The first table below looks at the demand for ADO.NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ADO.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 West Midlands 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 ADO.NET
Rank 92 99 99
Rank change year-on-year
+7 0
Contract jobs citing ADO.NET 3 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.184% 0.178% 0.159%
As % of the Application Development category 0.777% 0.743% 0.637%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £338 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £342 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.15% +13.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
386 538 471
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.64% 24.00% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 293 255
Average daily rate £300 £300 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £17.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.85% -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £40.00 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
ADO.NET
England

ADO.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands ADO.NET Jobs Demand Trend

ADO.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ADO.NET Daily Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ADO.NET Hourly Rate Trend

ADO.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (88.89%) T-SQL
3 7 (77.78%) C#
4 6 (66.67%) Windows
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 5 (55.56%) ADO
5 5 (55.56%) VB
5 5 (55.56%) VB6
5 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
6 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
6 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
7 3 (33.33%) CSS
7 3 (33.33%) MS Office
7 3 (33.33%) HTML
7 3 (33.33%) OO
7 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
8 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
8 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
8 2 (22.22%) ASP
8 2 (22.22%) DTS
8 2 (22.22%) IIS
8 2 (22.22%) RDBMS
8 2 (22.22%) DHTML
8 2 (22.22%) VB.NET
8 2 (22.22%) Web Services
8 2 (22.22%) Ajax
8 2 (22.22%) InfoPath

ADO.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) ADO
3 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
4 3 (33.33%) CSS
4 3 (33.33%) HTML
4 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 2 (22.22%) ASP
5 2 (22.22%) DHTML
5 2 (22.22%) Web Services
5 2 (22.22%) Ajax
5 2 (22.22%) WPF
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 1 (11.11%) WF
6 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
6 1 (11.11%) jQuery
6 1 (11.11%) XML
6 1 (11.11%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 1 (11.11%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
1 2 (22.22%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Foundation
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 2 (22.22%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (22.22%) DTS
2 2 (22.22%) RDBMS
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (11.11%) MSBuild
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (11.11%) NUnit
1 1 (11.11%) CruiseControl
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) VB Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) OO
3 2 (22.22%) Web Usability
4 1 (11.11%) Data Entry
4 1 (11.11%) MSF
4 1 (11.11%) Web Application Development
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Content Management
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) MVC
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Unified Process
4 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (11.11%) RUP
4 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) T-SQL
3 7 (77.78%) C#
4 5 (55.56%) VB
4 5 (55.56%) VB6
5 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (22.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Sitecore