The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.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 ASP.NET over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ASP.NET
Rank 11 26 15
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -11
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 8 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 7.339% 1.550% 7.547%
As % of the Application Development category 26.67% 4.762% 25.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 8
Average daily rate £275 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -10.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.06% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
All Application Development
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
30 42 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 27.52% 32.56% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 29 19
Average daily rate £498 £325 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+53.07% -5.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £350
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%
ASP.NET
West Midlands

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire ASP.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Shropshire ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Shropshire ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +7 1 - -
ASP.NET
West Midlands

ASP.NET
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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.

1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) C#
3 5 (62.50%) Web Services
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (37.50%) XML
5 3 (37.50%) XSLT
6 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (12.50%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
6 1 (12.50%) Swedish Language
6 1 (12.50%) WCF
6 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) MQSeries
6 1 (12.50%) MS Office
6 1 (12.50%) SQL
6 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) Web Services
3 3 (37.50%) XML
3 3 (37.50%) XSLT
4 1 (12.50%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (12.50%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (12.50%) MQSeries
2 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (12.50%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 4 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Developer
4 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft