The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Suffolk 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 19 28 36
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +8
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 7 12 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 4.965% 4.651% 0.472%
As % of the Application Development category 16.67% 20.34% 1.176%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 0
Average daily rate £351 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.84% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £317 £320
% change year-on-year
+2.52% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+5.10% -4.85%
All Application Development
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
42 59 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 29.79% 22.87% 40.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 39 43
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £373 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £19.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+79.48% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
.NET Framework
East of England

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

Suffolk .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Ipswich - 7 £351 - 1
Lowestoft - - - -
Felixstowe - - - -
.NET Framework
East of England

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

1 10 (100.00%) C#
1 10 (100.00%) .NET
1 10 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (90.00%) N-Tier
2 9 (90.00%) WCF
3 8 (80.00%) CSS
3 8 (80.00%) HTML
4 7 (70.00%) Web Services
5 6 (60.00%) Windows
6 5 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 4 (40.00%) Silverlight
7 4 (40.00%) LINQ
7 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (40.00%) MVC
7 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2005
8 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
8 3 (30.00%) WPF
8 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (20.00%) NHibernate
9 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
9 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (20.00%) SOAP
9 2 (20.00%) JavaScript

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Application Development
1 10 (100.00%) .NET
1 10 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (90.00%) WCF
3 8 (80.00%) HTML
3 8 (80.00%) CSS
4 7 (70.00%) Web Services
5 4 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 4 (40.00%) Silverlight
5 4 (40.00%) LINQ
6 3 (30.00%) WPF
7 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (20.00%) MSMQ
7 2 (20.00%) Ajax
7 2 (20.00%) NHibernate
7 2 (20.00%) SOAP
8 1 (10.00%) XML
8 1 (10.00%) XSLT
8 1 (10.00%) WF
8 1 (10.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (70.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 7 (70.00%) .NET Developer
2 7 (70.00%) C# Developer
2 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 7 (70.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Developer
3 2 (20.00%) HTML Developer
3 2 (20.00%) CSS Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) MVC
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 2 (20.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft