The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Cheltenham 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 10 14 11
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -3
Contract jobs citing .NET 5 12 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 6.173% 9.677% 12.73%
As % of the Application Development category 29.41% 27.91% 56.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 11
Average daily rate £338 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
All Application Development
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
17 43 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 20.99% 34.68% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 34 18
Average daily rate £325 £693 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-53.06% +123.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £375 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £713 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
.NET
Gloucestershire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham .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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham .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 Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheltenham .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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (78.57%) C#
2 10 (71.43%) ASP.NET
3 7 (50.00%) CSS
3 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (50.00%) SQL
4 6 (42.86%) Visual Studio
5 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (35.71%) OO
5 5 (35.71%) HTML
5 5 (35.71%) XML
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 4 (28.57%) MVC
6 4 (28.57%) Finance
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (28.57%) jQuery
7 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
7 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (21.43%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
7 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (21.43%) Web Development
7 3 (21.43%) Scrum
7 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
7 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
7 3 (21.43%) Java
8 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
8 2 (14.29%) MS Project
8 2 (14.29%) XSL
8 2 (14.29%) MCAD

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 10 (71.43%) ASP.NET
2 7 (50.00%) CSS
3 5 (35.71%) HTML
3 5 (35.71%) XML
4 4 (28.57%) jQuery
5 2 (14.29%) XSL
5 2 (14.29%) Hibernate
5 2 (14.29%) Spring
5 2 (14.29%) WCF
5 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (7.143%) WPF
6 1 (7.143%) LINQ
6 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (14.29%) MS Project Server
3 1 (7.143%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Project
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Visual Studio
2 2 (14.29%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (7.143%) NUnit
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Programmer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Web Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (14.29%) Java Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C# Developer
4 2 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) CRM Developer
5 1 (7.143%) .NET Programmer
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) SQL Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (35.71%) OO
2 4 (28.57%) MVC
3 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Web Development
3 3 (21.43%) Scrum
3 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 2 (14.29%) System Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Kanban
5 1 (7.143%) UML
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) C#
2 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
5 1 (7.143%) VB6
5 1 (7.143%) XAML
5 1 (7.143%) VB
5 1 (7.143%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) MCAD
1 2 (14.29%) MCSD
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle