The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 13 23 15
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -8
Contract jobs citing .NET 74 48 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 10.22% 6.008% 8.772%
As % of the Application Development category 45.68% 20.87% 32.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 16 62
Average daily rate £325 £294 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.63% -16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £388 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +71.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
162 230 264
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.38% 28.79% 27.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 123 176
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
North West

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire .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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire .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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire .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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warrington +3 12 £300 -6.97%
Macclesfield -2 8 £350 -
Chester -3 5 £319 -16.39%
Crewe -4 5 £350 +16.66%
Knutsford - 5 £425 -
Wilmslow +1 1 £275 -3.50%
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
.NET
North West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 126 (86.30%) C#
2 96 (65.75%) ASP.NET
3 80 (54.79%) SQL Server
4 69 (47.26%) JavaScript
5 65 (44.52%) SQL
6 41 (28.08%) HTML
7 40 (27.40%) CSS
7 40 (27.40%) MVC
8 37 (25.34%) jQuery
9 36 (24.66%) SQL Server 2008
9 36 (24.66%) .NET Framework
9 36 (24.66%) VB.NET
10 29 (19.86%) Microsoft
11 27 (18.49%) WCF
12 26 (17.81%) SQL Server 2005
12 26 (17.81%) XML
13 25 (17.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 23 (15.75%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 22 (15.07%) Agile Software Development
16 21 (14.38%) Visual Studio
17 20 (13.70%) Windows
17 20 (13.70%) ASP.NET MVC
18 17 (11.64%) E-Commerce
18 17 (11.64%) Web Services
19 16 (10.96%) SharePoint
19 16 (10.96%) Team Foundation Server
20 14 (9.589%) IIS
20 14 (9.589%) CMS
21 12 (8.219%) Java
21 12 (8.219%) LINQ

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 96 (65.75%) ASP.NET
2 41 (28.08%) HTML
3 40 (27.40%) CSS
4 37 (25.34%) jQuery
5 36 (24.66%) .NET Framework
6 27 (18.49%) WCF
7 26 (17.81%) XML
8 23 (15.75%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 20 (13.70%) ASP.NET MVC
10 17 (11.64%) Web Services
11 12 (8.219%) LINQ
11 12 (8.219%) Ajax
12 11 (7.534%) JSON
12 11 (7.534%) HTML5
13 10 (6.849%) LINQ to SQL
13 10 (6.849%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 9 (6.164%) Razor View Engine
15 7 (4.795%) ASP.NET MVC 4
16 6 (4.110%) ASP
17 5 (3.425%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 16 (10.96%) SharePoint
2 14 (9.589%) IIS
2 14 (9.589%) CMS
3 9 (6.164%) Umbraco
3 9 (6.164%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (2.740%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (1.370%) MS Exchange
5 2 (1.370%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.370%) EPiServer CMS
6 1 (0.685%) WordPress
6 1 (0.685%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.685%) ArcSDE
6 1 (0.685%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.685%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.685%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 9 (6.164%) MS Excel
2 8 (5.479%) Photoshop
3 3 (2.055%) InfoPath
3 3 (2.055%) MS Office
4 2 (1.370%) Maya
4 2 (1.370%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.685%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.685%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.685%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.110%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.055%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.740%) SMS
2 3 (2.055%) Internet
3 2 (1.370%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.370%) DNS
3 2 (1.370%) Intranet
4 1 (0.685%) NAS
4 1 (0.685%) SMTP
4 1 (0.685%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (54.79%) SQL Server
2 36 (24.66%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (17.81%) SQL Server 2005
4 25 (17.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (5.479%) SQL Server 2012
6 6 (4.110%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (2.055%) SQLite
8 2 (1.370%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.685%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.685%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.685%) GIS
9 1 (0.685%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 21 (14.38%) Visual Studio
2 16 (10.96%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (3.425%) Git (software)
3 5 (3.425%) Visual Studio Team System
4 2 (1.370%) Subversion
5 1 (0.685%) LoadRunner
General
1 8 (5.479%) Banking
2 6 (4.110%) Finance
3 5 (3.425%) Retail
4 3 (2.055%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.370%) Games
5 2 (1.370%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.370%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.370%) Local Government
5 2 (1.370%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.685%) Publishing
6 1 (0.685%) Automotive
6 1 (0.685%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 120 (82.19%) Developer
2 74 (50.68%) .NET Developer
3 25 (17.12%) C# Developer
4 21 (14.38%) ASP.NET Developer
4 21 (14.38%) C# .NET Developer
5 17 (11.64%) Web Developer
6 14 (9.589%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 9 (6.164%) .NET Web Developer
7 9 (6.164%) Senior Developer
8 8 (5.479%) Analyst
8 8 (5.479%) Senior .NET Developer
9 7 (4.795%) SQL Developer
10 6 (4.110%) CRM Developer
11 5 (3.425%) Software Engineer
11 5 (3.425%) Applications Developer
12 4 (2.740%) Lead Developer
12 4 (2.740%) Web Applications Developer
12 4 (2.740%) C# Web Developer
12 4 (2.740%) Microsoft Developer
12 4 (2.740%) .NET Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.479%) Management Information System
1 8 (5.479%) iPad
2 4 (2.740%) N-Tier
3 3 (2.055%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.370%) W3C
4 2 (1.370%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (1.370%) SaaS
5 1 (0.685%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (0.685%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.685%) Data Conversion
5 1 (0.685%) LLPG
5 1 (0.685%) Clustering
5 1 (0.685%) NHS
5 1 (0.685%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.70%) Windows
2 12 (8.219%) Android
3 4 (2.740%) Linux
3 4 (2.740%) Windows XP
4 3 (2.055%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.055%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (2.055%) Windows CE
5 2 (1.370%) UNIX
5 2 (1.370%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.685%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.40%) MVC
2 22 (15.07%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (11.64%) E-Commerce
4 12 (8.219%) Web Development
5 9 (6.164%) Dependency Injection
6 7 (4.795%) TDD
6 7 (4.795%) CRM
7 6 (4.110%) Scrum
8 5 (3.425%) MVVM
8 5 (3.425%) SOA
8 5 (3.425%) Web Application Development
9 4 (2.740%) OO
9 4 (2.740%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (2.740%) ITIL
9 4 (2.740%) Workflow
9 4 (2.740%) Contact Management
9 4 (2.740%) Data Analysis
9 4 (2.740%) Business Analysis
10 3 (2.055%) Feature Driven Development
10 3 (2.055%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (86.30%) C#
2 69 (47.26%) JavaScript
3 65 (44.52%) SQL
4 36 (24.66%) VB.NET
5 12 (8.219%) Java
6 9 (6.164%) C++
7 8 (5.479%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.425%) XPath
9 4 (2.740%) C
9 4 (2.740%) PowerShell
10 3 (2.055%) VBA
11 2 (1.370%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.685%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.685%) Perl
12 1 (0.685%) VBScript
12 1 (0.685%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (4.110%) PhD
1 6 (4.110%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (4.110%) MCTS
2 5 (3.425%) Degree
2 5 (3.425%) MCPD
2 5 (3.425%) MCAD
2 5 (3.425%) MCSD
3 3 (2.055%) ISTQB
3 3 (2.055%) ISEB
4 2 (1.370%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.685%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.685%) MCITP
5 1 (0.685%) MCSE
5 1 (0.685%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.370%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.370%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.370%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.370%) UAG
1 2 (1.370%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (0.685%) Postfix
2 1 (0.685%) XenApp
2 1 (0.685%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.685%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 3 (2.055%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.685%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (0.685%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 29 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.849%) EPiServer
3 6 (4.110%) Oracle
4 5 (3.425%) Sitecore
5 4 (2.740%) IBM
5 4 (2.740%) SAP
6 3 (2.055%) HP
7 2 (1.370%) Sage
7 2 (1.370%) VMware
7 2 (1.370%) Razor Risk
8 1 (0.685%) IronPort
8 1 (0.685%) Telerik
8 1 (0.685%) ESRI
8 1 (0.685%) SolidWorks
8 1 (0.685%) Citrix
8 1 (0.685%) Mercator
8 1 (0.685%) Symantec
8 1 (0.685%) Hitachi
8 1 (0.685%) NetApp
8 1 (0.685%) EMC
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
Cheshire, North West
You should have expert level T-SQL and the key skills for this role include; - SQL Server 2008, 2012 - T-SQL - SSIS - DataWarehouse maintenance - SSRS - Any DBA skills...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
Essential Skills & Experience: *C# *.NET Runtime *ASP.NET *SQL Server *T-SQL *Ability to communicate clearly with employees of all levels.
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Required Skills / Experience: Web development experience with C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ and SQL... Keywords: C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ, MVC, SQL, CRM, SMS, Web Developer, Design Patterns, Model-View-...
1 Greenplace
Rate: From £250 to £350 per day dependent upon experience
Posted: 8 May 2013