The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 17 5 5
Rank change year-on-year
-12 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 24 62 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 7.018% 14.83% 15.60%
As % of the Application Development category 30.77% 37.80% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 38 23
Average daily rate £375 £318 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.11% +5.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £250 £253
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £404 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
Average hourly rate £36.75 £35.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +84.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
78 164 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.81% 39.23% 37.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 84 45
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 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £375 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 10
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +55.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Cambridgeshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge .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 Cambridge region.

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

Cambridge .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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 47 (64.38%) C#
2 36 (49.32%) ASP.NET
3 29 (39.73%) SQL Server
4 22 (30.14%) CSS
5 21 (28.77%) Visual Studio
5 21 (28.77%) MVC
6 20 (27.40%) Agile Software Development
6 20 (27.40%) HTML
7 17 (23.29%) jQuery
8 16 (21.92%) WCF
8 16 (21.92%) SQL
8 16 (21.92%) ASP.NET MVC
9 14 (19.18%) JavaScript
9 14 (19.18%) .NET Framework
10 12 (16.44%) Migration
10 12 (16.44%) Scrum
11 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (15.07%) Resource Management
11 11 (15.07%) Project Management
11 11 (15.07%) PRINCE2
11 11 (15.07%) HTML5
12 10 (13.70%) CSS3
12 10 (13.70%) Web Services
12 10 (13.70%) XML
12 10 (13.70%) SharePoint
12 10 (13.70%) SQL Server 2008
13 8 (10.96%) Degree
13 8 (10.96%) OO
13 8 (10.96%) C++
13 8 (10.96%) Windows

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 36 (49.32%) ASP.NET
2 22 (30.14%) CSS
3 20 (27.40%) HTML
4 17 (23.29%) jQuery
5 16 (21.92%) ASP.NET MVC
5 16 (21.92%) WCF
6 14 (19.18%) .NET Framework
7 11 (15.07%) HTML5
8 10 (13.70%) CSS3
8 10 (13.70%) Web Services
8 10 (13.70%) XML
9 6 (8.219%) ADO.NET
10 3 (4.110%) ASP
10 3 (4.110%) KnockoutJS
10 3 (4.110%) LINQ
11 2 (2.740%) RESTful
11 2 (2.740%) WPF
11 2 (2.740%) NHibernate
11 2 (2.740%) Ajax
12 1 (1.370%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 10 (13.70%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.219%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (2.740%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.370%) Magento
4 1 (1.370%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.370%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.110%) MS Excel
1 3 (4.110%) Simulink
2 1 (1.370%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.370%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.479%) Extranet
2 3 (4.110%) Intranet
3 1 (1.370%) Internet
3 1 (1.370%) HTTP
3 1 (1.370%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (39.73%) SQL Server
2 10 (13.70%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.110%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.740%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.740%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.740%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (2.740%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.370%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (28.77%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.110%) LabVIEW
2 3 (4.110%) JSUnit
3 2 (2.740%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.370%) QUnit
4 1 (1.370%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (4.110%) Electronics
1 3 (4.110%) Advertising
2 2 (2.740%) Finance
3 1 (1.370%) Banking
3 1 (1.370%) Investment Banking
3 1 (1.370%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (60.27%) Developer
2 21 (28.77%) .NET Developer
3 11 (15.07%) Software Project Manager
3 11 (15.07%) Software Manager
3 11 (15.07%) Project Manager
4 7 (9.589%) SharePoint Developer
4 7 (9.589%) Designer
5 6 (8.219%) User Experience Developer
5 6 (8.219%) C# Developer
6 5 (6.849%) UI Developer
6 5 (6.849%) UI Designer
6 5 (6.849%) UI Programmer
7 4 (5.479%) C# .NET Developer
7 4 (5.479%) User Experience Designer
7 4 (5.479%) Applications Support Engineer
7 4 (5.479%) Software Engineer
7 4 (5.479%) Software Developer
7 4 (5.479%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.479%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.479%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.589%) Human Factors
2 4 (5.479%) Computer Science
2 4 (5.479%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.740%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.370%) Social Media
4 1 (1.370%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.370%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.370%) NHS
4 1 (1.370%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.96%) Windows
2 2 (2.740%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (28.77%) MVC
2 20 (27.40%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (16.44%) Scrum
3 12 (16.44%) Migration
4 11 (15.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (15.07%) PRINCE2
4 11 (15.07%) Project Management
4 11 (15.07%) Resource Management
5 8 (10.96%) OO
6 7 (9.589%) OOA/OOD
6 7 (9.589%) OOD
6 7 (9.589%) TDD
7 5 (6.849%) Unit Testing
8 3 (4.110%) Multithreading
8 3 (4.110%) MVVM
8 3 (4.110%) CAD
9 2 (2.740%) Workflow
9 2 (2.740%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (2.740%) Process Management
9 2 (2.740%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (64.38%) C#
2 16 (21.92%) SQL
3 14 (19.18%) JavaScript
4 8 (10.96%) C++
5 7 (9.589%) T-SQL
6 6 (8.219%) C
6 6 (8.219%) F#
7 4 (5.479%) VB.NET
7 4 (5.479%) PHP
8 3 (4.110%) VC++
8 3 (4.110%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.370%) Ruby
9 1 (1.370%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.370%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.370%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (10.96%) Degree
2 1 (1.370%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.370%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.370%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.370%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (10.96%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.849%) Oracle
3 4 (5.479%) Telerik
4 1 (1.370%) Google
4 1 (1.370%) DevExpress
4 1 (1.370%) Citrix
4 1 (1.370%) Perforce
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