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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Blackpool 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank714
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below33.33 %10.00 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£335
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.93£33.66
% change on same period last year+0.79 %
Blackpool IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Blackpool
Matching contract IT job ads1210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.87-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.74-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.18£32.81
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
C# LancashireC#
Lancashire

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 Blackpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Blackpool 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 Blackpool region.

Blackpool 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 Blackpool region.

Blackpool C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Blackpool region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

Blackpool C# Hourly Rate Histogram

C#
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Blackpool 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#.

16 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
16 (100.00 %).NET
23 (50.00 %)SQL Server
23 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (33.33 %)AJAX
32 (33.33 %)HTML
32 (33.33 %)CSS
41 (16.67 %)XHTML
41 (16.67 %)SharePoint
41 (16.67 %)W3C
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (16.67 %)SEO
41 (16.67 %)Web Design
41 (16.67 %)JavaScript
41 (16.67 %)VB.NET

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Blackpool 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.

Blackpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (33.33 %)CSS
22 (33.33 %)HTML
22 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (16.67 %)XHTML
Blackpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)SharePoint
Blackpool IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server
13 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
Blackpool IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
25 (83.33 %).NET Developer
34 (66.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
43 (50.00 %)Web Developer
52 (33.33 %)C# Developer
52 (33.33 %).NET Web Developer
52 (33.33 %)C# Web Developer
52 (33.33 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Blackpool IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)W3C
Blackpool IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)SEO
11 (16.67 %)Web Design
Blackpool IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)JavaScript
11 (16.67 %)VB.NET