The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 22 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 Coventry 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 11 16 18
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 21 17 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 10.05% 6.415% 3.955%
As % of the Application Development category 53.85% 34.00% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 2
Average daily rate £250 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £162 £192 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £480 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.41 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.00% -12.20%
All Application Development
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
39 50 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 18.66% 18.87% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 13
Average daily rate £250 £375 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +10.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £234 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Average hourly rate £28.50 - £18.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry .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 Coventry region.

Coventry .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 Coventry region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Coventry .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 Coventry region.

Coventry .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 27 (67.50%) SQL
2 25 (62.50%) C#
3 20 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 19 (47.50%) ASP.NET
5 17 (42.50%) JavaScript
6 12 (30.00%) Finance
7 11 (27.50%) HTML
7 11 (27.50%) CSS
7 11 (27.50%) jQuery
8 10 (25.00%) Degree
9 9 (22.50%) Web Development
10 6 (15.00%) MVC
10 6 (15.00%) PRINCE2
10 6 (15.00%) CRM
10 6 (15.00%) C
10 6 (15.00%) T-SQL
10 6 (15.00%) VB.NET
10 6 (15.00%) Web Application Development
11 5 (12.50%) JSON
11 5 (12.50%) Web Services
11 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
12 4 (10.00%) E-Commerce
12 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
12 4 (10.00%) CMS
12 4 (10.00%) Project Management
12 4 (10.00%) FTP
12 4 (10.00%) .NET Framework
12 4 (10.00%) Business Analysis
12 4 (10.00%) HTML5
12 4 (10.00%) Unit Testing

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 19 (47.50%) ASP.NET
2 11 (27.50%) HTML
2 11 (27.50%) CSS
2 11 (27.50%) jQuery
3 5 (12.50%) JSON
3 5 (12.50%) Web Services
4 4 (10.00%) .NET Framework
4 4 (10.00%) HTML5
5 3 (7.500%) LINQ
5 3 (7.500%) CSS3
5 3 (7.500%) Ajax
5 3 (7.500%) WCF
5 3 (7.500%) SOAP
5 3 (7.500%) XHTML
5 3 (7.500%) XML
6 2 (5.000%) XSL
6 2 (5.000%) WinForms
6 2 (5.000%) WF
6 2 (5.000%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.00%) CMS
3 3 (7.500%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (5.000%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.500%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.500%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.500%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) FTP
2 2 (5.000%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (2.500%) Internet
3 1 (2.500%) HTTP
3 1 (2.500%) SMTP
3 1 (2.500%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (5.000%) MS Access
3 2 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.000%) Subversion
3 1 (2.500%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.000%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.500%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (65.00%) Developer
2 13 (32.50%) .NET Developer
3 8 (20.00%) Programmer
3 8 (20.00%) Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Analyst Programmer
5 5 (12.50%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (10.00%) C# Developer
6 4 (10.00%) Service Manager
6 4 (10.00%) IT Manager
6 4 (10.00%) Head of IT
6 4 (10.00%) Business Manager
6 4 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
6 4 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (7.500%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (7.500%) Architect
7 3 (7.500%) VB.NET Developer
7 3 (7.500%) Senior Developer
8 2 (5.000%) Analyst Developer
8 2 (5.000%) Senior Analyst Programmer
8 2 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.500%) Data Integration
2 1 (2.500%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.500%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (22.50%) Web Development
2 6 (15.00%) MVC
2 6 (15.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (15.00%) CRM
2 6 (15.00%) Web Application Development
3 4 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 4 (10.00%) Project Management
3 4 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (10.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (5.000%) PRINCE
4 2 (5.000%) Test Scripting
4 2 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.500%) TOGAF
5 1 (2.500%) TDD
5 1 (2.500%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.500%) Workflow
5 1 (2.500%) Migration
5 1 (2.500%) OOP
5 1 (2.500%) OO
Programming Languages
1 27 (67.50%) SQL
2 25 (62.50%) C#
3 17 (42.50%) JavaScript
4 6 (15.00%) C
4 6 (15.00%) T-SQL
4 6 (15.00%) VB.NET
5 3 (7.500%) VB
6 2 (5.000%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.500%) Python
7 1 (2.500%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.500%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft