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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the East Sussex 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 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank514
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads2224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.026 %
As % of the category below52.38 %38.10 %
Daily rates quoted411
Average minimum daily rate£295£298
Average daily rate£308£310
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£340
% change on same period last year-8.58 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£22.50-
Average hourly rate£24.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.81£31.75
% change on same period last year-12.40 %
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads4263
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.069 %
Daily rates quoted924
Average minimum daily rate£233£296
Average daily rate£249£314
% change on same period last year-20.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£266£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£333
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Hourly rates quoted51
Average minimum hourly rate£22.80£25.00
Average hourly rate£25.07£27.50
% change on same period last year-8.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.33£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.64£31.31
% change on same period last year-8.54 %
.NET South East.NET
South East

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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East Sussex .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 Sussex region.

East Sussex .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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

East Sussex .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 Sussex region.

East Sussex .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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

East Sussex .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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 5 December 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
BrightonUp+520£277-11.93 %
HoveNew entry-1--
.NET South East.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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.

137 (71.15 %)C#
234 (65.38 %)SQL Server
330 (57.69 %)ASP.NET
421 (40.38 %)SQL
516 (30.77 %)ASP
613 (25.00 %)HTML
712 (23.08 %)CSS
89 (17.31 %)JavaScript
89 (17.31 %)SQL Server 2005
98 (15.38 %)E-Commerce
107 (13.46 %)Compuware
116 (11.54 %)XHTML
116 (11.54 %)VB.NET
125 (9.615 %)XML
134 (7.692 %)WebServices
134 (7.692 %)Web Development
134 (7.692 %)AJAX
143 (5.769 %)QA
143 (5.769 %)Microsoft
143 (5.769 %)Web Design
143 (5.769 %)Transact-SQL
143 (5.769 %)VB
143 (5.769 %)Java
152 (3.846 %)MySQL
152 (3.846 %)ADO
152 (3.846 %)XSLT
152 (3.846 %)OO
152 (3.846 %)ISA Server
152 (3.846 %)ISEB
152 (3.846 %)Marketing

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (57.69 %)ASP.NET
216 (30.77 %)ASP
313 (25.00 %)HTML
412 (23.08 %)CSS
56 (11.54 %)XHTML
65 (9.615 %)XML
74 (7.692 %)AJAX
74 (7.692 %)WebServices
82 (3.846 %)ADO
82 (3.846 %)XSLT
82 (3.846 %)ASP.NET 2.0
91 (1.923 %)ADO.NET
91 (1.923 %)JSP
91 (1.923 %)Servlets
91 (1.923 %).NET Framework
91 (1.923 %)WCF
91 (1.923 %)Silverlight
91 (1.923 %)LINQ
91 (1.923 %)jQuery
91 (1.923 %)MAPI
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.923 %)MS Exchange
11 (1.923 %)ColdFusion
11 (1.923 %)CMS
11 (1.923 %)Exchange Server 2000
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.923 %)MS Excel
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.923 %)Internet
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (65.38 %)SQL Server
29 (17.31 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (3.846 %)MySQL
41 (1.923 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (1.923 %)Crystal Reports
41 (1.923 %)RDBMS
41 (1.923 %)SQL Server 2000
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.923 %)Visual Studio
11 (1.923 %)Flash
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (3.846 %)Marketing
21 (1.923 %)Telecoms
21 (1.923 %)Finance
21 (1.923 %)Law
21 (1.923 %)Advertising
21 (1.923 %)Publishing
21 (1.923 %)Retail
21 (1.923 %)Billing
21 (1.923 %)Insurance
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
138 (73.08 %)Developer
226 (50.00 %).NET Developer
321 (40.38 %)C# Developer
413 (25.00 %)Web Developer
413 (25.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
512 (23.08 %)ASP.NET Developer
67 (13.46 %)Tester
76 (11.54 %)SQL Developer
76 (11.54 %)Performance Tester
76 (11.54 %).NET Web Developer
85 (9.615 %)C# Web Developer
94 (7.692 %)SQL Server Developer
102 (3.846 %)Junior Developer
102 (3.846 %)Junior Web Developer
102 (3.846 %).NET Architect
102 (3.846 %).NET Team Leader
102 (3.846 %)Team Leader
102 (3.846 %)Junior
102 (3.846 %)Software Developer
102 (3.846 %)Architect
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (1.923 %)Windows
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (15.38 %)E-Commerce
24 (7.692 %)Web Development
33 (5.769 %)Web Design
42 (3.846 %)Content Management
42 (3.846 %)Load Testing
42 (3.846 %)OO
51 (1.923 %)Test Scripting
51 (1.923 %)Internet Marketing
51 (1.923 %)Document Management
51 (1.923 %)OOD
51 (1.923 %)Migration
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (71.15 %)C#
221 (40.38 %)SQL
39 (17.31 %)JavaScript
46 (11.54 %)VB.NET
53 (5.769 %)Transact-SQL
53 (5.769 %)VB
53 (5.769 %)Java
61 (1.923 %)ActionScript
61 (1.923 %)VBA
61 (1.923 %)Python
61 (1.923 %)Ruby
61 (1.923 %)Perl
61 (1.923 %)PHP
61 (1.923 %)DHTML
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.846 %)ISEB
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.769 %)QA
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (3.846 %)ISA Server
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (13.46 %)Compuware
23 (5.769 %)Microsoft
31 (1.923 %)Oracle