The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South West 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 9 10 10
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Contract jobs citing .NET 210 341 294
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 10.41% 10.54% 10.39%
As % of the Application Development category 43.66% 44.34% 43.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 207 148
Average daily rate £325 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £246 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 15
Average hourly rate £47.50 £29.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.79% -10.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
481 769 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.85% 23.77% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 460 301
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -25.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
England

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West .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 South West region.

South West .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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West .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 South West region.

South West .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

South West .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.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 South West 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
Wiltshire +1 51 £314 +4.58%
Devon +6 40 £325 +5.69%
Bristol -9 39 £325 +8.33%
Somerset 0 27 £315 -5.26%
Gloucestershire +1 23 £375 -
Dorset +11 18 £340 -9.33%
.NET
England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 384 (76.49%) C#
2 262 (52.19%) ASP.NET
3 212 (42.23%) SQL Server
4 201 (40.04%) SQL
5 199 (39.64%) JavaScript
6 163 (32.47%) HTML
7 159 (31.67%) Microsoft
8 134 (26.69%) XML
9 133 (26.49%) CSS
10 125 (24.90%) SharePoint
11 123 (24.50%) VB.NET
12 116 (23.11%) .NET Framework
13 114 (22.71%) MVC
14 110 (21.91%) Visual Studio
15 107 (21.31%) Oracle
15 107 (21.31%) jQuery
16 94 (18.73%) Web Services
17 85 (16.93%) VB
18 81 (16.14%) Security Cleared
19 76 (15.14%) Agile Software Development
20 75 (14.94%) Finance
20 75 (14.94%) UML
21 72 (14.34%) WCF
22 69 (13.75%) SQL Server 2008
23 67 (13.35%) ASP
24 66 (13.15%) Java
25 58 (11.55%) Unit Testing
26 56 (11.16%) Team Foundation Server
26 56 (11.16%) Windows
27 55 (10.96%) IIS

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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
1 262 (52.19%) ASP.NET
2 163 (32.47%) HTML
3 134 (26.69%) XML
4 133 (26.49%) CSS
5 116 (23.11%) .NET Framework
6 107 (21.31%) jQuery
7 94 (18.73%) Web Services
8 72 (14.34%) WCF
9 67 (13.35%) ASP
10 55 (10.96%) ASP.NET MVC
11 48 (9.562%) Ajax
12 37 (7.371%) Silverlight
13 36 (7.171%) XSLT
14 33 (6.574%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 27 (5.378%) LINQ
16 23 (4.582%) HTML5
16 23 (4.582%) WPF
17 18 (3.586%) WinForms
18 16 (3.187%) ASP.NET MVC 3
19 14 (2.789%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 125 (24.90%) SharePoint
2 55 (10.96%) IIS
3 48 (9.562%) SharePoint 2010
4 25 (4.980%) OpenROAD
5 23 (4.582%) CMS
6 18 (3.586%) ArcGIS
7 13 (2.590%) Windows Azure
8 12 (2.390%) SharePoint Server
9 8 (1.594%) Kentico
9 8 (1.594%) ArcSDE
10 7 (1.394%) BizTalk Server
11 6 (1.195%) MS Project Server
11 6 (1.195%) Apache
12 5 (0.996%) Sitecore CMS
12 5 (0.996%) SharePoint 2013
13 4 (0.797%) Commerce Server
14 3 (0.598%) TeamSite
14 3 (0.598%) ESB
14 3 (0.598%) WordPress
15 2 (0.398%) Umbraco
Applications
1 48 (9.562%) MS Excel
2 7 (1.394%) MS Project
3 6 (1.195%) InfoPath
3 6 (1.195%) MS Office
4 3 (0.598%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.398%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.398%) ArcInfo
5 2 (0.398%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.398%) InDesign
5 2 (0.398%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.590%) Visualfiles
2 12 (2.390%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.390%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.199%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.199%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.793%) Intranet
2 7 (1.394%) Internet
3 2 (0.398%) TETRA
4 1 (0.199%) LDAP
4 1 (0.199%) SAN
4 1 (0.199%) Extranet
4 1 (0.199%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.199%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (42.23%) SQL Server
2 69 (13.75%) SQL Server 2008
3 40 (7.968%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 35 (6.972%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 35 (6.972%) SQL Server 2005
5 29 (5.777%) Ingres
6 21 (4.183%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (3.386%) GIS
8 15 (2.988%) SQLPlus
8 15 (2.988%) Oracle 11g
9 14 (2.789%) TOAD
10 12 (2.390%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 10 (1.992%) Oracle 9i
12 9 (1.793%) Oracle 10g
13 8 (1.594%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (1.394%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (1.195%) Oracle 8/8i
16 5 (0.996%) MySQL
17 3 (0.598%) SQL Server 2000
17 3 (0.598%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 110 (21.91%) Visual Studio
2 56 (11.16%) Team Foundation Server
3 52 (10.36%) Subversion
4 32 (6.375%) NUnit
5 25 (4.980%) MSTest
6 17 (3.386%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 17 (3.386%) CruiseControl
6 17 (3.386%) TeamCity
7 16 (3.187%) Jenkins
8 10 (1.992%) Git (software)
9 6 (1.195%) Dreamweaver
10 5 (0.996%) MSBuild
10 5 (0.996%) Moq
11 4 (0.797%) Selenium
12 3 (0.598%) InstallShield
12 3 (0.598%) JIRA
13 2 (0.398%) NuGet
13 2 (0.398%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.398%) ReSharper
13 2 (0.398%) JUnit
General
1 75 (14.94%) Finance
2 23 (4.582%) Banking
3 21 (4.183%) Retail
4 16 (3.187%) Telecoms
5 15 (2.988%) Legal
6 11 (2.191%) Publishing
7 6 (1.195%) Back Office
8 5 (0.996%) Law
9 3 (0.598%) Military
10 2 (0.398%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.398%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.398%) Marketing
10 2 (0.398%) Advertising
10 2 (0.398%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.199%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.199%) Games
11 1 (0.199%) Electronics
11 1 (0.199%) Automotive
11 1 (0.199%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.199%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 395 (78.69%) Developer
2 188 (37.45%) .NET Developer
3 81 (16.14%) C# Developer
4 65 (12.95%) C# .NET Developer
5 62 (12.35%) Analyst
6 44 (8.765%) ASP.NET Developer
7 42 (8.367%) SharePoint Developer
8 34 (6.773%) Senior Developer
9 33 (6.574%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 29 (5.777%) Programmer
10 29 (5.777%) Analyst Developer
11 28 (5.578%) Software Engineer
12 27 (5.378%) Web Developer
13 22 (4.382%) Software Developer
14 17 (3.386%) Senior .NET Developer
15 16 (3.187%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (2.789%) Senior Analyst Developer
16 14 (2.789%) GIS Developer
17 13 (2.590%) Support Analyst
18 12 (2.390%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.586%) Mobile App
2 10 (1.992%) Management Information System
3 7 (1.394%) Client/Server
3 7 (1.394%) N-Tier
3 7 (1.394%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.195%) iPad
5 5 (0.996%) Animation
5 5 (0.996%) Mathematics
5 5 (0.996%) RIA
5 5 (0.996%) Inversion of Control
5 5 (0.996%) Social Media
5 5 (0.996%) iPhone
6 4 (0.797%) Open Source
7 3 (0.598%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.398%) Data Extraction
8 2 (0.398%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.398%) Kindle
8 2 (0.398%) Social Network
8 2 (0.398%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.199%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 56 (11.16%) Windows
2 35 (6.972%) UNIX
3 14 (2.789%) Linux
4 13 (2.590%) Windows 7
5 9 (1.793%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.195%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.195%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.797%) Android
8 3 (0.598%) CentOS
8 3 (0.598%) Windows Phone
9 2 (0.398%) Windows Phone 7
9 2 (0.398%) Windows Phone 8
9 2 (0.398%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (0.398%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.398%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (22.71%) MVC
2 76 (15.14%) Agile Software Development
3 75 (14.94%) UML
4 58 (11.55%) Unit Testing
5 46 (9.163%) Scrum
6 45 (8.964%) Web Development
7 43 (8.566%) OO
8 39 (7.769%) ITIL
9 35 (6.972%) SOA
10 32 (6.375%) Continuous Integration
11 30 (5.976%) TDD
12 27 (5.378%) Service Management
12 27 (5.378%) Workflow
13 24 (4.781%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (4.382%) Service Delivery
15 20 (3.984%) Migration
16 16 (3.187%) OOP
17 15 (2.988%) ITSM
17 15 (2.988%) Data Security
17 15 (2.988%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 384 (76.49%) C#
2 201 (40.04%) SQL
3 199 (39.64%) JavaScript
4 123 (24.50%) VB.NET
5 85 (16.93%) VB
6 66 (13.15%) Java
7 53 (10.56%) C++
8 26 (5.179%) PL/SQL
9 24 (4.781%) C
10 20 (3.984%) PHP
11 17 (3.386%) VB6
12 15 (2.988%) Python
12 15 (2.988%) XQuery
13 14 (2.789%) XPath
13 14 (2.789%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.992%) VBScript
15 9 (1.793%) VBA
15 9 (1.793%) Delphi
16 8 (1.594%) PowerShell
17 7 (1.394%) VC++
Qualifications
1 81 (16.14%) Security Cleared
2 54 (10.76%) SC Cleared
3 41 (8.167%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (6.773%) ISEB
5 25 (4.980%) Degree
6 19 (3.785%) MCP
6 19 (3.785%) MCTS
7 15 (2.988%) MCSD
8 13 (2.590%) MCPD
9 12 (2.390%) DV Cleared
10 11 (2.191%) MCAD
11 6 (1.195%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 6 (1.195%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.797%) ISEB Practitioner
12 4 (0.797%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 3 (0.598%) MCDBA
14 2 (0.398%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.398%) HND
15 1 (0.199%) Sun Certification
15 1 (0.199%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.191%) QA
2 7 (1.394%) Basel II
2 7 (1.394%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.996%) ISO 9000
3 5 (0.996%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.797%) DO-178B
4 4 (0.797%) TickIT
5 3 (0.598%) SLA
5 3 (0.598%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (0.797%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.598%) VMware Workstation
2 3 (0.598%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.199%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (0.797%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.398%) SCOM
2 2 (0.398%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 159 (31.67%) Microsoft
2 107 (21.31%) Oracle
3 20 (3.984%) ESRI
4 10 (1.992%) Siebel
5 9 (1.793%) SAP
6 8 (1.594%) Alterian
7 6 (1.195%) Sitecore
7 6 (1.195%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.195%) Business Objects
8 5 (0.996%) VMware
9 3 (0.598%) Serena
9 3 (0.598%) Google
10 2 (0.398%) Ektron
10 2 (0.398%) Facebook
10 2 (0.398%) Twitter
10 2 (0.398%) Telerik
10 2 (0.398%) ATG
10 2 (0.398%) Infragistics
10 2 (0.398%) Adobe
11 1 (0.199%) Cognos
Taunton, South West
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Computer Futures
Rate: £280 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, South West
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Wiltshire
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Rate: £220 - £270 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
The ideal candidate will have experience in developing .NET based websites as well as Dynamics CRM 2011. Key Skills: C# ASP.NET jQuery SQL Server Microsoft Dynamics CRM...
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Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
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Randstad Technologies
Rate: £225 - £300 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Devon, South West
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Rate: £250 - £270 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
South West
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Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Rate: £200 - £320 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
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Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Marker Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Net Developer - Winforms, C# or VB.Net, Oracle - GAIN FINANCE - Greenfield Projects - Bristol.Net Developers (Winforms, C# or VB.Net) required by leading finance organisation based in the...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
e) HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, Web services, IIS... b) Advanced C# .Net development. c) MS SQL (2005, 2008) - Interfacing, Query writing, stored procedures, functions, jobs etc... Keywords: C#,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £250 - £275 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Easy Web Recruitment
Rate: £300 a day inclusive of VAT
Posted: 20 May 2013
Christchurch, Dorset
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EasyWebRecruitment.com
Rate: £300 a day inclusive of VAT
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
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G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Rate: Market rate paid weekly
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
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Rate: Up to £50,000 per annum (pro rata) plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
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Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £30,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Posted: 24 May 2013
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Posted: 24 May 2013
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Emponics Ltd
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Posted: 23 May 2013
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Rate: £380 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Capita Resourcing
Posted: 14 May 2013
South West
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Posted: 21 May 2013