Berkshire .NET Framework Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET Framework
Location Alderley Edge Basingstoke Bath Batley Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Essex Farnborough Fife Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Hampshire Hastings Hertfordshire Hove Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Sale Salford Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thame Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Wellingborough West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	131
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	22	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.030 %
As % of the category below	3.103 %	2.871 %
Daily rates quoted	8	9
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£327
Average daily rate	£326	£335
% change on same period last year	-2.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£338	£342
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£332
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£46.67
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£47.50
% change on same period last year	-26.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£48.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.10	£38.66
% change on same period last year	-14.38 %
Application Development Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	709	1045
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.944 %	1.059 %
Daily rates quoted	191	271
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£323
Average daily rate	£316	£339
% change on same period last year	-6.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£337	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£335
% change on same period last year	+1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	57	93
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.14	£36.11
Average hourly rate	£36.99	£37.66
% change on same period last year	-1.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.83	£39.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.66	£33.10
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
.NET Framework South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

.NET Framework
Demand Trend

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

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

This section 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 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+5	7	£300	-14.28 %
Windsor	-1	4	£242	-
Newbury	+13	4	-	-

.NET Framework South East

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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 55 (100.00 %) .NET 2 39 (70.91 %) C# 3 28 (50.91 %) ASP.NET 4 27 (49.09 %) SQL Server 5 24 (43.64 %) Windows 6 21 (38.18 %) XML 7 17 (30.91 %) Oracle 8 16 (29.09 %) SharePoint 8 16 (29.09 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 15 (27.27 %) Microsoft 9 15 (27.27 %) XSLT 10 14 (25.45 %) SQL 11 13 (23.64 %) Workflow 11 13 (23.64 %) SQL Server 2000 12 12 (21.82 %) Finance

12 12 (21.82 %) SQL Server 2005 13 10 (18.18 %) JavaScript 14 9 (16.36 %) HTML 14 9 (16.36 %) Java 15 8 (14.55 %) Content Management 15 8 (14.55 %) ASP 15 8 (14.55 %) J2EE 15 8 (14.55 %) OO 15 8 (14.55 %) XHTML 16 7 (12.73 %) WF 16 7 (12.73 %) CAML 16 7 (12.73 %) N-Tier 16 7 (12.73 %) XSD 16 7 (12.73 %) CSS 16 7 (12.73 %) C++

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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 55 (100.00 %) .NET 2 28 (50.91 %) ASP.NET 3 21 (38.18 %) XML 4 15 (27.27 %) XSLT 5 9 (16.36 %) HTML 6 8 (14.55 %) XHTML 6 8 (14.55 %) J2EE 6 8 (14.55 %) ASP 7 7 (12.73 %) CSS 7 7 (12.73 %) XSD 7 7 (12.73 %) WF 7 7 (12.73 %) CAML 8 4 (7.273 %) ASP.NET 2.0 8 4 (7.273 %) JAAS 8 4 (7.273 %) MVC 8 4 (7.273 %) WebServices 8 4 (7.273 %) JSP 8 4 (7.273 %) Servlets 9 3 (5.455 %) AJAX 10 2 (3.636 %) WCF	Application Platforms 1 16 (29.09 %) SharePoint 1 16 (29.09 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 5 (9.091 %) BizTalk Server 3 4 (7.273 %) ArcIMS 3 4 (7.273 %) ArcSDE 4 2 (3.636 %) Oracle Application Server 4 2 (3.636 %) ESB 4 2 (3.636 %) MS Exchange 4 2 (3.636 %) WebLogic 4 2 (3.636 %) IIS 4 2 (3.636 %) WebLogic Portal 4 2 (3.636 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 6 (10.91 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.818 %) MS Project 2 1 (1.818 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (1.818 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (1.818 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 2 (3.636 %) HTTP 1 2 (3.636 %) LDAP 2 1 (1.818 %) DHCP 2 1 (1.818 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (1.818 %) Intranet 2 1 (1.818 %) Internet 2 1 (1.818 %) X.500	Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (49.09 %) SQL Server 2 13 (23.64 %) SQL Server 2000 3 12 (21.82 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (7.273 %) SQL Server 7 5 3 (5.455 %) GIS 6 1 (1.818 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (1.818 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (1.818 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (1.818 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 2 (3.636 %) Visual Studio 1 2 (3.636 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 2 (3.636 %) InstallShield 1 2 (3.636 %) Subversion 2 1 (1.818 %) TestDirector 2 1 (1.818 %) LoadRunner	General 1 12 (21.82 %) Finance 2 2 (3.636 %) Retail Banking 2 2 (3.636 %) Military 2 2 (3.636 %) Banking 2 2 (3.636 %) Retail 3 1 (1.818 %) Insurance 3 1 (1.818 %) Telecoms 3 1 (1.818 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 33 (60.00 %) Developer 2 14 (25.45 %) C# Developer 3 10 (18.18 %) Consultant 4 9 (16.36 %) .NET Developer 5 8 (14.55 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 5 8 (14.55 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 5 (9.091 %) Software Engineer 7 4 (7.273 %) VB Developer 7 4 (7.273 %) SharePoint Consultant 8 3 (5.455 %) SharePoint Developer 8 3 (5.455 %) Developer Analyst 8 3 (5.455 %) .NET Consultant 8 3 (5.455 %) Architect 8 3 (5.455 %) Analyst 9 2 (3.636 %) Senior Consultant 9 2 (3.636 %) ASP Developer 9 2 (3.636 %) Support Engineer 9 2 (3.636 %) Applications Support 9 2 (3.636 %) DBA 9 2 (3.636 %) Senior SharePoint Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 7 (12.73 %) N-Tier 2 2 (3.636 %) Replication 2 2 (3.636 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 24 (43.64 %) Windows 2 4 (7.273 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (1.818 %) UNIX 3 1 (1.818 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (23.64 %) Workflow 2 8 (14.55 %) Content Management 2 8 (14.55 %) OO 3 5 (9.091 %) Configuration Management 3 5 (9.091 %) Security Cleared 4 4 (7.273 %) Web Development 4 4 (7.273 %) Unit Testing 4 4 (7.273 %) SC Cleared 5 3 (5.455 %) DV Cleared 5 3 (5.455 %) Integration Testing 5 3 (5.455 %) Project Management 5 3 (5.455 %) RAD 6 2 (3.636 %) CRM 6 2 (3.636 %) Data Modelling 6 2 (3.636 %) SOA 6 2 (3.636 %) B2B 6 2 (3.636 %) CMMI 6 2 (3.636 %) ITIL 6 2 (3.636 %) UML 6 2 (3.636 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 39 (70.91 %) C# 2 14 (25.45 %) SQL 3 10 (18.18 %) JavaScript 4 9 (16.36 %) Java 5 7 (12.73 %) C++ 6 5 (9.091 %) VB 7 4 (7.273 %) VC++ 7 4 (7.273 %) VBScript 7 4 (7.273 %) VB6 8 2 (3.636 %) Python 8 2 (3.636 %) Perl 9 1 (1.818 %) PL/SQL 9 1 (1.818 %) Transact-SQL 9 1 (1.818 %) C 9 1 (1.818 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 4 (7.273 %) MCP 1 4 (7.273 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (3.636 %) MCAD 2 2 (3.636 %) MCSD 3 1 (1.818 %) MCSE 3 1 (1.818 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (7.273 %) SLA 1 4 (7.273 %) QA	System Software 1 3 (5.455 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (1.818 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 17 (30.91 %) Oracle 2 15 (27.27 %) Microsoft 3 4 (7.273 %) FileNet 3 4 (7.273 %) Kofax 3 4 (7.273 %) Perforce 4 2 (3.636 %) Citrix