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The table below looks at the demand for the VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank118113
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads934
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.034 %
As % of the category below0.269 %0.841 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£261£280
% change on same period last year-6.67 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£26.75
Average hourly rate£20.00£31.00
% change on same period last year-35.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£35.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.56£34.96
% change on same period last year-9.72 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads33444045
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.708 %4.088 %
Daily rates quoted783827
Average minimum daily rate£324£320
Average daily rate£341£338
% change on same period last year+0.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted467456
Average minimum hourly rate£21.62£20.30
Average hourly rate£23.40£21.94
% change on same period last year+6.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.19£23.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer EnglandVB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
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.

VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Demand Trend

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

North West VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer Demand Trend

VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 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.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterDown-14--
MerseysideNew entry-2--
CumbriaNew entry-1--
LancashireDown-51--
VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer EnglandVB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
England

VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited VB.NET/ASP.NET 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 VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer in their job title.

135 (100.00 %)VB.NET
135 (100.00 %).NET
135 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
227 (77.14 %)SQL Server
316 (45.71 %)SQL Server 2005
415 (42.86 %)C#
510 (28.57 %)XML
69 (25.71 %)CSS
78 (22.86 %)JavaScript
78 (22.86 %)VB
87 (20.00 %)SQL
87 (20.00 %)ASP
96 (17.14 %)Visual Studio
105 (14.29 %)HTML
105 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
105 (14.29 %)B2B
105 (14.29 %)Retail
105 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
114 (11.43 %)Manufacturing
114 (11.43 %)VB6
123 (8.571 %)DTS
123 (8.571 %)Web Development
123 (8.571 %).NET Framework
123 (8.571 %)IIS
123 (8.571 %)SOAP
123 (8.571 %)VBScript
123 (8.571 %)DHTML
123 (8.571 %)VSS/SourceSafe
132 (5.714 %)Crystal Reports
132 (5.714 %)SQL Server Reporting Services

VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited VB.NET/ASP.NET 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 VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
135 (100.00 %).NET
210 (28.57 %)XML
39 (25.71 %)CSS
47 (20.00 %)ASP
55 (14.29 %)HTML
63 (8.571 %).NET Framework
63 (8.571 %)SOAP
71 (2.857 %)WebServices
71 (2.857 %)XSLT
71 (2.857 %)AJAX
71 (2.857 %)ASP.NET 2.0
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (8.571 %)IIS
21 (2.857 %)Lotus Domino
21 (2.857 %)SharePoint
21 (2.857 %)Oracle BPEL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.857 %)Photoshop
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (77.14 %)SQL Server
216 (45.71 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (8.571 %)DTS
52 (5.714 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52 (5.714 %)Crystal Reports
61 (2.857 %)MS Access
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (17.14 %)Visual Studio
23 (8.571 %)VSS/SourceSafe
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (14.29 %)Retail
24 (11.43 %)Manufacturing
32 (5.714 %)Marketing
41 (2.857 %)Advertising
41 (2.857 %)Finance
41 (2.857 %)Law
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.857 %)E-Learning
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
15 (14.29 %)B2B
23 (8.571 %)Web Development
32 (5.714 %)Migration
41 (2.857 %)Web Design
41 (2.857 %)BPEL
41 (2.857 %)SEO
41 (2.857 %)Security Cleared
41 (2.857 %)UML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
135 (100.00 %)VB.NET
215 (42.86 %)C#
38 (22.86 %)JavaScript
38 (22.86 %)VB
47 (20.00 %)SQL
54 (11.43 %)VB6
63 (8.571 %)VBScript
63 (8.571 %)DHTML
71 (2.857 %)PL/SQL
71 (2.857 %)Transact-SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (2.857 %)Oracle
11 (2.857 %)Lotus