The first 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 21 May 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 Surrey 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 9 7 11
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs citing .NET 140 225 190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 12.05% 13.86% 10.42%
As % of the Application Development category 42.30% 47.87% 35.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 146 112
Average daily rate £345 £356 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.15% -10.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
Average hourly rate £41.25 £29.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.24% -12.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.60 £20.95 £31.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.30 £32.50 £35.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.32 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.37% -12.47%
All Application Development
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
331 470 533
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 28.49% 28.96% 29.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 267 290
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £250 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 15
Average hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £19.00 £17.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £41.50 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
South East

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Surrey .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Surrey .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.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 21 May 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
Guildford +3 34 £315 -21.25%
Woking 0 19 £325 -10.34%
Leatherhead +2 10 £320 -14.66%
Redhill +2 3 £400 -11.11%
Epsom - 3 £350 -
Reigate +8 2 £425 -
Weybridge -2 2 £290 +9.43%
Egham +2 1 £215 -48.19%
Camberley -3 1 £300 +25.00%
Addlestone -4 1 £350 +7.27%
Farnham - 1 - -
Lightwater - 1 £350 -
Haslemere - 1 £400 -
Walton-on-Thames - 1 £380 -
.NET
South East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 217 (71.38%) C#
2 123 (40.46%) Microsoft
3 121 (39.80%) SQL
3 121 (39.80%) SQL Server
4 118 (38.82%) ASP.NET
5 80 (26.32%) Scrum
6 76 (25.00%) XML
7 73 (24.01%) Oracle
8 68 (22.37%) Windows
9 65 (21.38%) WCF
10 63 (20.72%) SharePoint
10 63 (20.72%) VB.NET
11 61 (20.07%) MVC
12 59 (19.41%) JavaScript
13 58 (19.08%) HTML
14 52 (17.11%) .NET Framework
15 50 (16.45%) CSS
16 48 (15.79%) Visual Studio
17 45 (14.80%) WPF
18 44 (14.47%) MS Office
19 41 (13.49%) SOA
20 38 (12.50%) CRM
20 38 (12.50%) TDD
21 34 (11.18%) MS Excel
22 32 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
22 32 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
23 31 (10.20%) WF
23 31 (10.20%) Workflow
23 31 (10.20%) Finance
24 30 (9.868%) Silverlight

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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
1 118 (38.82%) ASP.NET
2 76 (25.00%) XML
3 65 (21.38%) WCF
4 58 (19.08%) HTML
5 52 (17.11%) .NET Framework
6 50 (16.45%) CSS
7 45 (14.80%) WPF
8 31 (10.20%) WF
9 30 (9.868%) Silverlight
9 30 (9.868%) jQuery
10 27 (8.882%) XSLT
11 25 (8.224%) ASP.NET MVC
12 23 (7.566%) Web Services
13 21 (6.908%) NHibernate
14 20 (6.579%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 17 (5.592%) LINQ
16 15 (4.934%) HTML5
17 13 (4.276%) Ajax
18 11 (3.618%) CSS3
18 11 (3.618%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 63 (20.72%) SharePoint
2 27 (8.882%) IIS
3 18 (5.921%) Windows Azure
4 17 (5.592%) SharePoint 2010
5 16 (5.263%) CMS
6 11 (3.618%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (1.645%) ESB
7 5 (1.645%) EPiServer CMS
7 5 (1.645%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (1.645%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (1.316%) ActiveMQ
8 4 (1.316%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (1.316%) Oracle Coherence
9 3 (0.987%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.987%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.329%) Drupal
10 1 (0.329%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.329%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.329%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (0.329%) MSMQ
Applications
1 44 (14.47%) MS Office
2 34 (11.18%) MS Excel
3 13 (4.276%) MS PowerPoint
4 8 (2.632%) Photoshop
5 6 (1.974%) InfoPath
6 5 (1.645%) Fireworks
7 2 (0.658%) MS Project
8 1 (0.329%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.329%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.329%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 32 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.961%) SalesLogix
3 2 (0.658%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.329%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.974%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.316%) 3GPP
2 4 (1.316%) SNMP
3 3 (0.987%) Internet
3 3 (0.987%) BSS
4 2 (0.658%) Firewall
4 2 (0.658%) Intranet
5 1 (0.329%) GSM
5 1 (0.329%) LAN
5 1 (0.329%) UMTS
5 1 (0.329%) VoIP
5 1 (0.329%) WAN
5 1 (0.329%) SMTP
5 1 (0.329%) FTP
5 1 (0.329%) HTTP
5 1 (0.329%) SSL
5 1 (0.329%) DNS
5 1 (0.329%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (39.80%) SQL Server
2 30 (9.868%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (8.553%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 22 (7.237%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 19 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
6 9 (2.961%) Oracle 11g
7 6 (1.974%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.645%) SQL Server 2012
8 5 (1.645%) GIS
9 4 (1.316%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (0.987%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.987%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.987%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.658%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.658%) Ingres
11 2 (0.658%) MySQL
11 2 (0.658%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.329%) BusinessObjects XI
12 1 (0.329%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.329%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 48 (15.79%) Visual Studio
2 24 (7.895%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (4.276%) Subversion
4 12 (3.947%) Moq
5 9 (2.961%) NUnit
6 6 (1.974%) Expression Blend
6 6 (1.974%) ReSharper
7 5 (1.645%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.645%) MSI
8 4 (1.316%) Telelogic TAU
8 4 (1.316%) Rational Rose
8 4 (1.316%) JIRA
9 3 (0.987%) Selenium
9 3 (0.987%) QuickTest Pro
10 2 (0.658%) NetAdvantage
11 1 (0.329%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.329%) Git (software)
11 1 (0.329%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 1 (0.329%) ClearCase
General
1 31 (10.20%) Finance
2 27 (8.882%) Telecoms
3 17 (5.592%) Games
4 7 (2.303%) Marketing
5 3 (0.987%) Automotive
6 2 (0.658%) Electronics
6 2 (0.658%) Publishing
6 2 (0.658%) Banking
6 2 (0.658%) Retail
7 1 (0.329%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.329%) Advertising
7 1 (0.329%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.329%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 201 (66.12%) Developer
2 111 (36.51%) .NET Developer
3 65 (21.38%) C# Developer
4 45 (14.80%) C# .NET Developer
5 20 (6.579%) VB.NET Developer
6 19 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
6 19 (6.250%) Architect
7 17 (5.592%) WPF Developer
7 17 (5.592%) SQL Developer
8 15 (4.934%) Senior Developer
8 15 (4.934%) SharePoint Developer
9 14 (4.605%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.605%) Oracle Developer
10 13 (4.276%) Administrator
11 12 (3.947%) Web Developer
11 12 (3.947%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 11 (3.618%) SharePoint Administrator
13 9 (2.961%) Agile .NET Developer
13 9 (2.961%) Analyst
13 9 (2.961%) PL/SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.276%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.947%) N-Tier
3 10 (3.289%) Computer Science
3 10 (3.289%) Online Games
4 8 (2.632%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.632%) Inversion of Control
5 7 (2.303%) Mathematics
6 6 (1.974%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.645%) Physics
8 4 (1.316%) SaaS
9 3 (0.987%) Open Source
10 2 (0.658%) Social Media
10 2 (0.658%) Data Extraction
11 1 (0.329%) Applied Mathematics
11 1 (0.329%) Blog
11 1 (0.329%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.329%) NHS
11 1 (0.329%) W3C
11 1 (0.329%) DTV
11 1 (0.329%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 68 (22.37%) Windows
2 7 (2.303%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (1.974%) Windows 7
4 3 (0.987%) UNIX
5 1 (0.329%) Linux
5 1 (0.329%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (26.32%) Scrum
2 61 (20.07%) MVC
3 41 (13.49%) SOA
4 38 (12.50%) CRM
4 38 (12.50%) TDD
5 32 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
6 31 (10.20%) Workflow
7 21 (6.908%) MVVM
8 17 (5.592%) Continuous Integration
8 17 (5.592%) OO
9 16 (5.263%) Multithreading
9 16 (5.263%) BDD
10 15 (4.934%) Release Management
10 15 (4.934%) Document Management
10 15 (4.934%) E-Commerce
11 14 (4.605%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (4.605%) Data Analysis
12 12 (3.947%) Load Balancing
13 11 (3.618%) Information Management
13 11 (3.618%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 217 (71.38%) C#
2 121 (39.80%) SQL
3 63 (20.72%) VB.NET
4 59 (19.41%) JavaScript
5 25 (8.224%) PL/SQL
6 24 (7.895%) Java
7 20 (6.579%) T-SQL
8 15 (4.934%) PHP
9 12 (3.947%) Python
10 9 (2.961%) Ruby
11 8 (2.632%) VB
12 7 (2.303%) Perl
13 6 (1.974%) AWK
14 5 (1.645%) MATLAB
15 4 (1.316%) C
15 4 (1.316%) C++
15 4 (1.316%) sed
16 3 (0.987%) XPath
17 2 (0.658%) VBA
18 1 (0.329%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (8.553%) Degree
2 25 (8.224%) Security Cleared
3 24 (7.895%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.987%) ISEB
4 3 (0.987%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.658%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (0.658%) MCP
5 2 (0.658%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.329%) MCITP
6 1 (0.329%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.329%) MCAD
6 1 (0.329%) MCSD
6 1 (0.329%) HND
6 1 (0.329%) MCSE
6 1 (0.329%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.329%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.329%) CCNA
6 1 (0.329%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.329%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.632%) QA
2 1 (0.329%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.987%) LiteSpeed
1 3 (0.987%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.329%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.329%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.329%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 11 (3.618%) SCOM
2 1 (0.329%) SCCM
Vendors
1 123 (40.46%) Microsoft
2 73 (24.01%) Oracle
3 7 (2.303%) Sage
3 7 (2.303%) Teradata
4 5 (1.645%) EPiServer
4 5 (1.645%) Sitecore
5 4 (1.316%) Telelogic
5 4 (1.316%) Adobe
5 4 (1.316%) Facebook
5 4 (1.316%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 3 (0.987%) Red Gate
6 3 (0.987%) SAP
7 2 (0.658%) Infragistics
7 2 (0.658%) Google
7 2 (0.658%) Twitter
7 2 (0.658%) WSO2
8 1 (0.329%) PlateSpin
8 1 (0.329%) Trayport
8 1 (0.329%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.329%) Cognos
Richmond, Surrey
The product is an intranet service so previous experience developing internal systems or intranets using Sharepoint C# .Net will be highly favoured... Experience with Sharepoint 2010 is essential...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Staines, South East
URGENT CONTRACT Developer (C#, ASP.NET, CSS, HTML)PAY RATE - £400 PER DAY Developer (C#, ASP.NET, CSS, HTML) MUST BE ABLE TO START MONDAY 3RD JUNE - 3...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
URGENT CONTRACT Developer (C#, ASP.NET, CSS, HTML) PAY RATE - £400 PER DAY Developer (C#, ASP.NET, CSS, HTML) MUST BE ABLE TO START MONDAY 3RD JUNE - 3...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Surrey
C#.Net & Oracle PL/SQL Developer required. Our client is looking for a C#.Net & Oracle PL/SQL Developer to start immediately. You must have the following essential...
Proactive Appointments
Rate: Unspecified Market Rate
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey
Must be from a software development background with up to date skills in ASP.Net, C#.Net, SQL 2008, WCF, WF and associated design patterns... *Computer sciences or...
Fusion People
Rate: market rates
Posted: 16 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Tags - HTML, .NET, MVC, LINQ, TDD/BDD, Mocking, Moq, Ioc Framework, OO, GoF, Design, Application, Architecture, Enterprise, NHibernate, Caliburn.Micro, TeamCity, Nant, resharper, Javascript, Jquery, HTML5, CSS3, Backbone...
Roc Search
Posted: 15 May 2013
Surrey
Chief Software Architect - .NET Development Manager (Chief Software Architect, Scrum Master, CTO, Director, Team Leader, Technical Lead, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, C#, C++ WCF, RESTful,...
Careerwise UK Limited
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Surrey
Technical skills, must have: .Net 4, C#, Silverlight, some SOA, MQ, webservices, Scrum and multi-tier architecture... Ideally you will come from a .Net development background with experience...
Careerwise UK Limited
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013