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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Blackburn region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank42
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.005 %
As % of the category below100.00 %80.00 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£210£127
Average daily rate£210£163
% change on same period last year+28.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£210£200
UK excluding London average daily rate£309£343
% change on same period last year-10.03 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.07£31.72
% change on same period last year-14.64 %
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Blackburn
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.006 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£210£163
Average daily rate£210£199
% change on same period last year+5.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£210£235
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.27£31.42
% change on same period last year-10.04 %
.NET Lancashire.NET
Lancashire

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
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Blackburn .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Blackburn .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

17 (77.78 %)VB.NET
17 (77.78 %)SQL Server
26 (66.67 %)SQL
26 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
35 (55.56 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (44.44 %)C#
53 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
62 (22.22 %)VB
62 (22.22 %)XML
62 (22.22 %)MS Excel
71 (11.11 %)Microsoft
71 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (11.11 %)Infragistics
71 (11.11 %)XSD
71 (11.11 %)XSLT
71 (11.11 %)DHTML
71 (11.11 %)JavaScript
71 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
71 (11.11 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (11.11 %)ADO.NET
71 (11.11 %)XPath
71 (11.11 %)VB6
71 (11.11 %)AJAX

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
22 (22.22 %)XML
31 (11.11 %)XSD
31 (11.11 %)XSLT
31 (11.11 %)AJAX
31 (11.11 %)DHTML
31 (11.11 %)ADO.NET
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (22.22 %)MS Excel
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (77.78 %)SQL Server
25 (55.56 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (100.00 %)Developer
27 (77.78 %).NET Developer
36 (66.67 %)VB.NET Developer
43 (33.33 %)C# Developer
51 (11.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (11.11 %)SQL Developer
51 (11.11 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
51 (11.11 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (77.78 %)VB.NET
26 (66.67 %)SQL
34 (44.44 %)C#
43 (33.33 %)Transact-SQL
52 (22.22 %)VB
61 (11.11 %)JavaScript
61 (11.11 %)VB6
61 (11.11 %)XPath
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft
11 (11.11 %)Infragistics