The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Enterprise Library skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Microsoft Enterprise Library over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Enterprise Library
Rank 521 562 571
Rank change year-on-year
+41 +9
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Enterprise Library 9 16 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.027% 0.028%
As % of the Application Development category 0.071% 0.107% 0.101%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 12
Average daily rate £420 £290 £531
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.65% -45.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £346 £179 £344
10% offered a daily rate of more than £466 £483 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £283 -
% change year-on-year
+39.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £36.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.25 - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12713 14910 16863
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.40% 25.58% 27.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7958 8755 9793
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 375 374 576
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 £42.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Microsoft Enterprise Library Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Daily Rate Trend

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

Microsoft Enterprise Library Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft Enterprise Library within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Microsoft Enterprise Library Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Microsoft Enterprise Library Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Enterprise Library within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +39 7 £420 +44.65%
North West - 5 £420 -
Cheshire - 5 £420 -
Cardiff - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
South Wales - 2 - -
South East +24 1 £325 -
London +17 1 £475 -2.56%
West Sussex - 1 £325 -
Gatwick - 1 £325 -

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Microsoft Enterprise Library 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 Microsoft Enterprise Library.

1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) C#
3 7 (77.78%) ASP.NET
3 7 (77.78%) WCF
4 6 (66.67%) .NET Framework
4 6 (66.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 6 (66.67%) Visual Studio
4 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
5 5 (55.56%) IIS
5 5 (55.56%) HTML
5 5 (55.56%) CSS
5 5 (55.56%) MCAD
5 5 (55.56%) MCSD
5 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (55.56%) CRM
5 5 (55.56%) MVC
5 5 (55.56%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (55.56%) MCPD
5 5 (55.56%) MCTS
5 5 (55.56%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (33.33%) VB.NET
8 2 (22.22%) COM
8 2 (22.22%) Web Services
8 2 (22.22%) SQL
8 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (22.22%) WinForms
8 2 (22.22%) WPF

Microsoft Enterprise Library
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Microsoft Enterprise Library 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 Microsoft Enterprise Library. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (77.78%) ASP.NET
2 7 (77.78%) WCF
3 6 (66.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 6 (66.67%) .NET Framework
4 5 (55.56%) HTML
4 5 (55.56%) CSS
5 2 (22.22%) Web Services
5 2 (22.22%) WinForms
5 2 (22.22%) COM
5 2 (22.22%) WPF
6 1 (11.11%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 5 (55.56%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (11.11%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) CRM Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Developer
3 4 (44.44%) .NET Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM Developer
4 2 (22.22%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Systems Developer
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
5 1 (11.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) MVC
1 5 (55.56%) CRM
2 1 (11.11%) ETL
2 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
2 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
2 1 (11.11%) System Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Monte Carlo Method
2 1 (11.11%) Data Entry
2 1 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
2 1 (11.11%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) VB.NET
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) MCAD
1 5 (55.56%) MCSD
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (55.56%) MCTS
1 5 (55.56%) MCPD
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft