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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) 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 over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1115
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads2218
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.020 %
As % of the category below40.74 %51.43 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£170£200
Average daily rate£178£250
% change on same period last year-28.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£186£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£338
% change on same period last year-6.16 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£33.75£18.00
Average hourly rate£36.50£18.00
% change on same period last year+102.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.25£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£31.87
% change on same period last year-12.14 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads5435
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.038 %
Daily rates quoted93
Average minimum daily rate£326£337
Average daily rate£333£355
% change on same period last year-6.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£333
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Hourly rates quoted51
Average minimum hourly rate£31.25£18.00
Average hourly rate£34.00£18.00
% change on same period last year+88.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.75£18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.95£31.52
% change on same period last year-8.17 %
.NET Cheshire.NET
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
Demand Trend

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

Chester .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Chester region over the 3 months to 19 November 2008.

Chester .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Chester region over the 3 months to 19 November 2008.

Chester .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing .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 .NET.

129 (85.29 %)C#
224 (70.59 %)ASP.NET
316 (47.06 %)WebServices
415 (44.12 %)SOAP
513 (38.24 %)SQL
611 (32.35 %)SQL Server
79 (26.47 %)German Language
87 (20.59 %)XML
96 (17.65 %)OO
96 (17.65 %)Microsoft
105 (14.71 %)SQL Server 2000
105 (14.71 %)N-Tier
105 (14.71 %)OOD
105 (14.71 %)OOP
105 (14.71 %)OOA/OOD
105 (14.71 %)CRM
114 (11.76 %)Dutch Language
114 (11.76 %)Oracle
114 (11.76 %)Visual Studio
114 (11.76 %)ESRI
114 (11.76 %)ArcIMS
123 (8.824 %)Intranet
123 (8.824 %)Internet
123 (8.824 %)PRINCE2
123 (8.824 %)Transact-SQL
123 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005
132 (5.882 %)Dynamics CRM
132 (5.882 %)WinForms
132 (5.882 %)Data Analysis
132 (5.882 %).NET Remoting

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing .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 .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (70.59 %)ASP.NET
216 (47.06 %)WebServices
315 (44.12 %)SOAP
47 (20.59 %)XML
52 (5.882 %)XHTML
52 (5.882 %)CSS
52 (5.882 %).NET Remoting
52 (5.882 %).NET Framework
52 (5.882 %)WCF
52 (5.882 %)WF
52 (5.882 %)WinForms
61 (2.941 %)AJAX
61 (2.941 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (2.941 %)ASP
61 (2.941 %)Java RMI
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.76 %)ArcIMS
21 (2.941 %)CMS
21 (2.941 %)Immediacy CMS
21 (2.941 %)ArcGIS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (5.882 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (2.941 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (2.941 %)Oracle EBS
21 (2.941 %)MFGPRO
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (8.824 %)Intranet
13 (8.824 %)Internet
21 (2.941 %)GPRS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (32.35 %)SQL Server
25 (14.71 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (2.941 %)MySQL
41 (2.941 %)GIS
41 (2.941 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (2.941 %)Datawarehouse
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (11.76 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (5.882 %)Finance
21 (2.941 %)Government
21 (2.941 %)Local Government
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (79.41 %)Developer
213 (38.24 %).NET Developer
312 (35.29 %)C# Developer
46 (17.65 %)ASP.NET Developer
55 (14.71 %)Programmer
55 (14.71 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
64 (11.76 %)Analyst
64 (11.76 %)Analyst Programmer
73 (8.824 %)Senior Developer
73 (8.824 %)Web Developer
82 (5.882 %).NET Programmer
91 (2.941 %)C# Analyst Programmer
91 (2.941 %)Applications Support
91 (2.941 %)SQL Server Analyst
91 (2.941 %)Solutions Architect
91 (2.941 %)Architect
91 (2.941 %)Systems Support
91 (2.941 %)SQL Developer
91 (2.941 %)Progress Developer
91 (2.941 %).NET Web Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (26.47 %)German Language
25 (14.71 %)N-Tier
34 (11.76 %)Dutch Language
41 (2.941 %)PDA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.882 %)Windows
21 (2.941 %)Linux
21 (2.941 %)Red Hat Linux
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (17.65 %)OO
25 (14.71 %)CRM
25 (14.71 %)OOP
25 (14.71 %)OOA/OOD
25 (14.71 %)OOD
33 (8.824 %)PRINCE2
42 (5.882 %)UML
42 (5.882 %)SSADM
42 (5.882 %)Data Analysis
42 (5.882 %)Unit Testing
51 (2.941 %)Web Development
51 (2.941 %)Network Load Balancing
51 (2.941 %)Change Management
51 (2.941 %)Identity Management
51 (2.941 %)ERP
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (85.29 %)C#
213 (38.24 %)SQL
33 (8.824 %)Transact-SQL
42 (5.882 %)VB
42 (5.882 %)JavaScript
51 (2.941 %)C
51 (2.941 %)C++
51 (2.941 %)VB.NET
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.941 %)QA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (17.65 %)Microsoft
24 (11.76 %)Oracle
24 (11.76 %)ESRI
31 (2.941 %)Progress
31 (2.941 %)Red Hat