Yorkshire ASP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) 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 ASP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
Location Avon Basingstoke Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington City of London Cleckheaton Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Haywards Heath Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hitchin Hove Hull Kent Lanarkshire Lancashire Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontypridd Preston Reading Rhondda Cynon Taff Romford Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staffordshire Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Stroud Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Windsor Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	70	86
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	52	49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.069 %	0.050 %
As % of the category below	6.701 %	6.422 %
Daily rates quoted	8	4
Average minimum daily rate	£248	£278
Average daily rate	£286	£290
% change on same period last year	-1.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£303
UK excluding London average daily rate	£288	£283
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.18	£19.16
Average hourly rate	£30.91	£20.48
% change on same period last year	+50.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.64	£21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.88	£30.44
% change on same period last year	-5.14 %
Application Development Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	776	763
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.034 %	0.772 %
Daily rates quoted	139	97
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£300
Average daily rate	£330	£318
% change on same period last year	+3.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£336
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	82	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.28	£23.62
Average hourly rate	£30.97	£25.16
% change on same period last year	+23.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.66	£26.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
ASP 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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ASP across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

ASP
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ASP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ASP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ASP across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ASP within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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	+11	32	£291	+0.36 %
South Yorkshire	-8	9	-	-
North Yorkshire	+5	7	£250	-
East Yorkshire	-	2	-	-

ASP England

ASP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing ASP 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 ASP.

1 86 (67.72 %) .NET 2 71 (55.91 %) C# 3 69 (54.33 %) SQL Server 4 60 (47.24 %) HTML 5 57 (44.88 %) ASP.NET 6 56 (44.09 %) XML 7 52 (40.94 %) VB 8 45 (35.43 %) JavaScript 9 31 (24.41 %) CSS 10 30 (23.62 %) SQL 11 27 (21.26 %) Microsoft 12 25 (19.69 %) Visual Studio 12 25 (19.69 %) VB6 13 23 (18.11 %) VBScript 14 22 (17.32 %) IIS

14 22 (17.32 %) SQL Server 2000 14 22 (17.32 %) Finance 15 21 (16.54 %) COM+ 16 18 (14.17 %) E-Commerce 17 16 (12.60 %) MS Excel 18 15 (11.81 %) MS Access 18 15 (11.81 %) XSL 18 15 (11.81 %) XSLT 18 15 (11.81 %) Oracle 19 14 (11.02 %) XHTML 19 14 (11.02 %) CMS 20 13 (10.24 %) VB.NET 20 13 (10.24 %) Marketing 20 13 (10.24 %) .NET Framework 21 12 (9.449 %) Unit Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing ASP 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 ASP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 86 (67.72 %) .NET 2 60 (47.24 %) HTML 3 57 (44.88 %) ASP.NET 4 56 (44.09 %) XML 5 31 (24.41 %) CSS 6 21 (16.54 %) COM+ 7 15 (11.81 %) XSL 7 15 (11.81 %) XSLT 8 14 (11.02 %) XHTML 9 13 (10.24 %) .NET Framework 10 12 (9.449 %) ADO 10 12 (9.449 %) ADO.NET 11 11 (8.661 %) AJAX 12 6 (4.724 %) WebServices 13 3 (2.362 %) DCOM 13 3 (2.362 %) XML Messaging 13 3 (2.362 %) WinForms 14 2 (1.575 %) ASP.NET 2.0 15 1 (0.787 %) Windows SharePoint Services 15 1 (0.787 %) DOM	Application Platforms 1 22 (17.32 %) IIS 2 14 (11.02 %) CMS 3 10 (7.874 %) SharePoint 4 5 (3.937 %) TeamSite 5 2 (1.575 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.787 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.787 %) Apache
Applications 1 16 (12.60 %) MS Excel 2 6 (4.724 %) Photoshop 3 2 (1.575 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.575 %) InfoPath 4 1 (0.787 %) Acrobat 4 1 (0.787 %) Fireworks	Communications & Networking 1 2 (1.575 %) CTI 2 1 (0.787 %) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 69 (54.33 %) SQL Server 2 22 (17.32 %) SQL Server 2000 3 15 (11.81 %) MS Access 4 7 (5.512 %) SQL Server 7 4 7 (5.512 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (2.362 %) GIS 6 2 (1.575 %) MySQL 7 1 (0.787 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (0.787 %) Crystal Enterprise 7 1 (0.787 %) BusinessObjects	Development Applications 1 25 (19.69 %) Visual Studio 2 6 (4.724 %) Dreamweaver 3 4 (3.150 %) NUnit 4 3 (2.362 %) InstallShield 5 2 (1.575 %) Flash 6 1 (0.787 %) JBuilder 6 1 (0.787 %) Eclipse
General 1 22 (17.32 %) Finance 2 13 (10.24 %) Marketing 3 8 (6.299 %) Health 4 4 (3.150 %) Banking 4 4 (3.150 %) Insurance 5 3 (2.362 %) Retail 6 2 (1.575 %) Government 7 1 (0.787 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.787 %) Publishing 7 1 (0.787 %) Multimedia 7 1 (0.787 %) International Banking 7 1 (0.787 %) Graphic Design 7 1 (0.787 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 112 (88.19 %) Developer 2 45 (35.43 %) .NET Developer 3 25 (19.69 %) Web Developer 3 25 (19.69 %) ASP Developer 4 24 (18.90 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 23 (18.11 %) C# Developer 6 16 (12.60 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 13 (10.24 %) VB Developer 8 9 (7.087 %) SQL Developer 8 9 (7.087 %) VB6 Developer 9 8 (6.299 %) SQL Server Developer 9 8 (6.299 %) Software Developer 10 7 (5.512 %) Analyst 10 7 (5.512 %) Senior Developer 11 5 (3.937 %) .NET Web Developer 12 4 (3.150 %) C# Web Developer 13 3 (2.362 %) Analyst Developer 13 3 (2.362 %) Systems Developer 13 3 (2.362 %) Applications Support 13 3 (2.362 %) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (7.874 %) W3C 2 6 (4.724 %) NHS 3 2 (1.575 %) Thin Client 3 2 (1.575 %) N-Tier 3 2 (1.575 %) Fat Client 4 1 (0.787 %) Data Integration 4 1 (0.787 %) Client/Server 4 1 (0.787 %) NPfIT 4 1 (0.787 %) IVR	Operating Systems 1 4 (3.150 %) Windows 2 3 (2.362 %) Windows NT 3 2 (1.575 %) Linux 4 1 (0.787 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.787 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 18 (14.17 %) E-Commerce 2 12 (9.449 %) Unit Testing 3 8 (6.299 %) Content Management 3 8 (6.299 %) Web Development 4 7 (5.512 %) UML 4 7 (5.512 %) ERD 5 4 (3.150 %) Security Cleared 5 4 (3.150 %) OO 6 3 (2.362 %) Migration 6 3 (2.362 %) OOD 7 2 (1.575 %) Web Design 8 1 (0.787 %) Internet Marketing 8 1 (0.787 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 1 (0.787 %) Information Management 8 1 (0.787 %) Incident Management 8 1 (0.787 %) Requirements Analysis 8 1 (0.787 %) Service Delivery 8 1 (0.787 %) SEO 8 1 (0.787 %) Stakeholder Management 8 1 (0.787 %) OOP	Programming Languages 1 71 (55.91 %) C# 2 52 (40.94 %) VB 3 45 (35.43 %) JavaScript 4 30 (23.62 %) SQL 5 25 (19.69 %) VB6 6 23 (18.11 %) VBScript 7 13 (10.24 %) VB.NET 8 10 (7.874 %) C 9 7 (5.512 %) Perl 10 5 (3.937 %) PHP 10 5 (3.937 %) DHTML 11 4 (3.150 %) C++ 12 3 (2.362 %) VBA 13 1 (0.787 %) ActionScript 13 1 (0.787 %) Java
Qualifications 1 4 (3.150 %) Degree 2 1 (0.787 %) MCSE 2 1 (0.787 %) Microsoft Certification	System Software 1 1 (0.787 %) MSMQ
Vendors 1 27 (21.26 %) Microsoft 2 15 (11.81 %) Oracle 3 1 (0.787 %) Business Objects 3 1 (0.787 %) Siebel 3 1 (0.787 %) Adobe 3 1 (0.787 %) Northgate