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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ASP.NET skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ASP.NET over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ASP.NET
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1336
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads6722
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.109 %0.024 %
As % of the category below30.59 %13.84 %
Daily rates quoted51
Average minimum daily rate£192£300
Average daily rate£197£340
% change on same period last year-42.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£202£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£322
% change on same period last year-10.85 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£26.25
Average hourly rate£25.25£29.38
% change on same period last year-14.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.50£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.39£31.57
% change on same period last year-16.40 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads219159
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.357 %0.174 %
Daily rates quoted3628
Average minimum daily rate£279£316
Average daily rate£300£326
% change on same period last year-7.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£333
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Hourly rates quoted139
Average minimum hourly rate£27.76£25.43
Average hourly rate£29.72£27.90
% change on same period last year+6.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.69£30.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.64£31.31
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
ASP.NET North WestASP.NET
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.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Cheshire ASP.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 5 December 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
ChesterUp+515£171-
KnutsfordNew entry-13--
WarringtonNo change07--
CreweNew entry-2£300-
ASP.NET North WestASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, 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.

1114 (100.00 %).NET
280 (70.18 %)C#
346 (40.35 %)JavaScript
444 (38.60 %)SQL Server
539 (34.21 %)SQL
539 (34.21 %)HTML
637 (32.46 %)CSS
729 (25.44 %)WebServices
827 (23.68 %)Visual Studio
926 (22.81 %)SQL Server 2005
1024 (21.05 %)XML
1123 (20.18 %)ASP
1219 (16.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1318 (15.79 %)Microsoft
1318 (15.79 %)ArcIMS
1417 (14.91 %)Health
1417 (14.91 %)Dreamweaver
1417 (14.91 %)Photoshop
1516 (14.04 %)VB.NET
1516 (14.04 %)GIS
1614 (12.28 %)ArcGIS
1614 (12.28 %)SOAP
1614 (12.28 %)OO
1713 (11.40 %)AJAX
1811 (9.649 %)OOP
1910 (8.772 %)OOD
1910 (8.772 %)Windows
1910 (8.772 %)ArcObjects
209 (7.895 %)German Language
209 (7.895 %)OOA/OOD

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1114 (100.00 %).NET
239 (34.21 %)HTML
337 (32.46 %)CSS
429 (25.44 %)WebServices
524 (21.05 %)XML
623 (20.18 %)ASP
719 (16.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
814 (12.28 %)SOAP
913 (11.40 %)AJAX
1010 (8.772 %)ArcObjects
114 (3.509 %)WCF
114 (3.509 %)WF
114 (3.509 %)ActiveX
123 (2.632 %)J2EE
132 (1.754 %)ADO.NET
132 (1.754 %)XSD
132 (1.754 %)XSL
132 (1.754 %)XSLT
132 (1.754 %)XHTML
132 (1.754 %)J2ME
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (15.79 %)ArcIMS
214 (12.28 %)ArcGIS
37 (6.140 %)ArcSDE
46 (5.263 %)IIS
55 (4.386 %)SharePoint Server 2007
55 (4.386 %)CMS
63 (2.632 %)SharePoint
72 (1.754 %)ColdFusion
72 (1.754 %)BizTalk Server
81 (0.877 %)Apache
81 (0.877 %)Immediacy CMS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (14.91 %)Photoshop
23 (2.632 %)MS Excel
32 (1.754 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (0.877 %)Doxygen
41 (0.877 %)InfoPath
41 (0.877 %)Fireworks
41 (0.877 %)MS Office
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.754 %)Navision
12 (1.754 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.877 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.877 %)Oracle EBS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (6.140 %)Internet
24 (3.509 %)Intranet
31 (0.877 %)SSL
31 (0.877 %)Extranet
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
144 (38.60 %)SQL Server
226 (22.81 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (14.04 %)GIS
49 (7.895 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (7.018 %)MySQL
62 (1.754 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.877 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (23.68 %)Visual Studio
217 (14.91 %)Dreamweaver
35 (4.386 %)Flash
42 (1.754 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.877 %)NUnit
51 (0.877 %)Selenium
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (14.91 %)Health
23 (2.632 %)Finance
32 (1.754 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (1.754 %)Retail
32 (1.754 %)Marketing
32 (1.754 %)Telecoms
41 (0.877 %)Financial Institution
41 (0.877 %)Chemicals
41 (0.877 %)Government
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
192 (80.70 %)Developer
248 (42.11 %).NET Developer
328 (24.56 %)C# Developer
427 (23.68 %)Web Developer
526 (22.81 %)ASP.NET Developer
622 (19.30 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
77 (6.140 %)GIS Developer
77 (6.140 %).NET Web Developer
77 (6.140 %)C# Web Developer
86 (5.263 %)SQL Developer
94 (3.509 %)Analyst
94 (3.509 %)Software Developer
94 (3.509 %)Systems Support
103 (2.632 %)Programmer
103 (2.632 %)Applications Support
103 (2.632 %)Analyst Programmer
103 (2.632 %)SQL Server Developer
112 (1.754 %)PHP Developer
112 (1.754 %)VB.NET Developer
112 (1.754 %)Applications Developer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (7.895 %)German Language
25 (4.386 %)Dutch Language
34 (3.509 %)N-Tier
43 (2.632 %)NHS
43 (2.632 %)W3C
51 (0.877 %)Replication
51 (0.877 %)E-Learning
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (8.772 %)Windows
22 (1.754 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (1.754 %)Windows Mobile
31 (0.877 %)Windows CE
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (12.28 %)OO
211 (9.649 %)OOP
310 (8.772 %)OOD
49 (7.895 %)OOA/OOD
57 (6.140 %)PRINCE2
57 (6.140 %)Web Development
66 (5.263 %)Project Management
75 (4.386 %)E-Commerce
84 (3.509 %)Network Load Balancing
93 (2.632 %)Content Management
93 (2.632 %)Workflow
102 (1.754 %)Scrum
102 (1.754 %)Risk Management
102 (1.754 %)B2B
102 (1.754 %)CRM
102 (1.754 %)Systems Analysis
111 (0.877 %)UML
111 (0.877 %)Change Management
111 (0.877 %)Web Design
111 (0.877 %)Agile Software Development
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
180 (70.18 %)C#
246 (40.35 %)JavaScript
339 (34.21 %)SQL
416 (14.04 %)VB.NET
57 (6.140 %)Transact-SQL
57 (6.140 %)PHP
64 (3.509 %)ActionScript
64 (3.509 %)VB
73 (2.632 %)VB6
73 (2.632 %)C++
82 (1.754 %)DHTML
91 (0.877 %)Java
91 (0.877 %)VBScript
91 (0.877 %)PHP5
91 (0.877 %)C
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.632 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (1.754 %)Degree
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.754 %)SLA
21 (0.877 %)WAI
21 (0.877 %)QA
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (15.79 %)Microsoft
24 (3.509 %)ESRI
33 (2.632 %)Oracle
42 (1.754 %)Tridion
51 (0.877 %)Adobe
51 (0.877 %)Macromedia
51 (0.877 %)Sitecore