Surrey .NET Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location Abbots Langley Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carmarthenshire Carrickfergus Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Cirencester City of London Colchester County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Edinburgh Egham Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hastings Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Hornchurch Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kenilworth Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Ringwood Rochester Romford Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stanmore Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stowmarket Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worksop Worthing Wycombe Wymondham York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	7	7
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	215	254
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.284 %	0.269 %
As % of the category below	37.72 %	39.63 %
Daily rates quoted	82	74
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£318
Average daily rate	£292	£336
% change on same period last year	-13.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£309	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£329
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	24
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.71	£36.44
Average hourly rate	£30.64	£37.54
% change on same period last year	-18.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.57	£38.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.01	£32.92
% change on same period last year	+0.29 %
Application Development Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	570	641
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.752 %	0.680 %
Daily rates quoted	199	153
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£307
Average daily rate	£317	£332
% change on same period last year	-4.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£338	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	59
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.83	£32.36
Average hourly rate	£36.99	£33.72
% change on same period last year	+9.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.15	£35.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
.NET South East

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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing .NET within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Weybridge	-	12	£220	-
Farnham	-2	12	£226	-
Staines	0	11	£340	+13.33 %
Guildford	-4	9	£329	+1.67 %
Woking	-5	7	£313	-6.01 %
Egham	-	5	-	-
Sunbury-on-Thames	0	5	-	-
Dorking	-	4	£325	-
Camberley	-7	3	£150	-60.93 %
Epsom	+1	3	£350	+12.90 %
Whyteleafe	+1	2	£350	-
Walton-on-Thames	-	1	-	-
Reigate	+5	1	-	-

.NET South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

1 290 (61.31 %) C# 2 190 (40.17 %) SQL Server 3 165 (34.88 %) ASP.NET 4 135 (28.54 %) SQL 5 100 (21.14 %) XML 6 95 (20.08 %) VB.NET 7 94 (19.87 %) Visual Studio 8 79 (16.70 %) Microsoft 9 75 (15.86 %) WebServices 10 73 (15.43 %) JavaScript 11 69 (14.59 %) SQL Server 2005 12 62 (13.11 %) Agile Software Development 13 58 (12.26 %) HTML 14 53 (11.21 %) Windows 15 52 (10.99 %) SQL Server 2000

16 45 (9.514 %) .NET Framework 17 44 (9.302 %) AJAX 18 42 (8.879 %) TDD 18 42 (8.879 %) WinForms 19 40 (8.457 %) MVC 19 40 (8.457 %) CSS 20 38 (8.034 %) Finance 20 38 (8.034 %) NUnit 21 37 (7.822 %) Marketing 22 36 (7.611 %) Oracle 23 35 (7.400 %) OO 23 35 (7.400 %) Scrum 24 34 (7.188 %) Java 24 34 (7.188 %) VB 25 33 (6.977 %) C++

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 1 165 (34.88 %) ASP.NET 2 100 (21.14 %) XML 3 75 (15.86 %) WebServices 4 58 (12.26 %) HTML 5 45 (9.514 %) .NET Framework 6 44 (9.302 %) AJAX 7 42 (8.879 %) WinForms 8 40 (8.457 %) CSS 9 31 (6.554 %) ASP 10 23 (4.863 %) XSLT 10 23 (4.863 %) J2EE 10 23 (4.863 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 21 (4.440 %) MonoRail 12 17 (3.594 %) NHibernate 13 16 (3.383 %) COM+ 13 16 (3.383 %) WCF 13 16 (3.383 %) WPF 14 15 (3.171 %) SOAP 15 13 (2.748 %) Hibernate 16 12 (2.537 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 32 (6.765 %) BizTalk Server 2 24 (5.074 %) IIS 3 15 (3.171 %) SharePoint 4 14 (2.960 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 9 (1.903 %) Apache 6 8 (1.691 %) Commerce Server 2007 6 8 (1.691 %) Commerce Server 6 8 (1.691 %) CMS 7 5 (1.057 %) ColdFusion 8 4 (0.846 %) ColdFusion MX 9 3 (0.634 %) WebLogic 9 3 (0.634 %) DotNetNuke 10 2 (0.423 %) JBoss 10 2 (0.423 %) MS Exchange 11 1 (0.211 %) Lotus Notes 11 1 (0.211 %) EPiServer 11 1 (0.211 %) Rhythmyx 11 1 (0.211 %) ESB 11 1 (0.211 %) WebLogic Portal
Applications 1 21 (4.440 %) MS Excel 2 7 (1.480 %) MS Visio 2 7 (1.480 %) Photoshop 3 6 (1.268 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.211 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.211 %) Fireworks 4 1 (0.211 %) S-PLUS 4 1 (0.211 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 11 (2.326 %) Microsoft CRM 2 3 (0.634 %) AWD 3 2 (0.423 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 3 2 (0.423 %) SAP Oil and Gas 4 1 (0.211 %) Dynamics CRM 4 1 (0.211 %) Great Plains 4 1 (0.211 %) Oracle EBS 4 1 (0.211 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.211 %) Pivotal CRM
Communications & Networking 1 22 (4.651 %) Intranet 2 14 (2.960 %) Internet 3 6 (1.268 %) HTTP 4 4 (0.846 %) TCP/IP 5 3 (0.634 %) RIP 6 2 (0.423 %) LDAP 6 2 (0.423 %) Extranet 7 1 (0.211 %) SSL 7 1 (0.211 %) GPRS 7 1 (0.211 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 190 (40.17 %) SQL Server 2 69 (14.59 %) SQL Server 2005 3 52 (10.99 %) SQL Server 2000 4 27 (5.708 %) Datawarehouse 5 25 (5.285 %) SQL Server 7 6 21 (4.440 %) MySQL 7 17 (3.594 %) OLAP 8 13 (2.748 %) DTS 9 11 (2.326 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 9 (1.903 %) BODI 11 8 (1.691 %) BusinessObjects 12 7 (1.480 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 13 4 (0.846 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 13 4 (0.846 %) GIS 13 4 (0.846 %) Oracle 10g 13 4 (0.846 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 14 3 (0.634 %) Oracle 9i 15 2 (0.423 %) Crystal Reports 15 2 (0.423 %) RDBMS 16 1 (0.211 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 94 (19.87 %) Visual Studio 2 38 (8.034 %) NUnit 3 18 (3.805 %) Flash 4 17 (3.594 %) WinRunner 5 10 (2.114 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 7 (1.480 %) Subversion 7 5 (1.057 %) RequisitePro 7 5 (1.057 %) ClearQuest 7 5 (1.057 %) ClearCase 8 3 (0.634 %) Eclipse 8 3 (0.634 %) Synon 9 2 (0.423 %) CruiseControl 9 2 (0.423 %) Dreamweaver 10 1 (0.211 %) TestDirector 10 1 (0.211 %) QuickTest Pro 10 1 (0.211 %) InstallShield 10 1 (0.211 %) WATIR	General 1 38 (8.034 %) Finance 2 37 (7.822 %) Marketing 3 16 (3.383 %) Insurance 4 10 (2.114 %) Education 5 9 (1.903 %) Publishing 6 8 (1.691 %) Health 7 6 (1.268 %) Telecoms 7 6 (1.268 %) Back Office 7 6 (1.268 %) Pensions 8 5 (1.057 %) Government 9 4 (0.846 %) Games 10 3 (0.634 %) Pharmaceutical 10 3 (0.634 %) Automotive 10 3 (0.634 %) Billing 10 3 (0.634 %) Flash Games 11 2 (0.423 %) Advertising 11 2 (0.423 %) General Ledger 11 2 (0.423 %) Music 11 2 (0.423 %) Construction 11 2 (0.423 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 349 (73.78 %) Developer 2 178 (37.63 %) C# Developer 3 174 (36.79 %) .NET Developer 4 53 (11.21 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 47 (9.937 %) Web Developer 6 44 (9.302 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 37 (7.822 %) Senior Developer 8 35 (7.400 %) Analyst 9 24 (5.074 %) Architect 9 24 (5.074 %) DBA 9 24 (5.074 %) VB.NET Developer 10 23 (4.863 %) .NET Web Developer 11 22 (4.651 %) Programmer 12 21 (4.440 %) SQL DBA 13 20 (4.228 %) SQL Developer 14 18 (3.805 %) Senior .NET Developer 15 16 (3.383 %) Senior C# Developer 15 16 (3.383 %) C# Web Developer 16 15 (3.171 %) SQL Server DBA 16 15 (3.171 %) Analyst Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 13 (2.748 %) N-Tier 2 6 (1.268 %) Client/Server 3 5 (1.057 %) Computer Science 3 5 (1.057 %) W3C 4 4 (0.846 %) Mainframe 4 4 (0.846 %) Asset Management 4 4 (0.846 %) Web 2.0 5 3 (0.634 %) Multithreading 6 2 (0.423 %) RIA 6 2 (0.423 %) PDA 7 1 (0.211 %) French Language 7 1 (0.211 %) Pocket PC 7 1 (0.211 %) Credit Derivative 7 1 (0.211 %) PACS 7 1 (0.211 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 53 (11.21 %) Windows 2 7 (1.480 %) Unix 3 5 (1.057 %) Linux 4 3 (0.634 %) Windows 2000 5 2 (0.423 %) Solaris 5 2 (0.423 %) Windows XP 5 2 (0.423 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (0.211 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 62 (13.11 %) Agile Software Development 2 42 (8.879 %) TDD 3 40 (8.457 %) MVC 4 35 (7.400 %) Scrum 4 35 (7.400 %) OO 5 28 (5.920 %) UML 6 23 (4.863 %) OOP 6 23 (4.863 %) Web Development 7 19 (4.017 %) Performance Management 8 18 (3.805 %) E-business 9 16 (3.383 %) CRM 10 14 (2.960 %) Business Intelligence 11 12 (2.537 %) ITIL 11 12 (2.537 %) Project Management 12 9 (1.903 %) Configuration Management 12 9 (1.903 %) RUP 12 9 (1.903 %) SC Cleared 12 9 (1.903 %) Security Cleared 13 8 (1.691 %) Unit Testing 13 8 (1.691 %) E-Commerce
Programming Languages 1 290 (61.31 %) C# 2 135 (28.54 %) SQL 3 95 (20.08 %) VB.NET 4 73 (15.43 %) JavaScript 5 34 (7.188 %) Java 5 34 (7.188 %) VB 6 33 (6.977 %) C++ 7 23 (4.863 %) Transact-SQL 8 14 (2.960 %) C 9 13 (2.748 %) ActionScript 10 9 (1.903 %) PHP 11 8 (1.691 %) RPG 11 8 (1.691 %) VB6 12 7 (1.480 %) VC++ 13 4 (0.846 %) VBA 13 4 (0.846 %) DHTML 14 3 (0.634 %) PL/SQL 14 3 (0.634 %) VBScript 15 2 (0.423 %) FoxPro (VFP) 15 2 (0.423 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 15 (3.171 %) Degree 2 14 (2.960 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (0.423 %) MCAD 3 2 (0.423 %) MCSD 3 2 (0.423 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.211 %) ISEB 4 1 (0.211 %) ISEB Practitioner 4 1 (0.211 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.057 %) QA 2 3 (0.634 %) ISO9001 3 2 (0.423 %) SLA 4 1 (0.211 %) WAI	System Software 1 4 (0.846 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.211 %) AquaLogic 2 1 (0.211 %) NDS
Vendors 1 79 (16.70 %) Microsoft 2 36 (7.611 %) Oracle 3 8 (1.691 %) Business Objects 4 7 (1.480 %) Cisco 4 7 (1.480 %) Motorola 5 6 (1.268 %) Google 6 5 (1.057 %) Yahoo! 6 5 (1.057 %) Cognos 7 4 (0.846 %) ESRI 8 3 (0.634 %) BEA 9 2 (0.423 %) Sun 9 2 (0.423 %) Citrix 9 2 (0.423 %) PeopleSoft 9 2 (0.423 %) SAP 10 1 (0.211 %) Sybase 10 1 (0.211 %) Progress 10 1 (0.211 %) Macromedia 10 1 (0.211 %) Novell 10 1 (0.211 %) Lotus 10 1 (0.211 %) salesforce.com