The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 4 1 2
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs citing .NET 21 64 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 24.14% 29.09% 48.10%
As % of the Application Development category 84.00% 84.21% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 64
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £249 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £401 £368
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.31 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.41 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.00% -12.20%
All Application Development
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
25 76 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 28.74% 34.55% 51.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 66
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £382 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £15.31 £16.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.31% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire .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 Staffordshire region.

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

Staffordshire .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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Stoke-on-Trent -1 15 £325 -
Stafford +2 1 - -
Burton-upon-Trent 0 1 £200 -
.NET
West Midlands

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 55 (78.57%) C#
2 49 (70.00%) VB.NET
3 45 (64.29%) ASP.NET
4 44 (62.86%) SQL
5 43 (61.43%) SQL Server
6 41 (58.57%) JavaScript
7 35 (50.00%) CSS
8 28 (40.00%) XML
9 27 (38.57%) jQuery
10 26 (37.14%) XSLT
10 26 (37.14%) E-Commerce
11 25 (35.71%) N-Tier
12 24 (34.29%) Ajax
13 23 (32.86%) XHTML
14 21 (30.00%) SOA
15 20 (28.57%) SEO
15 20 (28.57%) HTML5
16 19 (27.14%) CSS3
16 19 (27.14%) Unit Testing
17 18 (25.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 17 (24.29%) Web Application Development
18 17 (24.29%) Degree
19 13 (18.57%) Document Management
20 12 (17.14%) TDD
20 12 (17.14%) .NET Framework
21 11 (15.71%) HTML
22 9 (12.86%) T-SQL
23 8 (11.43%) Web Development
24 7 (10.00%) Java
25 6 (8.571%) SQL Server Integration Services

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 45 (64.29%) ASP.NET
2 35 (50.00%) CSS
3 28 (40.00%) XML
4 27 (38.57%) jQuery
5 26 (37.14%) XSLT
6 24 (34.29%) Ajax
7 23 (32.86%) XHTML
8 20 (28.57%) HTML5
9 19 (27.14%) CSS3
10 12 (17.14%) .NET Framework
11 11 (15.71%) HTML
12 4 (5.714%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 4 (5.714%) WCF
13 3 (4.286%) ASP.NET MVC
14 2 (2.857%) Web Services
14 2 (2.857%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 2 (2.857%) MDX
14 2 (2.857%) LINQ
15 1 (1.429%) WPF
15 1 (1.429%) WF
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.714%) CMS
2 1 (1.429%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.714%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.429%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.429%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (61.43%) SQL Server
2 18 (25.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (8.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (5.714%) GIS
4 4 (5.714%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (5.714%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (4.286%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
6 2 (2.857%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.857%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 2 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.857%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (2.857%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.429%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (8.571%) JIRA
2 5 (7.143%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.429%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (7.143%) Games
2 2 (2.857%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (95.71%) Developer
2 46 (65.71%) .NET Developer
3 26 (37.14%) ASP.NET Developer
4 25 (35.71%) SQL Developer
5 23 (32.86%) Web Developer
6 19 (27.14%) .NET Web Developer
7 18 (25.71%) VB.NET Developer
7 18 (25.71%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
8 5 (7.143%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 5 (7.143%) C# .NET Developer
8 5 (7.143%) C# Developer
9 3 (4.286%) Report Developer
9 3 (4.286%) Applications Developer
10 2 (2.857%) Analyst
10 2 (2.857%) Test Analyst
10 2 (2.857%) Web Applications Developer
10 2 (2.857%) SQL Server Developer
10 2 (2.857%) Website Developer
11 1 (1.429%) Front-End Developer
11 1 (1.429%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (35.71%) N-Tier
2 4 (5.714%) Blackberry
3 3 (4.286%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.286%) WURFL
4 2 (2.857%) NHS
5 1 (1.429%) RIA
5 1 (1.429%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.143%) Android
1 5 (7.143%) Windows
2 4 (5.714%) Apple iOS
2 4 (5.714%) Windows Mobile
3 3 (4.286%) BlackBerry OS
4 1 (1.429%) Windows Phone
4 1 (1.429%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.14%) E-Commerce
2 21 (30.00%) SOA
3 20 (28.57%) SEO
4 19 (27.14%) Unit Testing
5 17 (24.29%) Web Application Development
6 13 (18.57%) Document Management
7 12 (17.14%) TDD
8 8 (11.43%) Web Development
9 5 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (5.714%) MVC
11 3 (4.286%) Agile Software Development
12 2 (2.857%) Project Management
12 2 (2.857%) OOP
12 2 (2.857%) OO
12 2 (2.857%) Content Management
12 2 (2.857%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (2.857%) Manual Testing
13 1 (1.429%) System Testing
13 1 (1.429%) Software Testing
13 1 (1.429%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 55 (78.57%) C#
2 49 (70.00%) VB.NET
3 44 (62.86%) SQL
4 41 (58.57%) JavaScript
5 9 (12.86%) T-SQL
6 7 (10.00%) Java
7 1 (1.429%) VBA
7 1 (1.429%) C++
7 1 (1.429%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (24.29%) Degree
2 2 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.857%) MCITP
Vendors
1 6 (8.571%) AccuRev
2 4 (5.714%) Oracle
2 4 (5.714%) SAP
3 3 (4.286%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.429%) Sitecore
4 1 (1.429%) DevExpress
4 1 (1.429%) Symbian
4 1 (1.429%) Telerik
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