The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 22 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 Sussex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 38 49 49
Rank change year-on-year
+11 0
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 4 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.028% 1.051% 0.227%
As % of the Application Development category 4.494% 4.516% 1.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
Average daily rate £335 £350 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% +27.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
89 155 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 22.88% 23.27% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 102 53
Average daily rate £400 £345 £309
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.94% +11.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £258 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
South East

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex .NET Framework Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex .NET Framework Hourly Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Framework within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crawley +6 2 £330 -26.66%
.NET Framework
South East

.NET Framework
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
3 6 (75.00%) SQL
3 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (62.50%) WCF
4 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 5 (62.50%) Razor View Engine
4 5 (62.50%) T-SQL
4 5 (62.50%) SOAP
4 5 (62.50%) XML
5 3 (37.50%) VB
6 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (12.50%) Degree
7 1 (12.50%) VB6
7 1 (12.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (12.50%) WinForms
7 1 (12.50%) Windows
7 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (12.50%) Borland
7 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
7 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
7 1 (12.50%) C++

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (62.50%) WCF
2 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 5 (62.50%) Razor View Engine
2 5 (62.50%) SOAP
2 5 (62.50%) XML
3 1 (12.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (12.50%) WinForms
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) XML Developer
2 5 (62.50%) C# Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) SQL
3 5 (62.50%) T-SQL
4 3 (37.50%) VB
5 1 (12.50%) VB6
5 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
5 1 (12.50%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Borland