Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 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 of the Application Development category.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank98
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads28997487
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.439 %9.725 %
As % of the Application Development category35.59 %40.55 %
Daily rates quoted12942418
Average daily rate£350£350
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£325
% change on same period last year-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted155487
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£14.20£20.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
% change on same period last year-23.07 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
814618463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK23.71 %23.98 %
Daily rates quoted32236002
Average daily rate£338£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-3.570 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Hourly rates quoted4421034
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£12.50£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£33.00
% change on same period last year-24.24 %

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 3 July 2009.

.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 3 July 2009.

.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 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
EnglandNo change02726£375+7.14 %
LondonDown-21622£440+10.00 %
City of LondonUp+3599£475+11.76 %
South EastDown-15334£300-11.76 %
South WestUp+1195£325+3.17 %
North WestDown-4152£286+8.01 %
East of EnglandDown-4124£310-11.42 %
ScotlandUp+395£288-5.73 %
West MidlandsDown-792£245-26.59 %
YorkshireDown-1090£298-0.83 %
BristolNo change080£350+16.66 %
SurreyDown-376£335+8.06 %
East MidlandsUp+373£213-36.56 %
BerkshireDown-2269£263-18.60 %
West YorkshireDown-862£299-0.41 %
HampshireDown-2061£325-18.75 %
ManchesterDown-753£280+5.66 %
LeedsDown-447£299+1.27 %
CambridgeshireDown-443£450+28.57 %
WiltshireUp+442£301-24.68 %
WalesUp+340£270-22.85 %
South WalesDown-137£280-20.00 %
HertfordshireDown-1136£238-40.62 %
CheshireUp+734£295-9.23 %
KentUp+534£275-4.34 %
GlasgowUp+833£259-11.08 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2531£480+1.05 %
EssexDown-631£310+3.33 %
EdinburghDown-925£273-9.16 %
North EastDown-723£313-9.42 %

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

13797 (60.08 %)C#
22772 (43.86 %)ASP.NET
32611 (41.31 %)SQL Server
41979 (31.31 %)SQL
51134 (17.94 %)Microsoft
61120 (17.72 %)SQL Server 2005
71108 (17.53 %)XML
81007 (15.93 %)VB.NET
9967 (15.30 %)JavaScript
10938 (14.84 %)HTML
11893 (14.13 %)Finance
12888 (14.05 %)CSS
13875 (13.84 %)Banking
14849 (13.43 %)Oracle
15773 (12.23 %)Windows
16765 (12.10 %)SharePoint
17698 (11.04 %)Java
18684 (10.82 %)WebServices
19676 (10.70 %).NET Framework
20627 (9.921 %)VB
21626 (9.905 %)AJAX
22621 (9.826 %)Visual Studio
23619 (9.794 %)Investment Banking
24481 (7.611 %)SharePoint Server 2007
25480 (7.595 %)OO
26449 (7.104 %)ASP
27443 (7.009 %)C++
28418 (6.614 %)SQL Server 2000
29412 (6.519 %)WinForms
30406 (6.424 %)T-SQL

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
12772 (43.86 %)ASP.NET
21108 (17.53 %)XML
3938 (14.84 %)HTML
4888 (14.05 %)CSS
5684 (10.82 %)WebServices
6676 (10.70 %).NET Framework
7626 (9.905 %)AJAX
8449 (7.104 %)ASP
9412 (6.519 %)WinForms
10397 (6.282 %)WCF
11294 (4.652 %)XHTML
12261 (4.130 %)WPF
13239 (3.782 %)XSLT
14189 (2.991 %)Silverlight
15184 (2.911 %)Flash
16178 (2.816 %)ASP.NET 2.0
17157 (2.484 %)ADO.NET
18155 (2.453 %)J2EE
19120 (1.899 %)jQuery
20112 (1.772 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1765 (12.10 %)SharePoint
2481 (7.611 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3349 (5.522 %)IIS
4251 (3.972 %)BizTalk Server
5246 (3.892 %)CMS
679 (1.250 %)Apache
746 (0.728 %)Rendezvous
835 (0.554 %)ColdFusion
931 (0.491 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1030 (0.475 %)EPiServer
1127 (0.427 %)WebSphere MQ
1225 (0.396 %)Sitecore CMS
1323 (0.364 %)Content Management Server
1422 (0.348 %)MQSeries
1521 (0.332 %)Tomcat
1521 (0.332 %)MS Exchange
1620 (0.316 %)SAS
1718 (0.285 %)ESB
1817 (0.269 %)ArcGIS
1817 (0.269 %)Documentum
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1391 (6.187 %)MS Excel
2164 (2.595 %)MS Office
387 (1.377 %)Photoshop
458 (0.918 %)InfoPath
545 (0.712 %)MS Visio
632 (0.506 %)MS Project
725 (0.396 %)Spreadsheet
813 (0.206 %)Adobe Illustrator
97 (0.111 %)MS PowerPoint
97 (0.111 %)Fireworks
105 (0.079 %)CA Clarity
113 (0.047 %)FreeHand
113 (0.047 %)Authorware
122 (0.032 %)Shockwave
122 (0.032 %)MATLAB
122 (0.032 %)Paint Shop Pro
131 (0.016 %)Open Workbench
131 (0.016 %)SPSS
131 (0.016 %)ImageReady
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
186 (1.361 %)Dynamics CRM
275 (1.187 %)Microsoft CRM
337 (0.585 %)Dynamics AX
426 (0.411 %)Axapta
516 (0.253 %)ION MarketView
613 (0.206 %)Metrica
711 (0.174 %)WebTrends
89 (0.142 %)Global One
98 (0.127 %)Oracle EBS
98 (0.127 %)Nortel Periphonics
107 (0.111 %)Navision
116 (0.095 %)Summit
125 (0.079 %)Capstone
125 (0.079 %)Sophis VALUE
125 (0.079 %)Remedy ITSM
134 (0.063 %)SAP IS-U
134 (0.063 %)Loan IQ
134 (0.063 %)SunGard Martini
134 (0.063 %)Great Plains
134 (0.063 %)Endur
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1272 (4.304 %)Internet
2195 (3.085 %)Intranet
344 (0.696 %)HTTP
442 (0.665 %)TCP/IP
534 (0.538 %)DNS
630 (0.475 %)SSL
729 (0.459 %)LAN
827 (0.427 %)LDAP
925 (0.396 %)Firewall
1019 (0.301 %)VoIP
1019 (0.301 %)FTP
1019 (0.301 %)Extranet
1116 (0.253 %)WAN
1213 (0.206 %)DHCP
1213 (0.206 %)SAN
1312 (0.190 %)VPN
1410 (0.158 %)BSS
159 (0.142 %)SNMP
159 (0.142 %)3G
159 (0.142 %)GPRS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12611 (41.31 %)SQL Server
21120 (17.72 %)SQL Server 2005
3418 (6.614 %)SQL Server 2000
4258 (4.082 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5231 (3.655 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6182 (2.880 %)SQL Server 2008
7146 (2.310 %)Crystal Reports
8135 (2.136 %)MySQL
9127 (2.009 %)Datawarehouse
10113 (1.788 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
11101 (1.598 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1299 (1.566 %)Oracle 10g
1397 (1.535 %)RDBMS
1490 (1.424 %)DTS
1584 (1.329 %)BusinessObjects
1678 (1.234 %)ETL
1768 (1.076 %)MS Access
1864 (1.013 %)Oracle 8/8i
1960 (0.949 %)OLAP
2051 (0.807 %)Oracle Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1621 (9.826 %)Visual Studio
2109 (1.725 %)NUnit
3102 (1.614 %)Team Foundation Server
493 (1.472 %)VSS/SourceSafe
575 (1.187 %)Subversion
660 (0.949 %)Visual Studio Team System
752 (0.823 %)ClearCase
845 (0.712 %)CruiseControl
944 (0.696 %)Dreamweaver
1030 (0.475 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
1129 (0.459 %)Ant
1227 (0.427 %)TestDirector
1323 (0.364 %)Oracle Forms
1422 (0.348 %)JUnit
1519 (0.301 %)QuickTest Pro
1519 (0.301 %)LoadRunner
1618 (0.285 %)ClearQuest
1715 (0.237 %)PowerBuilder
1812 (0.190 %)WinRunner
1910 (0.158 %)Bugzilla
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1893 (14.13 %)Finance
2875 (13.84 %)Banking
3619 (9.794 %)Investment Banking
4405 (6.408 %)Front Office
5212 (3.354 %)Government
6147 (2.326 %)Insurance
7103 (1.630 %)Marketing
887 (1.377 %)Health
986 (1.361 %)Education
1078 (1.234 %)Games
1176 (1.203 %)Telecoms
1274 (1.171 %)Back Office
1366 (1.044 %)Publishing
1463 (0.997 %)Financial Institution
1561 (0.965 %)Retail
1641 (0.649 %)Manufacturing
1738 (0.601 %)Pensions
1836 (0.570 %)Construction
1933 (0.522 %)Local Government
2026 (0.411 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14522 (71.55 %)Developer
22019 (31.95 %).NET Developer
31524 (24.11 %)C# Developer
4639 (10.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
5529 (8.370 %)Analyst
6518 (8.196 %)Web Developer
7411 (6.503 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
8294 (4.652 %)Senior Developer
9287 (4.541 %)SQL Developer
10276 (4.367 %)SharePoint Developer
11259 (4.098 %)Architect
12240 (3.797 %)Programmer
13218 (3.449 %)VB.NET Developer
14193 (3.054 %)Consultant
15170 (2.690 %)Software Developer
16167 (2.642 %)Analyst Programmer
17157 (2.484 %)Project Manager
18144 (2.278 %)SQL Server Developer
19130 (2.057 %).NET Web Developer
20121 (1.915 %)Applications Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1404 (6.392 %)Derivative
2206 (3.259 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3167 (2.642 %)Fixed Income
4158 (2.500 %)Credit Risk
5127 (2.009 %)NHS
6121 (1.915 %)N-Tier
797 (1.535 %)Multithreading
895 (1.503 %)Equities
987 (1.377 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1075 (1.187 %)Client/Server
1171 (1.123 %)Credit Derivative
1269 (1.092 %)Market Risk
1366 (1.044 %)W3C
1461 (0.965 %)Computer Science
1555 (0.870 %)Equity Derivative
1639 (0.617 %)Mathematics
1737 (0.585 %)Management Information System
1834 (0.538 %)Web 2.0
1929 (0.459 %)Replication
2025 (0.396 %)Exotic Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1773 (12.23 %)Windows
2227 (3.592 %)UNIX
3177 (2.801 %)Windows Server 2003
4142 (2.247 %)Linux
555 (0.870 %)Solaris
640 (0.633 %)Windows XP
737 (0.585 %)Windows Server 2008
830 (0.475 %)Windows 2000
920 (0.316 %)Windows 2000 Server
1019 (0.301 %)Windows Mobile
1117 (0.269 %)Windows NT
1214 (0.222 %)AIX
1214 (0.222 %)Windows Vista
1214 (0.222 %)Android
138 (0.127 %)Windows CE
147 (0.111 %)VMS
155 (0.079 %)HPUX
162 (0.032 %)FreeBSD
162 (0.032 %)zOS
162 (0.032 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1480 (7.595 %)OO
2391 (6.187 %)Agile Software Development
3332 (5.253 %)Web Development
4297 (4.699 %)E-Commerce
5242 (3.829 %)UML
6237 (3.750 %)TDD
7218 (3.449 %)CRM
8216 (3.418 %)Scrum
9215 (3.402 %)SOA
10192 (3.038 %)Content Management
11190 (3.006 %)Migration
12169 (2.674 %)Workflow
13164 (2.595 %)Project Management
14137 (2.168 %)Business Intelligence
15129 (2.041 %)Unit Testing
16122 (1.930 %)RAD
17120 (1.899 %)PRINCE2
18105 (1.661 %)Risk Management
1991 (1.440 %)Data Modelling
2088 (1.392 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13797 (60.08 %)C#
21979 (31.31 %)SQL
31007 (15.93 %)VB.NET
4967 (15.30 %)JavaScript
5698 (11.04 %)Java
6627 (9.921 %)VB
7443 (7.009 %)C++
8406 (6.424 %)T-SQL
9292 (4.620 %)VBA
10252 (3.987 %)VB6
11197 (3.117 %)PHP
12173 (2.737 %)PL/SQL
13159 (2.516 %)C
14123 (1.946 %)VBScript
1598 (1.551 %)VC++
1696 (1.519 %)Perl
1786 (1.361 %)ActionScript
1871 (1.123 %)Shell Script
1944 (0.696 %)Ruby
2031 (0.491 %)X++
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1251 (3.972 %)Security Cleared
2224 (3.544 %)Degree
3152 (2.405 %)SC Cleared
4128 (2.025 %)Microsoft Certification
545 (0.712 %)ISEB
629 (0.459 %)MCTS
725 (0.396 %)MCSE
823 (0.364 %)MCP
922 (0.348 %)PRINCE2 Certification
922 (0.348 %)DV Cleared
1020 (0.316 %)MCSD
1117 (0.269 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1213 (0.206 %)MCAD
1311 (0.174 %)MCDBA
1311 (0.174 %)CTC Cleared
149 (0.142 %)BC Cleared
149 (0.142 %)PhD
149 (0.142 %)PMI Certification
157 (0.111 %)CISSP
166 (0.095 %)CISA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
187 (1.377 %)QA
211 (0.174 %)SLA
310 (0.158 %)WAI
48 (0.127 %)COBIT
48 (0.127 %)HL7
48 (0.127 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
57 (0.111 %)ISO27001
57 (0.111 %)ISO17799
64 (0.063 %)ISO9001
73 (0.047 %)WCAG
73 (0.047 %)PCI DSS
82 (0.032 %)MiFID
91 (0.016 %)ISO12207
91 (0.016 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1120 (1.899 %)Active Directory
233 (0.522 %)VMware Infrastructure
322 (0.348 %)ISA Server
417 (0.269 %)MSMQ
515 (0.237 %)VMware ESX
69 (0.142 %)Oracle RAC
78 (0.127 %)Backup Exec
78 (0.127 %)AquaLogic
87 (0.111 %)Terminal Services
96 (0.095 %)NetBackup
105 (0.079 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
105 (0.079 %)MetaFrame
114 (0.063 %)Hyper-V
122 (0.032 %)XenApp
131 (0.016 %)Squid
131 (0.016 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (0.269 %)MIIS
213 (0.206 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
312 (0.190 %)AutoSys
49 (0.142 %)SCCM
55 (0.079 %)CONTROL-M
55 (0.079 %)CA SiteMinder
55 (0.079 %)Unicenter
64 (0.063 %)Tivoli
72 (0.032 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.032 %)SCOM
72 (0.032 %)WSUS
81 (0.016 %)DameWare
81 (0.016 %)MOM
81 (0.016 %)ZENworks
81 (0.016 %)BMC PATROL
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11134 (17.94 %)Microsoft
2849 (13.43 %)Oracle
3159 (2.516 %)Sybase
493 (1.472 %)TIBCO
584 (1.329 %)Business Objects
663 (0.997 %)IBM
744 (0.696 %)VMware
839 (0.617 %)DevExpress
839 (0.617 %)Adobe
936 (0.570 %)SAP
936 (0.570 %)Bloomberg
1031 (0.491 %)Siebel
1031 (0.491 %)DataSynapse
1031 (0.491 %)Sitecore
1129 (0.459 %)HP
1228 (0.443 %)Cognos
1327 (0.427 %)Reuters
1327 (0.427 %)telerik
1423 (0.364 %)Infragistics
1423 (0.364 %)Citrix