The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.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 ASP.NET 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ASP.NET
Rank 22 45 31
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -14
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 48 20 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 6.531% 2.469% 4.167%
As % of the Application Development category 29.27% 8.333% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 10 33
Average daily rate £313 £286 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.17% -18.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.98% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £23.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+46.59% -26.53%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
164 240 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.31% 29.63% 26.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 130 171
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £274 £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 3 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%
ASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire ASP.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Cheshire ASP.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET 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
Warrington -3 6 £250 -15.61%
Chester 0 5 £319 +10.86%
Knutsford - 3 £318 -
Macclesfield - 3 £350 -
Crewe +5 1 £300 +7.14%
Wilmslow +1 1 £275 -3.50%
ASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

1 107 (100.00%) .NET
2 96 (89.72%) C#
3 66 (61.68%) JavaScript
4 58 (54.21%) SQL Server
5 54 (50.47%) SQL
6 43 (40.19%) CSS
7 38 (35.51%) MVC
7 38 (35.51%) jQuery
8 34 (31.78%) HTML
9 28 (26.17%) .NET Framework
10 26 (24.30%) WCF
10 26 (24.30%) SQL Server 2008
11 24 (22.43%) XML
11 24 (22.43%) Visual Studio
12 20 (18.69%) SQL Server 2005
13 19 (17.76%) Agile Software Development
13 19 (17.76%) Microsoft
13 19 (17.76%) ASP.NET MVC
14 17 (15.89%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 16 (14.95%) Web Services
15 16 (14.95%) VB.NET
16 15 (14.02%) Web Development
17 14 (13.08%) LINQ
17 14 (13.08%) LINQ to SQL
17 14 (13.08%) Windows
17 14 (13.08%) E-Commerce
18 13 (12.15%) IIS
18 13 (12.15%) Team Foundation Server
19 11 (10.28%) JSON
19 11 (10.28%) Ajax

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 107 (100.00%) .NET
2 43 (40.19%) CSS
3 38 (35.51%) jQuery
4 34 (31.78%) HTML
5 28 (26.17%) .NET Framework
6 26 (24.30%) WCF
7 24 (22.43%) XML
8 19 (17.76%) ASP.NET MVC
9 17 (15.89%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 16 (14.95%) Web Services
11 14 (13.08%) LINQ
11 14 (13.08%) LINQ to SQL
12 11 (10.28%) JSON
12 11 (10.28%) Ajax
13 10 (9.346%) HTML5
14 9 (8.411%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 8 (7.477%) XSLT
15 8 (7.477%) Razor View Engine
16 7 (6.542%) ASP.NET MVC 4
17 6 (5.607%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 13 (12.15%) IIS
2 11 (10.28%) CMS
3 7 (6.542%) Umbraco
4 6 (5.607%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.869%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.935%) EPiServer CMS
6 1 (0.935%) ArcSDE
6 1 (0.935%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (5.607%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.738%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.869%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.607%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.804%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.738%) SMS
2 2 (1.869%) Internet
3 1 (0.935%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (54.21%) SQL Server
2 26 (24.30%) SQL Server 2008
3 20 (18.69%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (7.477%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.804%) SQLite
5 3 (2.804%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (1.869%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.935%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.935%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.935%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.935%) GIS
Development Applications
1 24 (22.43%) Visual Studio
2 13 (12.15%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (4.673%) Visual Studio Team System
4 2 (1.869%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.935%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.935%) Subversion
General
1 9 (8.411%) Finance
2 7 (6.542%) Banking
3 3 (2.804%) Retail
3 3 (2.804%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.869%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.869%) Local Government
5 1 (0.935%) Publishing
5 1 (0.935%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 96 (89.72%) Developer
2 70 (65.42%) .NET Developer
3 23 (21.50%) ASP.NET Developer
4 22 (20.56%) C# Developer
5 19 (17.76%) C# .NET Developer
6 15 (14.02%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 10 (9.346%) Senior Developer
7 10 (9.346%) Senior .NET Developer
8 9 (8.411%) Web Developer
9 7 (6.542%) Applications Developer
10 6 (5.607%) .NET Web Developer
10 6 (5.607%) CRM Developer
10 6 (5.607%) .NET Applications Developer
11 4 (3.738%) Web Applications Developer
11 4 (3.738%) Lead Developer
11 4 (3.738%) Microsoft Developer
11 4 (3.738%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.738%) Dynamics CRM Developer
12 3 (2.804%) Lead .NET Developer
12 3 (2.804%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.738%) N-Tier
1 4 (3.738%) iPad
2 3 (2.804%) Computer Science
2 3 (2.804%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.869%) W3C
3 2 (1.869%) SaaS
4 1 (0.935%) Data Conversion
4 1 (0.935%) Inversion of Control
4 1 (0.935%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.08%) Windows
2 7 (6.542%) Android
3 3 (2.804%) Windows XP
3 3 (2.804%) Windows CE
4 2 (1.869%) UNIX
4 2 (1.869%) Linux
4 2 (1.869%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.51%) MVC
2 19 (17.76%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (14.02%) Web Development
4 14 (13.08%) E-Commerce
5 7 (6.542%) Dependency Injection
5 7 (6.542%) CRM
5 7 (6.542%) TDD
6 6 (5.607%) Scrum
7 5 (4.673%) Web Application Development
7 5 (4.673%) MVVM
7 5 (4.673%) SOA
8 4 (3.738%) Data Analysis
8 4 (3.738%) Project Management
8 4 (3.738%) Demand Management
8 4 (3.738%) Portfolio Management
9 3 (2.804%) Test Management
9 3 (2.804%) Test Scripting
9 3 (2.804%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (2.804%) Feature Driven Development
9 3 (2.804%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 96 (89.72%) C#
2 66 (61.68%) JavaScript
3 54 (50.47%) SQL
4 16 (14.95%) VB.NET
5 10 (9.346%) Java
6 8 (7.477%) XPath
7 7 (6.542%) C++
8 4 (3.738%) C
9 3 (2.804%) VBA
10 1 (0.935%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.935%) VBScript
10 1 (0.935%) Python
10 1 (0.935%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 5 (4.673%) MCTS
1 5 (4.673%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (4.673%) MCAD
1 5 (4.673%) MCSD
1 5 (4.673%) MCPD
2 4 (3.738%) Degree
2 4 (3.738%) PhD
3 3 (2.804%) ISEB
3 3 (2.804%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.869%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.935%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.804%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (17.76%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.477%) EPiServer
3 4 (3.738%) Sitecore
4 3 (2.804%) HP
4 3 (2.804%) IBM
4 3 (2.804%) Oracle
4 3 (2.804%) SAP
5 2 (1.869%) Razor Risk
6 1 (0.935%) Telerik
6 1 (0.935%) ESRI
6 1 (0.935%) SolidWorks
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
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