The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 24 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 for the Warrington region.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 10 13 12
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing .NET 12 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 9.836% 5.319% 7.692%
As % of the Application Development category 57.14% 16.67% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 3
Average daily rate £300 £323 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.97% +9.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £317 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £329 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.44%
All Application Development
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
21 30 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 17.21% 31.91% 25.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 16
Average daily rate £283 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.28% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £260 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £435 £900
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Cheshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warrington .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET across the Warrington region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Warrington .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warrington .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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.

1 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (78.95%) .NET Framework
3 14 (73.68%) C#
4 12 (63.16%) SQL
4 12 (63.16%) ASP.NET
5 11 (57.89%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (52.63%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (47.37%) JavaScript
8 8 (42.11%) VB.NET
8 8 (42.11%) Photoshop
8 8 (42.11%) Android
8 8 (42.11%) iPad
9 7 (36.84%) Management Information System
10 6 (31.58%) Visual Studio
10 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
11 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
12 4 (21.05%) LINQ
12 4 (21.05%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2012
12 4 (21.05%) Oracle
12 4 (21.05%) Contact Management
12 4 (21.05%) jQuery
12 4 (21.05%) Oracle 8/8i
12 4 (21.05%) SMS
12 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
12 4 (21.05%) SAP
12 4 (21.05%) Web Services
12 4 (21.05%) Windows
12 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
13 3 (15.79%) Java

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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.

Application Development
1 15 (78.95%) .NET Framework
2 12 (63.16%) ASP.NET
3 4 (21.05%) LINQ
3 4 (21.05%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 4 (21.05%) jQuery
3 4 (21.05%) Web Services
4 3 (15.79%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 3 (15.79%) WebSphere
4 3 (15.79%) WCF
4 3 (15.79%) WPF
4 3 (15.79%) Java EE
5 1 (5.263%) CSS
5 1 (5.263%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Photoshop
2 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
3 2 (10.53%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) SMS
2 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 11 (57.89%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2012
4 4 (21.05%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Software Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) C# Developer
3 4 (21.05%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (21.05%) C# .NET Developer
3 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET Developer
3 4 (21.05%) .NET Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Web Developer
5 2 (10.53%) SQL Developer
5 2 (10.53%) C# Web Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.263%) Applications Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Architect
6 1 (5.263%) Solutions Consultant
6 1 (5.263%) C# Application Developer
6 1 (5.263%) .NET Applications Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Web Applications Developer
6 1 (5.263%) .NET Web Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) iPad
2 7 (36.84%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Android
2 4 (21.05%) Windows
3 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.263%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (21.05%) Contact Management
3 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (15.79%) Scrum
3 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
3 3 (15.79%) Data Management
3 3 (15.79%) Feature Driven Development
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Workflow
4 2 (10.53%) Incident Management
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (10.53%) RUP
5 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) C#
2 12 (63.16%) SQL
3 9 (47.37%) JavaScript
4 8 (42.11%) VB.NET
5 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
6 3 (15.79%) Java
7 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
8 1 (5.263%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (5.263%) XenApp
1 1 (5.263%) Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (21.05%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) IBM
3 1 (5.263%) EMC
3 1 (5.263%) Citrix
3 1 (5.263%) Hitachi
3 1 (5.263%) NetApp
3 1 (5.263%) VMware