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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET (dotNet) skills within the Wakefield region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank55
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below33.33 %100.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£326
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.70£32.44
% change on same period last year-5.37 %
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Wakefield
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
.NET West Yorkshire.NET
West Yorkshire

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.

.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Wakefield .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing .NET across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region citing .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 .NET.

13 (50.00 %)C#
13 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (33.33 %)OO
22 (33.33 %)VB
22 (33.33 %)VB.NET
22 (33.33 %)N-Tier
31 (16.67 %)Microsoft
31 (16.67 %)Workflow
31 (16.67 %)Scrum
31 (16.67 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)Flash
31 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
31 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
31 (16.67 %)TDD
31 (16.67 %)NUnit
31 (16.67 %)AJAX
31 (16.67 %)Web Development
31 (16.67 %).NET Framework
31 (16.67 %)Flex 2
31 (16.67 %)Adobe Flex
31 (16.67 %)Silverlight

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wakefield region citing .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 .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (16.67 %)AJAX
21 (16.67 %).NET Framework
21 (16.67 %)Flex 2
21 (16.67 %)Adobe Flex
21 (16.67 %)Silverlight
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)Flash
11 (16.67 %)NUnit
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (66.67 %).NET Developer
33 (50.00 %)C# Developer
41 (16.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
41 (16.67 %)Flash Developer
41 (16.67 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)N-Tier
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)OO
21 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
21 (16.67 %)Workflow
21 (16.67 %)Scrum
21 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
21 (16.67 %)TDD
21 (16.67 %)Web Development
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)C#
22 (33.33 %)VB
22 (33.33 %)VB.NET
31 (16.67 %)SQL
Wakefield IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft