The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 22 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 Northamptonshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 23 40 32
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -8
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 4 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.619% 0.476% 0.370%
As % of the Application Development category 14.81% 2.469% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
27 81 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 10.93% 19.29% 7.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 54 9
Average daily rate £325 £250 £256
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £296 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
East Midlands

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northampton +6 2 £300 -
.NET Framework
East Midlands

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) IIS
4 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
4 2 (28.57%) CSS
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) XSL
4 2 (28.57%) XSLT
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 2 (28.57%) XHTML
4 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Intranet
4 2 (28.57%) Ajax
4 2 (28.57%) InfoPath
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (28.57%) LINQ
4 2 (28.57%) jQuery
4 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (14.29%) MSTest
5 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) WCF

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) XML
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 2 (28.57%) CSS
3 2 (28.57%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) XSL
3 2 (28.57%) XSLT
3 2 (28.57%) XHTML
3 2 (28.57%) Ajax
3 2 (28.57%) LINQ
3 2 (28.57%) jQuery
4 1 (14.29%) WCF
4 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) IIS
2 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (14.29%) MSMQ
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
2 1 (14.29%) MSTest
2 1 (14.29%) NUnit
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C# Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) TDD
1 1 (14.29%) OOD
1 1 (14.29%) OO
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft