The first table below looks at the demand for .NET Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 23 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 Worcestershire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft .NET Framework
Rank 18 11 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Contract jobs citing .NET Framework 6 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 6.383% 3.571% -
As % of the Application Development category 15.38% 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £289 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £36.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.16 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.45% -2.40%
All Application Development
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
39 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 41.49% 28.57% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 6 7
Average daily rate £300 £213 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.17% -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £333 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £36.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET Framework
West Midlands

.NET Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire .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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire .NET Framework Daily Rate Trend

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Worcestershire .NET Framework Daily Rate Histogram

.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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire .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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Worcester - 4 £253 -
Redditch - 1 £375 -
.NET Framework
West Midlands

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 6 (75.00%) QA
2 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
3 5 (62.50%) ASP.NET
4 4 (50.00%) Web Services
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 3 (37.50%) C
5 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (37.50%) Analytics
5 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 3 (37.50%) VMware
5 3 (37.50%) VMware ESX
5 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (37.50%) Content Management
5 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Web Analytics
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
5 3 (37.50%) Web Development
5 3 (37.50%) Internet
5 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
5 3 (37.50%) TickIT
5 3 (37.50%) Change Management
5 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (37.50%) MVC
5 3 (37.50%) SEO

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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
3 4 (50.00%) Web Services
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 2
4 1 (12.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (12.50%) Ajax
4 1 (12.50%) jQuery
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
4 1 (12.50%) XML
4 1 (12.50%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (37.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Software Tester
3 3 (37.50%) Tester
4 2 (25.00%) Web Developer
4 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (12.50%) CMS Developer
5 1 (12.50%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (37.50%) Content Management
2 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Web Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
2 3 (37.50%) Web Development
2 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (37.50%) MVC
2 3 (37.50%) SEO
2 3 (37.50%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) UML
2 3 (37.50%) OO
2 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (37.50%) C
2 3 (37.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
2 3 (37.50%) TickIT
2 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (37.50%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle