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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3028
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.852 %5.882 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£377
% change on same period last year-14.22 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00-
Average hourly rate£38.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.59£33.98
% change on same period last year-4.08 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads5434
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.037 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£282£342
Average daily rate£293£353
% change on same period last year-16.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£28.50-
Average hourly rate£31.80-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.10-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
.NET Framework Cheshire.NET Framework
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 Framework
Demand Trend

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

Chester .NET Framework Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP
11 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %).NET Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL