.NET Contracts in Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 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 .NET (dotNet) England / Yorkshire
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	15	17	10
Rank change year-on-year	+2	-7
Contract jobs citing .NET	164	244	330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	8.13%	8.65%	11.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	22.19%	25.28%	43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted	122	164	229
Median daily rate	£334	£340	£325
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-1.83%	+4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£300	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£444	£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	£43.38	£40.00	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+8.43%	-

.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 Yorkshire with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Contract Software Library & Framework Skills Yorkshire
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	739	965	760
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire	36.62%	34.20%	25.91%
Number of daily rates quoted	531	691	518
Median daily rate	£388	£400	£335
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-3.12%	+19.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£305	£285
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£500	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£350
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	2	7
Median hourly rate	£41.88	£13.85	£40.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+202.34%	-65.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£41.38	£10.93	£35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£42.38	£16.77	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£42.50	£36.00	£40.00
% change year-on-year	+18.05%	-10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate trend for .NET in Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing .NET in Yorkshire over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for .NET in Yorkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for .NET in Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire	+1	113	£338	-	86
South Yorkshire	+15	23	£305	-12.85%	16
North Yorkshire	-1	17	£338	-25.00%	16
East Yorkshire	-1	9	£350	-9.09%	16
.NET England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 23 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 Yorkshire region with a requirement for .NET.

1	241 (69.86%)	C#
2	184 (53.33%)	ASP.NET
3	146 (42.32%)	MVC
4	144 (41.74%)	SQL Server
5	141 (40.87%)	SQL
6	126 (36.52%)	Agile Software Development
7	115 (33.33%)	JavaScript
8	95 (27.54%)	Microsoft
9	93 (26.96%)	HTML
10	86 (24.93%)	ASP.NET MVC
11	81 (23.48%)	CSS
12	77 (22.32%)	.NET Framework
13	60 (17.39%)	ASP.NET Web API
14	58 (16.81%)	AngularJS
15	52 (15.07%)	Entity Framework

16	45 (13.04%)	Visual Studio
16	45 (13.04%)	T-SQL
17	43 (12.46%)	jQuery
18	39 (11.30%)	Web Services
19	38 (11.01%)	TDD
20	36 (10.43%)	Software Engineering
20	36 (10.43%)	Microsoft Azure
21	33 (9.57%)	Scrum
21	33 (9.57%)	Windows
22	29 (8.41%)	Oracle
22	29 (8.41%)	Web Development
23	28 (8.12%)	Greenfield Project
24	27 (7.83%)	Degree
24	27 (7.83%)	E-Commerce
25	26 (7.54%)	Sitecore

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Co-occurring IT Skills in 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	24 (6.96%)	CMS
2	21 (6.09%)	SharePoint
3	15 (4.35%)	Sitecore CMS
4	8 (2.32%)	Umbraco
5	7 (2.03%)	IIS
5	7 (2.03%)	SharePoint 2013
6	5 (1.45%)	BizTalk Server
7	4 (1.16%)	Apache Solr
7	4 (1.16%)	Elasticsearch
8	3 (0.87%)	SharePoint Server
8	3 (0.87%)	WordPress
9	2 (0.58%)	Confluence
9	2 (0.58%)	EPiServer
9	2 (0.58%)	Mule
9	2 (0.58%)	OpenROAD
9	2 (0.58%)	Sitefinity
9	2 (0.58%)	StreamWeaver
10	1 (0.29%)	Adobe Experience Manager
10	1 (0.29%)	SharePoint 2010
10	1 (0.29%)	SilverStripe

Applications
1	11 (3.19%)	Microsoft Office
2	5 (1.45%)	Microsoft Excel
3	3 (0.87%)	Microsoft Project
4	2 (0.58%)	InfoPath
5	1 (0.29%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	8 (2.32%)	Dynamics CRM
2	3 (0.87%)	Sage 50
3	1 (0.29%)	Dynamics AX
3	1 (0.29%)	Oracle ERP
3	1 (0.29%)	SAP Business One

Cloud Services
1	36 (10.43%)	Microsoft Azure
2	12 (3.48%)	Amazon AWS
3	3 (0.87%)	Google Cloud Platform
3	3 (0.87%)	Google Compute Engine
3	3 (0.87%)	IaaS
3	3 (0.87%)	PaaS
3	3 (0.87%)	SaaS
4	2 (0.58%)	Akamai
5	1 (0.29%)	AWS CloudFormation
5	1 (0.29%)	Dynamics 365
5	1 (0.29%)	Office 365
5	1 (0.29%)	OpenShift

Communications & Networking
1	11 (3.19%)	Firewall
2	8 (2.32%)	Internet
3	5 (1.45%)	DHCP
3	5 (1.45%)	DNS
3	5 (1.45%)	LAN
3	5 (1.45%)	VLAN
3	5 (1.45%)	WAN
3	5 (1.45%)	Wi-Fi
4	4 (1.16%)	Intranet
5	2 (0.58%)	Extranet
5	2 (0.58%)	HTTP
5	2 (0.58%)	Network Security
6	1 (0.29%)	LDAP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	144 (41.74%)	SQL Server
2	23 (6.67%)	SQL Server 2008
3	16 (4.64%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	15 (4.35%)	SQL Server 2012
5	13 (3.77%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	12 (3.48%)	Relational Database
7	10 (2.90%)	SQL Server 2005
8	7 (2.03%)	MS Access
8	7 (2.03%)	NoSQL
8	7 (2.03%)	RDBMS
9	6 (1.74%)	MongoDB
9	6 (1.74%)	MySQL
9	6 (1.74%)	SQL Server 2014
10	5 (1.45%)	Oracle Database
10	5 (1.45%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	3 (0.87%)	Big Data
11	3 (0.87%)	Data Warehouse
12	2 (0.58%)	Ingres
12	2 (0.58%)	Oracle8/8i Database
12	2 (0.58%)	Oracle9i Database

Development Applications
1	45 (13.04%)	Visual Studio
2	24 (6.96%)	Git (software)
3	23 (6.67%)	Team Foundation Server
4	11 (3.19%)	Selenium
5	10 (2.90%)	SpecFlow
6	9 (2.61%)	Grunt
6	9 (2.61%)	gulp
6	9 (2.61%)	Octopus Deploy
7	7 (2.03%)	Jasmine
8	6 (1.74%)	Cucumber
9	4 (1.16%)	Jenkins
9	4 (1.16%)	JIRA
9	4 (1.16%)	NUnit
9	4 (1.16%)	WebDriver
10	3 (0.87%)	Atlassian Bamboo
10	3 (0.87%)	Hudson
11	2 (0.58%)	Eclipse
11	2 (0.58%)	HP UFT
11	2 (0.58%)	SoapUI
11	2 (0.58%)	Subversion

General
1	24 (6.96%)	Finance
2	12 (3.48%)	Advertising
3	6 (1.74%)	Back Office
3	6 (1.74%)	Publishing
4	5 (1.45%)	Banking
5	4 (1.16%)	Manufacturing
5	4 (1.16%)	Retail
6	3 (0.87%)	Automotive
7	2 (0.58%)	Marketing
8	1 (0.29%)	Front Office
8	1 (0.29%)	Games
8	1 (0.29%)	Pharmaceutical

Job Titles
1	262 (75.94%)	Developer
2	189 (54.78%)	.NET Developer
3	99 (28.70%)	C# Developer
4	84 (24.35%)	C# .NET Developer
5	58 (16.81%)	ASP.NET Developer
6	51 (14.78%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
7	47 (13.62%)	SQL Developer
8	29 (8.41%)	Senior Developer
9	25 (7.25%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
10	24 (6.96%)	Senior .NET Developer
11	22 (6.38%)	JavaScript Developer
12	19 (5.51%)	Architect
12	19 (5.51%)	Software Developer
13	15 (4.35%)	Analyst
13	15 (4.35%)	C# Software Developer
14	14 (4.06%)	.NET Software Developer
15	13 (3.77%)	T-SQL Developer
16	12 (3.48%)	Senior C# .NET Developer
16	12 (3.48%)	Senior C# ASP.NET Developer
16	12 (3.48%)	Solutions Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	184 (53.33%)	ASP.NET
2	93 (26.96%)	HTML
3	86 (24.93%)	ASP.NET MVC
4	81 (23.48%)	CSS
5	77 (22.32%)	.NET Framework
6	60 (17.39%)	ASP.NET Web API
7	58 (16.81%)	AngularJS
8	52 (15.07%)	Entity Framework
9	43 (12.46%)	jQuery
10	39 (11.30%)	Web Services
11	24 (6.96%)	HTML5
12	21 (6.09%)	XML
13	18 (5.22%)	WCF
14	17 (4.93%)	CSS3
15	14 (4.06%)	SOAP
16	11 (3.19%)	REST
17	10 (2.90%)	Angular 2
18	9 (2.61%)	KnockoutJS
18	9 (2.61%)	RabbitMQ
19	8 (2.32%)	Sass

Miscellaneous
1	28 (8.12%)	Greenfield Project
2	17 (4.93%)	Analytical Skills
3	12 (3.48%)	Enterprise Software
4	10 (2.90%)	User Experience
5	7 (2.03%)	NHS
6	6 (1.74%)	Mobile App
7	5 (1.45%)	N-Tier
7	5 (1.45%)	Virtual Team
8	3 (0.87%)	Data Centre
8	3 (0.87%)	Management Information System
9	2 (0.58%)	Computer Science
9	2 (0.58%)	Digital Media
9	2 (0.58%)	iPad
9	2 (0.58%)	Online Banking
9	2 (0.58%)	Xbox
10	1 (0.29%)	Data Protection Act
10	1 (0.29%)	Driving Licence
10	1 (0.29%)	Linux Command Line
10	1 (0.29%)	RIA
10	1 (0.29%)	Robotics

Operating Systems
1	33 (9.57%)	Windows
2	14 (4.06%)	Linux
3	6 (1.74%)	Android
4	5 (1.45%)	Apple iOS
5	4 (1.16%)	Windows Server
6	1 (0.29%)	AIX
6	1 (0.29%)	Unix
6	1 (0.29%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	146 (42.32%)	MVC
2	126 (36.52%)	Agile Software Development
3	38 (11.01%)	TDD
4	36 (10.43%)	Software Engineering
5	33 (9.57%)	Scrum
6	29 (8.41%)	Web Development
7	27 (7.83%)	E-Commerce
8	21 (6.09%)	DevOps
8	21 (6.09%)	Test Automation
9	19 (5.51%)	Project Management
9	19 (5.51%)	SOLID
10	18 (5.22%)	Continuous Integration
11	17 (4.93%)	OO
12	16 (4.64%)	Unit Testing
13	15 (4.35%)	Business Intelligence
13	15 (4.35%)	Front End Development
14	14 (4.06%)	BDD
14	14 (4.06%)	SOA
15	13 (3.77%)	Migration
16	11 (3.19%)	SDLC

Programming Languages
1	241 (69.86%)	C#
2	141 (40.87%)	SQL
3	115 (33.33%)	JavaScript
4	45 (13.04%)	T-SQL
5	24 (6.96%)	Java
6	22 (6.38%)	VB.NET
7	10 (2.90%)	TypeScript
8	8 (2.32%)	VB
9	7 (2.03%)	Scala
10	6 (1.74%)	C++
10	6 (1.74%)	Delphi
10	6 (1.74%)	PHP
11	5 (1.45%)	XAML
12	4 (1.16%)	PowerShell
12	4 (1.16%)	VB6
13	3 (0.87%)	Python
14	2 (0.58%)	PL/SQL
14	2 (0.58%)	Ruby
14	2 (0.58%)	VBA
15	1 (0.29%)	C

Qualifications
1	27 (7.83%)	Degree
2	12 (3.48%)	Security Cleared
3	8 (2.32%)	ISEB
4	6 (1.74%)	ISTQB
5	4 (1.16%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
6	3 (0.87%)	HNC
6	3 (0.87%)	Microsoft Certification
7	2 (0.58%)	AWS Certification
7	2 (0.58%)	BPSS Clearance
7	2 (0.58%)	Cisco Certification
7	2 (0.58%)	Computer Science Degree
8	1 (0.29%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
8	1 (0.29%)	Master's Degree
8	1 (0.29%)	Sun Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	3 (0.87%)	QA
1	3 (0.87%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
2	2 (0.58%)	Disclosure Scotland
2	2 (0.58%)	PCI DSS
3	1 (0.29%)	GDPR
3	1 (0.29%)	SLA

System Software
1	4 (1.16%)	Hyper-V
2	3 (0.87%)	Active Directory
2	3 (0.87%)	vSphere
3	2 (0.58%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	4 (1.16%)	SCCM
1	4 (1.16%)	Tivoli
2	2 (0.58%)	HP Quality Center
2	2 (0.58%)	Puppet
3	1 (0.29%)	Ansible
3	1 (0.29%)	Terraform

Vendors
1	95 (27.54%)	Microsoft
2	29 (8.41%)	Oracle
3	26 (7.54%)	Sitecore
4	7 (2.03%)	Xamarin
5	6 (1.74%)	Google
6	4 (1.16%)	IBM
6	4 (1.16%)	Imperva
6	4 (1.16%)	SAP
7	3 (0.87%)	Pega
7	3 (0.87%)	Sage
8	2 (0.58%)	Adobe
8	2 (0.58%)	Apple
8	2 (0.58%)	Cisco
8	2 (0.58%)	CyberArk
8	2 (0.58%)	DevExpress
8	2 (0.58%)	HP
8	2 (0.58%)	MuleSoft
8	2 (0.58%)	Qualys
8	2 (0.58%)	Rackspace
8	2 (0.58%)	Splunk