The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 16 16 15
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing .NET 178 196 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 7.604% 6.183% 7.692%
As % of the Application Development category 35.39% 36.57% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 99 129
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £266 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 12
Average hourly rate - £26.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -37.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
503 536 754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.49% 16.91% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 252 328
Average daily rate £400 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 54
Average hourly rate £35.00 £19.00 £42.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+84.21% -55.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
.NET
South East

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire .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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire .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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire .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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +4 72 £388 +3.33% 33
Slough +12 26 £250 -16.66% 4
Bracknell -15 10 £538 +73.38% 1
Newbury -1 6 £250 -31.50% 7
Maidenhead +3 5 £313 -26.47% 7
Hungerford - 4 £263 - 4
Windsor +9 1 - -
Wokingham - - - - 5
Ascot - - - - 2
.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 284 (65.74%) C#
2 216 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 206 (47.69%) ASP.NET
4 193 (44.68%) SQL
5 138 (31.94%) Microsoft
6 118 (27.31%) MVC
7 112 (25.93%) JavaScript
8 107 (24.77%) CSS
9 106 (24.54%) HTML
10 104 (24.07%) jQuery
11 101 (23.38%) XML
12 95 (21.99%) Windows
13 86 (19.91%) Visual Studio
14 81 (18.75%) .NET Framework
15 80 (18.52%) ASP.NET MVC
16 79 (18.29%) WCF
17 78 (18.06%) Web Services
18 71 (16.44%) TDD
19 70 (16.20%) Agile Software Development
20 69 (15.97%) SharePoint
21 64 (14.81%) T-SQL
22 60 (13.89%) Oracle
23 59 (13.66%) Telecoms
24 54 (12.50%) Scrum
24 54 (12.50%) Web Development
25 52 (12.04%) MS Excel
26 49 (11.34%) Windows Azure
27 48 (11.11%) Finance
28 47 (10.88%) SOA
29 46 (10.65%) HTML5

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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
1 206 (47.69%) ASP.NET
2 107 (24.77%) CSS
3 106 (24.54%) HTML
4 104 (24.07%) jQuery
5 101 (23.38%) XML
6 81 (18.75%) .NET Framework
7 80 (18.52%) ASP.NET MVC
8 79 (18.29%) WCF
9 78 (18.06%) Web Services
10 46 (10.65%) HTML5
11 40 (9.259%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 39 (9.028%) ASP
13 37 (8.565%) Ajax
14 30 (6.944%) LINQ
15 28 (6.481%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 26 (6.019%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 22 (5.093%) Middleware
18 18 (4.167%) CSS3
19 17 (3.935%) XSLT
20 16 (3.704%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 69 (15.97%) SharePoint
2 49 (11.34%) Windows Azure
3 40 (9.259%) SharePoint Server
4 26 (6.019%) IIS
5 18 (4.167%) ESB
6 17 (3.935%) SharePoint 2010
7 16 (3.704%) CMS
8 15 (3.472%) BizTalk Server
9 10 (2.315%) Apache
10 9 (2.083%) Tomcat
11 8 (1.852%) IBM HTTP Server
12 7 (1.620%) ArcGIS
13 6 (1.389%) WebSphere Application Server
13 6 (1.389%) Umbraco
14 5 (1.157%) CM System
14 5 (1.157%) MS Project Server
14 5 (1.157%) Sitecore CMS
14 5 (1.157%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 5 (1.157%) WebLogic
15 4 (0.926%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 52 (12.04%) MS Excel
2 27 (6.250%) MS Office
3 9 (2.083%) MS Project
4 7 (1.620%) InfoPath
5 6 (1.389%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.926%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.926%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (2.546%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.926%) Pivotal CRM
2 4 (0.926%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.463%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.231%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.787%) 3G
2 22 (5.093%) Radio Access Network
3 20 (4.630%) 2G
4 18 (4.167%) Internet
5 13 (3.009%) Intranet
6 12 (2.778%) LDAP
6 12 (2.778%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.778%) TELNET
7 10 (2.315%) HTTP
8 9 (2.083%) Wireless
9 8 (1.852%) IPv4
9 8 (1.852%) ATM
9 8 (1.852%) LAN
9 8 (1.852%) LTE
10 7 (1.620%) SAN
11 6 (1.389%) GSM
12 4 (0.926%) RTCP
12 4 (0.926%) RTP
13 3 (0.694%) RNC
13 3 (0.694%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 46 (10.65%) SQL Server 2005
3 35 (8.102%) SQL Server 2008
4 25 (5.787%) DTS
5 20 (4.630%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 17 (3.935%) OLAP
7 16 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (3.472%) IDOL
9 11 (2.546%) Oracle 10g
10 10 (2.315%) GIS
11 9 (2.083%) MS Access
11 9 (2.083%) Oracle 8/8i
12 8 (1.852%) NoSQL
12 8 (1.852%) Big Data
13 7 (1.620%) Crystal Reports
14 6 (1.389%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.389%) Oracle 11g
15 5 (1.157%) SQL Server 2000
15 5 (1.157%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (0.926%) DB2
Development Applications
1 86 (19.91%) Visual Studio
2 40 (9.259%) Team Foundation Server
3 30 (6.944%) SpecFlow
4 17 (3.935%) JIRA
5 13 (3.009%) Selenium
6 12 (2.778%) Jenkins
7 11 (2.546%) Subversion
8 6 (1.389%) TeamCity
9 5 (1.157%) Jasmine
9 5 (1.157%) StarTeam
9 5 (1.157%) PVCS
9 5 (1.157%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 4 (0.926%) QuickTest Pro
10 4 (0.926%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.926%) ERwin
10 4 (0.926%) NUnit
10 4 (0.926%) Visual Studio Team System
11 3 (0.694%) MSTest
12 2 (0.463%) MSBuild
13 1 (0.231%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 59 (13.66%) Telecoms
2 48 (11.11%) Finance
3 29 (6.713%) Banking
4 15 (3.472%) Retail
5 5 (1.157%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (0.694%) Back Office
7 2 (0.463%) Publishing
7 2 (0.463%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.463%) Marketing
8 1 (0.231%) German Language
8 1 (0.231%) Polish Language
8 1 (0.231%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.231%) Advertising
8 1 (0.231%) Automotive
8 1 (0.231%) Electronics
8 1 (0.231%) Games
Job Titles
1 275 (63.66%) Developer
2 112 (25.93%) .NET Developer
3 42 (9.722%) Architect
4 41 (9.491%) C# Developer
5 37 (8.565%) C# .NET Developer
6 33 (7.639%) SharePoint Developer
7 32 (7.407%) Analyst
8 31 (7.176%) Senior Developer
9 26 (6.019%) Web Developer
10 24 (5.556%) ASP.NET Developer
11 18 (4.167%) Programmer
12 17 (3.935%) Team Leader
12 17 (3.935%) Consultant
13 15 (3.472%) Test Analyst
14 14 (3.241%) Tester
14 14 (3.241%) Senior .NET Developer
15 13 (3.009%) SQL Developer
16 12 (2.778%) Applications Developer
16 12 (2.778%) .NET Web Developer
16 12 (2.778%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.472%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (2.778%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.546%) iSeries
4 10 (2.315%) N-Tier
5 9 (2.083%) Open Source
6 8 (1.852%) Clustering
6 8 (1.852%) iPad
7 6 (1.389%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.389%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.389%) Digital Media
8 5 (1.157%) Computer Science
8 5 (1.157%) iPhone
8 5 (1.157%) Statistics
8 5 (1.157%) AS400
9 4 (0.926%) Handset
9 4 (0.926%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.694%) Inversion of Control
10 3 (0.694%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.463%) Replication
11 2 (0.463%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 95 (21.99%) Windows
2 39 (9.028%) Windows Server 2003
3 23 (5.324%) UNIX
4 17 (3.935%) Windows Server 2008
5 12 (2.778%) Android
6 9 (2.083%) Windows 7
6 9 (2.083%) Linux
7 5 (1.157%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.926%) Windows XP
9 3 (0.694%) Windows Phone 8
9 3 (0.694%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.231%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.231%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.231%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (27.31%) MVC
2 71 (16.44%) TDD
3 70 (16.20%) Agile Software Development
4 54 (12.50%) Scrum
4 54 (12.50%) Web Development
5 47 (10.88%) SOA
6 41 (9.491%) BDD
7 32 (7.407%) ITIL
7 32 (7.407%) UML
8 29 (6.713%) Test Automation
8 29 (6.713%) Workflow
9 27 (6.250%) Migration
10 22 (5.093%) CRM
11 21 (4.861%) Project Management
12 20 (4.630%) Automation Testing
13 19 (4.398%) Automated Testing
14 17 (3.935%) OO
15 15 (3.472%) Disaster Recovery
15 15 (3.472%) PRINCE2
15 15 (3.472%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 284 (65.74%) C#
2 193 (44.68%) SQL
3 112 (25.93%) JavaScript
4 64 (14.81%) T-SQL
5 42 (9.722%) Java
6 41 (9.491%) VB.NET
7 40 (9.259%) VB
8 24 (5.556%) Perl
9 21 (4.861%) C++
10 19 (4.398%) PL/SQL
11 16 (3.704%) PHP
12 12 (2.778%) VBA
13 11 (2.546%) RPG
14 8 (1.852%) C
14 8 (1.852%) VB6
15 7 (1.620%) Ruby
16 6 (1.389%) VBScript
17 5 (1.157%) Python
18 4 (0.926%) RPG IV
19 2 (0.463%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 42 (9.722%) Security Cleared
2 33 (7.639%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.167%) Degree
4 12 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (2.546%) MCSD
6 4 (0.926%) PMP
6 4 (0.926%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.694%) ISEB
8 2 (0.463%) IBM Certification
8 2 (0.463%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.231%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.231%) MCTS
9 1 (0.231%) MCDST
9 1 (0.231%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.231%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.231%) CISSP
9 1 (0.231%) OCP
9 1 (0.231%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.231%) MCP
9 1 (0.231%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.704%) SLA
2 13 (3.009%) QA
3 1 (0.231%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (2.315%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.620%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.694%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.463%) vCloud
6 1 (0.231%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (1.620%) HP SIM
2 6 (1.389%) Foglight
3 5 (1.157%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 3 (0.694%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.231%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.231%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.231%) MOM
Vendors
1 138 (31.94%) Microsoft
2 60 (13.89%) Oracle
3 24 (5.556%) Meridio
4 20 (4.630%) IBM
5 18 (4.167%) Ericsson
5 18 (4.167%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 14 (3.241%) Nortel
7 11 (2.546%) ESRI
8 10 (2.315%) HP
9 9 (2.083%) VMware
9 9 (2.083%) Citrix
10 7 (1.620%) Sitecore
11 6 (1.389%) SAP
12 5 (1.157%) Lotus
12 5 (1.157%) Business Objects
13 4 (0.926%) JBoss
13 4 (0.926%) Adobe
13 4 (0.926%) ATG
13 4 (0.926%) NEC
13 4 (0.926%) Huawei
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