Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank10128
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-4
Matching contract IT job ads419937527567
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK9.592 %8.158 %9.245 %
As % of the Application Development category36.68 %37.96 %39.12 %
Daily rates quoted210013512219
Average daily rate£375£350£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-5.400 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£283£300£325
% change year-on-year
-5.830 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted165259489
Average hourly rate£28.88£30.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.750 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.00£16.00£21.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.25£40.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£29.75£32.50
% change year-on-year
-7.560 %-8.460 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11447988319342
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.15 %21.49 %23.63 %
Daily rates quoted569332846126
Average daily rate£375£350£355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-1.400 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£493£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted3816451158
Average hourly rate£32.00£30.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.00£15.00£19.53
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.00£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£32.50
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %

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
Demand Trend

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

.NET Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

.NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

.NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

.NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

.NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. 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
EnglandNo change04047£375+7.14 %
LondonDown-22445£450+12.50 %
City of LondonNo change0808£475+11.76 %
South EastNo change0534£300+2.56 %
North WestUp+4264£275-13.72 %
East of EnglandUp+14198£300-
South WestUp+8195£250-
ManchesterNo change0143£275-25.42 %
West MidlandsUp+2138£300-14.28 %
SurreyNo change0138£300-
ScotlandDown-3115£289+3.12 %
YorkshireDown-8114£250-16.66 %
BerkshireDown-1102£304-3.95 %
East MidlandsDown-191£225-
West YorkshireDown-783£250-21.87 %
HampshireDown-367£275-5.17 %
LeedsDown-363£325+4.83 %
GlasgowUp+459£295-25.31 %
HertfordshireUp+3055£263-4.54 %
BristolUp+853£325+47.72 %
CheshireNo change052£283-19.28 %
BuckinghamshireDown-748£250-15.25 %
Canary WharfDown-246£550+7.84 %
CambridgeshireUp+143£300-14.28 %
WiltshireUp+640£225-30.76 %
BirminghamUp+138£250-33.33 %
ReadingDown-138£303-3.20 %
EdinburghDown-1136£320-1.53 %
OxfordshireUp+1635£250+8.69 %
KentUp+335£315+16.66 %

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

15069 (64.15 %)C#
23557 (45.01 %)SQL Server
33406 (43.10 %)ASP.NET
42342 (29.64 %)SQL
51441 (18.24 %)Banking
61438 (18.20 %)SQL Server 2005
71435 (18.16 %)XML
81403 (17.75 %)Microsoft
91201 (15.20 %)JavaScript
101169 (14.79 %)Windows
111125 (14.24 %)Web Services
121113 (14.09 %)CSS
131101 (13.93 %)HTML
141095 (13.86 %)Oracle
151091 (13.81 %)Finance
161081 (13.68 %)VB.NET
171036 (13.11 %)Java
181001 (12.67 %)SharePoint
19980 (12.40 %)Investment Banking
20918 (11.62 %)Visual Studio
21854 (10.81 %)OO
22829 (10.49 %).NET Framework
23776 (9.820 %)Front Office
24753 (9.529 %)Agile Software Development
25747 (9.453 %)AJAX
26679 (8.593 %)WCF
27671 (8.492 %)WinForms
28629 (7.960 %)WPF
29605 (7.656 %)T-SQL
30595 (7.530 %)VB

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13406 (43.10 %)ASP.NET
21435 (18.16 %)XML
31125 (14.24 %)Web Services
41113 (14.09 %)CSS
51101 (13.93 %)HTML
6829 (10.49 %).NET Framework
7747 (9.453 %)AJAX
8679 (8.593 %)WCF
9671 (8.492 %)WinForms
10629 (7.960 %)WPF
11461 (5.834 %)ASP
12376 (4.758 %)XHTML
13337 (4.265 %)MVC
14332 (4.201 %)Silverlight
15324 (4.100 %)XSLT
16309 (3.910 %)jQuery
17247 (3.126 %)NHibernate
18205 (2.594 %)ASP.NET 2.0
19201 (2.544 %)SOAP
20192 (2.430 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11001 (12.67 %)SharePoint
2572 (7.239 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3372 (4.708 %)IIS
4292 (3.695 %)CMS
5205 (2.594 %)BizTalk Server
680 (1.012 %)EPiServer
774 (0.936 %)MQSeries
860 (0.759 %)Apache
956 (0.709 %)Rendezvous
1051 (0.645 %)MS Exchange
1148 (0.607 %)Tomcat
1244 (0.557 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1244 (0.557 %)TIBCO EMS
1342 (0.532 %)Sitecore CMS
1437 (0.468 %)Oracle Workflow
1536 (0.456 %)WebLogic
1635 (0.443 %)ESB
1734 (0.430 %)WebSphere MQ
1832 (0.405 %)Exchange Server 2007
1929 (0.367 %)Umbraco
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1408 (5.163 %)MS Excel
2180 (2.278 %)MS Office
3132 (1.670 %)Photoshop
4111 (1.405 %)InfoPath
561 (0.772 %)Spreadsheet
656 (0.709 %)MS Visio
754 (0.683 %)Adobe Illustrator
833 (0.418 %)MS Project
924 (0.304 %)MS PowerPoint
1013 (0.165 %)Fireworks
119 (0.114 %)InDesign
119 (0.114 %)CA Clarity
122 (0.025 %)XMetaL
122 (0.025 %)Acrobat
131 (0.013 %)ArcInfo
131 (0.013 %)FrameMaker
131 (0.013 %)SPSS
131 (0.013 %)RoboHelp
131 (0.013 %)AutoCAD
131 (0.013 %)CATIA
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
196 (1.215 %)Dynamics CRM
262 (0.785 %)Microsoft CRM
322 (0.278 %)TIBCO iProcess
322 (0.278 %)BusinessWorks
416 (0.202 %)Dynamics AX
512 (0.152 %)Oracle 11i
611 (0.139 %)Axapta
710 (0.127 %)Endur
89 (0.114 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
98 (0.101 %)ION MarketView
107 (0.089 %)Dynamics NAV
107 (0.089 %)Algo Collateral
107 (0.089 %)AWD
115 (0.063 %)Navision
115 (0.063 %)Summit
115 (0.063 %)Global One
115 (0.063 %)SAP Oil and Gas
115 (0.063 %)Oracle iStore
115 (0.063 %)Misys Opics
124 (0.051 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1211 (2.670 %)Internet
2182 (2.303 %)Intranet
3118 (1.493 %)HTTP
474 (0.936 %)LDAP
560 (0.759 %)Firewall
659 (0.747 %)TCP/IP
744 (0.557 %)DNS
835 (0.443 %)FTP
927 (0.342 %)Extranet
1026 (0.329 %)SSL
1026 (0.329 %)DHCP
1119 (0.240 %)LAN
1218 (0.228 %)SMS
1317 (0.215 %)Network Security
1416 (0.202 %)SAN
1416 (0.202 %)WAN
1515 (0.190 %)Wireless
1515 (0.190 %)BIG-IP
1614 (0.177 %)HTTPS
1713 (0.165 %)DSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13557 (45.01 %)SQL Server
21438 (18.20 %)SQL Server 2005
3451 (5.707 %)SQL Server 2008
4425 (5.378 %)SQL Server 2000
5397 (5.024 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6393 (4.973 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
7236 (2.987 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
8167 (2.113 %)Oracle 10g
9145 (1.835 %)MySQL
10125 (1.582 %)Crystal Reports
11123 (1.557 %)Datawarehouse
12121 (1.531 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
13119 (1.506 %)ETL
14114 (1.443 %)RDBMS
15101 (1.278 %)OLAP
1696 (1.215 %)Oracle 8/8i
1793 (1.177 %)MS Access
1874 (0.936 %)BusinessObjects
1970 (0.886 %)DTS
2052 (0.658 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1918 (11.62 %)Visual Studio
2272 (3.442 %)NUnit
3216 (2.733 %)Subversion
4183 (2.316 %)Team Foundation Server
5121 (1.531 %)VSS/SourceSafe
698 (1.240 %)TeamCity
794 (1.190 %)ClearCase
867 (0.848 %)CruiseControl
961 (0.772 %)Selenium
961 (0.772 %)ReSharper
1060 (0.759 %)NCover
1153 (0.671 %)FitNesse
1153 (0.671 %)JIRA
1246 (0.582 %)WatiN
1246 (0.582 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
1344 (0.557 %)LoadRunner
1442 (0.532 %)QuickTest Pro
1539 (0.494 %)WATIR
1638 (0.481 %)Eclipse
1737 (0.468 %)Expression Blend
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11441 (18.24 %)Banking
21091 (13.81 %)Finance
3980 (12.40 %)Investment Banking
4776 (9.820 %)Front Office
5248 (3.138 %)Government
6166 (2.101 %)Back Office
7159 (2.012 %)Insurance
8129 (1.632 %)Retail
9105 (1.329 %)Health
10103 (1.303 %)Marketing
1177 (0.974 %)Publishing
1276 (0.962 %)Telecoms
1372 (0.911 %)Games
1470 (0.886 %)Education
1556 (0.709 %)Financial Institution
1655 (0.696 %)Legal
1742 (0.532 %)Law
1840 (0.506 %)Manufacturing
1938 (0.481 %)Pensions
2022 (0.278 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15761 (72.91 %)Developer
22386 (30.19 %).NET Developer
32054 (25.99 %)C# Developer
4700 (8.859 %)ASP.NET Developer
5602 (7.618 %)Analyst
6549 (6.948 %)Web Developer
7508 (6.429 %)Senior Developer
8424 (5.366 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
9403 (5.100 %)SharePoint Developer
10330 (4.176 %)Architect
11288 (3.645 %)SQL Developer
12205 (2.594 %)Consultant
13203 (2.569 %)VB.NET Developer
14202 (2.556 %)Senior .NET Developer
15197 (2.493 %)Applications Developer
16189 (2.392 %)Senior C# Developer
17175 (2.215 %)Programmer
18163 (2.063 %)Software Developer
18163 (2.063 %)Java Developer
19158 (1.999 %).NET Web Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1563 (7.125 %)Derivative
2304 (3.847 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3253 (3.202 %)Fixed Income
4224 (2.835 %)N-Tier
5206 (2.607 %)Equity Derivative
6194 (2.455 %)Multithreading
7186 (2.354 %)Equities
8181 (2.291 %)NHS
9129 (1.632 %)Client/Server
10100 (1.266 %)Credit Derivative
1190 (1.139 %)Credit Risk
1285 (1.076 %)Computer Science
1375 (0.949 %)W3C
1472 (0.911 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1550 (0.633 %)Grid Computing
1644 (0.557 %)Mathematics
1743 (0.544 %)Management Information System
1839 (0.494 %)Web 2.0
1937 (0.468 %)Open Source
2030 (0.380 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11169 (14.79 %)Windows
2336 (4.252 %)UNIX
3230 (2.911 %)Linux
4227 (2.873 %)Windows Server 2003
5107 (1.354 %)Solaris
685 (1.076 %)Windows Server 2008
763 (0.797 %)Windows XP
839 (0.494 %)Windows 2000
937 (0.468 %)Windows Mobile
1030 (0.380 %)VMS
1128 (0.354 %)AIX
1227 (0.342 %)Windows Vista
1324 (0.304 %)Windows NT
1421 (0.266 %)Windows 7
1518 (0.228 %)Windows 2000 Server
1616 (0.202 %)Android
1712 (0.152 %)Red Hat Linux
189 (0.114 %)Windows CE
198 (0.101 %)HPUX
206 (0.076 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1854 (10.81 %)OO
2753 (9.529 %)Agile Software Development
3498 (6.302 %)TDD
4447 (5.657 %)Web Development
5365 (4.619 %)Scrum
6314 (3.974 %)E-Commerce
7296 (3.746 %)UML
8294 (3.721 %)SOA
9291 (3.683 %)Unit Testing
10282 (3.569 %)Workflow
11268 (3.392 %)CRM
12220 (2.784 %)Continuous Integration
13214 (2.708 %)OOD
14199 (2.518 %)Content Management
15194 (2.455 %)Project Management
16193 (2.442 %)Migration
17188 (2.379 %)Business Intelligence
18181 (2.291 %)Risk Management
19124 (1.569 %)OOP
20115 (1.455 %)RAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15069 (64.15 %)C#
22342 (29.64 %)SQL
31201 (15.20 %)JavaScript
41081 (13.68 %)VB.NET
51036 (13.11 %)Java
6605 (7.656 %)T-SQL
7595 (7.530 %)VB
8544 (6.884 %)C++
9322 (4.075 %)C
10305 (3.860 %)PL/SQL
10305 (3.860 %)VBA
11250 (3.164 %)VB6
12191 (2.417 %)PHP
13152 (1.924 %)Perl
14121 (1.531 %)VBScript
1588 (1.114 %)ActionScript
1669 (0.873 %)Python
1757 (0.721 %)VC++
1757 (0.721 %)PowerShell
1854 (0.683 %)Delphi
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1360 (4.556 %)Security Cleared
2241 (3.050 %)Degree
3215 (2.721 %)SC Cleared
4137 (1.734 %)Microsoft Certification
574 (0.936 %)ISEB
642 (0.532 %)MCSD
739 (0.494 %)MCTS
838 (0.481 %)MCP
937 (0.468 %)MCAD
1026 (0.329 %)CTC Cleared
1122 (0.278 %)DV Cleared
1220 (0.253 %)MCSE
1316 (0.202 %)MCPD
1316 (0.202 %)MCDBA
149 (0.114 %)CISSP
149 (0.114 %)ISTQB
158 (0.101 %)BC Cleared
158 (0.101 %)PRINCE2 Certification
167 (0.089 %)PMI Certification
167 (0.089 %)CISA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1133 (1.683 %)QA
231 (0.392 %)WAI
323 (0.291 %)WCAG
412 (0.152 %)SLA
510 (0.127 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
67 (0.089 %)ISO27001
76 (0.076 %)Dublin Core
85 (0.063 %)ISO9001
94 (0.051 %)JTAG
103 (0.038 %)ISO12207
103 (0.038 %)HL7
112 (0.025 %)COBIT
112 (0.025 %)PCI DSS
121 (0.013 %)Basel II
121 (0.013 %)JSP 440
121 (0.013 %)DICOM
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1149 (1.886 %)Active Directory
265 (0.823 %)MSMQ
353 (0.671 %)VMware Infrastructure
413 (0.165 %)Hyper-V
510 (0.127 %)VMware ESX
69 (0.114 %)AquaLogic
69 (0.114 %)Oracle RAC
74 (0.051 %)Citrix Presentation Server
74 (0.051 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
74 (0.051 %)Squid
74 (0.051 %)NetBackup
74 (0.051 %)Backup Exec
74 (0.051 %)ISA Server
74 (0.051 %)Terminal Services
83 (0.038 %)XenApp
92 (0.025 %)Novell eDirectory
92 (0.025 %)XenDesktop
92 (0.025 %)Terminal Server
101 (0.013 %)Oracle RMAN
101 (0.013 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
124 (0.304 %)AutoSys
221 (0.266 %)SCCM
312 (0.152 %)Data Guard
312 (0.152 %)MSI
312 (0.152 %)MIIS
312 (0.152 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
410 (0.127 %)Dollar Universe
410 (0.127 %)CONTROL-M
58 (0.101 %)Tivoli NetView
67 (0.089 %)OpenView
76 (0.076 %)SCOM
76 (0.076 %)Oracle Statspack
76 (0.076 %)HP Quality Center
84 (0.051 %)Legato
84 (0.051 %)BMC PATROL
93 (0.038 %)Tivoli
93 (0.038 %)BMC Performance Manager
102 (0.025 %)Netcool
111 (0.013 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
111 (0.013 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11403 (17.75 %)Microsoft
21095 (13.86 %)Oracle
3209 (2.645 %)TIBCO
4200 (2.531 %)Sybase
5105 (1.329 %)IBM
690 (1.139 %)DevExpress
788 (1.114 %)VMware
874 (0.936 %)Business Objects
973 (0.924 %)Adobe
1060 (0.759 %)Sitecore
1159 (0.747 %)SAP
1257 (0.721 %)Infragistics
1354 (0.683 %)Perforce
1453 (0.671 %)Citrix
1552 (0.658 %)JBoss
1651 (0.645 %)DataSynapse
1749 (0.620 %)Bloomberg
1843 (0.544 %)HP
1938 (0.481 %)ESRI
2034 (0.430 %)Reuters