The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridge 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank - 31 -
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 0 18 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - 4.265% -
As % of the Application Development category - 11.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £323 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
74 159 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.56% 37.68% 38.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 80 53
Average daily rate £350 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £213 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £395 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 9
Average hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +55.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £35.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £57.70 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
Cambridgeshire

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (75.00%) C#
3 8 (66.67%) ASP.NET
4 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (41.67%) ADO.NET
4 5 (41.67%) Web Services
4 5 (41.67%) XML
4 5 (41.67%) HTML
4 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 4 (33.33%) MVC
5 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 4 (33.33%) WCF
5 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
6 3 (25.00%) JSUnit
6 3 (25.00%) jQuery
6 3 (25.00%) OOD
6 3 (25.00%) CSS
6 3 (25.00%) Extranet
6 3 (25.00%) SQL
6 3 (25.00%) Windows
6 3 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
6 3 (25.00%) ASP
7 2 (16.67%) Intranet
7 2 (16.67%) Workflow
7 2 (16.67%) Process Management
7 2 (16.67%) Management Information System

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 5 (41.67%) ADO.NET
3 5 (41.67%) Web Services
3 5 (41.67%) XML
3 5 (41.67%) HTML
4 4 (33.33%) WCF
4 4 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
5 3 (25.00%) jQuery
5 3 (25.00%) CSS
5 3 (25.00%) ASP
6 1 (8.333%) Bing Maps
6 1 (8.333%) RESTful
6 1 (8.333%) Google Maps API
6 1 (8.333%) WPF
6 1 (8.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Extranet
2 2 (16.67%) Intranet
3 1 (8.333%) Internet
3 1 (8.333%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JSUnit
2 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) .NET Developer
3 3 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (16.67%) UI Designer
4 2 (16.67%) User Experience Designer
4 2 (16.67%) Designer
5 1 (8.333%) Agile .NET Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Human Factors
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (33.33%) MVC
2 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 3 (25.00%) OOD
3 3 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (16.67%) Workflow
4 2 (16.67%) Process Management
4 2 (16.67%) Information Management
5 1 (8.333%) MVVM
5 1 (8.333%) Logistics
5 1 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) Web Development
5 1 (8.333%) TDD
5 1 (8.333%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Telerik
2 1 (8.333%) Google
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Required Technical Skills HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript / jQuery, jQuery UI, XML / JSON / AJAX, etc... ASP.NET / C# UI design skills / good at functional design, usability, etc. Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator...
Psonar Ltd
Rate: From £200 to £250 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013