The first table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
.NET Developer
Rank 32 50 50
Rank change year-on-year
+18 0
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 31 15 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.218% 1.852% 2.188%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.627% 2.027% 2.400%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 15
Average daily rate £295 £285 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.50% -18.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £266 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £295 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -9.09%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
670 740 875
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.16% 91.36% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 384 480
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £239 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +78.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.25 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
.NET Developer
North West

.NET Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire .NET Developer Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET Developer across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Macclesfield - 3 - -
Crewe +7 2 £300 +15.38%
Warrington -6 2 £273 -10.65%
Chester - 2 £300 -
Wilmslow +1 1 £275 -3.50%
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 £160 -
.NET Developer
North West

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title.

1 89 (100.00%) .NET
2 82 (92.13%) C#
3 70 (78.65%) ASP.NET
4 51 (57.30%) JavaScript
5 43 (48.31%) SQL
6 36 (40.45%) CSS
7 33 (37.08%) SQL Server
8 32 (35.96%) jQuery
9 23 (25.84%) MVC
10 22 (24.72%) HTML
11 21 (23.60%) VB.NET
11 21 (23.60%) XML
12 19 (21.35%) SQL Server 2008
13 16 (17.98%) .NET Framework
14 15 (16.85%) Web Development
14 15 (16.85%) LINQ
14 15 (16.85%) LINQ to SQL
14 15 (16.85%) Web Services
15 14 (15.73%) WCF
15 14 (15.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (14.61%) SQL Server 2005
16 13 (14.61%) ASP.NET MVC
16 13 (14.61%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 12 (13.48%) Team Foundation Server
17 12 (13.48%) Microsoft
18 11 (12.36%) Visual Studio
19 10 (11.24%) E-Commerce
19 10 (11.24%) Agile Software Development
20 9 (10.11%) Dependency Injection
20 9 (10.11%) CMS

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 89 (100.00%) .NET
2 70 (78.65%) ASP.NET
3 36 (40.45%) CSS
4 32 (35.96%) jQuery
5 22 (24.72%) HTML
6 21 (23.60%) XML
7 16 (17.98%) .NET Framework
8 15 (16.85%) LINQ
8 15 (16.85%) LINQ to SQL
8 15 (16.85%) Web Services
9 14 (15.73%) WCF
10 13 (14.61%) ASP.NET MVC
10 13 (14.61%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 8 (8.989%) XSLT
11 8 (8.989%) JSON
12 7 (7.865%) Ajax
13 6 (6.742%) XHTML
13 6 (6.742%) Razor View Engine
13 6 (6.742%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 5 (5.618%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 9 (10.11%) CMS
2 6 (6.742%) IIS
3 5 (5.618%) Umbraco
4 4 (4.494%) SharePoint
5 3 (3.371%) LiveLink
6 1 (1.124%) WordPress
6 1 (1.124%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.124%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.371%) Intranet
2 1 (1.124%) Internet
2 1 (1.124%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (37.08%) SQL Server
2 19 (21.35%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (15.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (14.61%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (4.494%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (3.371%) SQLite
7 1 (1.124%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (1.124%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 12 (13.48%) Team Foundation Server
2 11 (12.36%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.247%) Subversion
3 2 (2.247%) Git (software)
General
1 7 (7.865%) Finance
2 6 (6.742%) Banking
3 3 (3.371%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.247%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.247%) Retail
5 1 (1.124%) Local Government
5 1 (1.124%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.371%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.247%) N-Tier
2 2 (2.247%) SaaS
3 1 (1.124%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (1.124%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.11%) Windows
2 3 (3.371%) Windows CE
3 1 (1.124%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.84%) MVC
2 15 (16.85%) Web Development
3 10 (11.24%) E-Commerce
3 10 (11.24%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (10.11%) Dependency Injection
5 5 (5.618%) TDD
6 4 (4.494%) Project Management
6 4 (4.494%) SOA
6 4 (4.494%) MVVM
6 4 (4.494%) Portfolio Management
6 4 (4.494%) Demand Management
6 4 (4.494%) Web Application Development
7 3 (3.371%) Data Analysis
7 3 (3.371%) Content Management
8 2 (2.247%) ERP
8 2 (2.247%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.247%) Scrum
8 2 (2.247%) Business Development
8 2 (2.247%) Multithreading
9 1 (1.124%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 82 (92.13%) C#
2 51 (57.30%) JavaScript
3 43 (48.31%) SQL
4 21 (23.60%) VB.NET
5 8 (8.989%) XPath
6 5 (5.618%) Java
7 3 (3.371%) C++
7 3 (3.371%) C
8 2 (2.247%) VBA
9 1 (1.124%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.124%) VBScript
9 1 (1.124%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (3.371%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (1.124%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (13.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.618%) EPiServer
3 3 (3.371%) Sitecore
4 2 (2.247%) Sage
5 1 (1.124%) Razor Risk
5 1 (1.124%) Telerik
5 1 (1.124%) SolidWorks
5 1 (1.124%) Oracle
Wilmslow, North West
Our client based in Wilmslow is currently looking for a .NET Developer for a 1-3 month rolling contract. This role will suit a motivated and pro-active...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheshire
ASP.Net / VB.Net Developer. eCommerce ***External Facing Web Development Experience Essential*** My client is a leading eCommerce company in Cheshire I am looking for a contract .net...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
ASP.Net / C# / SQL Server Developer required- Contract - Cheshire *** Type: 6 Month Contract Rate: Circa £200 per day Location:South Cheshire Start Date: ASAP C# / ASP.Net SQL...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013