The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ASP.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 County Antrim 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 ASP.NET
Rank 17 26 38
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +12
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 16 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 8.247% 1.807% 1.813%
As % of the Application Development category 17.02% 6.000% 5.660%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.06% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
All Application Development
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
94 50 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 48.45% 30.12% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 16 23
Average daily rate £350 £280 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -16.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
ASP.NET
Northern Ireland

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim ASP.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ASP.NET across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

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

County Antrim ASP.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ASP.NET across the County Antrim region.

County Antrim ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast +9 16 £300 -
ASP.NET
Northern Ireland

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

1 28 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (92.86%) C#
3 16 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 10 (35.71%) HTML
4 10 (35.71%) CSS
5 9 (32.14%) Web Services
5 9 (32.14%) SQL Server
6 8 (28.57%) Ajax
7 7 (25.00%) jQuery
7 7 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (21.43%) MVC
8 6 (21.43%) BizTalk Server
8 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
8 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
9 5 (17.86%) Degree
9 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
10 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 4 (14.29%) OOP
10 4 (14.29%) Java
10 4 (14.29%) C++
11 3 (10.71%) SQL
11 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
11 3 (10.71%) Windows
11 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
11 3 (10.71%) WCF
11 3 (10.71%) .NET Framework
11 3 (10.71%) SharePoint 2010
12 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (7.143%) LINQ
12 2 (7.143%) Time Management

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

Application Development
1 28 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (35.71%) HTML
2 10 (35.71%) CSS
3 9 (32.14%) Web Services
4 8 (28.57%) Ajax
5 7 (25.00%) jQuery
6 3 (10.71%) WCF
6 3 (10.71%) .NET Framework
7 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (7.143%) LINQ
7 2 (7.143%) JSON
7 2 (7.143%) XML
8 1 (3.571%) XSL
8 1 (3.571%) WinForms
8 1 (3.571%) WPF
8 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 6 (21.43%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.71%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.571%) CMS
3 1 (3.571%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (3.571%) Kentico
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.571%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (32.14%) SQL Server
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.571%) NUnit
3 1 (3.571%) MSTest
General
1 2 (7.143%) Banking
1 2 (7.143%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (71.43%) Developer
2 11 (39.29%) .NET Developer
3 7 (25.00%) C# Developer
4 3 (10.71%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (7.143%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (7.143%) C# Web Developer
5 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (7.143%) .NET Web Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Analyst Programmer
6 1 (3.571%) Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (3.571%) Programmer
6 1 (3.571%) Support Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Programmer
6 1 (3.571%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) MVC
2 4 (14.29%) OOP
3 2 (7.143%) Time Management
3 2 (7.143%) Web Development
4 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.571%) System Testing
4 1 (3.571%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 26 (92.86%) C#
2 16 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 4 (14.29%) Java
3 4 (14.29%) C++
4 3 (10.71%) SQL
5 2 (7.143%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle