The first table below looks at the demand for ASP.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 ASP.NET 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft ASP.NET
Rank 16 32 23
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -9
Contract jobs citing ASP.NET 12 10 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 6.383% 2.985% 4.869%
As % of the Application Development category 27.91% 10.00% 18.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 12
Average daily rate £275 £350 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +10.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £319 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.06% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
All Application Development
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
43 100 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 22.87% 29.85% 26.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 55 45
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 2
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%
ASP.NET
North East

ASP.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear ASP.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ASP.NET across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear ASP.NET Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear ASP.NET Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ASP.NET across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear ASP.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP.NET within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 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 +8 9 £275 -21.42%
Sunderland 0 1 - -
ASP.NET
North East

ASP.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET.

1 26 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (92.31%) C#
3 10 (38.46%) SQL Server
4 9 (34.62%) CSS
4 9 (34.62%) SQL
5 8 (30.77%) HTML
6 7 (26.92%) Oracle
7 6 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (19.23%) jQuery
8 5 (19.23%) PL/SQL
8 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
9 4 (15.38%) Oracle 10g
9 4 (15.38%) W3C
9 4 (15.38%) CRM
9 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
9 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio
9 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (15.38%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (15.38%) HTML5
10 3 (11.54%) Dynamics CRM
10 3 (11.54%) .NET Framework
10 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (11.54%) Supplier Management
10 3 (11.54%) Web Services
10 3 (11.54%) VB
10 3 (11.54%) VB.NET
11 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
11 2 (7.692%) T-SQL
11 2 (7.692%) UML
11 2 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i

ASP.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing ASP.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 ASP.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (34.62%) CSS
3 8 (30.77%) HTML
4 5 (19.23%) jQuery
5 4 (15.38%) HTML5
6 3 (11.54%) .NET Framework
6 3 (11.54%) Web Services
7 2 (7.692%) XHTML
7 2 (7.692%) Ajax
7 2 (7.692%) CAML
8 1 (3.846%) CSS3
8 1 (3.846%) WCF
8 1 (3.846%) ActiveX
8 1 (3.846%) ASP
8 1 (3.846%) DCOM
Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.692%) CMS
3 1 (3.846%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Fireworks
1 1 (3.846%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 6 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (15.38%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (15.38%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (3.846%) DTS
5 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 24 (92.31%) Developer
2 5 (19.23%) Web Developer
3 4 (15.38%) SharePoint Developer
3 4 (15.38%) .NET Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Dynamics CRM Developer
4 3 (11.54%) CRM Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Developer
4 3 (11.54%) SQL Developer
4 3 (11.54%) PL/SQL Developer
5 2 (7.692%) Programmer
5 2 (7.692%) C# Developer
5 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Web Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) VB.NET Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) .NET Analyst Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) .NET Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) Web Programmer
6 1 (3.846%) VB.NET Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) W3C
2 1 (3.846%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) CRM
1 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (11.54%) Supplier Management
3 2 (7.692%) UML
3 2 (7.692%) Unit Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Web Development
4 1 (3.846%) Scrum
4 1 (3.846%) MVC
4 1 (3.846%) OO
Programming Languages
1 24 (92.31%) C#
2 9 (34.62%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) PL/SQL
4 3 (11.54%) VB
4 3 (11.54%) VB.NET
5 2 (7.692%) JavaScript
5 2 (7.692%) T-SQL
5 2 (7.692%) OCaml
6 1 (3.846%) VB6
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Oracle
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft