The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset 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 Dorset 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 15 26 31
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +5
Contract jobs citing .NET 18 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 8.491% 2.941% 3.750%
As % of the Application Development category 35.29% 12.50% 19.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 4
Average daily rate £340 £375 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £117 £236 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £430 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
Average hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
51 64 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 24.06% 23.53% 19.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 40 33
Average daily rate £300 £395 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.05% +7.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £363 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -2.43%
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Dorset .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 Dorset region.

Dorset .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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset .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 Dorset region.

Dorset .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 Dorset 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
Bournemouth +9 11 £350 -5.40%
.NET
South West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 24 (66.67%) C#
2 17 (47.22%) HTML
2 17 (47.22%) JavaScript
3 16 (44.44%) CSS
4 14 (38.89%) ASP.NET
5 12 (33.33%) CMS
5 12 (33.33%) Visual Studio
5 12 (33.33%) Web Development
6 9 (25.00%) Subversion
6 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 9 (25.00%) SQL
6 9 (25.00%) VB
6 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 8 (22.22%) SharePoint
7 8 (22.22%) Alterian
7 8 (22.22%) .NET Framework
8 7 (19.44%) Kentico
8 7 (19.44%) Web Services
8 7 (19.44%) VB.NET
9 6 (16.67%) WinForms
9 6 (16.67%) C++
9 6 (16.67%) Windows
9 6 (16.67%) UML
9 6 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
9 6 (16.67%) OO
9 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
9 6 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (16.67%) jQuery
10 5 (13.89%) NUnit
10 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 17 (47.22%) HTML
2 16 (44.44%) CSS
3 14 (38.89%) ASP.NET
4 8 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 7 (19.44%) Web Services
6 6 (16.67%) WinForms
6 6 (16.67%) jQuery
7 3 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (5.556%) XML
8 2 (5.556%) RESTful
8 2 (5.556%) Ajax
9 1 (2.778%) WCF
9 1 (2.778%) WPF
9 1 (2.778%) NHibernate
9 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 1 (2.778%) Google Maps API
9 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET MVC 2
9 1 (2.778%) REST
9 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (2.778%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 12 (33.33%) CMS
2 8 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 7 (19.44%) Kentico
4 5 (13.89%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (8.333%) TeamSite
6 2 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.333%) MS Office
3 2 (5.556%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (5.556%) InDesign
3 2 (5.556%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.778%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (5.556%) MySQL
4 2 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.778%) MS Access
5 1 (2.778%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 12 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 9 (25.00%) Subversion
3 5 (13.89%) NUnit
4 3 (8.333%) InstallShield
5 2 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (2.778%) MSBuild
6 1 (2.778%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (5.556%) Advertising
2 2 (5.556%) Banking
3 1 (2.778%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.778%) Automotive
3 1 (2.778%) Back Office
3 1 (2.778%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 29 (80.56%) Developer
2 12 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 7 (19.44%) Web Developer
4 5 (13.89%) Software Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (8.333%) C# Software Engineer
7 2 (5.556%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.556%) C# Developer
7 2 (5.556%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (5.556%) Front-End Developer
7 2 (5.556%) Senior .NET Developer
7 2 (5.556%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (5.556%) PC Engineer
7 2 (5.556%) .NET Software Engineer
8 1 (2.778%) SharePoint Architect
8 1 (2.778%) Server Analyst
8 1 (2.778%) SQL Developer
8 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Developer
8 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.556%) Kindle
1 2 (5.556%) Open Source
1 2 (5.556%) Social Media
1 2 (5.556%) Digital Media
1 2 (5.556%) Mobile App
1 2 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.778%) Data Extraction
2 1 (2.778%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Web Development
2 6 (16.67%) UML
2 6 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
2 6 (16.67%) OO
2 6 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 4 (11.11%) MVC
4 3 (8.333%) Content Management
4 3 (8.333%) Workflow
4 3 (8.333%) Web Design
5 2 (5.556%) SOA
5 2 (5.556%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.778%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (2.778%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (2.778%) TDD
6 1 (2.778%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.778%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (66.67%) C#
2 17 (47.22%) JavaScript
3 9 (25.00%) SQL
3 9 (25.00%) VB
4 7 (19.44%) VB.NET
5 6 (16.67%) C++
6 4 (11.11%) VBA
7 2 (5.556%) PHP
8 1 (2.778%) VB6
8 1 (2.778%) VC++
8 1 (2.778%) Embedded C
8 1 (2.778%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.556%) HND
2 2 (5.556%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (8.333%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (2.778%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.22%) Alterian
3 3 (8.333%) VMware
3 3 (8.333%) Serena
4 2 (5.556%) Adobe
5 1 (2.778%) Google
5 1 (2.778%) Sitecore
Bournemouth, Dorset
The successful applicant will be a strong .NET developer with Web site and browser based application development expertise. We rerquire a specialist in:- ASP.net. Visual Studio 2008-...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £225 - £300 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
e) HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, Web services, IIS... b) Advanced C# .Net development. c) MS SQL (2005, 2008) - Interfacing, Query writing, stored procedures, functions, jobs etc... Keywords: C#,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £250 - £275 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Christchurch, Dorset, United Kingdom, South West
They're passionate about delivering excellent services to their customers and achieve this by investing in their staff, building and maintaining award-winning homes and putting residents at...
Easy Web Recruitment
Rate: £300 a day inclusive of VAT
Posted: 20 May 2013
Christchurch, Dorset
c) ASP.net 2.0-4.0... e) HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, Web services, IIS... b) Advanced C# .Net development. c) MS SQL (2005, 2008) - Interfacing, Query writing,...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Rate: £300 a day inclusive of VAT
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework... You’ll be someone who learns quickly in order to be able to pick up...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 per annum (pro rata) plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth
Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing, J2EE, JSP, Oracle, PL/SQL, .NET or C#.About usAgeas 50 is the name behind...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 plus relocation assistance & benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
You should have experience working with SQL Server, and understand the principles of data warehouses... Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: Java Swing,...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth
You'll be developing applications and interfaces - both internal and 3rd parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework... You'll have successfully...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013