The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 23 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 Devon 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 4 10 11
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 40 29 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 23.39% 16.02% 14.38%
As % of the Application Development category 58.82% 51.79% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 9
Average daily rate £325 £308 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.69% +2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £227 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £338 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
Average hourly rate - £28.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
68 56 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 39.77% 30.94% 50.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 31 36
Average daily rate £325 £308 £376
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.69% -18.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 8
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -66.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
South West

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon .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 Devon region.

Devon .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 Devon region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Devon .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 Devon region.

Devon .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Devon region over the 3 months to 23 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
Exeter +10 26 £323 +35.78%
Plymouth +2 6 £375 +15.38%
Torquay - 1 £300 -
Exmouth - 1 £143 -
.NET
South West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 58 (74.36%) C#
2 38 (48.72%) ASP.NET
3 36 (46.15%) JavaScript
4 31 (39.74%) CSS
5 27 (34.62%) HTML
6 26 (33.33%) VB.NET
6 26 (33.33%) XML
7 22 (28.21%) SQL
8 21 (26.92%) Web Services
8 21 (26.92%) SOA
9 20 (25.64%) Oracle
9 20 (25.64%) SQL Server
10 17 (21.79%) Ajax
11 15 (19.23%) GIS
11 15 (19.23%) XQuery
11 15 (19.23%) jQuery
12 14 (17.95%) ESRI
12 14 (17.95%) Finance
12 14 (17.95%) XPath
13 13 (16.67%) Visual Studio
13 13 (16.67%) Java
13 13 (16.67%) XSLT
13 13 (16.67%) Silverlight
14 12 (15.38%) Python
14 12 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
14 12 (15.38%) ArcGIS
15 11 (14.10%) Oracle Applications
15 11 (14.10%) Linux
16 10 (12.82%) OO
16 10 (12.82%) Windows

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 38 (48.72%) ASP.NET
2 31 (39.74%) CSS
3 27 (34.62%) HTML
4 26 (33.33%) XML
5 21 (26.92%) Web Services
6 17 (21.79%) Ajax
7 15 (19.23%) jQuery
8 13 (16.67%) XSLT
8 13 (16.67%) Silverlight
9 9 (11.54%) REST
9 9 (11.54%) XSD
9 9 (11.54%) Servlets
9 9 (11.54%) J2EE
9 9 (11.54%) .NET Framework
9 9 (11.54%) Dojo
10 8 (10.26%) ArcObjects
11 6 (7.692%) Apache Flex
11 6 (7.692%) WCF
12 5 (6.410%) LINQ
12 5 (6.410%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 12 (15.38%) ArcGIS
2 10 (12.82%) SharePoint
3 8 (10.26%) ArcSDE
4 7 (8.974%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (5.128%) Windows Azure
6 3 (3.846%) IIS
7 2 (2.564%) ArcIMS
7 2 (2.564%) Apache
7 2 (2.564%) Tomcat
8 1 (1.282%) WordPress
8 1 (1.282%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (3.846%) InfoPath
2 2 (2.564%) ArcInfo
2 2 (2.564%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.282%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.282%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.846%) Intranet
2 1 (1.282%) LDAP
2 1 (1.282%) SSL
2 1 (1.282%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.282%) Internet
2 1 (1.282%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (25.64%) SQL Server
2 15 (19.23%) GIS
3 8 (10.26%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.564%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.564%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.282%) Redis
5 1 (1.282%) MySQL
5 1 (1.282%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.282%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (16.67%) Visual Studio
2 10 (12.82%) Git (software)
3 2 (2.564%) NUnit
3 2 (2.564%) Subversion
3 2 (2.564%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.564%) TeamCity
General
1 14 (17.95%) Finance
2 6 (7.692%) Publishing
3 5 (6.410%) Back Office
4 1 (1.282%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (83.33%) Developer
2 33 (42.31%) .NET Developer
3 12 (15.38%) GIS Developer
4 8 (10.26%) C# Developer
4 8 (10.26%) Analyst
5 7 (8.974%) SharePoint Developer
6 6 (7.692%) Software Developer
7 5 (6.410%) ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (5.128%) Analyst Developer
9 3 (3.846%) C# .NET Developer
9 3 (3.846%) Programmer
10 2 (2.564%) Administrator
10 2 (2.564%) Technical Project Manager
10 2 (2.564%) Applications Developer
10 2 (2.564%) Senior Developer
10 2 (2.564%) Analyst Programmer
10 2 (2.564%) Technical Specialist
10 2 (2.564%) Senior .NET Developer
10 2 (2.564%) Web Administrator
10 2 (2.564%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.128%) N-Tier
2 1 (1.282%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.282%) Web 2.0
2 1 (1.282%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.10%) Linux
2 10 (12.82%) Windows
3 7 (8.974%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (7.692%) Windows 7
4 6 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.564%) UNIX
6 1 (1.282%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.92%) SOA
2 12 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (12.82%) OO
4 6 (7.692%) Data Management
4 6 (7.692%) Information Management
4 6 (7.692%) MVC
4 6 (7.692%) Workflow
4 6 (7.692%) Configuration Management
4 6 (7.692%) Data Modelling
4 6 (7.692%) B2B
4 6 (7.692%) B2C
5 5 (6.410%) Waterfall
6 3 (3.846%) Unit Testing
6 3 (3.846%) Dependency Injection
6 3 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (3.846%) Project Management
6 3 (3.846%) Web Development
6 3 (3.846%) Document Management
6 3 (3.846%) TDD
6 3 (3.846%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 58 (74.36%) C#
2 36 (46.15%) JavaScript
3 26 (33.33%) VB.NET
4 22 (28.21%) SQL
5 15 (19.23%) XQuery
6 14 (17.95%) XPath
7 13 (16.67%) Java
8 12 (15.38%) Python
9 3 (3.846%) C
10 2 (2.564%) VB
10 2 (2.564%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.282%) VBScript
11 1 (1.282%) PHP
11 1 (1.282%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.26%) MCAD
1 8 (10.26%) MCSD
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (7.692%) SC Cleared
2 6 (7.692%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.128%) Degree
4 1 (1.282%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.282%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.282%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.282%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 20 (25.64%) Oracle
2 14 (17.95%) ESRI
3 8 (10.26%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.692%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.564%) VMware
6 1 (1.282%) NetApp
6 1 (1.282%) Google
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