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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft ASP.NET skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ASP.NET over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ASP.NET
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3722
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads77159
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.102 %0.169 %
As % of the category below16.11 %21.06 %
Daily rates quoted1312
Average minimum daily rate£303£292
Average daily rate£332£311
% change on same period last year+6.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£323
% change on same period last year+4.02 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.25
Average hourly rate-£27.88
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.92£33.21
% change on same period last year-3.89 %
Application Development ScotlandApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads478755
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.630 %0.801 %
Daily rates quoted86138
Average minimum daily rate£291£323
Average daily rate£314£340
% change on same period last year-7.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted925
Average minimum hourly rate£20.14£23.73
Average hourly rate£22.06£26.74
% change on same period last year-17.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.98£29.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
ASP.NET UKASP.NET
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ASP.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ASP.NET across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland ASP.NET Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ASP.NET across the Scotland region.

Scotland ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Scotland ASP.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ASP.NET within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+1935£307-1.92 %
GlasgowDown-1514£321+18.54 %
AberdeenDown-27£475-
DundeeDown-13--
FifeUp+102£350-
AberdeenshireNew entry-1--
ASP.NET UKASP.NET
UK

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

1246 (99.60 %).NET
2171 (69.23 %)C#
3136 (55.06 %)SQL Server
482 (33.20 %)SQL
555 (22.27 %)CSS
654 (21.86 %)HTML
753 (21.46 %)SQL Server 2005
852 (21.05 %)JavaScript
951 (20.65 %)XML
1049 (19.84 %)VB.NET
1145 (18.22 %)AJAX
1243 (17.41 %)WebServices
1243 (17.41 %)SharePoint
1342 (17.00 %)Visual Studio
1437 (14.98 %)Microsoft
1535 (14.17 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1630 (12.15 %)Windows
1727 (10.93 %).NET Framework
1727 (10.93 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1826 (10.53 %)Finance
1924 (9.717 %)SQL Server 2000
1924 (9.717 %)ASP
2022 (8.907 %)Transact-SQL
2121 (8.502 %)XHTML
2121 (8.502 %)Banking
2219 (7.692 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2219 (7.692 %)Web Development
2219 (7.692 %)J2EE
2318 (7.287 %)Oracle
2417 (6.883 %)VB

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1246 (99.60 %).NET
255 (22.27 %)CSS
354 (21.86 %)HTML
451 (20.65 %)XML
545 (18.22 %)AJAX
643 (17.41 %)WebServices
735 (14.17 %)ASP.NET 2.0
827 (10.93 %).NET Framework
924 (9.717 %)ASP
1021 (8.502 %)XHTML
1119 (7.692 %)J2EE
1215 (6.073 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
1311 (4.453 %)SOAP
149 (3.644 %)XSL
149 (3.644 %)WinForms
157 (2.834 %)XSLT
157 (2.834 %)ADO.NET
164 (1.619 %)jQuery
173 (1.215 %)WCF
182 (0.810 %)MDX
Application Platforms
143 (17.41 %)SharePoint
227 (10.93 %)SharePoint Server 2007
311 (4.453 %)BizTalk Server
410 (4.049 %)IIS
59 (3.644 %)LiveLink
65 (2.024 %)CMS
72 (0.810 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.405 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.405 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.405 %)Umbraco
Applications
114 (5.668 %)MS Excel
23 (1.215 %)Photoshop
31 (0.405 %)MS Office
Business Applications
12 (0.810 %)Staffware
21 (0.405 %)Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking
112 (4.858 %)Internet
25 (2.024 %)Intranet
34 (1.619 %)LDAP
41 (0.405 %)LAN
41 (0.405 %)WAN
41 (0.405 %)FTP
41 (0.405 %)Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1136 (55.06 %)SQL Server
253 (21.46 %)SQL Server 2005
324 (9.717 %)SQL Server 2000
419 (7.692 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
58 (3.239 %)SQL Server Integration Services
66 (2.429 %)GIS
66 (2.429 %)SQL Server 7
75 (2.024 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
75 (2.024 %)MS Access
84 (1.619 %)Datawarehouse
84 (1.619 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
93 (1.215 %)Oracle 9i
93 (1.215 %)RDBMS
101 (0.405 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.405 %)OLAP
101 (0.405 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.405 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.405 %)MySQL
101 (0.405 %)Data Cleansing
Development Applications
142 (17.00 %)Visual Studio
29 (3.644 %)NUnit
32 (0.810 %)ClearCase
32 (0.810 %)Dreamweaver
32 (0.810 %)PowerBuilder
32 (0.810 %)ClearQuest
32 (0.810 %)FrontPage
41 (0.405 %)Subversion
41 (0.405 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.405 %)Flash
General
126 (10.53 %)Finance
221 (8.502 %)Banking
310 (4.049 %)Retail
48 (3.239 %)Retail Banking
55 (2.024 %)Publishing
63 (1.215 %)Online Banking
63 (1.215 %)Investment Banking
72 (0.810 %)Health
81 (0.405 %)Advertising
81 (0.405 %)Education
81 (0.405 %)Government
81 (0.405 %)Insurance
81 (0.405 %)Pensions
81 (0.405 %)Billing
81 (0.405 %)Marketing
81 (0.405 %)Graphic Design
Job Titles
1204 (82.59 %)Developer
2124 (50.20 %).NET Developer
352 (21.05 %)ASP.NET Developer
440 (16.19 %)Web Developer
536 (14.57 %)C# Developer
622 (8.907 %)SQL Developer
719 (7.692 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
818 (7.287 %)SQL Server Developer
818 (7.287 %)Senior Developer
914 (5.668 %)Programmer
914 (5.668 %)Analyst
1013 (5.263 %).NET Programmer
1110 (4.049 %).NET Analyst Programmer
1110 (4.049 %)Analyst Programmer
129 (3.644 %)Support Engineer
129 (3.644 %)Applications Support
129 (3.644 %)Architect
129 (3.644 %)Applications Support Engineer
129 (3.644 %)VB.NET Developer
138 (3.239 %).NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
17 (2.834 %)W3C
25 (2.024 %)Management Information System
34 (1.619 %)N-Tier
42 (0.810 %)Thin Client
42 (0.810 %)Asset Management
42 (0.810 %)Web 2.0
42 (0.810 %)Fat Client
51 (0.405 %)Data Extraction
51 (0.405 %)Mathematics
51 (0.405 %)E-Learning
51 (0.405 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
51 (0.405 %)NHS
Operating Systems
130 (12.15 %)Windows
21 (0.405 %)Windows XP
21 (0.405 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (0.405 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
119 (7.692 %)Web Development
217 (6.883 %)OO
312 (4.858 %)Business Analysis
48 (3.239 %)Enterprise Data Management
48 (3.239 %)Data Management
48 (3.239 %)Content Management
48 (3.239 %)Web Design
56 (2.429 %)Project Management
56 (2.429 %)OOD
65 (2.024 %)SOA
65 (2.024 %)ITIL
65 (2.024 %)UML
65 (2.024 %)Unit Testing
73 (1.215 %)Continuous Integration
73 (1.215 %)Requirements Analysis
73 (1.215 %)Information Management
73 (1.215 %)Systems Analysis
73 (1.215 %)Agile Software Development
82 (0.810 %)OOA/OOD
82 (0.810 %)Migration
Programming Languages
1171 (69.23 %)C#
282 (33.20 %)SQL
352 (21.05 %)JavaScript
449 (19.84 %)VB.NET
522 (8.907 %)Transact-SQL
617 (6.883 %)VB
711 (4.453 %)DHTML
810 (4.049 %)VBA
97 (2.834 %)Java
97 (2.834 %)PL/SQL
104 (1.619 %)C++
104 (1.619 %)VB6
113 (1.215 %)PHP
122 (0.810 %)XPath
122 (0.810 %)VBScript
131 (0.405 %)ActionScript
131 (0.405 %)Perl
131 (0.405 %)Delphi
Qualifications
13 (1.215 %)MCAD
13 (1.215 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (1.215 %)Degree
21 (0.405 %)MCSD
21 (0.405 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.405 %)SLA
System Software
19 (3.644 %)Active Directory
21 (0.405 %)Terminal Server
Vendors
137 (14.98 %)Microsoft
218 (7.287 %)Oracle
31 (0.405 %)Cisco
31 (0.405 %)Adobe
31 (0.405 %)ESRI
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