The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.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 ASP.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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ASP.NET
Rank 29 26 24
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 6 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.993% 2.966% 1.587%
As % of the Application Development category 9.375% 12.96% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £273 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.06% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £9.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
All Application Development
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
64 54 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 21.26% 22.88% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 25 12
Average daily rate £330 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -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%
ASP.NET
Hampshire

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton ASP.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Southampton ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Southampton ASP.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (88.89%) C#
3 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
3 7 (77.78%) CSS
4 6 (66.67%) HTML
5 4 (44.44%) Ajax
6 3 (33.33%) MVC
6 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (33.33%) SQL
7 2 (22.22%) OOD
7 2 (22.22%) XSLT
7 2 (22.22%) UML
7 2 (22.22%) XML
7 2 (22.22%) Web Development
7 2 (22.22%) Validation
7 2 (22.22%) CMS
7 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (22.22%) jQuery
8 1 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (11.11%) REST
8 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (11.11%) Regular Expression
8 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
8 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
8 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
8 1 (11.11%) HTML5
8 1 (11.11%) Social Media
8 1 (11.11%) EPiServer CMS
8 1 (11.11%) Scrum

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) CSS
3 6 (66.67%) HTML
4 4 (44.44%) Ajax
5 2 (22.22%) XSLT
5 2 (22.22%) XML
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (22.22%) jQuery
6 1 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (11.11%) REST
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (11.11%) Regular Expression
6 1 (11.11%) HTML5
6 1 (11.11%) WinForms
6 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 1 (11.11%) Velocity
6 1 (11.11%) WCF
6 1 (11.11%) WF
6 1 (11.11%) LINQ
6 1 (11.11%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) EPiServer CMS
2 1 (11.11%) ESB
2 1 (11.11%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) Intranet
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
1 1 (11.11%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) C# Developer
3 3 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Software Developer
4 2 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Software Development Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Development Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Software Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Software Development Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Software Manager
5 1 (11.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) CMS Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) MVC
1 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) OOD
2 2 (22.22%) UML
2 2 (22.22%) Web Development
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (11.11%) Kanban
3 1 (11.11%) OO
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C#
2 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
4 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) EPiServer
1 1 (11.11%) Sitecore
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft