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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Macclesfield 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 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank104
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.004 %
As % of the category below100.00 %66.67 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£188£250
Average daily rate£194£250
% change on same period last year-22.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£339
% change on same period last year-7.06 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£25.00
% change on same period last year+30.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.88£31.96
% change on same period last year-12.77 %
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Macclesfield
Matching contract IT job ads66
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.006 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£188£285
Average daily rate£194£290
% change on same period last year-33.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£295
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£25.00
% change on same period last year+30.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.72£31.64
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
.NET Cheshire.NET
Cheshire

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 Macclesfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Macclesfield .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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield .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 Macclesfield region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

Macclesfield .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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, 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.

17 (70.00 %)XML
25 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
25 (50.00 %)Microsoft
25 (50.00 %)Windows
25 (50.00 %)VB.NET
34 (40.00 %)SQL Server
34 (40.00 %)MS Office
34 (40.00 %)Windows XP
34 (40.00 %)Windows Vista
43 (30.00 %).NET Framework
43 (30.00 %)UML
43 (30.00 %)OO
43 (30.00 %)SQL
43 (30.00 %)C#
52 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
52 (20.00 %)VB
52 (20.00 %)Oracle
52 (20.00 %)Linux
52 (20.00 %)XSLT
52 (20.00 %)Finance
52 (20.00 %)N-Tier
52 (20.00 %)FTP
61 (10.00 %)XPath
61 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (10.00 %)Multithreading
61 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (10.00 %)Oracle 9i
61 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
61 (10.00 %)WinForms

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, 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.

Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (70.00 %)XML
23 (30.00 %).NET Framework
32 (20.00 %)XSLT
41 (10.00 %)WinForms
41 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (10.00 %)COM
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (40.00 %)MS Office
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (20.00 %)FTP
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (40.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (10.00 %)Oracle 9i
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Visual Studio
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (20.00 %)Finance
31 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (60.00 %)Developer
24 (40.00 %)Helpdesk Support
33 (30.00 %)VB.NET Developer
33 (30.00 %).NET Developer
42 (20.00 %)Software Developer
42 (20.00 %)C# Developer
51 (10.00 %)C++ Developer
51 (10.00 %)Web Developer
51 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %).NET Web Developer
51 (10.00 %)C# Web Developer
51 (10.00 %)C Developer
51 (10.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %)C++/C# Developer
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)N-Tier
21 (10.00 %)Multithreading
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Windows XP
24 (40.00 %)Windows Vista
32 (20.00 %)Linux
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)UML
13 (30.00 %)OO
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)VB.NET
23 (30.00 %)SQL
23 (30.00 %)C#
32 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
32 (20.00 %)VB
41 (10.00 %)XPath
41 (10.00 %)C
41 (10.00 %)C++
Macclesfield IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Oracle