The first table below looks at the demand for ASP 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 ASP 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 Active Server Pages (Classic ASP)
Rank 171 183 206
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +23
Contract jobs citing ASP 32 35 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.502% 0.445% 0.398%
As % of the Application Development category 1.757% 1.736% 1.423%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 26 28
Average daily rate £400 £425 £431
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £304 £320 £359
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £513 £825
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £323 £275
% change year-on-year
-3.87% +17.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £39.51 £25.00 £54.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+58.02% -54.12%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £21.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year
+53.57% -41.25%
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%
ASP
London

ASP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London ASP Jobs Demand Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London ASP Daily Rate Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London ASP Daily Rate Histogram

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London ASP Hourly Rate Trend

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 48 (62.34%) .NET
2 39 (50.65%) SQL
3 36 (46.75%) C#
4 31 (40.26%) SQL Server
5 28 (36.36%) HTML
6 26 (33.77%) Web Services
7 25 (32.47%) Java
7 25 (32.47%) JavaScript
7 25 (32.47%) ASP.NET
8 24 (31.17%) Finance
9 23 (29.87%) XML
10 22 (28.57%) Windows
10 22 (28.57%) HTTP
11 20 (25.97%) MVC
12 19 (24.68%) CSS
13 16 (20.78%) Banking
14 15 (19.48%) TDD
14 15 (19.48%) Scrum
15 14 (18.18%) Degree
15 14 (18.18%) IIS
15 14 (18.18%) Microsoft
15 14 (18.18%) jQuery
16 13 (16.88%) Internet
17 12 (15.58%) Oracle
17 12 (15.58%) SQL Server 2005
17 12 (15.58%) .NET Framework
18 11 (14.29%) Asset Management
18 11 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
18 11 (14.29%) T-SQL
19 10 (12.99%) ASP.NET MVC

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ASP 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 48 (62.34%) .NET
2 28 (36.36%) HTML
3 26 (33.77%) Web Services
4 25 (32.47%) ASP.NET
5 23 (29.87%) XML
6 19 (24.68%) CSS
7 14 (18.18%) jQuery
8 12 (15.58%) .NET Framework
9 10 (12.99%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (12.99%) Ajax
10 7 (9.091%) XSLT
10 7 (9.091%) JSP
11 6 (7.792%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 6 (7.792%) WCF
12 5 (6.494%) XSL
12 5 (6.494%) JSON
12 5 (6.494%) MapReduce
12 5 (6.494%) CSS3
13 4 (5.195%) WebSphere
13 4 (5.195%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 14 (18.18%) IIS
2 8 (10.39%) SharePoint
3 6 (7.792%) Apache
4 5 (6.494%) Apache Pig
5 4 (5.195%) Alfresco
5 4 (5.195%) Tomcat
5 4 (5.195%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (3.896%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (2.597%) Windows Azure
7 2 (2.597%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (2.597%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (2.597%) WebLogic
7 2 (2.597%) MSMQ
7 2 (2.597%) SAS
8 1 (1.299%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (1.299%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (1.299%) MS Exchange
8 1 (1.299%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (1.299%) CMS
8 1 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (12.99%) MS Excel
2 8 (10.39%) MS Office
3 4 (5.195%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.597%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.597%) SPSS
5 1 (1.299%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.299%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (2.597%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.299%) WebTrends
2 1 (1.299%) RMDS
2 1 (1.299%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (1.299%) Google Analytics
2 1 (1.299%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 22 (28.57%) HTTP
2 13 (16.88%) Internet
3 6 (7.792%) Intranet
4 5 (6.494%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.195%) SSL
6 3 (3.896%) SMTP
7 2 (2.597%) DNS
8 1 (1.299%) RFID
8 1 (1.299%) LAN
8 1 (1.299%) WAN
8 1 (1.299%) DHCP
8 1 (1.299%) FTP
8 1 (1.299%) LDAP
8 1 (1.299%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (40.26%) SQL Server
2 12 (15.58%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (11.69%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (11.69%) Big Data
4 7 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (9.091%) Apache Hive
4 7 (9.091%) MongoDB
4 7 (9.091%) Hadoop
5 6 (7.792%) NoSQL
6 5 (6.494%) Data Mining
6 5 (6.494%) MS Access
6 5 (6.494%) MySQL
6 5 (6.494%) Mahout
6 5 (6.494%) HBase
6 5 (6.494%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (5.195%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (5.195%) RDBMS
7 4 (5.195%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (3.896%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (3.896%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (5.195%) Git (software)
1 4 (5.195%) WinDbg
2 3 (3.896%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.896%) NUnit
2 3 (3.896%) Subversion
3 2 (2.597%) Selenium
3 2 (2.597%) Rhino Mocks
3 2 (2.597%) Hudson
3 2 (2.597%) MSBuild
3 2 (2.597%) QUnit
3 2 (2.597%) Jasmine
3 2 (2.597%) JUnit
4 1 (1.299%) MSI
4 1 (1.299%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.299%) Ant
4 1 (1.299%) JIRA
4 1 (1.299%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.299%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (1.299%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.299%) Oracle APEX
General
1 24 (31.17%) Finance
2 16 (20.78%) Banking
3 5 (6.494%) Back Office
3 5 (6.494%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.597%) Music
5 1 (1.299%) Games
5 1 (1.299%) Law
5 1 (1.299%) Legal
5 1 (1.299%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.299%) Front Office
5 1 (1.299%) Retail
5 1 (1.299%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (53.25%) Developer
2 15 (19.48%) .NET Developer
2 15 (19.48%) Analyst
3 11 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 11 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (7.792%) SQL Developer
5 4 (5.195%) Hadoop Developer
5 4 (5.195%) Systems Developer
5 4 (5.195%) Programmer
5 4 (5.195%) Support Analyst
5 4 (5.195%) Software Developer
6 3 (3.896%) Architect
6 3 (3.896%) Business Analyst
6 3 (3.896%) Software Engineer
6 3 (3.896%) Analyst Programmer
6 3 (3.896%) Web Developer
6 3 (3.896%) Applications Support
6 3 (3.896%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (3.896%) Java Developer
6 3 (3.896%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
2 7 (9.091%) Mathematics
2 7 (9.091%) Physics
2 7 (9.091%) Visualisation
3 6 (7.792%) Open Source
4 5 (6.494%) Social Network
5 4 (5.195%) SWIFT
5 4 (5.195%) Derivative
5 4 (5.195%) Fixed Income
6 3 (3.896%) Statistics
6 3 (3.896%) PKI
6 3 (3.896%) Machine Learning
6 3 (3.896%) Data Integration
7 2 (2.597%) Video on Demand
7 2 (2.597%) SaaS
7 2 (2.597%) Social Media
7 2 (2.597%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.597%) Streaming Music
7 2 (2.597%) Neural Network
7 2 (2.597%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 22 (28.57%) Windows
2 8 (10.39%) Linux
3 5 (6.494%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (6.494%) UNIX
3 5 (6.494%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (3.896%) Android
5 2 (2.597%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.597%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.299%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.299%) Solaris
6 1 (1.299%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.299%) Windows Phone
6 1 (1.299%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.97%) MVC
2 15 (19.48%) TDD
2 15 (19.48%) Scrum
3 11 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 11 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (11.69%) Data Analysis
5 8 (10.39%) Data Modelling
6 7 (9.091%) Risk Analysis
7 6 (7.792%) OO
8 5 (6.494%) Software Engineering
8 5 (6.494%) Analytics
8 5 (6.494%) Waterfall
8 5 (6.494%) Investment Management
9 4 (5.195%) Continuous Integration
9 4 (5.195%) BDD
9 4 (5.195%) Fund Management
9 4 (5.195%) Document Management
9 4 (5.195%) Migration
9 4 (5.195%) Project Management
10 3 (3.896%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 39 (50.65%) SQL
2 36 (46.75%) C#
3 25 (32.47%) Java
3 25 (32.47%) JavaScript
4 11 (14.29%) T-SQL
5 9 (11.69%) VBScript
6 8 (10.39%) VB
7 6 (7.792%) VB6
7 6 (7.792%) Python
8 5 (6.494%) Perl
8 5 (6.494%) VBA
8 5 (6.494%) Ruby
9 4 (5.195%) C++
9 4 (5.195%) PHP
9 4 (5.195%) PL/SQL
9 4 (5.195%) MATLAB
10 3 (3.896%) VB.NET
10 3 (3.896%) Scala
11 2 (2.597%) Bash shell
11 2 (2.597%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 14 (18.18%) Degree
2 3 (3.896%) CISSP
3 2 (2.597%) PhD
4 1 (1.299%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.299%) MCSE
4 1 (1.299%) MCP
4 1 (1.299%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.299%) BC Cleared
4 1 (1.299%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.299%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.299%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.299%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.597%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.597%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.299%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (1.299%) XenApp
2 1 (1.299%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (5.195%) Control-M
2 1 (1.299%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.299%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.299%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.299%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.58%) Oracle
3 6 (7.792%) IBM
4 5 (6.494%) Lotus
4 5 (6.494%) JBoss
4 5 (6.494%) Cadis
5 4 (5.195%) thinkFolio
5 4 (5.195%) Citrix
5 4 (5.195%) Plumtree
6 3 (3.896%) Reuters
6 3 (3.896%) Sun
6 3 (3.896%) Business Objects
7 2 (2.597%) Tableau
7 2 (2.597%) VMware
7 2 (2.597%) Sybase
7 2 (2.597%) Informatica
7 2 (2.597%) Adobe
7 2 (2.597%) Unisys
7 2 (2.597%) Bloomberg
7 2 (2.597%) Symantec
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