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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

 .NET Developer
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank416536
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Down-29
Matching contract IT job ads249137524
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East3.364 %1.808 %3.493 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.710 %1.991 %3.791 %
Daily rates quoted9247122
Average daily rate£299£275£303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.630 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£214£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£379£353£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£263£300
% change year-on-year
+4.760 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted71231
Average hourly rate£30.75£42.50£36.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.64 %+15.64 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£22.75£20.35£23.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£82.25£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.00£31.50£32.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-1.560 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6712688013823
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East90.67 %90.81 %92.15 %
Daily rates quoted232917013091
Average daily rate£350£345£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.440 %-1.420 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£213£213£203
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted6307191734
Average hourly rate£18.75£21.25£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.16£10.50£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-9.090 %
.NET Developer England.NET Developer
England

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.

.NET Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East .NET Developer Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET Developer across the South East region.

South East .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

South East .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the South East region.

South East .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

South East .NET Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SurreyUp+963£300+20.00 %
BerkshireUp+3047£298-8.46 %
West SussexUp+1624£354+23.04 %
OxfordshireUp+923£300-
East SussexUp+921£225-
HampshireDown-2220£275-5.17 %
KentUp+916£290+26.08 %
BuckinghamshireDown-412£265-3.63 %
MiddlesexUp+28£350-
M4 CorridorUp+43--
Thames ValleyUp+43--
SussexNew entry-3--
Home CountiesNew entry-2--
.NET Developer England.NET Developer
England

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title.

1422 (100.00 %).NET
2279 (66.11 %)C#
3237 (56.16 %)ASP.NET
4204 (48.34 %)SQL Server
5118 (27.96 %)SQL
6103 (24.41 %)CSS
794 (22.27 %)XML
794 (22.27 %)HTML
892 (21.80 %)Visual Studio
892 (21.80 %)SQL Server 2005
990 (21.33 %)VB.NET
1082 (19.43 %)JavaScript
1176 (18.01 %)Web Services
1265 (15.40 %)Microsoft
1360 (14.22 %)WinForms
1458 (13.74 %)WCF
1548 (11.37 %).NET Framework
1647 (11.14 %)AJAX
1745 (10.66 %)TDD
1844 (10.43 %)Agile Software Development
1844 (10.43 %)T-SQL
1844 (10.43 %)jQuery
1942 (9.953 %)SQL Server 2008
1942 (9.953 %)MVC
2041 (9.716 %)OO
2140 (9.479 %)Scrum
2238 (9.005 %)SharePoint
2337 (8.768 %)XSLT
2337 (8.768 %)WPF
2435 (8.294 %)Windows

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1422 (100.00 %).NET
2237 (56.16 %)ASP.NET
3103 (24.41 %)CSS
494 (22.27 %)XML
494 (22.27 %)HTML
576 (18.01 %)Web Services
660 (14.22 %)WinForms
758 (13.74 %)WCF
848 (11.37 %).NET Framework
947 (11.14 %)AJAX
1044 (10.43 %)jQuery
1137 (8.768 %)XSLT
1137 (8.768 %)WPF
1234 (8.057 %)LINQ
1322 (5.213 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1421 (4.976 %)ASP
1421 (4.976 %)XHTML
1517 (4.028 %)SOAP
1616 (3.791 %)NHibernate
1715 (3.555 %)ASP.NET MVC
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
138 (9.005 %)SharePoint
227 (6.398 %)CMS
313 (3.081 %)SharePoint Server 2007
412 (2.844 %)IIS
59 (2.133 %)MS Exchange
59 (2.133 %)Exchange Server 2007
68 (1.896 %)DotNetNuke
76 (1.422 %)Sitecore CMS
76 (1.422 %)Umbraco
84 (0.948 %)EPiServer
84 (0.948 %)BizTalk Server
92 (0.474 %)Exchange Server 2003
92 (0.474 %)WebSphere MQ
101 (0.237 %)NetWeaver
101 (0.237 %)Commerce Server
101 (0.237 %)Tomcat
101 (0.237 %)TIBCO EMS
101 (0.237 %)ESB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (2.133 %)MS Excel
25 (1.185 %)MS Office
31 (0.237 %)Photoshop
31 (0.237 %)Adobe Illustrator
31 (0.237 %)InfoPath
31 (0.237 %)Spreadsheet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.474 %)BusinessWorks
21 (0.237 %)Microsoft CRM
21 (0.237 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.237 %)AWD
21 (0.237 %)Google Analytics
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (2.133 %)HTTP
27 (1.659 %)Intranet
33 (0.711 %)Internet
42 (0.474 %)LDAP
42 (0.474 %)Extranet
42 (0.474 %)X.500
42 (0.474 %)GPRS
51 (0.237 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.237 %)Wireless
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1204 (48.34 %)SQL Server
292 (21.80 %)SQL Server 2005
342 (9.953 %)SQL Server 2008
429 (6.872 %)SQL Server 2000
513 (3.081 %)Oracle 8/8i
611 (2.607 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
611 (2.607 %)SQL Server Integration Services
78 (1.896 %)DTS
87 (1.659 %)Oracle 10g
95 (1.185 %)Crystal Reports
103 (0.711 %)MySQL
103 (0.711 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
103 (0.711 %)Oracle 11g
112 (0.474 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
112 (0.474 %)RDBMS
121 (0.237 %)Datawarehouse
121 (0.237 %)MS Access
121 (0.237 %)Oracle 9i
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
192 (21.80 %)Visual Studio
225 (5.924 %)Team Foundation Server
314 (3.318 %)NUnit
49 (2.133 %)VSS/SourceSafe
49 (2.133 %)Subversion
56 (1.422 %)TeamCity
65 (1.185 %)Ant
65 (1.185 %)CruiseControl
74 (0.948 %)QuickTest Pro
83 (0.711 %)ProC
92 (0.474 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
92 (0.474 %)MSTest
101 (0.237 %)ClearCase
101 (0.237 %)ClearQuest
101 (0.237 %)PVCS
101 (0.237 %)ReSharper
101 (0.237 %)Visual Studio Team System
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
125 (5.924 %)Finance
212 (2.844 %)Insurance
311 (2.607 %)Publishing
47 (1.659 %)Marketing
55 (1.185 %)Banking
64 (0.948 %)Education
64 (0.948 %)Telecoms
64 (0.948 %)Back Office
73 (0.711 %)Automotive
82 (0.474 %)Pensions
82 (0.474 %)Retail
82 (0.474 %)Advertising
82 (0.474 %)Games
82 (0.474 %)Health
91 (0.237 %)Law
91 (0.237 %)Government
91 (0.237 %)Military
91 (0.237 %)General Ledger
91 (0.237 %)Retail Banking
91 (0.237 %)Local Government
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (1.896 %)N-Tier
26 (1.422 %)SaaS
35 (1.185 %)Client/Server
43 (0.711 %)Dependency Injection
52 (0.474 %)Social Network
52 (0.474 %)Computer Science
52 (0.474 %)iSeries
52 (0.474 %)Data Integration
52 (0.474 %)AS400
61 (0.237 %)NHS
61 (0.237 %)W3C
61 (0.237 %)Smartcard
61 (0.237 %)Management Information System
61 (0.237 %)E-Learning
61 (0.237 %)CCTV
61 (0.237 %)Multithreading
61 (0.237 %)Mathematics
61 (0.237 %)Mashup
61 (0.237 %)Credit Risk
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
135 (8.294 %)Windows
23 (0.711 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (0.711 %)Windows Server 2008
32 (0.474 %)UNIX
32 (0.474 %)Windows CE
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
145 (10.66 %)TDD
244 (10.43 %)Agile Software Development
342 (9.953 %)MVC
441 (9.716 %)OO
540 (9.479 %)Scrum
624 (5.687 %)Web Development
720 (4.739 %)UML
720 (4.739 %)OOD
720 (4.739 %)SOA
819 (4.502 %)Refactoring
914 (3.318 %)E-Commerce
1013 (3.081 %)Workflow
1013 (3.081 %)Unit Testing
1110 (2.370 %)Extreme Programming
129 (2.133 %)Continuous Integration
138 (1.896 %)RUP
147 (1.659 %)CRM
147 (1.659 %)Knowledge Management
147 (1.659 %)Migration
156 (1.422 %)MVVM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1279 (66.11 %)C#
2118 (27.96 %)SQL
390 (21.33 %)VB.NET
482 (19.43 %)JavaScript
544 (10.43 %)T-SQL
620 (4.739 %)VB
712 (2.844 %)PL/SQL
810 (2.370 %)Java
810 (2.370 %)C++
810 (2.370 %)C
98 (1.896 %)VB6
107 (1.659 %)VBScript
113 (0.711 %)PHP
122 (0.474 %)PowerShell
122 (0.474 %)ActionScript
131 (0.237 %)VC++
131 (0.237 %)Delphi
131 (0.237 %)Perl
131 (0.237 %)VBA
131 (0.237 %)XPath
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
117 (4.028 %)Security Cleared
212 (2.844 %)SC Cleared
310 (2.370 %)Microsoft Certification
48 (1.896 %)Degree
55 (1.185 %)MCAD
55 (1.185 %)MCSD
55 (1.185 %)MCTS
62 (0.474 %)MCP
71 (0.237 %)DV Cleared
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.237 %)Basel II
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (1.659 %)Active Directory
23 (0.711 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.474 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.237 %)MSMQ
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.711 %)MIIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
165 (15.40 %)Microsoft
235 (8.294 %)Oracle
37 (1.659 %)Perforce
37 (1.659 %)Sitecore
45 (1.185 %)DevExpress
54 (0.948 %)TIBCO
63 (0.711 %)HP
63 (0.711 %)VMware
72 (0.474 %)Yahoo!
72 (0.474 %)Meridio
72 (0.474 %)Infragistics
72 (0.474 %)Adobe
81 (0.237 %)Salesforce.com
81 (0.237 %)Macromedia
81 (0.237 %)Avaya
81 (0.237 %)Informatica
81 (0.237 %)JBoss
81 (0.237 %)SAP
81 (0.237 %)Thunderhead
81 (0.237 %)telerik