The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 22 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 Kent 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 36 35 40
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +5
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 2 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.671% 0.746% 0.993%
As % of the Application Development category 2.985% 3.226% 3.947%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £375 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +36.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
67 62 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 22.48% 23.13% 25.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 27 50
Average daily rate £298 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
South East

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Framework across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Kent .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 Kent region.

Kent .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.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 Kent region.

Kent .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 Kent region over the 3 months to 22 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
Tunbridge Wells -1 1 - -
.NET Framework
South East

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) C#
2 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (50.00%) XML
4 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 3 (50.00%) Ajax
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET
5 2 (33.33%) IIS
5 2 (33.33%) HTML
5 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (33.33%) CSS
5 2 (33.33%) Windows
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET 2.0
5 2 (33.33%) LINQ
6 1 (16.67%) jQuery
6 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 1 (16.67%) Document Management
6 1 (16.67%) W3C
6 1 (16.67%) Intranet
6 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
6 1 (16.67%) Time Management
6 1 (16.67%) Data Integration

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) XML
3 3 (50.00%) Ajax
4 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET
4 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 2 (33.33%) LINQ
5 1 (16.67%) jQuery
5 1 (16.67%) XHTML
5 1 (16.67%) XML Schema
5 1 (16.67%) Web Services
5 1 (16.67%) XSL
5 1 (16.67%) XSLT
5 1 (16.67%) WCF
5 1 (16.67%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) .NET Developer
3 3 (50.00%) C# Developer
4 2 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) W3C
1 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
1 1 (16.67%) Document Management
1 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
1 1 (16.67%) Time Management
1 1 (16.67%) CRM
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) MVC
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (16.67%) Web Development
1 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
4 1 (16.67%) XAML
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware