The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 8 8 3
Rank change year-on-year
0 -5
Contract jobs citing .NET 48 63 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 10.93% 10.14% 17.74%
As % of the Application Development category 48.48% 38.18% 67.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 46 52
Average daily rate £275 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £260 £239
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
99 165 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.55% 26.57% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 77
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham .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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham .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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham .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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 105 (76.09%) C#
2 78 (56.52%) ASP.NET
3 75 (54.35%) SQL Server
4 44 (31.88%) JavaScript
5 43 (31.16%) SQL
6 38 (27.54%) Microsoft
7 36 (26.09%) Web Services
8 34 (24.64%) HTML
9 32 (23.19%) CSS
10 31 (22.46%) WCF
11 30 (21.74%) MVC
12 29 (21.01%) jQuery
13 25 (18.12%) .NET Framework
14 23 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
14 23 (16.67%) Windows
15 22 (15.94%) ASP.NET MVC
16 20 (14.49%) Visual Studio
17 19 (13.77%) XML
17 19 (13.77%) Agile Software Development
18 18 (13.04%) Ajax
19 17 (12.32%) SharePoint
19 17 (12.32%) VB.NET
20 14 (10.14%) Team Foundation Server
21 13 (9.420%) MS Excel
21 13 (9.420%) Workflow
22 12 (8.696%) OO
22 12 (8.696%) Oracle
23 10 (7.246%) ASP.NET MVC 3
24 9 (6.522%) Active Directory
24 9 (6.522%) Telecoms

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 78 (56.52%) ASP.NET
2 36 (26.09%) Web Services
3 34 (24.64%) HTML
4 32 (23.19%) CSS
5 31 (22.46%) WCF
6 29 (21.01%) jQuery
7 25 (18.12%) .NET Framework
8 22 (15.94%) ASP.NET MVC
9 19 (13.77%) XML
10 18 (13.04%) Ajax
11 10 (7.246%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 8 (5.797%) SOAP
13 7 (5.072%) CSS3
13 7 (5.072%) WSDL
13 7 (5.072%) Middleware
13 7 (5.072%) JMS
13 7 (5.072%) WebSphere
14 6 (4.348%) HTML5
14 6 (4.348%) Silverlight
15 5 (3.623%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 17 (12.32%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.797%) BizTalk Server
2 8 (5.797%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (5.072%) IBM HTTP Server
3 7 (5.072%) WebSphere Process Server
4 6 (4.348%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (4.348%) IIS
4 6 (4.348%) CMS
4 6 (4.348%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 3 (2.174%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.449%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.725%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.725%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.725%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.725%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.725%) ESB
7 1 (0.725%) EPiServer CMS
7 1 (0.725%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 13 (9.420%) MS Excel
2 9 (6.522%) InfoPath
3 3 (2.174%) MS Office
4 1 (0.725%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.725%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.449%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.797%) LDAP
1 8 (5.797%) HTTP
2 7 (5.072%) DNS
2 7 (5.072%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.174%) Internet
4 2 (1.449%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.725%) H.323
5 1 (0.725%) IIOP
5 1 (0.725%) SSL
5 1 (0.725%) Intranet
5 1 (0.725%) Wireless
5 1 (0.725%) SNMP
5 1 (0.725%) SMTP
5 1 (0.725%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (54.35%) SQL Server
2 23 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (5.072%) DB2
4 5 (3.623%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.899%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.449%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (1.449%) GIS
7 1 (0.725%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.725%) DTS
7 1 (0.725%) MySQL
7 1 (0.725%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (14.49%) Visual Studio
2 14 (10.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (2.174%) Moq
4 2 (1.449%) MSTest
4 2 (1.449%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.725%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.725%) NUnit
5 1 (0.725%) Subversion
5 1 (0.725%) CruiseControl
5 1 (0.725%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.725%) NWDI
5 1 (0.725%) NWDS
General
1 9 (6.522%) Telecoms
2 8 (5.797%) Finance
3 2 (1.449%) Banking
3 2 (1.449%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.725%) Games
4 1 (0.725%) Automotive
4 1 (0.725%) Law
4 1 (0.725%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.725%) Advertising
4 1 (0.725%) Retail
4 1 (0.725%) Billing
Job Titles
1 114 (82.61%) Developer
2 58 (42.03%) .NET Developer
3 37 (26.81%) C# Developer
4 30 (21.74%) C# .NET Developer
5 24 (17.39%) ASP.NET Developer
6 17 (12.32%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 11 (7.971%) Programmer
8 10 (7.246%) Web Developer
9 9 (6.522%) SharePoint Developer
10 8 (5.797%) Mobile Developer
11 7 (5.072%) Front-End Developer
12 6 (4.348%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 6 (4.348%) Software Developer
12 6 (4.348%) Architect
13 5 (3.623%) Software Engineer
13 5 (3.623%) Consultant
14 4 (2.899%) SharePoint Consultant
14 4 (2.899%) WebSphere Administrator
14 4 (2.899%) C# Software Engineer
14 4 (2.899%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.072%) Mobile App
2 3 (2.174%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (2.174%) Open Source
2 3 (2.174%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.174%) Digital Media
3 2 (1.449%) RIA
3 2 (1.449%) N-Tier
3 2 (1.449%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.725%) Handset
4 1 (0.725%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.725%) SaaS
4 1 (0.725%) Animation
4 1 (0.725%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.725%) Pocket PC
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.67%) Windows
2 8 (5.797%) Linux
3 7 (5.072%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (5.072%) Windows Mobile
4 3 (2.174%) Android
5 2 (1.449%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.725%) UNIX
6 1 (0.725%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.725%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.725%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.725%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.725%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.74%) MVC
2 19 (13.77%) Agile Software Development
3 13 (9.420%) Workflow
4 12 (8.696%) OO
5 9 (6.522%) UML
6 8 (5.797%) Web Development
6 8 (5.797%) Release Management
6 8 (5.797%) SOA
7 7 (5.072%) CRM
8 6 (4.348%) TDD
8 6 (4.348%) Project Planning
8 6 (4.348%) Content Management
8 6 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (4.348%) Unit Testing
8 6 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (3.623%) Process Management
10 4 (2.899%) Web Application Development
10 4 (2.899%) PRINCE2
11 3 (2.174%) TOGAF
11 3 (2.174%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 105 (76.09%) C#
2 44 (31.88%) JavaScript
3 43 (31.16%) SQL
4 17 (12.32%) VB.NET
5 8 (5.797%) T-SQL
6 5 (3.623%) Java
7 3 (2.174%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.449%) PHP
9 1 (0.725%) Jython
9 1 (0.725%) VC++
9 1 (0.725%) VBScript
9 1 (0.725%) VB
9 1 (0.725%) C
9 1 (0.725%) C++
9 1 (0.725%) Delphi
9 1 (0.725%) Perl
9 1 (0.725%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.725%) VB6
Qualifications
1 7 (5.072%) SC Cleared
1 7 (5.072%) Security Cleared
2 5 (3.623%) Degree
3 3 (2.174%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.449%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.449%) ISEB
4 2 (1.449%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.174%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.725%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.522%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.725%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 38 (27.54%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.696%) Oracle
3 7 (5.072%) Red Hat
3 7 (5.072%) IBM
4 2 (1.449%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.449%) DevExpress
4 2 (1.449%) ESRI
5 1 (0.725%) VMware
5 1 (0.725%) SAP
5 1 (0.725%) Sybase
5 1 (0.725%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.725%) Xamarin
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