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The table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 .NET Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2330
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads2542
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.045 %
As % of the category below4.554 %4.273 %
Daily rates quoted61
Average minimum daily rate£296£230
Average daily rate£317£245
% change on same period last year+29.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£260
UK excluding London average daily rate£281£316
% change on same period last year-11.13 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£28.33£40.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£45.00
% change on same period last year-27.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.67£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.32£32.65
% change on same period last year-13.28 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads549983
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.865 %1.053 %
Daily rates quoted169229
Average minimum daily rate£354£375
Average daily rate£378£402
% change on same period last year-6.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted82182
Average minimum hourly rate£21.45£16.15
Average hourly rate£23.17£17.23
% change on same period last year+34.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.89£18.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
.NET Developer West Midlands.NET Developer
West Midlands

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham .NET Developer Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Birmingham .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Birmingham .NET Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title.

170 (100.00 %).NET
253 (75.71 %)ASP.NET
343 (61.43 %)C#
441 (58.57 %)SQL Server
529 (41.43 %)VB.NET
628 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
722 (31.43 %)SQL
821 (30.00 %)XML
919 (27.14 %)CSS
919 (27.14 %)HTML
1014 (20.00 %)JavaScript
1112 (17.14 %)VB
1211 (15.71 %)WebServices
1211 (15.71 %)ASP
1211 (15.71 %)Microsoft
1310 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
148 (11.43 %)MS Excel
148 (11.43 %)Visual Studio
148 (11.43 %)Retail
157 (10.00 %)AJAX
166 (8.571 %)MySQL
166 (8.571 %)Transact-SQL
166 (8.571 %)Intranet
166 (8.571 %)Internet
166 (8.571 %)Finance
166 (8.571 %)Manufacturing
175 (7.143 %)Construction
184 (5.714 %)Oracle
184 (5.714 %)N-Tier
184 (5.714 %)UML

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
170 (100.00 %).NET
253 (75.71 %)ASP.NET
321 (30.00 %)XML
419 (27.14 %)HTML
419 (27.14 %)CSS
511 (15.71 %)WebServices
511 (15.71 %)ASP
67 (10.00 %)AJAX
74 (5.714 %).NET Remoting
74 (5.714 %).NET Framework
74 (5.714 %)ASP.NET 2.0
83 (4.286 %)WCF
83 (4.286 %)ADO.NET
91 (1.429 %)XHTML
91 (1.429 %)Middleware
91 (1.429 %)WinForms
91 (1.429 %)WPF
91 (1.429 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
91 (1.429 %)NHibernate
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (4.286 %)IIS
22 (2.857 %)Oracle Spatial
31 (1.429 %)ESB
31 (1.429 %)SharePoint
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (11.43 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (8.571 %)Intranet
16 (8.571 %)Internet
22 (2.857 %)SSL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
141 (58.57 %)SQL Server
228 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (8.571 %)MySQL
53 (4.286 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (2.857 %)RDBMS
62 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2008
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (11.43 %)Visual Studio
22 (2.857 %)NUnit
31 (1.429 %)CruiseControl
31 (1.429 %)Subversion
31 (1.429 %)Flash
31 (1.429 %)ClearCase
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (11.43 %)Retail
26 (8.571 %)Finance
26 (8.571 %)Manufacturing
35 (7.143 %)Construction
43 (4.286 %)Government
52 (2.857 %)Telecoms
52 (2.857 %)Electric
61 (1.429 %)Insurance
61 (1.429 %)Pensions
61 (1.429 %)Financial Institution
61 (1.429 %)Education
61 (1.429 %)Health
61 (1.429 %)Games
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (5.714 %)N-Tier
23 (4.286 %)Web 2.0
31 (1.429 %)Social Network
31 (1.429 %)AS400
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (2.857 %)Windows
21 (1.429 %)Linux
21 (1.429 %)Windows 2000
21 (1.429 %)Windows Server 2003
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (5.714 %)UML
14 (5.714 %)Agile Software Development
14 (5.714 %)Web Development
23 (4.286 %)OO
32 (2.857 %)SEO
32 (2.857 %)Migration
32 (2.857 %)Unit Testing
32 (2.857 %)OOD
41 (1.429 %)SOA
41 (1.429 %)Project Management
41 (1.429 %)TDD
41 (1.429 %)System Testing
41 (1.429 %)Security Cleared
41 (1.429 %)Scrum
41 (1.429 %)Unified Process
41 (1.429 %)Web Design
41 (1.429 %)RUP
41 (1.429 %)CRM
41 (1.429 %)E-Commerce
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (61.43 %)C#
229 (41.43 %)VB.NET
322 (31.43 %)SQL
414 (20.00 %)JavaScript
512 (17.14 %)VB
66 (8.571 %)Transact-SQL
73 (4.286 %)VB6
82 (2.857 %)PL/SQL
91 (1.429 %)C
91 (1.429 %)ActionScript
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.429 %)Active Directory
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (15.71 %)Microsoft
24 (5.714 %)Oracle
31 (1.429 %)Citrix