The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 54 39 66
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +27
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 5 34 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.765% 3.531% 0.236%
As % of the Application Development category 2.315% 12.59% 0.943%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 2
Average daily rate £300 £288 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -8.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
216 270 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 33.03% 28.04% 24.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 116 93
Average daily rate £394 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £275 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 25
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £20.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £36.00 £37.00
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hertfordshire .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 Hertfordshire region.

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

Hertfordshire .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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire .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 Hertfordshire 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
St Albans -2 1 £400 +60.00%
.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 Hertfordshire 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 32 (100.00%) .NET
2 28 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 26 (81.25%) SQL Server
4 22 (68.75%) SQL
5 21 (65.63%) T-SQL
5 21 (65.63%) HTML
6 20 (62.50%) JavaScript
7 19 (59.38%) Microsoft
7 19 (59.38%) jQuery
8 18 (56.25%) Web Services
8 18 (56.25%) Windows
8 18 (56.25%) Ajax
9 17 (53.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (53.13%) VB.NET
9 17 (53.13%) ADO.NET
9 17 (53.13%) DHTML
9 17 (53.13%) VBScript
10 16 (50.00%) MS Office
10 16 (50.00%) DTS
10 16 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
10 16 (50.00%) FTP
10 16 (50.00%) WinForms
11 15 (46.88%) C#
12 11 (34.38%) Telecoms
13 7 (21.88%) MVC
13 7 (21.88%) XML
13 7 (21.88%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (18.75%) Ethernet
14 6 (18.75%) Migration

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 32 (100.00%) .NET
2 28 (87.50%) ASP.NET
3 21 (65.63%) HTML
4 19 (59.38%) jQuery
5 18 (56.25%) Web Services
5 18 (56.25%) Ajax
6 17 (53.13%) ADO.NET
6 17 (53.13%) DHTML
7 16 (50.00%) WinForms
8 7 (21.88%) XML
8 7 (21.88%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 5 (15.63%) CSS
9 5 (15.63%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (12.50%) Unity DI Container
10 4 (12.50%) WCF
11 3 (9.375%) LINQ
12 2 (6.250%) XHTML
13 1 (3.125%) SOAP
13 1 (3.125%) Apache Flex
13 1 (3.125%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.250%) IIS
3 1 (3.125%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 16 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (50.00%) FTP
2 6 (18.75%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.125%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (81.25%) SQL Server
2 17 (53.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (50.00%) DTS
4 4 (12.50%) MS Access
5 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.125%) Jasmine
General
1 11 (34.38%) Telecoms
2 3 (9.375%) Finance
2 3 (9.375%) Retail
3 1 (3.125%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 32 (100.00%) Developer
2 18 (56.25%) Web Developer
3 9 (28.13%) .NET Developer
4 7 (21.88%) Senior Developer
5 5 (15.63%) Senior .NET Developer
6 4 (12.50%) Agile .NET Developer
6 4 (12.50%) Java Developer
7 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.125%) ColdFusion Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (3.125%) .NET Web Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Solutions Designer
8 1 (3.125%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (3.125%) C# Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Web Designer
8 1 (3.125%) Designer
8 1 (3.125%) Front-End Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Senior Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.125%) W3C
2 1 (3.125%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 18 (56.25%) Windows
2 16 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) MVC
2 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (18.75%) Migration
2 6 (18.75%) TDD
3 4 (12.50%) Enterprise Modelling
3 4 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 4 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 4 (12.50%) SOA
3 4 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 4 (12.50%) Scrum
4 3 (9.375%) Waterfall
5 2 (6.250%) Change Control
5 2 (6.250%) Web Development
6 1 (3.125%) B2B
6 1 (3.125%) Web Design
6 1 (3.125%) Security Management
6 1 (3.125%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.125%) Responsive Web Design
6 1 (3.125%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (68.75%) SQL
2 21 (65.63%) T-SQL
3 20 (62.50%) JavaScript
4 17 (53.13%) VB.NET
4 17 (53.13%) VBScript
5 15 (46.88%) C#
6 4 (12.50%) Java
7 1 (3.125%) VB
7 1 (3.125%) CoffeeScript
Vendors
1 19 (59.38%) Microsoft