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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) 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 ASP over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank6966
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads5246
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.052 %
As % of the category below7.658 %9.350 %
Daily rates quoted914
Average minimum daily rate£247£296
Average daily rate£253£312
% change on same period last year-18.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£260£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£281£290
% change on same period last year-3.19 %
Hourly rates quoted55
Average minimum hourly rate£23.00£18.80
Average hourly rate£25.50£22.67
% change on same period last year+12.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£26.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.91£27.26
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Application Development West MidlandsApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads679492
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.871 %0.553 %
Daily rates quoted12484
Average minimum daily rate£301£306
Average daily rate£318£327
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted3143
Average minimum hourly rate£24.91£27.38
Average hourly rate£27.74£30.12
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.57£32.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
ASP EnglandASP
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.

ASP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing ASP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands ASP Demand Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands ASP Daily Rate Trend

ASP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

West Midlands ASP Daily Rate Histogram

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing ASP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ASP Hourly Rate Trend

ASP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

West Midlands ASP Hourly Rate Histogram

ASP
Contract Locations

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

RankLocationRank 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
1WarwickshireUp+1516£230-
2BirminghamDown-311£250-29.80 %
3CoventryDown-154--
4WorcestershireDown-52--
5HerefordshireUp+41£300-
ASP EnglandASP
England

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing ASP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ASP.

172 (60.50 %).NET
260 (50.42 %)ASP.NET
354 (45.38 %)SQL
354 (45.38 %)HTML
447 (39.50 %)JavaScript
539 (32.77 %)VB
539 (32.77 %)SQL Server
637 (31.09 %)CSS
734 (28.57 %)XML
829 (24.37 %)VB.NET
925 (21.01 %)OO
1022 (18.49 %)VBScript
1022 (18.49 %)Oracle
1121 (17.65 %)Web Development
1220 (16.81 %)C#
1316 (13.45 %)Migration
1415 (12.61 %)SQL Server 2005
1513 (10.92 %)Transact-SQL
1612 (10.08 %)SharePoint
1612 (10.08 %)Microsoft
1612 (10.08 %)Internet
1612 (10.08 %)VB6
1711 (9.244 %)E-Commerce
1711 (9.244 %)Dreamweaver
1810 (8.403 %)Photoshop
1810 (8.403 %)Visual Studio
199 (7.563 %)Crystal Reports
199 (7.563 %)ADO.NET
199 (7.563 %)PHP
199 (7.563 %)Flash

ASP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing ASP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
172 (60.50 %).NET
260 (50.42 %)ASP.NET
354 (45.38 %)HTML
437 (31.09 %)CSS
534 (28.57 %)XML
69 (7.563 %)ADO.NET
77 (5.882 %)WebServices
77 (5.882 %)ASP.NET 2.0
85 (4.202 %).NET Remoting
85 (4.202 %).NET Framework
94 (3.361 %)Servlets
103 (2.521 %)JSP
103 (2.521 %)XSL
112 (1.681 %)XSLT
112 (1.681 %)WinForms
112 (1.681 %)AJAX
121 (0.840 %)CSLA.NET
121 (0.840 %)Spring
121 (0.840 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
121 (0.840 %)WCF
Application Platforms
112 (10.08 %)SharePoint
27 (5.882 %)CMS
35 (4.202 %)IIS
44 (3.361 %)Apache
44 (3.361 %)Tomcat
53 (2.521 %)ColdFusion
61 (0.840 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.840 %)Oracle Workflow
Applications
110 (8.403 %)Photoshop
25 (4.202 %)MS Office
25 (4.202 %)3ds Max
32 (1.681 %)Fireworks
Business Applications
13 (2.521 %)Hyperion Enterprise
Communications & Networking
112 (10.08 %)Internet
25 (4.202 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
139 (32.77 %)SQL Server
215 (12.61 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (7.563 %)Crystal Reports
47 (5.882 %)MySQL
55 (4.202 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (3.361 %)DTS
72 (1.681 %)RDBMS
72 (1.681 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.840 %)BusinessObjects XI
81 (0.840 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.840 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.840 %)SQL Server 7
81 (0.840 %)ReportNet
81 (0.840 %)MS Access
Development Applications
111 (9.244 %)Dreamweaver
210 (8.403 %)Visual Studio
39 (7.563 %)Flash
44 (3.361 %)Eclipse
44 (3.361 %)Ant
44 (3.361 %)Subversion
51 (0.840 %)NetAdvantage
51 (0.840 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
17 (5.882 %)Retail
25 (4.202 %)Back Office
34 (3.361 %)Telecoms
34 (3.361 %)Finance
43 (2.521 %)Marketing
52 (1.681 %)Insurance
61 (0.840 %)Graphic Design
61 (0.840 %)Automotive
61 (0.840 %)Construction
61 (0.840 %)Education
61 (0.840 %)Law
Job Titles
189 (74.79 %)Developer
229 (24.37 %).NET Developer
325 (21.01 %)Web Developer
423 (19.33 %)ASP Developer
516 (13.45 %)ASP.NET Developer
614 (11.76 %)Analyst
77 (5.882 %)Systems Analyst
77 (5.882 %)VB.NET Developer
86 (5.042 %)PHP Developer
86 (5.042 %)Applications Developer
86 (5.042 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
95 (4.202 %)C# Developer
95 (4.202 %)SQL Developer
104 (3.361 %)VB Developer
104 (3.361 %)HTML Developer
104 (3.361 %)3rd Line Support
104 (3.361 %)Java Developer
113 (2.521 %)Applications Support
113 (2.521 %)Administrator
113 (2.521 %)Programmer
Miscellaneous
13 (2.521 %)W3C
22 (1.681 %)Equities
22 (1.681 %)N-Tier
31 (0.840 %)Web 2.0
31 (0.840 %)Statistics
Operating Systems
17 (5.882 %)Windows
22 (1.681 %)Windows NT
22 (1.681 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (0.840 %)Linux
31 (0.840 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
125 (21.01 %)OO
221 (17.65 %)Web Development
316 (13.45 %)Migration
411 (9.244 %)E-Commerce
55 (4.202 %)OOD
64 (3.361 %)UML
64 (3.361 %)Systems Analysis
64 (3.361 %)Business Analysis
72 (1.681 %)RAD
72 (1.681 %)Web Design
72 (1.681 %)Content Management
72 (1.681 %)Project Management
81 (0.840 %)Risk Management
81 (0.840 %)SEO
81 (0.840 %)Workflow
81 (0.840 %)Data Analysis
81 (0.840 %)Agile Software Development
81 (0.840 %)CRM
81 (0.840 %)ITIL
81 (0.840 %)SOA
Programming Languages
154 (45.38 %)SQL
247 (39.50 %)JavaScript
339 (32.77 %)VB
429 (24.37 %)VB.NET
522 (18.49 %)VBScript
620 (16.81 %)C#
713 (10.92 %)Transact-SQL
812 (10.08 %)VB6
99 (7.563 %)PHP
107 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
115 (4.202 %)Java
123 (2.521 %)C++
132 (1.681 %)Perl
141 (0.840 %)VBA
Qualifications
11 (0.840 %)Degree
System Software
11 (0.840 %)Active Directory
Vendors
122 (18.49 %)Oracle
212 (10.08 %)Microsoft
35 (4.202 %)Interwoven
44 (3.361 %)Open Text
53 (2.521 %)Hyperion
53 (2.521 %)Adobe
62 (1.681 %)Macromedia
62 (1.681 %)Cognos
71 (0.840 %)Business Objects
71 (0.840 %)SAP
71 (0.840 %)TIBCO
71 (0.840 %)Infragistics
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