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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the Lancashire 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3446
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below4.255 %2.521 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£290
Average daily rate-£340
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£27.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.19£36.39
% change on same period last year-6.04 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads94119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.119 %
Daily rates quoted816
Average minimum daily rate£248£330
Average daily rate£272£362
% change on same period last year-24.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£295£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted1818
Average minimum hourly rate£24.31£22.32
Average hourly rate£26.47£25.52
% change on same period last year+3.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.62£28.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
.NET Framework North West.NET Framework
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire .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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire .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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

19 (100.00 %)C#
19 (100.00 %)SQL
19 (100.00 %).NET
27 (77.78 %)XML
27 (77.78 %)XSLT
27 (77.78 %)ASP.NET
27 (77.78 %)JavaScript
27 (77.78 %)AJAX
36 (66.67 %)jQuery
36 (66.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
36 (66.67 %)WebServices
36 (66.67 %)E-Commerce
36 (66.67 %)SOA
36 (66.67 %)Microsoft
36 (66.67 %)MVC
36 (66.67 %)JSON
43 (33.33 %)SQL Server
52 (22.22 %)Adobe
52 (22.22 %)ColdFusion
52 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (22.22 %)PHP
52 (22.22 %)HTML
52 (22.22 %)DTS
52 (22.22 %)Zend
52 (22.22 %)Zend Framework
61 (11.11 %)C
61 (11.11 %)DHTML
61 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
61 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %).NET
27 (77.78 %)XML
27 (77.78 %)XSLT
27 (77.78 %)ASP.NET
27 (77.78 %)AJAX
36 (66.67 %)jQuery
36 (66.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
36 (66.67 %)WebServices
36 (66.67 %)MVC
36 (66.67 %)JSON
42 (22.22 %)HTML
42 (22.22 %)Zend Framework
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)ColdFusion
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (33.33 %)SQL Server
22 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (22.22 %)DTS
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (88.89 %)Developer
23 (33.33 %)SQL Developer
23 (33.33 %)SQL Server Developer
23 (33.33 %).NET Developer
23 (33.33 %)Web Developer
32 (22.22 %)PHP Developer
41 (11.11 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (11.11 %).NET Web Developer
41 (11.11 %)Senior .NET Developer
41 (11.11 %)Senior .NET Web Developer
41 (11.11 %)Senior Developer
41 (11.11 %)C# Developer
41 (11.11 %)Senior Web Developer
41 (11.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (66.67 %)E-Commerce
16 (66.67 %)SOA
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)C#
19 (100.00 %)SQL
27 (77.78 %)JavaScript
32 (22.22 %)PHP
41 (11.11 %)C
41 (11.11 %)DHTML
41 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (22.22 %)Adobe
22 (22.22 %)Zend