The first table below looks at the demand for ADO.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 ADO.NET over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ADO.NET
Rank - 122 120
Contract jobs citing ADO.NET 0 19 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.586% 0.244%
As % of the Application Development category - 2.445% 1.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 14 3
Average daily rate - £395 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £300
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
472 777 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.48% 23.94% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 465 304
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 £223 £248 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 38
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -24.81%
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%
ADO.NET
England

ADO.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West ADO.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ADO.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West ADO.NET Daily Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West ADO.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ADO.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 ADO.NET.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (60.00%) MCDBA
3 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) OLE DB
3 3 (60.00%) Database Security
4 1 (20.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Commerce Server
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (20.00%) WCF
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) XSL
4 1 (20.00%) OOP
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) VB.NET

ADO.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ADO.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 ADO.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) XML
3 3 (60.00%) OLE DB
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (20.00%) WCF
4 1 (20.00%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Commerce Server
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Database Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Database Security
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) OOP
2 1 (20.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCDBA
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle