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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft ADO.NET skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ADO.NET over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ADO.NET
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5066
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.899 %0.457 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£314
% change on same period last year+4.93 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£38.35
% change on same period last year-29.58 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads158219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.209 %0.218 %
Daily rates quoted3959
Average minimum daily rate£277£314
Average daily rate£308£355
% change on same period last year-13.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted109
Average minimum hourly rate£31.92£34.71
Average hourly rate£34.32£35.65
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.73£36.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
ADO.NET West MidlandsADO.NET
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.

ADO.NET
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham ADO.NET Demand Trend

ADO.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham ADO.NET Daily Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham ADO.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing ADO.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 ADO.NET.

14 (100.00 %)C#
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)VB.NET
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (50.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
32 (50.00 %)SSL
32 (50.00 %)IIS
32 (50.00 %)HTML
32 (50.00 %)JavaScript
32 (50.00 %)SQL
32 (50.00 %)CSS
41 (25.00 %)XSLT
41 (25.00 %)Windows
41 (25.00 %)SOA
41 (25.00 %)VBScript
41 (25.00 %)ASP
41 (25.00 %)Oracle
41 (25.00 %)Workflow
41 (25.00 %)Government
41 (25.00 %)Oracle Workflow
41 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
41 (25.00 %)BizTalk Server
41 (25.00 %).NET Framework
41 (25.00 %)WCF
41 (25.00 %)LINQ

ADO.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing ADO.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 ADO.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
32 (50.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
32 (50.00 %)HTML
32 (50.00 %)CSS
41 (25.00 %)XSLT
41 (25.00 %)ASP
41 (25.00 %).NET Framework
41 (25.00 %)WCF
41 (25.00 %)LINQ
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)IIS
21 (25.00 %)Oracle Workflow
21 (25.00 %)BizTalk Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)SSL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
22 (50.00 %).NET Developer
22 (50.00 %)Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Applications Developer
31 (25.00 %)Web Developer
31 (25.00 %)Web Applications Developer
31 (25.00 %).NET Consultant
31 (25.00 %)BizTalk Consultant
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)SOA
11 (25.00 %)Workflow
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C#
23 (75.00 %)VB.NET
32 (50.00 %)JavaScript
32 (50.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)VBScript
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle