The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Bath region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 7 2 4
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +2
Contract jobs citing C# 4 12 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 8.889% 25.00% 27.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.05% 38.71% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 10
Average daily rate £275 £313 £234
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +33.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £261 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £325 £280
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.75% -6.15%
All Programming Languages
Bath
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
21 31 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bath 46.67% 64.58% 68.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 26
Average daily rate £225 £313 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% +13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £230 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £450 £280
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -23.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
Somerset

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the Bath region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bath C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bath C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Bath region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bath C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bath C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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#.

1 11 (91.67%) .NET
2 10 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET
4 8 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (58.33%) .NET Framework
5 7 (58.33%) Visual Studio
5 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
6 6 (50.00%) MVC
6 6 (50.00%) jQuery
6 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
7 5 (41.67%) Ext JS
7 5 (41.67%) HTML5
7 5 (41.67%) Ajax
8 4 (33.33%) LINQ
8 4 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
9 3 (25.00%) HTML
10 2 (16.67%) SQL
10 2 (16.67%) CSS
10 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
11 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 1 (8.333%) Sass
11 1 (8.333%) LESS
11 1 (8.333%) Release Management
11 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
11 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
11 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
11 1 (8.333%) Android

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bath 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.

Application Development
1 11 (91.67%) .NET
2 9 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (58.33%) .NET Framework
4 6 (50.00%) jQuery
5 5 (41.67%) Ext JS
5 5 (41.67%) HTML5
5 5 (41.67%) Ajax
6 4 (33.33%) LINQ
7 3 (25.00%) HTML
8 2 (16.67%) CSS
8 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (8.333%) Sass
9 1 (8.333%) LESS
9 1 (8.333%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (8.333%) IIS
1 1 (8.333%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (8.333%) MorphX
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 8 (66.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (8.333%) WPF Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Automation Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) .NET Programmer
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (8.333%) C# Developer
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Dynamics AX Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Test Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) iPhone
2 1 (8.333%) iPad
2 1 (8.333%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (8.333%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) MVC
2 4 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (8.333%) Release Management
3 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
3 1 (8.333%) MVVM
3 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (8.333%) Web Development
3 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.333%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (8.333%) X++
3 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Sitecore
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle