The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hemel Hempstead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 23 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 Hemel Hempstead 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 9 8 11
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Contract jobs citing .NET 3 14 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 6.383% 14.29% 3.175%
As % of the Application Development category 18.75% 63.64% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Hemel Hempstead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
16 22 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 34.04% 22.45% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 3
Average daily rate £85 £300 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-71.66% +130.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £39.50 £8.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+364.70% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Hertfordshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead .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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead .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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 24 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 21 (87.50%) SQL
2 21 (87.50%) T-SQL
3 20 (83.33%) VB.NET
4 14 (58.33%) ASP.NET
5 13 (54.17%) HTML
6 12 (50.00%) VBScript
6 12 (50.00%) SQL Server
6 12 (50.00%) Windows
6 12 (50.00%) Web Services
6 12 (50.00%) Ajax
6 12 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (50.00%) jQuery
7 11 (45.83%) .NET Framework
7 11 (45.83%) WinForms
7 11 (45.83%) DTS
7 11 (45.83%) FTP
7 11 (45.83%) ADO.NET
7 11 (45.83%) DHTML
8 10 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
10 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
10 6 (25.00%) Migration
11 5 (20.83%) MS Office
11 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (20.83%) Ethernet
12 4 (16.67%) Finance
13 3 (12.50%) Oracle
13 3 (12.50%) CSS
13 3 (12.50%) C#

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 14 (58.33%) ASP.NET
2 13 (54.17%) HTML
3 12 (50.00%) Web Services
3 12 (50.00%) Ajax
3 12 (50.00%) jQuery
4 11 (45.83%) .NET Framework
4 11 (45.83%) WinForms
4 11 (45.83%) ADO.NET
4 11 (45.83%) DHTML
5 3 (12.50%) CSS
6 2 (8.333%) XML
6 2 (8.333%) XHTML
7 1 (4.167%) ASP
7 1 (4.167%) Apache Flex
7 1 (4.167%) HTML5
7 1 (4.167%) CSS3
7 1 (4.167%) KnockoutJS
7 1 (4.167%) Sass
7 1 (4.167%) LESS
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) Apache
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Office
2 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) FTP
2 5 (20.83%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 11 (45.83%) DTS
3 2 (8.333%) MySQL
4 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (4.167%) GIS
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (4.167%) Data Mining
4 1 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.167%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) LoadRunner
1 1 (4.167%) Jasmine
General
1 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Marketing
3 2 (8.333%) Publishing
3 2 (8.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 18 (75.00%) Developer
2 16 (66.67%) Web Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Designer
4 4 (16.67%) Web Designer
4 4 (16.67%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Web Designer
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Designer
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Leader
6 1 (4.167%) Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Systems Designer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Lead Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.167%) Animation
1 1 (4.167%) Mathematics
1 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
1 1 (4.167%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 10 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Migration
2 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (8.333%) Data Mapping
3 2 (8.333%) CRM
3 2 (8.333%) UML
3 2 (8.333%) TOGAF
4 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) Web Design
4 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (4.167%) TDD
4 1 (4.167%) MVC
4 1 (4.167%) SEO
4 1 (4.167%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.167%) ITIL
4 1 (4.167%) Time Management
4 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.167%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (4.167%) Pay per click
4 1 (4.167%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 21 (87.50%) SQL
2 21 (87.50%) T-SQL
3 20 (83.33%) VB.NET
4 12 (50.00%) VBScript
5 3 (12.50%) C#
6 2 (8.333%) C++
6 2 (8.333%) Perl
6 2 (8.333%) PHP
7 1 (4.167%) VBA
7 1 (4.167%) VB
7 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
7 1 (4.167%) Java
7 1 (4.167%) F#
7 1 (4.167%) CoffeeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle