The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 13 14 13
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Contract jobs citing .NET 623 660 1023
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 9.766% 8.392% 10.44%
As % of the Application Development category 34.21% 32.74% 37.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 510 842
Average daily rate £435 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £312 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
Average hourly rate £41.25 £25.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.00% -44.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.04 £17.50 £30.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £56.25 £50.20 £60.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1821 2016 2741
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.55% 25.63% 27.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1439 1499 2137
Average daily rate £405 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.70% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 28 22
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £43.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -42.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £75.00 £45.00 £119.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
London

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET across the City of London region.

City of London .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the City of London region.

City of London .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 892 (72.05%) C#
2 578 (46.69%) SQL Server
3 505 (40.79%) SQL
4 471 (38.05%) ASP.NET
5 373 (30.13%) Finance
6 311 (25.12%) Banking
7 289 (23.34%) Microsoft
8 278 (22.46%) WCF
9 277 (22.37%) MVC
10 270 (21.81%) TDD
11 228 (18.42%) Agile Software Development
12 204 (16.48%) JavaScript
13 193 (15.59%) ASP.NET MVC
14 184 (14.86%) Scrum
15 178 (14.38%) WPF
16 172 (13.89%) .NET Framework
17 168 (13.57%) OO
18 161 (13.00%) Oracle
19 160 (12.92%) Java
20 159 (12.84%) SQL Server 2008
21 156 (12.60%) Front Office
22 155 (12.52%) Web Services
23 154 (12.44%) HTML
24 152 (12.28%) CSS
24 152 (12.28%) Multithreading
25 149 (12.04%) XML
25 149 (12.04%) Windows
25 149 (12.04%) Visual Studio
26 146 (11.79%) Investment Banking
27 134 (10.82%) jQuery

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 471 (38.05%) ASP.NET
2 278 (22.46%) WCF
3 193 (15.59%) ASP.NET MVC
4 178 (14.38%) WPF
5 172 (13.89%) .NET Framework
6 155 (12.52%) Web Services
7 154 (12.44%) HTML
8 152 (12.28%) CSS
9 149 (12.04%) XML
10 134 (10.82%) jQuery
11 82 (6.624%) WinForms
12 63 (5.089%) Ajax
13 59 (4.766%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 56 (4.523%) HTML5
15 52 (4.200%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 48 (3.877%) ASP
17 47 (3.796%) LINQ
18 45 (3.635%) Silverlight
19 38 (3.069%) WebSphere
20 35 (2.827%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 120 (9.693%) SharePoint
2 71 (5.735%) IIS
3 52 (4.200%) SharePoint 2010
4 42 (3.393%) CMS
5 32 (2.585%) BizTalk Server
6 27 (2.181%) Windows Azure
7 26 (2.100%) WebSphere MQ
8 20 (1.616%) Umbraco
8 20 (1.616%) MSMQ
9 18 (1.454%) Sitecore CMS
10 17 (1.373%) SharePoint Server
11 15 (1.212%) Tomcat
12 14 (1.131%) DotNetNuke
12 14 (1.131%) Apache
12 14 (1.131%) WebLogic
13 11 (0.889%) SharePoint 2013
14 10 (0.808%) Oracle Coherence
15 8 (0.646%) Confluence
16 7 (0.565%) Rendezvous
16 7 (0.565%) MQSeries
Applications
1 132 (10.66%) MS Excel
2 33 (2.666%) MS Office
3 15 (1.212%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.131%) InfoPath
5 11 (0.889%) MS Project
6 8 (0.646%) MS PowerPoint
7 6 (0.485%) PowerPivot
7 6 (0.485%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.323%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.242%) XMetaL
10 2 (0.162%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.081%) Fireworks
11 1 (0.081%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 29 (2.342%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.646%) Endur
3 6 (0.485%) Aligne
3 6 (0.485%) ZaiNet
4 4 (0.323%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.162%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.162%) 3000 Xtra
5 2 (0.162%) Tridion
5 2 (0.162%) RMDS
6 1 (0.081%) Summit
6 1 (0.081%) Global One
6 1 (0.081%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.081%) LatentZero
6 1 (0.081%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.081%) SiteCatalyst
6 1 (0.081%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.081%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.081%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.081%) Eagle PACE
Communications & Networking
1 50 (4.039%) HTTP
2 43 (3.473%) Internet
3 24 (1.939%) Intranet
4 13 (1.050%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.808%) SAN
5 10 (0.808%) Extranet
6 7 (0.565%) NAS
7 6 (0.485%) AMQP
7 6 (0.485%) Kerberos
7 6 (0.485%) FTP
8 5 (0.404%) LDAP
9 4 (0.323%) LAN
10 3 (0.242%) DNS
11 2 (0.162%) SMTP
11 2 (0.162%) VPN
12 1 (0.081%) Firewall
12 1 (0.081%) BIG-IP
12 1 (0.081%) BSS
12 1 (0.081%) RFID
12 1 (0.081%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 578 (46.69%) SQL Server
2 159 (12.84%) SQL Server 2008
3 95 (7.674%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 88 (7.108%) SQL Server 2005
5 87 (7.027%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 50 (4.039%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 35 (2.827%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (2.342%) MySQL
9 22 (1.777%) MS Access
10 20 (1.616%) SQL Server 2012
11 18 (1.454%) Oracle 8/8i
12 15 (1.212%) SQL Server 2000
13 12 (0.969%) Oracle 10g
13 12 (0.969%) RDBMS
14 11 (0.889%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 10 (0.808%) PerformancePoint
16 9 (0.727%) Oracle 11g
17 8 (0.646%) NoSQL
17 8 (0.646%) MarkLogic
17 8 (0.646%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 149 (12.04%) Visual Studio
2 74 (5.977%) Subversion
3 61 (4.927%) Team Foundation Server
4 54 (4.362%) Selenium
5 49 (3.958%) NUnit
6 35 (2.827%) CruiseControl
7 33 (2.666%) JIRA
8 28 (2.262%) Git (software)
9 27 (2.181%) Rhino Mocks
10 25 (2.019%) TeamCity
11 23 (1.858%) WebDriver
12 21 (1.696%) SpecFlow
12 21 (1.696%) Cucumber
13 16 (1.292%) Maven
14 15 (1.212%) Eclipse
15 14 (1.131%) VSS/SourceSafe
16 11 (0.889%) JUnit
16 11 (0.889%) MSBuild
16 11 (0.889%) Jenkins
17 10 (0.808%) MSTest
General
1 373 (30.13%) Finance
2 311 (25.12%) Banking
3 156 (12.60%) Front Office
4 146 (11.79%) Investment Banking
5 33 (2.666%) Retail
5 33 (2.666%) Back Office
6 31 (2.504%) Financial Institution
7 27 (2.181%) Telecoms
8 21 (1.696%) Advertising
9 17 (1.373%) Publishing
10 14 (1.131%) Games
11 13 (1.050%) Marketing
12 7 (0.565%) Law
13 6 (0.485%) Billing
14 5 (0.404%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (0.323%) Legal
16 3 (0.242%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.242%) Retail Banking
17 2 (0.162%) Private Banking
17 2 (0.162%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 827 (66.80%) Developer
2 349 (28.19%) C# Developer
3 287 (23.18%) .NET Developer
4 135 (10.90%) C# .NET Developer
5 108 (8.724%) Analyst
6 99 (7.997%) Senior Developer
7 88 (7.108%) ASP.NET Developer
8 56 (4.523%) Architect
8 56 (4.523%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 52 (4.200%) SQL Developer
10 44 (3.554%) Senior C# Developer
11 39 (3.150%) SharePoint Developer
12 38 (3.069%) Web Developer
13 36 (2.908%) Software Developer
14 33 (2.666%) Senior .NET Developer
15 29 (2.342%) Project Manager
16 27 (2.181%) WPF Developer
16 27 (2.181%) Software Engineer
17 23 (1.858%) Support Analyst
18 22 (1.777%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.562%) Derivative
2 83 (6.704%) Fixed Income
3 80 (6.462%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 47 (3.796%) Computer Science
5 40 (3.231%) N-Tier
6 32 (2.585%) Open Source
6 32 (2.585%) Grid Computing
7 31 (2.504%) Market Risk
8 22 (1.777%) Equities
9 20 (1.616%) Inversion of Control
10 17 (1.373%) Credit Risk
11 16 (1.292%) Hedge funds
11 16 (1.292%) Client/Server
12 14 (1.131%) Credit Derivative
13 12 (0.969%) iPad
14 11 (0.889%) SWIFT
15 10 (0.808%) Enterprise Software
16 9 (0.727%) iPhone
17 8 (0.646%) Mathematics
17 8 (0.646%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 149 (12.04%) Windows
2 34 (2.746%) Linux
3 29 (2.342%) UNIX
4 22 (1.777%) Windows Server 2008
5 16 (1.292%) Windows Server 2003
6 13 (1.050%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.969%) Windows 7
8 11 (0.889%) Android
9 8 (0.646%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.485%) Windows 8
11 5 (0.404%) Solaris
12 4 (0.323%) Windows 2000 Server
12 4 (0.323%) Windows Mobile
12 4 (0.323%) Windows Phone
12 4 (0.323%) Windows 2000
12 4 (0.323%) AIX
12 4 (0.323%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.242%) Debian
13 3 (0.242%) Windows NT
13 3 (0.242%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (22.37%) MVC
2 270 (21.81%) TDD
3 228 (18.42%) Agile Software Development
4 184 (14.86%) Scrum
5 168 (13.57%) OO
6 152 (12.28%) Multithreading
7 96 (7.754%) BDD
8 71 (5.735%) Unit Testing
9 69 (5.574%) Asset Management
10 67 (5.412%) Continuous Integration
11 61 (4.927%) E-Commerce
12 52 (4.200%) Workflow
13 50 (4.039%) CRM
14 43 (3.473%) MVVM
15 42 (3.393%) ETL
16 39 (3.150%) Business Intelligence
16 39 (3.150%) Project Management
16 39 (3.150%) Migration
17 38 (3.069%) Analytics
17 38 (3.069%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 892 (72.05%) C#
2 505 (40.79%) SQL
3 204 (16.48%) JavaScript
4 160 (12.92%) Java
5 97 (7.835%) VBA
6 90 (7.270%) VB.NET
7 87 (7.027%) T-SQL
8 63 (5.089%) C++
9 57 (4.604%) VB
10 51 (4.120%) PL/SQL
11 33 (2.666%) Python
12 27 (2.181%) Perl
13 26 (2.100%) VBScript
14 23 (1.858%) Ruby
15 21 (1.696%) PHP
16 18 (1.454%) PowerShell
17 13 (1.050%) VB6
18 12 (0.969%) C
19 10 (0.808%) MATLAB
20 9 (0.727%) XAML
Qualifications
1 85 (6.866%) Degree
2 18 (1.454%) Security Cleared
3 10 (0.808%) PhD
4 9 (0.727%) MCTS
5 8 (0.646%) SC Cleared
5 8 (0.646%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (0.565%) ISEB
7 6 (0.485%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.485%) MCP
7 6 (0.485%) MCAD
7 6 (0.485%) MCSD
8 5 (0.404%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.242%) Microsoft Certified Master
9 3 (0.242%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.242%) MCITP
9 3 (0.242%) BC Cleared
9 3 (0.242%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.162%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.162%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.081%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (5.250%) QA
2 10 (0.808%) WCAG
2 10 (0.808%) ISO 9001
3 8 (0.646%) Basel III
4 3 (0.242%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.242%) Dublin Core
5 1 (0.081%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.081%) FATCA
5 1 (0.081%) WAI
5 1 (0.081%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (2.181%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (1.212%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.050%) VMware ESX
4 6 (0.485%) XenApp
5 5 (0.404%) vCloud
5 5 (0.404%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.242%) vSphere
6 3 (0.242%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.081%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.081%) NDS
Systems Management
1 9 (0.727%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (0.646%) Puppet
2 8 (0.646%) Control-M
3 4 (0.323%) BMC Performance Manager
3 4 (0.323%) BMC PATROL
3 4 (0.323%) OpenView
4 3 (0.242%) NetBackup
4 3 (0.242%) Backup Exec
4 3 (0.242%) CA SiteMinder
4 3 (0.242%) Legato
4 3 (0.242%) SCOM
5 2 (0.162%) SCCM
6 1 (0.081%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.081%) Splunk
6 1 (0.081%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.081%) BladeLogic
6 1 (0.081%) Business Desktop Deployment
6 1 (0.081%) WSUS
6 1 (0.081%) WMI
Vendors
1 289 (23.34%) Microsoft
2 161 (13.00%) Oracle
3 36 (2.908%) VMware
4 32 (2.585%) DevExpress
5 28 (2.262%) Syncfusion
6 24 (1.939%) Sitecore
7 21 (1.696%) IBM
8 19 (1.535%) Sybase
9 17 (1.373%) Business Objects
9 17 (1.373%) TIBCO
9 17 (1.373%) Cadis
10 15 (1.212%) JBoss
10 15 (1.212%) HP
11 12 (0.969%) Tableau
11 12 (0.969%) Charles River
11 12 (0.969%) Citrix
12 11 (0.889%) Reuters
13 10 (0.808%) EPiServer
13 10 (0.808%) Bloomberg
13 10 (0.808%) Adobe
City, London
Junior .NET Developer, C#, 6 months, £150-£175 per day, Start ASAP, London. My Client a exciting and growing company are looking for a .NET software developer on...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £150.00 - £175.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
My Client a exciting and growing company are looking for a strong .NET software developer on a 6 month contract to diagnose and solve problems with deployments and...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
C# Developer with strong ASP.NET MVC skills required by my client, a top-tier Investment Ban to work for a highly technolgy focused team... Essential skills: - Very...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
SQL Server, C#, .NET, Precious Metals, Commodities Trading, Server Side Development Investment Bank - London CityUrgent Contract - Day Rate: £500 - £600 per dayHarrington Starr is working with a Blue...
harringtonstarr
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
You will have strong C# Development with SQL experience... Key Technical Skills: Extensive C# experience. Extensive knowledge of SQL Server Development... Experience with .NET Frameworks... C# Developer SQL...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
To apply for this role you MUST have: - Experience working as a developer for a pensions organisation - Experience of SQL Server, VB, VBA and ideally T-SQL - An...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
This is a great opportunity for a experience C# Developer to join this business area to work on all Pre and Post Trading systems and applications.As a...
harringtonstarr
Rate: £400 - £800 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
The Senior C#.NET Developer must have experience with Regulatory reporting and experience and knowledge with Data Flows... Key Technical Skills: Extensive C# experience. Extensive knowledge of SQL...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £400 - £800 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
The C# Developer will develop using the latest technologies such as WPF, WCF and SQL Server... Key Experience: Agile/Scrum/TDD C#/.NET/WPF/WCF/Visual Studio/SQL...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The role will see you in a position responsible for full lifeycyle development using TDD and agile methodologies... Key Requirements:- C#.net, Visual Studio- Expert Server Side programming (...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Main Responsibilities: To create robust software, cutting edge prototyping and specification validation Testing and maintenance of systems Essential: C# .NET 4.0 Visual Studio 2012 XML ASP.NET...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
C#, .Net 4.0, ASP.Net MVC 3, MVC, ASP.Net, Ecommerce, WCF, Linq, SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010, SSRS, JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS, Insurance, Finance, Accounting) ASP...
ITHR
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
City, London
C# Developer required immediately who has CRM experience for a client based in the financial industry and be working on the CRM Dynamics middleware. The ideal candidate will...
Marcus Donald People
Rate: £320 to £330 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
SKILLS REQUIRED C# .NET4.5 WPF (MVVM, PRISM) SQL server (2008/2012) The standards of the team are high and the role is highly competitive; applicants will face...
Aston Carter
Rate: £650 - £700 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
The C# Developer will develop using .NET components, employ OO-principles, develop in SQL Server Stored procedures and other responsibilities that ensure the C# Developer has an impact...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Our client is looking for an experienced C# developer, with extensive knowledge of SQL server specifically SSIS to join a well regarded team within the London office. You...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
A leading Investment Bank are currently recruiting for a C# developer to work in a Quant Risk team. The Group is comprised of three main quantitative functions, Model...
Aston Carter
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Entity Framework SQL Server 2008/2012 with GIS extensionsThe candidate will be expected to work with the Architects and team to iterate the next level of design detail...
JAM
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Job Title: Sharepoint DeveloperLocation: LondonRate: £300 - £340 per dayStart: ASAP Contract: 3 - 6 months Key skills: Sharepoint 2010, .NET, SSRS, SQL Developer Project Details: My client has an...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The role has come about due to project-driven expansion and an increasing requirement for mobile application development.The successful developer will have proven experience developing web based...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 9 May 2013
City, London
A leading global investment bank are currently recruiting for a strong Analyst Developer with ASP.Net and excellent SQL skills to work in a reference data IT team...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
This global company that are based in London City and now looking to expand the team within Microsoft Office SharePoint Services - MOSS This SharePoint (2010/2013) C#.NET...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Qualification and Experience 2+ years industry experience using the .Net Framework (Windows Forms, WPF). WPF is strongly preferred (E)... 2+ years industry experience of using the .Net framework...
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 3 May 2013
City of London
C# / WPF / Contract / London / £500-£600pd A top tier investment bank is looking for a C# front to Back Developer with strong WPF/WCF experience to join their...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
The successful DevOps Engineer must have experience managing a multi-tiered, highly available cloud based environment, especially in a Windows and MS SQL environment... In addition to New...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013