The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 22 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 Halifax 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 17 16 22
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +6
Contract jobs citing .NET 4 15 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 3.448% 6.522% 0.847%
As % of the Application Development category 40.00% 68.18% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 1
Average daily rate £313 £190 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+64.47% -26.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £15.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.41 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.00% -12.20%
All Application Development
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
10 22 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 8.621% 9.565% 6.780%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 8
Average daily rate £313 £275 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% +5.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
West Yorkshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Halifax .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Halifax .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

1 19 (90.48%) SQL
2 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 14 (66.67%) C#
4 12 (57.14%) T-SQL
4 12 (57.14%) XML
4 12 (57.14%) SOAP
4 12 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (57.14%) .NET Framework
4 12 (57.14%) WCF
4 12 (57.14%) SQL Server 2008
5 9 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 9 (42.86%) Razor View Engine
6 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 5 (23.81%) Windows
7 5 (23.81%) MS Office
7 5 (23.81%) StreamWeaver
7 5 (23.81%) Workflow
8 4 (19.05%) Finance
8 4 (19.05%) Document Management
9 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (9.524%) Banking
10 2 (9.524%) VB
10 2 (9.524%) VB.NET
10 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
10 2 (9.524%) MS Visio
10 2 (9.524%) Opalis
11 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
11 1 (4.762%) Unit Testing
11 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2000

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Application Development
1 12 (57.14%) XML
1 12 (57.14%) SOAP
1 12 (57.14%) .NET Framework
1 12 (57.14%) WCF
2 9 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC
2 9 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 9 (42.86%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (4.762%) Web Services
3 1 (4.762%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) StreamWeaver
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) MS Office
2 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
2 2 (9.524%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 12 (57.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 2 (9.524%) Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Developer
2 12 (57.14%) C# Developer
2 12 (57.14%) XML Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Documentation Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Solutions Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (23.81%) Workflow
3 4 (19.05%) Document Management
4 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Web Development
4 1 (4.762%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 19 (90.48%) SQL
2 14 (66.67%) C#
3 12 (57.14%) T-SQL
4 2 (9.524%) VB
4 2 (9.524%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.762%) VBA
5 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.762%) VB6
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) Opalis
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle