.NET Contracts in West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 22 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) Yorkshire / West Yorkshire
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	16	17	11
Rank change year-on-year	+1	-6
Contract jobs citing .NET	114	177	233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire	8.01%	8.72%	11.04%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	21.43%	24.82%	42.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	89	121	171
Median daily rate	£338	£338	£325
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£313	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£450	£475	£420
UK excluding London median daily rate	£363	£350	£338
% change year-on-year	+3.57%	+3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	1
Median hourly rate	-	-	£14.00
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 West Yorkshire with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Contract Software Library & Framework Skills West Yorkshire
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	532	713	544
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire	37.36%	35.14%	25.77%
Number of daily rates quoted	399	518	381
Median daily rate	£400	£400	£335
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+19.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£313	£314	£285
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£468	£500	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	2	6
Median hourly rate	-	£13.85	£45.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-	-69.22%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£36.00	£38.89
% change year-on-year	+18.05%	-7.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate trend for .NET in West Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing .NET in West Yorkshire over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for .NET in West Yorkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for .NET in West Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing .NET within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leeds	+1	98	£338	-0.73%	54
Bradford	+6	9	£320	-6.90%	5
Halifax	+4	3	£411	+26.53%	4
Pudsey	-1	1	£430	-
Wakefield	-2	1	£350	-	4
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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 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 West Yorkshire region with a requirement for .NET.

1	152 (64.41%)	C#
2	134 (56.78%)	ASP.NET
3	118 (50.00%)	MVC
4	103 (43.64%)	Agile Software Development
5	101 (42.80%)	SQL Server
6	90 (38.14%)	SQL
7	85 (36.02%)	JavaScript
8	75 (31.78%)	ASP.NET MVC
9	62 (26.27%)	HTML
10	54 (22.88%)	Microsoft
11	53 (22.46%)	CSS
12	48 (20.34%)	ASP.NET Web API
13	47 (19.92%)	.NET Framework
14	43 (18.22%)	AngularJS
15	36 (15.25%)	jQuery

15	36 (15.25%)	T-SQL
16	33 (13.98%)	Visual Studio
17	29 (12.29%)	Entity Framework
18	28 (11.86%)	Scrum
19	27 (11.44%)	E-Commerce
20	26 (11.02%)	Sitecore
21	25 (10.59%)	Web Services
21	25 (10.59%)	CMS
21	25 (10.59%)	TDD
21	25 (10.59%)	Web Development
22	24 (10.17%)	Software Engineering
22	24 (10.17%)	Greenfield Project
23	22 (9.32%)	Finance
24	21 (8.90%)	Team Foundation Server
25	20 (8.47%)	Git (software)

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Co-occurring IT Skills in West Yorkshire 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	25 (10.59%)	CMS
2	15 (6.36%)	SharePoint
2	15 (6.36%)	Sitecore CMS
3	7 (2.97%)	SharePoint 2013
3	7 (2.97%)	Umbraco
4	6 (2.54%)	IIS
5	4 (1.69%)	Apache Solr
5	4 (1.69%)	Elasticsearch
6	3 (1.27%)	Mule
7	2 (0.85%)	Confluence
7	2 (0.85%)	Mule ESB
7	2 (0.85%)	SharePoint Server
7	2 (0.85%)	Sitefinity
7	2 (0.85%)	StreamWeaver
7	2 (0.85%)	WordPress
8	1 (0.42%)	Apache
8	1 (0.42%)	EPiServer
8	1 (0.42%)	JBoss
8	1 (0.42%)	SilverStripe
8	1 (0.42%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	11 (4.66%)	Microsoft Office
2	5 (2.12%)	Microsoft Excel
3	4 (1.69%)	Microsoft Project
4	2 (0.85%)	InfoPath

Business Applications
1	8 (3.39%)	Dynamics CRM
2	3 (1.27%)	Sage 50
3	1 (0.42%)	SAP Business One

Cloud Services
1	14 (5.93%)	Microsoft Azure
2	4 (1.69%)	Amazon AWS
3	2 (0.85%)	Akamai
4	1 (0.42%)	AWS CloudFormation
4	1 (0.42%)	IaaS
4	1 (0.42%)	Office 365
4	1 (0.42%)	OpenShift
4	1 (0.42%)	PaaS
4	1 (0.42%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	9 (3.81%)	Firewall
2	8 (3.39%)	Internet
3	5 (2.12%)	DHCP
3	5 (2.12%)	DNS
3	5 (2.12%)	Intranet
3	5 (2.12%)	LAN
3	5 (2.12%)	VLAN
3	5 (2.12%)	WAN
3	5 (2.12%)	Wi-Fi
4	2 (0.85%)	Extranet
4	2 (0.85%)	HTTP
4	2 (0.85%)	Network Security

Database & Business Intelligence
1	101 (42.80%)	SQL Server
2	15 (6.36%)	SQL Server 2008
3	13 (5.51%)	SQL Server 2012
4	11 (4.66%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	10 (4.24%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	9 (3.81%)	SQL Server 2005
7	8 (3.39%)	Relational Database
8	6 (2.54%)	MongoDB
8	6 (2.54%)	MS Access
8	6 (2.54%)	NoSQL
8	6 (2.54%)	RDBMS
9	4 (1.69%)	MySQL
9	4 (1.69%)	SQL Server 2014
10	3 (1.27%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	2 (0.85%)	OLAP
11	2 (0.85%)	OLTP
12	1 (0.42%)	Azure SQL Database
12	1 (0.42%)	Data Warehouse
12	1 (0.42%)	Hadoop
12	1 (0.42%)	Power BI

Development Applications
1	33 (13.98%)	Visual Studio
2	21 (8.90%)	Team Foundation Server
3	20 (8.47%)	Git (software)
4	9 (3.81%)	gulp
4	9 (3.81%)	Selenium
5	8 (3.39%)	Grunt
6	7 (2.97%)	Jasmine
7	6 (2.54%)	SpecFlow
8	5 (2.12%)	Octopus Deploy
9	4 (1.69%)	Cucumber
9	4 (1.69%)	WebDriver
10	2 (0.85%)	Eclipse
10	2 (0.85%)	JIRA
11	1 (0.42%)	HP UFT
11	1 (0.42%)	LoadRunner
11	1 (0.42%)	NetBeans
11	1 (0.42%)	ReSharper
11	1 (0.42%)	SoapUI
11	1 (0.42%)	Subversion
11	1 (0.42%)	TeamCity

General
1	22 (9.32%)	Finance
2	9 (3.81%)	Advertising
3	6 (2.54%)	Publishing
4	4 (1.69%)	Back Office
4	4 (1.69%)	Banking
4	4 (1.69%)	Manufacturing
5	3 (1.27%)	Automotive
5	3 (1.27%)	Retail
6	2 (0.85%)	Marketing
7	1 (0.42%)	Front Office
7	1 (0.42%)	Games

Job Titles
1	183 (77.54%)	Developer
2	127 (53.81%)	.NET Developer
3	61 (25.85%)	C# Developer
4	50 (21.19%)	C# .NET Developer
5	36 (15.25%)	ASP.NET Developer
6	32 (13.56%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
7	31 (13.14%)	SQL Developer
8	22 (9.32%)	Senior Developer
9	19 (8.05%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
10	16 (6.78%)	JavaScript Developer
10	16 (6.78%)	Senior .NET Developer
11	13 (5.51%)	Software Developer
12	11 (4.66%)	C# Software Developer
13	10 (4.24%)	Analyst
13	10 (4.24%)	Architect
14	9 (3.81%)	Java Developer
14	9 (3.81%)	Senior SQL Developer
14	9 (3.81%)	Sitecore Developer
14	9 (3.81%)	SQL Server Developer
14	9 (3.81%)	T-SQL Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	134 (56.78%)	ASP.NET
2	75 (31.78%)	ASP.NET MVC
3	62 (26.27%)	HTML
4	53 (22.46%)	CSS
5	48 (20.34%)	ASP.NET Web API
6	47 (19.92%)	.NET Framework
7	43 (18.22%)	AngularJS
8	36 (15.25%)	jQuery
9	29 (12.29%)	Entity Framework
10	25 (10.59%)	Web Services
11	15 (6.36%)	HTML5
11	15 (6.36%)	XML
12	13 (5.51%)	SOAP
13	11 (4.66%)	CSS3
14	10 (4.24%)	REST
14	10 (4.24%)	WCF
15	9 (3.81%)	KnockoutJS
16	8 (3.39%)	Ajax
16	8 (3.39%)	Sass
17	7 (2.97%)	Spring MVC

Miscellaneous
1	24 (10.17%)	Greenfield Project
2	15 (6.36%)	Analytical Skills
3	10 (4.24%)	User Experience
4	6 (2.54%)	NHS
5	5 (2.12%)	Enterprise Software
6	3 (1.27%)	Virtual Team
7	2 (0.85%)	Data Centre
7	2 (0.85%)	iPad
7	2 (0.85%)	Mobile App
7	2 (0.85%)	N-Tier
7	2 (0.85%)	Online Banking
8	1 (0.42%)	Data Protection Act
8	1 (0.42%)	Linux Command Line
8	1 (0.42%)	RIA

Operating Systems
1	19 (8.05%)	Windows
2	13 (5.51%)	Linux
3	3 (1.27%)	Android
3	3 (1.27%)	Apple iOS
4	1 (0.42%)	AIX
4	1 (0.42%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	118 (50.00%)	MVC
2	103 (43.64%)	Agile Software Development
3	28 (11.86%)	Scrum
4	27 (11.44%)	E-Commerce
5	25 (10.59%)	TDD
5	25 (10.59%)	Web Development
6	24 (10.17%)	Software Engineering
7	18 (7.63%)	Project Management
7	18 (7.63%)	SOLID
8	17 (7.20%)	Test Automation
9	14 (5.93%)	DevOps
10	13 (5.51%)	Continuous Integration
10	13 (5.51%)	SOA
11	12 (5.08%)	OO
12	11 (4.66%)	Front End Development
12	11 (4.66%)	Migration
13	10 (4.24%)	Business Intelligence
14	9 (3.81%)	Kanban
14	9 (3.81%)	Microservices
14	9 (3.81%)	User Acceptance Testing

Programming Languages
1	152 (64.41%)	C#
2	90 (38.14%)	SQL
3	85 (36.02%)	JavaScript
4	36 (15.25%)	T-SQL
5	18 (7.63%)	Java
6	8 (3.39%)	TypeScript
6	8 (3.39%)	VB.NET
7	7 (2.97%)	Scala
8	6 (2.54%)	C++
8	6 (2.54%)	PHP
9	5 (2.12%)	Delphi
10	4 (1.69%)	VB
11	3 (1.27%)	Python
11	3 (1.27%)	VB6
12	2 (0.85%)	PL/SQL
12	2 (0.85%)	XAML
13	1 (0.42%)	C
13	1 (0.42%)	PowerShell
13	1 (0.42%)	Ruby
13	1 (0.42%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	19 (8.05%)	Degree
2	7 (2.97%)	ISEB
3	6 (2.54%)	Security Cleared
4	5 (2.12%)	ISTQB
5	3 (1.27%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	2 (0.85%)	Cisco Certification
7	1 (0.42%)	AWS Certification
7	1 (0.42%)	BPSS Clearance
7	1 (0.42%)	Sun Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	3 (1.27%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
2	2 (0.85%)	PCI DSS
3	1 (0.42%)	Disclosure Scotland
3	1 (0.42%)	GDPR

System Software
1	2 (0.85%)	Docker
2	1 (0.42%)	Active Directory
2	1 (0.42%)	Hyper-V

Systems Management
1	1 (0.42%)	Ansible
1	1 (0.42%)	HP Quality Center
1	1 (0.42%)	Puppet
1	1 (0.42%)	SCCM
1	1 (0.42%)	Terraform
1	1 (0.42%)	Tivoli

Vendors
1	54 (22.88%)	Microsoft
2	26 (11.02%)	Sitecore
3	16 (6.78%)	Oracle
4	5 (2.12%)	Xamarin
5	4 (1.69%)	SAP
6	3 (1.27%)	IBM
6	3 (1.27%)	Imperva
6	3 (1.27%)	MuleSoft
6	3 (1.27%)	Sage
7	2 (0.85%)	Apple
7	2 (0.85%)	Cisco
7	2 (0.85%)	Google
7	2 (0.85%)	Rackspace
8	1 (0.42%)	Adobe
8	1 (0.42%)	HP
8	1 (0.42%)	Intel
8	1 (0.42%)	Magma
8	1 (0.42%)	Qualys
8	1 (0.42%)	Salesforce.com
8	1 (0.42%)	Telerik