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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ASP.NET 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 ASP.NET over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ASP.NET
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£289£325
% change on same period last year-11.02 %
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£25.07£31.40
% change on same period last year-20.13 %
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 %
ASP.NET LancashireASP.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.

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn ASP.NET Demand Trend

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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
25 (83.33 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (66.67 %)VB.NET
34 (66.67 %)C#
34 (66.67 %)SQL
43 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
52 (33.33 %)XML
61 (16.67 %)XSD
61 (16.67 %)XSLT
61 (16.67 %)MS Excel
61 (16.67 %)Microsoft
61 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (16.67 %)AJAX
61 (16.67 %)VB
61 (16.67 %)DHTML
61 (16.67 %)JavaScript
61 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
61 (16.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
61 (16.67 %)ADO.NET
61 (16.67 %)Infragistics
61 (16.67 %)XPath

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %).NET
22 (33.33 %)XML
31 (16.67 %)XSD
31 (16.67 %)XSLT
31 (16.67 %)AJAX
31 (16.67 %)ADO.NET
31 (16.67 %)DHTML
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Excel
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
25 (83.33 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (16.67 %)Crystal Reports
31 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (66.67 %).NET Developer
33 (50.00 %)C# Developer
33 (50.00 %)VB.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
41 (16.67 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)C#
14 (66.67 %)SQL
14 (66.67 %)VB.NET
23 (50.00 %)Transact-SQL
31 (16.67 %)VB
31 (16.67 %)JavaScript
31 (16.67 %)XPath
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft
11 (16.67 %)Infragistics