The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 4 11 16
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +5
Contract jobs citing .NET 28 32 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 15.47% 9.756% 8.745%
As % of the Application Development category 62.22% 31.37% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 18
Average daily rate £275 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £344 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £433 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.81 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.32 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.37% -12.47%
All Application Development
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
45 102 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 24.86% 31.10% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 58 47
Average daily rate £275 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £238 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 1
Average hourly rate £13.11 £35.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-62.54% +250.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
North East

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear .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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear .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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear .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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear .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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear .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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +2 21 £325 -7.14%
Sunderland +3 4 £215 -25.21%
.NET
North East

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 47 (77.05%) C#
2 27 (44.26%) ASP.NET
3 20 (32.79%) SQL
3 20 (32.79%) SQL Server
4 17 (27.87%) CSS
5 14 (22.95%) VB.NET
6 13 (21.31%) HTML
6 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
7 11 (18.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (14.75%) HTML5
8 9 (14.75%) Oracle
9 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
9 8 (13.11%) jQuery
10 7 (11.48%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (11.48%) SQL Server 2008
10 7 (11.48%) Web Services
11 6 (9.836%) CRM
11 6 (9.836%) JavaScript
12 5 (8.197%) PL/SQL
12 5 (8.197%) VB
12 5 (8.197%) Visual Studio
12 5 (8.197%) MVC
12 5 (8.197%) Unit Testing
12 5 (8.197%) Dynamics CRM
13 4 (6.557%) SharePoint Server
13 4 (6.557%) Oracle 11g
13 4 (6.557%) Ajax
13 4 (6.557%) Security Cleared
13 4 (6.557%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (6.557%) CSS3

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 27 (44.26%) ASP.NET
2 17 (27.87%) CSS
3 13 (21.31%) HTML
4 9 (14.75%) HTML5
5 8 (13.11%) jQuery
6 7 (11.48%) Web Services
7 4 (6.557%) Ajax
7 4 (6.557%) CSS3
7 4 (6.557%) XHTML
8 3 (4.918%) XML
8 3 (4.918%) ASP
8 3 (4.918%) .NET Framework
9 2 (3.279%) WCF
9 2 (3.279%) CAML
10 1 (1.639%) WPF
10 1 (1.639%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.557%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (4.918%) CMS
4 1 (1.639%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (4.918%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.639%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.639%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 5 (8.197%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.639%) HTTP
1 1 (1.639%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.639%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (32.79%) SQL Server
2 11 (18.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (11.48%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (6.557%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (6.557%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.279%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.639%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.639%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
6 1 (1.639%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.639%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.639%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (8.197%) Visual Studio
2 4 (6.557%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.639%) Bugzilla
3 1 (1.639%) PhoneGap
3 1 (1.639%) Selenium
General
1 3 (4.918%) Finance
2 2 (3.279%) Publishing
3 1 (1.639%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.639%) Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (86.89%) Developer
2 13 (21.31%) .NET Developer
3 11 (18.03%) Web Developer
4 7 (11.48%) SharePoint Developer
4 7 (11.48%) SQL Developer
5 5 (8.197%) C# Developer
6 3 (4.918%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.918%) C++ Developer
6 3 (4.918%) PL/SQL Developer
6 3 (4.918%) CRM Developer
6 3 (4.918%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 3 (4.918%) Microsoft Developer
6 3 (4.918%) .NET Web Developer
7 2 (3.279%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (3.279%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (3.279%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.279%) Analyst
7 2 (3.279%) Consultant
8 1 (1.639%) Server Support
8 1 (1.639%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.557%) W3C
2 3 (4.918%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.639%) Handset
3 1 (1.639%) iPad
3 1 (1.639%) iPhone
3 1 (1.639%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.639%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.639%) Windows
1 1 (1.639%) Linux
1 1 (1.639%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.639%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (11.48%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (9.836%) CRM
3 5 (8.197%) MVC
3 5 (8.197%) Unit Testing
4 4 (6.557%) UML
5 3 (4.918%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (4.918%) Scrum
5 3 (4.918%) Supplier Management
5 3 (4.918%) Web Development
6 1 (1.639%) OO
6 1 (1.639%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (1.639%) Workflow
6 1 (1.639%) Project Management
6 1 (1.639%) ERP
6 1 (1.639%) Migration
6 1 (1.639%) Test Automation
6 1 (1.639%) Data Migration
6 1 (1.639%) Automation Testing
6 1 (1.639%) TDD
6 1 (1.639%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (77.05%) C#
2 20 (32.79%) SQL
3 14 (22.95%) VB.NET
4 6 (9.836%) JavaScript
5 5 (8.197%) PL/SQL
5 5 (8.197%) VB
6 3 (4.918%) VC++
6 3 (4.918%) C++
7 2 (3.279%) OCaml
7 2 (3.279%) T-SQL
7 2 (3.279%) C
8 1 (1.639%) VBA
8 1 (1.639%) Java
8 1 (1.639%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (6.557%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.279%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.639%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.639%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.75%) Oracle
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