The first table below looks at the demand for the .NET Applications Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Applications Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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
.NET Application Developer
Rank 113 125 125
Rank change year-on-year
+12 0
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Applications Developer 5 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.213% 0.128% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.229% 0.140% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
Average daily rate £250 £400 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% +19.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £298 £400
% change year-on-year
-15.96% -25.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £31.00
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2182 2864 2865
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.09% 91.74% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1045 1414 1422
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 175 192
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +5.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
.NET Applications Developer
England

.NET Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Applications Developer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West .NET Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET Applications Developer across the North West region.

North West .NET Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West .NET Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Applications Developer within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +6 4 £250 -
Manchester - 1 - -
.NET Applications Developer
England

.NET Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited .NET Applications Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Applications Developer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) C#
3 3 (60.00%) C++
3 3 (60.00%) C
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) MFC
3 3 (60.00%) Servlets
3 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 3 (60.00%) XSL
3 3 (60.00%) XSLT
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) PhD
3 3 (60.00%) Windows CE
3 3 (60.00%) MVC
3 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Web Development
3 3 (60.00%) XPath
3 3 (60.00%) JSON
3 3 (60.00%) SQLite
3 3 (60.00%) jQuery
3 3 (60.00%) HTML5
3 3 (60.00%) WCF
3 3 (60.00%) Web Application Development
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (40.00%) HTML

.NET Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited .NET Applications Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
3 3 (60.00%) MFC
3 3 (60.00%) Servlets
3 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 3 (60.00%) XSL
3 3 (60.00%) XSLT
3 3 (60.00%) JSON
3 3 (60.00%) jQuery
3 3 (60.00%) HTML5
3 3 (60.00%) WCF
4 2 (40.00%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQLite
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) MVC
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Web Development
1 3 (60.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) XPath
3 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) PhD