The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework 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 Solihull 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 Framework
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 5.172% - -
As % of the Application Development category 18.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
All Application Development
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
16 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 27.59% 7.595% 15.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 8
Average daily rate £275 - £200
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 - £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 - £225
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 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
West Midlands

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

Solihull .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Solihull .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (85.71%) C#
3 5 (71.43%) HTML
3 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
3 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
3 5 (71.43%) CSS
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
4 4 (57.14%) XHTML
4 4 (57.14%) jQuery
4 4 (57.14%) CSS3
5 3 (42.86%) Web Application Development
5 3 (42.86%) Ajax
5 3 (42.86%) Web Services
5 3 (42.86%) SQL
5 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
5 3 (42.86%) MVC
6 2 (28.57%) Finance
6 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
6 2 (28.57%) XML
6 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
6 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
6 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
6 2 (28.57%) Games
6 2 (28.57%) Graceful Degradation
6 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (28.57%) HTML5
6 2 (28.57%) Web Development
6 2 (28.57%) Degree
6 2 (28.57%) JSON
6 2 (28.57%) Dojo

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) HTML
2 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
2 5 (71.43%) CSS
3 4 (57.14%) XHTML
3 4 (57.14%) jQuery
3 4 (57.14%) CSS3
4 3 (42.86%) Ajax
4 3 (42.86%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) XML
5 2 (28.57%) JSON
5 2 (28.57%) Dojo
5 2 (28.57%) YUI
5 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (28.57%) HTML5
6 1 (14.29%) DHTML
6 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET
6 1 (14.29%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) DTS
2 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C# Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst Programmer
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Programmer
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Front-End Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (28.57%) Programmer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
4 1 (14.29%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) MVC
1 3 (42.86%) Web Application Development
2 2 (28.57%) Graceful Degradation
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
2 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Content Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Web Usability
3 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
4 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
5 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft