Cambridgeshire .NET Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Andover Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Burton-upon-Trent 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 City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dumbarton Dundee Dunfermline Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hastings Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Margate Marlow Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth 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 St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	7	3
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	86	160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.113 %	0.159 %
As % of the category below	41.35 %	60.15 %
Daily rates quoted	11	23
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£298
Average daily rate	£355	£309
% change on same period last year	+15.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£319
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£329
% change on same period last year	+1.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.00	£28.40
Average hourly rate	£29.90	£29.20
% change on same period last year	+2.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.80	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.05	£33.24
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Application Development Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	208	266
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.274 %	0.265 %
Daily rates quoted	51	41
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£289
Average daily rate	£338	£296
% change on same period last year	+14.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£303
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	40
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.74	£28.28
Average hourly rate	£29.17	£29.31
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.59	£30.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.73	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.67 %
.NET East of England

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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 Cambridgeshire region.

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

.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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Cambridge	+1	42	£368	+28.66 %
Peterborough	-3	27	£335	-
Huntingdon	-5	1	-	-

.NET East of England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 181 (62.20 %) C# 2 166 (57.04 %) SQL Server 3 152 (52.23 %) ASP.NET 4 95 (32.65 %) XML 5 93 (31.96 %) SQL 6 74 (25.43 %) VB.NET 7 69 (23.71 %) SQL Server 2005 8 64 (21.99 %) Windows 9 60 (20.62 %) Microsoft 10 57 (19.59 %) JavaScript 11 56 (19.24 %) CSS 12 51 (17.53 %) Agile Software Development 13 49 (16.84 %) OO 14 47 (16.15 %) WebServices 15 46 (15.81 %) WCF

16 44 (15.12 %) WinForms 17 39 (13.40 %) Finance 17 39 (13.40 %) Transact-SQL 17 39 (13.40 %) VB 18 38 (13.06 %) WPF 19 36 (12.37 %) Visual Studio 20 32 (11.00 %) UML 21 30 (10.31 %) SharePoint 22 29 (9.966 %) ASP 23 28 (9.622 %) VB6 24 26 (8.935 %) CRM 25 24 (8.247 %) C++ 25 24 (8.247 %) SQL Server 2000 26 21 (7.216 %) HTML 27 20 (6.873 %) BizTalk Server

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 1 152 (52.23 %) ASP.NET 2 95 (32.65 %) XML 3 56 (19.24 %) CSS 4 47 (16.15 %) WebServices 5 46 (15.81 %) WCF 6 44 (15.12 %) WinForms 7 38 (13.06 %) WPF 8 29 (9.966 %) ASP 9 21 (7.216 %) HTML 10 17 (5.842 %) XSLT 10 17 (5.842 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 16 (5.498 %) AJAX 12 15 (5.155 %) ADO.NET 13 14 (4.811 %) .NET Framework 14 11 (3.780 %) COM+ 14 11 (3.780 %) .NET Remoting 15 9 (3.093 %) WF 16 7 (2.405 %) J2ME 16 7 (2.405 %) XSD 17 5 (1.718 %) XML Schema	Application Platforms 1 30 (10.31 %) SharePoint 2 20 (6.873 %) BizTalk Server 3 8 (2.749 %) IIS 4 3 (1.031 %) MS Exchange 4 3 (1.031 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 2 (0.687 %) CMS 5 2 (0.687 %) Content Management Server 5 2 (0.687 %) JBoss 6 1 (0.344 %) Commerce Server
Applications 1 16 (5.498 %) MS Excel 2 7 (2.405 %) MS Office 3 2 (0.687 %) InfoPath 3 2 (0.687 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 1 (0.344 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (0.344 %) Axapta 1 1 (0.344 %) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking 1 7 (2.405 %) 3GPP 2 6 (2.062 %) TELNET 3 5 (1.718 %) Internet 4 3 (1.031 %) DVB 5 2 (0.687 %) SMS 5 2 (0.687 %) GSM 5 2 (0.687 %) Intranet 5 2 (0.687 %) DAB 5 2 (0.687 %) LDAP 6 1 (0.344 %) SMPP 6 1 (0.344 %) SAN 6 1 (0.344 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 166 (57.04 %) SQL Server 2 69 (23.71 %) SQL Server 2005 3 24 (8.247 %) SQL Server 2000 4 15 (5.155 %) Datawarehouse 5 14 (4.811 %) OLAP 5 14 (4.811 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 14 (4.811 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 14 (4.811 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 12 (4.124 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 12 (4.124 %) MySQL 7 11 (3.780 %) ETL 8 10 (3.436 %) BusinessObjects 9 7 (2.405 %) Crystal Reports 9 7 (2.405 %) DTS 10 3 (1.031 %) Oracle Reports 10 3 (1.031 %) MS Access 10 3 (1.031 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 36 (12.37 %) Visual Studio 2 12 (4.124 %) MSI 2 12 (4.124 %) InstallShield 3 6 (2.062 %) NUnit 4 4 (1.375 %) Subversion 5 2 (0.687 %) Bugzilla 5 2 (0.687 %) LoadRunner 5 2 (0.687 %) PVCS 5 2 (0.687 %) Ant 5 2 (0.687 %) JUnit 6 1 (0.344 %) Flash 6 1 (0.344 %) Oracle Forms 6 1 (0.344 %) QuickTest Pro 6 1 (0.344 %) Dreamweaver 6 1 (0.344 %) Rational Functional Tester	General 1 39 (13.40 %) Finance 2 20 (6.873 %) Banking 3 15 (5.155 %) Telecoms 4 7 (2.405 %) Insurance 5 4 (1.375 %) Retail 5 4 (1.375 %) Government 5 4 (1.375 %) Manufacturing 6 3 (1.031 %) Construction 7 2 (0.687 %) Financial Institution 7 2 (0.687 %) Health 7 2 (0.687 %) Marketing 7 2 (0.687 %) Animation 8 1 (0.344 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.344 %) Music 8 1 (0.344 %) Publishing 8 1 (0.344 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.344 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 219 (75.26 %) Developer 2 112 (38.49 %) .NET Developer 3 89 (30.58 %) C# Developer 4 48 (16.49 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 39 (13.40 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 6 35 (12.03 %) VB.NET Developer 7 22 (7.560 %) WinForms Developer 8 17 (5.842 %) Software Developer 8 17 (5.842 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 9 16 (5.498 %) Software Engineer 10 14 (4.811 %) Web Developer 11 10 (3.436 %) Datawarehouse Developer 11 10 (3.436 %) SQL Developer 12 9 (3.093 %) Business Developer 12 9 (3.093 %) Installations Engineer 13 8 (2.749 %) Senior Developer 14 7 (2.405 %) Analyst 14 7 (2.405 %) CSharp Software Developer 15 6 (2.062 %) .NET Web Developer 15 6 (2.062 %) Business Intelligence Developer	Miscellaneous 1 16 (5.498 %) N-Tier 2 12 (4.124 %) Client/Server 3 7 (2.405 %) Java Card 4 6 (2.062 %) Cryptography 4 6 (2.062 %) Computer Science 5 4 (1.375 %) Mathematics 5 4 (1.375 %) IPTV 5 4 (1.375 %) MPEG 5 4 (1.375 %) DTV 6 3 (1.031 %) Device Driver 7 2 (0.687 %) Arabic Language 7 2 (0.687 %) CCTV 7 2 (0.687 %) W3C 8 1 (0.344 %) Thin Client 8 1 (0.344 %) iDTV 8 1 (0.344 %) Speech Recognition 8 1 (0.344 %) Fat Client 8 1 (0.344 %) Clustering 8 1 (0.344 %) E-Learning 8 1 (0.344 %) Tandem
Operating Systems 1 64 (21.99 %) Windows 2 12 (4.124 %) Windows Server 2003 3 6 (2.062 %) Linux 4 4 (1.375 %) Embedded Linux 5 3 (1.031 %) Windows CE 5 3 (1.031 %) Symbian OS 6 2 (0.687 %) Windows Server 2008 6 2 (0.687 %) Windows Vista 6 2 (0.687 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.344 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (0.344 %) Solaris 7 1 (0.344 %) Windows Mobile 7 1 (0.344 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 51 (17.53 %) Agile Software Development 2 49 (16.84 %) OO 3 32 (11.00 %) UML 4 26 (8.935 %) CRM 5 13 (4.467 %) Web Development 6 11 (3.780 %) Business Intelligence 7 7 (2.405 %) OOD 7 7 (2.405 %) TDD 7 7 (2.405 %) Continuous Integration 8 6 (2.062 %) Workflow 8 6 (2.062 %) OOP 8 6 (2.062 %) OOA/OOD 9 5 (1.718 %) Unit Testing 10 4 (1.375 %) Time Management 10 4 (1.375 %) Web Design 10 4 (1.375 %) Content Management 10 4 (1.375 %) E-Commerce 11 3 (1.031 %) Performance Testing 12 2 (0.687 %) Load Testing 12 2 (0.687 %) Data Protection
Programming Languages 1 181 (62.20 %) C# 2 93 (31.96 %) SQL 3 74 (25.43 %) VB.NET 4 57 (19.59 %) JavaScript 5 39 (13.40 %) Transact-SQL 5 39 (13.40 %) VB 6 28 (9.622 %) VB6 7 24 (8.247 %) C++ 8 19 (6.529 %) C 9 18 (6.186 %) VBA 9 18 (6.186 %) Java 10 9 (3.093 %) PowerShell 11 6 (2.062 %) VBScript 12 4 (1.375 %) Embedded C 12 4 (1.375 %) Embedded C++ 12 4 (1.375 %) Delphi 13 3 (1.031 %) DHTML 14 2 (0.687 %) Python 14 2 (0.687 %) PHP 14 2 (0.687 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 11 (3.780 %) Degree 2 1 (0.344 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.687 %) QA 1 2 (0.687 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 11 (3.780 %) Active Directory 2 7 (2.405 %) MSMQ
Systems Management 1 6 (2.062 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 60 (20.62 %) Microsoft 2 16 (5.498 %) Oracle 3 10 (3.436 %) Cognos 3 10 (3.436 %) Business Objects 4 4 (1.375 %) ProClarity 5 3 (1.031 %) Symbian 6 2 (0.687 %) MKS 7 1 (0.344 %) Adobe 7 1 (0.344 %) ION Trading