Leeds .NET Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Leeds 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 over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Andover Ashton-under-Lyne Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Carmarthenshire Carrickfergus Ceredigion Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dumbarton Dundee Dunfermline Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hastings Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Margate Marlow Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Romford Rugby Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	6	3
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	199	190
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.265 %	0.190 %
As % of the category below	55.90 %	52.05 %
Daily rates quoted	36	12
Average minimum daily rate	£282	£240
Average daily rate	£305	£256
% change on same period last year	+18.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£327	£272
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£329
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	30
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.13	£30.87
Average hourly rate	£31.93	£32.23
% change on same period last year	-0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.74	£33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.74	£32.91
% change on same period last year	-0.51 %
Application Development Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads	356	365
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.475 %	0.364 %
Daily rates quoted	63	56
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£319
Average daily rate	£297	£346
% change on same period last year	-14.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£319	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	39
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.26	£27.84
Average hourly rate	£32.60	£29.03
% change on same period last year	+12.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.95	£30.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.55	£33.03
% change on same period last year	-1.44 %
.NET 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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing .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 .NET.

1 260 (65.82 %) C# 2 219 (55.44 %) ASP.NET 3 214 (54.18 %) SQL Server 4 124 (31.39 %) SQL 5 112 (28.35 %) SQL Server 2005 6 103 (26.08 %) XML 7 82 (20.76 %) WebServices 8 73 (18.48 %) Microsoft 9 70 (17.72 %) VB.NET 10 67 (16.96 %) Visual Studio 11 65 (16.46 %) SharePoint 12 64 (16.20 %) Windows 13 63 (15.95 %) HTML 14 60 (15.19 %) CSS 15 53 (13.42 %) Finance

16 47 (11.90 %) JavaScript 16 47 (11.90 %) ASP.NET 2.0 17 37 (9.367 %) SharePoint Server 2007 17 37 (9.367 %) Oracle 18 33 (8.354 %) .NET Framework 19 30 (7.595 %) VB 20 27 (6.835 %) SQL Server 2000 20 27 (6.835 %) WCF 20 27 (6.835 %) SQL Server Integration Services 21 24 (6.076 %) Web Development 21 24 (6.076 %) WinForms 21 24 (6.076 %) Health 22 23 (5.823 %) Transact-SQL 23 22 (5.570 %) Agile Software Development 24 20 (5.063 %) ASP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing .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 .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 219 (55.44 %) ASP.NET 2 103 (26.08 %) XML 3 82 (20.76 %) WebServices 4 63 (15.95 %) HTML 5 60 (15.19 %) CSS 6 47 (11.90 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 33 (8.354 %) .NET Framework 8 27 (6.835 %) WCF 9 24 (6.076 %) WinForms 10 20 (5.063 %) AJAX 10 20 (5.063 %) ASP 11 19 (4.810 %) XSLT 12 17 (4.304 %) XHTML 13 13 (3.291 %) Microsoft Enterprise Library 14 11 (2.785 %) ADO.NET 15 10 (2.532 %) J2EE 16 8 (2.025 %) Silverlight 17 7 (1.772 %) WF 17 7 (1.772 %) Middleware 17 7 (1.772 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 65 (16.46 %) SharePoint 2 37 (9.367 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 18 (4.557 %) IIS 4 10 (2.532 %) BizTalk Server 5 9 (2.278 %) CMS 6 3 (0.759 %) TeamSite 6 3 (0.759 %) Lotus Notes 7 2 (0.506 %) Lotus Domino 7 2 (0.506 %) WebLogic 8 1 (0.253 %) Commerce Server 8 1 (0.253 %) ArcGIS 8 1 (0.253 %) MS Exchange 8 1 (0.253 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 1 (0.253 %) Community Server
Applications 1 15 (3.797 %) MS Excel 2 12 (3.038 %) InfoPath 3 7 (1.772 %) MS Office 4 6 (1.519 %) MS Visio 5 2 (0.506 %) Photoshop 5 2 (0.506 %) MS Project 5 2 (0.506 %) Fireworks 5 2 (0.506 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (0.253 %) ArcView 6 1 (0.253 %) Acrobat	Business Applications 1 1 (0.253 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (0.253 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 14 (3.544 %) Internet 2 5 (1.266 %) Firewall 3 3 (0.759 %) Intranet 3 3 (0.759 %) DNS 4 2 (0.506 %) SSL 4 2 (0.506 %) CTI 4 2 (0.506 %) WAN 4 2 (0.506 %) Kerberos 4 2 (0.506 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (0.506 %) X.509 5 1 (0.253 %) Extranet 5 1 (0.253 %) SSH	Database & Business Intelligence 1 214 (54.18 %) SQL Server 2 112 (28.35 %) SQL Server 2005 3 27 (6.835 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 27 (6.835 %) SQL Server 2000 4 11 (2.785 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 10 (2.532 %) Datawarehouse 6 5 (1.266 %) BusinessObjects 6 5 (1.266 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 5 (1.266 %) MS Access 7 4 (1.013 %) Oracle 9i 7 4 (1.013 %) TOAD 8 3 (0.759 %) DB2 8 3 (0.759 %) OLAP 8 3 (0.759 %) DTS 9 2 (0.506 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 2 (0.506 %) MySQL 9 2 (0.506 %) OLTP 10 1 (0.253 %) Oracle Discoverer 10 1 (0.253 %) Oracle 10g 10 1 (0.253 %) EDRMS
Development Applications 1 67 (16.96 %) Visual Studio 2 14 (3.544 %) Visual Studio Team System 3 11 (2.785 %) NUnit 4 5 (1.266 %) Oracle Forms 5 4 (1.013 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 3 (0.759 %) Dreamweaver 7 2 (0.506 %) TestDirector 7 2 (0.506 %) Flash 8 1 (0.253 %) ProC 8 1 (0.253 %) Subversion	General 1 53 (13.42 %) Finance 2 24 (6.076 %) Health 3 8 (2.025 %) Banking 3 8 (2.025 %) Insurance 4 7 (1.772 %) Telecoms 4 7 (1.772 %) Government 5 6 (1.519 %) Retail 6 5 (1.266 %) Pensions 7 4 (1.013 %) Legal 8 3 (0.759 %) Advertising 9 2 (0.506 %) Publishing 9 2 (0.506 %) Games 9 2 (0.506 %) Investment Banking 9 2 (0.506 %) Graphic Design 10 1 (0.253 %) Marketing 10 1 (0.253 %) Multimedia 10 1 (0.253 %) Education 10 1 (0.253 %) Front Office 10 1 (0.253 %) Back Office 10 1 (0.253 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 308 (77.97 %) Developer 2 161 (40.76 %) .NET Developer 3 100 (25.32 %) C# Developer 4 51 (12.91 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 36 (9.114 %) Analyst 6 35 (8.861 %) Web Developer 7 32 (8.101 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 8 17 (4.304 %) SharePoint Developer 8 17 (4.304 %) VB.NET Developer 9 15 (3.797 %) SQL Developer 9 15 (3.797 %) Architect 10 14 (3.544 %) Business Analyst 11 13 (3.291 %) Technical Architect 11 13 (3.291 %) Programmer 12 12 (3.038 %) Applications Developer 13 11 (2.785 %) Senior Developer 13 11 (2.785 %) Analyst Programmer 13 11 (2.785 %) SQL Server Developer 13 11 (2.785 %) VB Developer 14 8 (2.025 %) Team Leader	Miscellaneous 1 19 (4.810 %) NHS 2 8 (2.025 %) Computer Science 3 7 (1.772 %) N-Tier 4 6 (1.519 %) Client/Server 4 6 (1.519 %) Web 2.0 5 4 (1.013 %) W3C 6 2 (0.506 %) Data Integration 7 1 (0.253 %) Thin Client 7 1 (0.253 %) Replication 7 1 (0.253 %) Clustering 7 1 (0.253 %) IVR 7 1 (0.253 %) Fat Client 7 1 (0.253 %) RIA
Operating Systems 1 64 (16.20 %) Windows 2 6 (1.519 %) Windows 2000 2 6 (1.519 %) Windows XP 2 6 (1.519 %) Windows Server 2003 2 6 (1.519 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 24 (6.076 %) Web Development 2 22 (5.570 %) Agile Software Development 3 20 (5.063 %) Unit Testing 4 18 (4.557 %) UML 4 18 (4.557 %) OO 5 17 (4.304 %) E-Commerce 6 15 (3.797 %) Migration 7 13 (3.291 %) Workflow 8 10 (2.532 %) Stakeholder Management 8 10 (2.532 %) SOA 8 10 (2.532 %) Configuration Management 8 10 (2.532 %) Project Management 9 8 (2.025 %) Content Management 9 8 (2.025 %) Business Analysis 10 6 (1.519 %) Time Management 10 6 (1.519 %) Regression Testing 10 6 (1.519 %) OOP 11 5 (1.266 %) Performance Testing 11 5 (1.266 %) Software Testing 11 5 (1.266 %) Use Case
Programming Languages 1 260 (65.82 %) C# 2 124 (31.39 %) SQL 3 70 (17.72 %) VB.NET 4 47 (11.90 %) JavaScript 5 30 (7.595 %) VB 6 23 (5.823 %) Transact-SQL 7 18 (4.557 %) VB6 8 12 (3.038 %) PL/SQL 9 9 (2.278 %) Java 10 8 (2.025 %) C++ 11 6 (1.519 %) PHP 12 4 (1.013 %) C 12 4 (1.013 %) DHTML 13 3 (0.759 %) Perl 13 3 (0.759 %) VBScript 14 2 (0.506 %) VBA 14 2 (0.506 %) Progress 4GL 14 2 (0.506 %) LotusScript 15 1 (0.253 %) Delphi 15 1 (0.253 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 11 (2.785 %) Degree 2 8 (2.025 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (0.759 %) CITP 3 3 (0.759 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.253 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.253 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (2.785 %) QA 2 2 (0.506 %) HL7 3 1 (0.253 %) ISO17799 3 1 (0.253 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 12 (3.038 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 73 (18.48 %) Microsoft 2 37 (9.367 %) Oracle 3 5 (1.266 %) Business Objects 4 4 (1.013 %) IBM 5 3 (0.759 %) Lotus 6 2 (0.506 %) PeopleSoft 6 2 (0.506 %) Progress 6 2 (0.506 %) Adobe 7 1 (0.253 %) Borland 7 1 (0.253 %) RedDot 7 1 (0.253 %) Meridio 7 1 (0.253 %) Google