The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside 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 Merseyside 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 14 6 9
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Contract jobs citing .NET 17 41 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 8.416% 15.71% 10.48%
As % of the Application Development category 29.31% 54.67% 53.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 6
Average daily rate £300 £328 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.39% +19.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £290 £83
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
Average hourly rate - £19.69 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +45.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
58 75 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 28.71% 28.74% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 17
Average daily rate £300 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 2
Average hourly rate £14.79 £21.86 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +61.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
North West

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside .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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Merseyside .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below 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 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Liverpool -4 9 £500 +72.41%
.NET
North West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 40 (78.43%) SQL Server
2 34 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 32 (62.75%) C#
4 23 (45.10%) MVC
5 19 (37.25%) Visual Studio
6 17 (33.33%) CSS
6 17 (33.33%) SQL
6 17 (33.33%) WCF
6 17 (33.33%) jQuery
7 16 (31.37%) CMS
7 16 (31.37%) JavaScript
8 13 (25.49%) Umbraco
9 12 (23.53%) Java
10 11 (21.57%) HTML
10 11 (21.57%) XML
10 11 (21.57%) Git (software)
10 11 (21.57%) HTML5
11 10 (19.61%) Degree
12 9 (17.65%) OO
12 9 (17.65%) CSS3
13 8 (15.69%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (15.69%) Windows
13 8 (15.69%) Oracle
13 8 (15.69%) MS Access
13 8 (15.69%) .NET Framework
14 7 (13.73%) Linux
14 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
14 7 (13.73%) C++
14 7 (13.73%) SQL Server 2008
14 7 (13.73%) Twitter

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 34 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 17 (33.33%) CSS
2 17 (33.33%) WCF
2 17 (33.33%) jQuery
3 11 (21.57%) HTML
3 11 (21.57%) XML
3 11 (21.57%) HTML5
4 9 (17.65%) CSS3
5 8 (15.69%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (15.69%) .NET Framework
6 5 (9.804%) CodeIgniter
6 5 (9.804%) CakePHP
6 5 (9.804%) XSD
6 5 (9.804%) XSLT
6 5 (9.804%) Razor View Engine
6 5 (9.804%) Google Maps API
7 4 (7.843%) ASP
7 4 (7.843%) Web Services
8 3 (5.882%) OpenGL
8 3 (5.882%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 16 (31.37%) CMS
2 13 (25.49%) Umbraco
3 5 (9.804%) SharePoint
3 5 (9.804%) WordPress
4 2 (3.922%) Windows Azure
5 1 (1.961%) IIS
5 1 (1.961%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (9.804%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.961%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.922%) Bond Adapt
1 2 (3.922%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.922%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (78.43%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.69%) MS Access
3 7 (13.73%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (9.804%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (9.804%) MySQL
5 4 (7.843%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (5.882%) MongoDB
6 3 (5.882%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (3.922%) Informix
7 2 (3.922%) DB2
8 1 (1.961%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.961%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.961%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (1.961%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 19 (37.25%) Visual Studio
2 11 (21.57%) Git (software)
3 5 (9.804%) NetBeans
4 4 (7.843%) Eclipse
4 4 (7.843%) NUnit
5 1 (1.961%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (1.961%) InstallShield
5 1 (1.961%) Mercurial
5 1 (1.961%) Rhino Mocks
5 1 (1.961%) TeamCity
General
1 4 (7.843%) Manufacturing
2 3 (5.882%) Games
3 2 (3.922%) Finance
4 1 (1.961%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 44 (86.27%) Developer
2 17 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 15 (29.41%) Software Developer
4 5 (9.804%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (7.843%) Umbraco Developer
5 4 (7.843%) Analyst
5 4 (7.843%) SQL Developer
5 4 (7.843%) Programmer
6 3 (5.882%) Games Developer
6 3 (5.882%) C++ Developer
6 3 (5.882%) C# Developer
6 3 (5.882%) C++/C# Developer
6 3 (5.882%) Gameplay Developer
6 3 (5.882%) C++ Games Developer
7 2 (3.922%) Front-End Developer
7 2 (3.922%) .NET Programmer
7 2 (3.922%) Microsoft Developer
7 2 (3.922%) Analyst Programmer
7 2 (3.922%) Access Developer
7 2 (3.922%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.804%) NHS
1 5 (9.804%) Mobile App
2 4 (7.843%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.882%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (5.882%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.961%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.961%) Clustering
4 1 (1.961%) PMI
4 1 (1.961%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.69%) Windows
2 7 (13.73%) Linux
3 4 (7.843%) Android
3 4 (7.843%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.922%) AIX
4 2 (3.922%) HPUX
4 2 (3.922%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) MVC
2 9 (17.65%) OO
3 6 (11.76%) SEO
4 5 (9.804%) Scrum
4 5 (9.804%) Web Development
4 5 (9.804%) Business Development
4 5 (9.804%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (9.804%) OOD
5 4 (7.843%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (7.843%) ERP
5 4 (7.843%) Business Analysis
5 4 (7.843%) Resource Management
5 4 (7.843%) Project Management
6 3 (5.882%) 3D Modelling
6 3 (5.882%) Kanban
6 3 (5.882%) Game Development
6 3 (5.882%) Web Application Development
7 2 (3.922%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (3.922%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (3.922%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (62.75%) C#
2 17 (33.33%) SQL
3 16 (31.37%) JavaScript
4 12 (23.53%) Java
5 7 (13.73%) C++
6 5 (9.804%) XPath
6 5 (9.804%) PHP
7 4 (7.843%) VBScript
7 4 (7.843%) VB
8 3 (5.882%) C
9 1 (1.961%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 4 (7.843%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.882%) MCTS
3 3 (5.882%) MCP
3 3 (5.882%) MCAD
3 3 (5.882%) MCSD
4 1 (1.961%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.961%) LiteSpeed
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Oracle
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.73%) Twitter
3 5 (9.804%) Zend
3 5 (9.804%) Google
3 5 (9.804%) Facebook
4 4 (7.843%) Baan
5 2 (3.922%) Infor
5 2 (3.922%) Sitecore
5 2 (3.922%) JD Edwards
5 2 (3.922%) IBM
5 2 (3.922%) SAP
5 2 (3.922%) Sun
6 1 (1.961%) Adobe
6 1 (1.961%) CommVault
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