North West ASP.NET Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ASP.NET 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.NET over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Aylesbury Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Caerphilly Camberley Camborne Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carrickfergus Cheadle Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London Clapham Colchester Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dartford Darwen Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Enfield England Essex Farnborough Farnham Felixstowe Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Gwynedd Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Haslemere Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hove Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Romford Rotherham Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Albans St Asaph Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Sutton-in-Ashfield Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	14	19
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	237	230
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.381 %	0.247 %
As % of the category below	29.85 %	24.21 %
Daily rates quoted	20	16
Average minimum daily rate	£234	£261
Average daily rate	£245	£281
% change on same period last year	-12.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£256	£302
UK excluding London average daily rate	£293	£322
% change on same period last year	-9.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	32	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.46	£25.33
Average hourly rate	£25.59	£27.96
% change on same period last year	-8.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.73	£30.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.68	£31.58
% change on same period last year	-15.52 %
Application Development North West
Matching contract IT job ads	794	950
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.276 %	1.020 %
Daily rates quoted	124	129
Average minimum daily rate	£284	£306
Average daily rate	£303	£322
% change on same period last year	-5.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£323	£337
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£334
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	100	83
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.29	£24.58
Average hourly rate	£24.89	£27.20
% change on same period last year	-8.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.49	£29.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.57	£31.61
% change on same period last year	-9.61 %
ASP.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.

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

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

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Cheshire	+25	77	£197	-42.11 %
Manchester	+4	70	£308	+5.93 %
Merseyside	+21	48	£205	-31.54 %
Lancashire	-5	24	£210	-4.00 %
Cumbria	-	4	£275	-

ASP.NET England

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

1 470 (100.00 %) .NET 2 313 (66.60 %) C# 3 271 (57.66 %) SQL Server 4 179 (38.09 %) SQL Server 2005 5 169 (35.96 %) SQL 6 137 (29.15 %) JavaScript 7 136 (28.94 %) VB.NET 8 119 (25.32 %) XML 9 118 (25.11 %) HTML 10 105 (22.34 %) CSS 11 90 (19.15 %) WebServices 12 87 (18.51 %) Visual Studio 13 77 (16.38 %) ASP 14 60 (12.77 %) AJAX 15 53 (11.28 %) SQL Server 2000

16 50 (10.64 %) Transact-SQL 17 47 (10.00 %) Microsoft 18 42 (8.936 %) VB 19 39 (8.298 %) ASP.NET 2.0 20 36 (7.660 %) .NET Framework 20 36 (7.660 %) OO 21 34 (7.234 %) Web Development 22 31 (6.596 %) SharePoint 23 30 (6.383 %) Windows 24 29 (6.170 %) SQL Server Integration Services 24 29 (6.170 %) GIS 25 28 (5.957 %) ArcIMS 25 28 (5.957 %) Oracle 26 27 (5.745 %) SOAP 27 26 (5.532 %) Photoshop

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 470 (100.00 %) .NET 2 119 (25.32 %) XML 3 118 (25.11 %) HTML 4 105 (22.34 %) CSS 5 90 (19.15 %) WebServices 6 77 (16.38 %) ASP 7 60 (12.77 %) AJAX 8 39 (8.298 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 36 (7.660 %) .NET Framework 10 27 (5.745 %) SOAP 11 25 (5.319 %) XSLT 11 25 (5.319 %) XHTML 12 24 (5.106 %) ADO.NET 13 19 (4.043 %) Silverlight 14 17 (3.617 %) WCF 14 17 (3.617 %) XSL 15 10 (2.128 %) ArcObjects 15 10 (2.128 %) WinForms 16 5 (1.064 %) WF 17 4 (0.851 %) WPF	Application Platforms 1 31 (6.596 %) SharePoint 2 28 (5.957 %) ArcIMS 3 26 (5.532 %) IIS 4 18 (3.830 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 16 (3.404 %) CMS 5 16 (3.404 %) ArcGIS 6 8 (1.702 %) ArcSDE 7 6 (1.277 %) BizTalk Server 7 6 (1.277 %) MS Exchange 8 4 (0.851 %) ColdFusion 8 4 (0.851 %) LiveLink 9 3 (0.638 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 3 (0.638 %) Exchange Server 2003 10 2 (0.426 %) Immediacy CMS 11 1 (0.213 %) Sitecore CMS 11 1 (0.213 %) Exchange Server 2000 11 1 (0.213 %) Lotus Domino 11 1 (0.213 %) Apache
Applications 1 26 (5.532 %) Photoshop 2 14 (2.979 %) MS Excel 3 4 (0.851 %) MS Office 3 4 (0.851 %) Fireworks 3 4 (0.851 %) Adobe Illustrator 4 1 (0.213 %) Doxygen 4 1 (0.213 %) InfoPath 4 1 (0.213 %) Spreadsheet 4 1 (0.213 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (0.426 %) Microsoft CRM 1 2 (0.426 %) Navision 1 2 (0.426 %) Dynamics CRM 2 1 (0.213 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 17 (3.617 %) Internet 2 14 (2.979 %) Intranet 3 8 (1.702 %) LDAP 4 4 (0.851 %) SSL 5 2 (0.426 %) GPRS 5 2 (0.426 %) HTTP 6 1 (0.213 %) Extranet 6 1 (0.213 %) RFID	Database & Business Intelligence 1 271 (57.66 %) SQL Server 2 179 (38.09 %) SQL Server 2005 3 53 (11.28 %) SQL Server 2000 4 29 (6.170 %) GIS 4 29 (6.170 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 23 (4.894 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 19 (4.043 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 12 (2.553 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 11 (2.340 %) MySQL 9 10 (2.128 %) Crystal Reports 10 8 (1.702 %) DTS 10 8 (1.702 %) RDBMS 11 7 (1.489 %) MS Access 12 6 (1.277 %) Datawarehouse 13 5 (1.064 %) Oracle 8/8i 13 5 (1.064 %) OLAP 14 4 (0.851 %) Oracle Reports 15 2 (0.426 %) Oracle 10g 15 2 (0.426 %) ETL 15 2 (0.426 %) SQL Server 7
Development Applications 1 87 (18.51 %) Visual Studio 2 21 (4.468 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 21 (4.468 %) Dreamweaver 3 13 (2.766 %) Flash 4 5 (1.064 %) NUnit 5 1 (0.213 %) Selenium	General 1 22 (4.681 %) Health 2 17 (3.617 %) Finance 3 14 (2.979 %) Retail 4 7 (1.489 %) Government 5 6 (1.277 %) Manufacturing 5 6 (1.277 %) Marketing 5 6 (1.277 %) Graphic Design 6 5 (1.064 %) Pharmaceutical 6 5 (1.064 %) Telecoms 6 5 (1.064 %) Education 7 4 (0.851 %) Insurance 8 3 (0.638 %) Banking 9 2 (0.426 %) Retail Banking 10 1 (0.213 %) Local Government 10 1 (0.213 %) Animation 10 1 (0.213 %) Interactive Media 10 1 (0.213 %) Billing 10 1 (0.213 %) Advertising 10 1 (0.213 %) Publishing 10 1 (0.213 %) Home Office
Job Titles 1 384 (81.70 %) Developer 2 245 (52.13 %) .NET Developer 3 148 (31.49 %) ASP.NET Developer 4 137 (29.15 %) C# Developer 5 98 (20.85 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 6 73 (15.53 %) Web Developer 7 59 (12.55 %) VB.NET Developer 8 36 (7.660 %) SQL Developer 8 36 (7.660 %) .NET Web Developer 9 28 (5.957 %) C# Web Developer 9 28 (5.957 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 10 20 (4.255 %) SQL Server Developer 11 12 (2.553 %) GIS Developer 11 12 (2.553 %) Analyst 12 11 (2.340 %) Software Developer 12 11 (2.340 %) SharePoint Developer 13 10 (2.128 %) Programmer 14 9 (1.915 %) Applications Developer 14 9 (1.915 %) Senior Developer 15 8 (1.702 %) Analyst Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 19 (4.043 %) N-Tier 2 11 (2.340 %) NHS 3 10 (2.128 %) German Language 4 8 (1.702 %) W3C 5 6 (1.277 %) Dutch Language 6 2 (0.426 %) Data Extraction 6 2 (0.426 %) PDA 6 2 (0.426 %) Ergonomics 7 1 (0.213 %) LIMS 7 1 (0.213 %) BBC 7 1 (0.213 %) Replication 7 1 (0.213 %) E-Learning
Operating Systems 1 30 (6.383 %) Windows 2 7 (1.489 %) Windows CE 3 3 (0.638 %) Windows Mobile 4 2 (0.426 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 2 (0.426 %) Windows Server 2003 5 1 (0.213 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (0.213 %) Windows NT 5 1 (0.213 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 36 (7.660 %) OO 2 34 (7.234 %) Web Development 3 22 (4.681 %) OOP 3 22 (4.681 %) E-Commerce 4 16 (3.404 %) Agile Software Development 5 15 (3.191 %) Content Management 6 14 (2.979 %) Migration 7 13 (2.766 %) Web Design 7 13 (2.766 %) OOD 8 12 (2.553 %) Project Management 8 12 (2.553 %) CRM 9 10 (2.128 %) OOA/OOD 10 8 (1.702 %) PRINCE2 10 8 (1.702 %) B2B 11 7 (1.489 %) UML 11 7 (1.489 %) Security Cleared 12 6 (1.277 %) TDD 12 6 (1.277 %) Requirements Analysis 13 5 (1.064 %) Scrum 13 5 (1.064 %) SEO
Programming Languages 1 313 (66.60 %) C# 2 169 (35.96 %) SQL 3 137 (29.15 %) JavaScript 4 136 (28.94 %) VB.NET 5 50 (10.64 %) Transact-SQL 6 42 (8.936 %) VB 7 26 (5.532 %) VBScript 8 23 (4.894 %) DHTML 9 21 (4.468 %) VB6 10 17 (3.617 %) PHP 11 12 (2.553 %) C++ 12 10 (2.128 %) Java 13 8 (1.702 %) ActionScript 14 6 (1.277 %) PL/SQL 15 3 (0.638 %) XPath 16 2 (0.426 %) PHP5 16 2 (0.426 %) Delphi 16 2 (0.426 %) VBA 17 1 (0.213 %) VC++ 17 1 (0.213 %) FoxPro (VFP)	Qualifications 1 7 (1.489 %) Degree 2 4 (0.851 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (0.638 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 2 (0.426 %) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.064 %) QA 2 2 (0.426 %) SLA 2 2 (0.426 %) WAI 3 1 (0.213 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 8 (1.702 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.213 %) Intellisync
Systems Management 1 2 (0.426 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 47 (10.00 %) Microsoft 2 28 (5.957 %) Oracle 3 9 (1.915 %) ESRI 4 7 (1.489 %) Lagan 5 4 (0.851 %) Google 6 3 (0.638 %) Adobe 7 2 (0.426 %) BMC 7 2 (0.426 %) Tridion 7 2 (0.426 %) Sitecore 7 2 (0.426 %) IBM 8 1 (0.213 %) Infragistics 8 1 (0.213 %) Open Text 8 1 (0.213 %) RedDot 8 1 (0.213 %) Lotus 8 1 (0.213 %) Mapinfo 8 1 (0.213 %) Nokia 8 1 (0.213 %) Macromedia 8 1 (0.213 %) Business Objects