The first table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the East of England 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
.NET Developer
Rank 31 28 38
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +10
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 104 150 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 4.862% 5.076% 4.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.205% 5.415% 4.310%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 90 64
Average daily rate £300 £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £366 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £36.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -8.39%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2770 2506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.41% 93.74% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1297 1100
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 280 320
Average hourly rate £22.66 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.36% +31.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £41.70 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England .NET Developer Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET Developer across the East of England region.

East of England .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +12 30 £500 +77.77%
Suffolk +12 27 £325 +13.04%
Essex +9 19 £265 -1.85%
Norfolk -5 17 £275 -4.34%
Cambridgeshire -20 14 £350 +18.64%
Bedfordshire -1 4 £375 +15.38%
East Anglia +9 1 £275 -15.38%
.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title.

1 191 (100.00%) .NET
2 169 (88.48%) C#
3 119 (62.30%) ASP.NET
4 69 (36.13%) SQL Server
5 65 (34.03%) TDD
6 60 (31.41%) WCF
7 55 (28.80%) MVC
8 50 (26.18%) Windows
9 48 (25.13%) HTML
9 48 (25.13%) Agile Software Development
10 47 (24.61%) CSS
11 45 (23.56%) SQL
12 44 (23.04%) Retail
13 42 (21.99%) JavaScript
13 42 (21.99%) OO
14 41 (21.47%) Scrum
15 36 (18.85%) SQL Server 2008
16 34 (17.80%) Microsoft
17 32 (16.75%) Visual Studio
17 32 (16.75%) .NET Framework
18 31 (16.23%) ASP.NET MVC
19 30 (15.71%) Web Services
20 29 (15.18%) E-Commerce
21 27 (14.14%) jQuery
22 24 (12.57%) SOA
22 24 (12.57%) XML
23 21 (10.99%) Oracle
24 19 (9.948%) BDD
24 19 (9.948%) SQL Server 2005
25 18 (9.424%) SharePoint

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 191 (100.00%) .NET
2 119 (62.30%) ASP.NET
3 60 (31.41%) WCF
4 48 (25.13%) HTML
5 47 (24.61%) CSS
6 32 (16.75%) .NET Framework
7 31 (16.23%) ASP.NET MVC
8 30 (15.71%) Web Services
9 27 (14.14%) jQuery
10 24 (12.57%) XML
11 18 (9.424%) LINQ
12 16 (8.377%) NHibernate
13 13 (6.806%) KnockoutJS
14 12 (6.283%) ASP
15 11 (5.759%) Ajax
16 9 (4.712%) DHTML
17 8 (4.188%) COM+
17 8 (4.188%) JSON
17 8 (4.188%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 8 (4.188%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 18 (9.424%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.712%) IIS
3 7 (3.665%) CMS
4 5 (2.618%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (2.094%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.047%) Windows Azure
6 2 (1.047%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.047%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.524%) Content Management Server
7 1 (0.524%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.524%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.524%) DotNetNuke
7 1 (0.524%) Kentico
7 1 (0.524%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.524%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.524%) Magento
Applications
1 5 (2.618%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.094%) MS Office
3 2 (1.047%) DOC1
3 2 (1.047%) PrintSoft PReS
4 1 (0.524%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.047%) Exstream
2 1 (0.524%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.618%) Internet
2 2 (1.047%) Extranet
2 2 (1.047%) Intranet
3 1 (0.524%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (36.13%) SQL Server
2 36 (18.85%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (9.948%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (7.330%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (4.188%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.047%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.047%) MS Access
7 2 (1.047%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.047%) GIS
8 1 (0.524%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.524%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.524%) MySQL
8 1 (0.524%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 32 (16.75%) Visual Studio
2 17 (8.901%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (1.571%) Git (software)
3 3 (1.571%) JSUnit
4 1 (0.524%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.524%) NUnit
4 1 (0.524%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.524%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.524%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.524%) QUnit
4 1 (0.524%) ReSharper
4 1 (0.524%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (0.524%) MSTest
General
1 44 (23.04%) Retail
2 11 (5.759%) Finance
3 3 (1.571%) Telecoms
3 3 (1.571%) Banking
4 1 (0.524%) Aerospace
4 1 (0.524%) Advertising
4 1 (0.524%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.853%) N-Tier
2 7 (3.665%) Graphic Design
3 1 (0.524%) W3C
3 1 (0.524%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.524%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (0.524%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 50 (26.18%) Windows
2 1 (0.524%) UNIX
2 1 (0.524%) Android
2 1 (0.524%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.03%) TDD
2 55 (28.80%) MVC
3 48 (25.13%) Agile Software Development
4 42 (21.99%) OO
5 41 (21.47%) Scrum
6 29 (15.18%) E-Commerce
7 24 (12.57%) SOA
8 19 (9.948%) BDD
9 14 (7.330%) Unit Testing
9 14 (7.330%) Domain-Driven Design
10 12 (6.283%) AOP
11 9 (4.712%) Web Development
12 6 (3.141%) OOD
12 6 (3.141%) Content Management
13 5 (2.618%) Validation
13 5 (2.618%) Investment Management
14 4 (2.094%) User Acceptance Testing
14 4 (2.094%) Enterprise Architecture
14 4 (2.094%) OOA/OOD
14 4 (2.094%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 169 (88.48%) C#
2 45 (23.56%) SQL
3 42 (21.99%) JavaScript
4 14 (7.330%) VB.NET
5 11 (5.759%) VB
6 8 (4.188%) VB6
7 7 (3.665%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.571%) PHP
9 2 (1.047%) XPath
9 2 (1.047%) Java
9 2 (1.047%) C
9 2 (1.047%) VBA
10 1 (0.524%) XAML
10 1 (0.524%) Ruby
10 1 (0.524%) XQuery
10 1 (0.524%) Python
10 1 (0.524%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.524%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (1.047%) Degree
2 1 (0.524%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.047%) QA
2 1 (0.524%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.524%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 34 (17.80%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.99%) Oracle
3 3 (1.571%) Telerik
4 2 (1.047%) EPiServer
4 2 (1.047%) HP
4 2 (1.047%) Salesforce.com
4 2 (1.047%) Google
5 1 (0.524%) Adobe
5 1 (0.524%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.524%) Ektron
5 1 (0.524%) DevExpress
Norwich, East Anglia
Net/MVC 4/ASP/Design/Responsive Design.Net Developer - A large consultancy i am working with is looking for a .Net developer to work on an initial 6...
Salt
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chelmsford, Essex
Web Developer (C#.Net) £200 - £230 day (6 months) Essex I have an immediate requirement for a C# Developer for a 6 month contract in Essex.
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200 - 230 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chelmsford, East Anglia
C/ASP/Net/MVC/Legacy/WCF-Opus Recruitment Solutions require an experienced C#-Net developer for an immediate requirement in Chelmsford- Working alongside a team of six, you...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chelmsford, Essex
C/ASP/Net/MVC/Legacy/WCF... More specifically, its important to note that there will be a large proportion of time spent on maintaining and re-engineering legacy...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £250 to £280 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chelmsford, Essex
C/ASP/Net/MVC/Legacy/WCF... More specifically, its important to note that there will be a large proportion of time spent on maintaining and re-engineering legacy...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £250 to £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Essex
C#, ASP.Net, JavaScript, T-SQL, TFS, TDD, SOA, Essex, London These are excellent contract opportunities for high calibre Contract C# ASP.Net Developers, to work on systems...
Kyna Associates
Rate: £300 - 350 Per Annum £350 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Essex, South East
C# .NET Developer (C#/.NET/MVC)- Essex - £220p.d. C# .NET Developer (C#/.NET/MVC) Essex £220p.d.4-6 Months, chance for extension My client, a leading...
Annapurna HR
Rate: £200.00 - £220 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, South East
Providing knowledge and insight into both emerging technologies and new opportunities around existing technologies Scope of the Software Developer / .Net Developer role: - Developing and supporting enterprise scale applications...
NBS Recruitment
Rate: £0 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013