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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the Kent 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 Framework over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4048
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads84
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.004 %
As % of the category below7.273 %2.985 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£250£501
Average daily rate£275£501
% change on same period last year-45.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£377
% change on same period last year-13.31 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.03£33.98
% change on same period last year-2.79 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads110134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.177 %0.144 %
Daily rates quoted4536
Average minimum daily rate£269£301
Average daily rate£286£311
% change on same period last year-8.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted917
Average minimum hourly rate£29.73£22.33
Average hourly rate£32.89£23.32
% change on same period last year+41.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.05£24.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
.NET Framework South East.NET Framework
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 Framework
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Kent .NET Framework Hourly Rate Histogram

.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 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
SevenoaksNew entry-1£225-
West MallingNew entry-1£325-
.NET Framework South East.NET Framework
South East

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

110 (100.00 %).NET
27 (70.00 %)SQL Server
27 (70.00 %)ASP.NET
35 (50.00 %)C#
35 (50.00 %)WebServices
35 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (40.00 %)XML
44 (40.00 %)SharePoint
44 (40.00 %)Microsoft
44 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (40.00 %)VB
53 (30.00 %)HTML
53 (30.00 %)JavaScript
53 (30.00 %)COM+
53 (30.00 %)Visual Studio
53 (30.00 %)ADO
53 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (30.00 %)Windows
53 (30.00 %)CRM
53 (30.00 %)NHibernate
53 (30.00 %)WPF
53 (30.00 %)VB6
53 (30.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
62 (20.00 %)Insurance
62 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
62 (20.00 %)TDD
62 (20.00 %)Migration
62 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
62 (20.00 %)Data Migration

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (100.00 %).NET
27 (70.00 %)ASP.NET
35 (50.00 %)WebServices
44 (40.00 %)XML
53 (30.00 %)COM+
53 (30.00 %)ADO
53 (30.00 %)NHibernate
53 (30.00 %)WPF
53 (30.00 %)HTML
62 (20.00 %)ASP
62 (20.00 %)CSS
71 (10.00 %)Silverlight
71 (10.00 %)LINQ
71 (10.00 %)jQuery
71 (10.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
71 (10.00 %)XSD
71 (10.00 %)XSL
71 (10.00 %)ODBC
71 (10.00 %)XHTML
71 (10.00 %)MVC
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (40.00 %)SharePoint
22 (20.00 %)IIS
31 (10.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Project
11 (10.00 %)InfoPath
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (70.00 %)SQL Server
25 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (30.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52 (20.00 %)ETL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (30.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (10.00 %)NUnit
21 (10.00 %)CruiseControl
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Insurance
21 (10.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (10.00 %)Back Office
21 (10.00 %)Finance
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Developer
23 (30.00 %).NET Developer
32 (20.00 %)Programmer
41 (10.00 %)Web Developer
41 (10.00 %)C# Developer
41 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %).NET Programmer
41 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)N-Tier
11 (10.00 %)Web 2.0
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Windows
13 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)CRM
22 (20.00 %)Data Migration
22 (20.00 %)Migration
22 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
22 (20.00 %)TDD
22 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
31 (10.00 %)Incident Management
31 (10.00 %)Web Development
31 (10.00 %)Unit Testing
31 (10.00 %)Data Mapping
31 (10.00 %)SOA
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)C#
24 (40.00 %)VB
33 (30.00 %)VB6
33 (30.00 %)JavaScript
42 (20.00 %)SQL
42 (20.00 %)DHTML
42 (20.00 %)VBScript
51 (10.00 %)XPath
51 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)ISO9001
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (40.00 %)Microsoft