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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) 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 jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank104
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads295730
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.399 %0.720 %
As % of the category below33.56 %52.14 %
Daily rates quoted103204
Average minimum daily rate£324£334
Average daily rate£351£357
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£329
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted2193
Average minimum hourly rate£27.38£31.08
Average hourly rate£29.55£32.29
% change on same period last year-8.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.71£33.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.53£33.00
% change on same period last year-1.43 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads8791400
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.188 %1.381 %
Daily rates quoted305396
Average minimum daily rate£342£335
Average daily rate£366£355
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted68180
Average minimum hourly rate£28.81£30.17
Average hourly rate£30.85£31.24
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.90£32.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
.NET England.NET
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.

.NET
Demand Trend

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

East of England .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

East of England .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

East of England .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.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 East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
HertfordshireDown-10104£366-2.68 %
CambridgeshireDown-683£353+15.70 %
EssexDown-655£325-10.64 %
NorfolkDown-1721£321+30.72 %
East AngliaNo change017£350+19.14 %
BedfordshireDown-314£236-2.94 %
SuffolkDown-154--
.NET England.NET
England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1479 (59.73 %)C#
2402 (50.12 %)ASP.NET
3384 (47.88 %)SQL Server
4279 (34.79 %)SQL
5226 (28.18 %)XML
6205 (25.56 %)VB.NET
7152 (18.95 %)Microsoft
8149 (18.58 %)SQL Server 2005
9143 (17.83 %)JavaScript
9143 (17.83 %)WebServices
10137 (17.08 %)HTML
11134 (16.71 %)Windows
12132 (16.46 %)CSS
13115 (14.34 %)VB
13115 (14.34 %)AJAX
1491 (11.35 %)OO
1589 (11.10 %)Transact-SQL
1687 (10.85 %)ASP
1784 (10.47 %)UML
1883 (10.35 %)SharePoint
1979 (9.850 %)Finance
2078 (9.726 %)Retail
2175 (9.352 %)WPF
2274 (9.227 %)C++
2373 (9.102 %)WCF
2472 (8.978 %)VB6
2568 (8.479 %)WinForms
2667 (8.354 %)Agile Software Development
2667 (8.354 %)BizTalk Server
2766 (8.229 %)Visual Studio

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1402 (50.12 %)ASP.NET
2226 (28.18 %)XML
3143 (17.83 %)WebServices
4137 (17.08 %)HTML
5132 (16.46 %)CSS
6115 (14.34 %)AJAX
787 (10.85 %)ASP
875 (9.352 %)WPF
973 (9.102 %)WCF
1068 (8.479 %)WinForms
1164 (7.980 %).NET Framework
1255 (6.858 %)XSLT
1353 (6.608 %)ADO.NET
1440 (4.988 %)XSL
1537 (4.613 %)XHTML
1632 (3.990 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1721 (2.618 %)SOAP
1819 (2.369 %)J2EE
1819 (2.369 %)Silverlight
1914 (1.746 %)JSP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
183 (10.35 %)SharePoint
267 (8.354 %)BizTalk Server
346 (5.736 %)IIS
422 (2.743 %)SharePoint Server 2007
513 (1.621 %)Commerce Server
611 (1.372 %)Commerce Server 2007
79 (1.122 %)CMS
85 (0.623 %)IBM HTTP Server
85 (0.623 %)Content Management Server
85 (0.623 %)Oracle HTTP Server
94 (0.499 %)SharePoint Portal Server
103 (0.374 %)MS Exchange
103 (0.374 %)Lotus Notes
103 (0.374 %)Apache
112 (0.249 %)ESB
112 (0.249 %)DotNetNuke
121 (0.125 %)Office Project Server
121 (0.125 %)JBoss
121 (0.125 %)WebSphere Application Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
143 (5.362 %)MS Excel
215 (1.870 %)MS Office
312 (1.496 %)Photoshop
43 (0.374 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.374 %)InfoPath
51 (0.125 %)MS Visio
51 (0.125 %)AutoCAD
51 (0.125 %)Paint Shop Pro
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.374 %)SalesLogix
21 (0.125 %)Dynamics AX
21 (0.125 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.125 %)Axapta
21 (0.125 %)Oracle CRM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
145 (5.611 %)Internet
237 (4.613 %)HTTP
326 (3.242 %)TCP/IP
422 (2.743 %)SMTP
422 (2.743 %)FTP
516 (1.995 %)CTI
615 (1.870 %)Intranet
714 (1.746 %)TETRA
87 (0.873 %)3GPP
96 (0.748 %)VoIP
96 (0.748 %)TELNET
105 (0.623 %)Wireless
114 (0.499 %)SSH
123 (0.374 %)DSL
123 (0.374 %)DVB
123 (0.374 %)LAN
132 (0.249 %)SMS
132 (0.249 %)GSM
132 (0.249 %)WAN
132 (0.249 %)Extranet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1384 (47.88 %)SQL Server
2149 (18.58 %)SQL Server 2005
357 (7.107 %)SQL Server 2000
436 (4.489 %)SQL Server Integration Services
436 (4.489 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
523 (2.868 %)Datawarehouse
622 (2.743 %)Crystal Reports
721 (2.618 %)MySQL
819 (2.369 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
918 (2.244 %)OLAP
1017 (2.120 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1113 (1.621 %)Oracle 10g
1212 (1.496 %)BusinessObjects
1311 (1.372 %)ETL
1311 (1.372 %)DTS
1410 (1.247 %)MS Access
159 (1.122 %)Oracle Reports
168 (0.998 %)Oracle 9i
176 (0.748 %)Oracle 8/8i
184 (0.499 %)RDBMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
166 (8.229 %)Visual Studio
220 (2.494 %)InstallShield
315 (1.870 %)QuickTest Pro
414 (1.746 %)VSS/SourceSafe
512 (1.496 %)MSI
611 (1.372 %)NUnit
710 (1.247 %)Flash
87 (0.873 %)Subversion
96 (0.748 %)Eclipse
96 (0.748 %)Oracle Forms
96 (0.748 %)LoadRunner
103 (0.374 %)JMeter
103 (0.374 %)WinRunner
103 (0.374 %)TestDirector
103 (0.374 %)Bugzilla
103 (0.374 %)Selenium
103 (0.374 %)FitNesse
112 (0.249 %)Dreamweaver
112 (0.249 %)PVCS
121 (0.125 %)Ant
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
179 (9.850 %)Finance
278 (9.726 %)Retail
322 (2.743 %)Marketing
421 (2.618 %)Banking
519 (2.369 %)Telecoms
617 (2.120 %)Insurance
713 (1.621 %)Games
810 (1.247 %)Government
98 (0.998 %)Health
106 (0.748 %)Manufacturing
106 (0.748 %)Pharmaceutical
115 (0.623 %)Construction
115 (0.623 %)Publishing
124 (0.499 %)Education
124 (0.499 %)Financial Institution
124 (0.499 %)Local Government
124 (0.499 %)Pensions
133 (0.374 %)Graphic Design
133 (0.374 %)Animation
133 (0.374 %)Back Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1551 (68.70 %)Developer
2264 (32.92 %).NET Developer
3192 (23.94 %)C# Developer
499 (12.34 %)ASP.NET Developer
582 (10.22 %)Web Developer
680 (9.975 %)VB.NET Developer
766 (8.229 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
847 (5.860 %)Software Developer
942 (5.237 %)Analyst
1040 (4.988 %)Architect
1131 (3.865 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1230 (3.741 %)SQL Developer
1329 (3.616 %).NET Web Developer
1329 (3.616 %)Software Engineer
1428 (3.491 %)Senior Developer
1428 (3.491 %)WinForms Developer
1520 (2.494 %)Applications Developer
1619 (2.369 %)Business Analyst
1718 (2.244 %)Project Manager
1816 (1.995 %)SQL Server Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
135 (4.364 %)N-Tier
229 (3.616 %)Client/Server
312 (1.496 %)W3C
410 (1.247 %)Computer Science
58 (0.998 %)NHS
67 (0.873 %)Handset
67 (0.873 %)Java Card
76 (0.748 %)Cryptography
76 (0.748 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.623 %)PDA
94 (0.499 %)IPTV
94 (0.499 %)Mathematics
94 (0.499 %)DTV
94 (0.499 %)MPEG
103 (0.374 %)Replication
103 (0.374 %)Device Driver
112 (0.249 %)Streaming Media
112 (0.249 %)CCTV
112 (0.249 %)Derivative
112 (0.249 %)Informatics
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1134 (16.71 %)Windows
229 (3.616 %)Windows Server 2003
318 (2.244 %)Linux
417 (2.120 %)UNIX
515 (1.870 %)Windows Mobile
610 (1.247 %)Windows XP
79 (1.122 %)Windows Server 2008
85 (0.623 %)Windows 2000
94 (0.499 %)Embedded Linux
94 (0.499 %)Windows Vista
103 (0.374 %)Symbian OS
103 (0.374 %)Ubuntu
103 (0.374 %)Windows CE
112 (0.249 %)Windows 2000 Server
121 (0.125 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.125 %)HPUX
121 (0.125 %)Solaris
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
191 (11.35 %)OO
284 (10.47 %)UML
367 (8.354 %)Agile Software Development
451 (6.359 %)E-Commerce
545 (5.611 %)Web Development
634 (4.239 %)CRM
733 (4.115 %)Scrum
829 (3.616 %)RAD
921 (2.618 %)User Acceptance Testing
1018 (2.244 %)Project Management
1117 (2.120 %)Content Management
1215 (1.870 %)Change Management
1215 (1.870 %)Continuous Integration
1314 (1.746 %)Configuration Management
1314 (1.746 %)Business Intelligence
1413 (1.621 %)SOA
1512 (1.496 %)OOP
1512 (1.496 %)TDD
1512 (1.496 %)Time Management
1611 (1.372 %)Unit Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1479 (59.73 %)C#
2279 (34.79 %)SQL
3205 (25.56 %)VB.NET
4143 (17.83 %)JavaScript
5115 (14.34 %)VB
689 (11.10 %)Transact-SQL
774 (9.227 %)C++
872 (8.978 %)VB6
958 (7.232 %)Java
1038 (4.738 %)C
1127 (3.367 %)VBScript
1224 (2.993 %)VBA
1322 (2.743 %)DHTML
1322 (2.743 %)PHP
1418 (2.244 %)PowerShell
1512 (1.496 %)VC++
169 (1.122 %)Shell Script
178 (0.998 %)PL/SQL
186 (0.748 %)ActionScript
186 (0.748 %)XPath
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
125 (3.117 %)Degree
223 (2.868 %)Microsoft Certification
313 (1.621 %)MCSD
410 (1.247 %)MCAD
58 (0.998 %)MCP
62 (0.249 %)ISEB
71 (0.125 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.125 %)PMP
71 (0.125 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.125 %)MCTS
71 (0.125 %)MCITP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (2.120 %)QA
25 (0.623 %)WCAG
25 (0.623 %)WAI
34 (0.499 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.125 %)ISO9001
41 (0.125 %)HL7
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (1.870 %)Active Directory
27 (0.873 %)MSMQ
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (0.748 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1152 (18.95 %)Microsoft
258 (7.232 %)Oracle
313 (1.621 %)Cisco
412 (1.496 %)Business Objects
510 (1.247 %)Cognos
510 (1.247 %)Symbian
69 (1.122 %)Serena
77 (0.873 %)Adobe
77 (0.873 %)ILOG
85 (0.623 %)IBM
85 (0.623 %)SAP
94 (0.499 %)ProClarity
103 (0.374 %)Lotus
103 (0.374 %)Remedy
103 (0.374 %)Citrix
112 (0.249 %)Sybase
112 (0.249 %)MKS
112 (0.249 %)InterSystems
121 (0.125 %)Infragistics
121 (0.125 %)ION Trading