The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .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 Somerset 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 .NET (dotNet)
Rank 5 5 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Contract jobs citing .NET 27 42 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 15.88% 24.71% 27.17%
As % of the Application Development category 69.23% 67.74% 57.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 28
Average daily rate £315 £333 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +2.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £304 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £401 £355
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 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
39 62 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 22.94% 36.47% 47.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 37 44
Average daily rate £320 £335 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% +21.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £240 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £410 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
South West

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset .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 Somerset region.

Somerset .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Somerset .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset .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 Somerset 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
Taunton -6 8 £392 +13.06%
Bath +3 3 £268 -14.40%
Bridgwater - 2 £310 -
.NET
South West

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 81 (87.10%) C#
2 68 (73.12%) ASP.NET
3 61 (65.59%) JavaScript
4 57 (61.29%) SQL
5 56 (60.22%) HTML
6 53 (56.99%) SQL Server
7 48 (51.61%) SharePoint
8 47 (50.54%) ASP
9 43 (46.24%) Microsoft
10 42 (45.16%) Java
11 41 (44.09%) .NET Framework
12 37 (39.78%) XML
13 36 (38.71%) VB
14 35 (37.63%) Oracle
15 34 (36.56%) VB.NET
15 34 (36.56%) C++
16 33 (35.48%) UML
17 32 (34.41%) IIS
18 30 (32.26%) ITIL
19 28 (30.11%) UNIX
20 27 (29.03%) Ingres
21 26 (27.96%) ISEB
21 26 (27.96%) Security Cleared
22 25 (26.88%) Visual Studio
23 24 (25.81%) Unit Testing
24 23 (24.73%) OpenROAD
25 21 (22.58%) CSS
26 20 (21.51%) NUnit
26 20 (21.51%) MSTest
26 20 (21.51%) Continuous Integration

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 68 (73.12%) ASP.NET
2 56 (60.22%) HTML
3 47 (50.54%) ASP
4 41 (44.09%) .NET Framework
5 37 (39.78%) XML
6 21 (22.58%) CSS
7 10 (10.75%) Web Services
8 8 (8.602%) HTML5
9 7 (7.527%) jQuery
10 6 (6.452%) Spring MVC
10 6 (6.452%) Spring
10 6 (6.452%) OpenGL
10 6 (6.452%) MFC
11 5 (5.376%) XSL
11 5 (5.376%) DirectX
11 5 (5.376%) Ajax
11 5 (5.376%) WCF
11 5 (5.376%) Ext JS
12 4 (4.301%) LINQ
12 4 (4.301%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 48 (51.61%) SharePoint
2 32 (34.41%) IIS
3 23 (24.73%) OpenROAD
4 9 (9.677%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (4.301%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (3.226%) Commerce Server
7 1 (1.075%) WebLogic
7 1 (1.075%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (2.151%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.075%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.226%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.075%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (56.99%) SQL Server
2 27 (29.03%) Ingres
3 13 (13.98%) SQLPlus
4 8 (8.602%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (6.452%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (4.301%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.075%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (1.075%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 25 (26.88%) Visual Studio
2 20 (21.51%) NUnit
2 20 (21.51%) MSTest
3 19 (20.43%) Team Foundation Server
3 19 (20.43%) Subversion
4 16 (17.20%) Jenkins
5 15 (16.13%) TeamCity
5 15 (16.13%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 14 (15.05%) CruiseControl
7 2 (2.151%) JUnit
8 1 (1.075%) MorphX
8 1 (1.075%) MSBuild
8 1 (1.075%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 10 (10.75%) Retail
2 5 (5.376%) Publishing
3 3 (3.226%) Military
4 1 (1.075%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 68 (73.12%) Developer
2 36 (38.71%) .NET Developer
3 35 (37.63%) Analyst
4 23 (24.73%) C# .NET Developer
4 23 (24.73%) C# Developer
5 20 (21.51%) Analyst Developer
6 17 (18.28%) Senior Developer
7 15 (16.13%) Senior Analyst
8 13 (13.98%) Senior Analyst Developer
9 11 (11.83%) ASP.NET Developer
10 10 (10.75%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 10 (10.75%) Support Analyst
11 8 (8.602%) Software Engineer
12 7 (7.527%) Programmer
12 7 (7.527%) Senior Support Analyst
13 6 (6.452%) Senior .NET Developer
13 6 (6.452%) Analyst Programmer
13 6 (6.452%) C++ Software Engineer
13 6 (6.452%) Test Analyst
14 5 (5.376%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.83%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.376%) Mathematics
2 5 (5.376%) Animation
3 2 (2.151%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.075%) iPhone
4 1 (1.075%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 28 (30.11%) UNIX
2 2 (2.151%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.075%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.48%) UML
2 30 (32.26%) ITIL
3 24 (25.81%) Unit Testing
4 20 (21.51%) Continuous Integration
5 19 (20.43%) Agile Software Development
5 19 (20.43%) MVC
6 18 (19.35%) Service Delivery
7 14 (15.05%) Service Management
8 13 (13.98%) ITSM
9 12 (12.90%) TDD
10 10 (10.75%) Test Scripting
11 7 (7.527%) E-Commerce
11 7 (7.527%) Release Management
12 6 (6.452%) Data Management
12 6 (6.452%) Automated Testing
12 6 (6.452%) Project Management
13 5 (5.376%) PRINCE2
13 5 (5.376%) RAD
13 5 (5.376%) Scrum
13 5 (5.376%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (87.10%) C#
2 61 (65.59%) JavaScript
3 57 (61.29%) SQL
4 42 (45.16%) Java
5 36 (38.71%) VB
6 34 (36.56%) VB.NET
6 34 (36.56%) C++
7 9 (9.677%) C
8 6 (6.452%) VB6
8 6 (6.452%) VC++
8 6 (6.452%) Fortran
8 6 (6.452%) PHP
9 5 (5.376%) VBScript
10 1 (1.075%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.075%) X++
Qualifications
1 26 (27.96%) ISEB
1 26 (27.96%) Security Cleared
2 16 (17.20%) SC Cleared
2 16 (17.20%) MCTS
3 15 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (11.83%) MCP
4 11 (11.83%) MCPD
5 5 (5.376%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (4.301%) ISEB Practitioner
6 4 (4.301%) MCSD
7 3 (3.226%) ISTQB
8 2 (2.151%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.151%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.376%) ISO 9000
2 4 (4.301%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.301%) TickIT
3 3 (3.226%) QA
3 3 (3.226%) COBIT
Vendors
1 43 (46.24%) Microsoft
2 35 (37.63%) Oracle
3 3 (3.226%) SAP
4 1 (1.075%) ATG
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