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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the Cardiff 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 Framework over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank30-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below5.405 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£336
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.90£36.75
% change on same period last year-7.75 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads7451
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.098 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted2813
Average minimum daily rate£326£267
Average daily rate£350£301
% change on same period last year+16.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£31.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
.NET Framework South Wales.NET Framework
South Wales

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 Framework
Demand Trend

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

Cardiff .NET Framework Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

16 (100.00 %).NET
24 (66.67 %)C#
24 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
24 (66.67 %)Agile Software Development
33 (50.00 %)MVC
33 (50.00 %)WCF
33 (50.00 %)WF
33 (50.00 %)Visual Studio Team System
33 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2008
33 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
33 (50.00 %)XML
33 (50.00 %)Windows
33 (50.00 %)Microsoft
42 (33.33 %)SharePoint
42 (33.33 %)SQL Server
42 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (16.67 %)SQL
51 (16.67 %)BizTalk Server
51 (16.67 %)Intranet
51 (16.67 %)Internet
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %).NET
24 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
33 (50.00 %)MVC
33 (50.00 %)WCF
33 (50.00 %)WF
33 (50.00 %)XML
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)SharePoint
21 (16.67 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (16.67 %)BizTalk Server
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)Intranet
11 (16.67 %)Internet
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (50.00 %)Visual Studio Team System
13 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Developer
22 (33.33 %)Software Developer
22 (33.33 %)C# Developer
31 (16.67 %)SharePoint Developer
31 (16.67 %)Applications Architect
31 (16.67 %).NET Developer
31 (16.67 %)Architect
31 (16.67 %)Software Architect
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2008
13 (50.00 %)Windows
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)Agile Software Development
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (66.67 %)C#
21 (16.67 %)SQL
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft