The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 21 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 Essex 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 43 42 38
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -4
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 6 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 1.429% 0.980% 2.551%
As % of the Application Development category 5.310% 5.263% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 9
Average daily rate £288 £270 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.48% -35.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
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
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
113 76 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 26.90% 18.63% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 38 50
Average daily rate £250 £270 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% -35.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £420 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 13
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.25 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.72% +17.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.28 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.22 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
East of England

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex .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 Essex region.

Essex .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 Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Essex .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 Essex region.

Essex .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 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
Chelmsford - 1 £285 -
.NET Framework
East of England

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 13 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (84.62%) C#
3 10 (76.92%) SQL
3 10 (76.92%) ASP.NET
4 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
5 6 (46.15%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 6 (46.15%) Visual Studio
6 5 (38.46%) Windows
6 5 (38.46%) T-SQL
6 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
6 5 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (30.77%) Unit Testing
7 4 (30.77%) Ajax
7 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (30.77%) Web Services
7 4 (30.77%) OOP
8 3 (23.08%) OO
8 3 (23.08%) CSS
8 3 (23.08%) IIS
8 3 (23.08%) Workflow
8 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (23.08%) jQuery
8 3 (23.08%) LINQ
9 2 (15.38%) WSE
9 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (15.38%) JSON
9 2 (15.38%) Spanish Language
9 2 (15.38%) TDD
9 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (15.38%) WinForms

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 13 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (76.92%) ASP.NET
3 6 (46.15%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (30.77%) Ajax
4 4 (30.77%) Web Services
5 3 (23.08%) CSS
5 3 (23.08%) jQuery
5 3 (23.08%) LINQ
6 2 (15.38%) WSE
6 2 (15.38%) JSON
6 2 (15.38%) WinForms
6 2 (15.38%) XML
6 2 (15.38%) HTML
6 2 (15.38%) ADO.NET
7 1 (7.692%) WCF
7 1 (7.692%) WPF
7 1 (7.692%) WF
7 1 (7.692%) Silverlight
7 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (7.692%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) IIS
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (7.692%) Content Management Server
3 1 (7.692%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Project
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) InfoPath
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.692%) MSTest
2 1 (7.692%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (7.692%) PhoneGap
General
1 2 (15.38%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Developer
2 7 (53.85%) C# Developer
3 6 (46.15%) .NET Developer
4 5 (38.46%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (30.77%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (15.38%) SharePoint Developer
6 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
6 2 (15.38%) Junior
7 1 (7.692%) Lead Developer
7 1 (7.692%) Junior Project Manager
7 1 (7.692%) Junior Developer
7 1 (7.692%) Junior C# Developer
7 1 (7.692%) WPF Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Unit Testing
1 4 (30.77%) OOP
2 3 (23.08%) OO
2 3 (23.08%) Workflow
2 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) OOD
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) MVC
4 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.692%) Web Development
4 1 (7.692%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) C#
2 10 (76.92%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) T-SQL
4 2 (15.38%) VB.NET
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 1 (7.692%) XAML
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Adobe
2 1 (7.692%) Telerik
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