The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms 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 WinForms over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 45 - 46
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WinForms 5 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.940% - 0.483%
As % of the Application Development category 4.630% - 3.297%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
Average daily rate £265 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
All Application Development
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
108 198 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 20.30% 23.68% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 136 34
Average daily rate £309 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.92% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £405 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WinForms
South West

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol WinForms Jobs Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol WinForms Hourly Rate Trend

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing WinForms 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 WinForms.

1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) VB.NET
2 5 (83.33%) C#
3 3 (50.00%) Oracle
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) Law
3 3 (50.00%) TDD
3 3 (50.00%) NHibernate
3 3 (50.00%) WCF
3 3 (50.00%) jQuery
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (50.00%) BDD
4 2 (33.33%) Open Source
4 2 (33.33%) WPF
4 2 (33.33%) Ruby
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (33.33%) MVC
4 2 (33.33%) Web Services
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
5 1 (16.67%) ASP
5 1 (16.67%) XML
5 1 (16.67%) XSL
5 1 (16.67%) Windows

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing WinForms 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 WinForms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (50.00%) NHibernate
2 3 (50.00%) WCF
2 3 (50.00%) jQuery
3 2 (33.33%) WPF
3 2 (33.33%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) ASP
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) XSL
4 1 (16.67%) Hibernate
4 1 (16.67%) Razor View Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
2 1 (16.67%) VB.NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Open Source
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
1 3 (50.00%) TDD
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (50.00%) BDD
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) VB.NET
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) Ruby
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
Bristol, South West
As a VB.NEt C# Developer you will be working alongside the development team updating a windows based application, working on technical specifications and meeting deadlines. Skills *VB...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They appreciate this is hard to find and therefore willing to flex if someone is more experienced in one as the team are mixed, however the opportunity to...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Net Developers (Winforms, C# or VB.Net) required by leading finance organisation based in the heart of Bristol... Net Winforms C# or VB.Net (most apps now in...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 15 May 2013