South West ASP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ASP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Avon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Clapham Colchester Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hove Huddersfield Hull Kent Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lichfield Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newton-le-Willows North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Street Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Swindon Teesside Thames Valley Tonbridge Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Wellingborough West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	72	98
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching contract IT job ads	79	76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.111 %	0.077 %
As % of the category below	9.070 %	6.051 %
Daily rates quoted	16	5
Average minimum daily rate	£251	£270
Average daily rate	£271	£290
% change on same period last year	-6.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£291	£310
UK excluding London average daily rate	£273	£290
% change on same period last year	-5.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.48	£29.94
Average hourly rate	£20.33	£33.06
% change on same period last year	-38.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.19	£36.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.67	£29.41
% change on same period last year	-19.50 %
Application Development South West
Matching contract IT job ads	871	1256
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.226 %	1.269 %
Daily rates quoted	193	275
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£312
Average daily rate	£326	£328
% change on same period last year	-0.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£333
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	134	183
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.36	£30.54
Average hourly rate	£29.51	£33.76
% change on same period last year	-12.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.67	£36.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.10	£32.14
% change on same period last year	-3.23 %
ASP England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ASP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ASP across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

ASP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the South West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ASP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the South West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	+15	18	£204	-
Devon	+32	17	£350	-
Bristol	+3	12	£296	-5.33 %
Somerset	+7	11	£313	-
Gloucestershire	-1	11	£175	-12.50 %
Dorset	-1	1	£300	-
Avon	+7	1	-	-

ASP England

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 65 (50.39 %) .NET 2 61 (47.29 %) JavaScript 3 60 (46.51 %) SQL Server 4 54 (41.86 %) HTML 5 51 (39.53 %) ASP.NET 6 45 (34.88 %) VB 7 37 (28.68 %) SQL 8 34 (26.36 %) CSS 9 31 (24.03 %) C# 10 28 (21.71 %) XML 11 25 (19.38 %) VB6 12 20 (15.50 %) VBScript 12 20 (15.50 %) Windows 13 19 (14.73 %) Intranet 14 18 (13.95 %) Internet

14 18 (13.95 %) Visual Studio 15 17 (13.18 %) VB.NET 16 16 (12.40 %) IIS 17 15 (11.63 %) XHTML 18 14 (10.85 %) SQL Server 2005 18 14 (10.85 %) Web Development 19 13 (10.08 %) AJAX 20 11 (8.527 %) Flash 21 9 (6.977 %) MS Access 21 9 (6.977 %) XSLT 21 9 (6.977 %) ODBC 22 8 (6.202 %) CMS 22 8 (6.202 %) Finance 22 8 (6.202 %) Microsoft 23 7 (5.426 %) COM+

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 65 (50.39 %) .NET 2 54 (41.86 %) HTML 3 51 (39.53 %) ASP.NET 4 34 (26.36 %) CSS 5 28 (21.71 %) XML 6 15 (11.63 %) XHTML 7 13 (10.08 %) AJAX 8 9 (6.977 %) XSLT 8 9 (6.977 %) ODBC 9 7 (5.426 %) COM+ 10 5 (3.876 %) WebServices 10 5 (3.876 %) WinForms 10 5 (3.876 %) WCF 11 3 (2.326 %) .NET Framework 12 2 (1.550 %) Windows SharePoint Services 12 2 (1.550 %) Silverlight 13 1 (0.775 %) ASP.NET 2.0 13 1 (0.775 %) WPF 13 1 (0.775 %) WAP 13 1 (0.775 %) DOM	Application Platforms 1 16 (12.40 %) IIS 2 8 (6.202 %) CMS 3 4 (3.101 %) SharePoint 4 2 (1.550 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 1 (0.775 %) Immediacy CMS
Applications 1 5 (3.876 %) Photoshop 2 2 (1.550 %) MS Office 2 2 (1.550 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 1 (0.775 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 19 (14.73 %) Intranet 2 18 (13.95 %) Internet 3 6 (4.651 %) Extranet 4 5 (3.876 %) Firewall 4 5 (3.876 %) Wireless 4 5 (3.876 %) Broadband 4 5 (3.876 %) VoIP 4 5 (3.876 %) TCP/IP 4 5 (3.876 %) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 60 (46.51 %) SQL Server 2 14 (10.85 %) SQL Server 2005 3 9 (6.977 %) MS Access 4 5 (3.876 %) RDBMS 4 5 (3.876 %) SQL Server 2000 4 5 (3.876 %) MySQL 5 2 (1.550 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (0.775 %) SQL Server 2008 6 1 (0.775 %) EDMS 6 1 (0.775 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 18 (13.95 %) Visual Studio 2 11 (8.527 %) Flash 3 6 (4.651 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 4 (3.101 %) Dreamweaver
General 1 8 (6.202 %) Finance 2 7 (5.426 %) Telecoms 3 5 (3.876 %) Law 4 4 (3.101 %) Banking 5 3 (2.326 %) Investment Banking 6 2 (1.550 %) Insurance 6 2 (1.550 %) Retail 6 2 (1.550 %) Multimedia 6 2 (1.550 %) Criminal Justice 6 2 (1.550 %) Financial Institution 6 2 (1.550 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.775 %) Publishing 7 1 (0.775 %) Games 7 1 (0.775 %) Pensions 7 1 (0.775 %) Music 7 1 (0.775 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 104 (80.62 %) Developer 2 33 (25.58 %) Web Developer 3 23 (17.83 %) .NET Developer 4 14 (10.85 %) ASP Developer 5 11 (8.527 %) Analyst 5 11 (8.527 %) Software Developer 6 9 (6.977 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 9 (6.977 %) VB Developer 7 8 (6.202 %) SQL Developer 7 8 (6.202 %) SQL Server Developer 8 7 (5.426 %) Programmer 9 6 (4.651 %) C# Developer 10 5 (3.876 %) Analyst Programmer 11 4 (3.101 %) Team Leader 11 4 (3.101 %) Flash Developer 11 4 (3.101 %) Web Analyst 12 3 (2.326 %) Support Team Leader 12 3 (2.326 %) Web Team Leader 12 3 (2.326 %) Applications Support 12 3 (2.326 %) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 5 (3.876 %) Client/Server 1 5 (3.876 %) IPTV 2 3 (2.326 %) Multithreading 3 2 (1.550 %) N-Tier 4 1 (0.775 %) W3C 4 1 (0.775 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.775 %) Grid Computing 4 1 (0.775 %) E-Learning 4 1 (0.775 %) Web 2.0	Operating Systems 1 20 (15.50 %) Windows 2 6 (4.651 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (3.876 %) UNIX 4 3 (2.326 %) AIX 5 2 (1.550 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (10.85 %) Web Development 2 6 (4.651 %) UML 2 6 (4.651 %) Web Design 3 5 (3.876 %) E-Commerce 3 5 (3.876 %) Content Management 4 4 (3.101 %) Agile Software Development 4 4 (3.101 %) TDD 5 3 (2.326 %) Project Management 5 3 (2.326 %) Service Delivery 5 3 (2.326 %) OOP 5 3 (2.326 %) OO 5 3 (2.326 %) PRINCE2 5 3 (2.326 %) Migration 6 2 (1.550 %) SEO 6 2 (1.550 %) CRM 7 1 (0.775 %) ERP 7 1 (0.775 %) OOD 7 1 (0.775 %) Business Intelligence 7 1 (0.775 %) E-business 7 1 (0.775 %) Process Management	Programming Languages 1 61 (47.29 %) JavaScript 2 45 (34.88 %) VB 3 37 (28.68 %) SQL 4 31 (24.03 %) C# 5 25 (19.38 %) VB6 6 20 (15.50 %) VBScript 7 17 (13.18 %) VB.NET 8 7 (5.426 %) ActionScript 9 5 (3.876 %) VBA 9 5 (3.876 %) Java 10 4 (3.101 %) C 10 4 (3.101 %) C++ 10 4 (3.101 %) PHP 11 3 (2.326 %) Transact-SQL 12 1 (0.775 %) XPath 12 1 (0.775 %) XAML 12 1 (0.775 %) PL/SQL 12 1 (0.775 %) Perl 12 1 (0.775 %) DHTML
Qualifications 1 3 (2.326 %) Degree 2 2 (1.550 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.775 %) WAI
System Software 1 5 (3.876 %) MSMQ 2 1 (0.775 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 8 (6.202 %) Microsoft 2 3 (2.326 %) Macromedia 2 3 (2.326 %) Sun 2 3 (2.326 %) Oracle 3 1 (0.775 %) SAP 3 1 (0.775 %) RedDot