The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 9 6 6
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 31 50 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 10.80% 18.94% 15.89%
As % of the Application Development category 48.44% 80.65% 64.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 31
Average daily rate £296 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £238 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £348 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
64 62 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 22.30% 23.48% 24.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 47
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 £275 £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
South East

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 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
Maidstone -3 4 £286 -1.29%
Tunbridge Wells -2 2 £325 -
West Malling - 2 £313 -
Dartford - 1 £288 -
.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

1 41 (61.19%) C#
2 30 (44.78%) SQL Server
3 28 (41.79%) ASP.NET
4 18 (26.87%) Web Services
4 18 (26.87%) SharePoint
5 17 (25.37%) CSS
5 17 (25.37%) SQL
6 13 (19.40%) JavaScript
6 13 (19.40%) Microsoft
6 13 (19.40%) Security Cleared
7 12 (17.91%) SharePoint 2010
7 12 (17.91%) Oracle
7 12 (17.91%) Visual Studio
8 11 (16.42%) WCF
9 10 (14.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (14.93%) VB.NET
9 10 (14.93%) XML
9 10 (14.93%) Oracle Reports
10 8 (11.94%) OO
10 8 (11.94%) IIS
10 8 (11.94%) Finance
11 7 (10.45%) Aerospace
11 7 (10.45%) GIS
11 7 (10.45%) ArcGIS
11 7 (10.45%) ArcIMS
11 7 (10.45%) UML
11 7 (10.45%) SQL Server 2005
11 7 (10.45%) Requirements Analysis
11 7 (10.45%) Oracle 11g
11 7 (10.45%) SQL Server 2008

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Application Development
1 28 (41.79%) ASP.NET
2 18 (26.87%) Web Services
3 17 (25.37%) CSS
4 11 (16.42%) WCF
5 10 (14.93%) XML
6 6 (8.955%) jQuery
6 6 (8.955%) XHTML
7 5 (7.463%) HTML
7 5 (7.463%) Dojo
7 5 (7.463%) .NET Framework
8 3 (4.478%) Ajax
8 3 (4.478%) WPF
9 2 (2.985%) REST
9 2 (2.985%) LINQ
9 2 (2.985%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 2 (2.985%) HTML5
9 2 (2.985%) WinForms
9 2 (2.985%) XSLT
9 2 (2.985%) ADO.NET
10 1 (1.493%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 18 (26.87%) SharePoint
2 12 (17.91%) SharePoint 2010
3 8 (11.94%) IIS
4 7 (10.45%) ArcGIS
4 7 (10.45%) ArcIMS
5 6 (8.955%) Windows Azure
5 6 (8.955%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (2.985%) ESB
6 2 (2.985%) Confluence
7 1 (1.493%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (5.970%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.493%) MS Office
2 1 (1.493%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 3 (4.478%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.493%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (44.78%) SQL Server
2 10 (14.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 10 (14.93%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (10.45%) GIS
3 7 (10.45%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (10.45%) Oracle 11g
3 7 (10.45%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (7.463%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (2.985%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.493%) MS Access
6 1 (1.493%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 12 (17.91%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.985%) JIRA
2 2 (2.985%) PowerBuilder
General
1 8 (11.94%) Finance
2 7 (10.45%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.493%) Publishing
3 1 (1.493%) Banking
3 1 (1.493%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 43 (64.18%) Developer
2 23 (34.33%) .NET Developer
3 12 (17.91%) Administrator
4 9 (13.43%) C# Developer
5 8 (11.94%) DBA
6 7 (10.45%) Software Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (8.955%) C# .NET Developer
8 5 (7.463%) Analyst
8 5 (7.463%) SharePoint Developer
9 4 (5.970%) SharePoint Administrator
9 4 (5.970%) GIS Developer
9 4 (5.970%) Database Developer
10 3 (4.478%) Senior Developer
10 3 (4.478%) VB.NET Developer
11 2 (2.985%) SharePoint Architect
11 2 (2.985%) ASP.NET Developer
11 2 (2.985%) SharePoint Consultant
11 2 (2.985%) Technical Leader
11 2 (2.985%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.478%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.985%) NHS
2 2 (2.985%) W3C
3 1 (1.493%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.478%) Windows
2 1 (1.493%) Android
2 1 (1.493%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (11.94%) OO
2 7 (10.45%) UML
2 7 (10.45%) Requirements Analysis
2 7 (10.45%) Multithreading
3 6 (8.955%) TDD
3 6 (8.955%) MVC
4 5 (7.463%) Scrum
5 4 (5.970%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (5.970%) System Testing
6 3 (4.478%) CRM
6 3 (4.478%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (4.478%) Web Development
7 2 (2.985%) Resource Management
7 2 (2.985%) Unit Testing
7 2 (2.985%) Document Management
7 2 (2.985%) Workflow
7 2 (2.985%) Migration
7 2 (2.985%) ERP
7 2 (2.985%) SOA
8 1 (1.493%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 41 (61.19%) C#
2 17 (25.37%) SQL
3 13 (19.40%) JavaScript
4 10 (14.93%) VB.NET
5 6 (8.955%) Python
5 6 (8.955%) Java
6 5 (7.463%) T-SQL
7 2 (2.985%) VB
7 2 (2.985%) VBA
8 1 (1.493%) XAML
8 1 (1.493%) VB6
8 1 (1.493%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (19.40%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.493%) MCSD
2 1 (1.493%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.493%) MCPD
Vendors
1 13 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.91%) Oracle
3 6 (8.955%) ESRI
4 2 (2.985%) Sybase
5 1 (1.493%) VMware
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