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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the Stockport region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET Framework
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below25.00 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£373
% change on same period last year-10.57 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.90£35.02
% change on same period last year-6.05 %
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Stockport
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£273£200
Average daily rate£285£210
% change on same period last year+35.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50£26.67
Average hourly rate£31.25£32.89
% change on same period last year-4.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£39.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
.NET Framework Manchester.NET Framework
Manchester

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.

.NET Framework
Demand Trend

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

Stockport .NET Framework Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET Framework across the Stockport region.

Stockport .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (100.00 %)COM
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)Manufacturing
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (100.00 %)XPath
11 (100.00 %)Multithreading

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)COM
11 (100.00 %)XML
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Manufacturing
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)C++ Developer
11 (100.00 %)C# Developer
11 (100.00 %)C Developer
11 (100.00 %)C++/C# Developer
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Multithreading
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)OO
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)XPath
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft