East of England .NET Framework Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET Framework
Location Basingstoke Bath Batley Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Essex Fife Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hampshire Hastings Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool Livingston London Luton Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Swindon Telford Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Wellingborough West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	118	114
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	33	30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.032 %
As % of the category below	2.663 %	2.760 %
Daily rates quoted	9	11
Average minimum daily rate	£361	£393
Average daily rate	£372	£420
% change on same period last year	-11.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£382	£447
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£346
% change on same period last year	-0.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.67	£30.20
Average hourly rate	£38.00	£33.00
% change on same period last year	+15.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£43.33	£35.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.04	£39.39
% change on same period last year	-16.12 %
Application Development East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1239	1087
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.634 %	1.153 %
Daily rates quoted	404	316
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£334
Average daily rate	£376	£356
% change on same period last year	+5.64 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	88	130
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.96	£30.18
Average hourly rate	£32.38	£31.95
% change on same period last year	+1.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.79	£33.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
.NET Framework England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Framework across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing .NET Framework within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	-6	13	£383	-10.00 %
Suffolk	+8	8	£425	+13.33 %
Cambridgeshire	-10	5	-	-
Essex	-4	3	£200	-57.89 %
East Anglia	-	2	-	-
Norfolk	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 76 (100.00 %) .NET 2 63 (82.89 %) C# 3 34 (44.74 %) SQL Server 4 33 (43.42 %) ASP.NET 5 27 (35.53 %) VB.NET 6 25 (32.89 %) WebServices 7 23 (30.26 %) C++ 7 23 (30.26 %) AJAX 8 19 (25.00 %) TETRA 8 19 (25.00 %) CTI 9 17 (22.37 %) SQL 10 15 (19.74 %) Windows 10 15 (19.74 %) SQL Server 2005 11 14 (18.42 %) XML 11 14 (18.42 %) Microsoft

12 13 (17.11 %) Client/Server 12 13 (17.11 %) WPF 13 12 (15.79 %) WCF 14 11 (14.47 %) Visual Studio 14 11 (14.47 %) Oracle 15 10 (13.16 %) OO 15 10 (13.16 %) WinForms 16 9 (11.84 %) UML 16 9 (11.84 %) Silverlight 17 8 (10.53 %) VoIP 18 7 (9.211 %) Unix 18 7 (9.211 %) JavaScript 18 7 (9.211 %) CSS 18 7 (9.211 %) Retail 18 7 (9.211 %) Cisco

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 76 (100.00 %) .NET 2 33 (43.42 %) ASP.NET 3 25 (32.89 %) WebServices 4 23 (30.26 %) AJAX 5 14 (18.42 %) XML 6 13 (17.11 %) WPF 7 12 (15.79 %) WCF 8 10 (13.16 %) WinForms 9 9 (11.84 %) Silverlight 10 7 (9.211 %) CSS 11 4 (5.263 %) HTML 11 4 (5.263 %) ADO.NET 12 3 (3.947 %) ASP 12 3 (3.947 %) COM+ 12 3 (3.947 %) XSL 12 3 (3.947 %) XSLT 13 2 (2.632 %) XHTML 13 2 (2.632 %) SAP XI 13 2 (2.632 %) .NET Remoting 14 1 (1.316 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 5 (6.579 %) IIS 2 4 (5.263 %) SharePoint 3 3 (3.947 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (1.316 %) Content Management Server 4 1 (1.316 %) Office Project Server 4 1 (1.316 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 1 (1.316 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 6 (7.895 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.316 %) MS Visio 2 1 (1.316 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 1 (1.316 %) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking 1 19 (25.00 %) CTI 1 19 (25.00 %) TETRA 2 8 (10.53 %) VoIP 3 4 (5.263 %) Wireless 4 2 (2.632 %) WAN 4 2 (2.632 %) LAN 5 1 (1.316 %) SSH	Database & Business Intelligence 1 34 (44.74 %) SQL Server 2 15 (19.74 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (5.263 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (2.632 %) MS Access 4 2 (2.632 %) SQL Server 7 4 2 (2.632 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (1.316 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 1 (1.316 %) RDBMS 5 1 (1.316 %) Oracle 10g 5 1 (1.316 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 1 (1.316 %) DB2 5 1 (1.316 %) Crystal Reports 5 1 (1.316 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 11 (14.47 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (3.947 %) LabVIEW 2 3 (3.947 %) NUnit 3 2 (2.632 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 1 (1.316 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (1.316 %) ClearCase	General 1 7 (9.211 %) Retail 2 2 (2.632 %) Military 2 2 (2.632 %) Banking 2 2 (2.632 %) Pharmaceutical 2 2 (2.632 %) Telecoms 3 1 (1.316 %) Finance 3 1 (1.316 %) Education 3 1 (1.316 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 53 (69.74 %) Developer 2 32 (42.11 %) .NET Developer 3 23 (30.26 %) C# Developer 4 12 (15.79 %) Software Developer 5 9 (11.84 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 8 (10.53 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 5 (6.579 %) Solutions Designer 7 5 (6.579 %) VB.NET Developer 7 5 (6.579 %) Architect 7 5 (6.579 %) Software Engineer 7 5 (6.579 %) Applications Developer 8 4 (5.263 %) Analyst 9 3 (3.947 %) Web Developer 9 3 (3.947 %) Senior Developer 9 3 (3.947 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 10 2 (2.632 %) C# Application Developer 10 2 (2.632 %) .NET Applications Developer 10 2 (2.632 %) C# Web Developer 10 2 (2.632 %) CSharp Software Developer 10 2 (2.632 %) Software Architect	Miscellaneous 1 13 (17.11 %) Client/Server 2 6 (7.895 %) N-Tier 3 2 (2.632 %) PDA 3 2 (2.632 %) Computer Science 3 2 (2.632 %) Arabic Language 4 1 (1.316 %) Fat Client 4 1 (1.316 %) Informatics 4 1 (1.316 %) NHS 4 1 (1.316 %) Thin Client 4 1 (1.316 %) Speech Recognition 4 1 (1.316 %) Smartphone
Operating Systems 1 15 (19.74 %) Windows 2 7 (9.211 %) Unix 3 5 (6.579 %) Windows Mobile 4 3 (3.947 %) Windows XP 5 2 (2.632 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (1.316 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (13.16 %) OO 2 9 (11.84 %) UML 3 5 (6.579 %) Service Management 3 5 (6.579 %) Unit Testing 4 3 (3.947 %) Agile Software Development 4 3 (3.947 %) OOP 4 3 (3.947 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (2.632 %) Time Management 5 2 (2.632 %) QMS 5 2 (2.632 %) TDD 5 2 (2.632 %) Use Case 6 1 (1.316 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 1 (1.316 %) Manual Testing 6 1 (1.316 %) Content Management 6 1 (1.316 %) Enterprise Architecture 6 1 (1.316 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (1.316 %) Scrum 6 1 (1.316 %) CRM 6 1 (1.316 %) E-Commerce 6 1 (1.316 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 63 (82.89 %) C# 2 27 (35.53 %) VB.NET 3 23 (30.26 %) C++ 4 17 (22.37 %) SQL 5 7 (9.211 %) JavaScript 6 6 (7.895 %) Transact-SQL 7 4 (5.263 %) VC++ 7 4 (5.263 %) VB 8 3 (3.947 %) VB6 9 2 (2.632 %) VBScript 9 2 (2.632 %) Java 10 1 (1.316 %) PL/SQL 10 1 (1.316 %) VBA 10 1 (1.316 %) XAML	Qualifications 1 4 (5.263 %) Degree 2 1 (1.316 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (1.316 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.316 %) QA	Systems Management 1 1 (1.316 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 14 (18.42 %) Microsoft 2 11 (14.47 %) Oracle 3 7 (9.211 %) Cisco 4 2 (2.632 %) SAP 5 1 (1.316 %) BMC 5 1 (1.316 %) Lotus 5 1 (1.316 %) Remedy