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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Bristol 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 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank179
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads4363
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.086 %0.079 %
As % of the category below15.99 %28.90 %
Daily rates quoted2014
Average minimum daily rate£247£322
Average daily rate£276£341
% change on same period last year-18.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£306£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£337
% change on same period last year-12.04 %
Hourly rates quoted625
Average minimum hourly rate£31.67£31.56
Average hourly rate£33.75£33.16
% change on same period last year+1.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.83£34.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.13£32.56
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads269218
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.539 %0.273 %
Daily rates quoted7450
Average minimum daily rate£251£326
Average daily rate£275£347
% change on same period last year-20.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£299£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.19 %
Hourly rates quoted7155
Average minimum hourly rate£32.09£32.21
Average hourly rate£33.41£35.00
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.72£37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.94£32.49
% change on same period last year-4.75 %
C# South WestC#
South West

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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#
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol C# Hourly Rate Histogram

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, 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#.

186 (79.63 %).NET
257 (52.78 %)SQL Server
347 (43.52 %)ASP.NET
445 (41.67 %)SQL
522 (20.37 %)XML
618 (16.67 %)Windows
716 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2005
815 (13.89 %)C++
914 (12.96 %)Visual Studio
914 (12.96 %)Finance
1013 (12.04 %)Microsoft
1013 (12.04 %)SQL Server 2000
1112 (11.11 %)HTML
1112 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
1211 (10.19 %)WebServices
1310 (9.259 %)WinForms
1310 (9.259 %)Java
1310 (9.259 %)VB
149 (8.333 %)JavaScript
149 (8.333 %)CSS
158 (7.407 %)XHTML
158 (7.407 %)WPF
158 (7.407 %).NET Framework
158 (7.407 %)Degree
167 (6.481 %)AJAX
167 (6.481 %)Migration
167 (6.481 %)ASP
176 (5.556 %)Business Intelligence
176 (5.556 %)Delphi
176 (5.556 %)VB.NET

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
186 (79.63 %).NET
247 (43.52 %)ASP.NET
322 (20.37 %)XML
412 (11.11 %)HTML
511 (10.19 %)WebServices
610 (9.259 %)WinForms
79 (8.333 %)CSS
88 (7.407 %)XHTML
88 (7.407 %).NET Framework
88 (7.407 %)WPF
97 (6.481 %)AJAX
97 (6.481 %)ASP
106 (5.556 %)ASP.NET 2.0
114 (3.704 %)Silverlight
114 (3.704 %)XSLT
114 (3.704 %)ADO
123 (2.778 %)Flash
132 (1.852 %)WCF
132 (1.852 %)MVC
141 (0.926 %)Hibernate
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (2.778 %)CMS
22 (1.852 %)SharePoint
22 (1.852 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (0.926 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (4.630 %)MS Excel
23 (2.778 %)MS Office
31 (0.926 %)MS Project
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
14 (3.704 %)Ethernet
23 (2.778 %)PPP
32 (1.852 %)Intranet
32 (1.852 %)Internet
41 (0.926 %)3G
41 (0.926 %)TETRA
41 (0.926 %)GPRS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
157 (52.78 %)SQL Server
216 (14.81 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (12.04 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (3.704 %)SQL Server 7
44 (3.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52 (1.852 %)Crystal Reports
52 (1.852 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.926 %)DTS
61 (0.926 %)MySQL
61 (0.926 %)PostgreSQL
61 (0.926 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (12.96 %)Visual Studio
24 (3.704 %)QuickTest Pro
24 (3.704 %)LoadRunner
24 (3.704 %)NUnit
24 (3.704 %)FitNesse
32 (1.852 %)WinRunner
32 (1.852 %)CruiseControl
32 (1.852 %)QARun
32 (1.852 %)WATIR
32 (1.852 %)LabVIEW
32 (1.852 %)PVCS
41 (0.926 %)Eclipse
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (12.96 %)Finance
26 (5.556 %)Back Office
35 (4.630 %)Telecoms
35 (4.630 %)Banking
43 (2.778 %)Front Office
43 (2.778 %)Legal
52 (1.852 %)Law
52 (1.852 %)Multimedia
52 (1.852 %)Insurance
61 (0.926 %)Avionics
61 (0.926 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.926 %)Retail
61 (0.926 %)Games
61 (0.926 %)Military
61 (0.926 %)Aerospace
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
180 (74.07 %)Developer
239 (36.11 %).NET Developer
239 (36.11 %)C# Developer
314 (12.96 %)ASP.NET Developer
412 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
412 (11.11 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
511 (10.19 %)Software Developer
68 (7.407 %)SQL Developer
77 (6.481 %)Web Developer
85 (4.630 %)DBA
85 (4.630 %)SQL DBA
94 (3.704 %)Tester
103 (2.778 %)VB.NET Developer
103 (2.778 %)Delphi Developer
103 (2.778 %).NET Web Developer
112 (1.852 %)IT Architect
112 (1.852 %)Technical Tester
112 (1.852 %)Flash Developer
112 (1.852 %)VB6 Developer
112 (1.852 %)Systems Architect
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (4.630 %)Computer Science
24 (3.704 %)Client/Server
32 (1.852 %)W3C
32 (1.852 %)Data Protection Act
41 (0.926 %)Pocket PC
41 (0.926 %)N-Tier
41 (0.926 %)NHS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (16.67 %)Windows
23 (2.778 %)Linux
23 (2.778 %)UNIX
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
27 (6.481 %)Migration
36 (5.556 %)Business Intelligence
36 (5.556 %)Web Development
45 (4.630 %)Project Management
45 (4.630 %)Workflow
45 (4.630 %)UML
54 (3.704 %)CRM
54 (3.704 %)Software Engineering
54 (3.704 %)Integration Testing
54 (3.704 %)Test Scripting
63 (2.778 %)Unit Testing
63 (2.778 %)Automated Testing
63 (2.778 %)Data Modelling
63 (2.778 %)Regression Testing
72 (1.852 %)Risk Management
72 (1.852 %)Practice Management
72 (1.852 %)Scrum
72 (1.852 %)E-Commerce
72 (1.852 %)PRINCE2
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
145 (41.67 %)SQL
215 (13.89 %)C++
310 (9.259 %)Java
310 (9.259 %)VB
49 (8.333 %)JavaScript
56 (5.556 %)Delphi
56 (5.556 %)VB.NET
65 (4.630 %)C
74 (3.704 %)VB6
83 (2.778 %)Transact-SQL
83 (2.778 %)ActionScript
83 (2.778 %)FoxPro (VFP)
92 (1.852 %)VBA
92 (1.852 %)VBScript
92 (1.852 %)PHP
101 (0.926 %)Perl
101 (0.926 %)VC++
101 (0.926 %)Tcl
101 (0.926 %)Shell Script
101 (0.926 %)XAML
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (7.407 %)Degree
24 (3.704 %)SC Cleared
24 (3.704 %)Security Cleared
32 (1.852 %)ISEB
41 (0.926 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.926 %)MCP
41 (0.926 %)MCAD
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (12.04 %)Microsoft
25 (4.630 %)Oracle
34 (3.704 %)Borland
41 (0.926 %)Infragistics