The first table below looks at the demand for .NET 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 over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 17 19 20
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 14 25 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 5.556% 5.981% 4.332%
As % of the Application Development category 45.16% 31.25% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 6
Average daily rate £325 £250 £289
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £125 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £337 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
31 80 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 12.30% 19.14% 7.581%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 53 10
Average daily rate £325 £250 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £299 £330
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
East Midlands

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire .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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire .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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 3 £331 +17.77%
Kettering 0 2 £338 +125.00%
.NET
East Midlands

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 18 (47.37%) C#
1 18 (47.37%) ASP.NET
2 17 (44.74%) SQL
3 14 (36.84%) SQL Server
4 13 (34.21%) JavaScript
4 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
5 10 (26.32%) Finance
5 10 (26.32%) VB.NET
5 10 (26.32%) IIS
5 10 (26.32%) Windows
6 9 (23.68%) jQuery
7 7 (18.42%) .NET Framework
7 7 (18.42%) HTML
8 6 (15.79%) VB
8 6 (15.79%) CSS
8 6 (15.79%) XML
8 6 (15.79%) SharePoint
9 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2008
10 4 (10.53%) SharePoint 2010
10 4 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
10 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (10.53%) Visual Studio
11 3 (7.895%) Oracle
11 3 (7.895%) ETL
11 3 (7.895%) OO
11 3 (7.895%) Banking
11 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (7.895%) Ajax
11 3 (7.895%) MS Excel
11 3 (7.895%) SLA

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 18 (47.37%) ASP.NET
2 9 (23.68%) jQuery
3 7 (18.42%) .NET Framework
3 7 (18.42%) HTML
4 6 (15.79%) CSS
4 6 (15.79%) XML
5 3 (7.895%) Ajax
5 3 (7.895%) LINQ
6 2 (5.263%) WCF
6 2 (5.263%) XSL
6 2 (5.263%) XSLT
6 2 (5.263%) Web Services
6 2 (5.263%) XHTML
6 2 (5.263%) ASP
7 1 (2.632%) SOAP
7 1 (2.632%) WinForms
7 1 (2.632%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 10 (26.32%) IIS
2 6 (15.79%) SharePoint
3 4 (10.53%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.632%) MSMQ
4 1 (2.632%) CMS
4 1 (2.632%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.632%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 3 (7.895%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.263%) InfoPath
3 1 (2.632%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.895%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (36.84%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.632%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.632%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.632%) NUnit
2 1 (2.632%) MSTest
General
1 10 (26.32%) Finance
2 3 (7.895%) Banking
3 1 (2.632%) Local Government
3 1 (2.632%) Retail
3 1 (2.632%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (71.05%) Developer
2 18 (47.37%) .NET Developer
3 9 (23.68%) VB.NET Developer
4 7 (18.42%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (15.79%) Analyst
6 4 (10.53%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (10.53%) C# Developer
6 4 (10.53%) Software Developer
7 3 (7.895%) ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (7.895%) Senior .NET Developer
7 3 (7.895%) SharePoint Developer
7 3 (7.895%) Senior Developer
8 2 (5.263%) Web Developer
9 1 (2.632%) Consultant
9 1 (2.632%) Programmer
9 1 (2.632%) Technical Consultant
9 1 (2.632%) .NET Software Engineer
9 1 (2.632%) .NET Programmer
9 1 (2.632%) Team Leader
9 1 (2.632%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) N-Tier
1 1 (2.632%) Thin Client
1 1 (2.632%) Graphic Design
1 1 (2.632%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (7.895%) ETL
1 3 (7.895%) OO
2 2 (5.263%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (5.263%) Web Development
3 1 (2.632%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.632%) E-Commerce
3 1 (2.632%) OOD
3 1 (2.632%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (2.632%) MVC
3 1 (2.632%) Project Management
3 1 (2.632%) TDD
3 1 (2.632%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 18 (47.37%) C#
2 17 (44.74%) SQL
3 13 (34.21%) JavaScript
4 10 (26.32%) VB.NET
5 6 (15.79%) VB
6 2 (5.263%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.632%) VBScript
7 1 (2.632%) C
7 1 (2.632%) C++
7 1 (2.632%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (2.632%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.632%) BC Cleared
1 1 (2.632%) Security Cleared
1 1 (2.632%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.895%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.632%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.895%) Oracle
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