East of England ASP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) 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 ASP over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
Location Aberdeen Ashton-under-Lyne Barnsley Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh Egham England Essex Farnham Folkestone Glasgow Glossop Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Peak Home Counties Horsham Hove Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Pagnell Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Preston Reading Reigate Rhondda Cynon Taff Romford Rugby Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stockport Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Ditton Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Witham Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	72	63
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	83	88
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.106 %	0.099 %
As % of the category below	6.157 %	8.730 %
Daily rates quoted	26	23
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£268
Average daily rate	£310	£286
% change on same period last year	+8.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£305
UK excluding London average daily rate	£281	£290
% change on same period last year	-3.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	20
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.00	£21.32
Average hourly rate	£28.25	£22.57
% change on same period last year	+25.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.50	£23.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.06	£27.11
% change on same period last year	+7.18 %
Application Development East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1348	1008
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.729 %	1.132 %
Daily rates quoted	450	281
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£321
Average daily rate	£363	£346
% change on same period last year	+4.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£334
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	117	100
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.21	£27.82
Average hourly rate	£34.28	£29.49
% change on same period last year	+16.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.34	£31.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.40	£31.83
% change on same period last year	+1.80 %
ASP 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.

ASP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing ASP 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 contract IT jobs ads citing ASP 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 ASP across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing ASP 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 ASP across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Essex	+4	24	£246	-3.70 %
2	Cambridgeshire	-17	22	£373	+37.96 %
2	Hertfordshire	-12	22	£383	+26.11 %
3	Bedfordshire	+12	8	£270	-11.83 %
4	East Anglia	-3	4	£263	-8.69 %
5	Norfolk	+7	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing ASP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ASP.

1 75 (53.19 %) JavaScript 2 73 (51.77 %) SQL 3 71 (50.35 %) SQL Server 4 69 (48.94 %) .NET 5 63 (44.68 %) HTML 6 59 (41.84 %) CSS 7 55 (39.01 %) VB 8 50 (35.46 %) XML 9 42 (29.79 %) Microsoft 10 41 (29.08 %) ASP.NET 11 36 (25.53 %) C# 12 34 (24.11 %) VB.NET 13 33 (23.40 %) VBScript 14 32 (22.70 %) Windows 15 30 (21.28 %) IIS

16 26 (18.44 %) Internet 17 23 (16.31 %) MS Access 18 20 (14.18 %) Finance 18 20 (14.18 %) VB6 18 20 (14.18 %) SQL Server 2005 18 20 (14.18 %) CRM 18 20 (14.18 %) Transact-SQL 19 19 (13.48 %) XSLT 20 18 (12.77 %) PHP 21 15 (10.64 %) Agile Software Development 21 15 (10.64 %) Degree 21 15 (10.64 %) Graphic Design 21 15 (10.64 %) DHTML 21 15 (10.64 %) Java 21 15 (10.64 %) Linux

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing ASP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 69 (48.94 %) .NET 2 63 (44.68 %) HTML 3 59 (41.84 %) CSS 4 50 (35.46 %) XML 5 41 (29.08 %) ASP.NET 6 19 (13.48 %) XSLT 7 11 (7.801 %) WCF 7 11 (7.801 %) WPF 8 10 (7.092 %) XSL 8 10 (7.092 %) AJAX 9 8 (5.674 %) XHTML 9 8 (5.674 %) JSP 10 7 (4.965 %) WebServices 11 6 (4.255 %) .NET Framework 12 4 (2.837 %) DOM 13 3 (2.128 %) ADO 14 2 (1.418 %) COM+ 14 2 (1.418 %) MAPI 14 2 (1.418 %) WebSphere 15 1 (0.709 %) .NET Remoting	Application Platforms 1 30 (21.28 %) IIS 2 7 (4.965 %) MS Exchange 3 4 (2.837 %) ColdFusion 3 4 (2.837 %) Apache 4 2 (1.418 %) SharePoint 4 2 (1.418 %) TeamSite 4 2 (1.418 %) CMS 5 1 (0.709 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (0.709 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 1 (0.709 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 13 (9.220 %) MS Office 2 12 (8.511 %) Photoshop 3 5 (3.546 %) MS Excel 4 3 (2.128 %) FreeHand 4 3 (2.128 %) Adobe Illustrator 5 1 (0.709 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.709 %) FrameMaker 5 1 (0.709 %) Paint Shop Pro 5 1 (0.709 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (0.709 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 26 (18.44 %) Internet 2 12 (8.511 %) Intranet 3 8 (5.674 %) Firewall 4 7 (4.965 %) Extranet 4 7 (4.965 %) DHCP 4 7 (4.965 %) WINS 4 7 (4.965 %) DNS 4 7 (4.965 %) Cisco IOS 5 5 (3.546 %) SSH 5 5 (3.546 %) TCP/IP 6 4 (2.837 %) SMTP 6 4 (2.837 %) SSL 6 4 (2.837 %) FTP 6 4 (2.837 %) HTTP 7 3 (2.128 %) DMZ 7 3 (2.128 %) SMS 7 3 (2.128 %) Network Security 8 1 (0.709 %) RIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 71 (50.35 %) SQL Server 2 23 (16.31 %) MS Access 3 20 (14.18 %) SQL Server 2005 4 10 (7.092 %) SQL Server 2000 5 9 (6.383 %) MySQL 5 9 (6.383 %) Crystal Reports 6 8 (5.674 %) DB2 7 7 (4.965 %) PostgreSQL 8 6 (4.255 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 5 (3.546 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 3 (2.128 %) SQL Server 7 10 3 (2.128 %) RDBMS 11 2 (1.418 %) Datawarehouse 11 2 (1.418 %) DTS 12 1 (0.709 %) Oracle 10g 12 1 (0.709 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 12 1 (0.709 %) Hyperion Essbase 12 1 (0.709 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 12 1 (0.709 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 10 (7.092 %) Visual Studio 1 10 (7.092 %) Flash 2 9 (6.383 %) Dreamweaver 3 3 (2.128 %) FrontPage 4 1 (0.709 %) Firebug 4 1 (0.709 %) ClearCase 4 1 (0.709 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 20 (14.18 %) Finance 2 15 (10.64 %) Graphic Design 3 9 (6.383 %) Banking 3 9 (6.383 %) Telecoms 4 8 (5.674 %) Retail 5 3 (2.128 %) Publishing 5 3 (2.128 %) Back Office 5 3 (2.128 %) Automotive 6 2 (1.418 %) Education 6 2 (1.418 %) Front Office 6 2 (1.418 %) Marketing 7 1 (0.709 %) Local Government 7 1 (0.709 %) Animation 7 1 (0.709 %) Government 7 1 (0.709 %) Health
Job Titles 1 106 (75.18 %) Developer 2 40 (28.37 %) .NET Developer 3 39 (27.66 %) Web Developer 4 23 (16.31 %) VB.NET Developer 5 20 (14.18 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 18 (12.77 %) ASP Developer 7 15 (10.64 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 8 12 (8.511 %) C# Developer 9 8 (5.674 %) SQL Developer 9 8 (5.674 %) SQL Server Developer 9 8 (5.674 %) Server Engineer 10 6 (4.255 %) Server Support Engineer 10 6 (4.255 %) Server Support 10 6 (4.255 %) Support Engineer 10 6 (4.255 %) Software Developer 11 5 (3.546 %) Project Manager 11 5 (3.546 %) Consultant 11 5 (3.546 %) Security Consultant 11 5 (3.546 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 12 4 (2.837 %) VB Developer	Miscellaneous 1 5 (3.546 %) Web 2.0 2 4 (2.837 %) W3C 3 2 (1.418 %) NHS 4 1 (0.709 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.709 %) BBC 4 1 (0.709 %) Clustering 4 1 (0.709 %) SCORM 4 1 (0.709 %) VAX
Operating Systems 1 32 (22.70 %) Windows 2 15 (10.64 %) Linux 3 14 (9.929 %) Windows NT 4 12 (8.511 %) Unix 5 7 (4.965 %) NetWare 5 7 (4.965 %) HPUX 5 7 (4.965 %) Solaris 6 2 (1.418 %) AIX 6 2 (1.418 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (0.709 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.709 %) VMS 7 1 (0.709 %) OS/2 7 1 (0.709 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (14.18 %) CRM 2 15 (10.64 %) Agile Software Development 3 14 (9.929 %) Web Development 4 13 (9.220 %) OO 5 12 (8.511 %) UML 6 8 (5.674 %) E-Commerce 6 8 (5.674 %) Content Management 7 5 (3.546 %) Business Analysis 7 5 (3.546 %) Technical Architecture 7 5 (3.546 %) Security Testing 8 4 (2.837 %) Web Design 8 4 (2.837 %) Project Management 9 3 (2.128 %) TDD 9 3 (2.128 %) Unit Testing 10 2 (1.418 %) System Testing 10 2 (1.418 %) Performance Testing 10 2 (1.418 %) Workflow 10 2 (1.418 %) OOD 11 1 (0.709 %) ITIL 11 1 (0.709 %) ERP
Programming Languages 1 75 (53.19 %) JavaScript 2 73 (51.77 %) SQL 3 55 (39.01 %) VB 4 36 (25.53 %) C# 5 34 (24.11 %) VB.NET 6 33 (23.40 %) VBScript 7 20 (14.18 %) VB6 7 20 (14.18 %) Transact-SQL 8 18 (12.77 %) PHP 9 15 (10.64 %) DHTML 9 15 (10.64 %) Java 10 11 (7.801 %) C 11 9 (6.383 %) C++ 12 8 (5.674 %) ActionScript 13 7 (4.965 %) Python 13 7 (4.965 %) Assembly Language 13 7 (4.965 %) Tcl 13 7 (4.965 %) Perl 13 7 (4.965 %) Ruby 14 4 (2.837 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 15 (10.64 %) Degree 2 11 (7.801 %) Microsoft Certification 3 7 (4.965 %) MCP 4 6 (4.255 %) MCSA 5 3 (2.128 %) HND 6 2 (1.418 %) MCSE 6 2 (1.418 %) MCAD 6 2 (1.418 %) MCSD 6 2 (1.418 %) CCNA 6 2 (1.418 %) Cisco Certification 7 1 (0.709 %) CCA 7 1 (0.709 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (2.837 %) WCAG 1 4 (2.837 %) WAI	System Software 1 11 (7.801 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 42 (29.79 %) Microsoft 2 12 (8.511 %) Oracle 3 11 (7.801 %) Sybase 4 8 (5.674 %) HP 5 7 (4.965 %) Intel 5 7 (4.965 %) Cisco 5 7 (4.965 %) Siemens 5 7 (4.965 %) Alcatel 6 3 (2.128 %) Northgate 6 3 (2.128 %) IBM 6 3 (2.128 %) Citrix 7 2 (1.418 %) Adobe 8 1 (0.709 %) Macromedia 8 1 (0.709 %) BMC 8 1 (0.709 %) Tridion 8 1 (0.709 %) Remedy 8 1 (0.709 %) BT 8 1 (0.709 %) Olivetti