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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank813
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads35114693
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.680 %4.748 %
As % of the category below41.68 %39.93 %
Daily rates quoted16201936
Average minimum daily rate£382£420
Average daily rate£409£451
% change on same period last year-9.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£436£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£327
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted112187
Average minimum hourly rate£31.40£31.76
Average hourly rate£33.51£34.32
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.62£36.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.43£32.97
% change on same period last year+1.37 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads842311752
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.23 %11.89 %
Daily rates quoted37584669
Average minimum daily rate£371£402
Average daily rate£400£431
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted235387
Average minimum hourly rate£29.98£31.11
Average hourly rate£32.18£33.97
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.37£36.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
.NET England.NET
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
Demand Trend

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

London .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

London .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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+7979£423-13.83 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1930£492-2.88 %
Canary WharfDown-625£501-1.63 %
CroydonUp+215£353+32.70 %
LutonDown-310£323-12.86 %
HammersmithDown-36£461+51.62 %
HarrowUp+66£333-
BromleyUp+25£308-
UpminsterNew entry-4£278-
West DraytonNew entry-3--
UxbridgeDown-83£450+56.52 %
IlfordUp+12--
Kingston Upon ThamesDown-22--
TwickenhamNew entry-2£344-
EnfieldNew entry-2£200-
RomfordNew entry-2--
ClaphamDown-12£370-1.33 %
EalingDown-22£358+10.28 %
HounslowDown-42£358+22.22 %
TeddingtonNew entry-1--
BrentfordNew entry-1--
BeckenhamNew entry-1£215-
HornchurchNew entry-1£250-
FelthamDown-11--
WestminsterNew entry-1£375-
.NET England.NET
England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing .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 .NET.

15070 (69.12 %)C#
23402 (46.38 %)SQL Server
33366 (45.89 %)ASP.NET
42462 (33.57 %)SQL
51596 (21.76 %)XML
61515 (20.65 %)Finance
71424 (19.41 %)SQL Server 2005
81243 (16.95 %)JavaScript
91217 (16.59 %)Banking
101184 (16.14 %)Microsoft
111172 (15.98 %)HTML
121084 (14.78 %)CSS
131021 (13.92 %)OO
14965 (13.16 %)VB.NET
15924 (12.60 %)Windows
16920 (12.54 %)WebServices
17902 (12.30 %)Java
18868 (11.83 %)Oracle
19821 (11.19 %)Investment Banking
20717 (9.775 %)AJAX
21707 (9.639 %)SQL Server 2000
22704 (9.598 %)Front Office
23688 (9.380 %)SharePoint
24663 (9.039 %).NET Framework
25645 (8.793 %)VB
26614 (8.371 %)Visual Studio
27607 (8.275 %)ASP
28606 (8.262 %)WinForms
29556 (7.580 %)Agile Software Development
30534 (7.280 %)C++

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing .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 .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13366 (45.89 %)ASP.NET
21596 (21.76 %)XML
31172 (15.98 %)HTML
41084 (14.78 %)CSS
5920 (12.54 %)WebServices
6717 (9.775 %)AJAX
7663 (9.039 %).NET Framework
8607 (8.275 %)ASP
9606 (8.262 %)WinForms
10483 (6.585 %)XSLT
11361 (4.922 %)ASP.NET 2.0
12355 (4.840 %)XHTML
13260 (3.545 %)WCF
14253 (3.449 %)J2EE
15182 (2.481 %)Spring
16165 (2.249 %)Hibernate
17156 (2.127 %)ADO.NET
18149 (2.031 %)NHibernate
19140 (1.909 %)WPF
20137 (1.868 %)SOAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1688 (9.380 %)SharePoint
2447 (6.094 %)IIS
3307 (4.185 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4306 (4.172 %)BizTalk Server
5269 (3.667 %)CMS
696 (1.309 %)Tomcat
791 (1.241 %)WebLogic
879 (1.077 %)SharePoint Portal Server
978 (1.063 %)Apache
1063 (0.859 %)TIBCO EMS
1159 (0.804 %)Content Management Server
1256 (0.763 %)ColdFusion
1354 (0.736 %)MS Exchange
1448 (0.654 %)JBoss
1540 (0.545 %)Lotus Notes
1635 (0.477 %)Commerce Server
1731 (0.423 %)MTS
1830 (0.409 %)MQSeries
1830 (0.409 %)Commerce Server 2007
1928 (0.382 %)EPiServer
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1390 (5.317 %)MS Excel
2139 (1.895 %)MS Office
3133 (1.813 %)Photoshop
451 (0.695 %)MS Visio
541 (0.559 %)MS Project
541 (0.559 %)InfoPath
638 (0.518 %)Spreadsheet
726 (0.354 %)Fireworks
813 (0.177 %)Adobe Illustrator
912 (0.164 %)CA Clarity
1010 (0.136 %)MS PowerPoint
117 (0.095 %)Open Workbench
126 (0.082 %)Paint Shop Pro
135 (0.068 %)MATLAB
143 (0.041 %)Maya
151 (0.014 %)3ds Max
151 (0.014 %)Shockwave
151 (0.014 %)ArcView
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
173 (0.995 %)Microsoft CRM
232 (0.436 %)Dynamics CRM
326 (0.354 %)Global One
416 (0.218 %)SAP CRM
515 (0.204 %)RMDS
68 (0.109 %)WebTrends
68 (0.109 %)Oracle EBS
76 (0.082 %)Summit
76 (0.082 %)Misys Midas
85 (0.068 %)Sophis VALUE
85 (0.068 %)Sophis RISQUE
85 (0.068 %)Navision
94 (0.055 %)Google Analytics
94 (0.055 %)Dynamics AX
103 (0.041 %)Findur
112 (0.027 %)Kondor+
112 (0.027 %)Loan IQ
112 (0.027 %)InvestOne
112 (0.027 %)TIBCO iProcess
112 (0.027 %)SAP ERP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1239 (3.258 %)Internet
2209 (2.849 %)Intranet
353 (0.723 %)TCP/IP
445 (0.613 %)HTTP
543 (0.586 %)DNS
638 (0.518 %)Firewall
724 (0.327 %)BIG-IP
823 (0.314 %)Extranet
823 (0.314 %)FTP
919 (0.259 %)SMS
919 (0.259 %)Wireless
1018 (0.245 %)SSL
1113 (0.177 %)LDAP
1212 (0.164 %)Broadband
1311 (0.150 %)DHCP
1311 (0.150 %)3G
1410 (0.136 %)SAN
159 (0.123 %)HTTPS
166 (0.082 %)WAN
166 (0.082 %)Network Security
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13402 (46.38 %)SQL Server
21424 (19.41 %)SQL Server 2005
3707 (9.639 %)SQL Server 2000
4291 (3.967 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5260 (3.545 %)SQL Server 7
6223 (3.040 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7119 (1.622 %)Oracle 10g
8118 (1.609 %)RDBMS
9111 (1.513 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
10110 (1.500 %)MySQL
11107 (1.459 %)Crystal Reports
1289 (1.213 %)Oracle 8/8i
1384 (1.145 %)Datawarehouse
1483 (1.132 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1579 (1.077 %)MS Access
1672 (0.982 %)DTS
1771 (0.968 %)BusinessObjects
1864 (0.873 %)Oracle 9i
1948 (0.654 %)OLAP
2047 (0.641 %)Oracle Reports
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1614 (8.371 %)Visual Studio
2295 (4.022 %)NUnit
3166 (2.263 %)Flash
4131 (1.786 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5104 (1.418 %)Subversion
699 (1.350 %)Ant
777 (1.050 %)Selenium
871 (0.968 %)FitNesse
970 (0.954 %)Eclipse
1039 (0.532 %)Log4Net
1137 (0.504 %)MSI
1236 (0.491 %)CruiseControl
1335 (0.477 %)ReSharper
1434 (0.464 %)LoadRunner
1533 (0.450 %)Dreamweaver
1631 (0.423 %)Oracle Forms
1730 (0.409 %)Log4j
1827 (0.368 %)JUnit
1925 (0.341 %)ClearCase
1925 (0.341 %)JIRA
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11515 (20.65 %)Finance
21217 (16.59 %)Banking
3821 (11.19 %)Investment Banking
4704 (9.598 %)Front Office
5194 (2.645 %)Insurance
6190 (2.590 %)Marketing
7175 (2.386 %)Government
8153 (2.086 %)Retail
9148 (2.018 %)Financial Institution
10140 (1.909 %)Back Office
11126 (1.718 %)Publishing
1278 (1.063 %)Education
1376 (1.036 %)Games
1462 (0.845 %)Advertising
1553 (0.723 %)Telecoms
1650 (0.682 %)Construction
1746 (0.627 %)Law
1844 (0.600 %)Legal
1932 (0.436 %)Health
2028 (0.382 %)Online Games
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15372 (73.24 %)Developer
22522 (34.38 %).NET Developer
32046 (27.89 %)C# Developer
4822 (11.21 %)ASP.NET Developer
5617 (8.412 %)Analyst
6598 (8.153 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
7591 (8.057 %)Web Developer
8472 (6.435 %)SQL Developer
9398 (5.426 %)Senior Developer
10350 (4.772 %)Architect
11283 (3.858 %)SQL Server Developer
12280 (3.817 %)VB.NET Developer
13225 (3.067 %)Java Developer
14209 (2.849 %).NET Web Developer
15208 (2.836 %)Programmer
16192 (2.618 %)SharePoint Developer
17189 (2.577 %)Consultant
18172 (2.345 %)Project Manager
19152 (2.072 %)Senior .NET Developer
20132 (1.800 %)C# Web Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1511 (6.967 %)Derivative
2309 (4.213 %)Fixed Income
3225 (3.067 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4197 (2.686 %)Equities
5193 (2.631 %)N-Tier
6158 (2.154 %)Equity Derivative
7125 (1.704 %)Credit Derivative
8114 (1.554 %)Credit Risk
982 (1.118 %)Computer Science
1075 (1.022 %)Multithreading
1172 (0.982 %)Web 2.0
1253 (0.723 %)Market Risk
1253 (0.723 %)Client/Server
1350 (0.682 %)Thin Client
1350 (0.682 %)Fat Client
1449 (0.668 %)Social Network
1547 (0.641 %)Mathematics
1644 (0.600 %)W3C
1742 (0.573 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1840 (0.545 %)NHS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1924 (12.60 %)Windows
2232 (3.163 %)UNIX
3138 (1.881 %)Linux
475 (1.022 %)Windows NT
475 (1.022 %)Windows Server 2003
572 (0.982 %)Windows XP
666 (0.900 %)Windows 2000
735 (0.477 %)Solaris
828 (0.382 %)Windows Vista
94 (0.055 %)Mac OS X
103 (0.041 %)Debian
112 (0.027 %)Windows Mobile
112 (0.027 %)AIX
121 (0.014 %)VMS
121 (0.014 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.014 %)Windows CE
121 (0.014 %)Palm OS
121 (0.014 %)SUSE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11021 (13.92 %)OO
2556 (7.580 %)Agile Software Development
3410 (5.590 %)UML
4356 (4.853 %)Web Development
5272 (3.708 %)TDD
6252 (3.436 %)Content Management
6252 (3.436 %)E-Commerce
7245 (3.340 %)Workflow
8236 (3.217 %)Scrum
9224 (3.054 %)CRM
10210 (2.863 %)Unit Testing
11191 (2.604 %)Project Management
11191 (2.604 %)Asset Management
12189 (2.577 %)SOA
13172 (2.345 %)Migration
14153 (2.086 %)OOD
15130 (1.772 %)Risk Management
16114 (1.554 %)OOP
17111 (1.513 %)Continuous Integration
17111 (1.513 %)Investment Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15070 (69.12 %)C#
22462 (33.57 %)SQL
31243 (16.95 %)JavaScript
4965 (13.16 %)VB.NET
5902 (12.30 %)Java
6645 (8.793 %)VB
7534 (7.280 %)C++
8429 (5.849 %)Transact-SQL
9328 (4.472 %)VBA
10209 (2.849 %)VB6
11192 (2.618 %)PL/SQL
12165 (2.249 %)VBScript
13161 (2.195 %)PHP
14153 (2.086 %)Perl
15147 (2.004 %)DHTML
16116 (1.581 %)C
1761 (0.832 %)ActionScript
1761 (0.832 %)Shell Script
1860 (0.818 %)VC++
1933 (0.450 %)XPath
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1217 (2.958 %)Degree
286 (1.172 %)Microsoft Certification
341 (0.559 %)MCSD
424 (0.327 %)ISEB
519 (0.259 %)MCSE
618 (0.245 %)MCP
717 (0.232 %)PRINCE2 Certification
813 (0.177 %)MCAD
813 (0.177 %)PhD
910 (0.136 %)Sun Certification
107 (0.095 %)MCDBA
107 (0.095 %)MCT
115 (0.068 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
124 (0.055 %)Cisco Certification
124 (0.055 %)MCTS
124 (0.055 %)CCNA
133 (0.041 %)Postgraduate
133 (0.041 %)PMI Certification
142 (0.027 %)CIPD
142 (0.027 %)CCNP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1101 (1.377 %)QA
213 (0.177 %)WAI
38 (0.109 %)ISO9001
47 (0.095 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
54 (0.055 %)Basel II
54 (0.055 %)PCI DSS
63 (0.041 %)SLA
71 (0.014 %)RosettaNet
71 (0.014 %)WCAG
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1117 (1.595 %)Active Directory
231 (0.423 %)VMware ESX
321 (0.286 %)MSMQ
418 (0.245 %)ISA Server
515 (0.204 %)VMware Infrastructure
610 (0.136 %)Oracle RAC
78 (0.109 %)AquaLogic
83 (0.041 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
83 (0.041 %)Backup Exec
92 (0.027 %)VMware GSX
92 (0.027 %)NetBackup
92 (0.027 %)VMware Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (0.232 %)CONTROL-M
215 (0.204 %)CA SiteMinder
310 (0.136 %)SCCM
310 (0.136 %)MOM
46 (0.082 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
55 (0.068 %)AutoSys
55 (0.068 %)Tivoli
63 (0.041 %)BMC Performance Manager
72 (0.027 %)MIIS
72 (0.027 %)OpenView
81 (0.014 %)Legato
81 (0.014 %)Nagios
81 (0.014 %)BMC PATROL
81 (0.014 %)OVSD
81 (0.014 %)TIBCO Hawk
81 (0.014 %)ServiceCenter
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11184 (16.14 %)Microsoft
2868 (11.83 %)Oracle
3306 (4.172 %)Sybase
4110 (1.500 %)TIBCO
575 (1.022 %)Bloomberg
671 (0.968 %)Business Objects
770 (0.954 %)Reuters
854 (0.736 %)Infragistics
953 (0.723 %)SAP
1051 (0.695 %)IBM
1148 (0.654 %)VMware
1245 (0.613 %)HP
1343 (0.586 %)Murex
1343 (0.586 %)Lotus
1440 (0.545 %)Adobe
1535 (0.477 %)RedDot
1632 (0.436 %)Tradeweb
1632 (0.436 %)Citrix
1731 (0.423 %)Google
1830 (0.409 %)DataSynapse
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