| Microsoft .NET (dotNet) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 14 | 32 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +18 |  -22 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 33 | 28 | 151 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 6.408 % | 3.769 % | 9.876 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 27.73 % | 17.39 % | 30.75 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 11 | 13 | 80 |
| Average daily rate | £290 | £263 | £419 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £188 | £183 | £280 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £335 | £390 | £501 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £288 | £297 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.50 | £15.00 | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.00 | £15.00 | £32.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.50 | £15.00 | £48.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £26.50 | £27.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 119 | 161 | 491 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 23.11 % | 21.67 % | 32.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 48 | 49 | 204 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £325 | £363 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £238 | £215 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £449 | £400 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.50 | £21.25 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.00 | £15.00 | £18.70 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £34.50 | £40.65 | £45.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £27.50 | £32.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.
