The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Peterborough 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 6 12 2
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -10
Contract jobs citing .NET 14 6 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 11.97% 6.452% 26.67%
As % of the Application Development category 53.85% 42.86% 86.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 20
Average daily rate £350 £288 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £280 £289
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £304 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £26.50 - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
All Application Development
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
26 14 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 22.22% 15.05% 30.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 23
Average daily rate £325 £288 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.04% -17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £315 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £26.50 - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
.NET
Cambridgeshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough .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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Peterborough .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Peterborough .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 20 (83.33%) C#
2 15 (62.50%) WCF
2 15 (62.50%) ASP.NET
3 8 (33.33%) Oracle
3 8 (33.33%) DHTML
3 8 (33.33%) VB
3 8 (33.33%) NHibernate
3 8 (33.33%) VB6
4 7 (29.17%) Finance
4 7 (29.17%) MVC
5 6 (25.00%) OO
5 6 (25.00%) COM+
5 6 (25.00%) ASP
5 6 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (25.00%) LINQ
6 5 (20.83%) Investment Management
6 5 (20.83%) CSS
6 5 (20.83%) Web Services
6 5 (20.83%) SQL
7 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
8 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
9 2 (8.333%) JavaScript
9 2 (8.333%) VB.NET
9 2 (8.333%) WPF
9 2 (8.333%) Wiki
9 2 (8.333%) TDD

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 15 (62.50%) WCF
1 15 (62.50%) ASP.NET
2 8 (33.33%) DHTML
2 8 (33.33%) NHibernate
3 6 (25.00%) COM+
3 6 (25.00%) ASP
3 6 (25.00%) LINQ
4 5 (20.83%) CSS
4 5 (20.83%) Web Services
5 2 (8.333%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.167%) OLAP
2 1 (4.167%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (29.17%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (87.50%) Developer
2 16 (66.67%) .NET Developer
3 7 (29.17%) C# Developer
3 7 (29.17%) ASP.NET Developer
3 7 (29.17%) C# .NET Developer
4 5 (20.83%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Applications Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (4.167%) QA Tester
7 1 (4.167%) Test Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) QA Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Lead C# Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Agile .NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Agile C# Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Lead .NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Tester
7 1 (4.167%) Test Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Wiki
2 1 (4.167%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) MVC
2 6 (25.00%) OO
2 6 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (20.83%) Investment Management
4 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.333%) TDD
5 2 (8.333%) Scrum
6 1 (4.167%) Migration
6 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.167%) Pair Programming
6 1 (4.167%) Business Development
6 1 (4.167%) Resource Management
6 1 (4.167%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (4.167%) Data Migration
6 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
6 1 (4.167%) ERP
6 1 (4.167%) ETL
6 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.167%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 20 (83.33%) C#
2 8 (33.33%) VB
2 8 (33.33%) VB6
3 5 (20.83%) SQL
4 2 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.333%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.167%) Java
5 1 (4.167%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
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