The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.NET 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 ASP.NET over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ASP.NET
Rank 18 33 11
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -22
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 13 9 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 5.882% 2.133% 8.787%
As % of the Application Development category 18.31% 6.923% 40.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 14
Average daily rate £290 £315 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.93% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £293 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £325 £442
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £33.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -10.71%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
71 130 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 32.13% 30.81% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 70 25
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 £248
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £550 £464
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%
ASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire ASP.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Lancashire ASP.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 19 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 +12 6 £290 -9.37% 14
Blackburn -2 2 - - 1
Burnley - - - -
Chorley - - - -
Colne - - - -
Lancaster - - - - 6
ASP.NET
North West

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

1 21 (100.00%) .NET
2 18 (85.71%) C#
3 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
4 10 (47.62%) MVC
4 10 (47.62%) JavaScript
4 10 (47.62%) jQuery
5 9 (42.86%) WCF
5 9 (42.86%) SQL
5 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
6 7 (33.33%) HTML
6 7 (33.33%) CSS
6 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (28.57%) VB
7 6 (28.57%) Web Services
8 5 (23.81%) XML
8 5 (23.81%) Windows
8 5 (23.81%) Ajax
8 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (14.29%) Workflow
10 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (14.29%) NHS
10 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
10 3 (14.29%) VB6
10 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
10 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
10 3 (14.29%) .NET Framework
10 3 (14.29%) LINQ
10 3 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 3 (14.29%) Web Application Development

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (100.00%) .NET
2 10 (47.62%) jQuery
3 9 (42.86%) WCF
4 7 (33.33%) HTML
4 7 (33.33%) CSS
4 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (28.57%) Web Services
6 5 (23.81%) XML
6 5 (23.81%) Ajax
7 3 (14.29%) .NET Framework
7 3 (14.29%) LINQ
7 3 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (9.524%) POCO
8 2 (9.524%) WF
8 2 (9.524%) Silverlight
8 2 (9.524%) JSON
8 2 (9.524%) SOAP
8 2 (9.524%) ASP
8 2 (9.524%) XSD
8 2 (9.524%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.762%) IIS
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Azure
2 1 (4.762%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) InfoPath
2 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.762%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.762%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Intranet
1 1 (4.762%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 5 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (9.524%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (4.762%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Subversion
1 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
1 1 (4.762%) JIRA
1 1 (4.762%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 1 (4.762%) Billing
Job Titles
1 18 (85.71%) Developer
2 12 (57.14%) .NET Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Software Developer
3 4 (19.05%) C# Developer
4 3 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (9.524%) .NET Software Developer
5 2 (9.524%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (9.524%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior C# Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Web Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Tester
6 1 (4.762%) Software Tester
6 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (4.762%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) NHS
2 1 (4.762%) Graphic Design
2 1 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) MVC
2 3 (14.29%) Workflow
2 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (14.29%) Web Application Development
3 2 (9.524%) MVVM
3 2 (9.524%) ITIL
3 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (9.524%) TDD
4 1 (4.762%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (4.762%) Web Development
4 1 (4.762%) Migration
4 1 (4.762%) Scrum
4 1 (4.762%) CRM
4 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.762%) UML
4 1 (4.762%) OO
4 1 (4.762%) Logistics
4 1 (4.762%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
4 1 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 18 (85.71%) C#
2 10 (47.62%) JavaScript
3 9 (42.86%) SQL
4 6 (28.57%) VB
5 3 (14.29%) VB6
5 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
5 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
6 2 (9.524%) PowerShell
6 2 (9.524%) VBScript
7 1 (4.762%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (9.524%) MCSD
2 2 (9.524%) HNC
3 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.762%) Adobe
2 1 (4.762%) Twitter
Preston, North West
I am recruiting for an ASP.NET Developer for a 3 month contract to be based partly from Preston, partly from home... Key skills for this role include; -...
Computer Futures
Rate: £150 - £160 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
C# /.NET / Agile / SQL Server / WCF / WPF / Preston / Lancashire / Blackburn / Blackpool / Manchester / Wigan / Warrington / Cheshire. C# .NET Applications Developer... Suitable candidates must have proven experience of developing enterprise...
AMsource Technology
Rate: From £280 to £290 per day depending on experience
Posted: 12 June 2013