The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 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 Cardiff 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 23 11 19
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +8
Contract jobs citing .NET 6 25 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.261% 11.11% 6.612%
As % of the Application Development category 26.09% 48.08% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 19 9
Average daily rate £363 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.61% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £500 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £36.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
23 52 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 12.50% 23.11% 16.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 29 20
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £36.25 - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
South Wales

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff .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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cardiff .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 11 (55.00%) C#
2 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (30.00%) Web Services
4 6 (30.00%) Finance
5 5 (25.00%) Content Management
5 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 5 (25.00%) Ajax
5 5 (25.00%) .NET Framework
5 5 (25.00%) Windows
5 5 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 5 (25.00%) HTML
5 5 (25.00%) OO
5 5 (25.00%) jQuery
5 5 (25.00%) WPF
6 4 (20.00%) WCF
6 4 (20.00%) TestDirector
6 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (20.00%) SQL
6 4 (20.00%) J2EE
6 4 (20.00%) MS Project
6 4 (20.00%) UML
6 4 (20.00%) XML
6 4 (20.00%) AS400
6 4 (20.00%) Banking
7 3 (15.00%) Project Management
7 3 (15.00%) Mainframe
7 3 (15.00%) Migration
7 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 6 (30.00%) Web Services
2 5 (25.00%) Ajax
2 5 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 5 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 5 (25.00%) HTML
2 5 (25.00%) jQuery
2 5 (25.00%) WPF
3 4 (20.00%) WCF
3 4 (20.00%) J2EE
3 4 (20.00%) XML
4 3 (15.00%) WebSphere
4 3 (15.00%) COM
4 3 (15.00%) CSS
4 3 (15.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (10.00%) XSL
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 2 (10.00%) WinForms
6 1 (5.000%) JSON
6 1 (5.000%) Middleware
6 1 (5.000%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.000%) IIS
2 1 (5.000%) Kentico
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Project
2 3 (15.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) TestDirector
2 1 (5.000%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.000%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (5.000%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Retail
3 3 (15.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Developer
2 8 (40.00%) .NET Developer
3 7 (35.00%) Analyst
4 6 (30.00%) C# Developer
5 4 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Business Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Environment Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Test Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) VB.NET Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Systems Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Database Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Junior Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Web Applications Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Test Consultant
8 1 (5.000%) Senior C# Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Senior .NET Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Software Developer
8 1 (5.000%) Tester
8 1 (5.000%) Junior
8 1 (5.000%) C# Application Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) AS400
2 3 (15.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.000%) Web 2.0
3 1 (5.000%) N-Tier
3 1 (5.000%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.000%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Content Management
1 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
1 5 (25.00%) OO
2 4 (20.00%) UML
3 3 (15.00%) Project Management
3 3 (15.00%) Migration
3 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.00%) MVC
3 3 (15.00%) MVVM
4 2 (10.00%) Release Management
4 2 (10.00%) Change Control
5 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.000%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
5 1 (5.000%) OOD
5 1 (5.000%) SOA
5 1 (5.000%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (5.000%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.000%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) C#
2 5 (25.00%) VB.NET
3 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (5.000%) XAML
4 1 (5.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle
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