The first table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
.NET Developer
Rank 36 45 54
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +9
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 22 18 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.641% 1.656% 1.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.803% 1.761% 1.142%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 8
Average daily rate £300 £313 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £295 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £400 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -8.39%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
785 1022 1226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.24% 94.02% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 508 595
Average daily rate £400 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.67% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 36
Average hourly rate £13.93 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.43% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
.NET Developer
Scotland

.NET Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh .NET Developer Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title.

1 53 (100.00%) .NET
2 47 (88.68%) C#
3 30 (56.60%) SQL Server
4 20 (37.74%) ASP.NET
5 17 (32.08%) MVC
5 17 (32.08%) CSS
6 15 (28.30%) JavaScript
7 12 (22.64%) HTML
8 11 (20.75%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (18.87%) Degree
10 9 (16.98%) Visual Studio
11 8 (15.09%) SQL
11 8 (15.09%) XML
11 8 (15.09%) PRINCE2
11 8 (15.09%) Software Engineering
11 8 (15.09%) .NET Framework
11 8 (15.09%) HTML5
12 7 (13.21%) jQuery
12 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
13 6 (11.32%) Web Services
13 6 (11.32%) Finance
13 6 (11.32%) NHibernate
13 6 (11.32%) SQL Server 2008
14 4 (7.547%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 4 (7.547%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 4 (7.547%) Ajax
14 4 (7.547%) WCF
14 4 (7.547%) Telerik
14 4 (7.547%) Windows
14 4 (7.547%) XSL

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 53 (100.00%) .NET
2 20 (37.74%) ASP.NET
3 17 (32.08%) CSS
4 12 (22.64%) HTML
5 11 (20.75%) ASP.NET MVC
6 8 (15.09%) XML
6 8 (15.09%) .NET Framework
6 8 (15.09%) HTML5
7 7 (13.21%) jQuery
8 6 (11.32%) Web Services
8 6 (11.32%) NHibernate
9 4 (7.547%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 4 (7.547%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 4 (7.547%) Ajax
9 4 (7.547%) WCF
9 4 (7.547%) XSL
10 3 (5.660%) WinForms
10 3 (5.660%) WPF
11 2 (3.774%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 2 (3.774%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.660%) CMS
2 2 (3.774%) Sitefinity
2 2 (3.774%) NServiceBus
3 1 (1.887%) MTS
3 1 (1.887%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.887%) Intranet
1 1 (1.887%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (56.60%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (3.774%) MySQL
3 2 (3.774%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.887%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (16.98%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.774%) Mercurial
3 1 (1.887%) Ant
3 1 (1.887%) JUnit
3 1 (1.887%) CruiseControl
3 1 (1.887%) Subversion
3 1 (1.887%) Maven
3 1 (1.887%) Hudson
3 1 (1.887%) Selenium
3 1 (1.887%) FitNesse
General
1 6 (11.32%) Finance
2 1 (1.887%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.774%) NHS
1 2 (3.774%) N-Tier
2 1 (1.887%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.887%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.887%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.887%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.547%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) MVC
2 8 (15.09%) PRINCE2
2 8 (15.09%) Software Engineering
3 3 (5.660%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (3.774%) Unit Testing
5 1 (1.887%) Content Management
5 1 (1.887%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (1.887%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (1.887%) Web Development
5 1 (1.887%) Test Management
5 1 (1.887%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 47 (88.68%) C#
2 15 (28.30%) JavaScript
3 8 (15.09%) SQL
4 3 (5.660%) VB
5 2 (3.774%) XPath
5 2 (3.774%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.774%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.774%) Java
5 2 (3.774%) XQuery
6 1 (1.887%) Perl
6 1 (1.887%) PHP
6 1 (1.887%) VBA
6 1 (1.887%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Degree
2 2 (3.774%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.774%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.887%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.547%) Telerik
3 1 (1.887%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (1.887%) Oracle
3 1 (1.887%) DevExpress
Edinburgh, Scotland
Your technical experience will include: C#.Net MVC (V3 or V4) HTML CSS JQuery SQL Server My client is looking for someone to start as soon as Monday.
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Are you immediately available for contracting opportunities? Are you an experienced C#.Net Developer? If so, I am currently helping anEdinburghbased business in sourcing an experienced developer to...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My Edinburgh based client currently have a requirement for 3 experienced C#.Net developers to join in May... They are interested in speaking with contractors with the following...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be involved in integrating applications into their Content Management System, Telerik Sitefinity.You should have good experience with;- ASP.NET, C#- HTML- Javascript- CSSHighly desirable;- experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £240.00 - £270.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Essential skills required: -Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft .Net 3.5+ -C#, MVC, ASP.Net. -Microsoft SQL Server & T-SQL -HTML, CSS & JavaScript. Desirable Skills: - Visual Studio 2012, .Net...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £150 - £180 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013