The first table below looks at the demand for ASP skills 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 ASP 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 South East 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 Active Server Pages (Classic ASP)
Rank 190 155 166
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +11
Contract jobs citing ASP 34 85 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.436% 0.838% 0.839%
As % of the Application Development category 1.794% 3.741% 3.197%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 43 41
Average daily rate £305 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.85% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £254 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £323 £275
% change year-on-year
-3.87% +17.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 7
Average hourly rate £34.00 - £42.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 - £39.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 - £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £21.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year
+53.57% -41.25%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1895 2272 2721
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.31% 22.39% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1005 1122 1263
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 103 197
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.50 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
ASP
England

ASP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East ASP Jobs Demand Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East ASP Daily Rate Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East ASP Daily Rate Histogram

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East ASP Hourly Rate Trend

ASP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East ASP Hourly Rate Histogram

ASP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP within the South East 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
Berkshire +8 19 £258 -42.77%
Surrey +9 8 £320 +6.66%
Hampshire -12 4 £303 +0.83%
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £375 -0.13%
Middlesex - 1 £475 -
ASP
England

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ASP 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.

1 61 (74.39%) .NET
2 50 (60.98%) SQL
3 49 (59.76%) SQL Server
4 48 (58.54%) C#
5 42 (51.22%) HTML
6 35 (42.68%) VB
7 34 (41.46%) JavaScript
7 34 (41.46%) ASP.NET
7 34 (41.46%) XML
8 31 (37.80%) T-SQL
9 24 (29.27%) jQuery
10 23 (28.05%) Windows
10 23 (28.05%) Microsoft
11 19 (23.17%) CSS
11 19 (23.17%) .NET Framework
12 18 (21.95%) IIS
13 16 (19.51%) MVC
14 13 (15.85%) CRM
14 13 (15.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (14.63%) VB6
15 12 (14.63%) COM+
15 12 (14.63%) Visual Studio
15 12 (14.63%) VB.NET
16 11 (13.41%) Crystal Reports
16 11 (13.41%) Ajax
16 11 (13.41%) WCF
17 10 (12.20%) Pivotal CRM
17 10 (12.20%) Oracle
17 10 (12.20%) Telecoms
17 10 (12.20%) Migration

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing ASP 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 61 (74.39%) .NET
2 42 (51.22%) HTML
3 34 (41.46%) ASP.NET
3 34 (41.46%) XML
4 24 (29.27%) jQuery
5 19 (23.17%) CSS
5 19 (23.17%) .NET Framework
6 12 (14.63%) COM+
7 11 (13.41%) Ajax
7 11 (13.41%) WCF
8 9 (10.98%) ASP.NET MVC
9 7 (8.537%) XSL
9 7 (8.537%) HTML5
10 5 (6.098%) CSS3
11 4 (4.878%) NHibernate
11 4 (4.878%) LINQ
12 3 (3.659%) XSLT
12 3 (3.659%) Web Services
12 3 (3.659%) WPF
12 3 (3.659%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 18 (21.95%) IIS
2 4 (4.878%) ESB
2 4 (4.878%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.659%) Apache
3 3 (3.659%) CMS
4 2 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.439%) Kentico
5 1 (1.220%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (1.220%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.220%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (1.220%) Site Server
5 1 (1.220%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (1.220%) WordPress
5 1 (1.220%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 8 (9.756%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.878%) MS Office
3 3 (3.659%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.220%) MS Project
4 1 (1.220%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Pivotal CRM
2 3 (3.659%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.756%) Internet
2 4 (4.878%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (4.878%) Intranet
3 2 (2.439%) LTE
3 2 (2.439%) SSL
3 2 (2.439%) 3G
3 2 (2.439%) 2G
4 1 (1.220%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (59.76%) SQL Server
2 13 (15.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (13.41%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (7.317%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (7.317%) DTS
5 5 (6.098%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.439%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.439%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (2.439%) Oracle 9i
6 2 (2.439%) MySQL
7 1 (1.220%) Adabas
7 1 (1.220%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.220%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 12 (14.63%) Visual Studio
2 7 (8.537%) Subversion
3 4 (4.878%) Moq
4 3 (3.659%) MSI
4 3 (3.659%) TeamCity
4 3 (3.659%) ReSharper
5 2 (2.439%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (2.439%) InterDev
6 1 (1.220%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (1.220%) Ant
6 1 (1.220%) ClearCase
6 1 (1.220%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (1.220%) RequisitePro
6 1 (1.220%) Mercurial
6 1 (1.220%) NUnit
6 1 (1.220%) FrontPage
General
1 10 (12.20%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.878%) Finance
3 3 (3.659%) Manufacturing
3 3 (3.659%) Marketing
4 1 (1.220%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.220%) Retail
Job Titles
1 58 (70.73%) Developer
2 19 (23.17%) .NET Developer
3 10 (12.20%) CRM Developer
3 10 (12.20%) ASP Developer
4 9 (10.98%) Web Developer
4 9 (10.98%) Pivotal CRM Developer
5 6 (7.317%) C# .NET Developer
5 6 (7.317%) SQL Developer
5 6 (7.317%) C# Developer
5 6 (7.317%) VB Developer
6 5 (6.098%) ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (6.098%) Team Leader
6 5 (6.098%) Applications Developer
7 4 (4.878%) Microsoft Developer
7 4 (4.878%) .NET Web Developer
7 4 (4.878%) Development Team Leader
7 4 (4.878%) SQL Server Developer
8 3 (3.659%) Installations Engineer
8 3 (3.659%) Senior Developer
8 3 (3.659%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.878%) Inversion of Control
2 3 (3.659%) N-Tier
2 3 (3.659%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.439%) SaaS
3 2 (2.439%) Statistics
3 2 (2.439%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.439%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.220%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.220%) NHS
4 1 (1.220%) Blog
4 1 (1.220%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.220%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (28.05%) Windows
2 5 (6.098%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (4.878%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.439%) MVS
5 1 (1.220%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.220%) Solaris
5 1 (1.220%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.220%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.51%) MVC
2 13 (15.85%) CRM
3 10 (12.20%) Migration
4 9 (10.98%) OO
4 9 (10.98%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (10.98%) Web Development
5 8 (9.756%) Scrum
6 5 (6.098%) Web Application Development
7 4 (4.878%) Unit Testing
8 3 (3.659%) SEO
8 3 (3.659%) TDD
8 3 (3.659%) Content Management
8 3 (3.659%) Document Management
8 3 (3.659%) BDD
9 2 (2.439%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (2.439%) Email Marketing
9 2 (2.439%) B2C
9 2 (2.439%) Web Design
9 2 (2.439%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.439%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 50 (60.98%) SQL
2 48 (58.54%) C#
3 35 (42.68%) VB
4 34 (41.46%) JavaScript
5 31 (37.80%) T-SQL
6 12 (14.63%) VB6
6 12 (14.63%) VB.NET
7 6 (7.317%) VBScript
7 6 (7.317%) PL/SQL
8 4 (4.878%) PHP
9 3 (3.659%) Java
10 2 (2.439%) C++
10 2 (2.439%) C
11 1 (1.220%) VBA
11 1 (1.220%) Perl
11 1 (1.220%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.220%) NATURAL
11 1 (1.220%) F#
Qualifications
1 3 (3.659%) SC Cleared
1 3 (3.659%) Security Cleared
1 3 (3.659%) Degree
2 2 (2.439%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.220%) MCSE
3 1 (1.220%) MCAD
3 1 (1.220%) MCSD
3 1 (1.220%) CCNA
3 1 (1.220%) ISEB
3 1 (1.220%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.220%) Sun Certification
3 1 (1.220%) SCJP
3 1 (1.220%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.878%) SLA
2 2 (2.439%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.220%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 23 (28.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (12.20%) Oracle
3 3 (3.659%) Google
4 2 (2.439%) Adobe
4 2 (2.439%) Sun
5 1 (1.220%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.220%) HP
5 1 (1.220%) Cisco
5 1 (1.220%) Facebook
5 1 (1.220%) Twitter
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