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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Colchester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.004 %
As % of the category below71.43 %80.00 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£280
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£329
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.01£32.92
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Application Development ColchesterApplication Development
Colchester
Matching contract IT job ads145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.005 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£272
Average daily rate-£292
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£312
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£28.95-
Average hourly rate£30.68-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.41-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
.NET Essex.NET
Essex

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 Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Colchester .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 Colchester region.

Colchester .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Colchester .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Colchester 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.

116 (88.89 %)ASP.NET
212 (66.67 %)C#
310 (55.56 %)SQL
48 (44.44 %)HTML
48 (44.44 %)WebServices
48 (44.44 %)XML
48 (44.44 %)SQL Server
57 (38.89 %)CSS
57 (38.89 %)Cisco
66 (33.33 %)Microsoft
66 (33.33 %)Windows
75 (27.78 %)XSLT
75 (27.78 %)Windows Server 2003
75 (27.78 %)N-Tier
75 (27.78 %)Visual Studio
75 (27.78 %)JavaScript
75 (27.78 %)VB.NET
75 (27.78 %)SQL Server 2005
84 (22.22 %)ASP.NET 2.0
84 (22.22 %)DHTML
93 (16.67 %)Transact-SQL
93 (16.67 %)DOM
93 (16.67 %)ECMAScript
93 (16.67 %)OO
93 (16.67 %)XHTML
93 (16.67 %)WCF
102 (11.11 %)WSE
102 (11.11 %)DotNetNuke
102 (11.11 %)Web Development
102 (11.11 %).NET Framework

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Colchester 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
116 (88.89 %)ASP.NET
28 (44.44 %)HTML
28 (44.44 %)WebServices
28 (44.44 %)XML
37 (38.89 %)CSS
45 (27.78 %)XSLT
54 (22.22 %)ASP.NET 2.0
63 (16.67 %)WCF
63 (16.67 %)XHTML
63 (16.67 %)DOM
72 (11.11 %)SAP XI
72 (11.11 %)AJAX
72 (11.11 %).NET Framework
72 (11.11 %)WSE
81 (5.556 %)WPF
81 (5.556 %)ODBC
81 (5.556 %)SOAP
81 (5.556 %)ASP
Application Platforms
12 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
12 (11.11 %)CMS
12 (11.11 %)DotNetNuke
Applications
11 (5.556 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
12 (11.11 %)LAN
12 (11.11 %)WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (44.44 %)SQL Server
25 (27.78 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (5.556 %)SQL Server 7
31 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
15 (27.78 %)Visual Studio
General
12 (11.11 %)Finance
21 (5.556 %)Marketing
Job Titles
110 (55.56 %)Developer
29 (50.00 %).NET Developer
37 (38.89 %)Architect
37 (38.89 %)Systems Architect
46 (33.33 %)Web Developer
55 (27.78 %)ASP.NET Developer
55 (27.78 %).NET Web Developer
62 (11.11 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
62 (11.11 %)VB.NET Developer
62 (11.11 %)C# Developer
71 (5.556 %)Senior Software Engineer
71 (5.556 %)Software Engineer
71 (5.556 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
15 (27.78 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
16 (33.33 %)Windows
25 (27.78 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (5.556 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
13 (16.67 %)OO
22 (11.11 %)OOP
22 (11.11 %)Web Development
31 (5.556 %)OOD
Programming Languages
112 (66.67 %)C#
210 (55.56 %)SQL
35 (27.78 %)VB.NET
35 (27.78 %)JavaScript
44 (22.22 %)DHTML
53 (16.67 %)ECMAScript
53 (16.67 %)Transact-SQL
61 (5.556 %)C
61 (5.556 %)C++
Vendors
17 (38.89 %)Cisco
26 (33.33 %)Microsoft
32 (11.11 %)SAP
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