The first table below looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Taunton 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
.NET Developer
Rank 16 22 11
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -11
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Developer 2 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 2.985% 1.613% 12.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.333% 1.667% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £325 £320 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -2.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -8.39%
All Job Titles
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
60 60 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 89.55% 96.77% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 37 13
Average daily rate £325 £358 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £235 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £420 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
Average hourly rate £10.00 - £13.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
.NET Developer
Somerset

.NET Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer across the Taunton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Taunton .NET Developer Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Taunton .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title.

1 19 (100.00%) C#
1 19 (100.00%) .NET
2 17 (89.47%) SQL
3 16 (84.21%) ASP
3 16 (84.21%) HTML
3 16 (84.21%) SharePoint
3 16 (84.21%) JavaScript
4 15 (78.95%) XML
4 15 (78.95%) ASP.NET
5 14 (73.68%) IIS
5 14 (73.68%) Java
5 14 (73.68%) NUnit
5 14 (73.68%) Team Foundation Server
5 14 (73.68%) MSTest
6 13 (68.42%) CruiseControl
6 13 (68.42%) Subversion
6 13 (68.42%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 13 (68.42%) Jenkins
6 13 (68.42%) TeamCity
7 12 (63.16%) VB
7 12 (63.16%) VB.NET
7 12 (63.16%) C++
7 12 (63.16%) Oracle
7 12 (63.16%) UNIX
7 12 (63.16%) UML
7 12 (63.16%) Ingres
7 12 (63.16%) Unit Testing
8 11 (57.89%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
9 9 (47.37%) Microsoft

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton region that cited .NET Developer in their job title 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 with .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (100.00%) .NET
2 16 (84.21%) ASP
2 16 (84.21%) HTML
3 15 (78.95%) XML
3 15 (78.95%) ASP.NET
4 9 (47.37%) .NET Framework
5 2 (10.53%) Spring MVC
5 2 (10.53%) Spring
5 2 (10.53%) CSS
5 2 (10.53%) Web Services
6 1 (5.263%) WCF
6 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 16 (84.21%) SharePoint
2 14 (73.68%) IIS
3 9 (47.37%) OpenROAD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (63.16%) Ingres
2 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (73.68%) NUnit
1 14 (73.68%) Team Foundation Server
1 14 (73.68%) MSTest
2 13 (68.42%) CruiseControl
2 13 (68.42%) Subversion
2 13 (68.42%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 13 (68.42%) Jenkins
2 13 (68.42%) TeamCity
3 2 (10.53%) JUnit
General
1 3 (15.79%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 12 (63.16%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) UML
1 12 (63.16%) Unit Testing
2 11 (57.89%) Continuous Integration
3 9 (47.37%) ITIL
3 9 (47.37%) Service Delivery
4 8 (42.11%) ITSM
4 8 (42.11%) Service Management
5 3 (15.79%) MVC
6 2 (10.53%) Web Development
6 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (10.53%) TDD
7 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C#
2 17 (89.47%) SQL
3 16 (84.21%) JavaScript
4 14 (73.68%) Java
5 12 (63.16%) VB
5 12 (63.16%) VB.NET
5 12 (63.16%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) MCTS
1 8 (42.11%) MCPD
1 8 (42.11%) MCP
1 8 (42.11%) ISEB
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Oracle
2 9 (47.37%) Microsoft