The first table below looks at the demand for ADO.NET Entity Framework 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 ADO.NET Entity Framework over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ADO.NET Entity Framework
Rank 95 126 111
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -15
Contract jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework 22 14 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.071% 0.426% 0.291%
As % of the Application Development category 4.555% 1.779% 1.288%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 5
Average daily rate £425 £280 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+51.78% +1.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £252 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £670 £312 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £323 £313
% change year-on-year
-3.10% +3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
483 787 621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.50% 23.94% 22.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 476 275
Average daily rate £325 £338 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +8.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 36
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £10.00 £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%
ADO.NET Entity Framework
England

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West ADO.NET Entity Framework Jobs Demand Trend

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West ADO.NET Entity Framework Daily Rate Trend

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West ADO.NET Entity Framework Daily Rate Histogram

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West ADO.NET Entity Framework Hourly Rate Trend

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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 +18 15 £525 +87.50%
Devon - 3 - -
Bristol +8 2 £325 +15.04%
Gloucestershire +27 1 - -
ADO.NET Entity Framework
England

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ADO.NET Entity 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 ADO.NET Entity Framework.

1 41 (100.00%) C#
2 34 (82.93%) .NET
2 34 (82.93%) .NET Framework
3 32 (78.05%) SQL Server
4 25 (60.98%) Unit Testing
5 24 (58.54%) WCF
6 23 (56.10%) jQuery
7 21 (51.22%) SQL Server 2008
7 21 (51.22%) Web Services
8 18 (43.90%) ASP.NET
8 18 (43.90%) MVC
8 18 (43.90%) Team Foundation Server
9 17 (41.46%) Visual Studio
9 17 (41.46%) JavaScript
10 16 (39.02%) IIS
11 15 (36.59%) Silverlight
12 12 (29.27%) Ajax
12 12 (29.27%) Security Cleared
12 12 (29.27%) Agile Software Development
12 12 (29.27%) Scrum
12 12 (29.27%) Windows
12 12 (29.27%) XML
12 12 (29.27%) HTML
13 11 (26.83%) LINQ
14 10 (24.39%) Moq
14 10 (24.39%) DV Cleared
14 10 (24.39%) MSTest
14 10 (24.39%) Managed Extensibility Framework
14 10 (24.39%) Client/Server
15 9 (21.95%) XSLT

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 34 (82.93%) .NET
1 34 (82.93%) .NET Framework
2 24 (58.54%) WCF
3 23 (56.10%) jQuery
4 21 (51.22%) Web Services
5 18 (43.90%) ASP.NET
6 15 (36.59%) Silverlight
7 12 (29.27%) Ajax
7 12 (29.27%) XML
7 12 (29.27%) HTML
8 11 (26.83%) LINQ
9 10 (24.39%) Managed Extensibility Framework
10 9 (21.95%) ASP.NET MVC
10 9 (21.95%) JSON
10 9 (21.95%) XSLT
10 9 (21.95%) CSS
11 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 5 (12.20%) KnockoutJS
12 4 (9.756%) HTML5
13 3 (7.317%) Ext JS
Application Platforms
1 16 (39.02%) IIS
2 8 (19.51%) ArcGIS
3 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.878%) Windows Azure
4 2 (4.878%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (4.878%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (2.439%) MS Exchange
5 1 (2.439%) MSMQ
Applications
1 2 (4.878%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.439%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) HTTPS
1 1 (2.439%) Intranet
1 1 (2.439%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (78.05%) SQL Server
2 21 (51.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (7.317%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (7.317%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.439%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (43.90%) Team Foundation Server
2 17 (41.46%) Visual Studio
3 10 (24.39%) MSTest
3 10 (24.39%) Moq
4 6 (14.63%) Subversion
5 3 (7.317%) Selenium
6 2 (4.878%) ReSharper
General
1 4 (9.756%) Finance
2 3 (7.317%) Retail
3 2 (4.878%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (97.56%) Developer
2 27 (65.85%) .NET Developer
3 15 (36.59%) C# Developer
4 11 (26.83%) C# .NET Developer
5 10 (24.39%) Software Developer
5 10 (24.39%) Software Engineer
6 8 (19.51%) Programmer
6 8 (19.51%) Software Programmer
7 7 (17.07%) C# Programmer
8 5 (12.20%) .NET Programmer
9 4 (9.756%) .NET Software Engineer
10 2 (4.878%) C# Software Developer
10 2 (4.878%) Silverlight Developer
10 2 (4.878%) C# Software Engineer
10 2 (4.878%) .NET Software Developer
11 1 (2.439%) SQL Developer
11 1 (2.439%) Technical Leader
11 1 (2.439%) Web Developer
11 1 (2.439%) Technical Developer
11 1 (2.439%) XML Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Client/Server
2 8 (19.51%) RIA
3 4 (9.756%) Mobile App
4 3 (7.317%) iPad
4 3 (7.317%) iPhone
5 2 (4.878%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (4.878%) Inversion of Control
5 2 (4.878%) Social Media
5 2 (4.878%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 12 (29.27%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Windows 7
3 3 (7.317%) Apple iOS
3 3 (7.317%) Android
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (60.98%) Unit Testing
2 18 (43.90%) MVC
3 12 (29.27%) Scrum
3 12 (29.27%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (21.95%) UML
5 6 (14.63%) TDD
6 2 (4.878%) Logistics
6 2 (4.878%) Dependency Injection
6 2 (4.878%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (2.439%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (2.439%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.439%) Workflow
7 1 (2.439%) Content Management
7 1 (2.439%) OO
7 1 (2.439%) CRM
7 1 (2.439%) Project Management
7 1 (2.439%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 41 (100.00%) C#
2 17 (41.46%) JavaScript
3 9 (21.95%) SQL
4 4 (9.756%) PowerShell
5 3 (7.317%) Delphi
6 2 (4.878%) VB
6 2 (4.878%) VB6
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 10 (24.39%) DV Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.878%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.439%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (4.878%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) ESRI
3 3 (7.317%) Oracle
4 2 (4.878%) Facebook
4 2 (4.878%) Twitter