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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Gloucester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank154
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads320
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.022 %
As % of the category below42.86 %76.92 %
Daily rates quoted011
Average minimum daily rate-£391
Average daily rate-£410
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£340
% change on same period last year-8.47 %
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£27.84£31.96
% change on same period last year-12.87 %
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Gloucester
Matching contract IT job ads726
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted311
Average minimum daily rate£367£381
Average daily rate£397£404
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£427£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.44
Average hourly rate-£22.69
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
.NET Gloucestershire.NET
Gloucestershire

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

Gloucester .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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucester .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

112 (54.55 %)SQL Server
211 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
310 (45.45 %)C#
49 (40.91 %)VB
58 (36.36 %)SQL
66 (27.27 %)VB.NET
75 (22.73 %)WebServices
75 (22.73 %)Visual Studio
75 (22.73 %)ASP
75 (22.73 %)SharePoint
75 (22.73 %)Finance
84 (18.18 %)VB6
84 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
84 (18.18 %)Integration Testing
84 (18.18 %)Microsoft
84 (18.18 %)C++
93 (13.64 %)COBOL
93 (13.64 %)Transact-SQL
93 (13.64 %)CRM
93 (13.64 %)AJAX
93 (13.64 %)Northgate
93 (13.64 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (13.64 %)Project Management
93 (13.64 %)Silverlight
102 (9.091 %)Service Delivery
102 (9.091 %)SEO
102 (9.091 %)Workflow
102 (9.091 %)Multimedia
102 (9.091 %)InfoPath
102 (9.091 %)Windows

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
25 (22.73 %)ASP
25 (22.73 %)WebServices
33 (13.64 %)AJAX
33 (13.64 %)Silverlight
42 (9.091 %)XML
42 (9.091 %)HTML
42 (9.091 %)CSS
51 (4.545 %)XHTML
51 (4.545 %).NET Remoting
51 (4.545 %).NET Framework
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (22.73 %)SharePoint
21 (4.545 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (4.545 %)IIS
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (9.091 %)InfoPath
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (9.091 %)Intranet
12 (9.091 %)Internet
21 (4.545 %)Extranet
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (54.55 %)SQL Server
24 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (13.64 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (9.091 %)Crystal Reports
51 (4.545 %)MS Access
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (22.73 %)Visual Studio
21 (4.545 %)NUnit
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (22.73 %)Finance
22 (9.091 %)Multimedia
31 (4.545 %)Billing
31 (4.545 %)Aerospace
31 (4.545 %)Government
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (86.36 %)Developer
28 (36.36 %).NET Developer
34 (18.18 %)C# Developer
34 (18.18 %)ASP.NET Developer
34 (18.18 %)Applications Developer
43 (13.64 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
43 (13.64 %)VB.NET Developer
52 (9.091 %)VB Developer
52 (9.091 %)ASP Developer
52 (9.091 %)Analyst
52 (9.091 %)Web Developer
52 (9.091 %)SQL Developer
52 (9.091 %)SQL Server Developer
61 (4.545 %)PHP Developer
61 (4.545 %)Graduate Developer
61 (4.545 %)SharePoint Developer
61 (4.545 %)Web Manager
61 (4.545 %)Graduate
61 (4.545 %)Test Analyst
61 (4.545 %)Systems Analyst
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.545 %)Client/Server
11 (4.545 %)N-Tier
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (9.091 %)Windows
21 (4.545 %)Linux
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (18.18 %)Integration Testing
23 (13.64 %)CRM
23 (13.64 %)Project Management
32 (9.091 %)Service Delivery
32 (9.091 %)SEO
32 (9.091 %)Workflow
41 (4.545 %)Web Design
41 (4.545 %)Test Scripting
41 (4.545 %)System Testing
41 (4.545 %)DV Cleared
41 (4.545 %)Security Cleared
41 (4.545 %)OO
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (45.45 %)C#
29 (40.91 %)VB
38 (36.36 %)SQL
46 (27.27 %)VB.NET
54 (18.18 %)VB6
54 (18.18 %)C++
63 (13.64 %)COBOL
63 (13.64 %)Transact-SQL
71 (4.545 %)VBScript
71 (4.545 %)JavaScript
71 (4.545 %)PHP
71 (4.545 %)C
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.545 %)QA
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (18.18 %)Microsoft
23 (13.64 %)Northgate