Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Surrey region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank439
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+6
Matching contract IT job ads166142219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey14.87 %15.45 %9.759 %
As % of the Application Development category45.60 %56.13 %32.98 %
Daily rates quoted737576
Average daily rate£303£260£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.34 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£235£200£221
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£386£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£300£325
% change year-on-year
-4.160 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted6320
Average hourly rate£27.50£40.00£36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.25 %+10.34 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.50£30.00£29.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.75£50.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.630 %-15.38 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
364253664
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey32.62 %27.53 %29.59 %
Daily rates quoted166108212
Average daily rate£325£250£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00 %-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£200£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£383£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted1318103
Average hourly rate£27.50£30.00£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.330 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.50£12.50£27.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£50.00£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
.NET South East.NET
South East

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.

.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.

Surrey .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 Surrey region.

Surrey .NET Daily Rate Trend

.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 22 March 2010.

Surrey .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.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.

Surrey .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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
StainesDown-223£363-
WokingDown-513£363-17.14 %
GuildfordUp+36£179-23.93 %
LeatherheadNew entry-5£203-
CobhamNew entry-4--
FarnhamNo change03£243-1.02 %
EpsomNew entry-3£285-
RedhillDown-41£425-
.NET South East.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

1211 (72.26 %)C#
2144 (49.32 %)SQL Server
3134 (45.89 %)ASP.NET
492 (31.51 %)SQL
588 (30.14 %)XML
671 (24.32 %)Visual Studio
671 (24.32 %)Microsoft
759 (20.21 %)Web Services
854 (18.49 %)WCF
950 (17.12 %)TDD
1048 (16.44 %)SQL Server 2005
1146 (15.75 %)Agile Software Development
1245 (15.41 %)WinForms
1245 (15.41 %)HTML
1343 (14.73 %).NET Framework
1442 (14.38 %)OO
1541 (14.04 %)Scrum
1639 (13.36 %)SQL Server 2008
1738 (13.01 %)Windows
1738 (13.01 %)JavaScript
1836 (12.33 %)WPF
1934 (11.64 %)T-SQL
2033 (11.30 %)AJAX
2131 (10.62 %)CSS
2230 (10.27 %)Team Foundation Server
2328 (9.589 %)Oracle
2328 (9.589 %)SOA
2328 (9.589 %)MVC
2427 (9.247 %)UML
2524 (8.219 %)E-Commerce

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1134 (45.89 %)ASP.NET
288 (30.14 %)XML
359 (20.21 %)Web Services
454 (18.49 %)WCF
545 (15.41 %)WinForms
545 (15.41 %)HTML
643 (14.73 %).NET Framework
736 (12.33 %)WPF
833 (11.30 %)AJAX
931 (10.62 %)CSS
1024 (8.219 %)LINQ
1123 (7.877 %)XSLT
1218 (6.164 %)Silverlight
1317 (5.822 %)SOAP
1414 (4.795 %)NHibernate
1513 (4.452 %)ASP
1612 (4.110 %)ADO.NET
1710 (3.425 %)jQuery
186 (2.055 %)ASP.NET 2.0
195 (1.712 %)WF
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
119 (6.507 %)SharePoint
212 (4.110 %)IIS
310 (3.425 %)CMS
46 (2.055 %)ColdFusion
46 (2.055 %)EPiServer
55 (1.712 %)SharePoint Server 2007
64 (1.370 %)BizTalk Server
73 (1.027 %)LiveLink
73 (1.027 %)ColdFusion MX
73 (1.027 %)NetWeaver
82 (0.685 %)Tomcat
91 (0.342 %)Alfresco
91 (0.342 %)SAS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (2.740 %)MS Excel
24 (1.370 %)MS Project
31 (0.342 %)MS Office
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
111 (3.767 %)Dynamics CRM
27 (2.397 %)AWD
31 (0.342 %)Dynamics GP
31 (0.342 %)SalesLogix
31 (0.342 %)Great Plains
31 (0.342 %)Navision
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (5.822 %)HTTP
213 (4.452 %)TCP/IP
311 (3.767 %)Internet
42 (0.685 %)Extranet
42 (0.685 %)HTTPS
51 (0.342 %)IP Telephony
51 (0.342 %)Intranet
51 (0.342 %)3G
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1144 (49.32 %)SQL Server
248 (16.44 %)SQL Server 2005
339 (13.36 %)SQL Server 2008
417 (5.822 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
417 (5.822 %)SQL Server 2000
510 (3.425 %)Oracle 8/8i
69 (3.082 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
78 (2.740 %)SQL Server Integration Services
86 (2.055 %)ETL
95 (1.712 %)MySQL
104 (1.370 %)DB2
113 (1.027 %)RDBMS
113 (1.027 %)Datawarehouse
122 (0.685 %)Oracle 10g
122 (0.685 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
131 (0.342 %)Oracle 11g
131 (0.342 %)IDOL
131 (0.342 %)MS Access
131 (0.342 %)DTS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
171 (24.32 %)Visual Studio
230 (10.27 %)Team Foundation Server
321 (7.192 %)Subversion
416 (5.479 %)NUnit
515 (5.137 %)VSS/SourceSafe
68 (2.740 %)CruiseControl
68 (2.740 %)TeamCity
77 (2.397 %)Ant
85 (1.712 %)Rhino Mocks
85 (1.712 %)PVCS
94 (1.370 %)Visual Studio Team System
94 (1.370 %)Moq
103 (1.027 %)ClearCase
112 (0.685 %)Selenium
121 (0.342 %)NMock
121 (0.342 %)QuickTest Pro
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (6.164 %)Finance
214 (4.795 %)Publishing
214 (4.795 %)Insurance
35 (1.712 %)Manufacturing
44 (1.370 %)Back Office
53 (1.027 %)Marketing
53 (1.027 %)Telecoms
53 (1.027 %)Games
53 (1.027 %)Banking
53 (1.027 %)Retail
62 (0.685 %)Advertising
71 (0.342 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.342 %)Military
71 (0.342 %)Financial Institution
71 (0.342 %)Automotive
71 (0.342 %)Education
71 (0.342 %)Government
71 (0.342 %)Law
71 (0.342 %)General Ledger
71 (0.342 %)Pensions
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1206 (70.55 %)Developer
2100 (34.25 %).NET Developer
354 (18.49 %)C# Developer
425 (8.562 %)Analyst
522 (7.534 %)ASP.NET Developer
618 (6.164 %)Web Developer
714 (4.795 %)Software Engineer
714 (4.795 %)Programmer
813 (4.452 %)Project Manager
912 (4.110 %)Software Developer
1011 (3.767 %)Senior Developer
1110 (3.425 %)Consultant
1110 (3.425 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
129 (3.082 %)SharePoint Developer
138 (2.740 %)Applications Developer
138 (2.740 %)Tester
138 (2.740 %)SQL Developer
147 (2.397 %)Analyst Programmer
147 (2.397 %)Lead Developer
147 (2.397 %).NET Programmer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (3.425 %)Client/Server
29 (3.082 %)SaaS
29 (3.082 %)N-Tier
38 (2.740 %)Multithreading
46 (2.055 %)Computer Science
55 (1.712 %)Dependency Injection
64 (1.370 %)iSeries
73 (1.027 %)Device Driver
73 (1.027 %)W3C
82 (0.685 %)Clustering
91 (0.342 %)Open Source
91 (0.342 %)Data Integration
91 (0.342 %)iPhone
91 (0.342 %)Portuguese Language
91 (0.342 %)Mathematics
91 (0.342 %)Blog
91 (0.342 %)Taxonomies
91 (0.342 %)Ontologies
91 (0.342 %)CCTV
91 (0.342 %)Statistics
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
138 (13.01 %)Windows
23 (1.027 %)Windows Server 2008
23 (1.027 %)Linux
23 (1.027 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.342 %)Android
31 (0.342 %)UNIX
31 (0.342 %)Windows XP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
150 (17.12 %)TDD
246 (15.75 %)Agile Software Development
342 (14.38 %)OO
441 (14.04 %)Scrum
528 (9.589 %)SOA
528 (9.589 %)MVC
627 (9.247 %)UML
724 (8.219 %)E-Commerce
820 (6.849 %)OOD
917 (5.822 %)Web Development
1015 (5.137 %)Unit Testing
1114 (4.795 %)CRM
1213 (4.452 %)Workflow
1213 (4.452 %)MVVM
1312 (4.110 %)Extreme Programming
1410 (3.425 %)Continuous Integration
159 (3.082 %)Knowledge Management
159 (3.082 %)Content Management
159 (3.082 %)Project Management
167 (2.397 %)Test Scripting
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1211 (72.26 %)C#
292 (31.51 %)SQL
338 (13.01 %)JavaScript
434 (11.64 %)T-SQL
523 (7.877 %)C++
618 (6.164 %)VB.NET
716 (5.479 %)C
812 (4.110 %)VB
910 (3.425 %)Java
109 (3.082 %)VB6
118 (2.740 %)Delphi
124 (1.370 %)VBScript
124 (1.370 %)PHP
133 (1.027 %)ActionScript
133 (1.027 %)Perl
142 (0.685 %)COBOL
142 (0.685 %)PL/SQL
142 (0.685 %)Lua
151 (0.342 %)ActionScript 3.0
151 (0.342 %)VC++
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
114 (4.795 %)Security Cleared
210 (3.425 %)SC Cleared
39 (3.082 %)Degree
46 (2.055 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (2.055 %)MCTS
53 (1.027 %)ISEB
62 (0.685 %)CTC Cleared
71 (0.342 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
71 (0.342 %)MCP
71 (0.342 %)MCAD
71 (0.342 %)MCSD
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.712 %)QA
24 (1.370 %)ISO9001
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.342 %)Active Directory
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.342 %)SCOM
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
171 (24.32 %)Microsoft
228 (9.589 %)Oracle
315 (5.137 %)Perforce
44 (1.370 %)SAP
44 (1.370 %)DevExpress
53 (1.027 %)Salesforce.com
62 (0.685 %)Adobe
71 (0.342 %)Infragistics
71 (0.342 %)Open Text
71 (0.342 %)telerik
71 (0.342 %)JBoss
71 (0.342 %)IBM