The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire 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 Shropshire 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 11 26 6
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -20
Contract jobs citing .NET 11 3 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 9.735% 2.400% 16.67%
As % of the Application Development category 40.74% 7.317% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 15
Average daily rate £250 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -3.84%
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 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
27 41 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 23.89% 32.80% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 29 18
Average daily rate £560 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+72.30% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire .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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Shropshire .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Telford +12 6 £250 -23.07%
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 14 (73.68%) C#
2 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
3 8 (42.11%) SQL
4 6 (31.58%) Java
4 6 (31.58%) VB
4 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
4 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET
4 6 (31.58%) BizTalk Server
4 6 (31.58%) Web Services
5 5 (26.32%) Oracle
6 3 (15.79%) PL/SQL
6 3 (15.79%) XML
6 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
7 2 (10.53%) SOA
7 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
7 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
7 2 (10.53%) Windows
7 2 (10.53%) UML
7 2 (10.53%) OO
7 2 (10.53%) Tomcat
7 2 (10.53%) COBOL
7 2 (10.53%) J2EE
7 2 (10.53%) VB.NET
7 2 (10.53%) Silverlight
7 2 (10.53%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
8 1 (5.263%) Data Architecture
8 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (5.263%) Resource Management

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET
1 6 (31.58%) Web Services
2 3 (15.79%) XML
3 2 (10.53%) J2EE
3 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
3 2 (10.53%) Silverlight
4 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (5.263%) REST
4 1 (5.263%) WCF
4 1 (5.263%) HTML
4 1 (5.263%) CSS
4 1 (5.263%) XSLT
4 1 (5.263%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (31.58%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (10.53%) Tomcat
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.263%) MQSeries
3 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (5.263%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Developer
2 8 (42.11%) .NET Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior .NET Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Senior Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Architect
4 3 (15.79%) C# Developer
4 3 (15.79%) BizTalk Developer
4 3 (15.79%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Applications Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Administrator
5 2 (10.53%) Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Software Architect
6 1 (5.263%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.263%) Junior Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Junior
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Architect
6 1 (5.263%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) VB Developer
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.263%) VB6 Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
2 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) SOA
1 2 (10.53%) UML
1 2 (10.53%) OO
2 1 (5.263%) ERP
2 1 (5.263%) MVC
2 1 (5.263%) TOGAF
2 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (5.263%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Resource Management
2 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
2 1 (5.263%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) C#
2 8 (42.11%) SQL
3 6 (31.58%) Java
3 6 (31.58%) VB
4 3 (15.79%) PL/SQL
5 2 (10.53%) COBOL
5 2 (10.53%) VB.NET
6 1 (5.263%) VBA
6 1 (5.263%) VB6
6 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.263%) C
6 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Oracle
3 1 (5.263%) SAP
3 1 (5.263%) JD Edwards
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