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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Hove 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£317-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£383-
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£338
% change on same period last year-6.14 %
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£27.93£31.90
% change on same period last year-12.45 %
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hove
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£317£300
Average daily rate£350£313
% change on same period last year+11.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
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£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
.NET East Sussex.NET
East Sussex

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

Hove .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 Hove region.

Hove .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Hove region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Hove .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hove .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hove 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.

16 (85.71 %)C#
16 (85.71 %)SQL
16 (85.71 %)ASP
16 (85.71 %)ASP.NET
16 (85.71 %)Compuware
23 (42.86 %)QA
32 (28.57 %)Load Testing
41 (14.29 %)WCF
41 (14.29 %)Finance
41 (14.29 %)WinForms
41 (14.29 %)Insurance
41 (14.29 %)VB.NET
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hove 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.

Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (85.71 %)ASP
16 (85.71 %)ASP.NET
21 (14.29 %)WinForms
21 (14.29 %)WCF
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Finance
11 (14.29 %)Insurance
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (85.71 %)Tester
25 (71.43 %)Performance Tester
31 (14.29 %)QA Tester
31 (14.29 %)Developer
31 (14.29 %)Software Developer
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Load Testing
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (85.71 %)C#
16 (85.71 %)SQL
21 (14.29 %)VB.NET
21 (14.29 %)JavaScript
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (42.86 %)QA
Hove IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (85.71 %)Compuware