The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.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 ASP.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 ASP.NET
Rank 6 4 4
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 14 13 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 14.00% 14.61% 31.73%
As % of the Application Development category 45.16% 50.00% 51.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 3
Average daily rate £288 £250 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% +4.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.06% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
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%
ASP.NET
Leicestershire

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

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 Leicester region.

Leicester ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 27 (100.00%) .NET
2 18 (66.67%) C#
3 13 (48.15%) Visual Studio
4 11 (40.74%) CSS
4 11 (40.74%) Web Services
4 11 (40.74%) JavaScript
4 11 (40.74%) SQL
5 10 (37.04%) Ajax
5 10 (37.04%) jQuery
6 9 (33.33%) HTML
6 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 8 (29.63%) N-Tier
8 7 (25.93%) Telerik
8 7 (25.93%) .NET Framework
8 7 (25.93%) DevExpress
8 7 (25.93%) OOP
9 6 (22.22%) Web Development
9 6 (22.22%) MVC
10 5 (18.52%) MS PowerPoint
10 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
10 5 (18.52%) CSS3
10 5 (18.52%) HTML5
10 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
10 5 (18.52%) ISO 9001
10 5 (18.52%) TickIT
10 5 (18.52%) MS Office
10 5 (18.52%) UML
11 4 (14.81%) T-SQL
11 4 (14.81%) OO
11 4 (14.81%) Degree

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 27 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (40.74%) CSS
2 11 (40.74%) Web Services
3 10 (37.04%) Ajax
3 10 (37.04%) jQuery
4 9 (33.33%) HTML
5 7 (25.93%) .NET Framework
6 5 (18.52%) CSS3
6 5 (18.52%) HTML5
7 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (7.407%) XHTML
8 2 (7.407%) XML
8 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 2 (7.407%) WCF
9 1 (3.704%) Silverlight
9 1 (3.704%) LINQ
9 1 (3.704%) TAPI
9 1 (3.704%) Google Maps API
9 1 (3.704%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) SharePoint
1 2 (7.407%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.704%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS PowerPoint
1 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
1 5 (18.52%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.704%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (48.15%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.704%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.704%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 26 (96.30%) Developer
2 11 (40.74%) .NET Developer
3 10 (37.04%) ASP.NET Developer
4 8 (29.63%) C# Developer
5 6 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
5 6 (22.22%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Database Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Web Developer
7 2 (7.407%) Senior Developer
7 2 (7.407%) Lead Developer
7 2 (7.407%) Software Developer
7 2 (7.407%) SharePoint Developer
8 1 (3.704%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Graduate Web Developer
8 1 (3.704%) IT Development Manager
8 1 (3.704%) IT Project Manager
8 1 (3.704%) Development Project Manager
8 1 (3.704%) .NET Web Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Graduate Developer
8 1 (3.704%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) N-Tier
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) OOP
2 6 (22.22%) Web Development
2 6 (22.22%) MVC
3 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
3 5 (18.52%) UML
4 4 (14.81%) OO
5 3 (11.11%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 18 (66.67%) C#
2 11 (40.74%) JavaScript
2 11 (40.74%) SQL
3 4 (14.81%) T-SQL
4 2 (7.407%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) ISO 9001
1 5 (18.52%) TickIT
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Telerik
1 7 (25.93%) DevExpress
2 2 (7.407%) Microsoft