Berkshire ASP.NET Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft ASP.NET 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 ASP.NET over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Avon Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Carmarthenshire Carrickfergus Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hastings Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hove Huddersfield Hull Isle of Wight Kendal Kent Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Teddington Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	28	27
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	158	244
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.209 %	0.243 %
As % of the category below	22.07 %	23.64 %
Daily rates quoted	34	43
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£290
Average daily rate	£313	£306
% change on same period last year	+2.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£332	£323
UK excluding London average daily rate	£320	£317
% change on same period last year	+0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.10	£35.62
Average hourly rate	£37.53	£36.90
% change on same period last year	+1.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.95	£38.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.27	£33.01
% change on same period last year	-2.24 %
Application Development Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	716	1032
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.945 %	1.028 %
Daily rates quoted	189	249
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£322
Average daily rate	£320	£336
% change on same period last year	-4.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	95
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.14	£36.08
Average hourly rate	£37.88	£37.28
% change on same period last year	+1.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.63	£38.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.72	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.69 %
ASP.NET 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.

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

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

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

This section 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 20 August 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	0	48	£340	-0.46 %
Slough	+24	42	£277	-
Windsor	+4	5	£300	+50.00 %
Newbury	+4	3	£163	-45.33 %
Maidenhead	0	1	-	-

ASP.NET South East

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1 356 (100.00 %) .NET 2 241 (67.70 %) C# 3 221 (62.08 %) SQL Server 4 110 (30.90 %) SQL 5 109 (30.62 %) XML 6 96 (26.97 %) SQL Server 2005 7 94 (26.40 %) JavaScript 8 93 (26.12 %) HTML 9 82 (23.03 %) VB.NET 10 77 (21.63 %) Microsoft 11 65 (18.26 %) ASP 12 54 (15.17 %) WebServices 13 53 (14.89 %) Transact-SQL 14 50 (14.04 %) SharePoint 15 48 (13.48 %) SQL Server 2000

16 45 (12.64 %) XSL 16 45 (12.64 %) CSS 17 44 (12.36 %) Windows 18 42 (11.80 %) DHTML 19 41 (11.52 %) SharePoint Server 2007 20 38 (10.67 %) VB 21 37 (10.39 %) InterDev 22 32 (8.989 %) N-Tier 22 32 (8.989 %) IIS 23 31 (8.708 %) Finance 24 29 (8.146 %) COM+ 25 28 (7.865 %) AJAX 26 25 (7.022 %) .NET Framework 27 23 (6.461 %) Visual Studio 28 22 (6.180 %) WinForms

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 1 356 (100.00 %) .NET 2 109 (30.62 %) XML 3 93 (26.12 %) HTML 4 65 (18.26 %) ASP 5 54 (15.17 %) WebServices 6 45 (12.64 %) XSL 6 45 (12.64 %) CSS 7 29 (8.146 %) COM+ 8 28 (7.865 %) AJAX 9 25 (7.022 %) .NET Framework 10 22 (6.180 %) WinForms 11 20 (5.618 %) ASP.NET 2.0 12 16 (4.494 %) XSLT 12 16 (4.494 %) XHTML 13 11 (3.090 %) SOAP 14 9 (2.528 %) ADO.NET 14 9 (2.528 %) JSP 15 7 (1.966 %) WCF 16 5 (1.404 %) MDX 16 5 (1.404 %) Silverlight	Application Platforms 1 50 (14.04 %) SharePoint 2 41 (11.52 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 32 (8.989 %) IIS 4 14 (3.933 %) BizTalk Server 5 5 (1.404 %) ArcIMS 5 5 (1.404 %) ArcSDE 5 5 (1.404 %) SharePoint Portal Server 6 4 (1.124 %) Oracle Application Server 6 4 (1.124 %) WebLogic 6 4 (1.124 %) WebLogic Portal 6 4 (1.124 %) ESB 7 2 (0.562 %) CMS 7 2 (0.562 %) Tomcat 7 2 (0.562 %) Apache 7 2 (0.562 %) Commerce Server 7 2 (0.562 %) Commerce Server 2007 7 2 (0.562 %) Immediacy CMS 8 1 (0.281 %) DotNetNuke 8 1 (0.281 %) ArcGIS
Applications 1 11 (3.090 %) MS Excel 1 11 (3.090 %) MS Office 2 8 (2.247 %) Photoshop 3 3 (0.843 %) InfoPath 4 1 (0.281 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 4 (1.124 %) Applix TM1 1 4 (1.124 %) Microsoft CRM 2 2 (0.562 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 16 (4.494 %) HTTP 2 8 (2.247 %) Internet 2 8 (2.247 %) DNS 3 7 (1.966 %) Extranet 4 4 (1.124 %) CTI 5 3 (0.843 %) Intranet 6 2 (0.562 %) FTP 6 2 (0.562 %) HTTPS 6 2 (0.562 %) TELNET 7 1 (0.281 %) 3G 7 1 (0.281 %) SSL 7 1 (0.281 %) SNMP 7 1 (0.281 %) TCP/IP 7 1 (0.281 %) LDAP 7 1 (0.281 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 221 (62.08 %) SQL Server 2 96 (26.97 %) SQL Server 2005 3 48 (13.48 %) SQL Server 2000 4 7 (1.966 %) DB2 4 7 (1.966 %) DB2 UDB 5 6 (1.685 %) MSDE 6 5 (1.404 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 4 (1.124 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 4 (1.124 %) GIS 7 4 (1.124 %) DTS 8 3 (0.843 %) MySQL 9 1 (0.281 %) Oracle 9i 9 1 (0.281 %) Datawarehouse 9 1 (0.281 %) OLAP 9 1 (0.281 %) PostgreSQL 9 1 (0.281 %) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 37 (10.39 %) InterDev 2 23 (6.461 %) Visual Studio 3 9 (2.528 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 8 (2.247 %) Flash 5 7 (1.966 %) Dreamweaver 6 1 (0.281 %) TestDirector 6 1 (0.281 %) LoadRunner 6 1 (0.281 %) PVCS 6 1 (0.281 %) NUnit 6 1 (0.281 %) StarTeam 6 1 (0.281 %) FrontPage	General 1 31 (8.708 %) Finance 2 13 (3.652 %) Retail 3 8 (2.247 %) Telecoms 4 6 (1.685 %) Multimedia 5 5 (1.404 %) Pharmaceutical 5 5 (1.404 %) Automotive 6 3 (0.843 %) Government 6 3 (0.843 %) Banking 6 3 (0.843 %) Insurance 7 2 (0.562 %) Retail Banking 7 2 (0.562 %) Telemarketing 7 2 (0.562 %) Pensions 7 2 (0.562 %) Construction 7 2 (0.562 %) Manufacturing 8 1 (0.281 %) Graphic Design 8 1 (0.281 %) Front Office 8 1 (0.281 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.281 %) Advertising 8 1 (0.281 %) Health 8 1 (0.281 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 280 (78.65 %) Developer 2 173 (48.60 %) .NET Developer 3 105 (29.49 %) ASP.NET Developer 4 98 (27.53 %) C# Developer 5 60 (16.85 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 6 36 (10.11 %) VB.NET Developer 7 34 (9.551 %) Applications Developer 8 29 (8.146 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 9 26 (7.303 %) Web Developer 10 23 (6.461 %) Programmer 10 23 (6.461 %) SQL Developer 11 21 (5.899 %) SharePoint Developer 12 20 (5.618 %) SQL Server Developer 13 19 (5.337 %) Analyst 14 18 (5.056 %) Architect 15 17 (4.775 %) .NET Applications Developer 16 14 (3.933 %) Consultant 16 14 (3.933 %) Analyst Programmer 17 10 (2.809 %) Software Developer 18 9 (2.528 %) Senior Developer	Miscellaneous 1 32 (8.989 %) N-Tier 2 6 (1.685 %) Replication 2 6 (1.685 %) Clustering 3 4 (1.124 %) Client/Server 4 2 (0.562 %) Web 2.0 4 2 (0.562 %) NHS 5 1 (0.281 %) Taxonomies
Operating Systems 1 44 (12.36 %) Windows 2 19 (5.337 %) Windows Server 2003 3 10 (2.809 %) Windows 2000 4 8 (2.247 %) Windows XP 5 2 (0.562 %) Solaris 5 2 (0.562 %) Linux 5 2 (0.562 %) UNIX 6 1 (0.281 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 1 (0.281 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (4.494 %) E-Commerce 2 15 (4.213 %) RAD 2 15 (4.213 %) Security Cleared 3 14 (3.933 %) OO 4 13 (3.652 %) RUP 5 12 (3.371 %) Data Modelling 5 12 (3.371 %) Web Development 5 12 (3.371 %) Scrum 5 12 (3.371 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 11 (3.090 %) SC Cleared 7 10 (2.809 %) System Testing 8 9 (2.528 %) CRM 8 9 (2.528 %) Agile Software Development 8 9 (2.528 %) Technical Architecture 8 9 (2.528 %) Workflow 9 8 (2.247 %) Project Management 9 8 (2.247 %) B2B 9 8 (2.247 %) Network Load Balancing 10 7 (1.966 %) Release Management 11 6 (1.685 %) Business Analysis
Programming Languages 1 241 (67.70 %) C# 2 110 (30.90 %) SQL 3 94 (26.40 %) JavaScript 4 82 (23.03 %) VB.NET 5 53 (14.89 %) Transact-SQL 6 42 (11.80 %) DHTML 7 38 (10.67 %) VB 8 21 (5.899 %) Java 9 11 (3.090 %) VB6 9 11 (3.090 %) VBA 9 11 (3.090 %) C 9 11 (3.090 %) VBScript 10 8 (2.247 %) ActionScript 11 5 (1.404 %) C++ 12 4 (1.124 %) PHP 13 2 (0.562 %) Perl 14 1 (0.281 %) COBOL 14 1 (0.281 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 18 (5.056 %) Microsoft Certification 2 8 (2.247 %) MCSD 3 4 (1.124 %) MCAD 4 3 (0.843 %) MCP 5 2 (0.562 %) MCDST 5 2 (0.562 %) MCSE 6 1 (0.281 %) Degree 6 1 (0.281 %) ISEB 6 1 (0.281 %) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.124 %) QA	System Software 1 4 (1.124 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.562 %) MSMQ
Vendors 1 77 (21.63 %) Microsoft 2 20 (5.618 %) Oracle 3 7 (1.966 %) IBM 4 4 (1.124 %) Applix 4 4 (1.124 %) Perforce 4 4 (1.124 %) TIBCO 5 2 (0.562 %) Omniture 5 2 (0.562 %) Dundas 6 1 (0.281 %) salesforce.com 6 1 (0.281 %) Adobe 6 1 (0.281 %) Borland 6 1 (0.281 %) Sage