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The table below looks at the demand for the .NET Consultant role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 .NET Consultant
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank394452
Rank change on same period last yearUp+58
Matching contract IT job ads517
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.017 %
As % of the category below0.018 %0.040 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£400£375
Average daily rate£413£394
% change on same period last year+4.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£999£211
% change on same period last year+372.89 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£34.07
% change on same period last year-4.61 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2787042471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.24 %42.92 %
Daily rates quoted1157315986
Average minimum daily rate£400£422
Average daily rate£429£451
% change on same period last year-4.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£458£479
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted15952259
Average minimum hourly rate£24.05£24.09
Average hourly rate£25.60£25.73
% change on same period last year-0.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.16£27.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
.NET Consultant England.NET Consultant
England

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 Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Consultant across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London .NET Consultant Demand Trend

.NET Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

London .NET Consultant Daily Rate Trend

.NET Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London .NET Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Consultant within the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-141£375-
.NET Consultant England.NET Consultant
England

.NET Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited .NET Consultant in their job title 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 with .NET Consultant in their job title.

117 (100.00 %).NET
211 (64.71 %)SQL Server
310 (58.82 %)C#
310 (58.82 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (52.94 %)ASP.NET
56 (35.29 %)CRM
56 (35.29 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (29.41 %).NET Framework
65 (29.41 %)MS Excel
65 (29.41 %)Microsoft CRM
74 (23.53 %)SharePoint
83 (17.65 %)SharePoint Server 2007
83 (17.65 %)Finance
83 (17.65 %)WebServices
83 (17.65 %)XML
92 (11.76 %)JavaScript
92 (11.76 %)SQL
92 (11.76 %)MSI
92 (11.76 %)Insurance
101 (5.882 %)XPath
101 (5.882 %)Dynamics CRM
101 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
101 (5.882 %)Retail
101 (5.882 %)Asset Management
101 (5.882 %)WPF
101 (5.882 %)Publishing
101 (5.882 %)Scrum
101 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
101 (5.882 %)SOA
101 (5.882 %)ECMAScript

.NET Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited .NET Consultant in their job title 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 with .NET Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (100.00 %).NET
29 (52.94 %)ASP.NET
35 (29.41 %).NET Framework
43 (17.65 %)WebServices
43 (17.65 %)XML
51 (5.882 %)XSLT
51 (5.882 %)XHTML
51 (5.882 %)CSS
51 (5.882 %)J2EE
51 (5.882 %)WPF
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (23.53 %)SharePoint
23 (17.65 %)SharePoint Server 2007
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (29.41 %)MS Excel
21 (5.882 %)MS Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (29.41 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (5.882 %)Dynamics CRM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.882 %)Broadband
11 (5.882 %)Internet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (64.71 %)SQL Server
210 (58.82 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (35.29 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (5.882 %)Oracle 9i
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.76 %)MSI
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (17.65 %)Finance
22 (11.76 %)Insurance
31 (5.882 %)Publishing
31 (5.882 %)Retail
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (35.29 %)CRM
21 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
21 (5.882 %)SOA
21 (5.882 %)Scrum
21 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
21 (5.882 %)Asset Management
21 (5.882 %)OO
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (58.82 %)C#
22 (11.76 %)JavaScript
22 (11.76 %)SQL
31 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
31 (5.882 %)VB.NET
31 (5.882 %)VBA
31 (5.882 %)ECMAScript
31 (5.882 %)XPath
31 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
31 (5.882 %)DHTML
31 (5.882 %)Java
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.882 %)Oracle
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft