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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ASP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5956
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads85
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.005 %
As % of the category below3.620 %3.049 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£280£200
Average daily rate£295£250
% change on same period last year+18.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£283
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£22.50-
Average hourly rate£27.25-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.88£30.44
% change on same period last year-5.14 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads221164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.295 %0.166 %
Daily rates quoted7024
Average minimum daily rate£346£273
Average daily rate£370£306
% change on same period last year+20.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted195
Average minimum hourly rate£23.19£32.42
Average hourly rate£26.89£34.12
% change on same period last year-21.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.60£35.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
ASP UKASP
UK

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
Demand Trend

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

Wales ASP Demand Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales ASP Daily Rate Trend

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales ASP Hourly Rate Trend

ASP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP within the Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
South WalesNo change08£295+18.00 %
ASP UKASP
UK

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing ASP 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 ASP.

112 (85.71 %).NET
112 (85.71 %)ASP.NET
210 (71.43 %)SQL
38 (57.14 %)CSS
38 (57.14 %)XML
47 (50.00 %)JavaScript
56 (42.86 %)MySQL
56 (42.86 %)SQL Server
56 (42.86 %)Web Development
65 (35.71 %)PHP
74 (28.57 %)SEO
83 (21.43 %)C#
83 (21.43 %)VB
83 (21.43 %)AJAX
92 (14.29 %)Marketing
92 (14.29 %)Retail
92 (14.29 %)VB6
92 (14.29 %)Product Marketing
92 (14.29 %)Data Integration
92 (14.29 %)Back Office
92 (14.29 %)VB.NET
92 (14.29 %)HTML
92 (14.29 %)MS Access
101 (7.143 %)CRM
101 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
101 (7.143 %)Microsoft
101 (7.143 %)BusinessObjects
101 (7.143 %)NHS
101 (7.143 %)PRINCE
101 (7.143 %)Internet

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing ASP 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 ASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (85.71 %).NET
112 (85.71 %)ASP.NET
28 (57.14 %)CSS
28 (57.14 %)XML
33 (21.43 %)AJAX
42 (14.29 %)HTML
51 (7.143 %)Silverlight
51 (7.143 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (7.143 %)XSLT
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)IIS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)Internet
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (42.86 %)MySQL
16 (42.86 %)SQL Server
22 (14.29 %)MS Access
31 (7.143 %)BusinessObjects
31 (7.143 %)SQL Server 7
31 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (7.143 %)GIS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (14.29 %)Back Office
12 (14.29 %)Retail
12 (14.29 %)Marketing
21 (7.143 %)Health
21 (7.143 %)Pharmaceutical
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (92.86 %)Developer
28 (57.14 %)Web Developer
33 (21.43 %).NET Developer
42 (14.29 %)ASP Developer
51 (7.143 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (7.143 %)Web Applications Developer
51 (7.143 %)Senior Systems Developer
51 (7.143 %)Applications Developer
51 (7.143 %)Senior Developer
51 (7.143 %)Programmer
51 (7.143 %)VB.NET Developer
51 (7.143 %)Systems Developer
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (14.29 %)Data Integration
21 (7.143 %)NHS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (42.86 %)Web Development
24 (28.57 %)SEO
32 (14.29 %)Product Marketing
41 (7.143 %)ITIL
41 (7.143 %)UML
41 (7.143 %)CRM
41 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
41 (7.143 %)PRINCE
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (71.43 %)SQL
27 (50.00 %)JavaScript
35 (35.71 %)PHP
43 (21.43 %)VB
43 (21.43 %)C#
52 (14.29 %)VB.NET
52 (14.29 %)VB6
61 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.143 %)Business Objects
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft
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