Entity Framework Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Entity Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Entity Framework over the 3 months to 23 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 ADO.NET Entity Framework UK / England
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	309	346	288
Rank change year-on-year	+37	-58
Contract jobs citing Entity Framework	301	302	396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.70%	0.61%	0.77%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	2.17%	2.11%	2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	234	221	280
Median daily rate	£363	£370	£338
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-2.02%	+9.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£300	£292
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£513	£525	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£350	£350	£325
% change year-on-year	-	+7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	1	5
Median hourly rate	£46.88	£22.00	£22.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+113.06%	-2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£33.13	£22.00	£22.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£55.00	£22.00	£52.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£41.25	£22.00	-
% change year-on-year	+87.50%	-

Entity Framework 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 England with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Contract Software Library & Framework Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	13857	14297	14167
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	32.23%	28.93%	27.72%
Number of daily rates quoted	9633	10184	9649
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£388
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£320	£300	£285
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£588	£570	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	189	163	190
Median hourly rate	£41.50	£36.50	£37.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+13.69%	-1.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£19.82	£18.80	£17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£52.50	£50.00	£55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£36.00	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+18.05%	-10.00%

Entity Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Entity Framework in England

Entity Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Entity Framework in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Entity Framework in England

Entity Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Entity Framework in England over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Entity Framework in England

Entity Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Entity Framework in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Entity Framework in England

Entity Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Entity Framework in England over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Entity Framework in England

Entity Framework
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Entity Framework within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London	+12	104	£462	+8.70%	55
South East	+1	67	£350	-	56
South West	+19	35	£338	+3.84%	19
East of England	-5	23	£363	+3.57%	18
North West	+26	20	£340	-6.20%	37
Yorkshire	+13	19	£337	+3.53%	22
East Midlands	-6	17	£320	-29.86%	19
West Midlands	+12	12	£329	-4.01%	12
North East	+68	4	£313	-1.96%	4
Entity Framework UK

Entity Framework
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Entity Framework 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 England region with a requirement for Entity Framework.

1	593 (90.95%)	.NET
2	581 (89.11%)	C#
2	581 (89.11%)	.NET Framework
3	422 (64.72%)	MVC
4	368 (56.44%)	SQL Server
5	340 (52.15%)	ASP.NET
6	335 (51.38%)	JavaScript
7	331 (50.77%)	SQL
8	302 (46.32%)	Agile Software Development
9	246 (37.73%)	AngularJS
10	227 (34.82%)	TDD
10	227 (34.82%)	HTML
11	218 (33.44%)	ASP.NET MVC
12	211 (32.36%)	ASP.NET Web API
12	211 (32.36%)	CSS

13	171 (26.23%)	Microsoft
14	162 (24.85%)	Team Foundation Server
15	154 (23.62%)	Web Services
16	152 (23.31%)	jQuery
17	149 (22.85%)	WCF
18	119 (18.25%)	Scrum
19	100 (15.34%)	Microsoft Azure
20	98 (15.03%)	Finance
20	98 (15.03%)	LINQ
20	98 (15.03%)	Continuous Integration
21	97 (14.88%)	SOLID
22	92 (14.11%)	T-SQL
23	91 (13.96%)	XML
24	84 (12.88%)	Visual Studio
24	84 (12.88%)	HTML5

Entity Framework
Co-occurring IT Skills in England 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	28 (4.29%)	IIS
2	27 (4.14%)	CMS
2	27 (4.14%)	SharePoint
3	25 (3.83%)	NServiceBus
4	12 (1.84%)	Umbraco
5	11 (1.69%)	BizTalk Server
6	9 (1.38%)	SharePoint 2013
7	6 (0.92%)	Oracle Workflow
8	5 (0.77%)	SharePoint 2010
9	4 (0.61%)	Elasticsearch
9	4 (0.61%)	EPiServer
10	3 (0.46%)	Confluence
10	3 (0.46%)	GeoServer
10	3 (0.46%)	MS Project Server
10	3 (0.46%)	Sitecore CMS
10	3 (0.46%)	Skype for Business
11	2 (0.31%)	Sitefinity
12	1 (0.15%)	Oracle SOA Suite
12	1 (0.15%)	SAS
12	1 (0.15%)	SharePoint Server

Applications
1	7 (1.07%)	Microsoft Excel
2	3 (0.46%)	Microsoft Project
2	3 (0.46%)	Spreadsheet
3	1 (0.15%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	13 (1.99%)	Dynamics CRM
2	2 (0.31%)	Endur
2	2 (0.31%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	1 (0.15%)	Sage CRM
3	1 (0.15%)	SAP CRM
3	1 (0.15%)	Unit4 Business World

Cloud Services
1	100 (15.34%)	Microsoft Azure
2	25 (3.83%)	Amazon AWS
3	12 (1.84%)	SaaS
4	5 (0.77%)	Amazon S3
4	5 (0.77%)	PaaS
5	4 (0.61%)	Amazon EC2
5	4 (0.61%)	Amazon SQS
5	4 (0.61%)	IaaS
6	3 (0.46%)	AWS Lambda
6	3 (0.46%)	GitHub
6	3 (0.46%)	Route 53
7	1 (0.15%)	Amazon CloudSearch
7	1 (0.15%)	Azure Machine Learning
7	1 (0.15%)	Trello
7	1 (0.15%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	6 (0.92%)	Intranet
2	5 (0.77%)	DNS
3	4 (0.61%)	HTTP
3	4 (0.61%)	LDAP
4	3 (0.46%)	IMAP
4	3 (0.46%)	Internet
4	3 (0.46%)	Skype
4	3 (0.46%)	SMTP
5	2 (0.31%)	Kerberos
6	1 (0.15%)	FTP
6	1 (0.15%)	Wireshark

Database & Business Intelligence
1	368 (56.44%)	SQL Server
2	55 (8.44%)	SQL Server Integration Services
3	52 (7.98%)	SQL Server 2012
4	50 (7.67%)	SQL Server 2008
5	37 (5.67%)	Relational Database
6	32 (4.91%)	Data Warehouse
7	28 (4.29%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	25 (3.83%)	SQL Server 2016
9	23 (3.53%)	NoSQL
10	16 (2.45%)	MongoDB
10	16 (2.45%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	14 (2.15%)	RDBMS
11	14 (2.15%)	SQL Server 2005
12	10 (1.53%)	Azure SQL Database
12	10 (1.53%)	Redis
12	10 (1.53%)	SQL Server 2014
13	9 (1.38%)	GIS
14	4 (0.61%)	Amazon RDS
14	4 (0.61%)	Apache Cassandra
14	4 (0.61%)	Oracle Database

Development Applications
1	162 (24.85%)	Team Foundation Server
2	84 (12.88%)	Visual Studio
3	71 (10.89%)	Git (software)
4	49 (7.52%)	NUnit
5	45 (6.90%)	TeamCity
6	33 (5.06%)	MSTest
7	24 (3.68%)	Jenkins
7	24 (3.68%)	JIRA
8	23 (3.53%)	SpecFlow
9	22 (3.37%)	Visual Studio Team System
10	20 (3.07%)	Subversion
11	19 (2.91%)	Octopus Deploy
12	18 (2.76%)	Moq
13	14 (2.15%)	gulp
13	14 (2.15%)	Jasmine
14	13 (1.99%)	JSUnit
15	10 (1.53%)	Grunt
15	10 (1.53%)	Karma Test Runner
16	9 (1.38%)	NuGet
16	9 (1.38%)	ReSharper

General
1	98 (15.03%)	Finance
2	16 (2.45%)	Marketing
3	13 (1.99%)	Banking
4	9 (1.38%)	Front Office
5	7 (1.07%)	Retail
6	6 (0.92%)	Advertising
6	6 (0.92%)	Investment Banking
6	6 (0.92%)	Publishing
7	5 (0.77%)	Back Office
7	5 (0.77%)	Legal
7	5 (0.77%)	Manufacturing
8	4 (0.61%)	Automotive
9	3 (0.46%)	Digital Economy
9	3 (0.46%)	Electronics
9	3 (0.46%)	German Language
9	3 (0.46%)	Interactive Media
9	3 (0.46%)	Multimedia
9	3 (0.46%)	Telecoms
10	2 (0.31%)	Billing
10	2 (0.31%)	Local Government

Job Titles
1	604 (92.64%)	Developer
2	408 (62.58%)	.NET Developer
3	266 (40.80%)	C# Developer
4	181 (27.76%)	C# .NET Developer
5	99 (15.18%)	ASP.NET Developer
6	89 (13.65%)	SQL Developer
7	87 (13.34%)	Senior Developer
8	73 (11.20%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
9	67 (10.28%)	Senior .NET Developer
10	57 (8.74%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
11	52 (7.98%)	Full Stack Developer
12	45 (6.90%)	Senior C# Developer
13	43 (6.60%)	Software Developer
14	40 (6.13%)	Angular Developer
15	37 (5.67%)	Senior C# .NET Developer
16	36 (5.52%)	Agile Developer
17	34 (5.21%)	Agile .NET Developer
18	31 (4.75%)	JavaScript Developer
19	29 (4.45%)	UI Developer
19	29 (4.45%)	Web Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	593 (90.95%)	.NET
2	581 (89.11%)	.NET Framework
3	340 (52.15%)	ASP.NET
4	246 (37.73%)	AngularJS
5	227 (34.82%)	HTML
6	218 (33.44%)	ASP.NET MVC
7	211 (32.36%)	ASP.NET Web API
7	211 (32.36%)	CSS
8	154 (23.62%)	Web Services
9	152 (23.31%)	jQuery
10	149 (22.85%)	WCF
11	98 (15.03%)	LINQ
12	91 (13.96%)	XML
13	84 (12.88%)	HTML5
14	76 (11.66%)	Twitter Bootstrap
15	73 (11.20%)	REST
16	61 (9.36%)	NHibernate
17	59 (9.05%)	JSON
18	54 (8.28%)	LINQ to SQL
19	53 (8.13%)	WPF

Miscellaneous
1	68 (10.43%)	Greenfield Project
2	46 (7.06%)	Algorithms
3	28 (4.29%)	Analytical Skills
3	28 (4.29%)	User Experience
4	17 (2.61%)	Fixed Income
4	17 (2.61%)	NHS
5	11 (1.69%)	W3C
6	10 (1.53%)	Computer Science
7	9 (1.38%)	N-Tier
8	8 (1.23%)	Mobile App
9	5 (0.77%)	Equities
10	4 (0.61%)	Enterprise Software
11	3 (0.46%)	Digital Media
11	3 (0.46%)	Management Information System
11	3 (0.46%)	Public Cloud
12	2 (0.31%)	EPoS
12	2 (0.31%)	Fintech
12	2 (0.31%)	Hedge funds
12	2 (0.31%)	RIA
12	2 (0.31%)	SWIFT

Operating Systems
1	62 (9.51%)	Windows
2	12 (1.84%)	Windows Server
3	8 (1.23%)	Android
4	3 (0.46%)	Apple iOS
5	2 (0.31%)	Unix
5	2 (0.31%)	Windows Server 2003
5	2 (0.31%)	Windows Server 2012
6	1 (0.15%)	Linux
6	1 (0.15%)	Ubuntu
6	1 (0.15%)	Windows 2000 Server
6	1 (0.15%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	422 (64.72%)	MVC
2	302 (46.32%)	Agile Software Development
3	227 (34.82%)	TDD
4	119 (18.25%)	Scrum
5	98 (15.03%)	Continuous Integration
6	97 (14.88%)	SOLID
7	77 (11.81%)	Web Development
8	73 (11.20%)	Unit Testing
9	66 (10.12%)	Multithreading
10	62 (9.51%)	SDLC
11	61 (9.36%)	OO
12	57 (8.74%)	Test Automation
13	49 (7.52%)	BDD
14	44 (6.75%)	Dependency Injection
14	44 (6.75%)	MVVM
15	41 (6.29%)	Data Management
15	41 (6.29%)	Software Engineering
16	40 (6.13%)	DevOps
17	38 (5.83%)	SOA
18	33 (5.06%)	Concurrent Programming

Programming Languages
1	581 (89.11%)	C#
2	335 (51.38%)	JavaScript
3	331 (50.77%)	SQL
4	92 (14.11%)	T-SQL
5	66 (10.12%)	TypeScript
6	38 (5.83%)	PowerShell
7	14 (2.15%)	VB.NET
8	11 (1.69%)	VBA
9	10 (1.53%)	ES6
10	9 (1.38%)	Shell Script
10	9 (1.38%)	VB
11	7 (1.07%)	Python
12	6 (0.92%)	PL/SQL
13	5 (0.77%)	PHP
14	4 (0.61%)	Java
14	4 (0.61%)	XAML
15	3 (0.46%)	C
15	3 (0.46%)	C++
15	3 (0.46%)	ECMAScript
15	3 (0.46%)	F#

Qualifications
1	19 (2.91%)	Degree
2	13 (1.99%)	Security Cleared
3	10 (1.53%)	SC Cleared
4	7 (1.07%)	Computer Science Degree
5	3 (0.46%)	HNC
6	2 (0.31%)	BPSS Clearance
6	2 (0.31%)	CFA
6	2 (0.31%)	CTC Cleared
6	2 (0.31%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
6	2 (0.31%)	MCP
7	1 (0.15%)	HND
7	1 (0.15%)	Microsoft Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	9 (1.38%)	QA
2	2 (0.31%)	Disclosure Scotland
3	1 (0.15%)	Dodd-Frank
3	1 (0.15%)	EMIR
3	1 (0.15%)	IFRS

System Software
1	14 (2.15%)	Active Directory
2	9 (1.38%)	Docker
3	3 (0.46%)	Virtual Desktop
4	1 (0.15%)	Hyper-V

Systems Management
1	7 (1.07%)	Control-M
2	5 (0.77%)	SCOrch
3	2 (0.31%)	Opscode Chef
4	1 (0.15%)	HP Fortify
4	1 (0.15%)	Puppet

Vendors
1	171 (26.23%)	Microsoft
2	48 (7.36%)	Oracle
3	10 (1.53%)	Xamarin
4	7 (1.07%)	Sitecore
4	7 (1.07%)	Telerik
5	6 (0.92%)	DevExpress
6	4 (0.61%)	Atlassian
6	4 (0.61%)	SAP
7	3 (0.46%)	Syncfusion
7	3 (0.46%)	Twitter
8	2 (0.31%)	Charles River
8	2 (0.31%)	OpenLink
8	2 (0.31%)	RedGate
9	1 (0.15%)	Google
9	1 (0.15%)	HP
9	1 (0.15%)	Informatica
9	1 (0.15%)	JD Edwards
9	1 (0.15%)	LexisNexis
9	1 (0.15%)	Mapbox
9	1 (0.15%)	Mercator