The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 22 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 Southampton 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 20 15 12
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Contract jobs citing .NET 17 17 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 5.648% 7.203% 8.696%
As % of the Application Development category 25.37% 31.48% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 6
Average daily rate £300 £290 £544
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -46.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £250 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £390 £581
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +18.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.41 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.00% -12.20%
All Application Development
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
67 54 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 22.26% 22.88% 22.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 26 12
Average daily rate £338 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 6
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Hampshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton .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 Southampton region.

Southampton .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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Southampton .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 Southampton region.

Southampton .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 19 (67.86%) C#
2 13 (46.43%) SQL Server
3 9 (32.14%) ASP.NET
4 8 (28.57%) SQL
4 8 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 7 (25.00%) CSS
6 6 (21.43%) HTML
6 6 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (17.86%) .NET Framework
7 5 (17.86%) VB.NET
8 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
8 4 (14.29%) Scrum
8 4 (14.29%) Middleware
8 4 (14.29%) Ajax
9 3 (10.71%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
9 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
9 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (10.71%) MVC
9 3 (10.71%) Finance
9 3 (10.71%) Web Services
9 3 (10.71%) Java
10 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
10 2 (7.143%) Visual Studio
10 2 (7.143%) MySQL
10 2 (7.143%) Oracle
10 2 (7.143%) XML
10 2 (7.143%) XSLT
10 2 (7.143%) EDI
10 2 (7.143%) OOD

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 9 (32.14%) ASP.NET
2 7 (25.00%) CSS
3 6 (21.43%) HTML
4 5 (17.86%) .NET Framework
5 4 (14.29%) Middleware
5 4 (14.29%) Ajax
6 3 (10.71%) Web Services
7 2 (7.143%) XML
7 2 (7.143%) XSLT
7 2 (7.143%) EDI
7 2 (7.143%) WinForms
7 2 (7.143%) jQuery
7 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 2 (7.143%) WCF
8 1 (3.571%) WF
8 1 (3.571%) LINQ
8 1 (3.571%) Velocity
8 1 (3.571%) REST
8 1 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.71%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (7.143%) CMS
3 2 (7.143%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.571%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (3.571%) EPiServer CMS
4 1 (3.571%) ESB
4 1 (3.571%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (3.571%) Magento
4 1 (3.571%) TeamSite
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) SMS
1 2 (7.143%) Intranet
1 2 (7.143%) Internet
2 1 (3.571%) Network Security
2 1 (3.571%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (46.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (7.143%) MySQL
3 2 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (3.571%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Visual Studio
1 2 (7.143%) Hudson
1 2 (7.143%) Jenkins
1 2 (7.143%) Subversion
2 1 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (10.71%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Developer
2 7 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 6 (21.43%) .NET Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Architect
4 4 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (10.71%) .NET Programmer
5 3 (10.71%) C# Software Developer
5 3 (10.71%) VB.NET Programmer
5 3 (10.71%) Software Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Programmer
6 2 (7.143%) SQL Developer
6 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL Developer
6 2 (7.143%) C# Programmer
6 2 (7.143%) CRM Architect
6 2 (7.143%) Lead Architect
6 2 (7.143%) BizTalk Specialist
7 1 (3.571%) SharePoint Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Software Architect
7 1 (3.571%) Software Development Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) NHS
1 2 (7.143%) SaaS
2 1 (3.571%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.571%) Social Media
2 1 (3.571%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (14.29%) Scrum
3 3 (10.71%) MVC
4 2 (7.143%) OOD
4 2 (7.143%) UML
4 2 (7.143%) Validation
4 2 (7.143%) CRM
4 2 (7.143%) Web Development
5 1 (3.571%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (3.571%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.571%) Information Management
5 1 (3.571%) Automated Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.571%) System Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Kanban
5 1 (3.571%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (3.571%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 19 (67.86%) C#
2 8 (28.57%) SQL
2 8 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 5 (17.86%) VB.NET
4 3 (10.71%) Java
5 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.571%) Python
6 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.571%) C
6 1 (3.571%) PHP
6 1 (3.571%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (7.143%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) HL7
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle
1 2 (7.143%) TIBCO
2 1 (3.571%) EPiServer
2 1 (3.571%) Sitecore
2 1 (3.571%) Microsoft