The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Knutsford 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 Knutsford 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 18 - 26
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 5 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 4.950% - 1.266%
As % of the Application Development category 27.78% - 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
Average daily rate £425 - £323
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 - £317
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 - £329
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
18 19 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 17.82% 26.39% 20.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 29
Average daily rate £375 £343 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.40% -2.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £293 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £513 £414
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Cheshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford .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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford .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 Knutsford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Knutsford .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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) HTML5
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) MVC
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) ASP
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Knutsford 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 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) HTML5
3 1 (20.00%) ASP
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) C++
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft