The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Bedfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 15 16 7
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -9
Contract jobs citing C# 15 20 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 8.108% 7.092% 15.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.27% 29.41% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 27
Average daily rate £350 £350 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +75.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £288 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £409 £390 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
55 68 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 29.73% 24.11% 30.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 31 36
Average daily rate £338 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 8
Average hourly rate £24.38 £40.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.06% -15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
East of England

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -1 9 £350 -
Bedford 0 2 £413 -
C#
East of England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 36 (97.30%) .NET
2 19 (51.35%) SQL Server
3 16 (43.24%) ASP.NET
3 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
4 15 (40.54%) Windows
4 15 (40.54%) .NET Framework
5 13 (35.14%) TDD
5 13 (35.14%) MVC
6 12 (32.43%) E-Commerce
7 11 (29.73%) Web Services
8 10 (27.03%) XML
8 10 (27.03%) SOA
8 10 (27.03%) Scrum
8 10 (27.03%) BDD
9 9 (24.32%) SQL Server 2008
9 9 (24.32%) SQL Server 2005
9 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
9 9 (24.32%) SQL
10 7 (18.92%) Internet
10 7 (18.92%) HTML
10 7 (18.92%) Agile Software Development
11 6 (16.22%) CMS
11 6 (16.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (16.22%) Web Development
11 6 (16.22%) Unit Testing
11 6 (16.22%) Git (software)
11 6 (16.22%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (16.22%) Visual Studio
11 6 (16.22%) SharePoint
11 6 (16.22%) SpecFlow

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 36 (97.30%) .NET
2 16 (43.24%) ASP.NET
3 15 (40.54%) .NET Framework
4 11 (29.73%) Web Services
5 10 (27.03%) XML
6 7 (18.92%) HTML
7 5 (13.51%) NHibernate
7 5 (13.51%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (10.81%) KnockoutJS
9 3 (8.108%) CSS
10 2 (5.405%) WCF
10 2 (5.405%) jQuery
11 1 (2.703%) WF
11 1 (2.703%) LINQ
11 1 (2.703%) Gherkin
11 1 (2.703%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 1 (2.703%) XSLT
11 1 (2.703%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 6 (16.22%) SharePoint
1 6 (16.22%) CMS
2 3 (8.108%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (8.108%) NServiceBus
3 2 (5.405%) Windows Azure
3 2 (5.405%) Papyrus
3 2 (5.405%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (2.703%) IIS
4 1 (2.703%) MSMQ
4 1 (2.703%) Exstream Dialogue
4 1 (2.703%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (2.703%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) DOC1
1 5 (13.51%) PrintSoft PReS
2 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.703%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 7 (18.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (51.35%) SQL Server
2 9 (24.32%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (24.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (16.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (8.108%) RDBMS
5 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.703%) GIS
6 1 (2.703%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Visual Studio
1 6 (16.22%) Git (software)
1 6 (16.22%) Team Foundation Server
1 6 (16.22%) SpecFlow
2 4 (10.81%) Selenium
2 4 (10.81%) WebDriver
3 3 (8.108%) Cucumber
3 3 (8.108%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (5.405%) NUnit
4 2 (5.405%) WATIR
5 1 (2.703%) JIRA
5 1 (2.703%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 2 (5.405%) Aerospace
1 2 (5.405%) Banking
1 2 (5.405%) Investment Banking
2 1 (2.703%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (64.86%) Developer
2 10 (27.03%) .NET Developer
3 8 (21.62%) C# Developer
3 8 (21.62%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (16.22%) Web Developer
5 5 (13.51%) Architect
6 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (8.108%) Software Engineer
7 3 (8.108%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (8.108%) .NET Architect
8 2 (5.405%) SharePoint Consultant
8 2 (5.405%) Test Leader
8 2 (5.405%) Agile .NET Developer
8 2 (5.405%) Consultant
8 2 (5.405%) Lead Developer
9 1 (2.703%) Software Developer
9 1 (2.703%) VB.NET Developer
9 1 (2.703%) Team Leader
9 1 (2.703%) Development Team Leader
9 1 (2.703%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.108%) Client/Server
2 2 (5.405%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.703%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (2.703%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.703%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (40.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) MVC
1 13 (35.14%) TDD
2 12 (32.43%) E-Commerce
3 10 (27.03%) SOA
3 10 (27.03%) Scrum
3 10 (27.03%) BDD
4 7 (18.92%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (16.22%) Unit Testing
5 6 (16.22%) Web Development
6 4 (10.81%) Project Management
6 4 (10.81%) OO
6 4 (10.81%) Change Management
7 3 (8.108%) UML
7 3 (8.108%) ETL
7 3 (8.108%) Refactoring
7 3 (8.108%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (5.405%) Kanban
8 2 (5.405%) AOP
8 2 (5.405%) Waterfall
8 2 (5.405%) Agile Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) JavaScript
1 9 (24.32%) SQL
2 4 (10.81%) Java
3 3 (8.108%) Ruby
4 2 (5.405%) Python
4 2 (5.405%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.703%) VB
5 1 (2.703%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.703%) VBA
5 1 (2.703%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Degree
2 2 (5.405%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 1 (2.703%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) HP
3 4 (10.81%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.703%) Oracle
4 1 (2.703%) EPiServer
4 1 (2.703%) XMPie
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