.35%) T-SQL
24 18 (21.18%) Web Development

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 85 (100.00%) .NET
2 49 (57.65%) HTML
3 44 (51.76%) ASP.NET
4 43 (50.59%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 37 (43.53%) CSS
5 37 (43.53%) XML
6 33 (38.82%) jQuery
7 28 (32.94%) ASP.NET MVC
8 27 (31.76%) Ajax
9 26 (30.59%) LINQ
10 25 (29.41%) Web Services
11 21 (24.71%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 17 (20.00%) WCF
13 14 (16.47%) Razor View Engine
14 13 (15.29%) ASP
15 8 (9.412%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 7 (8.235%) XSLT
17 6 (7.059%) XHTML
17 6 (7.059%) Windows SharePoint Services
18 5 (5.882%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 26 (30.59%) IIS
2 23 (27.06%) Windows Azure
3 21 (24.71%) SharePoint
4 14 (16.47%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (7.059%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (3.529%) MS Project Server
6 3 (3.529%) CM System
7 2 (2.353%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.176%) CMS
Applications
1 32 (37.65%) MS Excel
2 12 (14.12%) MS Office
3 3 (3.529%) MS Project
4 1 (1.176%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 10 (11.76%) Pivotal CRM
2 5 (5.882%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (5.882%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.059%) LDAP
2 2 (2.353%) Internet
3 1 (1.176%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (74.12%) SQL Server
2 24 (28.24%) SQL Server 2005
3 16 (18.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (12.94%) IDOL
5 10 (11.76%) Crystal Reports
6 7 (8.235%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (7.059%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (7.059%) DTS
7 6 (7.059%) OLAP
8 3 (3.529%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (1.176%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 31 (36.47%) Visual Studio
2 9 (10.59%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (3.529%) PVCS
3 3 (3.529%) MSTest
3 3 (3.529%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.176%) Subversion
4 1 (1.176%) ReSharper
4 1 (1.176%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.176%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (1.176%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (1.176%) NuGet
4 1 (1.176%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (9.412%) Finance
2 7 (8.235%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.176%) Retail
Job Titles
1 70 (82.35%) Developer
2 42 (49.41%) .NET Developer
3 14 (16.47%) Web Developer
3 14 (16.47%) ASP.NET Developer
4 13 (15.29%) .NET Web Developer
4 13 (15.29%) C# Developer
5 12 (14.12%) C# .NET Developer
6 11 (12.94%) Senior Developer
7 10 (11.76%) Senior .NET Developer
7 10 (11.76%) CRM Developer
8 8 (9.412%) Pivotal CRM Developer
9 7 (8.235%) SharePoint Developer
10 6 (7.059%) Consultant
11 5 (5.882%) CRM Consultant
11 5 (5.882%) Microsoft Consultant
11 5 (5.882%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
12 4 (4.706%) Agile .NET Developer
12 4 (4.706%) Architect
12 4 (4.706%) Senior .NET Web Developer
12 4 (4.706%) Senior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.353%) iPad
1 2 (2.353%) Inversion of Control
1 2 (2.353%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (2.353%) N-Tier
2 1 (1.176%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.176%) iPhone
2 1 (1.176%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (1.176%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 32 (37.65%) Windows
2 11 (12.94%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.176%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.176%) Android
3 1 (1.176%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.176%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (48.24%) MVC
2 22 (25.88%) Scrum
2 22 (25.88%) Agile Software Development
2 22 (25.88%) TDD
3 18 (21.18%) Web Development
4 16 (18.82%) CRM
5 12 (14.12%) Migration
6 11 (12.94%) Workflow
7 8 (9.412%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (8.235%) BDD
8 7 (8.235%) Information Architecture
8 7 (8.235%) Scalability Testing
9 6 (7.059%) Project Management
9 6 (7.059%) SOA
9 6 (7.059%) UML
10 5 (5.882%) EAI
10 5 (5.882%) PRINCE2
11 4 (4.706%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (4.706%) OO
12 3 (3.529%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (88.24%) C#
2 47 (55.29%) SQL
3 38 (44.71%) JavaScript
4 19 (22.35%) T-SQL
5 10 (11.76%) VB
6 5 (5.882%) VB.NET
7 4 (4.706%) Ruby
8 1 (1.176%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (14.12%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.235%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.529%) MCSD
3 3 (3.529%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.176%) Degree
4 1 (1.176%) ISEB
System Software
1 6 (7.059%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.882%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 51 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.12%) Meridio
3 5 (5.882%) Oracle
4 1 (1.176%) Telerik
4 1 (1.176%) Twitter
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