The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scottish Borders region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 18 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 Scottish Borders 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 3 - 1
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Scottish Borders 28.57% - 50.00%
As % of the Application Development category 66.67% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £250 - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+18.64% -9.23%
All Application Development
Scottish Borders
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Scottish Borders 42.86% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £250 - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
.NET
Scotland

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scottish Borders .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 Scottish Borders region.

Scottish Borders .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scottish Borders 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 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) WinForms
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) CRM

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scottish Borders 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 1 (33.33%) WinForms
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Report Writer
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) CRM
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects