The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 23 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 North Wales 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 2 4 4
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Wales 15.38% 6.250% 9.091%
As % of the Application Development category 40.00% 25.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £300 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
North Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
5 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Wales 38.46% 25.00% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £300 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £26.00 - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Wales

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Wales .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 North Wales region.

North Wales .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 North Wales region.

North Wales .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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 8 (100.00%) HTML
2 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (62.50%) PHP
3 5 (62.50%) OO
3 5 (62.50%) Ajax
4 4 (50.00%) MySQL
4 4 (50.00%) PHP5
4 4 (50.00%) HTML5
5 3 (37.50%) jQuery
5 3 (37.50%) C#
5 3 (37.50%) CSS
6 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
6 2 (25.00%) Java
6 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) MVC
7 1 (12.50%) PLM
7 1 (12.50%) PDM
7 1 (12.50%) CAD
7 1 (12.50%) Degree
7 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 1 (12.50%) SysML
7 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (12.50%) Web Development
7 1 (12.50%) SQL
7 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
7 1 (12.50%) MS Office
7 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
7 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 1 (12.50%) XML

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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 (100.00%) HTML
2 5 (62.50%) Ajax
3 4 (50.00%) HTML5
4 3 (37.50%) jQuery
4 3 (37.50%) CSS
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
6 1 (12.50%) XML
6 1 (12.50%) XSLT
6 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (12.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) PHP Developer
3 2 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
4 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Mid-Level C# Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Mid-Level C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) OO
2 2 (25.00%) MVC
3 1 (12.50%) PLM
3 1 (12.50%) PDM
3 1 (12.50%) CAD
3 1 (12.50%) SysML
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Web Development
3 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (62.50%) PHP
3 4 (50.00%) PHP5
4 3 (37.50%) C#
5 2 (25.00%) Java
6 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) HND
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft