North West ASP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ASP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
Location Avon Basingstoke Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington City of London Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Haywards Heath Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Hove Hull Kent Lanarkshire Lancashire Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontypridd Preston Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Romford Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	64	42
Rank change on same period last year	-22
Matching contract IT job ads	82	118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.109 %	0.119 %
As % of the category below	7.892 %	13.50 %
Daily rates quoted	10	17
Average minimum daily rate	£285	£187
Average daily rate	£303	£202
% change on same period last year	+49.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£320	£217
UK excluding London average daily rate	£288	£283
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.20	£24.63
Average hourly rate	£23.25	£27.95
% change on same period last year	-16.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.30	£31.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.88	£30.44
% change on same period last year	-5.14 %
Application Development North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1039	874
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.385 %	0.884 %
Daily rates quoted	202	125
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£281
Average daily rate	£348	£308
% change on same period last year	+12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	92	71
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.57	£24.82
Average hourly rate	£31.45	£27.83
% change on same period last year	+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.32	£30.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
ASP 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.

ASP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ASP across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

ASP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ASP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ASP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Manchester	-14	34	£275	+147.19 %
Cheshire	-19	17	-	-
Lancashire	+2	12	-	-
Merseyside	+5	10	£350	-
Cumbria	-5	3	-	-

ASP England

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ASP 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 ASP.

1 111 (70.25 %) .NET 2 80 (50.63 %) JavaScript 3 79 (50.00 %) ASP.NET 4 72 (45.57 %) SQL 5 68 (43.04 %) SQL Server 6 67 (42.41 %) CSS 7 55 (34.81 %) C# 7 55 (34.81 %) HTML 8 51 (32.28 %) XML 9 42 (26.58 %) VB 10 34 (21.52 %) VB.NET 10 34 (21.52 %) VBScript 10 34 (21.52 %) Microsoft 11 29 (18.35 %) Visual Studio 12 25 (15.82 %) Oracle

13 24 (15.19 %) PHP 14 23 (14.56 %) SQL Server 2005 15 20 (12.66 %) VB6 15 20 (12.66 %) IIS 16 17 (10.76 %) WebServices 17 16 (10.13 %) Oracle Reports 17 16 (10.13 %) MS Excel 18 15 (9.494 %) XHTML 18 15 (9.494 %) Crystal Reports 18 15 (9.494 %) PL/SQL 19 14 (8.861 %) DHTML 19 14 (8.861 %) AJAX 20 12 (7.595 %) Transact-SQL 20 12 (7.595 %) ActionScript 20 12 (7.595 %) SharePoint

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ASP 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 ASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 111 (70.25 %) .NET 2 79 (50.00 %) ASP.NET 3 67 (42.41 %) CSS 4 55 (34.81 %) HTML 5 51 (32.28 %) XML 6 17 (10.76 %) WebServices 7 15 (9.494 %) XHTML 8 14 (8.861 %) AJAX 9 11 (6.962 %) SOAP 10 8 (5.063 %) JSP 11 6 (3.797 %) XSLT 12 5 (3.165 %) .NET Framework 13 4 (2.532 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 3 (1.899 %) WebSphere 14 3 (1.899 %) Hibernate 14 3 (1.899 %) WinForms 14 3 (1.899 %) Spring 15 2 (1.266 %) Servlets 15 2 (1.266 %) J2EE 15 2 (1.266 %) ADO	Application Platforms 1 20 (12.66 %) IIS 2 12 (7.595 %) SharePoint 3 5 (3.165 %) Apache 4 3 (1.899 %) CMS 5 2 (1.266 %) LiveLink 5 2 (1.266 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.633 %) SAP Web AS 6 1 (0.633 %) Tomcat 6 1 (0.633 %) NetWeaver 6 1 (0.633 %) ArcIMS
Applications 1 16 (10.13 %) MS Excel 2 8 (5.063 %) Photoshop 3 4 (2.532 %) Doxygen 4 1 (0.633 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.633 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 2 (1.266 %) Summit 2 1 (0.633 %) SAP ERP 2 1 (0.633 %) Oracle Financials 2 1 (0.633 %) Navision
Communications & Networking 1 11 (6.962 %) Intranet 2 7 (4.430 %) Internet 3 6 (3.797 %) LDAP 4 5 (3.165 %) SSL 4 5 (3.165 %) Extranet 5 4 (2.532 %) Firewall 5 4 (2.532 %) DNS 6 1 (0.633 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 68 (43.04 %) SQL Server 2 23 (14.56 %) SQL Server 2005 3 16 (10.13 %) Oracle Reports 4 15 (9.494 %) Crystal Reports 5 11 (6.962 %) DTS 6 10 (6.329 %) SQL Server 7 6 10 (6.329 %) SQL Server 2000 7 6 (3.797 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 8 4 (2.532 %) MySQL 9 3 (1.899 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 2 (1.266 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 2 (1.266 %) Oracle 10g 10 2 (1.266 %) MS Access 11 1 (0.633 %) SAP BI 11 1 (0.633 %) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 29 (18.35 %) Visual Studio 2 10 (6.329 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 10 (6.329 %) InterDev 3 7 (4.430 %) Dreamweaver 4 4 (2.532 %) Flash 4 4 (2.532 %) NUnit 4 4 (2.532 %) Selenium 5 3 (1.899 %) FrontPage 5 3 (1.899 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 8 (5.063 %) Government 2 7 (4.430 %) Finance 2 7 (4.430 %) Local Government 3 5 (3.165 %) Education 4 4 (2.532 %) Law 4 4 (2.532 %) Manufacturing 5 3 (1.899 %) Retail 6 2 (1.266 %) Insurance 6 2 (1.266 %) Banking 6 2 (1.266 %) Online Banking 6 2 (1.266 %) Marketing 6 2 (1.266 %) Graphic Design 6 2 (1.266 %) Health 6 2 (1.266 %) Telecoms 7 1 (0.633 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.633 %) Construction 7 1 (0.633 %) Police
Job Titles 1 137 (86.71 %) Developer 2 46 (29.11 %) .NET Developer 3 44 (27.85 %) Web Developer 4 33 (20.89 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 17 (10.76 %) ASP Developer 6 14 (8.861 %) VB.NET Developer 7 13 (8.228 %) SQL Developer 7 13 (8.228 %) Software Developer 8 11 (6.962 %) Programmer 8 11 (6.962 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 9 10 (6.329 %) C# Developer 10 8 (5.063 %) Analyst 11 7 (4.430 %) SQL Server Developer 12 6 (3.797 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 12 6 (3.797 %) Web Programmer 13 4 (2.532 %) CSharp Software Developer 13 4 (2.532 %) SharePoint Developer 13 4 (2.532 %) Junior Web Developer 13 4 (2.532 %) Junior Developer 13 4 (2.532 %) Analyst Developer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (5.696 %) W3C 2 8 (5.063 %) NHS 3 5 (3.165 %) SCORM 4 4 (2.532 %) Replication 4 4 (2.532 %) N-Tier 5 2 (1.266 %) Management Information System 5 2 (1.266 %) E-Learning 6 1 (0.633 %) Web 2.0 6 1 (0.633 %) Statistics
Operating Systems 1 10 (6.329 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (6.962 %) Content Management 2 9 (5.696 %) e-GIF 3 7 (4.430 %) Web Development 4 6 (3.797 %) UML 5 5 (3.165 %) OO 5 5 (3.165 %) E-Commerce 5 5 (3.165 %) E-business 5 5 (3.165 %) Performance Management 6 3 (1.899 %) Security Cleared 6 3 (1.899 %) SEO 6 3 (1.899 %) Migration 6 3 (1.899 %) OOP 7 2 (1.266 %) CRM 7 2 (1.266 %) System Testing 7 2 (1.266 %) Risk Analysis 7 2 (1.266 %) Project Management 7 2 (1.266 %) Business Analysis 8 1 (0.633 %) Requirements Analysis 8 1 (0.633 %) Disaster Recovery 8 1 (0.633 %) Internet Marketing
Programming Languages 1 80 (50.63 %) JavaScript 2 72 (45.57 %) SQL 3 55 (34.81 %) C# 4 42 (26.58 %) VB 5 34 (21.52 %) VB.NET 5 34 (21.52 %) VBScript 6 24 (15.19 %) PHP 7 20 (12.66 %) VB6 8 15 (9.494 %) PL/SQL 9 14 (8.861 %) DHTML 10 12 (7.595 %) Transact-SQL 10 12 (7.595 %) ActionScript 11 10 (6.329 %) Java 12 8 (5.063 %) Python 12 8 (5.063 %) Lingo 13 6 (3.797 %) VBA 14 5 (3.165 %) Perl 15 3 (1.899 %) C++ 15 3 (1.899 %) Uniface 16 2 (1.266 %) COBOL	Qualifications 1 2 (1.266 %) HND 2 1 (0.633 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.899 %) QA 2 1 (0.633 %) ISO9001 2 1 (0.633 %) PAS 78	Vendors 1 34 (21.52 %) Microsoft 2 25 (15.82 %) Oracle 3 5 (3.165 %) Adobe 4 1 (0.633 %) Citrix 4 1 (0.633 %) i2 4 1 (0.633 %) Retek 4 1 (0.633 %) JD Edwards 4 1 (0.633 %) webMethods 4 1 (0.633 %) Dundas 4 1 (0.633 %) SAP 4 1 (0.633 %) Siebel