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The table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts within the Chester region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 .NET Developer
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2025
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads78
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.008 %
As % of the category below3.889 %4.188 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£301£311
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£21.50
Average hourly rate£38.00£25.25
% change on same period last year+50.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.45£32.67
% change on same period last year-9.86 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads180191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.259 %0.195 %
Daily rates quoted3021
Average minimum daily rate£312£246
Average daily rate£319£259
% change on same period last year+23.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£273
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted4615
Average minimum hourly rate£21.77£19.03
Average hourly rate£23.04£20.96
% change on same period last year+9.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.30£22.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.66£25.05
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
.NET Developer Cheshire.NET Developer
Cheshire

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.

.NET Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Chester .NET Developer Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

116 (100.00 %).NET
214 (87.50 %)ASP.NET
312 (75.00 %)C#
410 (62.50 %)SQL Server
55 (31.25 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (31.25 %)JavaScript
64 (25.00 %)HTML
64 (25.00 %)SOAP
64 (25.00 %)WebServices
64 (25.00 %)OOP
64 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
64 (25.00 %)OOD
73 (18.75 %)CSS
73 (18.75 %)SQL
73 (18.75 %)German Language
82 (12.50 %).NET Framework
82 (12.50 %)VB.NET
82 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
82 (12.50 %)CRM
82 (12.50 %)Intranet
82 (12.50 %)Internet
82 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (6.250 %)CMS
91 (6.250 %)Web Design
91 (6.250 %)SharePoint
91 (6.250 %)Datawarehouse
91 (6.250 %)OO
91 (6.250 %)Java RMI
91 (6.250 %)NHS
91 (6.250 %)Oracle

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (100.00 %).NET
214 (87.50 %)ASP.NET
34 (25.00 %)SOAP
34 (25.00 %)WebServices
34 (25.00 %)HTML
43 (18.75 %)CSS
52 (12.50 %).NET Framework
61 (6.250 %)WCF
61 (6.250 %)WF
61 (6.250 %)ASP
61 (6.250 %)XML
61 (6.250 %)XSLT
61 (6.250 %)Java RMI
61 (6.250 %)AJAX
61 (6.250 %).NET Remoting
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)SharePoint
11 (6.250 %)CMS
11 (6.250 %)Immediacy CMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (6.250 %)Dynamics CRM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (12.50 %)Intranet
12 (12.50 %)Internet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (62.50 %)SQL Server
25 (31.25 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (6.250 %)Datawarehouse
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.250 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (18.75 %)German Language
21 (6.250 %)NHS
21 (6.250 %)Dutch Language
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (25.00 %)OOP
14 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
14 (25.00 %)OOD
22 (12.50 %)CRM
22 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
31 (6.250 %)OO
31 (6.250 %)Web Design
31 (6.250 %)Security Cleared
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (75.00 %)C#
25 (31.25 %)JavaScript
33 (18.75 %)SQL
42 (12.50 %)VB.NET
51 (6.250 %)VB6
51 (6.250 %)VB
51 (6.250 %)C++
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.250 %)Oracle