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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ASP over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank10283
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching contract IT job ads11931635
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.519 %1.848 %
As % of the category below6.265 %7.595 %
Daily rates quoted414408
Average minimum daily rate£312£328
Average daily rate£333£348
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£290
% change on same period last year-0.52 %
Hourly rates quoted135212
Average minimum hourly rate£27.18£26.28
Average hourly rate£29.34£27.80
% change on same period last year+5.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.50£29.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.65£27.01
% change on same period last year+6.07 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1904221528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.24 %24.33 %
Daily rates quoted62206398
Average minimum daily rate£361£371
Average daily rate£387£394
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£335
% change on same period last year+5.62 %
Hourly rates quoted10831322
Average minimum hourly rate£29.62£29.47
Average hourly rate£32.34£31.40
% change on same period last year+2.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.06£33.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£31.52
% change on same period last year+2.54 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ASP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing ASP across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ASP Demand Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

ASP Daily Rate Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the UK over the past 3 months.

ASP Daily Rate Histogram

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing ASP across the UK.

ASP Hourly Rate Trend

ASP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the UK over the past 3 months.

ASP Hourly Rate Histogram

ASP
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-181153£337-3.34 %
2LondonDown-11541£359-7.93 %
3South EastDown-18233£277-5.28 %
4City of LondonDown-395£428-7.29 %
5East of EnglandDown-1280£328+16.06 %
6North WestDown-4071£320+35.19 %
7YorkshireUp+665£278+38.95 %
8BerkshireDown-461£294-0.96 %
9West MidlandsUp+2059£276-15.32 %
10West YorkshireUp+446£274+37.00 %
11BuckinghamshireUp+1243£261+14.83 %
12SurreyDown-342£241-31.44 %
12East MidlandsDown-342£268+10.25 %
13South WestDown-4637£331+13.15 %
14Milton KeynesUp+533£294+46.87 %
15ScotlandUp+327£204-31.69 %
15LeedsUp+1327£237-
16ManchesterDown-2326--
17HampshireDown-3024£330+16.98 %
17CambridgeshireDown-1524£422+56.17 %
18EssexUp+823£246-5.19 %
18MidlandsUp+723£333+33.33 %
19NottinghamshireUp+1222£218-14.14 %
20NottinghamUp+1619£218-21.62 %
21Docklands, LondonDown-618£288-32.74 %
21LancashireUp+218--
21HertfordshireDown-1818£402+35.33 %
22Home CountiesUp+317£204-
22SloughDown-417£258-0.96 %
23WarwickshireUp+1715£230-

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing ASP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ASP.

11498 (60.65 %).NET
21085 (43.93 %)SQL Server
31020 (41.30 %)SQL
4987 (39.96 %)ASP.NET
5984 (39.84 %)HTML
6973 (39.39 %)JavaScript
7939 (38.02 %)C#
8859 (34.78 %)XML
9765 (30.97 %)VB
10708 (28.66 %)CSS
11419 (16.96 %)Microsoft
12394 (15.95 %)VB.NET
13363 (14.70 %)VB6
14362 (14.66 %)IIS
15347 (14.05 %)VBScript
16344 (13.93 %)Windows
17330 (13.36 %)Oracle
18302 (12.23 %)Finance
19291 (11.78 %)WebServices
20290 (11.74 %)Web Development
21287 (11.62 %)SQL Server 2000
22284 (11.50 %)SQL Server 2005
23275 (11.13 %)XHTML
24255 (10.32 %)XSLT
25240 (9.717 %)Internet
26221 (8.947 %)Visual Studio
26221 (8.947 %)AJAX
27214 (8.664 %)Java
28204 (8.259 %)Photoshop
29198 (8.016 %)PHP

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing ASP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11498 (60.65 %).NET
2987 (39.96 %)ASP.NET
3984 (39.84 %)HTML
4859 (34.78 %)XML
5708 (28.66 %)CSS
6291 (11.78 %)WebServices
7275 (11.13 %)XHTML
8255 (10.32 %)XSLT
9221 (8.947 %)AJAX
10125 (5.061 %).NET Framework
11119 (4.818 %)JSP
12111 (4.494 %)XSL
13109 (4.413 %)COM+
1496 (3.887 %)WinForms
1575 (3.036 %)WCF
1673 (2.955 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1765 (2.632 %)ADO
1863 (2.551 %)SOAP
1938 (1.538 %)ADO.NET
2035 (1.417 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
1362 (14.66 %)IIS
2139 (5.628 %)SharePoint
3136 (5.506 %)CMS
445 (1.822 %)ColdFusion
445 (1.822 %)Apache
533 (1.336 %)BizTalk Server
629 (1.174 %)MS Exchange
629 (1.174 %)WebLogic
722 (0.891 %)Tomcat
819 (0.769 %)Exchange Server 2000
819 (0.769 %)SharePoint Server 2007
912 (0.486 %)Oracle Application Server
1011 (0.445 %)LiveLink
1011 (0.445 %)ArcIMS
1011 (0.445 %)Rendezvous
119 (0.364 %)ArcSDE
119 (0.364 %)MQSeries
127 (0.283 %)MTS
127 (0.283 %)ColdFusion MX
127 (0.283 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
1204 (8.259 %)Photoshop
2133 (5.385 %)MS Excel
3121 (4.899 %)MS Office
434 (1.377 %)MS Project
434 (1.377 %)Fireworks
527 (1.093 %)MS Visio
621 (0.850 %)Adobe Illustrator
79 (0.364 %)MS PowerPoint
86 (0.243 %)FreeHand
86 (0.243 %)3ds Max
95 (0.202 %)InfoPath
104 (0.162 %)Paint Shop Pro
104 (0.162 %)Acrobat
113 (0.121 %)ImageReady
113 (0.121 %)InDesign
113 (0.121 %)Doxygen
121 (0.040 %)CA Clarity
121 (0.040 %)MATLAB
121 (0.040 %)FrameMaker
121 (0.040 %)Shockwave
Business Applications
111 (0.445 %)WebTrends
210 (0.405 %)Summit
38 (0.324 %)Monis
47 (0.283 %)InvestOne
56 (0.243 %)GoldMine
56 (0.243 %)Microsoft CRM
65 (0.202 %)Hyperion Enterprise
73 (0.121 %)Navision
73 (0.121 %)SAP ERP
82 (0.081 %)SAP HR
82 (0.081 %)Great Plains
82 (0.081 %)Oracle Applications
82 (0.081 %)SAP Oil and Gas
82 (0.081 %)RMDS
91 (0.040 %)SalesLogix
91 (0.040 %)Dynamics NAV
91 (0.040 %)Dynamics CRM
91 (0.040 %)Dynamics AX
91 (0.040 %)Oracle Financials
91 (0.040 %)Reech
Communications & Networking
1240 (9.717 %)Internet
2180 (7.287 %)Intranet
341 (1.660 %)Extranet
440 (1.619 %)TCP/IP
525 (1.012 %)Firewall
624 (0.972 %)DNS
721 (0.850 %)FTP
818 (0.729 %)HTTP
915 (0.607 %)SMTP
1014 (0.567 %)SSL
1110 (0.405 %)LAN
1110 (0.405 %)SMS
129 (0.364 %)WAN
129 (0.364 %)SAN
129 (0.364 %)WINS
138 (0.324 %)POP3
147 (0.283 %)DHCP
147 (0.283 %)Cisco IOS
155 (0.202 %)SSH
164 (0.162 %)HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
11085 (43.93 %)SQL Server
2287 (11.62 %)SQL Server 2000
3284 (11.50 %)SQL Server 2005
4114 (4.615 %)MySQL
599 (4.008 %)Crystal Reports
677 (3.117 %)SQL Server 7
771 (2.874 %)MS Access
859 (2.389 %)RDBMS
939 (1.579 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1038 (1.538 %)DTS
1129 (1.174 %)Oracle 10g
1228 (1.134 %)Oracle 9i
1327 (1.093 %)BusinessObjects
1422 (0.891 %)Oracle Reports
1422 (0.891 %)DB2
1520 (0.810 %)GIS
1618 (0.729 %)Oracle 8/8i
1714 (0.567 %)DB2 UDB
1813 (0.526 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1813 (0.526 %)OLAP
Development Applications
1221 (8.947 %)Visual Studio
2183 (7.409 %)Flash
3169 (6.842 %)Dreamweaver
461 (2.470 %)VSS/SourceSafe
544 (1.781 %)NUnit
638 (1.538 %)FrontPage
717 (0.688 %)InterDev
814 (0.567 %)Eclipse
814 (0.567 %)WinRunner
913 (0.526 %)Ant
1012 (0.486 %)QuickTest Pro
1012 (0.486 %)Subversion
1012 (0.486 %)Selenium
119 (0.364 %)LoadRunner
128 (0.324 %)MSI
137 (0.283 %)Oracle Forms
146 (0.243 %)ReSharper
146 (0.243 %)Log4Net
155 (0.202 %)Firebug
155 (0.202 %)ProC
General
1302 (12.23 %)Finance
2151 (6.113 %)Banking
395 (3.846 %)Investment Banking
488 (3.563 %)Marketing
577 (3.117 %)Government
663 (2.551 %)Back Office
755 (2.227 %)Front Office
854 (2.186 %)Publishing
939 (1.579 %)Insurance
939 (1.579 %)Health
1035 (1.417 %)Telecoms
1134 (1.377 %)Retail
1225 (1.012 %)Graphic Design
1319 (0.769 %)Local Government
1417 (0.688 %)Multimedia
1417 (0.688 %)Legal
1515 (0.607 %)Law
1614 (0.567 %)Education
1614 (0.567 %)Advertising
1712 (0.486 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
11898 (76.84 %)Developer
2586 (23.72 %).NET Developer
3500 (20.24 %)Web Developer
4324 (13.12 %)ASP Developer
5319 (12.91 %)C# Developer
6250 (10.12 %)ASP.NET Developer
6250 (10.12 %)Analyst
7116 (4.696 %)SQL Developer
8103 (4.170 %)VB.NET Developer
8103 (4.170 %)Applications Developer
997 (3.927 %)Programmer
1088 (3.563 %)VB Developer
1088 (3.563 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1171 (2.874 %)Analyst Programmer
1269 (2.794 %)SQL Server Developer
1365 (2.632 %)Support Analyst
1456 (2.267 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1553 (2.146 %)Software Developer
1652 (2.105 %)Analyst Developer
1750 (2.024 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
162 (2.510 %)W3C
260 (2.429 %)Derivative
359 (2.389 %)Asset Management
454 (2.186 %)Management Information System
551 (2.065 %)N-Tier
644 (1.781 %)Fixed Income
729 (1.174 %)Computer Science
828 (1.134 %)NHS
925 (1.012 %)Client/Server
925 (1.012 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1022 (0.891 %)Equity Derivative
1121 (0.850 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1219 (0.769 %)Fund Management
1318 (0.729 %)Mathematics
1417 (0.688 %)Statistics
1516 (0.648 %)Web 2.0
1614 (0.567 %)Credit Derivative
1614 (0.567 %)Equities
1713 (0.526 %)Wiki
189 (0.364 %)Replication
Operating Systems
1344 (13.93 %)Windows
295 (3.846 %)Unix
372 (2.915 %)Linux
467 (2.713 %)Windows NT
549 (1.984 %)Windows 2000
644 (1.781 %)Windows Server 2003
740 (1.619 %)Windows XP
825 (1.012 %)VMS
924 (0.972 %)AIX
1013 (0.526 %)Solaris
117 (0.283 %)HPUX
117 (0.283 %)NetWare
123 (0.121 %)Windows Vista
132 (0.081 %)Mac OS X
132 (0.081 %)Windows CE
141 (0.040 %)FreeBSD
141 (0.040 %)OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1290 (11.74 %)Web Development
2160 (6.478 %)Content Management
3131 (5.304 %)OO
4103 (4.170 %)UML
584 (3.401 %)E-Commerce
675 (3.036 %)Project Management
766 (2.672 %)Migration
864 (2.591 %)CRM
961 (2.470 %)Web Design
1055 (2.227 %)Agile Software Development
1141 (1.660 %)Unit Testing
1236 (1.457 %)Scrum
1335 (1.417 %)Business Analysis
1434 (1.377 %)OOD
1533 (1.336 %)OOP
1533 (1.336 %)Workflow
1630 (1.215 %)Integration Testing
1729 (1.174 %)RAD
1828 (1.134 %)Investment Management
1828 (1.134 %)Release Management
Programming Languages
11020 (41.30 %)SQL
2973 (39.39 %)JavaScript
3939 (38.02 %)C#
4765 (30.97 %)VB
5394 (15.95 %)VB.NET
6363 (14.70 %)VB6
7347 (14.05 %)VBScript
8214 (8.664 %)Java
9198 (8.016 %)PHP
10171 (6.923 %)Transact-SQL
11153 (6.194 %)DHTML
12111 (4.494 %)VBA
1381 (3.279 %)C++
1478 (3.158 %)PL/SQL
1574 (2.996 %)ActionScript
1657 (2.308 %)Perl
1748 (1.943 %)C
1819 (0.769 %)COBOL
1819 (0.769 %)DCL
1911 (0.445 %)Ruby
Qualifications
198 (3.968 %)Degree
251 (2.065 %)Microsoft Certification
319 (0.769 %)MCSE
416 (0.648 %)MCSD
512 (0.486 %)MCP
69 (0.364 %)MCSA
76 (0.243 %)Cisco Certification
85 (0.202 %)CCNA
94 (0.162 %)CCNP
94 (0.162 %)MCAD
94 (0.162 %)HND
103 (0.121 %)MCTS
112 (0.081 %)MCPD
121 (0.040 %)OCP
121 (0.040 %)Oracle Certification
121 (0.040 %)CNE
121 (0.040 %)Novell Certification
121 (0.040 %)CCA
121 (0.040 %)Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
135 (1.417 %)QA
225 (1.012 %)WAI
35 (0.202 %)WCAG
35 (0.202 %)SLA
43 (0.121 %)ISO9001
43 (0.121 %)HL7
43 (0.121 %)DICOM
52 (0.081 %)PAS 78
61 (0.040 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
169 (2.794 %)Active Directory
210 (0.405 %)MSMQ
36 (0.243 %)ISA Server
45 (0.202 %)Terminal Services
45 (0.202 %)Oracle RAC
53 (0.121 %)Oracle RMAN
62 (0.081 %)NetBackup
Systems Management
14 (0.162 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
23 (0.121 %)Legato
23 (0.121 %)MOM
23 (0.121 %)CONTROL-M
23 (0.121 %)SCCM
32 (0.081 %)SCOM
32 (0.081 %)CA SiteMinder
32 (0.081 %)MIIS
32 (0.081 %)Tivoli
41 (0.040 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1419 (16.96 %)Microsoft
2330 (13.36 %)Oracle
357 (2.308 %)Sybase
442 (1.700 %)Adobe
533 (1.336 %)RedDot
629 (1.174 %)HP
728 (1.134 %)Tridion
827 (1.093 %)Business Objects
925 (1.012 %)Macromedia
1022 (0.891 %)SAP
1118 (0.729 %)IBM
1217 (0.688 %)Compaq
1217 (0.688 %)Vignette
1316 (0.648 %)Cisco
1415 (0.607 %)TIBCO
1511 (0.445 %)Cognos
1511 (0.445 %)Citrix
169 (0.364 %)Interwoven
169 (0.364 %)Reuters
169 (0.364 %)Remedy
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