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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft ADO.NET skills within the Watford region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ADO.NET over the 3 months to 16 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ADO.NET
Location
3 months to
16 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1737
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below6.250 %6.579 %
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£382£319
% change on same period last year+19.88 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£37.14
% change on same period last year+7.69 %
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Watford
Matching contract IT job ads3276
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.079 %
Daily rates quoted1335
Average minimum daily rate£351£313
Average daily rate£371£319
% change on same period last year+16.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£26.18
Average hourly rate-£27.71
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£29.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.70£32.03
% change on same period last year-4.16 %
ADO.NET HertfordshireADO.NET
Hertfordshire

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.

ADO.NET
Demand Trend

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

Watford ADO.NET Demand Trend

ADO.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Watford ADO.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing ADO.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 ADO.NET.

14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)C
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)XSL
14 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
14 (100.00 %)B2C
14 (100.00 %)Microsoft
14 (100.00 %)XHTML
14 (100.00 %)Commerce Server
14 (100.00 %)Content Management
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
14 (100.00 %)Commerce Server 2007
14 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (75.00 %)SharePoint
23 (75.00 %)UML
23 (75.00 %)C#
23 (75.00 %)Transact-SQL
23 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
31 (25.00 %)BizTalk Server
31 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007

ADO.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing ADO.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 ADO.NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)XSL
14 (100.00 %)XHTML
23 (75.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (100.00 %)Commerce Server
14 (100.00 %)Commerce Server 2007
23 (75.00 %)SharePoint
31 (25.00 %)BizTalk Server
31 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (75.00 %)Senior Developer
31 (25.00 %)SharePoint Developer
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
14 (100.00 %)B2C
14 (100.00 %)Content Management
14 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (75.00 %)UML
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C
23 (75.00 %)C#
23 (75.00 %)Transact-SQL
Watford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Microsoft