Merseyside .NET Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Merseyside 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Andover Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Carmarthenshire Carrickfergus Ceredigion Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dumbarton Dundee Dunfermline Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hastings Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Margate Marlow Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Romford Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	3	9
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	51	50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.067 %	0.050 %
As % of the category below	41.46 %	53.19 %
Daily rates quoted	19	11
Average minimum daily rate	£260	£263
Average daily rate	£274	£287
% change on same period last year	-4.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£288	£311
UK excluding London average daily rate	£334	£329
% change on same period last year	+1.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.86	£35.75
Average hourly rate	£31.79	£37.75
% change on same period last year	-15.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.71	£39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.05	£33.24
% change on same period last year	-0.56 %
Application Development Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads	123	94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.162 %	0.094 %
Daily rates quoted	37	28
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£287
Average daily rate	£313	£315
% change on same period last year	-0.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£327	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.93	£32.13
Average hourly rate	£25.28	£34.60
% change on same period last year	-26.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.63	£37.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.73	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.67 %
.NET North West

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

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Liverpool	+3	41	£272	-0.79 %
Bootle	-	1	£313	-
St Helens	-3	1	-	-
Wirral	-	1	-	-

.NET North West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 68 (69.39 %) SQL Server 2 56 (57.14 %) ASP.NET 3 55 (56.12 %) C# 4 39 (39.80 %) SQL Server 2005 5 38 (38.78 %) VB.NET 6 30 (30.61 %) SQL 7 25 (25.51 %) XML 8 22 (22.45 %) Visual Studio 9 20 (20.41 %) SQL Server 2000 10 18 (18.37 %) VB 11 17 (17.35 %) Windows 12 15 (15.31 %) Crystal Reports 13 14 (14.29 %) WebServices 13 14 (14.29 %) Oracle 14 13 (13.27 %) HTML

15 11 (11.22 %) WinForms 15 11 (11.22 %) VB6 16 10 (10.20 %) ASP 16 10 (10.20 %) Microsoft 16 10 (10.20 %) SharePoint 16 10 (10.20 %) AJAX 17 9 (9.184 %) Transact-SQL 18 8 (8.163 %) JavaScript 18 8 (8.163 %) IIS 18 8 (8.163 %) XSLT 18 8 (8.163 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 19 7 (7.143 %) Insurance 19 7 (7.143 %) Agile Software Development 19 7 (7.143 %) NUnit 19 7 (7.143 %) .NET Framework

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 56 (57.14 %) ASP.NET 2 25 (25.51 %) XML 3 14 (14.29 %) WebServices 4 13 (13.27 %) HTML 5 11 (11.22 %) WinForms 6 10 (10.20 %) ASP 6 10 (10.20 %) AJAX 7 8 (8.163 %) XSLT 8 7 (7.143 %) .NET Framework 9 6 (6.122 %) SOAP 10 5 (5.102 %) CSS 11 2 (2.041 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 2 (2.041 %) ADO.NET 12 1 (1.020 %) XHTML 12 1 (1.020 %) FpML 12 1 (1.020 %) ADO 12 1 (1.020 %) ActiveX 12 1 (1.020 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 10 (10.20 %) SharePoint 2 8 (8.163 %) IIS 3 5 (5.102 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 2 (2.041 %) CMS 5 1 (1.020 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (1.020 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (1.020 %) Lotus Domino 5 1 (1.020 %) ArcIMS 5 1 (1.020 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 1 (1.020 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 2 (2.041 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.020 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.020 %) Photoshop 2 1 (1.020 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 2 (2.041 %) Dynamics AX 1 2 (2.041 %) Oracle Applications 1 2 (2.041 %) Axapta
Communications & Networking 1 3 (3.061 %) Internet 2 2 (2.041 %) Intranet 3 1 (1.020 %) GPRS 3 1 (1.020 %) DMZ 3 1 (1.020 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 68 (69.39 %) SQL Server 2 39 (39.80 %) SQL Server 2005 3 20 (20.41 %) SQL Server 2000 4 15 (15.31 %) Crystal Reports 5 8 (8.163 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 4 (4.082 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 2 (2.041 %) BusinessObjects 7 2 (2.041 %) Datawarehouse 7 2 (2.041 %) DTS 8 1 (1.020 %) MS Access 8 1 (1.020 %) TOAD 8 1 (1.020 %) GIS 8 1 (1.020 %) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications 1 22 (22.45 %) Visual Studio 2 7 (7.143 %) NUnit 3 6 (6.122 %) InstallShield 4 4 (4.082 %) PowerBuilder 5 2 (2.041 %) MorphX 5 2 (2.041 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 2 (2.041 %) Flash 6 1 (1.020 %) Dreamweaver 6 1 (1.020 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 7 (7.143 %) Insurance 2 5 (5.102 %) Pharmaceutical 2 5 (5.102 %) Finance 3 4 (4.082 %) Telecoms 4 2 (2.041 %) Banking 5 1 (1.020 %) Construction 5 1 (1.020 %) Government 5 1 (1.020 %) Law 5 1 (1.020 %) Legal 5 1 (1.020 %) Manufacturing 5 1 (1.020 %) Front Office 5 1 (1.020 %) Investment Banking 5 1 (1.020 %) Pensions 5 1 (1.020 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 87 (88.78 %) Developer 2 53 (54.08 %) .NET Developer 3 23 (23.47 %) C# Developer 4 15 (15.31 %) VB.NET Developer 5 13 (13.27 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 8 (8.163 %) Software Developer 7 7 (7.143 %) SQL Developer 7 7 (7.143 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 8 6 (6.122 %) CSharp Software Developer 8 6 (6.122 %) SQL Server Developer 8 6 (6.122 %) VB Developer 9 5 (5.102 %) Web Developer 10 3 (3.061 %) Senior Developer 10 3 (3.061 %) Consultant 10 3 (3.061 %) SharePoint Developer 11 2 (2.041 %) C# Web Developer 11 2 (2.041 %) .NET Programmer 11 2 (2.041 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 11 2 (2.041 %) Applications Developer 11 2 (2.041 %) .NET Web Developer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (4.082 %) Pocket PC 2 3 (3.061 %) LIMS 3 2 (2.041 %) NHS 3 2 (2.041 %) Client/Server 4 1 (1.020 %) N-Tier 4 1 (1.020 %) Multithreading 4 1 (1.020 %) PDA
Operating Systems 1 17 (17.35 %) Windows 2 5 (5.102 %) Windows CE 3 2 (2.041 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (1.020 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (1.020 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (7.143 %) Agile Software Development 2 5 (5.102 %) OO 2 5 (5.102 %) E-Commerce 2 5 (5.102 %) Security Cleared 3 4 (4.082 %) SC Cleared 4 3 (3.061 %) Migration 4 3 (3.061 %) BC Cleared 5 2 (2.041 %) Content Management 5 2 (2.041 %) Web Development 5 2 (2.041 %) Asset Management 5 2 (2.041 %) SEO 6 1 (1.020 %) PRINCE2 6 1 (1.020 %) Business Intelligence 6 1 (1.020 %) UML 6 1 (1.020 %) OOP 6 1 (1.020 %) Scrum 6 1 (1.020 %) Workflow 6 1 (1.020 %) Project Management 6 1 (1.020 %) Data Analysis 6 1 (1.020 %) Logistics
Programming Languages 1 55 (56.12 %) C# 2 38 (38.78 %) VB.NET 3 30 (30.61 %) SQL 4 18 (18.37 %) VB 5 11 (11.22 %) VB6 6 9 (9.184 %) Transact-SQL 7 8 (8.163 %) JavaScript 8 4 (4.082 %) VBA 9 3 (3.061 %) VBScript 10 2 (2.041 %) X++ 10 2 (2.041 %) Java 10 2 (2.041 %) C++ 10 2 (2.041 %) DHTML 11 1 (1.020 %) VC++	Qualifications 1 1 (1.020 %) Microsoft Certification
System Software 1 2 (2.041 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.020 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 1 (1.020 %) MOM 1 1 (1.020 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 14 (14.29 %) Oracle 2 10 (10.20 %) Microsoft 3 2 (2.041 %) Business Objects 4 1 (1.020 %) Macromedia 4 1 (1.020 %) Lotus 4 1 (1.020 %) Remedy