The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 9 2 4
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +2
Contract jobs citing .NET 30 58 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 10.68% 25.78% 14.11%
As % of the Application Development category 37.04% 65.17% 55.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 36 13
Average daily rate £325 £310 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% +12.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £263 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £500 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
81 89 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 28.83% 39.56% 25.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 52 24
Average daily rate £325 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £263 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £8.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+252.94% -78.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Nottinghamshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham .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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham .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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 64 (81.01%) C#
2 54 (68.35%) ASP.NET
3 41 (51.90%) SQL Server
4 23 (29.11%) SQL
5 22 (27.85%) jQuery
6 21 (26.58%) JavaScript
7 20 (25.32%) WPF
8 19 (24.05%) Web Services
9 18 (22.78%) HTML
9 18 (22.78%) WCF
10 17 (21.52%) Microsoft
11 16 (20.25%) CSS
12 12 (15.19%) MVC
12 12 (15.19%) SQL Server 2008
12 12 (15.19%) ASP.NET MVC
13 11 (13.92%) .NET Framework
13 11 (13.92%) Ajax
13 11 (13.92%) Agile Software Development
14 10 (12.66%) Multithreading
14 10 (12.66%) Visual Studio
14 10 (12.66%) REST
15 9 (11.39%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 9 (11.39%) IIS
15 9 (11.39%) Linux
16 8 (10.13%) SharePoint
17 7 (8.861%) OO
17 7 (8.861%) Finance
17 7 (8.861%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 7 (8.861%) MVVM
18 6 (7.595%) HTML5

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 54 (68.35%) ASP.NET
2 22 (27.85%) jQuery
3 20 (25.32%) WPF
4 19 (24.05%) Web Services
5 18 (22.78%) HTML
5 18 (22.78%) WCF
6 16 (20.25%) CSS
7 12 (15.19%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (13.92%) .NET Framework
8 11 (13.92%) Ajax
9 10 (12.66%) REST
10 9 (11.39%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 6 (7.595%) HTML5
12 5 (6.329%) LINQ
13 4 (5.063%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 4 (5.063%) ASP
14 3 (3.797%) SOAP
14 3 (3.797%) WinForms
15 2 (2.532%) Razor View Engine
15 2 (2.532%) Managed Extensibility Framework
Application Platforms
1 9 (11.39%) IIS
2 8 (10.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.532%) CMS
3 2 (2.532%) MSMQ
4 1 (1.266%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.266%) Drupal
4 1 (1.266%) DotNetNuke
4 1 (1.266%) WordPress
4 1 (1.266%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (3.797%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.532%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (2.532%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (5.063%) JDE World
2 1 (1.266%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.532%) Ethernet
1 2 (2.532%) Intranet
2 1 (1.266%) SNMP
2 1 (1.266%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (51.90%) SQL Server
2 12 (15.19%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (8.861%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (6.329%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (5.063%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (3.797%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (2.532%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (2.532%) MS Access
7 2 (2.532%) GIS
8 1 (1.266%) VLDB
8 1 (1.266%) OLAP
8 1 (1.266%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (12.66%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.595%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (3.797%) NUnit
3 3 (3.797%) Subversion
3 3 (3.797%) MSTest
4 1 (1.266%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.266%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (1.266%) CruiseControl
4 1 (1.266%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.266%) StyleCop
4 1 (1.266%) MbUnit
General
1 7 (8.861%) Finance
2 3 (3.797%) Retail
3 2 (2.532%) Advertising
3 2 (2.532%) Local Government
4 1 (1.266%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 65 (82.28%) Developer
2 37 (46.84%) .NET Developer
3 24 (30.38%) C# Developer
4 23 (29.11%) C# .NET Developer
5 16 (20.25%) ASP.NET Developer
6 11 (13.92%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 10 (12.66%) SQL Developer
8 9 (11.39%) SQL Server Developer
9 8 (10.13%) Web Developer
9 8 (10.13%) Senior Developer
10 5 (6.329%) Designer
10 5 (6.329%) WPF Developer
11 4 (5.063%) JDE Consultant
11 4 (5.063%) JDE Functional Consultant
11 4 (5.063%) .NET Web Developer
11 4 (5.063%) Senior C# Developer
11 4 (5.063%) Database Developer
11 4 (5.063%) Functional Consultant
11 4 (5.063%) SQL Database Developer
11 4 (5.063%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.532%) NHS
2 1 (1.266%) W3C
2 1 (1.266%) N-Tier
2 1 (1.266%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.39%) Linux
2 4 (5.063%) Windows
3 2 (2.532%) Android
3 2 (2.532%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.266%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (15.19%) MVC
2 11 (13.92%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (12.66%) Multithreading
4 7 (8.861%) OO
4 7 (8.861%) MVVM
5 6 (7.595%) SOA
6 5 (6.329%) Resource Management
6 5 (6.329%) Migration
6 5 (6.329%) TDD
7 4 (5.063%) Dependency Injection
7 4 (5.063%) ERP
7 4 (5.063%) OOD
8 3 (3.797%) CRM
8 3 (3.797%) Web Development
8 3 (3.797%) Data Migration
8 3 (3.797%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (3.797%) Scrum
9 2 (2.532%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (2.532%) Business Analysis
9 2 (2.532%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (81.01%) C#
2 23 (29.11%) SQL
3 21 (26.58%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.595%) Java
4 6 (7.595%) T-SQL
5 5 (6.329%) Perl
6 4 (5.063%) RPG
6 4 (5.063%) VB.NET
7 2 (2.532%) C
7 2 (2.532%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.532%) VBScript
7 2 (2.532%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.266%) VB
8 1 (1.266%) PHP
8 1 (1.266%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (3.797%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.266%) TickIT
1 1 (1.266%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (2.532%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.063%) Oracle
2 4 (5.063%) JD Edwards
3 3 (3.797%) Twitter
4 2 (2.532%) Freescale
4 2 (2.532%) Telerik
5 1 (1.266%) Adobe
5 1 (1.266%) Google
5 1 (1.266%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.266%) Facebook
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Posted: 22 May 2013
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Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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As well as excellent knowledge of C#.Net Desktop development, you will have working knowledge of word processes and Web Services. Any knowledge of PHP is also desirable.
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Rate: £200 - £250 per day
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