West Midlands .NET Framework Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET Framework
Location Alderley Edge Basingstoke Bath Batley Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Fife Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Hampshire Hastings Hertfordshire Hove Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Sale Salford Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thame Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Wellingborough West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Windsor York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	77	94
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	45	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.060 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	6.008 %	5.217 %
Daily rates quoted	4	6
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£292
Average daily rate	£323	£292
% change on same period last year	+10.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£292
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£331
% change on same period last year	+1.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.50	£34.57
Average hourly rate	£23.25	£36.57
% change on same period last year	-36.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£38.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.56	£38.66
% change on same period last year	-13.18 %
Application Development West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	749	690
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.998 %	0.698 %
Daily rates quoted	162	127
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£298
Average daily rate	£316	£313
% change on same period last year	+0.98 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£328
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	52
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.20	£31.18
Average hourly rate	£30.04	£33.56
% change on same period last year	-10.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.88	£35.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
.NET Framework England

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.

.NET Framework
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the West Midlands 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.

Location	Rank 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
Birmingham	+24	18	£354	-11.45 %
Staffordshire	-	7	-	-
Shropshire	-4	4	-	-
Warwickshire	+6	3	-	-
Coventry	-16	3	£230	-

.NET Framework England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework.

1 85 (100.00 %) .NET 2 51 (60.00 %) C# 3 47 (55.29 %) SQL Server 4 34 (40.00 %) ASP.NET 5 27 (31.76 %) SQL 6 23 (27.06 %) XML 6 23 (27.06 %) SQL Server 2005 7 19 (22.35 %) Visual Studio 8 18 (21.18 %) VB.NET 9 16 (18.82 %) BizTalk Server 10 15 (17.65 %) SQL Server 2000 11 12 (14.12 %) WebServices 12 11 (12.94 %) HTML 13 10 (11.76 %) VB 13 10 (11.76 %) CSS

13 10 (11.76 %) UML 13 10 (11.76 %) Microsoft 14 8 (9.412 %) Internet 14 8 (9.412 %) XSLT 14 8 (9.412 %) JavaScript 15 7 (8.235 %) Oracle 15 7 (8.235 %) Windows 15 7 (8.235 %) OLTP 15 7 (8.235 %) Scrum 16 6 (7.059 %) W3C 16 6 (7.059 %) C++ 16 6 (7.059 %) ESB 16 6 (7.059 %) Agile Software Development 17 5 (5.882 %) VB6 17 5 (5.882 %) Content Management

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing .NET Framework 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 Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 85 (100.00 %) .NET 2 34 (40.00 %) ASP.NET 3 23 (27.06 %) XML 4 12 (14.12 %) WebServices 5 11 (12.94 %) HTML 6 10 (11.76 %) CSS 7 8 (9.412 %) XSLT 8 5 (5.882 %) XHTML 9 4 (4.706 %) DAO 9 4 (4.706 %) AJAX 9 4 (4.706 %) DOM 9 4 (4.706 %) ASP 9 4 (4.706 %) ATL 9 4 (4.706 %) ADO 10 3 (3.529 %) XSD 10 3 (3.529 %) SOAP 11 2 (2.353 %) Struts 11 2 (2.353 %) JSP 11 2 (2.353 %) XSL 11 2 (2.353 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 16 (18.82 %) BizTalk Server 2 6 (7.059 %) ESB 3 5 (5.882 %) IIS 4 3 (3.529 %) SharePoint 5 2 (2.353 %) Oracle HTTP Server 5 2 (2.353 %) ColdFusion 6 1 (1.176 %) CMS 6 1 (1.176 %) Oracle Workflow 6 1 (1.176 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 2 (2.353 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.176 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 8 (9.412 %) Internet 2 2 (2.353 %) FTP 2 2 (2.353 %) HTTP 2 2 (2.353 %) HTTPS 2 2 (2.353 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 47 (55.29 %) SQL Server 2 23 (27.06 %) SQL Server 2005 3 15 (17.65 %) SQL Server 2000 4 7 (8.235 %) OLTP 5 4 (4.706 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 3 (3.529 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 3 (3.529 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 3 (3.529 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 3 (3.529 %) Oracle 10g 7 2 (2.353 %) RDBMS 7 2 (2.353 %) MySQL 7 2 (2.353 %) SQLPlus 7 2 (2.353 %) Oracle 11g 8 1 (1.176 %) SQL Server 7 8 1 (1.176 %) Crystal Reports 8 1 (1.176 %) Oracle Reports 8 1 (1.176 %) MS Access 8 1 (1.176 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 19 (22.35 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (3.529 %) ClearCase 2 3 (3.529 %) NUnit 3 2 (2.353 %) CruiseControl 3 2 (2.353 %) Subversion 3 2 (2.353 %) JDeveloper 3 2 (2.353 %) XMLSpy 4 1 (1.176 %) WebSpeed 4 1 (1.176 %) Dreamweaver 4 1 (1.176 %) Zend Studio	General 1 4 (4.706 %) Government 2 2 (2.353 %) Retail 3 1 (1.176 %) Insurance 3 1 (1.176 %) Local Government 3 1 (1.176 %) Pensions 3 1 (1.176 %) Telecoms 3 1 (1.176 %) Finance 3 1 (1.176 %) Automotive 3 1 (1.176 %) Education 3 1 (1.176 %) Health 3 1 (1.176 %) Games
Job Titles 1 69 (81.18 %) Developer 2 29 (34.12 %) .NET Developer 3 15 (17.65 %) C# Developer 4 12 (14.12 %) BizTalk Developer 5 11 (12.94 %) Web Developer 6 7 (8.235 %) Software Developer 7 5 (5.882 %) ASP.NET Developer 8 4 (4.706 %) VB.NET Developer 8 4 (4.706 %) SQL Server Developer 8 4 (4.706 %) SQL Developer 8 4 (4.706 %) C++ Developer 8 4 (4.706 %) Applications Developer 8 4 (4.706 %) Senior Developer 8 4 (4.706 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 3 (3.529 %) Architect 9 3 (3.529 %) SharePoint Developer 9 3 (3.529 %) .NET Web Developer 9 3 (3.529 %) Senior C# Developer 9 3 (3.529 %) .NET Architect 10 2 (2.353 %) .NET Technical Architect	Miscellaneous 1 6 (7.059 %) W3C 2 2 (2.353 %) N-Tier 3 1 (1.176 %) Firmware 3 1 (1.176 %) Device Driver 3 1 (1.176 %) Mathematics 3 1 (1.176 %) Computer Science 3 1 (1.176 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 7 (8.235 %) Windows 2 1 (1.176 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (1.176 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (11.76 %) UML 2 7 (8.235 %) Scrum 3 6 (7.059 %) Agile Software Development 4 5 (5.882 %) Content Management 4 5 (5.882 %) Web Development 4 5 (5.882 %) OO 4 5 (5.882 %) CAD 5 4 (4.706 %) RUP 6 3 (3.529 %) Security Cleared 7 2 (2.353 %) System Testing 7 2 (2.353 %) SC Cleared 7 2 (2.353 %) Enterprise Architecture 7 2 (2.353 %) Unified Process 7 2 (2.353 %) SOA 7 2 (2.353 %) Workflow 8 1 (1.176 %) Migration 8 1 (1.176 %) Business Intelligence 8 1 (1.176 %) e-GIF 8 1 (1.176 %) Configuration Management 8 1 (1.176 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 51 (60.00 %) C# 2 27 (31.76 %) SQL 3 18 (21.18 %) VB.NET 4 10 (11.76 %) VB 5 8 (9.412 %) JavaScript 6 6 (7.059 %) C++ 7 5 (5.882 %) VB6 8 4 (4.706 %) VC++ 8 4 (4.706 %) Delphi 9 3 (3.529 %) Transact-SQL 9 3 (3.529 %) PL/SQL 10 2 (2.353 %) VBScript 10 2 (2.353 %) Java 11 1 (1.176 %) PHP 11 1 (1.176 %) VBA 11 1 (1.176 %) XAML 11 1 (1.176 %) PHP5 11 1 (1.176 %) C++/CLI	Qualifications 1 4 (4.706 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (3.529 %) HL7	Systems Management 1 3 (3.529 %) MIIS
Vendors 1 10 (11.76 %) Microsoft 2 7 (8.235 %) Oracle 3 2 (2.353 %) SAP 4 1 (1.176 %) Progress 4 1 (1.176 %) Citrix 4 1 (1.176 %) Stellent 4 1 (1.176 %) Zend