.NET Contracts in the East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for .NET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited .NET over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Microsoft .NET (dotNet) England / East Midlands
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	10	8	8
Rank change year-on-year	-2	0
Contract jobs citing .NET	168	169	173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands	10.94%	10.96%	11.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	34.64%	45.80%	41.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	97	113	122
Median daily rate	£341	£350	£310
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-2.50%	+12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£253	£226
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£454	£475	£425
UK excluding London median daily rate	£363	£350	£340
% change year-on-year	+3.57%	+2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	0	1
Median hourly rate	£50.00	-	£15.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.25	£40.00	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+8.12%	-

.NET is in the industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Contract Software Library & Framework Skills East Midlands
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	485	369	422
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands	31.60%	23.93%	26.98%
Number of daily rates quoted	307	236	268
Median daily rate	£375	£350	£310
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+7.14%	+12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£240	£240
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£480	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	10	2	1
Median hourly rate	£50.00	£35.75	£15.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+39.86%	+138.33%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£36.00	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+18.05%	-10.00%

.NET
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the East Midlands citing .NET as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category.

Job vacancy trend for .NET in the East Midlands

.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing .NET in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate trend for .NET in the East Midlands

.NET
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing .NET in the East Midlands over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for .NET in the East Midlands

.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for .NET in the East Midlands

.NET
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing .NET in the East Midlands over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for .NET in the East Midlands

.NET
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Leicestershire	-1	63	£300	-	27
Nottinghamshire	+2	60	£350	-8.79%	39
Northamptonshire	-2	30	£344	-14.06%	19
Lincolnshire	+10	22	£426	+37.50%	5
Derbyshire	-9	14	£400	+33.33%	13
.NET England

.NET
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing .NET also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the East Midlands region with a requirement for .NET.

1	262 (71.98%)	C#
2	136 (37.36%)	ASP.NET
3	131 (35.99%)	JavaScript
4	129 (35.44%)	SQL Server
4	129 (35.44%)	MVC
5	122 (33.52%)	SQL
6	107 (29.40%)	HTML
7	106 (29.12%)	Agile Software Development
8	92 (25.27%)	Microsoft
9	88 (24.18%)	CSS
10	72 (19.78%)	TDD
11	70 (19.23%)	.NET Framework
12	60 (16.48%)	Scrum
13	59 (16.21%)	Windows
14	58 (15.93%)	WPF

15	56 (15.38%)	WCF
16	55 (15.11%)	Web Services
17	53 (14.56%)	ASP.NET MVC
18	51 (14.01%)	VB.NET
19	47 (12.91%)	HTML5
20	46 (12.64%)	E-Commerce
21	43 (11.81%)	Git (software)
21	43 (11.81%)	jQuery
22	41 (11.26%)	OO
23	38 (10.44%)	XML
24	36 (9.89%)	Oracle
24	36 (9.89%)	ASP.NET Web API
24	36 (9.89%)	AngularJS
25	34 (9.34%)	Node.js
25	34 (9.34%)	VB

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	23 (6.32%)	CMS
2	16 (4.40%)	SharePoint
3	14 (3.85%)	NServiceBus
4	11 (3.02%)	IIS
5	10 (2.75%)	ArcGIS
6	9 (2.47%)	SharePoint 2013
7	6 (1.65%)	Apache Solr
7	6 (1.65%)	Sitecore CMS
7	6 (1.65%)	WinCC
8	5 (1.37%)	Confluence
8	5 (1.37%)	MS Exchange
9	4 (1.10%)	Sitefinity
10	3 (0.82%)	SharePoint 2010
11	2 (0.55%)	DNN
11	2 (0.55%)	K2 blackpearl
11	2 (0.55%)	WebSphere
12	1 (0.27%)	CICS
12	1 (0.27%)	Documentum
12	1 (0.27%)	nginx
12	1 (0.27%)	Umbraco

Applications
1	6 (1.65%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (0.27%)	Microsoft Excel
2	1 (0.27%)	Simulink

Business Applications
1	6 (1.65%)	Teamcenter
2	5 (1.37%)	Dynamics CRM
3	2 (0.55%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
4	1 (0.27%)	Remedy ITSM

Cloud Services
1	21 (5.77%)	Microsoft Azure
2	15 (4.12%)	Amazon AWS
3	9 (2.47%)	IaaS
3	9 (2.47%)	PaaS
4	5 (1.37%)	Office 365
4	5 (1.37%)	SaaS
5	4 (1.10%)	Boomi
6	2 (0.55%)	Azure Data Factory
7	1 (0.27%)	Amazon EC2
7	1 (0.27%)	Amazon S3
7	1 (0.27%)	Google Analytics

Communications & Networking
1	14 (3.85%)	DNS
2	13 (3.57%)	TCP/IP
3	11 (3.02%)	HTTP
4	10 (2.75%)	Link 16
5	8 (2.20%)	SSL
6	5 (1.37%)	DHCP
6	5 (1.37%)	Kerberos
6	5 (1.37%)	LDAP
7	2 (0.55%)	Intranet
7	2 (0.55%)	SAN
7	2 (0.55%)	WAN
8	1 (0.27%)	FTP
8	1 (0.27%)	HTTPS
8	1 (0.27%)	SMS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	129 (35.44%)	SQL Server
2	20 (5.49%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	17 (4.67%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
4	16 (4.40%)	MongoDB
5	13 (3.57%)	SQL Server 2008
6	10 (2.75%)	SQL Server 2012
7	9 (2.47%)	SQL Server 2016
8	8 (2.20%)	Oracle Database
9	7 (1.92%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
9	7 (1.92%)	Oracle Database 10g
9	7 (1.92%)	Oracle Database 11g
9	7 (1.92%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
10	6 (1.65%)	Amazon DynamoDB
11	5 (1.37%)	SQL Server 2005
12	4 (1.10%)	NoSQL
13	3 (0.82%)	DB2
14	2 (0.55%)	CouchDB
14	2 (0.55%)	MySQL
14	2 (0.55%)	Pentaho
14	2 (0.55%)	PostgreSQL

Development Applications
1	43 (11.81%)	Git (software)
2	26 (7.14%)	Team Foundation Server
3	21 (5.77%)	JIRA
4	19 (5.22%)	Visual Studio
5	17 (4.67%)	NUnit
6	15 (4.12%)	Jenkins
7	13 (3.57%)	TeamCity
8	12 (3.30%)	Octopus Deploy
9	11 (3.02%)	MSTest
10	9 (2.47%)	Subversion
11	7 (1.92%)	Moq
11	7 (1.92%)	Selenium
12	6 (1.65%)	SpecFlow
13	4 (1.10%)	gulp
14	2 (0.55%)	git-flow
14	2 (0.55%)	Gradle
14	2 (0.55%)	Jasmine
14	2 (0.55%)	NSubstitute
14	2 (0.55%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14	2 (0.55%)	Visual Studio Team System

General
1	26 (7.14%)	Finance
2	19 (5.22%)	Manufacturing
2	19 (5.22%)	Retail
3	10 (2.75%)	Avionics
3	10 (2.75%)	Military
4	8 (2.20%)	Advertising
4	8 (2.20%)	Marketing
5	5 (1.37%)	Automotive
5	5 (1.37%)	Banking
6	3 (0.82%)	Investment Banking
7	2 (0.55%)	Back Office
8	1 (0.27%)	Aerospace
8	1 (0.27%)	Billing
8	1 (0.27%)	Financial Institution
8	1 (0.27%)	Games
8	1 (0.27%)	Law
8	1 (0.27%)	Legal

Job Titles
1	263 (72.25%)	Developer
2	138 (37.91%)	.NET Developer
3	106 (29.12%)	C# Developer
4	79 (21.70%)	C# .NET Developer
5	47 (12.91%)	ASP.NET Developer
6	34 (9.34%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
7	32 (8.79%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
8	28 (7.69%)	Architect
9	21 (5.77%)	Full Stack Developer
10	19 (5.22%)	WPF Developer
11	17 (4.67%)	Senior Developer
11	17 (4.67%)	Software Engineer
12	15 (4.12%)	C# Software Engineer
12	15 (4.12%)	Designer
13	14 (3.85%)	Analyst
13	14 (3.85%)	SharePoint Developer
14	12 (3.30%)	Angular Developer
15	11 (3.02%)	Senior .NET Developer
15	11 (3.02%)	Senior C# Developer
15	11 (3.02%)	UI Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	136 (37.36%)	ASP.NET
2	107 (29.40%)	HTML
3	88 (24.18%)	CSS
4	70 (19.23%)	.NET Framework
5	58 (15.93%)	WPF
6	56 (15.38%)	WCF
7	55 (15.11%)	Web Services
8	53 (14.56%)	ASP.NET MVC
9	47 (12.91%)	HTML5
10	43 (11.81%)	jQuery
11	38 (10.44%)	XML
12	36 (9.89%)	AngularJS
12	36 (9.89%)	ASP.NET Web API
13	34 (9.34%)	Node.js
14	32 (8.79%)	CSS3
15	29 (7.97%)	Entity Framework
16	24 (6.59%)	ASP.NET Web Forms
17	22 (6.04%)	KnockoutJS
18	21 (5.77%)	REST
19	19 (5.22%)	JSON

Miscellaneous
1	31 (8.52%)	Analytical Skills
2	23 (6.32%)	User Experience
3	11 (3.02%)	Greenfield Project
4	8 (2.20%)	Mobile App
5	7 (1.92%)	Enterprise Software
6	5 (1.37%)	Clustering
6	5 (1.37%)	PKI
7	4 (1.10%)	EPoS
7	4 (1.10%)	iPad
7	4 (1.10%)	iPhone
8	3 (0.82%)	Computer Science
8	3 (0.82%)	Driving Licence
8	3 (0.82%)	Market Risk
9	2 (0.55%)	Embedded Systems
9	2 (0.55%)	Public Cloud
9	2 (0.55%)	Virtual Team
10	1 (0.27%)	IBM Mainframe
10	1 (0.27%)	Mainframe
10	1 (0.27%)	Smart Meter
10	1 (0.27%)	W3C

Operating Systems
1	59 (16.21%)	Windows
2	20 (5.49%)	Linux
3	16 (4.40%)	Android
4	15 (4.12%)	Apple iOS
5	12 (3.30%)	Windows Server
6	8 (2.20%)	CoreOS
6	8 (2.20%)	Ubuntu
7	7 (1.92%)	Unix
7	7 (1.92%)	Windows Mobile
8	6 (1.65%)	Windows 7
8	6 (1.65%)	Windows 8
8	6 (1.65%)	Windows Server 2008
9	5 (1.37%)	Windows Server 2003
9	5 (1.37%)	Windows Server 2012
10	2 (0.55%)	VMS
10	2 (0.55%)	Windows 10
11	1 (0.27%)	Embedded Linux
11	1 (0.27%)	Windows 2000

Processes & Methodologies
1	129 (35.44%)	MVC
2	106 (29.12%)	Agile Software Development
3	72 (19.78%)	TDD
4	60 (16.48%)	Scrum
5	46 (12.64%)	E-Commerce
6	41 (11.26%)	OO
7	26 (7.14%)	Continuous Integration
8	25 (6.87%)	Dependency Injection
8	25 (6.87%)	MVVM
9	23 (6.32%)	Unit Testing
10	22 (6.04%)	Front End Development
10	22 (6.04%)	Software Engineering
11	21 (5.77%)	Test Automation
12	20 (5.49%)	SOLID
12	20 (5.49%)	Web Development
13	19 (5.22%)	Microservices
14	16 (4.40%)	Translating Business Requirements
15	14 (3.85%)	Software Testing
16	13 (3.57%)	Business Intelligence
16	13 (3.57%)	UML

Programming Languages
1	262 (71.98%)	C#
2	131 (35.99%)	JavaScript
3	122 (33.52%)	SQL
4	51 (14.01%)	VB.NET
5	34 (9.34%)	VB
6	29 (7.97%)	Java
7	23 (6.32%)	Python
8	18 (4.95%)	PL/SQL
9	16 (4.40%)	PowerShell
9	16 (4.40%)	T-SQL
10	13 (3.57%)	C
10	13 (3.57%)	VB6
11	9 (2.47%)	VBA
12	6 (1.65%)	Shell Script
13	5 (1.37%)	VBScript
13	5 (1.37%)	XAML
14	4 (1.10%)	Apple Swift
14	4 (1.10%)	Objective-C
14	4 (1.10%)	TypeScript
15	3 (0.82%)	XPath

Qualifications
1	30 (8.24%)	Security Cleared
2	27 (7.42%)	SC Cleared
3	20 (5.49%)	Degree
4	12 (3.30%)	Microsoft Certification
5	9 (2.47%)	Computer Science Degree
6	1 (0.27%)	Analytics IQ
6	1 (0.27%)	HNC
6	1 (0.27%)	HND
6	1 (0.27%)	ISEB
6	1 (0.27%)	ITIL Certification
6	1 (0.27%)	MCP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	10 (2.75%)	MIL-STD-1553
2	6 (1.65%)	QA

System Software
1	26 (7.14%)	Docker
2	12 (3.30%)	Active Directory
3	4 (1.10%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	2 (0.55%)	VMware Server
5	1 (0.27%)	VMware ESXi

Systems Management
1	13 (3.57%)	Opscode Chef
2	5 (1.37%)	Forefront Identity Manager
2	5 (1.37%)	Kubernetes
2	5 (1.37%)	Norton AntiVirus
3	4 (1.10%)	Terraform
4	2 (0.55%)	Consul
5	1 (0.27%)	HP Quality Center
5	1 (0.27%)	MIIS
5	1 (0.27%)	SCCM

Vendors
1	92 (25.27%)	Microsoft
2	36 (9.89%)	Oracle
3	22 (6.04%)	Sitecore
4	17 (4.67%)	Xamarin
5	13 (3.57%)	SAP
6	7 (1.92%)	Siemens
7	5 (1.37%)	Cisco
7	5 (1.37%)	McAfee
7	5 (1.37%)	Symantec
8	4 (1.10%)	Dell
8	4 (1.10%)	IBM
8	4 (1.10%)	Salesforce.com
8	4 (1.10%)	Twitter
8	4 (1.10%)	VMware
9	3 (0.82%)	Google
10	2 (0.55%)	Cognos
10	2 (0.55%)	Informatica
10	2 (0.55%)	Telerik
11	1 (0.27%)	MicroStrategy
11	1 (0.27%)	NetApp