The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Application Development category for the Leeds 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 38 50 28
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -22
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 31 21 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 4.122% 2.352% 4.348%
As % of the Application Development category 12.06% 8.861% 19.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 19 9
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £310 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £374 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
257 237 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 34.18% 26.54% 22.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 157 77
Average daily rate £290 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
Average hourly rate £33.00 £18.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+83.33% -57.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
West Yorkshire

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Leeds region.

Leeds .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds .NET Framework Daily Rate Histogram

.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 Leeds region.

Leeds .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 59 (100.00%) .NET
2 56 (94.92%) ASP.NET
3 55 (93.22%) C#
4 38 (64.41%) JavaScript
5 35 (59.32%) Web Services
6 33 (55.93%) ASP.NET MVC
7 30 (50.85%) SQL Server
8 26 (44.07%) MVC
8 26 (44.07%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 19 (32.20%) Visual Studio
10 18 (30.51%) CSS
11 17 (28.81%) Scrum
11 17 (28.81%) Web Development
11 17 (28.81%) SQL Server 2008
12 16 (27.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 16 (27.12%) HTML
13 15 (25.42%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 14 (23.73%) Agile Software Development
15 13 (22.03%) SharePoint
16 12 (20.34%) XAML
16 12 (20.34%) jQuery
16 12 (20.34%) WPF
16 12 (20.34%) Silverlight
16 12 (20.34%) Kanban
17 11 (18.64%) NHibernate
17 11 (18.64%) NHS
18 10 (16.95%) TDD
18 10 (16.95%) XML
18 10 (16.95%) Dependency Injection
19 9 (15.25%) Data Warehouse

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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
1 59 (100.00%) .NET
2 56 (94.92%) ASP.NET
3 35 (59.32%) Web Services
4 33 (55.93%) ASP.NET MVC
5 26 (44.07%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 18 (30.51%) CSS
7 16 (27.12%) HTML
8 15 (25.42%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 12 (20.34%) jQuery
9 12 (20.34%) WPF
9 12 (20.34%) Silverlight
10 11 (18.64%) NHibernate
11 10 (16.95%) XML
12 8 (13.56%) MDX
13 4 (6.780%) CAML
13 4 (6.780%) REST
13 4 (6.780%) DHTML
14 3 (5.085%) Ajax
14 3 (5.085%) Dojo
14 3 (5.085%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 13 (22.03%) SharePoint
2 7 (11.86%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (6.780%) FileNet
4 2 (3.390%) Apache Solr
4 2 (3.390%) Apache
5 1 (1.695%) CMS
5 1 (1.695%) IIS
5 1 (1.695%) DotNetNuke
5 1 (1.695%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.695%) Sitecore CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (50.85%) SQL Server
2 17 (28.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (27.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 9 (15.25%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 4 (6.780%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (6.780%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (5.085%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (5.085%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (3.390%) RavenDB
8 1 (1.695%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (32.20%) Visual Studio
2 7 (11.86%) NUnit
3 2 (3.390%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.695%) JIRA
General
1 4 (6.780%) Finance
2 3 (5.085%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 55 (93.22%) Developer
2 32 (54.24%) .NET Developer
3 11 (18.64%) C# Developer
3 11 (18.64%) ASP.NET Developer
3 11 (18.64%) SharePoint Developer
4 8 (13.56%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 8 (13.56%) C# .NET Developer
5 6 (10.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (6.780%) FileNet Consultant
6 4 (6.780%) Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (5.085%) Applications Developer
7 3 (5.085%) Agile .NET Developer
8 1 (1.695%) Software Developer
8 1 (1.695%) Senior Developer
8 1 (1.695%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) NHS
2 4 (6.780%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.390%) Mathematics
3 2 (3.390%) Open Source
3 2 (3.390%) W3C
4 1 (1.695%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.695%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (44.07%) MVC
2 17 (28.81%) Scrum
2 17 (28.81%) Web Development
3 14 (23.73%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (20.34%) Kanban
5 10 (16.95%) TDD
5 10 (16.95%) Dependency Injection
6 9 (15.25%) E-Commerce
6 9 (15.25%) Automated Testing
7 8 (13.56%) Unit Testing
8 7 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (11.86%) Software Engineering
8 7 (11.86%) Migration
9 6 (10.17%) Data Management
9 6 (10.17%) ITIL
9 6 (10.17%) PRINCE2
9 6 (10.17%) OO
9 6 (10.17%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (10.17%) Software Architecture
10 4 (6.780%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (93.22%) C#
2 38 (64.41%) JavaScript
3 12 (20.34%) XAML
4 6 (10.17%) SQL
5 3 (5.085%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.390%) OCaml
6 2 (3.390%) Ruby
7 1 (1.695%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) Degree
2 4 (6.780%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.390%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.390%) BC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (1.695%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.780%) Oracle
2 4 (6.780%) IBM
3 1 (1.695%) EPiServer
3 1 (1.695%) Sitecore