The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 23 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 Bristol 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 21 11 25
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +14
Contract jobs citing C# 34 82 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 6.654% 9.809% 5.199%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.52% 32.93% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 49 16
Average daily rate £309 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.00% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £244 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £359 £366 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
Average hourly rate - £33.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -17.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
158 249 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 30.92% 29.78% 25.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 157 86
Average daily rate £310 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £415 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 21 12
Average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -14.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.97 £21.50 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
South West

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 81 (94.19%) .NET
2 53 (61.63%) ASP.NET
3 44 (51.16%) MVC
4 41 (47.67%) SQL Server
5 34 (39.53%) SQL
6 31 (36.05%) .NET Framework
7 28 (32.56%) SharePoint
7 28 (32.56%) Microsoft
8 24 (27.91%) jQuery
8 24 (27.91%) ASP.NET MVC
9 20 (23.26%) UML
10 18 (20.93%) SQL Server 2008
11 16 (18.60%) JavaScript
11 16 (18.60%) Finance
12 15 (17.44%) Agile Software Development
12 15 (17.44%) Oracle
13 14 (16.28%) HTML
13 14 (16.28%) CSS
13 14 (16.28%) Legal
13 14 (16.28%) Degree
13 14 (16.28%) WCF
13 14 (16.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (15.12%) Visualfiles
14 13 (15.12%) SQL Server 2005
14 13 (15.12%) XML
14 13 (15.12%) OO
14 13 (15.12%) Data Security
15 12 (13.95%) Scrum
15 12 (13.95%) Subversion
15 12 (13.95%) Unit Testing

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 81 (94.19%) .NET
2 53 (61.63%) ASP.NET
3 31 (36.05%) .NET Framework
4 24 (27.91%) jQuery
4 24 (27.91%) ASP.NET MVC
5 14 (16.28%) HTML
5 14 (16.28%) CSS
5 14 (16.28%) WCF
6 13 (15.12%) XML
7 11 (12.79%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 9 (10.47%) Web Services
9 8 (9.302%) Ajax
10 7 (8.140%) ASP
11 6 (6.977%) HTML5
12 5 (5.814%) KnockoutJS
12 5 (5.814%) WinForms
13 4 (4.651%) XHTML
13 4 (4.651%) LINQ
13 4 (4.651%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 3 (3.488%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 28 (32.56%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.977%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (5.814%) CMS
4 4 (4.651%) IIS
5 2 (2.326%) ESB
5 2 (2.326%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (2.326%) WordPress
5 2 (2.326%) Drupal
6 1 (1.163%) Kentico
6 1 (1.163%) Umbraco
6 1 (1.163%) Magento
Applications
1 11 (12.79%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.163%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 13 (15.12%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.163%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (47.67%) SQL Server
2 18 (20.93%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (16.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 13 (15.12%) SQL Server 2005
5 10 (11.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (9.302%) Oracle 10g
7 5 (5.814%) Oracle 11g
7 5 (5.814%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (4.651%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (3.488%) DTS
9 3 (3.488%) MySQL
10 2 (2.326%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (1.163%) QlikView
11 1 (1.163%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (13.95%) Subversion
2 8 (9.302%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (8.140%) Visual Studio
4 3 (3.488%) Selenium
5 2 (2.326%) JIRA
5 2 (2.326%) ReSharper
5 2 (2.326%) SpecFlow
5 2 (2.326%) NuGet
6 1 (1.163%) NUnit
General
1 16 (18.60%) Finance
2 14 (16.28%) Legal
3 10 (11.63%) Banking
4 5 (5.814%) Law
5 2 (2.326%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.163%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.163%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 74 (86.05%) Developer
2 38 (44.19%) .NET Developer
3 21 (24.42%) C# Developer
4 16 (18.60%) C# .NET Developer
5 8 (9.302%) SharePoint Developer
5 8 (9.302%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (6.977%) Software Engineer
6 6 (6.977%) ASP.NET Developer
7 5 (5.814%) Software Developer
8 3 (3.488%) Technical Developer
8 3 (3.488%) C# Programmer
8 3 (3.488%) ASP.NET Programmer
8 3 (3.488%) Architect
8 3 (3.488%) Senior Developer
8 3 (3.488%) Programmer
9 2 (2.326%) Technical Architect
9 2 (2.326%) Analyst
9 2 (2.326%) MI Analyst
9 2 (2.326%) .NET Software Engineer
9 2 (2.326%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.651%) Inversion of Control
2 3 (3.488%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.326%) iPhone
3 2 (2.326%) Social Media
3 2 (2.326%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (2.326%) Open Source
3 2 (2.326%) iPad
3 2 (2.326%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.163%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.163%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.163%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.63%) Windows
2 2 (2.326%) Android
2 2 (2.326%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (51.16%) MVC
2 20 (23.26%) UML
3 15 (17.44%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (15.12%) OO
4 13 (15.12%) Data Security
5 12 (13.95%) Scrum
5 12 (13.95%) Unit Testing
6 8 (9.302%) TDD
6 8 (9.302%) Continuous Integration
7 7 (8.140%) BDD
8 6 (6.977%) Web Development
9 4 (4.651%) ETL
9 4 (4.651%) Validation
9 4 (4.651%) Refactoring
9 4 (4.651%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (2.326%) Project Management
10 2 (2.326%) SOA
10 2 (2.326%) E-Commerce
10 2 (2.326%) Software Engineering
10 2 (2.326%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 34 (39.53%) SQL
2 16 (18.60%) JavaScript
3 10 (11.63%) VB
4 8 (9.302%) Delphi
5 7 (8.140%) VB6
6 5 (5.814%) VB.NET
6 5 (5.814%) VBA
7 4 (4.651%) PHP
7 4 (4.651%) T-SQL
8 3 (3.488%) PowerShell
8 3 (3.488%) Ruby
8 3 (3.488%) VBScript
8 3 (3.488%) Java
9 2 (2.326%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.163%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.163%) C++
Qualifications
1 14 (16.28%) Degree
2 4 (4.651%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.326%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.326%) SLA
2 1 (1.163%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 2 (2.326%) Tivoli
1 2 (2.326%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.44%) Oracle
3 6 (6.977%) SAP
4 2 (2.326%) Infragistics
4 2 (2.326%) Telerik
4 2 (2.326%) Ektron
4 2 (2.326%) Sitecore
4 2 (2.326%) Facebook
4 2 (2.326%) Twitter
5 1 (1.163%) Zend
Bristol, South West
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Rate: £200 - £250 per day
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Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
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G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Rate: Market rate paid weekly
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
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