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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1811
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads820
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.020 %
As % of the category below34.78 %31.75 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£475£120
Average daily rate£475£140
% change on same period last year+239.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£475£160
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£335
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.00£33.68
% change on same period last year+0.96 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads2363
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted111
Average minimum daily rate£475£287
Average daily rate£475£319
% change on same period last year+49.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£475£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted44
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50£30.50
Average hourly rate£38.25£31.25
% change on same period last year+22.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.30£32.93
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
C# ScotlandC#
Scotland

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.

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Aberdeen C# Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing C# 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 C#.

125 (100.00 %).NET
215 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
311 (44.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
49 (36.00 %)OO
49 (36.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
57 (28.00 %)WebServices
57 (28.00 %)SharePoint
57 (28.00 %)OOD
66 (24.00 %)Windows
75 (20.00 %)SQL Server
75 (20.00 %)WCF
75 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
75 (20.00 %)Continuous Integration
75 (20.00 %)Business Analysis
84 (16.00 %)HTML
84 (16.00 %)SQL
84 (16.00 %)CSS
93 (12.00 %)W3C
102 (8.000 %)Microsoft
102 (8.000 %)XML
102 (8.000 %)VB.NET
102 (8.000 %)Oracle
102 (8.000 %).NET Framework
102 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2005
111 (4.000 %)SQL Server Integration Services
111 (4.000 %)AJAX
111 (4.000 %)Workflow
111 (4.000 %)CMS
111 (4.000 %)WinForms
111 (4.000 %)MS Office

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing C# 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 C#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (100.00 %).NET
215 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
39 (36.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
47 (28.00 %)WebServices
55 (20.00 %)WCF
64 (16.00 %)HTML
64 (16.00 %)CSS
72 (8.000 %)XML
72 (8.000 %).NET Framework
81 (4.000 %)XSLT
81 (4.000 %)WinForms
81 (4.000 %)AJAX
81 (4.000 %)ASP
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (44.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
27 (28.00 %)SharePoint
31 (4.000 %)ColdFusion
31 (4.000 %)CMS
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Office
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (20.00 %)SQL Server
22 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (4.000 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (4.000 %)MS Access
31 (4.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.000 %)JBuilder
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (92.00 %)Developer
210 (40.00 %).NET Developer
35 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
44 (16.00 %)SharePoint Developer
52 (8.000 %)Analyst
61 (4.000 %)Web Developer
61 (4.000 %)SQL Server Analyst
61 (4.000 %)Analyst Programmer
61 (4.000 %)Programmer
61 (4.000 %)Data Analyst
61 (4.000 %)C# Developer
61 (4.000 %)SQL Developer
61 (4.000 %)SQL Server Developer
61 (4.000 %)Developer Analyst
61 (4.000 %).NET Analyst Programmer
61 (4.000 %)Server Analyst
61 (4.000 %).NET Programmer
61 (4.000 %)C# Analyst Programmer
61 (4.000 %)Software Developer
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (12.00 %)W3C
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (24.00 %)Windows
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (36.00 %)OO
27 (28.00 %)OOD
35 (20.00 %)Business Analysis
35 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
35 (20.00 %)Continuous Integration
41 (4.000 %)SOA
41 (4.000 %)Workflow
41 (4.000 %)Agile Software Development
41 (4.000 %)Content Management
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (16.00 %)SQL
22 (8.000 %)VB.NET
31 (4.000 %)Transact-SQL
31 (4.000 %)VB
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (8.000 %)Oracle
12 (8.000 %)Microsoft