North East .NET Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the North East 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Andover Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Barrow-in-Furness Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Camborne Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Channel Islands Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chessington Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Colchester Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dumbarton Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Falkirk Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Great Yarmouth Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Haslemere Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hove Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lyndhurst 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 Oldham Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Petersfield Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Renfrew Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rugby Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	4	8
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	96	80
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.136 %	0.081 %
As % of the category below	63.16 %	40.82 %
Daily rates quoted	10	7
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£258
Average daily rate	£369	£258
% change on same period last year	+43.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£398	£258
UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£326
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.91	£32.88
Average hourly rate	£30.05	£34.32
% change on same period last year	-12.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.18	£35.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.70	£32.44
% change on same period last year	-5.37 %
Application Development North East
Matching contract IT job ads	152	196
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.215 %	0.198 %
Daily rates quoted	23	40
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£320
Average daily rate	£339	£330
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£341
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£333
% change on same period last year	-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.03	£30.89
Average hourly rate	£31.85	£32.08
% change on same period last year	-0.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.67	£33.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.93	£31.98
% change on same period last year	-3.29 %
.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 North East 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 North East region.

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the North East region over the 3 months to 13 October 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 North East region.

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the North East region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

.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 North East region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
Tyne and Wear	+4	44	£363	+40.77 %
Durham	-7	10	£425	-
Teesside	+2	5	£425	-

.NET England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

1 143 (73.33 %) C# 2 117 (60.00 %) SQL Server 3 115 (58.97 %) ASP.NET 4 77 (39.49 %) SQL 5 42 (21.54 %) VB.NET 5 42 (21.54 %) SQL Server 2005 6 41 (21.03 %) HTML 7 38 (19.49 %) CSS 8 36 (18.46 %) Visual Studio 9 35 (17.95 %) XML 9 35 (17.95 %) Microsoft 10 30 (15.38 %) SQL Server 2000 11 26 (13.33 %) Windows 11 26 (13.33 %) .NET Framework 12 24 (12.31 %) WebServices

13 22 (11.28 %) ASP 13 22 (11.28 %) JavaScript 13 22 (11.28 %) XHTML 14 20 (10.26 %) Oracle 15 19 (9.744 %) SharePoint 16 17 (8.718 %) Agile Software Development 16 17 (8.718 %) VB 17 16 (8.205 %) Transact-SQL 17 16 (8.205 %) ASP.NET 2.0 18 12 (6.154 %) MS Excel 18 12 (6.154 %) OO 19 11 (5.641 %) Finance 20 10 (5.128 %) Web Development 21 9 (4.615 %) AJAX 21 9 (4.615 %) Insurance

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 115 (58.97 %) ASP.NET 2 41 (21.03 %) HTML 3 38 (19.49 %) CSS 4 35 (17.95 %) XML 5 26 (13.33 %) .NET Framework 6 24 (12.31 %) WebServices 7 22 (11.28 %) ASP 7 22 (11.28 %) XHTML 8 16 (8.205 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 9 (4.615 %) AJAX 10 7 (3.590 %) XSLT 11 6 (3.077 %) WSDL 11 6 (3.077 %) SOAP 12 5 (2.564 %) JSP 12 5 (2.564 %) WinForms 13 4 (2.051 %) XSL 13 4 (2.051 %) Middleware 14 2 (1.026 %) Windows SharePoint Services 14 2 (1.026 %) .NET Remoting 14 2 (1.026 %) Silverlight	Application Platforms 1 19 (9.744 %) SharePoint 2 8 (4.103 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 5 (2.564 %) IIS 4 3 (1.538 %) ColdFusion 4 3 (1.538 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 3 (1.538 %) Oracle Spatial 5 2 (1.026 %) Tomcat 5 2 (1.026 %) Apache 6 1 (0.513 %) MTS 6 1 (0.513 %) MS Exchange 6 1 (0.513 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.513 %) Content Management Server 6 1 (0.513 %) ArcGIS 6 1 (0.513 %) CMS 6 1 (0.513 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 12 (6.154 %) MS Excel 2 5 (2.564 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.026 %) MS Visio 3 2 (1.026 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 1 (0.513 %) Axapta 1 1 (0.513 %) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking 1 4 (2.051 %) Internet 2 3 (1.538 %) Intranet 3 2 (1.026 %) HTTP 3 2 (1.026 %) HTTPS 4 1 (0.513 %) Extranet 4 1 (0.513 %) TELNET 4 1 (0.513 %) GPRS 4 1 (0.513 %) GSM 4 1 (0.513 %) SMS 4 1 (0.513 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 117 (60.00 %) SQL Server 2 42 (21.54 %) SQL Server 2005 3 30 (15.38 %) SQL Server 2000 4 6 (3.077 %) GIS 5 5 (2.564 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 5 (2.564 %) Datawarehouse 6 4 (2.051 %) Data Mining 6 4 (2.051 %) MS Access 6 4 (2.051 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 3 (1.538 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 3 (1.538 %) MySQL 8 2 (1.026 %) DTS 8 2 (1.026 %) BusinessObjects 9 1 (0.513 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 9 1 (0.513 %) Oracle 10g 9 1 (0.513 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 36 (18.46 %) Visual Studio 2 9 (4.615 %) NUnit 3 5 (2.564 %) Visual Studio Team System 4 2 (1.026 %) Flash 5 1 (0.513 %) InterDev 5 1 (0.513 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 11 (5.641 %) Finance 2 9 (4.615 %) Insurance 3 5 (2.564 %) Education 3 5 (2.564 %) Health 4 4 (2.051 %) Manufacturing 4 4 (2.051 %) Games 4 4 (2.051 %) Telecoms 5 3 (1.538 %) Banking 5 3 (1.538 %) Automotive 6 2 (1.026 %) Multimedia 6 2 (1.026 %) Graphic Design 7 1 (0.513 %) Interactive Media 7 1 (0.513 %) Local Government 7 1 (0.513 %) Government 7 1 (0.513 %) Advertising 7 1 (0.513 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 160 (82.05 %) Developer 2 86 (44.10 %) .NET Developer 3 60 (30.77 %) C# Developer 4 39 (20.00 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 33 (16.92 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 6 19 (9.744 %) SQL Developer 7 16 (8.205 %) VB.NET Developer 7 16 (8.205 %) Web Developer 8 14 (7.179 %) SharePoint Developer 9 9 (4.615 %) Applications Developer 9 9 (4.615 %) Senior Developer 10 8 (4.103 %) SQL Server Developer 11 7 (3.590 %) Analyst 11 7 (3.590 %) Software Developer 11 7 (3.590 %) .NET Web Developer 12 6 (3.077 %) Programmer 13 5 (2.564 %) C# Web Developer 14 4 (2.051 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 14 4 (2.051 %) Senior .NET Developer 14 4 (2.051 %) SQL DBA	Miscellaneous 1 4 (2.051 %) N-Tier 2 3 (1.538 %) NHS 2 3 (1.538 %) Blog 3 2 (1.026 %) PDA 4 1 (0.513 %) Spread Betting 4 1 (0.513 %) SCADA 4 1 (0.513 %) AS400 4 1 (0.513 %) Client/Server
Operating Systems 1 26 (13.33 %) Windows 2 3 (1.538 %) Solaris 3 2 (1.026 %) Linux 3 2 (1.026 %) Windows CE 3 2 (1.026 %) UNIX 4 1 (0.513 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.513 %) Windows Mobile 4 1 (0.513 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (8.718 %) Agile Software Development 2 12 (6.154 %) OO 3 10 (5.128 %) Web Development 4 7 (3.590 %) UML 5 5 (2.564 %) Workflow 6 4 (2.051 %) Migration 6 4 (2.051 %) E-Commerce 6 4 (2.051 %) Systems Analysis 7 3 (1.538 %) Unit Testing 7 3 (1.538 %) Data Modelling 7 3 (1.538 %) Project Management 8 2 (1.026 %) Service Management 8 2 (1.026 %) Scrum 8 2 (1.026 %) Integration Testing 8 2 (1.026 %) PRINCE2 8 2 (1.026 %) Document Management 8 2 (1.026 %) ERD 9 1 (0.513 %) Business Analysis 9 1 (0.513 %) Software Testing 9 1 (0.513 %) Time Management
Programming Languages 1 143 (73.33 %) C# 2 77 (39.49 %) SQL 3 42 (21.54 %) VB.NET 4 22 (11.28 %) JavaScript 5 17 (8.718 %) VB 6 16 (8.205 %) Transact-SQL 7 7 (3.590 %) PL/SQL 8 6 (3.077 %) C++ 8 6 (3.077 %) VB6 9 4 (2.051 %) PHP 10 3 (1.538 %) Java 10 3 (1.538 %) ABAP 11 2 (1.026 %) Perl 11 2 (1.026 %) VBScript 12 1 (0.513 %) VBA 12 1 (0.513 %) VC++ 12 1 (0.513 %) X++	Qualifications 1 3 (1.538 %) Degree 2 1 (0.513 %) MCDBA 2 1 (0.513 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.513 %) HL7	System Software 1 2 (1.026 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 35 (17.95 %) Microsoft 2 20 (10.26 %) Oracle 3 4 (2.051 %) SAP 4 3 (1.538 %) Adobe 4 3 (1.538 %) Autodesk 4 3 (1.538 %) ESRI 5 2 (1.026 %) Business Objects