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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Fife 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£327
% change on same period last year+0.22 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.39£32.52
% change on same period last year-6.55 %
Fife IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Fife
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.79£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
.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 Fife region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Fife .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 Fife region.

Fife .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Fife 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.

12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
21 (50.00 %)WebServices
21 (50.00 %)N-Tier
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Fife 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.

Fife IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)WebServices
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
Fife IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Fife IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
Fife IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %).NET Developer
21 (50.00 %)C# Developer
21 (50.00 %)SQL Developer
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server Developer
Fife IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)N-Tier
Fife IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#