The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills 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 Framework over the 3 months to 20 June 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 19 37 29
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -8
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 13 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 5.652% 0.480% 0.427%
As % of the Application Development category 17.57% 1.550% 1.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 0
Average daily rate £300 £313 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £315
% change year-on-year
+1.72% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.48% -2.42%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
74 129 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 32.17% 30.94% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 70 30
Average daily rate £300 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £288 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £550 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
.NET Framework
North West

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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
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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Preston +19 10 £300 - 4
Blackburn - - - -
Chorley - - - -
Lancaster - - - - 1
Ormskirk - - - -
.NET Framework
North West

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
3 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
3 13 (72.22%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (72.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (72.22%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (66.67%) WCF
4 12 (66.67%) Visual Studio
5 11 (61.11%) XML
5 11 (61.11%) SQL Server 2012
6 9 (50.00%) XSD
6 9 (50.00%) WSDL
7 8 (44.44%) MS Excel
7 8 (44.44%) SOAP
7 8 (44.44%) IIS
7 8 (44.44%) Document Management
7 8 (44.44%) Mobile App
7 8 (44.44%) Mobile Application Development
7 8 (44.44%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 8 (44.44%) WPF
8 7 (38.89%) Windows
8 7 (38.89%) Workflow
8 7 (38.89%) Ninject
9 6 (33.33%) REST
9 6 (33.33%) UML
9 6 (33.33%) OO
9 6 (33.33%) MVC
9 6 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (33.33%) Enterprise Software

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (66.67%) WCF
3 11 (61.11%) XML
4 9 (50.00%) XSD
4 9 (50.00%) WSDL
5 8 (44.44%) SOAP
5 8 (44.44%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 8 (44.44%) WPF
6 7 (38.89%) Ninject
7 6 (33.33%) REST
8 5 (27.78%) Web Services
9 3 (16.67%) LINQ
9 3 (16.67%) jQuery
9 3 (16.67%) Ajax
9 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET
10 2 (11.11%) CSS
10 2 (11.11%) ASP
10 2 (11.11%) HTML
10 2 (11.11%) JSON
10 2 (11.11%) WF
Application Platforms
1 8 (44.44%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (44.44%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Intranet
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server 2005
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 13 (72.22%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (61.11%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Server 7
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 4 (22.22%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Developer
2 8 (44.44%) Software Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) C# Software Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) .NET Developer
4 4 (22.22%) C# Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.556%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) WPF Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Mobile App
2 6 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Document Management
1 8 (44.44%) Mobile Application Development
2 7 (38.89%) Workflow
3 6 (33.33%) UML
3 6 (33.33%) OO
3 6 (33.33%) MVC
3 6 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (27.78%) Dependency Injection
4 5 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (16.67%) TDD
7 2 (11.11%) ITIL
8 1 (5.556%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (27.78%) VB6
2 5 (27.78%) VB
2 5 (27.78%) VB.NET
3 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) T-SQL
3 2 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.11%) MCSD
2 2 (11.11%) HNC
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
Preston, Lancashire
oExtensive experience in C# utilising Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 with Visual Studio 2010 / 2012. oExtensive experience with SQL Server 2012/2008/2005. oAsynchronous Programming Models (in particular...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £300 per day + Contract - 3 Months
Posted: 17 June 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Extensive experience in C# utilising Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5 with Visual Studio 2010 / 2012. * SQL Server 2012/2008/2005. * Web Services, including REST / SOAP / WSDL / XSD / XML *...
Venturi
Rate: £275 - £350 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013