The first table below looks at the demand for ASP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ASP 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
Microsoft Active Server Pages (Classic ASP)
Rank 305 266 264
Rank change year-on-year
-39 -2
Contract jobs citing ASP 246 397 396
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.522% 0.670% 0.658%
As % of the Application Development category 1.917% 2.619% 2.390%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 190 191
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £452 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £323 £281
% change year-on-year
-3.87% +14.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 16 29
Average hourly rate £33.50 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £13.50 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.70 £35.00 £53.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £23.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year
+40.21% -35.66%
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%

ASP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ASP Jobs Demand Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

ASP Daily Rate Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

ASP Daily Rate Histogram

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ASP Hourly Rate Trend

ASP
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

ASP Hourly Rate Histogram

ASP
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 ASP 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 -52 220 £325 -7.14%
London -26 101 £396 -2.26%
South East -33 38 £305 -12.85%
City of London +9 34 £400 -5.88%
South West +36 32 £320 -
Berkshire +8 20 £258 -42.77%
Somerset +4 17 £310 -3.12%
Yorkshire +1 17 £300 -8.39%
West Yorkshire -1 13 £275 -22.53%
Leeds 0 9 £275 -22.53%
North West -7 9 £160 -41.28%
Surrey +12 8 £320 +6.66%
Taunton 0 8 £325 +1.64%
Hampshire -1 7 £303 +0.83%
East of England -9 7 £325 +30.00%
Scotland -14 7 £305 +17.30%
Bristol +13 6 £325 -14.47%
Slough - 6 - -
West Midlands -7 5 £263 -4.54%
East Midlands -8 5 £290 -10.76%
Manchester +8 4 £160 -40.74%
Edinburgh +3 4 £250 -3.84%
Essex +2 4 £363 -
Winchester +1 4 £305 +11.92%
Nottinghamshire -8 4 £278 -16.22%
Guildford -9 4 £320 -
Wiltshire - 4 £250 -
North East +15 3 £215 -
Tyne and Wear - 3 £215 -
Merseyside - 3 - -

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ASP 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 ASP.

1 363 (65.05%) .NET
2 315 (56.45%) SQL
3 287 (51.43%) C#
4 269 (48.21%) HTML
5 264 (47.31%) JavaScript
6 259 (46.42%) SQL Server
7 215 (38.53%) ASP.NET
8 192 (34.41%) XML
9 185 (33.15%) VB
10 181 (32.44%) CSS
11 167 (29.93%) Microsoft
12 138 (24.73%) IIS
13 127 (22.76%) Oracle
14 123 (22.04%) Windows
15 116 (20.79%) jQuery
16 110 (19.71%) Java
17 107 (19.18%) .NET Framework
18 104 (18.64%) Web Services
19 81 (14.52%) T-SQL
19 81 (14.52%) MVC
20 78 (13.98%) VB.NET
21 77 (13.80%) SharePoint
22 76 (13.62%) HTTP
22 76 (13.62%) Visual Studio
23 73 (13.08%) UML
24 70 (12.54%) VBScript
25 69 (12.37%) SQL Server 2008
26 63 (11.29%) Agile Software Development
26 63 (11.29%) VB6
27 58 (10.39%) MS Excel

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 363 (65.05%) .NET
2 269 (48.21%) HTML
3 215 (38.53%) ASP.NET
4 192 (34.41%) XML
5 181 (32.44%) CSS
6 116 (20.79%) jQuery
7 107 (19.18%) .NET Framework
8 104 (18.64%) Web Services
9 57 (10.22%) Ajax
10 53 (9.498%) XSL
11 51 (9.140%) WCF
12 43 (7.706%) HTML5
13 38 (6.810%) ASP.NET MVC
14 37 (6.631%) XSLT
14 37 (6.631%) COM+
15 35 (6.272%) CSS3
16 31 (5.556%) SOAP
17 29 (5.197%) ActiveX
18 27 (4.839%) ODBC
19 26 (4.659%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 138 (24.73%) IIS
2 77 (13.80%) SharePoint
3 29 (5.197%) Apache
4 25 (4.480%) CMS
4 25 (4.480%) OpenROAD
5 14 (2.509%) SharePoint 2010
6 13 (2.330%) MSMQ
7 8 (1.434%) BizTalk Server
7 8 (1.434%) MTS
7 8 (1.434%) Tomcat
8 7 (1.254%) Kentico
8 7 (1.254%) WordPress
9 6 (1.075%) Umbraco
9 6 (1.075%) Apache Pig
9 6 (1.075%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.896%) WebSphere MQ
10 5 (0.896%) ESB
10 5 (0.896%) Windows Azure
10 5 (0.896%) Drupal
11 4 (0.717%) Joomla!
Applications
1 58 (10.39%) MS Excel
2 36 (6.452%) MS Office
3 19 (3.405%) Photoshop
4 10 (1.792%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.254%) MS PowerPoint
6 5 (0.896%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.538%) MS Project
8 2 (0.358%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.358%) SPSS
9 1 (0.179%) Shockwave
9 1 (0.179%) Maya
9 1 (0.179%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 11 (1.971%) Pivotal CRM
2 10 (1.792%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.717%) Google Analytics
3 4 (0.717%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.538%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (0.538%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.538%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.538%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.358%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.358%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.179%) Tridion
6 1 (0.179%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.179%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.179%) Maximo
6 1 (0.179%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.179%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.179%) RMDS
6 1 (0.179%) 3000 Xtra
6 1 (0.179%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.179%) Sage 1000
Communications & Networking
1 76 (13.62%) HTTP
2 55 (9.857%) Internet
3 31 (5.556%) Intranet
4 20 (3.584%) SSL
4 20 (3.584%) DNS
5 11 (1.971%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.254%) Firewall
6 7 (1.254%) Radio Access Network
7 6 (1.075%) WAN
7 6 (1.075%) LAN
8 5 (0.896%) LTE
9 4 (0.717%) 2G
9 4 (0.717%) 3G
9 4 (0.717%) DHCP
9 4 (0.717%) SMTP
10 3 (0.538%) LDAP
10 3 (0.538%) Extranet
11 2 (0.358%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.358%) Cisco PIX
11 2 (0.358%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (46.42%) SQL Server
2 69 (12.37%) SQL Server 2008
3 52 (9.319%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 48 (8.602%) SQL Server 2005
4 48 (8.602%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 29 (5.197%) Ingres
6 25 (4.480%) SQL Server 2000
7 21 (3.763%) Crystal Reports
7 21 (3.763%) MySQL
8 17 (3.047%) RDBMS
9 14 (2.509%) MS Access
9 14 (2.509%) SQLPlus
10 13 (2.330%) DTS
11 12 (2.151%) Big Data
11 12 (2.151%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (1.971%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 11 (1.971%) NoSQL
12 11 (1.971%) MongoDB
13 9 (1.613%) Hadoop
14 8 (1.434%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 76 (13.62%) Visual Studio
2 45 (8.065%) Subversion
3 28 (5.018%) Team Foundation Server
4 25 (4.480%) NUnit
5 23 (4.122%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 19 (3.405%) TeamCity
6 19 (3.405%) Jenkins
7 17 (3.047%) MSTest
8 12 (2.151%) CruiseControl
8 12 (2.151%) JIRA
9 11 (1.971%) Git (software)
10 8 (1.434%) MSI
11 7 (1.254%) JUnit
12 6 (1.075%) MSBuild
12 6 (1.075%) Rational Rose
13 5 (0.896%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.896%) Dreamweaver
13 5 (0.896%) FrontPage
13 5 (0.896%) ReSharper
13 5 (0.896%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 55 (9.857%) Finance
2 24 (4.301%) Banking
3 23 (4.122%) Telecoms
4 14 (2.509%) Marketing
5 13 (2.330%) Retail
6 9 (1.613%) Back Office
7 7 (1.254%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.075%) German Language
8 6 (1.075%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.075%) Publishing
9 4 (0.717%) Romanian Language
9 4 (0.717%) Dutch Language
9 4 (0.717%) Front Office
9 4 (0.717%) Law
10 3 (0.538%) Legal
11 2 (0.358%) Music
11 2 (0.358%) Local Government
11 2 (0.358%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.358%) Automotive
11 2 (0.358%) Games
Job Titles
1 384 (68.82%) Developer
2 126 (22.58%) .NET Developer
3 68 (12.19%) Analyst
4 64 (11.47%) C# Developer
5 60 (10.75%) C# .NET Developer
6 55 (9.857%) Web Developer
7 39 (6.989%) SQL Developer
8 38 (6.810%) ASP Developer
9 29 (5.197%) ASP.NET Developer
10 27 (4.839%) Senior Developer
11 26 (4.659%) VB Developer
11 26 (4.659%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 24 (4.301%) Analyst Developer
13 22 (3.943%) Programmer
14 21 (3.763%) Front-End Developer
15 20 (3.584%) Support Analyst
15 20 (3.584%) Senior Analyst
16 18 (3.226%) Applications Support
17 16 (2.867%) Applications Developer
18 15 (2.688%) Classic ASP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.405%) N-Tier
2 13 (2.330%) Graphic Design
2 13 (2.330%) Open Source
3 12 (2.151%) Computer Science
3 12 (2.151%) NHS
4 10 (1.792%) Mathematics
4 10 (1.792%) Statistics
5 9 (1.613%) Physics
5 9 (1.613%) Social Network
6 8 (1.434%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.254%) W3C
7 7 (1.254%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.254%) Derivative
7 7 (1.254%) Visualisation
7 7 (1.254%) Inversion of Control
7 7 (1.254%) SaaS
8 6 (1.075%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.075%) Fixed Income
9 5 (0.896%) PKI
9 5 (0.896%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 123 (22.04%) Windows
2 44 (7.885%) UNIX
3 28 (5.018%) Windows Server 2008
4 27 (4.839%) Linux
5 25 (4.480%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (3.943%) Android
6 22 (3.943%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.075%) Solaris
8 5 (0.896%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.717%) Windows XP
10 3 (0.538%) Windows 2000
10 3 (0.538%) Windows 2000 Server
11 2 (0.358%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.358%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.358%) MVS
11 2 (0.358%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.179%) SUSE
12 1 (0.179%) Windows Mobile
12 1 (0.179%) Windows Phone
12 1 (0.179%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (14.52%) MVC
2 73 (13.08%) UML
3 63 (11.29%) Agile Software Development
4 48 (8.602%) ITIL
5 45 (8.065%) Web Development
6 44 (7.885%) TDD
6 44 (7.885%) OO
7 43 (7.706%) Unit Testing
8 40 (7.168%) Scrum
9 37 (6.631%) Continuous Integration
10 30 (5.376%) E-Commerce
11 27 (4.839%) Service Delivery
11 27 (4.839%) RUP
12 26 (4.659%) CRM
12 26 (4.659%) Service Management
12 26 (4.659%) Migration
13 25 (4.480%) Data Modelling
14 22 (3.943%) Content Management
15 18 (3.226%) Asset Management
16 17 (3.047%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 315 (56.45%) SQL
2 287 (51.43%) C#
3 264 (47.31%) JavaScript
4 185 (33.15%) VB
5 110 (19.71%) Java
6 81 (14.52%) T-SQL
7 78 (13.98%) VB.NET
8 70 (12.54%) VBScript
9 63 (11.29%) VB6
10 53 (9.498%) C++
11 52 (9.319%) PHP
12 49 (8.781%) PL/SQL
13 17 (3.047%) VBA
14 15 (2.688%) Ruby
15 14 (2.509%) PowerShell
16 11 (1.971%) Python
16 11 (1.971%) C
16 11 (1.971%) Perl
17 9 (1.613%) F#
18 6 (1.075%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 45 (8.065%) Degree
2 39 (6.989%) Security Cleared
3 26 (4.659%) ISEB
4 25 (4.480%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.480%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.688%) MCP
6 12 (2.151%) MCPD
7 11 (1.971%) MCTS
8 7 (1.254%) MCSD
9 4 (0.717%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (0.717%) ISEB Practitioner
9 4 (0.717%) CISSP
9 4 (0.717%) MCSE
10 3 (0.538%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.538%) CCNA
10 3 (0.538%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.358%) MCITP
11 2 (0.358%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.358%) MCSA
11 2 (0.358%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.509%) SLA
2 10 (1.792%) QA
3 5 (0.896%) ISO 9000
3 5 (0.896%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.717%) TickIT
5 3 (0.538%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.538%) COBIT
5 3 (0.538%) HL7
6 2 (0.358%) WCAG
7 1 (0.179%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.179%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (3.763%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.254%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.538%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.358%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.179%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.179%) Samba
5 1 (0.179%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.179%) Snort
5 1 (0.179%) XenApp
5 1 (0.179%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (0.717%) Control-M
2 3 (0.538%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.358%) Puppet
3 2 (0.358%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.179%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (0.179%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.179%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.179%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.179%) SCCM
Vendors
1 167 (29.93%) Microsoft
2 127 (22.76%) Oracle
3 26 (4.659%) Adobe
4 14 (2.509%) IBM
5 11 (1.971%) VMware
6 8 (1.434%) HP
6 8 (1.434%) Sun
7 7 (1.254%) JBoss
7 7 (1.254%) Citrix
7 7 (1.254%) Salesforce.com
7 7 (1.254%) Google
7 7 (1.254%) Twitter
8 6 (1.075%) Sage
8 6 (1.075%) Cisco
8 6 (1.075%) Business Objects
9 5 (0.896%) Interwoven
9 5 (0.896%) Lotus
9 5 (0.896%) Cadis
10 4 (0.717%) thinkFolio
10 4 (0.717%) Zend
Norwich, East Anglia
Net/MVC 4/ASP/Design/Responsive Design.Net Developer - A large consultancy i am working with is looking for a .Net developer to work on an initial 6...
Salt
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Wiltshire
The skills and experience needed for this Swindon based contract role includes the following:- developing web applications using ASP C# for MVC with HTML5 and JavaScript development skills.
Colston Consulting
Rate: £250 - 300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Ideally Microsoft certified, you will have a good understanding of front end skills, such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery, etc. You will have a good understanding of the ...
JAM
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential core skills: - Java development - TDD - Web development (ASP.NET/Classic ASP/C#/PHP) The role itself is two-fold... java developer j2ee programmer c#.net asp.net...
G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Rate: Market rate paid weekly
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Essential: Experience querying MS SQL Server using Transact SQL. Visual Basic and VBA Understanding of COM and the .NET framework. Desirable: Experience working with pension administration software Experience...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
PHP/MySql... To include knowledge of advanced configuration (multiple modules, bespoke node types) HTML/CSS/JavaScript... Domino/.Net/ASP) into Drupal, using import modules... Creating and consuming web...
Concept Personnel
Rate: From £14.29 to £14.29 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheshire
Due to our clients continued success an exciting opportunity has arisen for an SEO Programmer SEO, HTML, PHP, JavaScript to join their dynamic team in Cheshire... The successful...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £10 - £17 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
MOSS, 2007, 2010, ASP, LINQ, XML, WSS, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint SQL Server, SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL SSRS, OOP, UML, SharePoint Developer, Microsoft Investment Bank - London City 3...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
As the Senior Microsoft SharePoint Developer you will be managing development and implementation projects for their Intranet and Extranet services... The role will require this Microsoft SharePoint Developer...
harringtonstarr
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
South East
An exciting opportunity for an Information Analyst has arisen with a complex end user undergoing significant change-We`re looking for an individual with particular expertise in SQL,...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP250 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Tags - HTML, .NET, MVC, LINQ, TDD/BDD, Mocking, Moq, Ioc Framework, OO, GoF, Design, Application, Architecture, Enterprise, NHibernate, Caliburn.Micro, TeamCity, Nant, resharper, Javascript, Jquery, HTML5, CSS3, Backbone...
Roc Search
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Data Analysis & Database Design4... Ability to work on several development and support tasks at any one time Formal Qualifications Required ESSENTIAL Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2010-...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £200.00 - £330 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013