The first table below looks at the demand for ADO.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ADO.NET over the 3 months to 17 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 England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ADO.NET
Rank 467 429 490
Rank change year-on-year
-38 +61
Contract jobs citing ADO.NET 43 129 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.103% 0.242% 0.145%
As % of the Application Development category 0.379% 0.920% 0.517%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 70 45
Average daily rate £369 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.81% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £275 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £525 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
Average hourly rate £39.75 - £26.63
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.95 - £16.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.55 - £51.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - £42.50
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11360 14029 15876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.33% 26.29% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7272 8431 9356
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 351 353 555
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £18.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
ADO.NET
UK

ADO.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England ADO.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ADO.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ADO.NET Daily Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADO.NET across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England ADO.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ADO.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ADO.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADO.NET within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +2 25 £400 -
East of England -20 7 £250 -23.07%
South East +12 4 £280 -20.00%
West Midlands +8 4 - -
Yorkshire -1 2 £300 -
East Midlands +2 1 - -
ADO.NET
UK

ADO.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ADO.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 ADO.NET.

1 121 (100.00%) .NET
2 96 (79.34%) ASP.NET
3 95 (78.51%) SQL Server
4 85 (70.25%) C#
5 82 (67.77%) SQL
6 76 (62.81%) JavaScript
7 69 (57.02%) HTML
7 69 (57.02%) .NET Framework
7 69 (57.02%) jQuery
8 66 (54.55%) Windows
9 60 (49.59%) Web Services
10 58 (47.93%) Ajax
11 54 (44.63%) XML
12 52 (42.98%) Microsoft
13 49 (40.50%) MVC
14 45 (37.19%) VB.NET
15 43 (35.54%) T-SQL
16 39 (32.23%) Visual Studio
17 38 (31.40%) ASP.NET MVC
18 36 (29.75%) CSS
19 35 (28.93%) WCF
20 31 (25.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 31 (25.62%) DHTML
20 31 (25.62%) WinForms
21 30 (24.79%) SQL Server 2008
22 28 (23.14%) VBScript
22 28 (23.14%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
23 26 (21.49%) Agile Software Development
24 24 (19.83%) DTS
25 23 (19.01%) Windows Server 2003

ADO.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ADO.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 ADO.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 121 (100.00%) .NET
2 96 (79.34%) ASP.NET
3 69 (57.02%) HTML
3 69 (57.02%) .NET Framework
3 69 (57.02%) jQuery
4 60 (49.59%) Web Services
5 58 (47.93%) Ajax
6 54 (44.63%) XML
7 38 (31.40%) ASP.NET MVC
8 36 (29.75%) CSS
9 35 (28.93%) WCF
10 31 (25.62%) DHTML
10 31 (25.62%) WinForms
11 28 (23.14%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 16 (13.22%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 15 (12.40%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 15 (12.40%) XSLT
13 15 (12.40%) ASP
14 14 (11.57%) LINQ
15 13 (10.74%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Application Platforms
1 16 (13.22%) SharePoint
2 12 (9.917%) IIS
3 11 (9.091%) CMS
4 9 (7.438%) DotNetNuke
4 9 (7.438%) Umbraco
4 9 (7.438%) Sitecore CMS
5 8 (6.612%) Windows Azure
6 5 (4.132%) MSMQ
7 3 (2.479%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (1.653%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (1.653%) ESB
9 1 (0.826%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.826%) Commerce Server
9 1 (0.826%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.826%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (0.826%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.826%) EPiServer CMS
9 1 (0.826%) SharePoint Foundation
9 1 (0.826%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.826%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 18 (14.88%) MS Office
2 8 (6.612%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.479%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.826%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.826%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.826%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.18%) FTP
2 6 (4.959%) Ethernet
3 4 (3.306%) Intranet
3 4 (3.306%) Internet
4 2 (1.653%) Extranet
5 1 (0.826%) 3G
5 1 (0.826%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (78.51%) SQL Server
2 31 (25.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 30 (24.79%) SQL Server 2008
4 24 (19.83%) DTS
5 13 (10.74%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (6.612%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (4.959%) SQL Server 2000
8 4 (3.306%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (2.479%) QlikView
9 3 (2.479%) Oracle 10g
10 2 (1.653%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.653%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.653%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.826%) MS Access
11 1 (0.826%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.826%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 39 (32.23%) Visual Studio
2 18 (14.88%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (5.785%) NUnit
4 6 (4.959%) Rhino Mocks
5 4 (3.306%) MSBuild
5 4 (3.306%) MSTest
6 3 (2.479%) Selenium
6 3 (2.479%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 3 (2.479%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (2.479%) JSUnit
7 1 (0.826%) CruiseControl
7 1 (0.826%) Subversion
7 1 (0.826%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 15 (12.40%) Telecoms
2 5 (4.132%) Finance
3 2 (1.653%) Legal
3 2 (1.653%) Banking
3 2 (1.653%) Back Office
4 1 (0.826%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (0.826%) Front Office
4 1 (0.826%) Retail
4 1 (0.826%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 102 (84.30%) Developer
2 45 (37.19%) .NET Developer
3 27 (22.31%) Web Developer
4 18 (14.88%) C# Developer
5 15 (12.40%) C# .NET Developer
6 14 (11.57%) Software Developer
7 13 (10.74%) Senior Developer
8 9 (7.438%) Senior .NET Developer
8 9 (7.438%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 8 (6.612%) C# Software Developer
10 6 (4.959%) ASP.NET Developer
10 6 (4.959%) Programmer
11 5 (4.132%) Analyst
11 5 (4.132%) Software Engineer
12 4 (3.306%) Analyst Programmer
13 3 (2.479%) Architect
13 3 (2.479%) Senior Analyst
13 3 (2.479%) Database Developer
13 3 (2.479%) Senior Analyst Programmer
13 3 (2.479%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.785%) N-Tier
2 5 (4.132%) W3C
3 4 (3.306%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.653%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.653%) Social Media
4 2 (1.653%) Derivative
4 2 (1.653%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (0.826%) Ergonomics
5 1 (0.826%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.826%) Blog
5 1 (0.826%) Open Source
5 1 (0.826%) Web 2.0
5 1 (0.826%) NHS
5 1 (0.826%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.826%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 66 (54.55%) Windows
2 23 (19.01%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (3.306%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (2.479%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (2.479%) Linux
5 2 (1.653%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (1.653%) Android
5 2 (1.653%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.826%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (0.826%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.826%) Windows NT
6 1 (0.826%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (40.50%) MVC
2 26 (21.49%) Agile Software Development
3 19 (15.70%) OO
4 16 (13.22%) UML
5 15 (12.40%) Web Development
6 11 (9.091%) TDD
6 11 (9.091%) Software Engineering
6 11 (9.091%) Scrum
7 9 (7.438%) Workflow
7 9 (7.438%) Data Modelling
7 9 (7.438%) OOD
8 8 (6.612%) SOA
8 8 (6.612%) OOP
8 8 (6.612%) Unit Testing
9 7 (5.785%) OOA/OOD
9 7 (5.785%) E-Commerce
9 7 (5.785%) Migration
9 7 (5.785%) Kanban
10 6 (4.959%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (4.959%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 85 (70.25%) C#
2 82 (67.77%) SQL
3 76 (62.81%) JavaScript
4 45 (37.19%) VB.NET
5 43 (35.54%) T-SQL
6 28 (23.14%) VBScript
7 12 (9.917%) VB
8 11 (9.091%) VB6
9 4 (3.306%) C
9 4 (3.306%) Java
10 3 (2.479%) Perl
10 3 (2.479%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.653%) Python
12 1 (0.826%) XAML
12 1 (0.826%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.826%) VBA
12 1 (0.826%) VC++
12 1 (0.826%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (3.306%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (2.479%) Degree
2 3 (2.479%) MCDBA
2 3 (2.479%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.826%) MCP
3 1 (0.826%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.826%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.479%) Dublin Core
System Software
1 2 (1.653%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.826%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 52 (42.98%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.091%) Sitecore
3 9 (7.438%) Oracle
3 9 (7.438%) EPiServer
4 2 (1.653%) DevExpress
4 2 (1.653%) Telerik
5 1 (0.826%) Google
5 1 (0.826%) Lotus
5 1 (0.826%) Facebook
5 1 (0.826%) Twitter
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