The first table below looks at the demand for CSLA.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 CSLA.NET over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CSLA.NET
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing CSLA.NET 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12638 14882 17097
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.27% 25.50% 27.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7921 8711 9986
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
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 363 389 578
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 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

CSLA.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

CSLA.NET Jobs Demand Trend

CSLA.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

CSLA.NET Daily Rate Trend

CSLA.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CSLA.NET Hourly Rate Trend

CSLA.NET
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CSLA.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 CSLA.NET.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) WCF
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) CSLA
3 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (25.00%) REST
4 1 (25.00%) MVC
4 1 (25.00%) UML
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) VB
4 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) VB6
4 1 (25.00%) Spring
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Spring MVC

CSLA.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CSLA.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 CSLA.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) WCF
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) CSLA
4 1 (25.00%) REST
4 1 (25.00%) Spring
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Spring MVC
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) MVC
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (25.00%) VB6
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft