The first table below looks at the demand for .NET skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET 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 Yorkshire 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 (dotNet)
Rank 8 12 8
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Contract jobs citing .NET 238 227 202
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 12.80% 10.10% 10.88%
As % of the Application Development category 44.07% 43.40% 41.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 144 108
Average daily rate £290 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £189 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £412 £416 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -46.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £29.75 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+17.64% -11.19%
All Application Development
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
540 523 482
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 29.03% 23.28% 25.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 319 257
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £212 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £380 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 21
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.11% -60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
.NET
England

.NET
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire .NET Jobs Demand Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire .NET Daily Rate Trend

.NET
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Yorkshire .NET Daily Rate Histogram

.NET
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire .NET Hourly Rate Trend

.NET
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Yorkshire .NET Hourly Rate Histogram

.NET
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +4 158 £300 -11.11%
South Yorkshire +6 38 £275 -8.33%
North Yorkshire -3 16 £288 -10.15%
East Yorkshire +1 5 £210 -25.66%
.NET
England

.NET
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing .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 .NET.

1 301 (59.96%) C#
2 250 (49.80%) SQL Server
3 248 (49.40%) ASP.NET
4 196 (39.04%) SQL
5 149 (29.68%) JavaScript
6 119 (23.71%) CSS
7 109 (21.71%) HTML
8 105 (20.92%) MVC
9 103 (20.52%) .NET Framework
10 87 (17.33%) SQL Server 2008
11 86 (17.13%) ASP.NET MVC
12 84 (16.73%) XML
13 81 (16.14%) Visual Studio
13 81 (16.14%) Microsoft
14 80 (15.94%) Web Services
15 79 (15.74%) Windows
15 79 (15.74%) VB.NET
16 74 (14.74%) Agile Software Development
17 70 (13.94%) WCF
18 67 (13.35%) T-SQL
19 62 (12.35%) SharePoint
20 60 (11.95%) jQuery
21 53 (10.56%) Oracle
21 53 (10.56%) Scrum
22 49 (9.761%) Web Development
23 46 (9.163%) ASP.NET MVC 3
24 42 (8.367%) E-Commerce
25 39 (7.769%) IIS
25 39 (7.769%) Java
25 39 (7.769%) MS Excel

.NET
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing .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 .NET. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 248 (49.40%) ASP.NET
2 119 (23.71%) CSS
3 109 (21.71%) HTML
4 103 (20.52%) .NET Framework
5 86 (17.13%) ASP.NET MVC
6 84 (16.73%) XML
7 80 (15.94%) Web Services
8 70 (13.94%) WCF
9 60 (11.95%) jQuery
10 46 (9.163%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 38 (7.570%) WPF
11 38 (7.570%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 38 (7.570%) SOAP
12 32 (6.375%) Silverlight
13 31 (6.175%) Ajax
13 31 (6.175%) Razor View Engine
14 25 (4.980%) WinForms
15 24 (4.781%) HTML5
16 21 (4.183%) REST
17 18 (3.586%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 62 (12.35%) SharePoint
2 39 (7.769%) IIS
3 32 (6.375%) CMS
4 19 (3.785%) SharePoint 2010
5 14 (2.789%) EPiServer CMS
6 13 (2.590%) BizTalk Server
7 7 (1.394%) StreamWeaver
8 6 (1.195%) ESB
8 6 (1.195%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.996%) SAS
10 4 (0.797%) FileNet
10 4 (0.797%) Apache
10 4 (0.797%) DotNetNuke
11 3 (0.598%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.598%) Windows Azure
11 3 (0.598%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.598%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.398%) ActiveMQ
12 2 (0.398%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.398%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 39 (7.769%) MS Excel
2 14 (2.789%) MS Office
3 5 (0.996%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.398%) MS Project
5 1 (0.199%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.199%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.199%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.199%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 20 (3.984%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.598%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.199%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.199%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.582%) FTP
2 12 (2.390%) Firewall
3 10 (1.992%) HTTP
4 3 (0.598%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.398%) Intranet
5 2 (0.398%) SSL
6 1 (0.199%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.199%) NAS
6 1 (0.199%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.199%) DNS
6 1 (0.199%) SMTP
6 1 (0.199%) DHCP
6 1 (0.199%) SAN
6 1 (0.199%) SSH
6 1 (0.199%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (49.80%) SQL Server
2 87 (17.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 39 (7.769%) SQL Server 2005
4 32 (6.375%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (4.980%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 20 (3.984%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (3.386%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (3.187%) SQL Server 2012
9 11 (2.191%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 10 (1.992%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.195%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.996%) SQL Server 2000
12 5 (0.996%) MySQL
13 4 (0.797%) Oracle 10g
14 3 (0.598%) MS Access
15 2 (0.398%) GIS
15 2 (0.398%) Crystal Reports
15 2 (0.398%) Oracle 8/8i
15 2 (0.398%) Data Mining
15 2 (0.398%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 81 (16.14%) Visual Studio
2 13 (2.590%) Team Foundation Server
2 13 (2.590%) NUnit
3 11 (2.191%) JIRA
4 9 (1.793%) WebSpeed
5 7 (1.394%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
6 6 (1.195%) Subversion
6 6 (1.195%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 5 (0.996%) SpecFlow
8 4 (0.797%) Visual Studio Team System
9 3 (0.598%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.598%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.598%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.598%) MSTest
9 3 (0.598%) Selenium
9 3 (0.598%) MSI
9 3 (0.598%) PVCS
10 2 (0.398%) Git (software)
10 2 (0.398%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.199%) PhoneGap
General
1 36 (7.171%) Finance
2 8 (1.594%) Retail
3 5 (0.996%) Back Office
3 5 (0.996%) Manufacturing
3 5 (0.996%) Advertising
4 4 (0.797%) Banking
4 4 (0.797%) Telecoms
4 4 (0.797%) Financial Institution
5 3 (0.598%) Publishing
5 3 (0.598%) Legal
6 2 (0.398%) Law
7 1 (0.199%) Local Government
7 1 (0.199%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 347 (69.12%) Developer
2 190 (37.85%) .NET Developer
3 79 (15.74%) C# Developer
4 51 (10.16%) C# .NET Developer
5 48 (9.562%) ASP.NET Developer
5 48 (9.562%) Analyst
6 32 (6.375%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 32 (6.375%) Applications Support
7 30 (5.976%) VB.NET Developer
8 25 (4.980%) SharePoint Developer
9 22 (4.382%) Web Developer
10 19 (3.785%) Support Analyst
11 18 (3.586%) Applications Support Analyst
11 18 (3.586%) Architect
12 16 (3.187%) XML Developer
13 15 (2.988%) Software Developer
14 13 (2.590%) Consultant
15 12 (2.390%) Support Engineer
15 12 (2.390%) Java Developer
15 12 (2.390%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.785%) NHS
2 13 (2.590%) W3C
3 11 (2.191%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (2.191%) Computer Science
4 10 (1.992%) N-Tier
4 10 (1.992%) Open Source
5 4 (0.797%) Mathematics
6 3 (0.598%) Social Media
6 3 (0.598%) Informatics
6 3 (0.598%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.398%) Visualisation
8 1 (0.199%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.199%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.199%) iPad
8 1 (0.199%) iPhone
8 1 (0.199%) Web 2.0
8 1 (0.199%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.199%) Firmware
8 1 (0.199%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.199%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 79 (15.74%) Windows
2 21 (4.183%) UNIX
3 16 (3.187%) Linux
4 3 (0.598%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.598%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.398%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.398%) Windows XP
5 2 (0.398%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.199%) Android
6 1 (0.199%) CentOS
6 1 (0.199%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.199%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.199%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (20.92%) MVC
2 74 (14.74%) Agile Software Development
3 53 (10.56%) Scrum
4 49 (9.761%) Web Development
5 42 (8.367%) E-Commerce
6 35 (6.972%) TDD
7 31 (6.175%) ITIL
8 26 (5.179%) CRM
8 26 (5.179%) OO
9 23 (4.582%) Unit Testing
9 23 (4.582%) Workflow
9 23 (4.582%) PRINCE2
10 21 (4.183%) Migration
11 20 (3.984%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (3.785%) Project Management
13 15 (2.988%) Document Management
14 13 (2.590%) Content Management
14 13 (2.590%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (2.390%) Service Management
15 12 (2.390%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 301 (59.96%) C#
2 196 (39.04%) SQL
3 149 (29.68%) JavaScript
4 79 (15.74%) VB.NET
5 67 (13.35%) T-SQL
6 39 (7.769%) Java
7 25 (4.980%) VB
8 18 (3.586%) PL/SQL
9 17 (3.386%) XAML
10 13 (2.590%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.191%) VB6
12 9 (1.793%) VBA
13 8 (1.594%) C++
14 7 (1.394%) PHP
15 5 (0.996%) Progress 4GL
16 4 (0.797%) VBScript
16 4 (0.797%) Delphi
16 4 (0.797%) Ruby
17 3 (0.598%) X++
18 2 (0.398%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (6.773%) Security Cleared
1 34 (6.773%) Degree
2 23 (4.582%) SC Cleared
3 9 (1.793%) ISEB
4 7 (1.394%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 7 (1.394%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (0.797%) BC Cleared
6 2 (0.398%) MCSE
6 2 (0.398%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.398%) MCTS
7 1 (0.199%) MCITP
7 1 (0.199%) MCSA
7 1 (0.199%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.187%) QA
2 15 (2.988%) SLA
3 1 (0.199%) WAI
System Software
1 6 (1.195%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.398%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.398%) VMware Server
3 1 (0.199%) XenApp
3 1 (0.199%) XenServer
3 1 (0.199%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.195%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (0.797%) Opalis
3 2 (0.398%) OpenView
3 2 (0.398%) CA Wily
4 1 (0.199%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 81 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.56%) Oracle
3 27 (5.378%) EPiServer
4 11 (2.191%) HP
5 10 (1.992%) Progress
6 8 (1.594%) RedDot
7 7 (1.394%) VMware
8 5 (0.996%) Sitecore
8 5 (0.996%) IBM
8 5 (0.996%) Sybase
8 5 (0.996%) Perforce
9 4 (0.797%) Siebel
9 4 (0.797%) Salesforce.com
9 4 (0.797%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.598%) Twitter
10 3 (0.598%) Sculptor
10 3 (0.598%) hybris
10 3 (0.598%) Lagan
10 3 (0.598%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.398%) Open Text
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4it Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Yorkshire
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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NET Developer - Sheffield- 3 monthLocation: SheffieldDuration: 3 MonthsRate: £300-350 p/dayMy client based in Sheffield is looking for an experienced .Net Developer for an initial 3 month...
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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Posted: 11 May 2013
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Contract Sharepoint Developer to join a leading utilities company based West Yorkshire for 2months+.Daily rate: £330Skills required:*SharePoint 2010 development experience*Experience of FAST Search 2010*SharePoint...
Posted: 26 April 2013
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Rate: £200 - £400 per day
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Posted: 1 May 2013
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Rate: £350 - £450 per day
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NET -Oracle Application Express -Web-based applications -Server/Client frameworks A System Test Analyst possessing ISEB/ISTQB or equivalent qualifications and a solid experience of using SQL at...
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