The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Welwyn Garden City region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 21 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 Welwyn Garden City 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET (dotNet)
Rank 8 7 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing .NET 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 6.061% 9.756% -
As % of the Application Development category 33.33% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.32 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+19.37% -12.47%
All Application Development
Welwyn Garden City
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 18.18% 9.756% 5.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
Average daily rate £400 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -8.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
Hertfordshire

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Welwyn Garden City .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 Welwyn Garden City region.

Welwyn Garden City .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 7 (87.50%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) WCF
4 4 (50.00%) TDD
4 4 (50.00%) Automated Testing
4 4 (50.00%) Unit Testing
4 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (50.00%) MVC
4 4 (50.00%) Scrum
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (50.00%) XML
4 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (50.00%) N-Tier
4 4 (50.00%) SOA
4 4 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (50.00%) Unity DI Container
5 3 (37.50%) Retail
6 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (12.50%) Games
7 1 (12.50%) E-Learning
7 1 (12.50%) HTML
7 1 (12.50%) SQL
7 1 (12.50%) Retalix
7 1 (12.50%) jQuery
7 1 (12.50%) Online Games

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 6 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 5 (62.50%) WCF
3 4 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (50.00%) XML
3 4 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 4 (50.00%) Unity DI Container
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Senior Developer
2 5 (62.50%) .NET Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Agile .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) Web Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Web Programmer
4 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
4 1 (12.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (12.50%) E-Learning
2 1 (12.50%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) TDD
1 4 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (50.00%) MVC
1 4 (50.00%) Scrum
1 4 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 4 (50.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Retalix