The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Macclesfield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 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 Macclesfield 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 4 2 3
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 8 12 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 19.51% 26.67% 42.86%
As % of the Application Development category 100.00% 70.59% 84.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 24
Average daily rate £350 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Macclesfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
8 17 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 19.51% 37.78% 50.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 26
Average daily rate £350 £525 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £34.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Cheshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Macclesfield .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Macclesfield .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

1 23 (92.00%) C#
2 16 (64.00%) VB.NET
3 15 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (56.00%) SQL
5 12 (48.00%) SQL Server
6 8 (32.00%) ASP.NET
7 7 (28.00%) HTML
8 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
8 4 (16.00%) XML
8 4 (16.00%) jQuery
9 3 (12.00%) CMS
9 3 (12.00%) Test Management
9 3 (12.00%) Test Scripting
9 3 (12.00%) Umbraco
9 3 (12.00%) EPiServer
9 3 (12.00%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 3 (12.00%) MVC
9 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (12.00%) ISTQB
9 3 (12.00%) Visual Studio
9 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
9 3 (12.00%) Windows XP
9 3 (12.00%) HP
9 3 (12.00%) ISEB
9 3 (12.00%) CSS
9 3 (12.00%) Web Services
9 3 (12.00%) Windows
9 3 (12.00%) Razor View Engine

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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.

Application Development
1 8 (32.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (28.00%) HTML
3 4 (16.00%) XML
3 4 (16.00%) jQuery
4 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 3 (12.00%) CSS
4 3 (12.00%) Web Services
4 3 (12.00%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (4.000%) JSON
5 1 (4.000%) Ajax
5 1 (4.000%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) CMS
1 3 (12.00%) Umbraco
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Office
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 12 (48.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.000%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.000%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (4.000%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 22 (88.00%) Developer
2 12 (48.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (16.00%) SQL Developer
3 4 (16.00%) .NET Web Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Web Developer
4 3 (12.00%) C# Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Test Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Lead .NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) C# Web Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Report Developer
6 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) Test Management
1 3 (12.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (12.00%) MVC
1 3 (12.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (8.000%) UML
2 2 (8.000%) OO
2 2 (8.000%) Configuration Management
2 2 (8.000%) Test Strategy
2 2 (8.000%) Manual Testing
2 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (4.000%) Multithreading
3 1 (4.000%) Software Testing
3 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 23 (92.00%) C#
2 16 (64.00%) VB.NET
3 14 (56.00%) SQL
4 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.000%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (12.00%) ISEB
2 1 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) EPiServer
1 3 (12.00%) HP
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.000%) Sage
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle