The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.NET 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 ASP.NET 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 ASP.NET
Rank 12 10 4
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -6
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 22 15 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 10.38% 7.109% 22.84%
As % of the Application Development category 28.95% 26.32% 48.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 4
Average daily rate £288 £250 £201
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% +24.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.98% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 14
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 £24.44 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+43.22% -24.80%
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%
ASP.NET
East Midlands

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET 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 -1 16 £288 +15.00%
Loughborough - 1 - -
Hinckley - 1 - -
ASP.NET
East Midlands

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 50 (100.00%) .NET
2 40 (80.00%) C#
3 20 (40.00%) Web Services
3 20 (40.00%) Visual Studio
4 19 (38.00%) JavaScript
5 18 (36.00%) SQL
6 16 (32.00%) jQuery
7 15 (30.00%) SQL Server
8 14 (28.00%) MVC
8 14 (28.00%) Telerik
8 14 (28.00%) Ajax
8 14 (28.00%) .NET Framework
9 13 (26.00%) DevExpress
9 13 (26.00%) OOP
10 12 (24.00%) CSS
10 12 (24.00%) N-Tier
11 11 (22.00%) HTML
11 11 (22.00%) WCF
12 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
12 8 (16.00%) UML
12 8 (16.00%) OO
13 7 (14.00%) ISO 9001
13 7 (14.00%) TickIT
13 7 (14.00%) SQL Server 2008
13 7 (14.00%) Razor View Engine
14 6 (12.00%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (12.00%) HTML5
14 6 (12.00%) Web Development
14 6 (12.00%) MS PowerPoint
14 6 (12.00%) MS Excel

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 50 (100.00%) .NET
2 20 (40.00%) Web Services
3 16 (32.00%) jQuery
4 14 (28.00%) Ajax
4 14 (28.00%) .NET Framework
5 12 (24.00%) CSS
6 11 (22.00%) HTML
6 11 (22.00%) WCF
7 7 (14.00%) Razor View Engine
8 6 (12.00%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (12.00%) HTML5
9 5 (10.00%) CSS3
9 5 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 4 (8.000%) LINQ
11 3 (6.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 3 (6.000%) ASP.NET 2.0
12 2 (4.000%) TAPI
12 2 (4.000%) Google Maps API
12 2 (4.000%) Silverlight
12 2 (4.000%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.000%) IIS
2 1 (2.000%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 6 (12.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 6 (12.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (12.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.000%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.000%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.000%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (6.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.000%) GIS
5 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.000%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 20 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (2.000%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 44 (88.00%) Developer
2 27 (54.00%) .NET Developer
3 23 (46.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 21 (42.00%) C# Developer
5 18 (36.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 18 (36.00%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (20.00%) Web Developer
7 8 (16.00%) .NET Web Developer
8 7 (14.00%) C# Web Developer
9 4 (8.000%) Development Project Manager
9 4 (8.000%) Project Manager
9 4 (8.000%) Development Manager
10 3 (6.000%) Software Developer
10 3 (6.000%) IT Development Manager
10 3 (6.000%) Database Developer
10 3 (6.000%) IT Project Manager
11 2 (4.000%) SharePoint Developer
11 2 (4.000%) Senior Developer
11 2 (4.000%) Lead Developer
12 1 (2.000%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.00%) N-Tier
2 4 (8.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (4.000%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (4.000%) Windows
1 2 (4.000%) Linux
1 2 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) MVC
2 13 (26.00%) OOP
3 8 (16.00%) UML
3 8 (16.00%) OO
4 6 (12.00%) Web Development
5 5 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (6.000%) Migration
6 3 (6.000%) ETL
7 2 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.000%) Logistics
8 1 (2.000%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 40 (80.00%) C#
2 19 (38.00%) JavaScript
3 18 (36.00%) SQL
4 5 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 2 (4.000%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (8.000%) Degree
2 2 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.000%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) ISO 9001
1 7 (14.00%) TickIT
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) Telerik
2 13 (26.00%) DevExpress
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.000%) Oracle