The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 21 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 Leicestershire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 23 18 17
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -1
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 10 7 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 4.717% 3.318% 8.190%
As % of the Application Development category 13.16% 12.28% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £288 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
76 57 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 35.85% 27.01% 47.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 23 28
Average daily rate £295 £275 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.27% -26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £405 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 20
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
East Midlands

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire .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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester -3 4 £288 -
Loughborough - 4 - -
Hinckley - 1 - -
.NET Framework
East Midlands

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 29 (100.00%) .NET
2 25 (86.21%) C#
3 23 (79.31%) SQL
4 16 (55.17%) SQL Server
4 16 (55.17%) Visual Studio
5 14 (48.28%) ASP.NET
6 13 (44.83%) Oracle
7 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
8 8 (27.59%) TCP/IP
8 8 (27.59%) Windows
9 7 (24.14%) Siemens
9 7 (24.14%) Modbus
10 6 (20.69%) T-SQL
11 5 (17.24%) Degree
11 5 (17.24%) Web Services
11 5 (17.24%) UML
11 5 (17.24%) Oracle 8/8i
12 4 (13.79%) ISO 9001
12 4 (13.79%) TickIT
13 3 (10.34%) MVC
13 3 (10.34%) Migration
13 3 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
13 3 (10.34%) MS PowerPoint
13 3 (10.34%) Telerik
13 3 (10.34%) ETL
13 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
13 3 (10.34%) MS Office
13 3 (10.34%) LINQ
13 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 29 (100.00%) .NET
2 14 (48.28%) ASP.NET
3 5 (17.24%) Web Services
4 3 (10.34%) LINQ
4 3 (10.34%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 3 (10.34%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (6.897%) CSS3
5 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 2 (6.897%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (6.897%) jQuery
5 2 (6.897%) CSS
5 2 (6.897%) HTML
5 2 (6.897%) XHTML
5 2 (6.897%) WCF
6 1 (3.448%) WPF
6 1 (3.448%) Silverlight
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
1 3 (10.34%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) TCP/IP
2 7 (24.14%) Modbus
3 2 (6.897%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (55.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.24%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.448%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 16 (55.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (6.897%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (86.21%) Developer
2 15 (51.72%) C# Developer
3 6 (20.69%) .NET Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Developer
5 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Database Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (6.897%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Programmer
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Analyst Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst Programmer
6 2 (6.897%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (6.897%) Programmer
6 2 (6.897%) Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.448%) Software Architect
7 1 (3.448%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.448%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Windows
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.448%) Linux
2 1 (3.448%) Android
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) UML
2 3 (10.34%) MVC
2 3 (10.34%) Migration
2 3 (10.34%) ETL
3 2 (6.897%) Web Application Development
3 2 (6.897%) Web Development
3 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
3 2 (6.897%) OOP
3 2 (6.897%) PRINCE
3 2 (6.897%) Logistics
4 1 (3.448%) TOGAF
4 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 25 (86.21%) C#
2 23 (79.31%) SQL
3 6 (20.69%) T-SQL
4 2 (6.897%) JavaScript
4 2 (6.897%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.448%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 2 (6.897%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.448%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) ISO 9001
1 4 (13.79%) TickIT
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Oracle
2 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
3 7 (24.14%) Siemens
4 3 (10.34%) Telerik
5 2 (6.897%) DevExpress