The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.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 ASP.NET over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ASP.NET
Rank 44 67 40
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -27
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 95 74 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.926% 2.427% 3.397%
As % of the Application Development category 16.93% 13.70% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 28 65
Average daily rate £350 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £222 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.06% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £39.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +13.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £24.44 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+43.22% -24.80%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
561 540 719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 23.18% 17.71% 24.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 244 291
Average daily rate £375 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £238 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 11 64
Average hourly rate £35.00 £23.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.93% -44.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
ASP.NET
South East

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +31 42 £375 -
Slough - 16 £200 -
Newbury +2 5 £200 +23.07%
Bracknell -15 2 - -
Maidenhead -5 1 - -
Hungerford - 1 £200 -
ASP.NET
South East

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 202 (100.00%) .NET
2 162 (80.20%) C#
3 129 (63.86%) SQL Server
4 104 (51.49%) MVC
5 93 (46.04%) SQL
6 91 (45.05%) jQuery
7 87 (43.07%) CSS
8 83 (41.09%) JavaScript
9 81 (40.10%) ASP.NET MVC
10 77 (38.12%) HTML
11 63 (31.19%) XML
12 58 (28.71%) WCF
13 57 (28.22%) Microsoft
14 53 (26.24%) Visual Studio
15 48 (23.76%) TDD
16 47 (23.27%) .NET Framework
17 46 (22.77%) Scrum
18 44 (21.78%) Windows
19 43 (21.29%) Web Services
19 43 (21.29%) Agile Software Development
20 38 (18.81%) HTML5
21 37 (18.32%) Web Development
21 37 (18.32%) Ajax
22 35 (17.33%) SOA
22 35 (17.33%) Telecoms
22 35 (17.33%) SQL Server 2008
23 32 (15.84%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
24 31 (15.35%) BDD
25 30 (14.85%) T-SQL
25 30 (14.85%) SQL Server 2005

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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
1 202 (100.00%) .NET
2 91 (45.05%) jQuery
3 87 (43.07%) CSS
4 81 (40.10%) ASP.NET MVC
5 77 (38.12%) HTML
6 63 (31.19%) XML
7 58 (28.71%) WCF
8 47 (23.27%) .NET Framework
9 43 (21.29%) Web Services
10 38 (18.81%) HTML5
11 37 (18.32%) Ajax
12 32 (15.84%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 28 (13.86%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 23 (11.39%) LINQ
15 22 (10.89%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 19 (9.406%) ASP
17 16 (7.921%) XHTML
18 15 (7.426%) Middleware
19 14 (6.931%) CSS3
20 13 (6.436%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 25 (12.38%) SharePoint
2 18 (8.911%) ESB
2 18 (8.911%) Windows Azure
3 14 (6.931%) SharePoint Server
4 13 (6.436%) CMS
5 11 (5.446%) IIS
6 9 (4.455%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (2.970%) MSMQ
7 6 (2.970%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (1.485%) Kentico
9 2 (0.990%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.990%) CM System
9 2 (0.990%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.990%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.990%) Apache
10 1 (0.495%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.495%) Lotus Domino
10 1 (0.495%) WebSphere MQ
10 1 (0.495%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.495%) Joomla!
Applications
1 26 (12.87%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.950%) MS Office
3 7 (3.465%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.485%) MS Project
5 1 (0.495%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (2.475%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.960%) LDAP
1 8 (3.960%) ATM
1 8 (3.960%) IPv4
1 8 (3.960%) 3G
1 8 (3.960%) 2G
1 8 (3.960%) LTE
1 8 (3.960%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (2.970%) Internet
3 2 (0.990%) Intranet
3 2 (0.990%) SSL
4 1 (0.495%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.495%) HTTP
4 1 (0.495%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (63.86%) SQL Server
2 35 (17.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 30 (14.85%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (7.921%) DTS
5 10 (4.950%) OLAP
6 8 (3.960%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.960%) Big Data
7 7 (3.465%) IDOL
8 5 (2.475%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.980%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.485%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.485%) RDBMS
10 3 (1.485%) Oracle 10g
11 2 (0.990%) Oracle 8/8i
11 2 (0.990%) MySQL
12 1 (0.495%) MS Access
12 1 (0.495%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.495%) GIS
12 1 (0.495%) TOAD
12 1 (0.495%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 53 (26.24%) Visual Studio
2 27 (13.37%) SpecFlow
3 22 (10.89%) Team Foundation Server
4 16 (7.921%) JIRA
5 11 (5.446%) Jenkins
6 7 (3.465%) Subversion
7 3 (1.485%) MSTest
7 3 (1.485%) Selenium
8 2 (0.990%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 2 (0.990%) Rhino Mocks
9 1 (0.495%) Moq
9 1 (0.495%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 1 (0.495%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.495%) NuGet
9 1 (0.495%) QuickTest Pro
9 1 (0.495%) PVCS
9 1 (0.495%) WatiN
General
1 35 (17.33%) Telecoms
2 26 (12.87%) Banking
3 21 (10.40%) Finance
4 8 (3.960%) Retail
5 2 (0.990%) Marketing
6 1 (0.495%) German Language
6 1 (0.495%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.495%) Publishing
6 1 (0.495%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 174 (86.14%) Developer
2 87 (43.07%) .NET Developer
3 27 (13.37%) C# Developer
3 27 (13.37%) ASP.NET Developer
4 26 (12.87%) Web Developer
4 26 (12.87%) C# .NET Developer
5 18 (8.911%) Programmer
6 17 (8.416%) SharePoint Developer
7 16 (7.921%) .NET Web Developer
7 16 (7.921%) Senior Developer
8 11 (5.446%) SQL Developer
8 11 (5.446%) Front-End Developer
9 10 (4.950%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 10 (4.950%) Senior .NET Developer
10 9 (4.455%) .NET Programmer
10 9 (4.455%) Team Leader
10 9 (4.455%) C# Programmer
11 8 (3.960%) Technical Leader
12 7 (3.465%) BizTalk Developer
12 7 (3.465%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.446%) iPad
2 8 (3.960%) Digital Media
3 6 (2.970%) N-Tier
4 4 (1.980%) Open Source
5 3 (1.485%) Inversion of Control
5 3 (1.485%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.485%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.990%) Computer Science
6 2 (0.990%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.495%) SaaS
7 1 (0.495%) iPhone
7 1 (0.495%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.495%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.495%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 44 (21.78%) Windows
2 18 (8.911%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (4.455%) Android
4 6 (2.970%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (1.980%) Linux
6 1 (0.495%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (0.495%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.495%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (51.49%) MVC
2 48 (23.76%) TDD
3 46 (22.77%) Scrum
4 43 (21.29%) Agile Software Development
5 37 (18.32%) Web Development
6 35 (17.33%) SOA
7 31 (15.35%) BDD
8 22 (10.89%) UML
9 10 (4.950%) ITIL
10 9 (4.455%) OO
11 8 (3.960%) Project Management
11 8 (3.960%) eTOM
11 8 (3.960%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (3.960%) Automation Testing
11 8 (3.960%) Continuous Integration
12 7 (3.465%) Fault Management
12 7 (3.465%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (3.465%) CRM
13 6 (2.970%) PRINCE2
13 6 (2.970%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 162 (80.20%) C#
2 93 (46.04%) SQL
3 83 (41.09%) JavaScript
4 30 (14.85%) T-SQL
5 26 (12.87%) VB.NET
6 14 (6.931%) VB
7 11 (5.446%) Java
8 8 (3.960%) C
8 8 (3.960%) Perl
9 6 (2.970%) VBScript
9 6 (2.970%) VB6
10 4 (1.980%) Ruby
11 3 (1.485%) PHP
12 1 (0.495%) C++
12 1 (0.495%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (9.406%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.426%) SC Cleared
3 8 (3.960%) Degree
4 7 (3.465%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.970%) MCSD
6 1 (0.495%) ISEB
6 1 (0.495%) PMP
6 1 (0.495%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.495%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.931%) SLA
2 2 (0.990%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.485%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.485%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 57 (28.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.941%) Oracle
3 7 (3.465%) Adobe
3 7 (3.465%) Citrix
3 7 (3.465%) Meridio
4 4 (1.980%) Google
4 4 (1.980%) Huawei
4 4 (1.980%) Greenplum
4 4 (1.980%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 4 (1.980%) NEC
4 4 (1.980%) Ericsson
4 4 (1.980%) Business Objects
5 2 (0.990%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (0.990%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.495%) Ektron
6 1 (0.495%) Appcelerator
6 1 (0.495%) Twitter
6 1 (0.495%) ESRI
6 1 (0.495%) IBM
6 1 (0.495%) Lotus
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