The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 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 Leicester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 1 3 2
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing .NET 26 16 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 26.00% 17.98% 42.31%
As % of the Application Development category 83.87% 61.54% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 4
Average daily rate £290 £275 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% +12.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £180 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £300 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 16
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Leicester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
31 26 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 31.00% 29.21% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 11
Average daily rate £290 £275 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.45% +14.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £160 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £345 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 18
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Leicestershire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leicester .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicester .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicester .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 36 (72.00%) C#
2 27 (54.00%) ASP.NET
3 26 (52.00%) SQL Server
4 20 (40.00%) SQL
4 20 (40.00%) Visual Studio
5 15 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 15 (30.00%) .NET Framework
6 13 (26.00%) JavaScript
6 13 (26.00%) CSS
7 12 (24.00%) jQuery
8 11 (22.00%) Web Services
8 11 (22.00%) HTML
8 11 (22.00%) MS Excel
9 10 (20.00%) Ajax
10 9 (18.00%) SQL Server 2008
10 9 (18.00%) Windows
11 8 (16.00%) E-Commerce
11 8 (16.00%) N-Tier
11 8 (16.00%) MVC
11 8 (16.00%) Web Development
12 7 (14.00%) DevExpress
12 7 (14.00%) CSS3
12 7 (14.00%) Modbus
12 7 (14.00%) Telerik
12 7 (14.00%) Siemens
12 7 (14.00%) TCP/IP
12 7 (14.00%) OOP
12 7 (14.00%) Oracle
13 6 (12.00%) T-SQL
13 6 (12.00%) UML

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 27 (54.00%) ASP.NET
2 15 (30.00%) .NET Framework
3 13 (26.00%) CSS
4 12 (24.00%) jQuery
5 11 (22.00%) Web Services
5 11 (22.00%) HTML
6 10 (20.00%) Ajax
7 7 (14.00%) CSS3
8 5 (10.00%) HTML5
9 4 (8.000%) XHTML
9 4 (8.000%) WCF
10 3 (6.000%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (6.000%) ASP.NET 2.0
10 3 (6.000%) XML
10 3 (6.000%) WinForms
11 2 (4.000%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 2 (4.000%) Razor View Engine
11 2 (4.000%) LINQ
11 2 (4.000%) WPF
12 1 (2.000%) WF
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.000%) IIS
2 1 (2.000%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (2.000%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (22.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.00%) Modbus
1 7 (14.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (52.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (18.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (12.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (8.000%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (6.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (6.000%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.000%) GIS
Development Applications
1 20 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.000%) JIRA
2 1 (2.000%) NUnit
2 1 (2.000%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (10.00%) Retail
2 2 (4.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 41 (82.00%) Developer
2 17 (34.00%) C# Developer
3 15 (30.00%) .NET Developer
4 10 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (14.00%) Project Manager
6 6 (12.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (12.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (8.000%) Senior Developer
8 3 (6.000%) Database Developer
8 3 (6.000%) Technical Manager
8 3 (6.000%) Web Developer
8 3 (6.000%) Technical Project Manager
8 3 (6.000%) Software Developer
9 2 (4.000%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (4.000%) VB.NET Developer
9 2 (4.000%) Analyst Developer
9 2 (4.000%) Senior Analyst Programmer
9 2 (4.000%) Development Manager
9 2 (4.000%) Analyst
9 2 (4.000%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) N-Tier
2 4 (8.000%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.000%) EPoS
3 1 (2.000%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.00%) E-Commerce
1 8 (16.00%) MVC
1 8 (16.00%) Web Development
2 7 (14.00%) OOP
3 6 (12.00%) UML
4 5 (10.00%) Project Management
5 4 (8.000%) OO
6 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2
6 3 (6.000%) ETL
6 3 (6.000%) Migration
7 2 (4.000%) PRINCE
7 2 (4.000%) Multithreading
7 2 (4.000%) Web Application Development
7 2 (4.000%) TDD
8 1 (2.000%) Logistics
8 1 (2.000%) Software Engineering
8 1 (2.000%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.000%) MVVM
8 1 (2.000%) V-Model
8 1 (2.000%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (72.00%) C#
2 20 (40.00%) SQL
3 13 (26.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (12.00%) T-SQL
5 5 (10.00%) VB.NET
6 2 (4.000%) PL/SQL
6 2 (4.000%) C++
7 1 (2.000%) VB6
7 1 (2.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.000%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) ISO 9001
1 5 (10.00%) TickIT
Vendors
1 15 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) DevExpress
2 7 (14.00%) Telerik
2 7 (14.00%) Siemens
2 7 (14.00%) Oracle
3 1 (2.000%) Perforce