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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft ADO.NET 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 ADO.NET over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft ADO.NET
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank117126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.670 %0.294 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£325-
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£324
% change on same period last year+8.36 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£38.10
% change on same period last year-29.12 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads746681
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.993 %0.690 %
Daily rates quoted161124
Average minimum daily rate£298£292
Average daily rate£316£308
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£335
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted2552
Average minimum hourly rate£28.19£31.18
Average hourly rate£30.07£33.56
% change on same period last year-10.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.94£35.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.66£33.10
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
ADO.NET EnglandADO.NET
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.

ADO.NET
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

ADO.NET
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADO.NET within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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.

LocationRank 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
BirminghamUp+163£325-
WarwickshireNew entry-1--
ADO.NET EnglandADO.NET
England

ADO.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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.

113 (100.00 %).NET
113 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
211 (84.62 %)VB.NET
310 (76.92 %)XML
48 (61.54 %)WebServices
48 (61.54 %)HTML
48 (61.54 %)JavaScript
48 (61.54 %)SQL
48 (61.54 %)ASP.NET 2.0
57 (53.85 %)C#
57 (53.85 %)CSS
57 (53.85 %)SQL Server
57 (53.85 %)IIS
66 (46.15 %)VBScript
66 (46.15 %)ASP
75 (38.46 %)Oracle
84 (30.77 %)Transact-SQL
84 (30.77 %)PL/SQL
84 (30.77 %)OO
84 (30.77 %)SQL Server 2005
84 (30.77 %).NET Remoting
93 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (23.08 %)SSL
102 (15.38 %)Microsoft
102 (15.38 %)VB
102 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
102 (15.38 %)SharePoint
111 (7.692 %).NET Framework
111 (7.692 %)WCF
111 (7.692 %)LINQ

ADO.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (100.00 %).NET
113 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
210 (76.92 %)XML
38 (61.54 %)HTML
38 (61.54 %)WebServices
38 (61.54 %)ASP.NET 2.0
47 (53.85 %)CSS
56 (46.15 %)ASP
64 (30.77 %).NET Remoting
71 (7.692 %).NET Framework
71 (7.692 %)WCF
71 (7.692 %)LINQ
71 (7.692 %)ADO
71 (7.692 %)XSLT
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (53.85 %)IIS
22 (15.38 %)SharePoint
31 (7.692 %)BizTalk Server
31 (7.692 %)Oracle Workflow
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (23.08 %)SSL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (53.85 %)SQL Server
24 (30.77 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (23.08 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (7.692 %)Oracle 10g
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Government
11 (7.692 %)Manufacturing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (61.54 %)Developer
24 (30.77 %)Analyst
24 (30.77 %)Systems Analyst
24 (30.77 %).NET Developer
32 (15.38 %)VB Developer
32 (15.38 %)Web Developer
32 (15.38 %)Consultant
41 (7.692 %)Applications Developer
41 (7.692 %)Web Applications Developer
41 (7.692 %).NET Consultant
41 (7.692 %)BizTalk Consultant
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)Windows
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (30.77 %)OO
21 (7.692 %)SOA
21 (7.692 %)Workflow
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (84.62 %)VB.NET
28 (61.54 %)JavaScript
28 (61.54 %)SQL
37 (53.85 %)C#
46 (46.15 %)VBScript
54 (30.77 %)Transact-SQL
54 (30.77 %)PL/SQL
62 (15.38 %)VB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (38.46 %)Oracle
22 (15.38 %)Microsoft
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