Yorkshire .NET Framework Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft .NET Framework skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET Framework over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft .NET Framework
Location Alderley Edge Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Croydon Darlington Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dronfield Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Horley Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staffordshire Stockport Street Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Wirral Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	54	93
Rank change on same period last year	+39
Matching contract IT job ads	54	47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.087 %	0.051 %
As % of the category below	9.541 %	5.154 %
Daily rates quoted	15	12
Average minimum daily rate	£299	£299
Average daily rate	£322	£317
% change on same period last year	+1.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£377
% change on same period last year	-14.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.67	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£33.67	£21.25
% change on same period last year	+58.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.67	£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.03	£33.98
% change on same period last year	-2.79 %
Application Development Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	566	912
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.914 %	0.995 %
Daily rates quoted	115	216
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£315
Average daily rate	£325	£329
% change on same period last year	-1.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£334
% change on same period last year	-3.29 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	56
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.17	£25.65
Average hourly rate	£28.45	£27.49
% change on same period last year	+3.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.74	£29.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.63	£31.54
% change on same period last year	-9.21 %
.NET Framework 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.

.NET Framework
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing .NET Framework across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Trend

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

.NET Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing .NET Framework across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

.NET Framework
Hourly Rate Trend

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

.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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 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.

Location	Rank 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
West Yorkshire	+20	49	£317	-0.05 %
South Yorkshire	+21	3	£325	-
North Yorkshire	+14	1	-	-

.NET Framework England

.NET Framework
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 96 (100.00 %) .NET 2 69 (71.88 %) SQL Server 3 68 (70.83 %) C# 4 63 (65.63 %) ASP.NET 5 44 (45.83 %) XML 6 42 (43.75 %) Visual Studio 7 41 (42.71 %) SQL Server 2005 8 37 (38.54 %) Microsoft 9 34 (35.42 %) JavaScript 10 33 (34.38 %) ADO.NET 11 28 (29.17 %) SQL 12 26 (27.08 %) DHTML 13 24 (25.00 %) SharePoint Server 2007 14 23 (23.96 %) WebServices 14 23 (23.96 %) XHTML

15 21 (21.88 %) SharePoint 16 19 (19.79 %) CSS 17 18 (18.75 %) Windows 18 16 (16.67 %) HTML 19 15 (15.63 %) NHS 19 15 (15.63 %) NUnit 20 14 (14.58 %) Health 21 12 (12.50 %) OO 21 12 (12.50 %) MS Excel 21 12 (12.50 %) SQL Server Integration Services 22 11 (11.46 %) XSLT 22 11 (11.46 %) Finance 23 10 (10.42 %) SQL Server 2000 23 10 (10.42 %) Transact-SQL 23 10 (10.42 %) VB.NET

.NET Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 96 (100.00 %) .NET 2 63 (65.63 %) ASP.NET 3 44 (45.83 %) XML 4 33 (34.38 %) ADO.NET 5 23 (23.96 %) WebServices 5 23 (23.96 %) XHTML 6 19 (19.79 %) CSS 7 16 (16.67 %) HTML 8 11 (11.46 %) XSLT 9 7 (7.292 %) AJAX 10 6 (6.250 %) ASP.NET 2.0 10 6 (6.250 %) WF 10 6 (6.250 %) Silverlight 11 5 (5.208 %) WCF 11 5 (5.208 %) WinForms 11 5 (5.208 %) XSD 11 5 (5.208 %) ASP 12 4 (4.167 %) COM+ 13 3 (3.125 %) Windows SharePoint Services 14 2 (2.083 %) MFC	Application Platforms 1 24 (25.00 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 21 (21.88 %) SharePoint 3 7 (7.292 %) IIS 4 2 (2.083 %) CMS 4 2 (2.083 %) BizTalk Server 5 1 (1.042 %) Commerce Server 5 1 (1.042 %) ColdFusion 5 1 (1.042 %) SharePoint Portal Server 5 1 (1.042 %) ESB
Applications 1 12 (12.50 %) MS Excel 2 6 (6.250 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.042 %) MS Visio 3 1 (1.042 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 1 (1.042 %) WebTrends
Communications & Networking 1 8 (8.333 %) Internet 2 6 (6.250 %) TCP/IP 3 5 (5.208 %) DNS 3 5 (5.208 %) SSL 3 5 (5.208 %) DHCP 4 1 (1.042 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 69 (71.88 %) SQL Server 2 41 (42.71 %) SQL Server 2005 3 12 (12.50 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 10 (10.42 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 10 (10.42 %) SQL Server 2000 4 10 (10.42 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 5 3 (3.125 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 3 (3.125 %) Oracle 9i 5 3 (3.125 %) DTS 6 2 (2.083 %) Oracle 10g 6 2 (2.083 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (1.042 %) Crystal Reports 7 1 (1.042 %) Oracle Reports 7 1 (1.042 %) MySQL 7 1 (1.042 %) TOAD
Development Applications 1 42 (43.75 %) Visual Studio 2 15 (15.63 %) NUnit 3 9 (9.375 %) CruiseControl 4 6 (6.250 %) Selenium 5 5 (5.208 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 1 (1.042 %) Flash 6 1 (1.042 %) Synon 6 1 (1.042 %) WebSpeed	General 1 14 (14.58 %) Health 2 11 (11.46 %) Finance 3 7 (7.292 %) Publishing 4 5 (5.208 %) Government 5 2 (2.083 %) Banking 5 2 (2.083 %) Legal 6 1 (1.042 %) Education 6 1 (1.042 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 73 (76.04 %) Developer 2 29 (30.21 %) .NET Developer 3 19 (19.79 %) C# Developer 4 11 (11.46 %) SharePoint Developer 5 9 (9.375 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 7 (7.292 %) Web Developer 7 6 (6.250 %) Applications Developer 8 5 (5.208 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 9 4 (4.167 %) Senior Developer 9 4 (4.167 %) Lead Developer 9 4 (4.167 %) Team Leader 10 3 (3.125 %) .NET Web Developer 10 3 (3.125 %) Senior .NET Developer 10 3 (3.125 %) Administrator 10 3 (3.125 %) Analyst 10 3 (3.125 %) Architect 10 3 (3.125 %) GUI Developer 11 2 (2.083 %) Software Developer 11 2 (2.083 %) Solutions Architect 11 2 (2.083 %) Analyst Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 15 (15.63 %) NHS 2 4 (4.167 %) Client/Server 3 1 (1.042 %) N-Tier 3 1 (1.042 %) W3C 3 1 (1.042 %) Thin Client 3 1 (1.042 %) AS400 3 1 (1.042 %) Web 2.0 3 1 (1.042 %) Computer Science 3 1 (1.042 %) Fat Client 3 1 (1.042 %) Data Extraction
Operating Systems 1 18 (18.75 %) Windows 2 6 (6.250 %) Windows Server 2003 3 4 (4.167 %) Windows XP 4 3 (3.125 %) Windows 2000 Server 4 3 (3.125 %) Windows 2000 5 1 (1.042 %) Windows Vista 5 1 (1.042 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (12.50 %) OO 2 8 (8.333 %) Automated Testing 3 7 (7.292 %) UML 4 6 (6.250 %) Workflow 5 5 (5.208 %) Configuration Management 5 5 (5.208 %) Agile Software Development 6 4 (4.167 %) Service Management 6 4 (4.167 %) Unit Testing 6 4 (4.167 %) OOD 7 3 (3.125 %) RAD 7 3 (3.125 %) E-Commerce 7 3 (3.125 %) Web Development 8 2 (2.083 %) ERD 8 2 (2.083 %) Integration Testing 8 2 (2.083 %) Business Intelligence 8 2 (2.083 %) Requirements Analysis 8 2 (2.083 %) RUP 8 2 (2.083 %) OOP 9 1 (1.042 %) ITIL 9 1 (1.042 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 68 (70.83 %) C# 2 34 (35.42 %) JavaScript 3 28 (29.17 %) SQL 4 26 (27.08 %) DHTML 5 10 (10.42 %) Transact-SQL 5 10 (10.42 %) VB.NET 6 8 (8.333 %) VB 7 6 (6.250 %) C++ 8 5 (5.208 %) VB6 9 4 (4.167 %) Java 10 2 (2.083 %) VBScript 10 2 (2.083 %) PHP 10 2 (2.083 %) PL/SQL 10 2 (2.083 %) Progress 4GL 11 1 (1.042 %) Embedded C 11 1 (1.042 %) Embedded C++ 11 1 (1.042 %) Assembly Language 11 1 (1.042 %) C 11 1 (1.042 %) ActionScript 11 1 (1.042 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 3 (3.125 %) Degree 2 1 (1.042 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.083 %) SLA 2 1 (1.042 %) QA	System Software 1 8 (8.333 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 6 (6.250 %) Active Directory 3 4 (4.167 %) VMware ESX 3 4 (4.167 %) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management 1 2 (2.083 %) BMC Marimba	Vendors 1 37 (38.54 %) Microsoft 2 8 (8.333 %) VMware 3 6 (6.250 %) Oracle 4 4 (4.167 %) Dundas 5 3 (3.125 %) Progress 5 3 (3.125 %) Hyperion 5 3 (3.125 %) Brio 6 2 (2.083 %) telerik 7 1 (1.042 %) Google 7 1 (1.042 %) Zend 7 1 (1.042 %) Mercator 7 1 (1.042 %) SAP