Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 .NET Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1527
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads3825
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.027 %
As % of the category below9.794 %4.513 %
Daily rates quoted2110
Average minimum daily rate£240£340
Average daily rate£257£342
% change on same period last year-25.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£273£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£277£318
% change on same period last year-12.84 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£22.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.37£32.72
% change on same period last year-13.30 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads388554
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.623 %0.595 %
Daily rates quoted117122
Average minimum daily rate£285£326
Average daily rate£298£344
% change on same period last year-13.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted5285
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50£20.05
Average hourly rate£18.77£21.76
% change on same period last year-13.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.03£23.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
.NET Developer South East.NET Developer
South East

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent .NET Developer Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET Developer across the Kent region.

Kent .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Kent .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MaidstoneUp+49£272-23.44 %
SevenoaksNew entry-3£213-
EdenbridgeNew entry-2£275-
TonbridgeUp+52£207-
West MallingDown-21£325+6.12 %
.NET Developer South East.NET Developer
South East

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title.

151 (100.00 %).NET
245 (88.24 %)C#
344 (86.27 %)ASP.NET
442 (82.35 %)SQL Server
531 (60.78 %)SQL Server 2005
625 (49.02 %)HTML
724 (47.06 %)CSS
823 (45.10 %)XML
823 (45.10 %)JavaScript
917 (33.33 %)Microsoft
1016 (31.37 %)IIS
1016 (31.37 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1114 (27.45 %)VSS/SourceSafe
128 (15.69 %)SQL
137 (13.73 %)VB
137 (13.73 %)VB.NET
137 (13.73 %)WebServices
137 (13.73 %)Government
146 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
155 (9.804 %)MS Excel
155 (9.804 %)Local Government
155 (9.804 %)Finance
164 (7.843 %)Unit Testing
164 (7.843 %)Spreadsheet
164 (7.843 %)Visual Studio
164 (7.843 %)OO
173 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
173 (5.882 %)Migration
173 (5.882 %)XHTML
173 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
151 (100.00 %).NET
244 (86.27 %)ASP.NET
325 (49.02 %)HTML
424 (47.06 %)CSS
523 (45.10 %)XML
616 (31.37 %)ASP.NET 2.0
77 (13.73 %)WebServices
83 (5.882 %).NET Framework
83 (5.882 %)XHTML
83 (5.882 %)AJAX
83 (5.882 %)ASP
92 (3.922 %)SOAP
92 (3.922 %)COM+
92 (3.922 %)XSD
92 (3.922 %)XSL
101 (1.961 %)XSLT
101 (1.961 %)NHibernate
101 (1.961 %)XML Messaging
101 (1.961 %)WinForms
101 (1.961 %)ADO
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (31.37 %)IIS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (9.804 %)MS Excel
24 (7.843 %)Spreadsheet
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.961 %)Summit
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (82.35 %)SQL Server
231 (60.78 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (3.922 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (3.922 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (1.961 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (1.961 %)Crystal Reports
51 (1.961 %)DTS
51 (1.961 %)ETL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (27.45 %)VSS/SourceSafe
24 (7.843 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.961 %)Flash
31 (1.961 %)NUnit
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (13.73 %)Government
25 (9.804 %)Finance
25 (9.804 %)Local Government
32 (3.922 %)Marketing
32 (3.922 %)Legal
32 (3.922 %)Advertising
32 (3.922 %)Home Office
41 (1.961 %)Back Office
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.961 %)N-Tier
11 (1.961 %)W3C
11 (1.961 %)Computer Science
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (3.922 %)Windows
21 (1.961 %)Windows 2000 Server
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (7.843 %)OO
14 (7.843 %)Unit Testing
23 (5.882 %)Data Migration
23 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
23 (5.882 %)Migration
32 (3.922 %)Data Modelling
32 (3.922 %)CRM
32 (3.922 %)Software Engineering
41 (1.961 %)Web Development
41 (1.961 %)TDD
41 (1.961 %)Data Mapping
41 (1.961 %)E-Commerce
41 (1.961 %)UML
41 (1.961 %)OOA/OOD
41 (1.961 %)SOA
41 (1.961 %)Scrum
41 (1.961 %)Web Design
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
145 (88.24 %)C#
223 (45.10 %)JavaScript
38 (15.69 %)SQL
47 (13.73 %)VB
47 (13.73 %)VB.NET
53 (5.882 %)VB6
53 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
53 (5.882 %)DHTML
62 (3.922 %)VBScript
71 (1.961 %)XPath
71 (1.961 %)Java
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.961 %)Degree
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.961 %)ISO9001
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.961 %)MSMQ
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (33.33 %)Microsoft