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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Ipswich 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
Rank49
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads1618
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.019 %
As % of the category below61.54 %85.71 %
Daily rates quoted58
Average minimum daily rate£233£270
Average daily rate£259£280
% change on same period last year-7.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£338
% change on same period last year-6.14 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£31.90
% change on same period last year-12.45 %
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Ipswich
Matching contract IT job ads2621
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.023 %
Daily rates quoted1110
Average minimum daily rate£250£288
Average daily rate£267£295
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£284£303
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£27.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
.NET Suffolk.NET
Suffolk

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

Ipswich .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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich .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 Ipswich region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Ipswich .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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

113 (76.47 %)SQL Server
210 (58.82 %)C#
210 (58.82 %)XML
39 (52.94 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (52.94 %)WebServices
39 (52.94 %)SQL Server 2000
48 (47.06 %)HTML
48 (47.06 %)JavaScript
48 (47.06 %)Visual Studio
57 (41.18 %)ASP.NET
57 (41.18 %)Insurance
66 (35.29 %)CSS
75 (29.41 %)Web Development
75 (29.41 %)ADO.NET
84 (23.53 %)SQL
84 (23.53 %)Pensions
93 (17.65 %)AJAX
93 (17.65 %)Finance
93 (17.65 %)VSS/SourceSafe
93 (17.65 %).NET Framework
102 (11.76 %)WCF
102 (11.76 %)WPF
102 (11.76 %)WF
102 (11.76 %)OO
102 (11.76 %)XAML
111 (5.882 %)E-business
111 (5.882 %)Workflow
111 (5.882 %)WinForms
111 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
111 (5.882 %)SOA

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (58.82 %)XML
29 (52.94 %)WebServices
38 (47.06 %)HTML
47 (41.18 %)ASP.NET
56 (35.29 %)CSS
65 (29.41 %)ADO.NET
73 (17.65 %)AJAX
73 (17.65 %).NET Framework
82 (11.76 %)WCF
82 (11.76 %)WPF
82 (11.76 %)WF
91 (5.882 %)WinForms
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)CICS
11 (5.882 %)Site Server
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (76.47 %)SQL Server
29 (52.94 %)SQL Server 2000
29 (52.94 %)SQL Server 2005
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (47.06 %)Visual Studio
23 (17.65 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (41.18 %)Insurance
24 (23.53 %)Pensions
33 (17.65 %)Finance
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (100.00 %)Developer
214 (82.35 %).NET Developer
310 (58.82 %)C# Developer
46 (35.29 %)ASP.NET Developer
46 (35.29 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
52 (11.76 %)Web Developer
61 (5.882 %)Applications Developer
61 (5.882 %)Delphi Developer
61 (5.882 %).NET Web Developer
61 (5.882 %).NET Applications Developer
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (29.41 %)Web Development
22 (11.76 %)OO
31 (5.882 %)SOA
31 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
31 (5.882 %)E-business
31 (5.882 %)Workflow
31 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (58.82 %)C#
28 (47.06 %)JavaScript
34 (23.53 %)SQL
42 (11.76 %)XAML
51 (5.882 %)COBOL
51 (5.882 %)Delphi
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)MCP
11 (5.882 %)MCSD
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft