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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Edinburgh 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2015
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads4688
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.089 %
As % of the category below24.86 %25.29 %
Daily rates quoted1410
Average minimum daily rate£312£248
Average daily rate£344£264
% change on same period last year+30.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£280
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£326
% change on same period last year-0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£34.58
Average hourly rate-£35.42
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.94£32.50
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads185348
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.351 %
Daily rates quoted4046
Average minimum daily rate£377£295
Average daily rate£407£303
% change on same period last year+34.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted313
Average minimum hourly rate£27.20£37.67
Average hourly rate£28.40£38.08
% change on same period last year-25.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.60£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
.NET Scotland.NET
Scotland

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

Edinburgh .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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh .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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Edinburgh .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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

170 (64.22 %)C#
259 (54.13 %)ASP.NET
345 (41.28 %)SQL Server
437 (33.94 %)SQL
529 (26.61 %)XML
625 (22.94 %)Visual Studio
625 (22.94 %)Finance
724 (22.02 %)HTML
724 (22.02 %)Java
724 (22.02 %)JavaScript
823 (21.10 %)Windows
922 (20.18 %)J2EE
922 (20.18 %)AJAX
1020 (18.35 %)CSS
1116 (14.68 %)Microsoft
1116 (14.68 %)Oracle
1214 (12.84 %)VB.NET
1313 (11.93 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
1412 (11.01 %)MS Excel
1511 (10.09 %)OO
1511 (10.09 %)Agile Software Development
1610 (9.174 %)Web Development
1610 (9.174 %)XHTML
179 (8.257 %)WebServices
179 (8.257 %)SQL Server 2005
188 (7.339 %)SharePoint
188 (7.339 %)PL/SQL
197 (6.422 %)VBA
197 (6.422 %)IIS
206 (5.505 %)SQL Server Integration Services

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
159 (54.13 %)ASP.NET
229 (26.61 %)XML
324 (22.02 %)HTML
422 (20.18 %)J2EE
422 (20.18 %)AJAX
520 (18.35 %)CSS
613 (11.93 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
710 (9.174 %)XHTML
89 (8.257 %)WebServices
96 (5.505 %)ASP
96 (5.505 %)WinForms
104 (3.670 %)WCF
104 (3.670 %)WPF
104 (3.670 %)jQuery
104 (3.670 %)ASP.NET 2.0
113 (2.752 %).NET Framework
113 (2.752 %)WebSphere
113 (2.752 %)ADO.NET
113 (2.752 %)XSLT
113 (2.752 %)CORBA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (7.339 %)SharePoint
27 (6.422 %)IIS
35 (4.587 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (1.835 %)Apache
42 (1.835 %)CMS
42 (1.835 %)IBM HTTP Server
42 (1.835 %)Oracle HTTP Server
51 (0.917 %)CICS
51 (0.917 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.917 %)Immediacy CMS
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (11.01 %)MS Excel
21 (0.917 %)MS Office
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (5.505 %)Internet
24 (3.670 %)Intranet
32 (1.835 %)HTTP
41 (0.917 %)Extranet
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
145 (41.28 %)SQL Server
29 (8.257 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (5.505 %)SQL Server Integration Services
36 (5.505 %)MS Access
45 (4.587 %)Oracle 9i
45 (4.587 %)DB2
45 (4.587 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
54 (3.670 %)Oracle 10g
54 (3.670 %)MySQL
61 (0.917 %)ETL
61 (0.917 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.917 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.917 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.917 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.917 %)GIS
61 (0.917 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
125 (22.94 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.835 %)ClearCase
22 (1.835 %)NUnit
22 (1.835 %)CruiseControl
31 (0.917 %)Subversion
31 (0.917 %)Ant
31 (0.917 %)WinRunner
31 (0.917 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.917 %)Flash
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (22.94 %)Finance
26 (5.505 %)Pensions
33 (2.752 %)Marketing
33 (2.752 %)Publishing
33 (2.752 %)Banking
42 (1.835 %)Graphic Design
42 (1.835 %)Chemicals
42 (1.835 %)Manufacturing
42 (1.835 %)Pharmaceutical
42 (1.835 %)Telecoms
51 (0.917 %)Games
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
184 (77.06 %)Developer
234 (31.19 %).NET Developer
321 (19.27 %)Web Developer
417 (15.60 %)C# Developer
59 (8.257 %)Senior Developer
67 (6.422 %)Java Developer
67 (6.422 %)Senior .NET Developer
75 (4.587 %)Oracle Developer
84 (3.670 %)Development Manager
84 (3.670 %)Analyst
84 (3.670 %)Software Developer
84 (3.670 %).NET Web Developer
93 (2.752 %)Development Project Manager
93 (2.752 %)SharePoint Developer
93 (2.752 %)Architect
93 (2.752 %)Project Manager
93 (2.752 %)Applications Developer
93 (2.752 %)DBA
93 (2.752 %)Programmer
102 (1.835 %)Software Engineer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (2.752 %)Mainframe
22 (1.835 %)PDA
22 (1.835 %)N-Tier
31 (0.917 %)Client/Server
31 (0.917 %)Derivative
31 (0.917 %)SCADA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (21.10 %)Windows
25 (4.587 %)Linux
33 (2.752 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (1.835 %)Solaris
42 (1.835 %)UNIX
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (10.09 %)OO
111 (10.09 %)Agile Software Development
210 (9.174 %)Web Development
35 (4.587 %)Content Management
44 (3.670 %)RAD
44 (3.670 %)SOA
44 (3.670 %)TDD
52 (1.835 %)Web Design
52 (1.835 %)Project Planning
52 (1.835 %)Load Balancing
52 (1.835 %)Unit Testing
52 (1.835 %)Investment Management
52 (1.835 %)Business Intelligence
52 (1.835 %)E-Commerce
52 (1.835 %)Software Engineering
52 (1.835 %)ITIL
52 (1.835 %)UML
52 (1.835 %)Service Management
61 (0.917 %)Migration
61 (0.917 %)Stakeholder Management
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
170 (64.22 %)C#
237 (33.94 %)SQL
324 (22.02 %)Java
324 (22.02 %)JavaScript
414 (12.84 %)VB.NET
58 (7.339 %)PL/SQL
67 (6.422 %)VBA
75 (4.587 %)PHP
84 (3.670 %)C++
84 (3.670 %)Transact-SQL
84 (3.670 %)VB
93 (2.752 %)C
93 (2.752 %)DHTML
93 (2.752 %)Perl
102 (1.835 %)COBOL
102 (1.835 %)VC++
111 (0.917 %)XPath
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (5.505 %)Degree
21 (0.917 %)MCAD
21 (0.917 %)MCSD
21 (0.917 %)ISEB
21 (0.917 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.917 %)Sun Certification
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.917 %)QA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (14.68 %)Oracle
116 (14.68 %)Microsoft
24 (3.670 %)Sun
33 (2.752 %)HP
33 (2.752 %)Cisco
33 (2.752 %)IBM
41 (0.917 %)Business Objects
41 (0.917 %)SAP
41 (0.917 %)TIBCO
41 (0.917 %)ESRI