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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6156
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads1812
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.013 %
As % of the category below6.040 %4.096 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£383-
Average daily rate£392-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£346
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£27.00
Average hourly rate£29.00£27.00
% change on same period last year+7.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.04£39.39
% change on same period last year-16.12 %
Application Development LeedsApplication Development
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads298293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.393 %0.311 %
Daily rates quoted4933
Average minimum daily rate£286£326
Average daily rate£303£346
% change on same period last year-12.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted1012
Average minimum hourly rate£30.11£24.38
Average hourly rate£32.92£25.87
% change on same period last year+27.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.73£27.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
.NET Framework West Yorkshire.NET Framework
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds .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 Leeds region.

Leeds .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Leeds .NET Framework Daily Rate Histogram

.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 Leeds region.

Leeds .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

136 (100.00 %).NET
225 (69.44 %)C#
321 (58.33 %)ASP.NET
418 (50.00 %)SQL Server
515 (41.67 %)XML
612 (33.33 %)Microsoft
710 (27.78 %)ADO.NET
710 (27.78 %)VB.NET
89 (25.00 %)Windows
89 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
89 (25.00 %)Health
98 (22.22 %)WebServices
107 (19.44 %)JavaScript
107 (19.44 %)SQL
107 (19.44 %)ASP.NET 2.0
116 (16.67 %)Finance
116 (16.67 %)Oracle
116 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
125 (13.89 %)Oracle 9i
125 (13.89 %)MFC
125 (13.89 %)PL/SQL
125 (13.89 %)C++
125 (13.89 %)Microsoft Certification
125 (13.89 %)SOA
125 (13.89 %)Pensions
134 (11.11 %)WCF
134 (11.11 %)TOAD
134 (11.11 %)DHTML
134 (11.11 %)UML
143 (8.333 %)RAD

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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
136 (100.00 %).NET
221 (58.33 %)ASP.NET
315 (41.67 %)XML
410 (27.78 %)ADO.NET
58 (22.22 %)WebServices
67 (19.44 %)ASP.NET 2.0
75 (13.89 %)MFC
84 (11.11 %)WCF
93 (8.333 %)WinForms
93 (8.333 %)CSS
102 (5.556 %)AJAX
102 (5.556 %)WF
102 (5.556 %)XHTML
111 (2.778 %)DOM
111 (2.778 %)MonoRail
111 (2.778 %)Google Maps API
111 (2.778 %)NHibernate
111 (2.778 %)JSON
111 (2.778 %)KML
111 (2.778 %)HTML
Application Platforms
12 (5.556 %)IIS
21 (2.778 %)SharePoint
21 (2.778 %)BizTalk Server
21 (2.778 %)CMS
Applications
12 (5.556 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
13 (8.333 %)Internet
22 (5.556 %)X.509
22 (5.556 %)Firewall
22 (5.556 %)WAN
22 (5.556 %)Kerberos
22 (5.556 %)TCP/IP
22 (5.556 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
118 (50.00 %)SQL Server
29 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (13.89 %)Oracle 9i
44 (11.11 %)TOAD
53 (8.333 %)Oracle Reports
62 (5.556 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (5.556 %)SQL Server 7
71 (2.778 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (2.778 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
16 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
23 (8.333 %)Oracle Forms
23 (8.333 %)ProC
31 (2.778 %)Subversion
General
19 (25.00 %)Health
26 (16.67 %)Finance
35 (13.89 %)Pensions
43 (8.333 %)Government
52 (5.556 %)Advertising
61 (2.778 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
131 (86.11 %)Developer
225 (69.44 %).NET Developer
315 (41.67 %)C# Developer
47 (19.44 %)ASP.NET Developer
56 (16.67 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
65 (13.89 %)Software Developer
65 (13.89 %)CSharp Software Developer
73 (8.333 %)Architect
73 (8.333 %)SQL Developer
73 (8.333 %)SQL Server Developer
73 (8.333 %)Analyst
82 (5.556 %)Technical Architect
82 (5.556 %)Web Developer
82 (5.556 %)Analyst Programmer
82 (5.556 %)Programmer
82 (5.556 %)3rd Line Support
82 (5.556 %)Infrastructure Engineer
82 (5.556 %)VB.NET Developer
82 (5.556 %)VB Developer
82 (5.556 %)VB6 Developer
Miscellaneous
12 (5.556 %)NHS
21 (2.778 %)Thin Client
21 (2.778 %)Management Information System
21 (2.778 %)Web 2.0
21 (2.778 %)Fat Client
21 (2.778 %)RIA
Operating Systems
19 (25.00 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
15 (13.89 %)SOA
24 (11.11 %)UML
33 (8.333 %)RAD
33 (8.333 %)Workflow
33 (8.333 %)Migration
33 (8.333 %)Unit Testing
33 (8.333 %)ERD
42 (5.556 %)Network Design
42 (5.556 %)Web Development
42 (5.556 %)OO
42 (5.556 %)Configuration Management
51 (2.778 %)E-business
51 (2.778 %)MVC
51 (2.778 %)RUP
51 (2.778 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (2.778 %)Agile Software Development
51 (2.778 %)TDD
Programming Languages
125 (69.44 %)C#
210 (27.78 %)VB.NET
37 (19.44 %)SQL
37 (19.44 %)JavaScript
45 (13.89 %)PL/SQL
45 (13.89 %)C++
54 (11.11 %)DHTML
63 (8.333 %)VB
63 (8.333 %)VB6
71 (2.778 %)Transact-SQL
71 (2.778 %)VBA
Qualifications
15 (13.89 %)Microsoft Certification
System Software
12 (5.556 %)Active Directory
Vendors
112 (33.33 %)Microsoft
26 (16.67 %)Oracle
31 (2.778 %)Google
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