Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Wales region.

 Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank26109
Rank change year-on-year
Down-16Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads1554122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales2.988 %10.65 %11.27 %
As % of the Application Development category24.19 %48.21 %48.80 %
Daily rates quoted51619
Average daily rate£250£248£295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.010 %-16.10 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£146£211£247
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£365£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£300£325
% change year-on-year
-4.160 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted396
Average hourly rate£19.50£27.25£36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.44 %-24.82 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.90£22.00£31.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£91.90£35.50£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
-3.630 %-15.38 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
62112250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales12.35 %22.09 %23.08 %
Daily rates quoted253473
Average daily rate£280£250£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00 %-31.03 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£215£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£450£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted6914
Average hourly rate£19.50£32.50£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.50£22.00£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£110.00£40.00£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
.NET UK.NET
UK

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.

.NET
Demand Trend

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

Wales .NET Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing .NET across the Wales region.

Wales .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Wales .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Wales .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
South WalesDown-2011£238-3.06 %
West WalesDown-114£250+25.00 %
.NET UK.NET
UK

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

129 (69.05 %)C#
227 (64.29 %)SQL Server
320 (47.62 %)ASP.NET
415 (35.71 %)OO
514 (33.33 %)C
610 (23.81 %)Microsoft
79 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
88 (19.05 %)VMS
88 (19.05 %)VB.NET
97 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
97 (16.67 %)SQL
97 (16.67 %)C++
97 (16.67 %)XML
106 (14.29 %)SharePoint
106 (14.29 %)HTML
106 (14.29 %)JavaScript
106 (14.29 %)MS Office
106 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
106 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
106 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
106 (14.29 %).NET Framework
115 (11.90 %)OOD
124 (9.524 %)UML
124 (9.524 %)Java
124 (9.524 %)Finance
124 (9.524 %)Government
133 (7.143 %)TDD
133 (7.143 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
133 (7.143 %)Construction
133 (7.143 %)TCP/IP

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
120 (47.62 %)ASP.NET
27 (16.67 %)XML
36 (14.29 %)HTML
36 (14.29 %).NET Framework
43 (7.143 %)ASP
52 (4.762 %)OpenGL
52 (4.762 %)DirectX
52 (4.762 %)XNA
61 (2.381 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (2.381 %)J2EE
61 (2.381 %)CSS
61 (2.381 %)XHTML
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (14.29 %)SharePoint
22 (4.762 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (2.381 %)CMS
31 (2.381 %)Sitecore CMS
31 (2.381 %)Umbraco
31 (2.381 %)Immediacy CMS
31 (2.381 %)ColdFusion
31 (2.381 %)BizTalk Server
31 (2.381 %)SAS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (14.29 %)MS Office
22 (4.762 %)MS Project
22 (4.762 %)MS Excel
31 (2.381 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (2.381 %)InfoPath
31 (2.381 %)SPSS
31 (2.381 %)MS Visio
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (2.381 %)Dynamics AX
11 (2.381 %)Axapta
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (7.143 %)TCP/IP
22 (4.762 %)Wireless
31 (2.381 %)Intranet
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (64.29 %)SQL Server
26 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (7.143 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (2.381 %)BusinessObjects XI
41 (2.381 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
41 (2.381 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
41 (2.381 %)BusinessObjects
41 (2.381 %)Crystal Reports
41 (2.381 %)ETL
41 (2.381 %)Datawarehouse
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
21 (2.381 %)Dreamweaver
21 (2.381 %)PowerBuilder
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
24 (9.524 %)Finance
24 (9.524 %)Government
33 (7.143 %)Construction
42 (4.762 %)Aerospace
51 (2.381 %)Legal
51 (2.381 %)Education
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
129 (69.05 %)Developer
210 (23.81 %)Software Engineer
210 (23.81 %)Programmer
210 (23.81 %).NET Developer
39 (21.43 %)Software Developer
48 (19.05 %)C# Developer
57 (16.67 %)Software Programmer
64 (9.524 %)Analyst
64 (9.524 %)Web Developer
64 (9.524 %)ASP.NET Developer
73 (7.143 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
82 (4.762 %)Business Analyst
82 (4.762 %)Project Planner
82 (4.762 %).NET Web Developer
82 (4.762 %).NET Programmer
82 (4.762 %)SQL Developer
91 (2.381 %)Software Tester
91 (2.381 %)C++ Developer
91 (2.381 %)Implementation Manager
91 (2.381 %)Web Applications Developer
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (2.381 %)Client/Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (19.05 %)VMS
23 (7.143 %)Windows
31 (2.381 %)UNIX
31 (2.381 %)Linux
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (35.71 %)OO
25 (11.90 %)OOD
34 (9.524 %)UML
43 (7.143 %)TDD
52 (4.762 %)PRINCE2
52 (4.762 %)Project Management
52 (4.762 %)Workflow
52 (4.762 %)Document Management
52 (4.762 %)Migration
61 (2.381 %)Scrum
61 (2.381 %)Web Design
61 (2.381 %)Business Analysis
61 (2.381 %)Agile Software Development
61 (2.381 %)Technical Architecture
61 (2.381 %)Web Development
61 (2.381 %)Resource Management
61 (2.381 %)Software Engineering
61 (2.381 %)Unit Testing
61 (2.381 %)Manual Testing
61 (2.381 %)SEO
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
129 (69.05 %)C#
214 (33.33 %)C
38 (19.05 %)VB.NET
47 (16.67 %)SQL
47 (16.67 %)C++
56 (14.29 %)JavaScript
64 (9.524 %)Java
73 (7.143 %)Embedded C
73 (7.143 %)T-SQL
73 (7.143 %)VB
82 (4.762 %)VBA
82 (4.762 %)VB6
91 (2.381 %)X++
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (21.43 %)Security Cleared
27 (16.67 %)SC Cleared
32 (4.762 %)CTC Cleared
41 (2.381 %)Degree
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (23.81 %)Microsoft
21 (2.381 %)Sitecore
21 (2.381 %)Sybase
21 (2.381 %)Business Objects