North Yorkshire .NET Contracts

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

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Andover Avon Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bootle Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Carmarthenshire Carrickfergus Ceredigion Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hastings Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hornchurch Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kendal Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lanarkshire Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Margate Marlow Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Otley Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rochester Romford Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teddington Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	7	11
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	52	54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.069 %	0.055 %
As % of the category below	59.09 %	52.94 %
Daily rates quoted	3	6
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£240
Average daily rate	£358	£265
% change on same period last year	+35.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£290
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£327
% change on same period last year	+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.11	£24.38
Average hourly rate	£33.61	£29.06
% change on same period last year	+15.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.11	£33.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.43	£32.97
% change on same period last year	+1.37 %
Application Development North Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	88	102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.117 %	0.103 %
Daily rates quoted	17	12
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£278
Average daily rate	£344	£293
% change on same period last year	+17.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£308
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.73	£23.64
Average hourly rate	£31.23	£27.21
% change on same period last year	+14.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.73	£30.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
.NET Yorkshire

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.

.NET
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the North Yorkshire 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
York	+3	16	£425	+52.46 %
Middlesbrough	-3	5	-	-
Harrogate	-14	2	-	-

.NET Yorkshire

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 61 (67.78 %) C# 2 57 (63.33 %) ASP.NET 3 54 (60.00 %) SQL Server 4 35 (38.89 %) SQL Server 2005 5 33 (36.67 %) XML 6 28 (31.11 %) SQL 7 20 (22.22 %) SQL Server 2000 8 19 (21.11 %) VB.NET 9 18 (20.00 %) Microsoft 10 17 (18.89 %) CSS 11 15 (16.67 %) Visual Studio 11 15 (16.67 %) JavaScript 12 14 (15.56 %) HTML 12 14 (15.56 %) WebServices 13 12 (13.33 %) AJAX

13 12 (13.33 %) E-Commerce 14 11 (12.22 %) ASP.NET 2.0 15 10 (11.11 %) .NET Framework 15 10 (11.11 %) C++ 15 10 (11.11 %) SQL Server 7 16 9 (10.00 %) Windows 16 9 (10.00 %) Web Development 17 8 (8.889 %) OO 17 8 (8.889 %) SharePoint 17 8 (8.889 %) Health 18 7 (7.778 %) Finance 18 7 (7.778 %) Microsoft Certification 18 7 (7.778 %) Flash 18 7 (7.778 %) XHTML 18 7 (7.778 %) XSLT

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 57 (63.33 %) ASP.NET 2 33 (36.67 %) XML 3 17 (18.89 %) CSS 4 14 (15.56 %) HTML 4 14 (15.56 %) WebServices 5 12 (13.33 %) AJAX 6 11 (12.22 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 10 (11.11 %) .NET Framework 8 7 (7.778 %) XSLT 8 7 (7.778 %) XHTML 9 5 (5.556 %) MFC 9 5 (5.556 %) ASP 10 4 (4.444 %) XSL 10 4 (4.444 %) WinForms 10 4 (4.444 %) Google Maps API 11 3 (3.333 %) Adobe Flex 11 3 (3.333 %) WCF 11 3 (3.333 %) SOAP 11 3 (3.333 %) XML Schema 12 2 (2.222 %) Windows SharePoint Services	Application Platforms 1 8 (8.889 %) SharePoint 2 6 (6.667 %) IIS 2 6 (6.667 %) CMS 3 5 (5.556 %) BizTalk Server 4 4 (4.444 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 3 (3.333 %) ColdFusion MX 5 3 (3.333 %) ColdFusion 6 2 (2.222 %) Commerce Server 7 1 (1.111 %) Content Management Server 7 1 (1.111 %) ArcGIS 7 1 (1.111 %) Commerce Server 2007 7 1 (1.111 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 3 (3.333 %) MS Excel 2 2 (2.222 %) MS Office 2 2 (2.222 %) InfoPath 3 1 (1.111 %) ArcView 3 1 (1.111 %) Photoshop 3 1 (1.111 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 1 (1.111 %) Great Plains
Communications & Networking 1 3 (3.333 %) Internet 2 2 (2.222 %) Extranet 3 1 (1.111 %) SSH 3 1 (1.111 %) LDAP 3 1 (1.111 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (1.111 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 54 (60.00 %) SQL Server 2 35 (38.89 %) SQL Server 2005 3 20 (22.22 %) SQL Server 2000 4 10 (11.11 %) SQL Server 7 5 3 (3.333 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 2 (2.222 %) GIS 6 2 (2.222 %) Crystal Reports 6 2 (2.222 %) Datawarehouse 6 2 (2.222 %) DTS 7 1 (1.111 %) RDBMS 7 1 (1.111 %) BusinessObjects 7 1 (1.111 %) Oracle Reports 7 1 (1.111 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (1.111 %) dBASE 7 1 (1.111 %) MySQL 7 1 (1.111 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 15 (16.67 %) Visual Studio 2 7 (7.778 %) Flash 3 2 (2.222 %) NUnit 4 1 (1.111 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 1 (1.111 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (1.111 %) JBuilder 4 1 (1.111 %) Eclipse 4 1 (1.111 %) InstallShield	General 1 8 (8.889 %) Health 2 7 (7.778 %) Finance 3 6 (6.667 %) Pensions 4 3 (3.333 %) Retail 5 2 (2.222 %) Graphic Design 6 1 (1.111 %) Insurance 6 1 (1.111 %) Construction 6 1 (1.111 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (1.111 %) Back Office 6 1 (1.111 %) Telecoms 6 1 (1.111 %) Law 6 1 (1.111 %) Legal 6 1 (1.111 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (1.111 %) Publishing 6 1 (1.111 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 75 (83.33 %) Developer 2 41 (45.56 %) .NET Developer 3 33 (36.67 %) C# Developer 4 21 (23.33 %) Web Developer 5 16 (17.78 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 13 (14.44 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 7 (7.778 %) Software Developer 8 6 (6.667 %) VB.NET Developer 8 6 (6.667 %) .NET Web Developer 9 5 (5.556 %) SQL Server Developer 9 5 (5.556 %) SQL Developer 9 5 (5.556 %) CSharp Software Developer 10 4 (4.444 %) C# Web Developer 10 4 (4.444 %) Senior Developer 11 3 (3.333 %) SharePoint Developer 12 2 (2.222 %) WinForms Developer 12 2 (2.222 %) DBA 12 2 (2.222 %) SQL Server DBA 12 2 (2.222 %) Architect 12 2 (2.222 %) Tester	Miscellaneous 1 5 (5.556 %) W3C 1 5 (5.556 %) PDA 2 4 (4.444 %) Computer Science 2 4 (4.444 %) N-Tier 3 2 (2.222 %) Smartphone 4 1 (1.111 %) Management Information System 4 1 (1.111 %) Streaming Media 4 1 (1.111 %) Copywriting 4 1 (1.111 %) Taxonomies
Operating Systems 1 9 (10.00 %) Windows 2 1 (1.111 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (13.33 %) E-Commerce 2 9 (10.00 %) Web Development 3 8 (8.889 %) OO 4 5 (5.556 %) SOA 5 4 (4.444 %) Content Management 6 3 (3.333 %) Web Design 6 3 (3.333 %) Software Engineering 6 3 (3.333 %) Time Management 7 2 (2.222 %) OOP 7 2 (2.222 %) Unit Testing 7 2 (2.222 %) Requirements Analysis 7 2 (2.222 %) Agile Software Development 7 2 (2.222 %) ITIL 7 2 (2.222 %) PRINCE2 8 1 (1.111 %) UML 8 1 (1.111 %) RUP 8 1 (1.111 %) DSDM 8 1 (1.111 %) Business Intelligence 8 1 (1.111 %) Workflow 8 1 (1.111 %) Scrum
Programming Languages 1 61 (67.78 %) C# 2 28 (31.11 %) SQL 3 19 (21.11 %) VB.NET 4 15 (16.67 %) JavaScript 5 10 (11.11 %) C++ 6 5 (5.556 %) DHTML 6 5 (5.556 %) Transact-SQL 7 4 (4.444 %) Java 8 1 (1.111 %) COBOL 8 1 (1.111 %) VB 8 1 (1.111 %) PHP 8 1 (1.111 %) VBA 8 1 (1.111 %) Embedded C 8 1 (1.111 %) Embedded C++ 8 1 (1.111 %) C	Qualifications 1 7 (7.778 %) Microsoft Certification 2 6 (6.667 %) Degree 3 2 (2.222 %) MCSE
System Software 1 2 (2.222 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 18 (20.00 %) Microsoft 2 4 (4.444 %) Oracle 2 4 (4.444 %) Google 3 2 (2.222 %) Cisco 4 1 (1.111 %) Business Objects 4 1 (1.111 %) HP 4 1 (1.111 %) Micro Focus 4 1 (1.111 %) QNX 4 1 (1.111 %) ESRI