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The table looks at the demand for the .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 .NET Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank5136
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads9192674
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.675 %3.473 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.012 %3.834 %
Daily rates quoted428818
Average daily rate£325£325
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£203£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£255£300
% change on same period last year-15.00 %
Hourly rates quoted43180
Average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.10£25.15
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.30£41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
% change on same period last year-23.07 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3051169739
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK88.82 %90.58 %
Daily rates quoted1179222223
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted23755970
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-2.500 %

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

.NET Developer Demand Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK.

.NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

.NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK.

.NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

.NET Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandDown-12859£325-
LondonUp+4520£400+14.28 %
City of LondonUp+20179£475+18.75 %
South EastDown-31115£273-12.09 %
North WestDown-1458£250-
South WestDown-251£275+10.00 %
ScotlandUp+1545£270-5.26 %
ManchesterDown-1228£278+11.00 %
YorkshireDown-2227£250-16.66 %
East MidlandsUp+925£193-26.66 %
East of EnglandDown-2224£250-24.24 %
HampshireDown-2022£288-32.35 %
SurreyDown-521£270-12.90 %
BerkshireDown-3821£275-11.29 %
GlasgowUp+1519£250-10.71 %
West MidlandsDown-2818£201-43.71 %
KentUp+3016£240-20.00 %
BristolDown-316£340+16.23 %
West YorkshireDown-2616£250-16.66 %
North EastNo change015£215-37.45 %
CheshireUp+2912£238-
WiltshireUp+2312£275-11.29 %
WalesUp+1910£250-10.71 %
BuckinghamshireUp+810£357+19.05 %
LeedsDown-1910£250-11.50 %
South WalesUp+159£255-1.92 %
EdinburghUp+99£285-8.80 %
BirminghamDown-29--
OxfordshireDown-179£350+40.00 %
EssexDown-28£200-29.82 %

.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

12019 (100.00 %).NET
21505 (74.54 %)C#
31273 (63.05 %)ASP.NET
41031 (51.06 %)SQL Server
5622 (30.81 %)SQL
6478 (23.68 %)SQL Server 2005
7427 (21.15 %)VB.NET
8394 (19.51 %)JavaScript
9376 (18.62 %)XML
10350 (17.34 %)HTML
11341 (16.89 %)CSS
12307 (15.21 %)AJAX
13304 (15.06 %)Microsoft
14286 (14.17 %)WebServices
15254 (12.58 %).NET Framework
16240 (11.89 %)Visual Studio
17237 (11.74 %)Oracle
18232 (11.49 %)Finance
19231 (11.44 %)Banking
20210 (10.40 %)OO
21197 (9.757 %)Windows
22182 (9.014 %)WCF
23178 (8.816 %)WinForms
24171 (8.470 %)SQL Server 2000
25170 (8.420 %)Investment Banking
26163 (8.073 %)SharePoint
27155 (7.677 %)VB
28151 (7.479 %)ASP
29141 (6.984 %)Agile Software Development
30137 (6.786 %)T-SQL

.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12019 (100.00 %).NET
21273 (63.05 %)ASP.NET
3376 (18.62 %)XML
4350 (17.34 %)HTML
5341 (16.89 %)CSS
6307 (15.21 %)AJAX
7286 (14.17 %)WebServices
8254 (12.58 %).NET Framework
9182 (9.014 %)WCF
10178 (8.816 %)WinForms
11151 (7.479 %)ASP
12120 (5.944 %)WPF
1397 (4.804 %)Silverlight
1488 (4.359 %)XHTML
1584 (4.160 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1670 (3.467 %)ADO.NET
1767 (3.318 %)XSLT
1860 (2.972 %)LINQ
1947 (2.328 %)NHibernate
2046 (2.278 %)MVC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1163 (8.073 %)SharePoint
2101 (5.002 %)IIS
375 (3.715 %)CMS
467 (3.318 %)SharePoint Server 2007
548 (2.377 %)BizTalk Server
614 (0.693 %)Sitecore CMS
79 (0.446 %)EPiServer
88 (0.396 %)DotNetNuke
88 (0.396 %)WebSphere MQ
88 (0.396 %)Apache
97 (0.347 %)Content Management Server
105 (0.248 %)Umbraco
105 (0.248 %)Tomcat
105 (0.248 %)MQSeries
105 (0.248 %)TeamSite
105 (0.248 %)Rendezvous
114 (0.198 %)Immediacy CMS
123 (0.149 %)SharePoint Portal Server
132 (0.099 %)ESB
132 (0.099 %)Exchange Server 5.5
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1102 (5.052 %)MS Excel
218 (0.892 %)MS Office
315 (0.743 %)Photoshop
411 (0.545 %)InfoPath
57 (0.347 %)Spreadsheet
64 (0.198 %)MS Visio
73 (0.149 %)Authorware
81 (0.050 %)Fireworks
81 (0.050 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.050 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.050 %)FreeHand
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
124 (1.189 %)Dynamics CRM
211 (0.545 %)Microsoft CRM
35 (0.248 %)Navision
44 (0.198 %)Dynamics AX
52 (0.099 %)Bond Adapt
61 (0.050 %)Dynamics GP
61 (0.050 %)Great Plains
61 (0.050 %)WebTrends
61 (0.050 %)Endur
61 (0.050 %)Oracle ERP
61 (0.050 %)Oracle Applications
61 (0.050 %)Global One
61 (0.050 %)RMDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
189 (4.408 %)Internet
264 (3.170 %)Intranet
38 (0.396 %)TCP/IP
45 (0.248 %)SSL
54 (0.198 %)Extranet
54 (0.198 %)Kerberos
63 (0.149 %)HTTP
63 (0.149 %)LDAP
63 (0.149 %)BSS
72 (0.099 %)SMS
72 (0.099 %)VoIP
72 (0.099 %)3G
72 (0.099 %)Firewall
81 (0.050 %)SAN
81 (0.050 %)DMZ
81 (0.050 %)CTI
81 (0.050 %)SMTP
81 (0.050 %)Bluetooth
81 (0.050 %)DNS
81 (0.050 %)HTTPS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11031 (51.06 %)SQL Server
2478 (23.68 %)SQL Server 2005
3171 (8.470 %)SQL Server 2000
487 (4.309 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
575 (3.715 %)SQL Server 2008
655 (2.724 %)SQL Server Integration Services
742 (2.080 %)Crystal Reports
832 (1.585 %)RDBMS
931 (1.535 %)MySQL
1025 (1.238 %)Oracle 10g
1120 (0.991 %)DTS
1218 (0.892 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1315 (0.743 %)Datawarehouse
1315 (0.743 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1412 (0.594 %)MS Access
1511 (0.545 %)Oracle 9i
1511 (0.545 %)Oracle Reports
1610 (0.495 %)ETL
1610 (0.495 %)Oracle 11g
179 (0.446 %)BusinessObjects
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1240 (11.89 %)Visual Studio
250 (2.476 %)NUnit
343 (2.130 %)VSS/SourceSafe
436 (1.783 %)Team Foundation Server
518 (0.892 %)Visual Studio Team System
518 (0.892 %)Subversion
616 (0.792 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
714 (0.693 %)ClearCase
810 (0.495 %)Dreamweaver
97 (0.347 %)Oracle Forms
106 (0.297 %)Log4Net
114 (0.198 %)CruiseControl
122 (0.099 %)ReSharper
122 (0.099 %)WATIR
122 (0.099 %)TestDirector
131 (0.050 %)ProC
131 (0.050 %)NetAdvantage
131 (0.050 %)PVCS
131 (0.050 %)Ant
131 (0.050 %)Rational Rose
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1232 (11.49 %)Finance
2231 (11.44 %)Banking
3170 (8.420 %)Investment Banking
4100 (4.953 %)Front Office
554 (2.675 %)Insurance
649 (2.427 %)Marketing
743 (2.130 %)Government
824 (1.189 %)Education
922 (1.090 %)Games
1021 (1.040 %)Financial Institution
1120 (0.991 %)Health
1213 (0.644 %)Advertising
1312 (0.594 %)Pensions
1411 (0.545 %)Back Office
1411 (0.545 %)Telecoms
1510 (0.495 %)Local Government
1510 (0.495 %)Retail
169 (0.446 %)Billing
169 (0.446 %)Publishing
176 (0.297 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1129 (6.389 %)Derivative
272 (3.566 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
358 (2.873 %)N-Tier
441 (2.031 %)Fixed Income
536 (1.783 %)Credit Risk
633 (1.634 %)NHS
728 (1.387 %)Interest Rate Derivative
827 (1.337 %)Equities
925 (1.238 %)Credit Derivative
1019 (0.941 %)W3C
1019 (0.941 %)Client/Server
1019 (0.941 %)Market Risk
1114 (0.693 %)Multithreading
1211 (0.545 %)Equity Derivative
1310 (0.495 %)Contract for Difference
1310 (0.495 %)Computer Science
149 (0.446 %)Mathematics
156 (0.297 %)Web 2.0
156 (0.297 %)AS400
156 (0.297 %)Streaming Video
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1197 (9.757 %)Windows
222 (1.090 %)Linux
320 (0.991 %)Windows Server 2003
418 (0.892 %)UNIX
56 (0.297 %)Solaris
56 (0.297 %)Windows Mobile
64 (0.198 %)Windows CE
72 (0.099 %)Windows 2000
72 (0.099 %)Windows XP
81 (0.050 %)SUSE
81 (0.050 %)AIX
81 (0.050 %)HPUX
81 (0.050 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.050 %)Android
81 (0.050 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1210 (10.40 %)OO
2141 (6.984 %)Agile Software Development
3124 (6.142 %)TDD
3124 (6.142 %)Web Development
495 (4.705 %)E-Commerce
594 (4.656 %)Scrum
668 (3.368 %)Unit Testing
754 (2.675 %)UML
848 (2.377 %)SOA
942 (2.080 %)CRM
942 (2.080 %)Content Management
1036 (1.783 %)Workflow
1126 (1.288 %)OOD
1225 (1.238 %)Continuous Integration
1323 (1.139 %)Electronic Trading
1323 (1.139 %)Migration
1422 (1.090 %)Risk Management
1520 (0.991 %)OOP
1520 (0.991 %)RAD
1614 (0.693 %)Software Engineering
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11505 (74.54 %)C#
2622 (30.81 %)SQL
3427 (21.15 %)VB.NET
4394 (19.51 %)JavaScript
5155 (7.677 %)VB
6137 (6.786 %)T-SQL
792 (4.557 %)Java
869 (3.418 %)VB6
966 (3.269 %)C++
1055 (2.724 %)VBA
1153 (2.625 %)PL/SQL
1243 (2.130 %)PHP
1328 (1.387 %)C
1427 (1.337 %)VBScript
1520 (0.991 %)VC++
1610 (0.495 %)Ruby
1610 (0.495 %)ActionScript
176 (0.297 %)Shell Script
176 (0.297 %)PowerHouse
184 (0.198 %)XAML
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
153 (2.625 %)Degree
251 (2.526 %)Microsoft Certification
339 (1.932 %)Security Cleared
422 (1.090 %)SC Cleared
513 (0.644 %)MCSD
610 (0.495 %)MCP
610 (0.495 %)MCAD
75 (0.248 %)MCTS
84 (0.198 %)CTC Cleared
84 (0.198 %)DV Cleared
93 (0.149 %)MCDBA
102 (0.099 %)PhD
102 (0.099 %)MCPD
102 (0.099 %)HND
102 (0.099 %)BC Cleared
111 (0.050 %)Postgraduate
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (0.396 %)QA
21 (0.050 %)ISO9001
21 (0.050 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (0.991 %)Active Directory
26 (0.297 %)MSMQ
35 (0.248 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (0.149 %)Oracle RAC
52 (0.099 %)MetaFrame
52 (0.099 %)AquaLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.099 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1304 (15.06 %)Microsoft
2237 (11.74 %)Oracle
329 (1.436 %)Sybase
419 (0.941 %)telerik
515 (0.743 %)Sitecore
612 (0.594 %)DevExpress
711 (0.545 %)Infragistics
810 (0.495 %)Adobe
99 (0.446 %)Bloomberg
99 (0.446 %)Business Objects
108 (0.396 %)TIBCO
108 (0.396 %)Reuters
117 (0.347 %)ILOG
125 (0.248 %)JBoss
125 (0.248 %)Sage
125 (0.248 %)Perforce
125 (0.248 %)VMware
134 (0.198 %)SAP
134 (0.198 %)HP
143 (0.149 %)Metastorm