The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Application Development category for the Northampton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 20 16 18
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 3 15 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 2.143% 6.073% 3.371%
As % of the Application Development category 23.08% 42.86% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 4
Average daily rate £331 £281 £289
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.77% -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £203 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £356 £343 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
13 35 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 9.286% 14.17% 5.618%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 23 4
Average daily rate £363 £250 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.00% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £568 £525 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Northamptonshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Northampton .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northampton .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northampton .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 14 (60.87%) SQL
2 12 (52.17%) C#
2 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
3 10 (43.48%) Finance
3 10 (43.48%) IIS
4 9 (39.13%) Windows
5 8 (34.78%) SQL Server
5 8 (34.78%) ASP.NET
6 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
7 5 (21.74%) .NET Framework
7 5 (21.74%) XML
7 5 (21.74%) VB
8 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
8 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (17.39%) jQuery
8 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (17.39%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (13.04%) LINQ
9 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (13.04%) Ajax
9 3 (13.04%) Banking
9 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
9 3 (13.04%) SLA
9 3 (13.04%) Intranet
9 3 (13.04%) HTML
9 3 (13.04%) CSS
10 2 (8.696%) XSL
10 2 (8.696%) XSLT
10 2 (8.696%) OO
10 2 (8.696%) ASP

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 8 (34.78%) ASP.NET
2 5 (21.74%) .NET Framework
2 5 (21.74%) XML
3 4 (17.39%) jQuery
4 3 (13.04%) LINQ
4 3 (13.04%) Ajax
4 3 (13.04%) HTML
4 3 (13.04%) CSS
5 2 (8.696%) XSL
5 2 (8.696%) XSLT
5 2 (8.696%) ASP
5 2 (8.696%) XHTML
6 1 (4.348%) WCF
6 1 (4.348%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 10 (43.48%) IIS
2 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (17.39%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (4.348%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (4.348%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (4.348%) CMS
3 1 (4.348%) MSMQ
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.696%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (34.78%) SQL Server
2 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (13.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MSTest
1 1 (4.348%) NUnit
1 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Banking
3 1 (4.348%) Marketing
3 1 (4.348%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Developer
2 7 (30.43%) .NET Developer
3 6 (26.09%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
5 2 (8.696%) C# Developer
5 2 (8.696%) Software Developer
5 2 (8.696%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) VB.NET Programmer
6 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET Programmer
6 1 (4.348%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) .NET Programmer
6 1 (4.348%) Software Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.348%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Fat Client
1 1 (4.348%) Thin Client
1 1 (4.348%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.696%) OO
1 2 (8.696%) ETL
2 1 (4.348%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (4.348%) Web Development
2 1 (4.348%) TDD
2 1 (4.348%) Project Management
2 1 (4.348%) MVC
2 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (4.348%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
2 1 (4.348%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) SQL
2 12 (52.17%) C#
3 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
4 5 (21.74%) VB
5 2 (8.696%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.348%) VB6
6 1 (4.348%) C
6 1 (4.348%) C++
6 1 (4.348%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.348%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) BC Cleared
1 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
1 1 (4.348%) Degree
1 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft