Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Buckinghamshire region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank161410
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Down-4
Matching contract IT job ads4853153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire6.676 %9.282 %10.57 %
As % of the Application Development category42.48 %57.61 %52.58 %
Daily rates quoted131326
Average daily rate£250£313£313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£279£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£293£395£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£297£325
% change year-on-year
-3.030 %-8.760 %
Hourly rates quoted321
Average hourly rate£15.50£25.00£17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.00 %+47.05 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.630 %-15.38 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11392291
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire15.72 %16.11 %20.11 %
Daily rates quoted452058
Average daily rate£250£300£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£158£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£390£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted758
Average hourly rate£26.00£17.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+48.57 %-22.22 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
.NET South East.NET
South East

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.

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire .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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Buckinghamshire .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Buckinghamshire .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesDown-626£265-24.28 %
High WycombeDown-12£238-20.83 %
AylesburyDown-12£256-18.00 %
BeaconsfieldNew entry-1--
.NET South East.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

143 (48.31 %)C#
143 (48.31 %)SQL Server
228 (31.46 %)Microsoft
327 (30.34 %)Finance
423 (25.84 %)ASP.NET
520 (22.47 %)Oracle
520 (22.47 %)Windows
615 (16.85 %)SQL
714 (15.73 %)Visual Studio
714 (15.73 %)UNIX
714 (15.73 %)MS Excel
813 (14.61 %).NET Framework
911 (12.36 %)DB2
911 (12.36 %)WinForms
1010 (11.24 %)Java
1010 (11.24 %)Web Services
1010 (11.24 %)XML
119 (10.11 %)C++
119 (10.11 %)HTML
119 (10.11 %)SharePoint
119 (10.11 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
128 (8.989 %)OO
128 (8.989 %)Middleware
128 (8.989 %)SQL Server 2005
137 (7.865 %)WPF
137 (7.865 %)C
137 (7.865 %)VB.NET
137 (7.865 %)ASP
137 (7.865 %)Agile Software Development
146 (6.742 %)Spring

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
123 (25.84 %)ASP.NET
213 (14.61 %).NET Framework
311 (12.36 %)WinForms
410 (11.24 %)Web Services
410 (11.24 %)XML
59 (10.11 %)HTML
68 (8.989 %)Middleware
77 (7.865 %)WPF
77 (7.865 %)ASP
86 (6.742 %)Spring
95 (5.618 %)XSLT
104 (4.494 %)CSS
104 (4.494 %)AJAX
113 (3.371 %)J2EE
113 (3.371 %)XSL
122 (2.247 %)XSD
122 (2.247 %)COM
122 (2.247 %)ASP.NET 2.0
122 (2.247 %)OOXML
131 (1.124 %)WCF
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (10.11 %)SharePoint
25 (5.618 %)BizTalk Server
34 (4.494 %)MQSeries
43 (3.371 %)SharePoint Server 2007
43 (3.371 %)Documentum
43 (3.371 %)Apache
43 (3.371 %)IIS
52 (2.247 %)CMS
52 (2.247 %)Umbraco
52 (2.247 %)DotNetNuke
61 (1.124 %)Commerce Server
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (15.73 %)MS Excel
22 (2.247 %)MS Project
22 (2.247 %)MS Office
31 (1.124 %)InfoPath
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (5.618 %)BSS
24 (4.494 %)FTP
33 (3.371 %)3G
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
143 (48.31 %)SQL Server
211 (12.36 %)DB2
39 (10.11 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
48 (8.989 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (6.742 %)SQL Server Integration Services
65 (5.618 %)SQL Server 2008
65 (5.618 %)Oracle 8/8i
74 (4.494 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (4.494 %)BusinessObjects
74 (4.494 %)Oracle Reports
74 (4.494 %)DTS
82 (2.247 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (1.124 %)MS Access
91 (1.124 %)Datawarehouse
91 (1.124 %)Crystal Reports
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
114 (15.73 %)Visual Studio
25 (5.618 %)Team Foundation Server
32 (2.247 %)QuickTest Pro
32 (2.247 %)Visual Studio Team System
41 (1.124 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
41 (1.124 %)NUnit
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (30.34 %)Finance
25 (5.618 %)Telecoms
34 (4.494 %)Banking
43 (3.371 %)Education
52 (2.247 %)Financial Institution
52 (2.247 %)Graphic Design
52 (2.247 %)Pensions
52 (2.247 %)Marketing
61 (1.124 %)Insurance
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
156 (62.92 %)Developer
222 (24.72 %).NET Developer
319 (21.35 %)C# Developer
410 (11.24 %)Analyst
410 (11.24 %)ASP.NET Developer
58 (8.989 %)Designer
67 (7.865 %)Team Leader
67 (7.865 %)Technical Team Leader
67 (7.865 %)Consultant
76 (6.742 %)DBA
76 (6.742 %)SQL Developer
85 (5.618 %)BizTalk Developer
85 (5.618 %)SQL DBA
94 (4.494 %)Web Developer
94 (4.494 %)Applications Developer
94 (4.494 %)Developer Analyst
103 (3.371 %)UI Designer
103 (3.371 %)Teradata DBA
103 (3.371 %)Graphic Designer
103 (3.371 %)SQL Server Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (4.494 %)Mainframe
22 (2.247 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (1.124 %)Computer Science
31 (1.124 %)NHS
31 (1.124 %)E-Learning
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
120 (22.47 %)Windows
214 (15.73 %)UNIX
32 (2.247 %)Windows Server 2008
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (8.989 %)OO
27 (7.865 %)Agile Software Development
36 (6.742 %)Data Management
36 (6.742 %)SOA
44 (4.494 %)Project Management
44 (4.494 %)OOD
53 (3.371 %)CRM
53 (3.371 %)Migration
53 (3.371 %)E-business
62 (2.247 %)Scrum
62 (2.247 %)Business Intelligence
62 (2.247 %)V-Model
62 (2.247 %)Release Management
62 (2.247 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (2.247 %)Test Scripting
62 (2.247 %)Investment Management
62 (2.247 %)Software Engineering
71 (1.124 %)UML
71 (1.124 %)E-Commerce
71 (1.124 %)EAI
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
143 (48.31 %)C#
215 (16.85 %)SQL
310 (11.24 %)Java
49 (10.11 %)C++
57 (7.865 %)C
57 (7.865 %)VB.NET
66 (6.742 %)JavaScript
74 (4.494 %)VB
83 (3.371 %)Perl
83 (3.371 %)PHP
83 (3.371 %)T-SQL
83 (3.371 %)VBScript
83 (3.371 %)VB6
92 (2.247 %)VBA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (2.247 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (2.247 %)Degree
21 (1.124 %)SC Cleared
21 (1.124 %)DV Cleared
21 (1.124 %)Security Cleared
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.247 %)QA
21 (1.124 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (2.247 %)VMware Infrastructure
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
128 (31.46 %)Microsoft
220 (22.47 %)Oracle
36 (6.742 %)IBM
44 (4.494 %)Business Objects
53 (3.371 %)Siebel
62 (2.247 %)VMware
62 (2.247 %)HP
71 (1.124 %)BT