The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 20 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 Scotland 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 14 16 16
Rank change year-on-year
+2 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 217 159 177
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 8.937% 5.989% 6.432%
As % of the Application Development category 27.06% 37.77% 32.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 75 108
Average daily rate £338 £310 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.87% -11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 £28.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.41 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.00% -12.20%
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
802 421 549
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 33.03% 15.86% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 186 290
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.09% +77.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £27.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £32.50 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
UK

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland .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 Scotland region.

Scotland .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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Scotland .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 Scotland region.

Scotland .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Scotland .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Glasgow 0 108 £350 +16.66%
Edinburgh +4 53 £264 -16.26%
Aberdeen +18 21 £369 +22.91%
Renfrewshire -2 9 £370 +37.03%
Stirling -12 4 £400 +45.45%
Dundee +3 3 £225 +2.27%
Scottish Borders - 3 £250 -
Fife -1 2 £280 -
West Lothian -2 1 £400 +18.51%
.NET
UK

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 315 (70.47%) C#
2 225 (50.34%) SQL Server
3 195 (43.62%) ASP.NET
4 119 (26.62%) SQL
5 118 (26.40%) XML
6 115 (25.73%) SharePoint
7 108 (24.16%) Microsoft
8 105 (23.49%) JavaScript
9 92 (20.58%) CSS
10 87 (19.46%) HTML
10 87 (19.46%) SQL Server 2008
11 86 (19.24%) .NET Framework
12 77 (17.23%) Windows
13 75 (16.78%) jQuery
14 72 (16.11%) SQL Server 2005
15 70 (15.66%) Finance
15 70 (15.66%) MVC
16 64 (14.32%) SharePoint 2010
17 57 (12.75%) WPF
18 50 (11.19%) VB.NET
19 46 (10.29%) WCF
19 46 (10.29%) Degree
20 45 (10.07%) Oracle
20 45 (10.07%) MS Excel
21 44 (9.843%) Web Services
22 42 (9.396%) Visual Studio
23 41 (9.172%) SharePoint Server
24 40 (8.949%) ASP.NET MVC
25 36 (8.054%) Ajax
26 35 (7.830%) VB

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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
1 195 (43.62%) ASP.NET
2 118 (26.40%) XML
3 92 (20.58%) CSS
4 87 (19.46%) HTML
5 86 (19.24%) .NET Framework
6 75 (16.78%) jQuery
7 57 (12.75%) WPF
8 46 (10.29%) WCF
9 44 (9.843%) Web Services
10 40 (8.949%) ASP.NET MVC
11 36 (8.054%) Ajax
12 29 (6.488%) XSLT
13 22 (4.922%) ASP
13 22 (4.922%) HTML5
14 21 (4.698%) WinForms
15 18 (4.027%) WebSphere
16 15 (3.356%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 15 (3.356%) NHibernate
16 15 (3.356%) XSL
17 14 (3.132%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 115 (25.73%) SharePoint
2 64 (14.32%) SharePoint 2010
3 41 (9.172%) SharePoint Server
4 27 (6.040%) SharePoint 2013
5 23 (5.145%) TIBCO EMS
6 17 (3.803%) CMS
7 15 (3.356%) IIS
7 15 (3.356%) WebSphere MQ
8 9 (2.013%) Apache
9 8 (1.790%) Lotus Notes
10 7 (1.566%) Umbraco
11 6 (1.342%) MS Exchange
12 4 (0.895%) BizTalk Server
12 4 (0.895%) Sitefinity
13 3 (0.671%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.671%) MQSeries
14 2 (0.447%) WebLogic
14 2 (0.447%) NServiceBus
14 2 (0.447%) Lync
14 2 (0.447%) ArcSDE
Applications
1 45 (10.07%) MS Excel
2 31 (6.935%) InfoPath
3 17 (3.803%) MS Office
4 10 (2.237%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.566%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.671%) Fireworks
7 2 (0.447%) MS Project
7 2 (0.447%) Office 365
8 1 (0.224%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.224%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.671%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.671%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.447%) Tridion
3 1 (0.224%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.224%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.224%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.224%) Advent Geneva
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.817%) Intranet
2 13 (2.908%) Internet
3 3 (0.671%) HTTP
4 2 (0.447%) LAN
4 2 (0.447%) WAN
4 2 (0.447%) Extranet
4 2 (0.447%) Firewall
4 2 (0.447%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.224%) LDAP
5 1 (0.224%) Softphone
5 1 (0.224%) VLAN
5 1 (0.224%) NAS
5 1 (0.224%) DNS
5 1 (0.224%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (50.34%) SQL Server
2 87 (19.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 72 (16.11%) SQL Server 2005
4 26 (5.817%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (3.132%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (2.685%) SQL Server 2012
7 10 (2.237%) MySQL
8 9 (2.013%) RDBMS
8 9 (2.013%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (1.566%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.566%) MS Access
9 7 (1.566%) SQL Server 2000
10 5 (1.119%) GIS
10 5 (1.119%) DB2
10 5 (1.119%) Oracle 8/8i
11 4 (0.895%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.895%) Oracle 11g
12 2 (0.447%) DTS
13 1 (0.224%) Oracle 10g
13 1 (0.224%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 42 (9.396%) Visual Studio
2 23 (5.145%) Subversion
3 7 (1.566%) CruiseControl
4 6 (1.342%) MbUnit
4 6 (1.342%) JUnit
5 5 (1.119%) StyleCop
6 4 (0.895%) Mercurial
6 4 (0.895%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (0.895%) Eclipse
6 4 (0.895%) Selenium
7 3 (0.671%) Firebug
7 3 (0.671%) Dreamweaver
7 3 (0.671%) Maven
7 3 (0.671%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.671%) Hudson
8 2 (0.447%) Git (software)
8 2 (0.447%) TestComplete
8 2 (0.447%) FitNesse
9 1 (0.224%) Expression Blend
9 1 (0.224%) MorphX
General
1 70 (15.66%) Finance
2 26 (5.817%) Banking
3 13 (2.908%) Investment Banking
4 10 (2.237%) Front Office
5 7 (1.566%) Telecoms
6 4 (0.895%) Retail
7 3 (0.671%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.447%) Advertising
8 2 (0.447%) Legal
9 1 (0.224%) Publishing
9 1 (0.224%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.224%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 354 (79.19%) Developer
2 159 (35.57%) .NET Developer
3 66 (14.77%) SharePoint Developer
4 61 (13.65%) C# Developer
5 50 (11.19%) C# .NET Developer
6 39 (8.725%) Software Developer
7 31 (6.935%) Senior Developer
8 25 (5.593%) Web Developer
9 18 (4.027%) Consultant
10 16 (3.579%) ASP.NET Developer
11 15 (3.356%) Software Engineer
12 12 (2.685%) .NET Software Engineer
13 11 (2.461%) Analyst
14 10 (2.237%) Java Developer
14 10 (2.237%) SQL Developer
14 10 (2.237%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (2.237%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 9 (2.013%) Build Engineer
15 9 (2.013%) Desktop Engineer
15 9 (2.013%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.579%) Inversion of Control
2 12 (2.685%) NHS
3 11 (2.461%) Cryptography
4 9 (2.013%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.013%) Taxonomies
5 7 (1.566%) Kindle
5 7 (1.566%) Computer Science
6 4 (0.895%) Derivative
6 4 (0.895%) N-Tier
7 3 (0.671%) W3C
7 3 (0.671%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (0.671%) Web 2.0
7 3 (0.671%) Social Network
7 3 (0.671%) Digital Media
7 3 (0.671%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.671%) EPoS
7 3 (0.671%) RIA
8 2 (0.447%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.447%) Statistics
9 1 (0.224%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 77 (17.23%) Windows
2 25 (5.593%) UNIX
3 17 (3.803%) Linux
4 15 (3.356%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (3.132%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (2.685%) Windows 7
6 12 (2.685%) Windows XP
7 10 (2.237%) Solaris
8 6 (1.342%) Android
9 1 (0.224%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.224%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.224%) AIX
9 1 (0.224%) zOS
9 1 (0.224%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.224%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (15.66%) MVC
2 31 (6.935%) Agile Software Development
2 31 (6.935%) Unit Testing
3 30 (6.711%) OO
4 24 (5.369%) TDD
5 20 (4.474%) Dependency Injection
5 20 (4.474%) Web Development
6 19 (4.251%) Document Management
6 19 (4.251%) Software Engineering
6 19 (4.251%) Multithreading
6 19 (4.251%) Migration
7 15 (3.356%) UML
8 13 (2.908%) Security Architecture
9 12 (2.685%) PRINCE2
10 11 (2.461%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (2.013%) OOP
11 9 (2.013%) Content Management
11 9 (2.013%) Scrum
12 8 (1.790%) Software Testing
12 8 (1.790%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 315 (70.47%) C#
2 119 (26.62%) SQL
3 105 (23.49%) JavaScript
4 50 (11.19%) VB.NET
5 35 (7.830%) Java
5 35 (7.830%) VB
6 25 (5.593%) T-SQL
7 17 (3.803%) Perl
7 17 (3.803%) PHP
8 15 (3.356%) PowerShell
9 14 (3.132%) PL/SQL
10 13 (2.908%) VBScript
11 12 (2.685%) VB6
11 12 (2.685%) XPath
12 9 (2.013%) XQuery
13 8 (1.790%) C++
14 7 (1.566%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.566%) VBA
14 7 (1.566%) Scala
15 5 (1.119%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 46 (10.29%) Degree
2 25 (5.593%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.369%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (3.132%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.908%) MCP
6 6 (1.342%) MCSE
7 5 (1.119%) CISSP
8 3 (0.671%) ISEB
9 2 (0.447%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.447%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.237%) QA
2 7 (1.566%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.447%) WCAG
4 1 (0.224%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (2.237%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.342%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (1.119%) MetaFrame
3 5 (1.119%) vSphere
4 1 (0.224%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.224%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.342%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 5 (1.119%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (0.447%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.224%) Control-M
4 1 (0.224%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.224%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 108 (24.16%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.07%) Oracle
3 24 (5.369%) TIBCO
4 14 (3.132%) Sybase
5 12 (2.685%) Citrix
6 8 (1.790%) Lotus
6 8 (1.790%) Telerik
7 5 (1.119%) McAfee
7 5 (1.119%) Cadis
7 5 (1.119%) Lumension
8 4 (0.895%) IBM
8 4 (0.895%) Adobe
8 4 (0.895%) Sun
9 3 (0.671%) CommVault
9 3 (0.671%) JBoss
9 3 (0.671%) Cognos
9 3 (0.671%) DevExpress
9 3 (0.671%) ION Trading
10 2 (0.447%) Salesforce.com
10 2 (0.447%) HP
Stirling, Stirlingshire
My client requires an experienced .NET Developer for a 1 week contract in Stirling! Required Technologies / Experience: C# / ASP.Net SQL HTML, XML, XSL Personal Attributes/Skills. - Excellent...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Unspecified £NEGOTIABLE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Your technical experience will include: C#.Net MVC (V3 or V4) HTML CSS JQuery SQL Server My client is looking for someone to start as soon as Monday.
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My Edinburgh based client currently has an urgent requirement for a C#.Net developer to assist with some urgent contract work. My client has 2 projects that require...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Are you immediately available for contracting opportunities? Are you an experienced C#.Net Developer? If so, I am currently helping anEdinburghbased business in sourcing an experienced developer to...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
NET Developer - Contract - Central Belt of Scotland - 3 Months .NET Developer, C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, MVC, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML Cathcart Associates have an exciting new requirement...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
I am recruiting for a senior .NET developer for a 6 month contract position based in Central Glasgow. This role has arisen due to a team member being...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
SharePoint developer Required - 3 Month Contract -Aberdeen I am currently looking for a SharePoint developer to come on board for myAberdeenbased client. You will be coming on board...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My Edinburgh based client currently have a requirement for 3 experienced C#.Net developers to join in May... They are interested in speaking with contractors with the following...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The ASP.Net C# Developer will be developing client projects and must have experience of test driven development TDD and knowledge of relational databases, Microsoft Oracle etc. In...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £220 - £280 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
You will be working closely with our clients in house development team, skills should include but not be limited to; Essential skills are: - Strong experience of developing SharePoint...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
The essential requirements are: NET 3.5+, C#, , ASP.Net MVC2+ , ADO.Net HTML XML,, AJAX, JQuery, JavaScript, OO Design Principles, Database Design, MS SQL Server 2005+ (including...
Rate: £200.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Stirling, Scotland
The essential requirements are: NET 3.5+, C#, , ASP.Net MVC2+ , ADO.Net HTML XML,, AJAX, JQuery, JavaScript, OO Design Principles, Database Design, MS SQL Server 2005+ (including...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
The HR and Payroll IT development team require an ASP.Net Developer technical generalist to join the HR Applications team. This is a contract to Perm hire.The...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be involved in integrating applications into their new Content Management System, Telerik Sitefinity. You should have good experience with; - C#, ASP.NET- HTML- Javascript- CSS The...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Scottish Borders, Scotland
These tasks include some on-going application development, and database migration work. As such, we are looking for an all round Microsoft developer with both back-end database...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £275 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
My client has recently embarked on a greenfield SharePoint intranet project, and is now looking for someone to assist and lead the extranet project... This is truly one...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
I am recruiting for a Contract Sharepoint Developer on behalf of one of my Clients based in Glasgow... You will be responsible for developing a new product and...
Computer Futures
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will be involved in integrating applications into their Content Management System, Telerik Sitefinity.You should have good experience with;- ASP.NET, C#- HTML- Javascript- CSSHighly desirable;- experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £240.00 - £270.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Key skills: - .Net - C# - WPF - Winforms - WCF - SOAP - COM/COM+ Aside from the above skills, our client seeks a hard-working and dynamic individual not afraid to face...
TEKsystems
Posted: 14 May 2013
Scotland
Essential Skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL Server .NET SQL Server SharePoint 2007 or 2010 or 2013 Desirable Skills: C# ASP XML XSLT WCF AJAX This is a significant...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300 - £320 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 14 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Ideally Microsoft certified, you will have a good understanding of front end skills, such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery, etc. You will have a good understanding of the ...
JAM
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Due to upcoming projects, my client; a leading consultancy in Glasgow, are looking for a number of SharePoint Developers. You will be involved in the design, development and...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Key Technical Skills -C# up to 4.5 -WPF -SQL Server 2005-2012 -Agile SDLC -TDD / BDD -Strong OO, GoF Design Patterns and Enterprise Application Architecture Patterns -Third...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Knowledge of Visual Basic, C#, jQuery and source code control utilities, e.g. Git/Subversion/Tortoise, would be beneficial as would an understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP)...
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Rate: From £21,176 to £27,625 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
My client has an urgent requirement for a .NET Professional Developer who is adept at developing Infopath. Your responsibilities will be: - To develop a robust and appropriate communication...
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
East Kilbride, Scotland
A leading Pharmaceutical Company based in East Kilbride is looking to expand their IT Department.Temporary Contract - Visual Basic ProgrammerTemporary Position open for VB6 programmer (6mths initially), for...
Posted: 23 April 2013
Scotland
Required Skills: Previous experience developing technical roadmap's for SME's Excellent communication skills A background in programming/ development, specifically -PHP, Ruby (RoR), Javascript, HTML, CSS, .NET Working...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013