The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 17 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 Bradford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 9 23 20
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -3
Contract jobs citing .NET 18 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 11.39% 3.145% 4.065%
As % of the Application Development category 48.65% 17.24% 20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 2
Average daily rate £325 £150 £304
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% -50.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £317 £150 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £150 £397
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
37 29 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 23.42% 18.24% 19.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 5 10
Average daily rate £325 £160 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+103.12% -41.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £384 £300 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
West Yorkshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford .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 Bradford region.

Bradford .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 Bradford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bradford .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 Bradford region.

Bradford .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 16 (61.54%) C#
2 12 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 12 (46.15%) ASP.NET
3 10 (38.46%) CSS
4 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
5 6 (23.08%) SQL
5 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
5 6 (23.08%) MVC
5 6 (23.08%) jQuery
5 6 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (19.23%) .NET Framework
6 5 (19.23%) Visual Studio
6 5 (19.23%) HTML
7 4 (15.38%) UNIX
7 4 (15.38%) CMS
7 4 (15.38%) Unit Testing
7 4 (15.38%) EPiServer
8 3 (11.54%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 3 (11.54%) Test Strategy
8 3 (11.54%) EPiServer CMS
8 3 (11.54%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (11.54%) Test Management
8 3 (11.54%) Test Scripting
8 3 (11.54%) System Testing
8 3 (11.54%) WCF
8 3 (11.54%) Finance
8 3 (11.54%) Publishing
8 3 (11.54%) Content Management
8 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (11.54%) VB.NET

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford 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 12 (46.15%) ASP.NET
2 10 (38.46%) CSS
3 6 (23.08%) jQuery
4 5 (19.23%) HTML
4 5 (19.23%) .NET Framework
5 3 (11.54%) WCF
5 3 (11.54%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (7.692%) Web Services
6 2 (7.692%) XML
6 2 (7.692%) XHTML
7 1 (3.846%) Ajax
7 1 (3.846%) WebSphere
7 1 (3.846%) SOAP
7 1 (3.846%) soapUI
7 1 (3.846%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (15.38%) CMS
3 3 (11.54%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (11.54%) EPiServer CMS
4 1 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) SAN
1 1 (3.846%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (11.54%) Finance
1 3 (11.54%) Publishing
2 2 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (73.08%) Developer
2 13 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 5 (19.23%) C# Developer
4 4 (15.38%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (11.54%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (11.54%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Test Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Analyst
6 2 (7.692%) Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Support Manager
6 2 (7.692%) .NET Architect
6 2 (7.692%) .NET Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.692%) C# Architect
7 1 (3.846%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (3.846%) C# Web Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Web Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) VB6 Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Senior SharePoint Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) UNIX
2 1 (3.846%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Linux
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) MVC
2 4 (15.38%) Unit Testing
3 3 (11.54%) Test Management
3 3 (11.54%) Test Scripting
3 3 (11.54%) System Testing
3 3 (11.54%) Content Management
3 3 (11.54%) Test Strategy
4 2 (7.692%) Web Application Development
4 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 2 (7.692%) Document Management
5 1 (3.846%) Web Development
5 1 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.846%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.846%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) C#
2 7 (26.92%) JavaScript
3 6 (23.08%) SQL
4 3 (11.54%) VB.NET
5 2 (7.692%) VBA
5 2 (7.692%) VB
6 1 (3.846%) VB6
6 1 (3.846%) PowerShell
6 1 (3.846%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.846%) VBScript
6 1 (3.846%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) MCSE
1 1 (3.846%) MCSA
1 1 (3.846%) ISEB
1 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.846%) MCTS
1 1 (3.846%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.846%) XenApp
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) EPiServer
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
3 2 (7.692%) Endeca
4 1 (3.846%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.846%) Cisco
4 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.846%) HP
4 1 (3.846%) Citrix
4 1 (3.846%) VMware