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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ASP over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6331
Rank change on same period last yearDown-32
Matching contract IT job ads1629
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.030 %
As % of the category below4.819 %14.87 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£216
Average daily rate-£216
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£216
UK excluding London average daily rate£289£283
% change on same period last year+2.37 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£33.00
Average hourly rate£28.50£34.00
% change on same period last year-16.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£30.04
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
Application Development CheshireApplication Development
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads332195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.441 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted9836
Average minimum daily rate£360£334
Average daily rate£382£360
% change on same period last year+6.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£336
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted2318
Average minimum hourly rate£33.22£26.86
Average hourly rate£36.74£28.25
% change on same period last year+30.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.25£29.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.60£33.11
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
ASP North WestASP
North West

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.

ASP
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire ASP Demand Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire ASP Daily Rate Trend

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire ASP Hourly Rate Trend

ASP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ASP within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonDown-33--
ASP North WestASP
North West

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing ASP 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 ASP.

119 (65.52 %).NET
216 (55.17 %)C#
315 (51.72 %)HTML
414 (48.28 %)CSS
513 (44.83 %)SQL Server
513 (44.83 %)XML
611 (37.93 %)ASP.NET
710 (34.48 %)JavaScript
89 (31.03 %)SQL
89 (31.03 %)VB
97 (24.14 %)VB.NET
106 (20.69 %)Oracle
106 (20.69 %)PHP
106 (20.69 %)Java
106 (20.69 %)Microsoft
106 (20.69 %)Intranet
106 (20.69 %)SQL Server 2000
106 (20.69 %)SQL Server 2005
115 (17.24 %)WebServices
115 (17.24 %)JSP
124 (13.79 %)MS Excel
124 (13.79 %)SharePoint
124 (13.79 %)AJAX
133 (10.34 %)XHTML
133 (10.34 %)Windows
133 (10.34 %)Uniface
133 (10.34 %)Finance
133 (10.34 %)Hibernate
133 (10.34 %)Content Management
133 (10.34 %)Spring

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing ASP 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 ASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
119 (65.52 %).NET
215 (51.72 %)HTML
314 (48.28 %)CSS
413 (44.83 %)XML
511 (37.93 %)ASP.NET
65 (17.24 %)JSP
65 (17.24 %)WebServices
74 (13.79 %)AJAX
83 (10.34 %)XSLT
83 (10.34 %)XHTML
83 (10.34 %)Hibernate
83 (10.34 %)Spring
92 (6.897 %)ASP.NET 2.0
92 (6.897 %)WebSphere
92 (6.897 %)Servlets
92 (6.897 %)J2EE
101 (3.448 %)Struts
101 (3.448 %)Velocity
101 (3.448 %)FreeMarker
101 (3.448 %)SiteMesh
Application Platforms
14 (13.79 %)SharePoint
23 (10.34 %)Apache
32 (6.897 %)IIS
41 (3.448 %)ArcIMS
Applications
14 (13.79 %)MS Excel
22 (6.897 %)Doxygen
Communications & Networking
16 (20.69 %)Intranet
22 (6.897 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
113 (44.83 %)SQL Server
26 (20.69 %)SQL Server 2000
26 (20.69 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (10.34 %)Oracle Reports
42 (6.897 %)Oracle 10g
51 (3.448 %)MS Access
51 (3.448 %)Crystal Reports
51 (3.448 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
51 (3.448 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
51 (3.448 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
13 (10.34 %)Oracle Forms
22 (6.897 %)NUnit
22 (6.897 %)Selenium
31 (3.448 %)Flash
31 (3.448 %)Eclipse
31 (3.448 %)Visual Studio
General
13 (10.34 %)Finance
22 (6.897 %)Banking
22 (6.897 %)Online Banking
31 (3.448 %)Construction
31 (3.448 %)Back Office
Job Titles
124 (82.76 %)Developer
28 (27.59 %)Web Developer
35 (17.24 %)Analyst
44 (13.79 %)Programmer
53 (10.34 %)Analyst Programmer
53 (10.34 %)Analyst Developer
53 (10.34 %).NET Developer
62 (6.897 %)C# Analyst Programmer
62 (6.897 %).NET Analyst Programmer
62 (6.897 %)Server Analyst
62 (6.897 %).NET Programmer
62 (6.897 %)SharePoint Developer
62 (6.897 %)Web Designer
62 (6.897 %)Systems Developer
62 (6.897 %)ASP.NET Developer
62 (6.897 %)Database Developer
62 (6.897 %)Java Developer
62 (6.897 %)Software Developer
71 (3.448 %)Coordinator
71 (3.448 %)SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
12 (6.897 %)N-Tier
12 (6.897 %)Replication
Operating Systems
13 (10.34 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
13 (10.34 %)Content Management
22 (6.897 %)Business Analysis
22 (6.897 %)UML
22 (6.897 %)CRM
22 (6.897 %)Risk Analysis
22 (6.897 %)System Testing
31 (3.448 %)ITIL
31 (3.448 %)OO
31 (3.448 %)Web Development
31 (3.448 %)Document Management
Programming Languages
116 (55.17 %)C#
210 (34.48 %)JavaScript
39 (31.03 %)SQL
39 (31.03 %)VB
47 (24.14 %)VB.NET
56 (20.69 %)Java
56 (20.69 %)PHP
63 (10.34 %)DHTML
63 (10.34 %)VBScript
63 (10.34 %)VBA
63 (10.34 %)Uniface
72 (6.897 %)VB6
72 (6.897 %)COBOL
81 (3.448 %)C++
81 (3.448 %)Transact-SQL
81 (3.448 %)PHP5
Vendors
16 (20.69 %)Oracle
16 (20.69 %)Microsoft
21 (3.448 %)Citrix
21 (3.448 %)Tridion
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