The first table below looks at the demand for ADO.NET Entity Framework skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ADO.NET Entity Framework over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ADO.NET Entity Framework
Rank 297 334 450
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +116
Contract jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework 257 276 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.545% 0.466% 0.226%
As % of the Application Development category 2.003% 1.821% 0.821%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 175 74
Average daily rate £325 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £243
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £400 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £318 £308
% change year-on-year
-1.57% +3.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 0
Average hourly rate £44.50 £25.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12831 15156 16571
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.23% 25.57% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8032 8869 9678
Average daily rate £375 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 395 571
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Jobs Demand Trend

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

ADO.NET Entity Framework Daily Rate Trend

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Daily Rate Histogram

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ADO.NET Entity Framework Hourly Rate Trend

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ADO.NET Entity Framework within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Hourly Rate Histogram

ADO.NET Entity Framework
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 ADO.NET Entity Framework within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +31 240 £325 -
London +33 86 £385 +6.87%
South East +32 54 £325 -7.14%
City of London +17 35 £420 +5.00%
North West 0 33 £300 +9.09%
South West +34 22 £425 +51.78%
Yorkshire -3 22 £290 -12.45%
Berkshire +23 18 £375 +20.00%
Cheshire +17 16 £384 +39.72%
Wiltshire +22 15 £525 +87.50%
Swindon +13 14 £425 +51.78%
Hampshire +12 14 £310 +14.81%
West Midlands +14 13 £240 -18.29%
Leeds +1 13 £290 -10.76%
West Yorkshire -11 13 £290 -10.76%
Manchester 0 12 £275 +15.78%
Buckinghamshire +13 11 £325 +5.69%
Scotland -8 9 £298 -
Warwickshire +2 8 £240 -4.00%
Reading - 8 £375 -
Surrey +20 7 £320 -8.57%
North Yorkshire +5 7 £275 -18.51%
East of England -12 7 £320 +16.36%
Milton Keynes +12 6 £325 -
Slough - 6 - -
York - 6 £275 -
Basingstoke - 5 £310 -
Edinburgh - 5 £300 -
Essex -1 4 £288 +6.48%
Guildford - 4 £385 -

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ADO.NET Entity Framework 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 ADO.NET Entity Framework.

1 497 (95.95%) .NET
2 486 (93.82%) .NET Framework
3 478 (92.28%) C#
4 366 (70.66%) SQL Server
5 344 (66.41%) ASP.NET
6 312 (60.23%) MVC
7 235 (45.37%) JavaScript
8 231 (44.59%) WCF
9 214 (41.31%) jQuery
10 211 (40.73%) SQL
11 209 (40.35%) SQL Server 2008
12 202 (39.00%) ASP.NET MVC
13 188 (36.29%) CSS
14 181 (34.94%) HTML
15 159 (30.69%) TDD
16 155 (29.92%) Microsoft
17 149 (28.76%) Web Services
18 148 (28.57%) Ajax
18 148 (28.57%) LINQ
19 131 (25.29%) Visual Studio
20 126 (24.32%) Scrum
21 125 (24.13%) XML
22 119 (22.97%) Agile Software Development
23 87 (16.80%) Windows
23 87 (16.80%) Team Foundation Server
24 85 (16.41%) SQL Server 2005
25 81 (15.64%) NHibernate
25 81 (15.64%) Unit Testing
26 76 (14.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
27 72 (13.90%) IIS

ADO.NET Entity Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ADO.NET Entity Framework 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 ADO.NET Entity Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 497 (95.95%) .NET
2 486 (93.82%) .NET Framework
3 344 (66.41%) ASP.NET
4 231 (44.59%) WCF
5 214 (41.31%) jQuery
6 202 (39.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 188 (36.29%) CSS
8 181 (34.94%) HTML
9 149 (28.76%) Web Services
10 148 (28.57%) Ajax
10 148 (28.57%) LINQ
11 125 (24.13%) XML
12 81 (15.64%) NHibernate
13 76 (14.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 70 (13.51%) WPF
15 62 (11.97%) Silverlight
16 53 (10.23%) JSON
17 51 (9.846%) Razor View Engine
18 46 (8.880%) ASP.NET MVC 4
19 43 (8.301%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 72 (13.90%) IIS
2 49 (9.459%) SharePoint
3 33 (6.371%) BizTalk Server
4 27 (5.212%) Windows Azure
5 21 (4.054%) SharePoint 2010
6 16 (3.089%) CMS
7 11 (2.124%) MSMQ
7 11 (2.124%) Umbraco
8 9 (1.737%) Documentum
9 8 (1.544%) ArcGIS
10 5 (0.965%) Sitefinity
11 4 (0.772%) ESB
11 4 (0.772%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.772%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (0.772%) MS Exchange
12 3 (0.579%) Apache
13 2 (0.386%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.386%) WordPress
13 2 (0.386%) EPiServer CMS
13 2 (0.386%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 39 (7.529%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.158%) MS Office
3 4 (0.772%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.386%) MS Project
5 1 (0.193%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.193%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.193%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 10 (1.931%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.089%) HTTP
2 14 (2.703%) Internet
3 9 (1.737%) Intranet
4 6 (1.158%) SNMP
4 6 (1.158%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.965%) DNS
6 2 (0.386%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.193%) Extranet
7 1 (0.193%) SSL
7 1 (0.193%) Firewall
7 1 (0.193%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (70.66%) SQL Server
2 209 (40.35%) SQL Server 2008
3 85 (16.41%) SQL Server 2005
4 46 (8.880%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 45 (8.687%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 32 (6.178%) SQL Server 2012
7 13 (2.510%) SQL Server 2000
8 12 (2.317%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (1.544%) Oracle 10g
9 8 (1.544%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.351%) GIS
11 5 (0.965%) DTS
11 5 (0.965%) MySQL
12 4 (0.772%) Oracle 8/8i
13 3 (0.579%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.579%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.579%) OLAP
13 3 (0.579%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 3 (0.579%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.579%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 131 (25.29%) Visual Studio
2 87 (16.80%) Team Foundation Server
3 53 (10.23%) NUnit
4 26 (5.019%) Subversion
4 26 (5.019%) MSTest
5 17 (3.282%) Moq
6 16 (3.089%) Rhino Mocks
7 14 (2.703%) TeamCity
8 12 (2.317%) Git (software)
9 10 (1.931%) MSBuild
9 10 (1.931%) CruiseControl
9 10 (1.931%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 9 (1.737%) Visual Studio Team System
11 8 (1.544%) NMock
12 7 (1.351%) SpecFlow
12 7 (1.351%) Selenium
13 5 (0.965%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
13 5 (0.965%) Expression Blend
14 4 (0.772%) JIRA
14 4 (0.772%) ReSharper
General
1 40 (7.722%) Finance
2 21 (4.054%) Banking
3 15 (2.896%) Retail
4 14 (2.703%) Investment Banking
5 11 (2.124%) Back Office
6 9 (1.737%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (0.965%) Law
7 5 (0.965%) Marketing
8 3 (0.579%) Legal
8 3 (0.579%) Front Office
8 3 (0.579%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.386%) Local Government
9 2 (0.386%) Music
9 2 (0.386%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.386%) Games
9 2 (0.386%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.386%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 485 (93.63%) Developer
2 284 (54.83%) .NET Developer
3 133 (25.68%) C# Developer
4 81 (15.64%) ASP.NET Developer
5 77 (14.86%) C# .NET Developer
6 49 (9.459%) Senior Developer
7 48 (9.266%) Web Developer
8 39 (7.529%) Software Developer
9 29 (5.598%) Senior .NET Developer
10 28 (5.405%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 22 (4.247%) .NET Web Developer
12 20 (3.861%) Agile .NET Developer
13 17 (3.282%) Architect
13 17 (3.282%) SharePoint Developer
13 17 (3.282%) Agile C# Developer
14 16 (3.089%) Programmer
15 14 (2.703%) WPF Developer
15 14 (2.703%) Applications Developer
16 13 (2.510%) Software Engineer
16 13 (2.510%) Senior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.564%) N-Tier
2 16 (3.089%) iPad
2 16 (3.089%) Inversion of Control
2 16 (3.089%) RIA
3 15 (2.896%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.510%) NHS
5 12 (2.317%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.124%) Computer Science
7 10 (1.931%) iPhone
8 9 (1.737%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.737%) Mathematics
9 7 (1.351%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.772%) Web 2.0
10 4 (0.772%) Social Media
10 4 (0.772%) W3C
11 3 (0.579%) Blackberry
11 3 (0.579%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.579%) Hedge funds
11 3 (0.579%) Social Network
12 2 (0.386%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 87 (16.80%) Windows
2 17 (3.282%) Windows 7
3 11 (2.124%) Android
4 10 (1.931%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (1.544%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (1.351%) Windows 8
7 6 (1.158%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.158%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.772%) Linux
9 2 (0.386%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (0.386%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (0.386%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.193%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (60.23%) MVC
2 159 (30.69%) TDD
3 126 (24.32%) Scrum
4 119 (22.97%) Agile Software Development
5 81 (15.64%) Unit Testing
6 64 (12.36%) OO
7 49 (9.459%) SOA
8 41 (7.915%) Web Development
9 36 (6.950%) Dependency Injection
10 35 (6.757%) BDD
11 33 (6.371%) MVVM
12 30 (5.792%) UML
13 29 (5.598%) E-Commerce
14 27 (5.212%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (5.019%) OOD
16 23 (4.440%) Workflow
17 15 (2.896%) OOP
18 14 (2.703%) Waterfall
18 14 (2.703%) Change Management
18 14 (2.703%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 478 (92.28%) C#
2 235 (45.37%) JavaScript
3 211 (40.73%) SQL
4 68 (13.13%) T-SQL
5 33 (6.371%) VB.NET
6 20 (3.861%) XAML
6 20 (3.861%) VB
7 15 (2.896%) Java
8 12 (2.317%) VB6
9 11 (2.124%) PL/SQL
9 11 (2.124%) XPath
10 6 (1.158%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.772%) Ruby
11 4 (0.772%) VBScript
11 4 (0.772%) VBA
12 3 (0.579%) Perl
12 3 (0.579%) PHP
12 3 (0.579%) Delphi
13 2 (0.386%) C
13 2 (0.386%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (4.054%) Security Cleared
2 20 (3.861%) Degree
3 18 (3.475%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (2.317%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.124%) MCAD
5 11 (2.124%) MCSD
5 11 (2.124%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.124%) MCTS
6 7 (1.351%) MCP
7 5 (0.965%) MCPD
8 2 (0.386%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.386%) ISEB
9 1 (0.193%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.124%) WCAG
2 7 (1.351%) QA
3 3 (0.579%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.579%) Dublin Core
4 1 (0.193%) Basel III
4 1 (0.193%) WAI
System Software
1 15 (2.896%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.158%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.965%) WMI
3 1 (0.193%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 155 (29.92%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.792%) Oracle
3 27 (5.212%) Telerik
4 8 (1.544%) ESRI
5 7 (1.351%) DevExpress
6 5 (0.965%) Facebook
6 5 (0.965%) Syncfusion
7 4 (0.772%) Sitecore
7 4 (0.772%) Open Text
8 3 (0.579%) Twitter
8 3 (0.579%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.386%) Google
9 2 (0.386%) Razor Risk
10 1 (0.193%) Apple
10 1 (0.193%) Adobe
10 1 (0.193%) Business Objects
10 1 (0.193%) Infragistics
10 1 (0.193%) RedDot
10 1 (0.193%) Serena
10 1 (0.193%) Teradata
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