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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ASP.NET 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 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
Rank1722
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads157
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.008 %
As % of the category below27.78 %20.59 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£165-
Average daily rate£171-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£177-
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£322
% change on same period last year-10.85 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.39£31.57
% change on same period last year-16.40 %
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£333
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
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£28.64£31.31
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
ASP.NET CheshireASP.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.

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

119 (100.00 %).NET
216 (84.21 %)C#
311 (57.89 %)WebServices
49 (47.37 %)SQL
49 (47.37 %)SOAP
56 (31.58 %)OO
56 (31.58 %)SQL Server
65 (26.32 %)Visual Studio
65 (26.32 %)OOP
65 (26.32 %)OOA/OOD
65 (26.32 %)XML
65 (26.32 %)OOD
65 (26.32 %)Microsoft
65 (26.32 %)German Language
73 (15.79 %)N-Tier
73 (15.79 %)Transact-SQL
82 (10.53 %)JavaScript
82 (10.53 %)ESRI
82 (10.53 %)Intranet
82 (10.53 %)Internet
82 (10.53 %).NET Remoting
82 (10.53 %)ArcIMS
82 (10.53 %)AJAX
91 (5.263 %)Dynamics CRM
91 (5.263 %)Web Development
91 (5.263 %)Immediacy CMS
91 (5.263 %)Change Management
91 (5.263 %)Finance
91 (5.263 %)CMS
91 (5.263 %)WinForms

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (100.00 %).NET
211 (57.89 %)WebServices
39 (47.37 %)SOAP
45 (26.32 %)XML
52 (10.53 %)AJAX
52 (10.53 %).NET Remoting
61 (5.263 %)WCF
61 (5.263 %)WF
61 (5.263 %)Java RMI
61 (5.263 %)WinForms
61 (5.263 %)HTML
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.53 %)ArcIMS
21 (5.263 %)CMS
21 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (5.263 %)Immediacy CMS
21 (5.263 %)ArcGIS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.263 %)Dynamics CRM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.53 %)Intranet
12 (10.53 %)Internet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (31.58 %)SQL Server
21 (5.263 %)GIS
21 (5.263 %)MySQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (26.32 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Finance
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (78.95 %)Developer
212 (63.16 %).NET Developer
39 (47.37 %)C# Developer
47 (36.84 %)ASP.NET Developer
56 (31.58 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
63 (15.79 %)Programmer
63 (15.79 %)Analyst
63 (15.79 %)Analyst Programmer
72 (10.53 %)Web Developer
81 (5.263 %)Systems Support
81 (5.263 %)SQL Developer
81 (5.263 %).NET Web Developer
81 (5.263 %)C# Web Developer
81 (5.263 %)Applications Support
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (26.32 %)German Language
23 (15.79 %)N-Tier
31 (5.263 %)Dutch Language
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.263 %)Windows
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)OO
25 (26.32 %)OOP
25 (26.32 %)OOA/OOD
25 (26.32 %)OOD
31 (5.263 %)Change Management
31 (5.263 %)Web Development
31 (5.263 %)Network Load Balancing
31 (5.263 %)CRM
31 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (84.21 %)C#
29 (47.37 %)SQL
33 (15.79 %)Transact-SQL
42 (10.53 %)JavaScript
51 (5.263 %)C
51 (5.263 %)C++
51 (5.263 %)VB.NET
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.263 %)QA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (26.32 %)Microsoft
22 (10.53 %)ESRI
31 (5.263 %)Oracle