The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills 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 Framework 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 86 54 75
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +21
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 30 92 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.415% 3.119% 1.830%
As % of the Application Development category 5.017% 11.02% 6.274%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 39 35
Average daily rate £350 £315 £251
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +25.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £270 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £353 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +34.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
598 835 781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 28.21% 28.31% 29.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 431 358
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 58 60
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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.

East of England .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 23 May 2013.

East of England .NET Framework Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the East of England 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
Bedfordshire +11 7 £350 +7.69%
Essex +4 7 £288 +6.48%
Suffolk -2 6 £351 +7.84%
Hertfordshire -22 4 £300 +4.34%
Norfolk -1 3 - -
Cambridgeshire -10 3 £450 +38.46%
.NET Framework
England

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 89 (100.00%) .NET
2 62 (69.66%) C#
3 58 (65.17%) ASP.NET
4 55 (61.80%) SQL Server
5 45 (50.56%) Web Services
6 43 (48.31%) Windows
6 43 (48.31%) Microsoft
7 40 (44.94%) SQL
8 36 (40.45%) HTML
9 30 (33.71%) JavaScript
9 30 (33.71%) jQuery
10 26 (29.21%) Unit Testing
11 25 (28.09%) XML
12 24 (26.97%) ADO.NET
12 24 (26.97%) T-SQL
12 24 (26.97%) Ajax
13 22 (24.72%) TDD
14 20 (22.47%) MVC
14 20 (22.47%) CSS
15 19 (21.35%) VB.NET
15 19 (21.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 18 (20.22%) WCF
17 17 (19.10%) SQL Server 2008
17 17 (19.10%) WinForms
17 17 (19.10%) MS Office
17 17 (19.10%) Windows Server 2003
18 16 (17.98%) VBScript
18 16 (17.98%) DHTML
18 16 (17.98%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
19 15 (16.85%) SQL Server 2005

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 89 (100.00%) .NET
2 58 (65.17%) ASP.NET
3 45 (50.56%) Web Services
4 36 (40.45%) HTML
5 30 (33.71%) jQuery
6 25 (28.09%) XML
7 24 (26.97%) ADO.NET
7 24 (26.97%) Ajax
8 20 (22.47%) CSS
9 18 (20.22%) WCF
10 17 (19.10%) WinForms
11 16 (17.98%) DHTML
11 16 (17.98%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 13 (14.61%) ASP.NET MVC
13 9 (10.11%) LINQ
13 9 (10.11%) WPF
14 5 (5.618%) KnockoutJS
15 4 (4.494%) Silverlight
15 4 (4.494%) Unity DI Container
15 4 (4.494%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 14 (15.73%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.865%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (6.742%) IIS
4 3 (3.371%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (2.247%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (2.247%) MSMQ
6 1 (1.124%) ColdFusion
6 1 (1.124%) Content Management Server
6 1 (1.124%) Papyrus
6 1 (1.124%) CMS
6 1 (1.124%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (19.10%) MS Office
2 9 (10.11%) MS Excel
3 4 (4.494%) PrintSoft PReS
3 4 (4.494%) DOC1
4 2 (2.247%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.494%) Exstream
2 2 (2.247%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.124%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.85%) FTP
2 8 (8.989%) Internet
3 6 (6.742%) Ethernet
4 4 (4.494%) Extranet
5 3 (3.371%) Intranet
6 1 (1.124%) CTI
6 1 (1.124%) 3G
6 1 (1.124%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (61.80%) SQL Server
2 19 (21.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (19.10%) SQL Server 2008
4 15 (16.85%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (16.85%) DTS
5 10 (11.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (4.494%) MS Access
7 3 (3.371%) RDBMS
8 2 (2.247%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (2.247%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (1.124%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (1.124%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.124%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (14.61%) Visual Studio
2 12 (13.48%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (5.618%) SpecFlow
4 3 (3.371%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (3.371%) WatiN
4 3 (3.371%) Git (software)
4 3 (3.371%) JSUnit
4 3 (3.371%) Selenium
5 2 (2.247%) WATIR
5 2 (2.247%) WebDriver
5 2 (2.247%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.247%) CruiseControl
5 2 (2.247%) NUnit
6 1 (1.124%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (1.124%) Subversion
6 1 (1.124%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.124%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.124%) PhoneGap
6 1 (1.124%) Rhino Mocks
6 1 (1.124%) MSTest
General
1 10 (11.24%) Telecoms
2 5 (5.618%) Finance
3 3 (3.371%) Retail
4 2 (2.247%) Spanish Language
4 2 (2.247%) Games
4 2 (2.247%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.124%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 70 (78.65%) Developer
2 32 (35.96%) .NET Developer
3 19 (21.35%) Web Developer
4 17 (19.10%) C# Developer
5 15 (16.85%) C# .NET Developer
6 12 (13.48%) ASP.NET Developer
7 11 (12.36%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 7 (7.865%) Software Engineer
9 6 (6.742%) Senior Developer
10 5 (5.618%) SharePoint Developer
10 5 (5.618%) Agile .NET Developer
11 4 (4.494%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.494%) Architect
11 4 (4.494%) Lead Developer
11 4 (4.494%) Java Developer
11 4 (4.494%) Senior Software Engineer
12 3 (3.371%) Senior .NET Developer
12 3 (3.371%) Designer
13 2 (2.247%) User Experience Designer
13 2 (2.247%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.85%) N-Tier
2 3 (3.371%) Client/Server
2 3 (3.371%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.371%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.247%) Online Games
3 2 (2.247%) Human Factors
4 1 (1.124%) W3C
4 1 (1.124%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 43 (48.31%) Windows
2 17 (19.10%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (3.371%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.247%) Android
4 2 (2.247%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.21%) Unit Testing
2 22 (24.72%) TDD
3 20 (22.47%) MVC
4 13 (14.61%) Agile Software Development
5 12 (13.48%) OO
6 9 (10.11%) SOA
7 8 (8.989%) Web Development
8 7 (7.865%) OOD
8 7 (7.865%) OOP
8 7 (7.865%) Scrum
9 6 (6.742%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (6.742%) Workflow
9 6 (6.742%) Migration
9 6 (6.742%) Automated Testing
10 5 (5.618%) E-Commerce
10 5 (5.618%) Project Management
10 5 (5.618%) BDD
10 5 (5.618%) MVVM
10 5 (5.618%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (4.494%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 62 (69.66%) C#
2 40 (44.94%) SQL
3 30 (33.71%) JavaScript
4 24 (26.97%) T-SQL
5 19 (21.35%) VB.NET
6 16 (17.98%) VBScript
7 7 (7.865%) Java
8 2 (2.247%) Ruby
8 2 (2.247%) Python
8 2 (2.247%) VB
9 1 (1.124%) VBA
9 1 (1.124%) VB6
9 1 (1.124%) XAML
9 1 (1.124%) CoffeeScript
9 1 (1.124%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.124%) XPath
Qualifications
1 3 (3.371%) Degree
2 2 (2.247%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.247%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.865%) QA
2 1 (1.124%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 43 (48.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.865%) Oracle
3 4 (4.494%) HP
4 3 (3.371%) Telerik
5 2 (2.247%) Google
6 1 (1.124%) Adobe
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