The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills 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 Framework 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 of the Application Development category 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
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 45 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 12 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.441% 1.012% -
As % of the Application Development category 6.818% 9.016% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
Average daily rate £306 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.43% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £304
% change year-on-year
- +6.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
176 122 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 21.13% 11.22% 11.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 55 59
Average daily rate £343 £305 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.29% -12.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £350 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
Scotland

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh .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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh .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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh .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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 15 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (66.67%) C#
3 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
3 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
4 7 (46.67%) SQL
5 6 (40.00%) MVC
5 6 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 5 (33.33%) jQuery
6 5 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (26.67%) Oracle
7 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
8 3 (20.00%) HTML
8 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
8 3 (20.00%) CSS
8 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (20.00%) WCF
8 3 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
9 2 (13.33%) TDD
9 2 (13.33%) Subversion
9 2 (13.33%) Ajax
9 2 (13.33%) Git (software)
9 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (13.33%) ERP
9 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 2 (13.33%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (13.33%) Finance
9 2 (13.33%) Web Services
9 2 (13.33%) XML

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 15 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) ASP.NET
3 6 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 5 (33.33%) jQuery
4 5 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (20.00%) HTML
5 3 (20.00%) CSS
5 3 (20.00%) WCF
6 2 (13.33%) Ajax
6 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 2 (13.33%) Web Services
6 2 (13.33%) XML
7 1 (6.667%) COM
7 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 1 (6.667%) HTML5
7 1 (6.667%) NHibernate
7 1 (6.667%) JSON
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (6.667%) MySQL
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (13.33%) Subversion
2 2 (13.33%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Developer
2 8 (53.33%) .NET Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Tuning Consultant
4 2 (13.33%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (13.33%) C# Developer
4 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Web Developer
5 1 (6.667%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Report Writer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) N-Tier
1 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
1 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) MVC
2 2 (13.33%) TDD
2 2 (13.33%) ERP
3 1 (6.667%) CRM
3 1 (6.667%) Migration
3 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.667%) Test Management
3 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) C#
2 7 (46.67%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (13.33%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.667%) VB
5 1 (6.667%) Perl
5 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Salesforce.com
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...
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Rate: £150 - £180 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013