The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derby 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 Derby 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 10 5 23
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +18
Contract jobs citing .NET 4 27 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derby 7.143% 17.42% 3.960%
As % of the Application Development category 50.00% 60.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £285 £225 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £8.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -81.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Derby
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
8 45 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derby 14.29% 29.03% 4.455%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 0
Average daily rate £275 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
Average hourly rate £20.50 £8.50 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+141.17% -81.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Derbyshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derby .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 Derby region.

Derby .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Derby .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derby 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 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) C#
2 7 (70.00%) HTML
3 6 (60.00%) XML
4 5 (50.00%) Windows
5 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (40.00%) WinForms
6 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
6 3 (30.00%) CSS
6 3 (30.00%) Java
6 3 (30.00%) C++
6 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
6 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
7 2 (20.00%) Degree
7 2 (20.00%) HTML5
7 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
7 2 (20.00%) Workflow
7 2 (20.00%) Web Development
7 2 (20.00%) WPF
7 2 (20.00%) WF
7 2 (20.00%) Silverlight
7 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
7 2 (20.00%) VBA
7 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (20.00%) Web Services
8 1 (10.00%) Content Management
8 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derby 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 7 (70.00%) HTML
2 6 (60.00%) XML
3 4 (40.00%) WinForms
4 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
4 3 (30.00%) CSS
5 2 (20.00%) HTML5
5 2 (20.00%) WPF
5 2 (20.00%) WF
5 2 (20.00%) Silverlight
5 2 (20.00%) Web Services
6 1 (10.00%) LINQ
6 1 (10.00%) jQuery
6 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
6 1 (10.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (10.00%) LINQ to SQL
6 1 (10.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (10.00%) IIS
2 1 (10.00%) Umbraco
2 1 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (10.00%) Kentico
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) C# Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Web Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Web Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
1 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (20.00%) Workflow
2 2 (20.00%) Web Development
2 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Content Management
3 1 (10.00%) E-business
3 1 (10.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) OOD
3 1 (10.00%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) C#
3 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (30.00%) Java
4 3 (30.00%) C++
5 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree