The first table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Lancashire 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
.NET Developer
Rank 26 27 19
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -8
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 8 15 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.791% 3.641% 5.603%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.980% 3.947% 6.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 9
Average daily rate £225 £320 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.68% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £295 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £325 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -8.39%
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
201 380 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 95.26% 92.23% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 202 88
Average daily rate £285 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £273 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 22 33
Average hourly rate £19.02 £18.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.66% -52.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
.NET Developer
North West

.NET Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Lancashire .NET Developer Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire .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 Lancashire 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
Preston +9 1 £285 -10.93%
Chorley - 1 £305 -
.NET Developer
North West

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (92.86%) C#
3 12 (85.71%) SQL Server
4 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET
4 8 (57.14%) MVC
5 6 (42.86%) WCF
5 6 (42.86%) SQL
5 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
6 5 (35.71%) jQuery
6 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
7 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (28.57%) Windows
7 4 (28.57%) VB
7 4 (28.57%) VB.NET
8 3 (21.43%) CSS
8 3 (21.43%) SOAP
8 3 (21.43%) Web Services
8 3 (21.43%) XML
8 3 (21.43%) XSD
8 3 (21.43%) HTML
8 3 (21.43%) UML
8 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
9 2 (14.29%) VB6
9 2 (14.29%) TDD
9 2 (14.29%) Workflow
9 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
9 2 (14.29%) WPF

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET
3 6 (42.86%) WCF
4 5 (35.71%) jQuery
5 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (21.43%) CSS
6 3 (21.43%) SOAP
6 3 (21.43%) Web Services
6 3 (21.43%) XML
6 3 (21.43%) XSD
6 3 (21.43%) HTML
7 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
7 2 (14.29%) WPF
7 2 (14.29%) WSDL
8 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET
8 1 (7.143%) COM
8 1 (7.143%) DCOM
8 1 (7.143%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) IIS
2 1 (7.143%) MSMQ
2 1 (7.143%) Umbraco
2 1 (7.143%) ESB
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Internet
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 7
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) TortoiseSVN
1 1 (7.143%) Subversion
General
1 1 (7.143%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) MVC
2 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (21.43%) UML
3 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) TDD
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
4 2 (14.29%) OO
4 2 (14.29%) MVVM
4 2 (14.29%) Web Application Development
4 2 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (7.143%) CRM
5 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.143%) SOA
5 1 (7.143%) Release Management
5 1 (7.143%) Integration Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.143%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (7.143%) Scrum
5 1 (7.143%) Content Management
5 1 (7.143%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) C#
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
4 4 (28.57%) VB
4 4 (28.57%) VB.NET
5 2 (14.29%) VB6
6 1 (7.143%) Java
6 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
6 1 (7.143%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) Twitter
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