.NET Contracts in Reading
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 10 24 14
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -10
Contract jobs citing .NET 90 61 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 10.84% 5.733% 9.461%
As % of the Application Development category 42.86% 38.61% 40.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 25 68
Average daily rate £375 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £250 £284
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 210 158 244
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 25.30% 14.85% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 60 116
Average daily rate £363 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £470 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £11.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -43.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Berkshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading .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 Reading region.

Reading .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 Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading .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 Reading region.

Reading .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

1 133 (65.84%) C#
2 90 (44.55%) ASP.NET
3 82 (40.59%) SQL Server
4 69 (34.16%) Windows
5 68 (33.66%) SQL
5 68 (33.66%) MVC
6 65 (32.18%) CSS
7 56 (27.72%) JavaScript
7 56 (27.72%) jQuery
8 54 (26.73%) Microsoft
9 51 (25.25%) HTML
10 50 (24.75%) WCF
11 44 (21.78%) .NET Framework
12 43 (21.29%) Web Services
12 43 (21.29%) ASP.NET MVC
13 40 (19.80%) XML
14 39 (19.31%) TDD
15 36 (17.82%) Visual Studio
16 35 (17.33%) HTML5
16 35 (17.33%) Security Cleared
17 33 (16.34%) Agile Software Development
18 29 (14.36%) Telecoms
18 29 (14.36%) Oracle
18 29 (14.36%) SC Cleared
19 27 (13.37%) SharePoint
19 27 (13.37%) Scrum
20 25 (12.38%) MS Excel
20 25 (12.38%) Web Development
21 23 (11.39%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
22 22 (10.89%) BDD

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 90 (44.55%) ASP.NET
2 65 (32.18%) CSS
3 56 (27.72%) jQuery
4 51 (25.25%) HTML
5 50 (24.75%) WCF
6 44 (21.78%) .NET Framework
7 43 (21.29%) Web Services
7 43 (21.29%) ASP.NET MVC
8 40 (19.80%) XML
9 35 (17.33%) HTML5
10 23 (11.39%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 19 (9.406%) CSS3
12 18 (8.911%) Ajax
13 16 (7.921%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 16 (7.921%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 14 (6.931%) J2EE
15 13 (6.436%) Middleware
15 13 (6.436%) LINQ
16 11 (5.446%) WF
17 10 (4.950%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 27 (13.37%) SharePoint
2 20 (9.901%) Windows Azure
3 18 (8.911%) IIS
4 16 (7.921%) SharePoint Server
5 14 (6.931%) BizTalk Server
6 10 (4.950%) ESB
7 8 (3.960%) CMS
7 8 (3.960%) Apache
8 7 (3.465%) Tomcat
9 6 (2.970%) ArcGIS
9 6 (2.970%) IBM HTTP Server
10 5 (2.475%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 5 (2.475%) WebLogic
11 4 (1.980%) WebSphere Application Server
11 4 (1.980%) MSMQ
11 4 (1.980%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (1.485%) Amazon AWS
12 3 (1.485%) SharePoint 2010
13 2 (0.990%) CM System
13 2 (0.990%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 25 (12.38%) MS Excel
2 12 (5.941%) MS Office
3 7 (3.465%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.990%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.970%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (2.970%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.416%) 3G
2 14 (6.931%) 2G
3 10 (4.950%) Radio Access Network
4 9 (4.455%) HTTP
5 7 (3.465%) LDAP
6 6 (2.970%) LAN
6 6 (2.970%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.970%) TELNET
6 6 (2.970%) Wireless
7 5 (2.475%) SAN
7 5 (2.475%) Intranet
7 5 (2.475%) GSM
8 4 (1.980%) IPv4
8 4 (1.980%) ATM
8 4 (1.980%) LTE
9 3 (1.485%) Internet
10 2 (0.990%) BSS
10 2 (0.990%) UMTS
11 1 (0.495%) SSL
11 1 (0.495%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (40.59%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.921%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (5.446%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (4.455%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (3.960%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (3.960%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (3.465%) IDOL
6 7 (3.465%) OLAP
6 7 (3.465%) MS Access
7 6 (2.970%) DTS
7 6 (2.970%) GIS
8 5 (2.475%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.475%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (2.475%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.980%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.980%) Big Data
10 2 (0.990%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.495%) MySQL
11 1 (0.495%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.495%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 36 (17.82%) Visual Studio
2 21 (10.40%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (6.436%) SpecFlow
4 6 (2.970%) JIRA
5 5 (2.475%) Subversion
5 5 (2.475%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.980%) Selenium
6 4 (1.980%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.485%) MSTest
7 3 (1.485%) StarTeam
8 2 (0.990%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 1 (0.495%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.495%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.495%) QuickTest Pro
9 1 (0.495%) NUnit
9 1 (0.495%) PVCS
9 1 (0.495%) Rhino Mocks
9 1 (0.495%) Moq
9 1 (0.495%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 1 (0.495%) ReSharper
General
1 29 (14.36%) Telecoms
2 17 (8.416%) Finance
3 16 (7.921%) Banking
4 7 (3.465%) Retail
4 7 (3.465%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (0.990%) Marketing
5 2 (0.990%) Billing
6 1 (0.495%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.495%) Automotive
6 1 (0.495%) Publishing
6 1 (0.495%) Polish Language
6 1 (0.495%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 140 (69.31%) Developer
2 53 (26.24%) .NET Developer
3 30 (14.85%) C# Developer
4 20 (9.901%) C# .NET Developer
5 14 (6.931%) Applications Developer
6 12 (5.941%) SharePoint Developer
7 11 (5.446%) Consultant
7 11 (5.446%) Analyst
7 11 (5.446%) Architect
8 10 (4.950%) ASP.NET Developer
8 10 (4.950%) Front-End Developer
9 9 (4.455%) UI Developer
9 9 (4.455%) Senior Developer
10 8 (3.960%) Programmer
10 8 (3.960%) Web Developer
10 8 (3.960%) C# Application Developer
10 8 (3.960%) Agile .NET Developer
10 8 (3.960%) UI Programmer
11 7 (3.465%) Tester
12 6 (2.970%) Agile C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.950%) iPad
2 9 (4.455%) Digital Media
3 7 (3.465%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.970%) Clustering
5 5 (2.475%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.980%) Statistics
6 4 (1.980%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.980%) Computer Science
6 4 (1.980%) Open Source
7 3 (1.485%) Inversion of Control
8 2 (0.990%) PKI
8 2 (0.990%) Smartcard
8 2 (0.990%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.990%) Replication
9 1 (0.495%) W3C
9 1 (0.495%) Ergonomics
9 1 (0.495%) iPhone
9 1 (0.495%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.495%) Oracle Exalogic
Operating Systems
1 69 (34.16%) Windows
2 19 (9.406%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (5.446%) UNIX
3 11 (5.446%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (4.455%) Android
5 8 (3.960%) Linux
5 8 (3.960%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.980%) Windows Phone
7 3 (1.485%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.485%) Windows Phone 8
7 3 (1.485%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.495%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.495%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (33.66%) MVC
2 39 (19.31%) TDD
3 33 (16.34%) Agile Software Development
4 27 (13.37%) Scrum
5 25 (12.38%) Web Development
6 22 (10.89%) SOA
6 22 (10.89%) BDD
7 21 (10.40%) Workflow
8 13 (6.436%) Automation Testing
9 11 (5.446%) Migration
9 11 (5.446%) ETL
9 11 (5.446%) ITIL
10 10 (4.950%) UML
11 9 (4.455%) OO
11 9 (4.455%) Validation
11 9 (4.455%) Kanban
12 8 (3.960%) Test Automation
12 8 (3.960%) CRM
12 8 (3.960%) Disaster Recovery
13 7 (3.465%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (65.84%) C#
2 68 (33.66%) SQL
3 56 (27.72%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.426%) Java
5 11 (5.446%) PL/SQL
6 10 (4.950%) VB.NET
6 10 (4.950%) Perl
7 8 (3.960%) C++
8 7 (3.465%) Python
9 6 (2.970%) VBA
9 6 (2.970%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.980%) PHP
10 4 (1.980%) C
11 2 (0.990%) VB
11 2 (0.990%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.495%) Scala
12 1 (0.495%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (17.33%) Security Cleared
2 29 (14.36%) SC Cleared
3 12 (5.941%) Degree
4 5 (2.475%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.485%) MCSD
6 1 (0.495%) HNC
6 1 (0.495%) ISEB
6 1 (0.495%) OCP
6 1 (0.495%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.475%) SLA
2 1 (0.495%) QA
2 1 (0.495%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (5.941%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.970%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.475%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.485%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.990%) vCloud
5 2 (0.990%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.495%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.475%) HP SIM
2 4 (1.980%) Foglight
3 2 (0.990%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (0.495%) MOM
Vendors
1 54 (26.73%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.36%) Oracle
3 10 (4.950%) Ericsson
3 10 (4.950%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 9 (4.455%) Citrix
5 8 (3.960%) Meridio
6 7 (3.465%) IBM
6 7 (3.465%) VMware
7 6 (2.970%) Cramer
7 6 (2.970%) ESRI
7 6 (2.970%) Adobe
7 6 (2.970%) HP
7 6 (2.970%) Nortel
8 4 (1.980%) Business Objects
8 4 (1.980%) JBoss
8 4 (1.980%) NEC
8 4 (1.980%) Huawei
8 4 (1.980%) Greenplum
9 3 (1.485%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.990%) Hummingbird
Lead Developer (C#, VB, SQL Server, WCF)
Reading, Thames Valley
A national media organisation are urgently seeking an experienced Lead Developer to come on board and lead the update of their customer membership system which is currently developed...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Lead Developer (C#, VB, SQL Server, WCF)
Reading, Berkshire
The new system will be based on a .Net 4.5 framework with an SQL Server 2008R2 back end... Developing application using: .Net 4.5, WCF, SQL 2008R2.....
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
.Net Developer
Reading, Berkshire
Senior .Net Developer - C#/ ASP.NET/ .NET/ HTML5/ CSS/ ASP.NET/ JQuery/ MVC/ BDD/ TDD. Tags - .NET - C# - SQL Server - Agile - Scrum - TDD - BDD - Automation Testing This is...
Roc Search
Posted: 14 May 2013
Senior C# .NET Developer
Reading, Thames Valley
KEY SKILLS - ASP MVC - Very strong - SQL Server - Entity Framework - Very strong - Auto mapper - Design patterns & practises - Agile (Scrum, Kanban) - Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)/Test Driven Developement(TDD) -...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Contract Bi Developer - Reading £450p/d
Reading, Thames Valley
Bi Developer - Reading, Berkshire, South East Bi Developer / Technical Lead - Reading We are currently looking for a BI Developer and a Technical Lead Developer with strong MS BI...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £450 - £500 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oracle DBA
Reading, Berkshire
Oracle 10g / 11 g / SQL, PL/SQL / Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Good knowledge of Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Basic knowledge...
Spring Technology
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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