Buckinghamshire .NET Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Andover Avon Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Carmarthenshire Carrickfergus Ceredigion Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hastings Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hornchurch Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Margate Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rochester Romford Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	20	8
Rank change on same period last year	-12
Matching contract IT job ads	98	214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.131 %	0.217 %
As % of the category below	46.45 %	44.68 %
Daily rates quoted	35	52
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£277
Average daily rate	£341	£292
% change on same period last year	+16.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£307
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£327
% change on same period last year	+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	17
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£31.47
Average hourly rate	-	£32.65
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£33.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.43	£32.97
% change on same period last year	+1.37 %
Application Development Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	211	479
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.281 %	0.485 %
Daily rates quoted	75	111
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£307
Average daily rate	£374	£328
% change on same period last year	+13.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£349
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	58
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.69	£30.64
Average hourly rate	£37.81	£31.98
% change on same period last year	+18.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.94	£33.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
.NET South East

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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

.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.

.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 25 July 2008.

.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.

.NET
Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Milton Keynes	-15	52	£345	+7.25 %
High Wycombe	-16	2	£300	+25.00 %
Aylesbury	-7	1	£300	+9.09 %
Marlow	-5	1	-	-

.NET South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 154 (60.39 %) C# 2 122 (47.84 %) SQL Server 3 90 (35.29 %) Windows 4 84 (32.94 %) ASP.NET 5 75 (29.41 %) SQL 6 65 (25.49 %) HTML 7 54 (21.18 %) Microsoft 7 54 (21.18 %) .NET Framework 8 48 (18.82 %) VB.NET 9 47 (18.43 %) XML 10 44 (17.25 %) SQL Server 2005 11 37 (14.51 %) WinForms 12 36 (14.12 %) ASP 13 35 (13.73 %) JavaScript 14 31 (12.16 %) VB

15 26 (10.20 %) Oracle 15 26 (10.20 %) SharePoint 15 26 (10.20 %) Internet 16 24 (9.412 %) VB6 16 24 (9.412 %) Security Cleared 17 23 (9.020 %) AJAX 17 23 (9.020 %) SQL Server 2000 17 23 (9.020 %) Transact-SQL 18 22 (8.627 %) OO 18 22 (8.627 %) WebServices 19 20 (7.843 %) MS Office 20 19 (7.451 %) UML 20 19 (7.451 %) OOD 20 19 (7.451 %) Agile Software Development 20 19 (7.451 %) Finance

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Application Development 1 84 (32.94 %) ASP.NET 2 65 (25.49 %) HTML 3 54 (21.18 %) .NET Framework 4 47 (18.43 %) XML 5 37 (14.51 %) WinForms 6 36 (14.12 %) ASP 7 23 (9.020 %) AJAX 8 22 (8.627 %) WebServices 9 16 (6.275 %) WPF 10 14 (5.490 %) J2EE 11 10 (3.922 %) CSS 11 10 (3.922 %) XSLT 12 8 (3.137 %) JSP 12 8 (3.137 %) MFC 12 8 (3.137 %) EJB 12 8 (3.137 %) Spring 12 8 (3.137 %) Hibernate 13 7 (2.745 %) ASP.NET 2.0 13 7 (2.745 %) ActiveX 14 4 (1.569 %) ArcObjects	Application Platforms 1 26 (10.20 %) SharePoint 2 13 (5.098 %) BizTalk Server 2 13 (5.098 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 6 (2.353 %) IIS 4 4 (1.569 %) ArcGIS 5 2 (0.784 %) ESB 5 2 (0.784 %) CICS 6 1 (0.392 %) ArcSDE 6 1 (0.392 %) SharePoint Portal Server 6 1 (0.392 %) Oracle Spatial
Applications 1 20 (7.843 %) MS Office 2 13 (5.098 %) MS Excel 3 2 (0.784 %) InfoPath 3 2 (0.784 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.392 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 8 (3.137 %) Microsoft CRM 2 3 (1.176 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 26 (10.20 %) Internet 2 3 (1.176 %) Extranet 2 3 (1.176 %) Intranet 3 2 (0.784 %) LAN 4 1 (0.392 %) Kerberos	Database & Business Intelligence 1 122 (47.84 %) SQL Server 2 44 (17.25 %) SQL Server 2005 3 23 (9.020 %) SQL Server 2000 4 14 (5.490 %) GIS 5 11 (4.314 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 9 (3.529 %) SQL Server 7 7 8 (3.137 %) Oracle 10g 7 8 (3.137 %) DB2 7 8 (3.137 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 5 (1.961 %) Crystal Reports 9 2 (0.784 %) MS Access 9 2 (0.784 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 2 (0.784 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 1 (0.392 %) MySQL 10 1 (0.392 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 15 (5.882 %) Visual Studio 2 8 (3.137 %) Ant 2 8 (3.137 %) JUnit 2 8 (3.137 %) Rational Rose 2 8 (3.137 %) Eclipse 3 3 (1.176 %) NUnit 4 2 (0.784 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 2 (0.784 %) LabVIEW 5 1 (0.392 %) Flash 5 1 (0.392 %) TestPartner 5 1 (0.392 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 19 (7.451 %) Finance 2 13 (5.098 %) Government 3 9 (3.529 %) Electronics 4 6 (2.353 %) Banking 5 5 (1.961 %) Retail 6 3 (1.176 %) Automotive 7 2 (0.784 %) Pharmaceutical 7 2 (0.784 %) Financial Institution 7 2 (0.784 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.392 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.392 %) Manufacturing 8 1 (0.392 %) Publishing 8 1 (0.392 %) Police
Job Titles 1 184 (72.16 %) Developer 2 88 (34.51 %) .NET Developer 3 81 (31.76 %) C# Developer 4 39 (15.29 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 36 (14.12 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 6 22 (8.627 %) Analyst 7 18 (7.059 %) Applications Developer 8 16 (6.275 %) Software Developer 8 16 (6.275 %) CSharp Software Developer 8 16 (6.275 %) SharePoint Developer 9 15 (5.882 %) Web Developer 10 10 (3.922 %) SQL Developer 10 10 (3.922 %) C# Web Developer 11 9 (3.529 %) .NET Web Developer 11 9 (3.529 %) Programmer 12 8 (3.137 %) Business Analyst 12 8 (3.137 %) Team Leader 12 8 (3.137 %) Java Developer 12 8 (3.137 %) Java/J2EE Developer 13 7 (2.745 %) ASP Developer	Miscellaneous 1 6 (2.353 %) German Language 2 4 (1.569 %) Mainframe 3 3 (1.176 %) N-Tier 4 2 (0.784 %) IBM Mainframe 4 2 (0.784 %) PDA 4 2 (0.784 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.392 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.392 %) IVR
Operating Systems 1 90 (35.29 %) Windows 2 16 (6.275 %) Windows NT 3 8 (3.137 %) Linux 4 2 (0.784 %) UNIX 4 2 (0.784 %) AIX 4 2 (0.784 %) Solaris 4 2 (0.784 %) zOS 5 1 (0.392 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 24 (9.412 %) Security Cleared 2 22 (8.627 %) OO 3 19 (7.451 %) UML 3 19 (7.451 %) OOD 3 19 (7.451 %) Agile Software Development 4 17 (6.667 %) Workflow 5 14 (5.490 %) SC Cleared 6 13 (5.098 %) Extreme Programming 7 12 (4.706 %) PRINCE2 8 10 (3.922 %) RUP 8 10 (3.922 %) SOA 8 10 (3.922 %) DV Cleared 9 9 (3.529 %) CRM 10 7 (2.745 %) Project Management 10 7 (2.745 %) SSADM 11 6 (2.353 %) Data Analysis 11 6 (2.353 %) Business Analysis 11 6 (2.353 %) Requirements Analysis 12 5 (1.961 %) Web Development 13 4 (1.569 %) Unit Testing
Programming Languages 1 154 (60.39 %) C# 2 75 (29.41 %) SQL 3 48 (18.82 %) VB.NET 4 35 (13.73 %) JavaScript 5 31 (12.16 %) VB 6 24 (9.412 %) VB6 7 23 (9.020 %) Transact-SQL 8 15 (5.882 %) C++ 9 13 (5.098 %) C 10 12 (4.706 %) Java 11 10 (3.922 %) XAML 12 8 (3.137 %) VBA 13 4 (1.569 %) COBOL 14 3 (1.176 %) VBScript 15 2 (0.784 %) PHP 15 2 (0.784 %) PL/SQL 15 2 (0.784 %) DHTML 16 1 (0.392 %) Perl 16 1 (0.392 %) ActionScript 16 1 (0.392 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 4 (1.569 %) Microsoft Certification 1 4 (1.569 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 3 (1.176 %) Degree 3 2 (0.784 %) MCSD 3 2 (0.784 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.392 %) MCPD 4 1 (0.392 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.784 %) QA	System Software 1 2 (0.784 %) Active Directory 1 2 (0.784 %) RACF
Vendors 1 54 (21.18 %) Microsoft 2 26 (10.20 %) Oracle 3 8 (3.137 %) BEA 4 4 (1.569 %) SAP 4 4 (1.569 %) IBM 5 1 (0.392 %) Adobe 5 1 (0.392 %) ESRI