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The table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 .NET Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4148
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads11121476
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.580 %1.491 %
As % of the category below4.026 %3.473 %
Daily rates quoted497593
Average minimum daily rate£349£341
Average daily rate£375£367
% change on same period last year+2.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£307
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted6168
Average minimum hourly rate£31.46£31.44
Average hourly rate£32.73£34.55
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00£37.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.58£32.82
% change on same period last year-9.86 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2762242500
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.25 %42.92 %
Daily rates quoted1148716033
Average minimum daily rate£401£423
Average daily rate£430£451
% change on same period last year-4.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£459£479
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted15562261
Average minimum hourly rate£23.80£24.08
Average hourly rate£25.36£25.73
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.91£27.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
.NET Developer England.NET Developer
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 Developer
Demand Trend

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

London .NET Developer Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

London .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

London .NET Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 7 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 LondonUp+24324£399-9.58 %
CroydonUp+36£326-17.46 %
Docklands, LondonUp+255£480+1.05 %
Canary WharfUp+44£408-6.22 %
TwickenhamNew entry-3£392-
HarrowNew entry-1£350-
LutonUp+151£288-
TeddingtonNew entry-1--
.NET Developer England.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited .NET Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

12218 (100.00 %).NET
21746 (78.72 %)C#
31428 (64.38 %)ASP.NET
41172 (52.84 %)SQL Server
5698 (31.47 %)SQL
6558 (25.16 %)SQL Server 2005
7531 (23.94 %)XML
8484 (21.82 %)HTML
9455 (20.51 %)CSS
10439 (19.79 %)JavaScript
11399 (17.99 %)Finance
12388 (17.49 %)OO
13384 (17.31 %)VB.NET
14316 (14.25 %)WebServices
15284 (12.80 %)AJAX
16262 (11.81 %)SQL Server 2000
17259 (11.68 %)Banking
18245 (11.05 %)Microsoft
19216 (9.739 %)Agile Software Development
20207 (9.333 %)ASP
21201 (9.062 %)Visual Studio
22188 (8.476 %)Transact-SQL
23183 (8.251 %)WinForms
24181 (8.161 %)ASP.NET 2.0
25174 (7.845 %)Windows
26169 (7.619 %)NUnit
27165 (7.439 %).NET Framework
28162 (7.304 %)Front Office
29161 (7.259 %)WCF
30158 (7.124 %)Investment Banking

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited .NET Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12218 (100.00 %).NET
21428 (64.38 %)ASP.NET
3531 (23.94 %)XML
4484 (21.82 %)HTML
5455 (20.51 %)CSS
6316 (14.25 %)WebServices
7284 (12.80 %)AJAX
8207 (9.333 %)ASP
9183 (8.251 %)WinForms
10181 (8.161 %)ASP.NET 2.0
11165 (7.439 %).NET Framework
12161 (7.259 %)WCF
13149 (6.718 %)XHTML
14145 (6.537 %)XSLT
1563 (2.840 %)WPF
1662 (2.795 %)NHibernate
1748 (2.164 %)LINQ
1846 (2.074 %)ADO.NET
1941 (1.849 %)XSL
2036 (1.623 %)SOAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1136 (6.132 %)SharePoint
297 (4.373 %)CMS
395 (4.283 %)BizTalk Server
460 (2.705 %)IIS
536 (1.623 %)SharePoint Server 2007
629 (1.307 %)MTS
720 (0.902 %)Commerce Server
817 (0.766 %)Commerce Server 2007
915 (0.676 %)Rendezvous
1013 (0.586 %)EPiServer
1112 (0.541 %)Content Management Server
1211 (0.496 %)Apache
1310 (0.451 %)ColdFusion
147 (0.316 %)Sitecore CMS
156 (0.271 %)SharePoint Portal Server
156 (0.271 %)MQSeries
165 (0.225 %)LiveLink
174 (0.180 %)DotNetNuke
183 (0.135 %)Lotus Notes
183 (0.135 %)Tomcat
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
162 (2.795 %)MS Excel
220 (0.902 %)Photoshop
313 (0.586 %)MS Office
43 (0.135 %)Fireworks
43 (0.135 %)Adobe Illustrator
43 (0.135 %)MS Project
43 (0.135 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.090 %)InfoPath
52 (0.090 %)MS Visio
52 (0.090 %)MATLAB
61 (0.045 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (0.676 %)Microsoft CRM
29 (0.406 %)Dynamics CRM
36 (0.271 %)Navision
42 (0.090 %)Sophis VALUE
42 (0.090 %)Sophis RISQUE
42 (0.090 %)Dynamics AX
51 (0.045 %)SAP CRM
51 (0.045 %)Loan IQ
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1103 (4.644 %)Internet
268 (3.066 %)Intranet
316 (0.721 %)HTTP
414 (0.631 %)Extranet
513 (0.586 %)Broadband
65 (0.225 %)FTP
65 (0.225 %)SSL
72 (0.090 %)Reverse Proxy
72 (0.090 %)SSH
72 (0.090 %)HTTPS
72 (0.090 %)TCP/IP
81 (0.045 %)GPRS
81 (0.045 %)DNS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11172 (52.84 %)SQL Server
2558 (25.16 %)SQL Server 2005
3262 (11.81 %)SQL Server 2000
446 (2.074 %)SQL Server Integration Services
538 (1.713 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
630 (1.353 %)Crystal Reports
724 (1.082 %)MySQL
823 (1.037 %)Oracle 9i
917 (0.766 %)Oracle 10g
1015 (0.676 %)BusinessObjects
1015 (0.676 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1015 (0.676 %)SQL Server 2008
1114 (0.631 %)DTS
1211 (0.496 %)RDBMS
1310 (0.451 %)Datawarehouse
1310 (0.451 %)Oracle Reports
147 (0.316 %)MS Access
147 (0.316 %)ETL
155 (0.225 %)EDRMS
164 (0.180 %)Oracle 8/8i
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1201 (9.062 %)Visual Studio
2169 (7.619 %)NUnit
355 (2.480 %)Log4Net
446 (2.074 %)Subversion
541 (1.849 %)VSS/SourceSafe
628 (1.262 %)Flash
711 (0.496 %)Ant
711 (0.496 %)Selenium
810 (0.451 %)FitNesse
99 (0.406 %)JUnit
107 (0.316 %)ReSharper
114 (0.180 %)Dreamweaver
122 (0.090 %)Oracle Forms
122 (0.090 %)MSI
131 (0.045 %)Visual Studio Team System
131 (0.045 %)WinRunner
131 (0.045 %)LoadRunner
131 (0.045 %)Oracle Developer 2000
131 (0.045 %)PowerBuilder
131 (0.045 %)ClearQuest
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1399 (17.99 %)Finance
2259 (11.68 %)Banking
3162 (7.304 %)Front Office
4158 (7.124 %)Investment Banking
572 (3.246 %)Insurance
663 (2.840 %)Retail
663 (2.840 %)Government
747 (2.119 %)Marketing
834 (1.533 %)Financial Institution
834 (1.533 %)Publishing
932 (1.443 %)Games
1031 (1.398 %)Advertising
1126 (1.172 %)Construction
1223 (1.037 %)Back Office
1315 (0.676 %)Education
1413 (0.586 %)Telecoms
1413 (0.586 %)Music
1512 (0.541 %)Online Games
168 (0.361 %)Music Industry
176 (0.271 %)Law
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
183 (3.742 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
278 (3.517 %)Fixed Income
369 (3.111 %)Multithreading
463 (2.840 %)Derivative
554 (2.435 %)N-Tier
632 (1.443 %)Equities
721 (0.947 %)Credit Derivative
820 (0.902 %)Social Network
919 (0.857 %)Client/Server
1016 (0.721 %)Equity Derivative
1115 (0.676 %)Web 2.0
1115 (0.676 %)Computer Science
1214 (0.631 %)NHS
1313 (0.586 %)W3C
1412 (0.541 %)Credit Risk
1511 (0.496 %)Streaming Video
1511 (0.496 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1511 (0.496 %)Blog
169 (0.406 %)Grid Computing
169 (0.406 %)Wiki
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1174 (7.845 %)Windows
219 (0.857 %)Windows Server 2003
314 (0.631 %)Linux
48 (0.361 %)UNIX
56 (0.271 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (0.225 %)Windows NT
72 (0.090 %)Windows XP
72 (0.090 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.090 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.045 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.045 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.045 %)Windows Vista
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1388 (17.49 %)OO
2216 (9.739 %)Agile Software Development
3141 (6.357 %)TDD
4109 (4.914 %)E-Commerce
5107 (4.824 %)OOD
5107 (4.824 %)Web Development
693 (4.193 %)UML
783 (3.742 %)Scrum
872 (3.246 %)OOP
964 (2.885 %)Unit Testing
1057 (2.570 %)Content Management
1155 (2.480 %)Workflow
1249 (2.209 %)Automated Testing
1347 (2.119 %)SOA
1446 (2.074 %)CRM
1540 (1.803 %)Asset Management
1629 (1.307 %)Continuous Integration
1727 (1.217 %)Refactoring
1826 (1.172 %)Risk Management
1916 (0.721 %)Investment Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11746 (78.72 %)C#
2698 (31.47 %)SQL
3439 (19.79 %)JavaScript
4384 (17.31 %)VB.NET
5188 (8.476 %)Transact-SQL
6150 (6.763 %)VB
7108 (4.869 %)Java
871 (3.201 %)DHTML
961 (2.750 %)C++
1055 (2.480 %)VB6
1153 (2.390 %)VBScript
1243 (1.939 %)VBA
1335 (1.578 %)PHP
1432 (1.443 %)PL/SQL
1527 (1.217 %)XPath
1614 (0.631 %)C
1712 (0.541 %)ActionScript
1712 (0.541 %)VC++
187 (0.316 %)Perl
194 (0.180 %)XQuery
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
140 (1.803 %)Degree
239 (1.758 %)Microsoft Certification
317 (0.766 %)MCSD
414 (0.631 %)MCP
512 (0.541 %)MCAD
62 (0.090 %)MCSE
71 (0.045 %)Sun Certification
71 (0.045 %)Postgraduate
71 (0.045 %)MCTS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (0.541 %)QA
21 (0.045 %)WAI
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (0.406 %)MSMQ
24 (0.180 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.090 %)Tivoli
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1245 (11.05 %)Microsoft
2129 (5.816 %)Oracle
354 (2.435 %)Syncfusion
432 (1.443 %)Bloomberg
529 (1.307 %)eSpeed
529 (1.307 %)Tradeweb
628 (1.262 %)Sybase
718 (0.812 %)TIBCO
815 (0.676 %)Business Objects
910 (0.451 %)Infragistics
910 (0.451 %)Sitecore
109 (0.406 %)Hummingbird
118 (0.361 %)Adobe
127 (0.316 %)RedDot
127 (0.316 %)Siebel
136 (0.271 %)Tridion
144 (0.180 %)DataSynapse
144 (0.180 %)Tangosol
144 (0.180 %)Reuters
153 (0.135 %)Lotus