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The table below looks at the demand for the ASP.NET Developer role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ASP.NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 ASP.NET Developer
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank140118
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching contract IT job ads8271383
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.155 %1.389 %
As % of the category below1.302 %1.519 %
Daily rates quoted248378
Average minimum daily rate£309£305
Average daily rate£332£329
% change on same period last year+0.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£354£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£278£301
% change on same period last year-7.62 %
Hourly rates quoted74114
Average minimum hourly rate£27.53£29.29
Average hourly rate£29.77£31.71
% change on same period last year-6.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.02£34.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.08£32.19
% change on same period last year-9.65 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6350091029
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.71 %91.46 %
Daily rates quoted2058627389
Average minimum daily rate£373£388
Average daily rate£398£413
% change on same period last year-3.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted56647945
Average minimum hourly rate£22.67£23.82
Average hourly rate£24.20£25.38
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.74£26.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %

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.NET Developer
Demand Trend

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

ASP.NET Developer Demand Trend

ASP.NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

ASP.NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

ASP.NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

ASP.NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

ASP.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ASP.NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

ASP.NET Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP.NET Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

ASP.NET Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

ASP.NET Developer
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.NET Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-20811£333+1.17 %
LondonNo change0354£356+2.41 %
South EastDown-56116£294-4.56 %
City of LondonUp+2099£366-18.78 %
North WestDown-1879£291+7.69 %
YorkshireDown-1971£308-4.33 %
West MidlandsUp+1360£252-11.54 %
West YorkshireDown-946£308-12.14 %
East of EnglandDown-2143£296+5.77 %
South WestUp+2635£285-2.90 %
BerkshireDown-1134£233-24.44 %
ManchesterDown-329£292-2.50 %
LeedsDown-2428£309-13.66 %
North EastUp+2125£235-
SurreyUp+2521£303-16.89 %
HampshireDown-3021£319+11.69 %
East MidlandsUp+1120£180-
CambridgeshireUp+517£357+63.04 %
MerseysideUp+615£281-
ScotlandUp+814£220-18.51 %
Tyne and WearUp+2413--
CheshireDown-1813--
ReadingDown-1212--
BirminghamUp+412£253-15.22 %
NewcastleUp+1312--
LancashireDown-1011--
BristolNew entry-11£321-
EssexUp+411£175-37.50 %
MidlandsUp+1510£275-26.66 %
PeterboroughUp+210£350-

ASP.NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited ASP.NET Developer in their job title 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 with ASP.NET Developer in their job title.

11700 (100.00 %).NET
11700 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
21260 (74.12 %)C#
31035 (60.88 %)SQL Server
4506 (29.76 %)SQL Server 2005
5489 (28.76 %)SQL
6474 (27.88 %)HTML
7461 (27.12 %)CSS
8446 (26.24 %)JavaScript
9374 (22.00 %)XML
10326 (19.18 %)VB.NET
11299 (17.59 %)AJAX
12234 (13.76 %)WebServices
13201 (11.82 %)ASP.NET 2.0
14195 (11.47 %)Visual Studio
15185 (10.88 %)ASP
16177 (10.41 %)SQL Server 2000
17154 (9.059 %)Microsoft
18150 (8.824 %)Transact-SQL
19146 (8.588 %)OO
19146 (8.588 %)E-Commerce
20142 (8.353 %)Finance
21125 (7.353 %)XHTML
22122 (7.176 %)VB
23118 (6.941 %)SharePoint
24110 (6.471 %).NET Framework
25106 (6.235 %)DHTML
2698 (5.765 %)Web Development
2796 (5.647 %)XSLT
2892 (5.412 %)CMS

ASP.NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited ASP.NET Developer in their job title 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 with ASP.NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11700 (100.00 %).NET
11700 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
2474 (27.88 %)HTML
3461 (27.12 %)CSS
4374 (22.00 %)XML
5299 (17.59 %)AJAX
6234 (13.76 %)WebServices
7201 (11.82 %)ASP.NET 2.0
8185 (10.88 %)ASP
9125 (7.353 %)XHTML
10110 (6.471 %).NET Framework
1196 (5.647 %)XSLT
1292 (5.412 %)WCF
1346 (2.706 %)WinForms
1441 (2.412 %)XSL
1539 (2.294 %)ADO.NET
1635 (2.059 %)WPF
1732 (1.882 %)SOAP
1827 (1.588 %)COM+
1827 (1.588 %)LINQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1118 (6.941 %)SharePoint
292 (5.412 %)CMS
370 (4.118 %)IIS
448 (2.824 %)SharePoint Server 2007
521 (1.235 %)BizTalk Server
615 (0.882 %)Commerce Server
712 (0.706 %)Commerce Server 2007
88 (0.471 %)EPiServer
97 (0.412 %)Lotus Notes
106 (0.353 %)Lotus Domino
106 (0.353 %)ColdFusion
115 (0.294 %)Content Management Server
115 (0.294 %)Immediacy CMS
115 (0.294 %)Sitecore CMS
124 (0.235 %)ArcSDE
124 (0.235 %)ArcIMS
133 (0.176 %)SharePoint Portal Server
133 (0.176 %)ArcGIS
133 (0.176 %)Apache
133 (0.176 %)ColdFusion MX
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
143 (2.529 %)MS Excel
217 (1.000 %)Photoshop
34 (0.235 %)MS Office
43 (0.176 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.176 %)InfoPath
52 (0.118 %)Spreadsheet
52 (0.118 %)Adobe Illustrator
52 (0.118 %)Fireworks
52 (0.118 %)MS Project
61 (0.059 %)MS Visio
61 (0.059 %)MATLAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.294 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (0.118 %)Navision
31 (0.059 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
164 (3.765 %)Intranet
250 (2.941 %)Internet
317 (1.000 %)Extranet
47 (0.412 %)HTTP
55 (0.294 %)SSL
64 (0.235 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.118 %)CTI
72 (0.118 %)Reverse Proxy
81 (0.059 %)TETRA
81 (0.059 %)SSH
81 (0.059 %)LDAP
81 (0.059 %)GPRS
81 (0.059 %)SMTP
81 (0.059 %)FTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11035 (60.88 %)SQL Server
2506 (29.76 %)SQL Server 2005
3177 (10.41 %)SQL Server 2000
447 (2.765 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
532 (1.882 %)SQL Server Integration Services
621 (1.235 %)Crystal Reports
720 (1.176 %)MySQL
814 (0.824 %)Oracle 10g
910 (0.588 %)SQL Server 2008
109 (0.529 %)DTS
109 (0.529 %)Oracle Reports
118 (0.471 %)Datawarehouse
127 (0.412 %)MS Access
135 (0.294 %)Oracle 9i
144 (0.235 %)BusinessObjects
144 (0.235 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
144 (0.235 %)RDBMS
153 (0.176 %)GIS
162 (0.118 %)Data Mining
162 (0.118 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1195 (11.47 %)Visual Studio
237 (2.176 %)NUnit
332 (1.882 %)Flash
431 (1.824 %)VSS/SourceSafe
526 (1.529 %)InterDev
620 (1.176 %)Dreamweaver
712 (0.706 %)Subversion
85 (0.294 %)MSI
92 (0.118 %)JUnit
92 (0.118 %)Visual Studio Team System
101 (0.059 %)Ant
101 (0.059 %)Bugzilla
101 (0.059 %)Log4Net
101 (0.059 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1142 (8.353 %)Finance
275 (4.412 %)Banking
362 (3.647 %)Retail
450 (2.941 %)Investment Banking
536 (2.118 %)Marketing
624 (1.412 %)Financial Institution
722 (1.294 %)Insurance
819 (1.118 %)Advertising
917 (1.000 %)Games
1016 (0.941 %)Construction
1115 (0.882 %)Front Office
1214 (0.824 %)Publishing
1313 (0.765 %)Back Office
1412 (0.706 %)Education
1412 (0.706 %)Health
1510 (0.588 %)Automotive
1510 (0.588 %)Telecoms
168 (0.471 %)Manufacturing
177 (0.412 %)Government
186 (0.353 %)Online Games
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (2.353 %)N-Tier
219 (1.118 %)W3C
317 (1.000 %)NHS
414 (0.824 %)Multithreading
510 (0.588 %)Derivative
68 (0.471 %)Social Network
77 (0.412 %)Computer Science
77 (0.412 %)Client/Server
77 (0.412 %)Equities
77 (0.412 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.294 %)E-Learning
85 (0.294 %)Fixed Income
85 (0.294 %)Credit Risk
85 (0.294 %)Interest Rate Derivative
85 (0.294 %)Data Extraction
94 (0.235 %)Blog
94 (0.235 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
103 (0.176 %)Tandem
103 (0.176 %)Equity Derivative
103 (0.176 %)Spread Betting
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
185 (5.000 %)Windows
29 (0.529 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (0.471 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (0.235 %)Windows Server 2008
44 (0.235 %)Linux
53 (0.176 %)Windows Mobile
62 (0.118 %)Windows Vista
62 (0.118 %)Windows XP
62 (0.118 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.059 %)Windows CE
71 (0.059 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.059 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1146 (8.588 %)OO
1146 (8.588 %)E-Commerce
298 (5.765 %)Web Development
374 (4.353 %)Content Management
471 (4.176 %)UML
567 (3.941 %)Agile Software Development
644 (2.588 %)TDD
735 (2.059 %)CRM
735 (2.059 %)OOD
834 (2.000 %)Migration
834 (2.000 %)Workflow
930 (1.765 %)Unit Testing
1027 (1.588 %)Scrum
1120 (1.176 %)OOP
1216 (0.941 %)Web Design
1315 (0.882 %)B2B
1412 (0.706 %)Load Balancing
159 (0.529 %)OOA/OOD
159 (0.529 %)SEO
168 (0.471 %)Integration Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11260 (74.12 %)C#
2489 (28.76 %)SQL
3446 (26.24 %)JavaScript
4326 (19.18 %)VB.NET
5150 (8.824 %)Transact-SQL
6122 (7.176 %)VB
7106 (6.235 %)DHTML
854 (3.176 %)Java
854 (3.176 %)VB6
934 (2.000 %)PHP
1018 (1.059 %)C++
1018 (1.059 %)VBScript
1116 (0.941 %)PL/SQL
129 (0.529 %)C
129 (0.529 %)ActionScript
129 (0.529 %)VBA
134 (0.235 %)Ruby
143 (0.176 %)XPath
143 (0.176 %)XAML
151 (0.059 %)VC++
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (1.294 %)Microsoft Certification
215 (0.882 %)MCSD
314 (0.824 %)Degree
413 (0.765 %)MCP
413 (0.765 %)MCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.412 %)QA
23 (0.176 %)SLA
31 (0.059 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (0.647 %)Active Directory
23 (0.176 %)MSMQ
31 (0.059 %)Intellisync
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.059 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1154 (9.059 %)Microsoft
262 (3.647 %)Oracle
39 (0.529 %)Tridion
48 (0.471 %)Lotus
56 (0.353 %)Sitecore
65 (0.294 %)Sybase
74 (0.235 %)Business Objects
74 (0.235 %)Adobe
74 (0.235 %)Macromedia
74 (0.235 %)salesforce.com
74 (0.235 %)Infragistics
74 (0.235 %)Perforce
83 (0.176 %)telerik
83 (0.176 %)Intel
92 (0.118 %)Hitachi
92 (0.118 %)Hummingbird
92 (0.118 %)Red Hat
92 (0.118 %)Omniture
92 (0.118 %)Google
92 (0.118 %)RedDot