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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) 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 over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank27
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below75.00 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£300£200
Average daily rate£325£210
% change on same period last year+54.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£338
% change on same period last year-6.14 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£27.50-
Average hourly rate£31.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£31.90
% change on same period last year-12.45 %
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 Manchester.NET
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
Demand Trend

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

Stockport .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Stockport .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stockport .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Stockport .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

110 (100.00 %)C#
29 (90.00 %)SQL Server
37 (70.00 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (60.00 %)VB.NET
46 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
53 (30.00 %)Retail
53 (30.00 %)B2B
53 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (30.00 %)E-Commerce
62 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
62 (20.00 %)XML
62 (20.00 %)C++
62 (20.00 %)Microsoft
71 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
71 (10.00 %)C
71 (10.00 %)TDD
71 (10.00 %)NUnit
71 (10.00 %)SQL
71 (10.00 %)Oracle
71 (10.00 %)COM
71 (10.00 %)SOAP
71 (10.00 %)WebServices
71 (10.00 %)UML
71 (10.00 %)OO
71 (10.00 %)MS Access
71 (10.00 %)ADO.NET
71 (10.00 %)GPRS
71 (10.00 %)Multithreading
71 (10.00 %)PDA
71 (10.00 %).NET Framework

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (20.00 %)XML
31 (10.00 %).NET Framework
31 (10.00 %)ADO.NET
31 (10.00 %)COM
31 (10.00 %)SOAP
31 (10.00 %)WebServices
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)GPRS
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (90.00 %)SQL Server
27 (70.00 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (10.00 %)MS Access
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (10.00 %)NUnit
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (30.00 %)Retail
21 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (70.00 %)Developer
17 (70.00 %)C# Developer
26 (60.00 %).NET Developer
35 (50.00 %)Web Developer
35 (50.00 %)VB.NET Developer
35 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
35 (50.00 %).NET Web Developer
35 (50.00 %)C# Web Developer
35 (50.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
35 (50.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (10.00 %)C++/C# Developer
41 (10.00 %)C Developer
41 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
41 (10.00 %)SQL Developer
41 (10.00 %)SQL Server Developer
41 (10.00 %)C++ Developer
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)PDA
11 (10.00 %)Multithreading
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)E-Commerce
13 (30.00 %)B2B
21 (10.00 %)TDD
21 (10.00 %)UML
21 (10.00 %)OO
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)C#
26 (60.00 %)VB.NET
32 (20.00 %)C++
41 (10.00 %)SQL
41 (10.00 %)XPath
41 (10.00 %)C
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)Degree
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Oracle