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This section looks at the demand for C# skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2613
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads79149
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.151 %
As % of the category below21.76 %23.21 %
Daily rates quoted1935
Average minimum daily rate£337£295
Average daily rate£340£308
% change on same period last year+10.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£335
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Hourly rates quoted09
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£36.94
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£38.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.61£33.74
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads363642
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.484 %0.650 %
Daily rates quoted123137
Average minimum daily rate£355£287
Average daily rate£366£302
% change on same period last year+21.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£334
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted3173
Average minimum hourly rate£34.18£31.83
Average hourly rate£35.73£33.19
% change on same period last year+7.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.28£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.07
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
C# South EastC#
South East

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesDown-1437£356-5.18 %
High WycombeDown-173£300+22.72 %
AylesburyUp+31£300-
C# South EastC#
South East

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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#.

1154 (82.35 %).NET
296 (51.34 %)SQL Server
371 (37.97 %)ASP.NET
461 (32.62 %)Windows
549 (26.20 %)SQL
642 (22.46 %)SQL Server 2005
740 (21.39 %)WinForms
837 (19.79 %).NET Framework
932 (17.11 %)Microsoft
1030 (16.04 %)JavaScript
1129 (15.51 %)HTML
1225 (13.37 %)AJAX
1324 (12.83 %)WebServices
1423 (12.30 %)VB.NET
1521 (11.23 %)Transact-SQL
1521 (11.23 %)Oracle
1521 (11.23 %)XML
1521 (11.23 %)OO
1620 (10.70 %)GIS
1719 (10.16 %)Visual Studio
1818 (9.626 %)OOD
1917 (9.091 %)C++
1917 (9.091 %)Workflow
1917 (9.091 %)WPF
2015 (8.021 %)UML
2114 (7.487 %)SharePoint
2114 (7.487 %)VB
2114 (7.487 %)Agile Software Development
2213 (6.952 %)Security Cleared
2213 (6.952 %)Government

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1154 (82.35 %).NET
271 (37.97 %)ASP.NET
340 (21.39 %)WinForms
437 (19.79 %).NET Framework
529 (15.51 %)HTML
625 (13.37 %)AJAX
724 (12.83 %)WebServices
821 (11.23 %)XML
917 (9.091 %)WPF
1010 (5.348 %)ASP
118 (4.278 %)MFC
118 (4.278 %)CSS
118 (4.278 %)ArcObjects
127 (3.743 %)ASP.NET 2.0
127 (3.743 %)ActiveX
127 (3.743 %)J2EE
135 (2.674 %)SOAP
135 (2.674 %)XSLT
143 (1.604 %)XML Schema
152 (1.070 %)WCF
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (7.487 %)SharePoint
212 (6.417 %)BizTalk Server
38 (4.278 %)SharePoint Server 2007
45 (2.674 %)IIS
45 (2.674 %)ArcSDE
54 (2.139 %)ArcGIS
61 (0.535 %)SharePoint Portal Server
61 (0.535 %)Oracle Spatial
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (4.278 %)MS Excel
23 (1.604 %)MS Office
32 (1.070 %)MS Project
41 (0.535 %)Photoshop
41 (0.535 %)InfoPath
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (3.209 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (1.070 %)Dynamics CRM
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (2.139 %)Internet
23 (1.604 %)Extranet
32 (1.070 %)LAN
32 (1.070 %)SMTP
32 (1.070 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.535 %)Kerberos
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
196 (51.34 %)SQL Server
242 (22.46 %)SQL Server 2005
320 (10.70 %)GIS
412 (6.417 %)SQL Server 2000
510 (5.348 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
66 (3.209 %)SQL Server 7
73 (1.604 %)MySQL
73 (1.604 %)Crystal Reports
82 (1.070 %)MS Access
82 (1.070 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
82 (1.070 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (10.16 %)Visual Studio
23 (1.604 %)NUnit
32 (1.070 %)LabVIEW
32 (1.070 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.535 %)Flash
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (6.952 %)Government
29 (4.813 %)Electronics
37 (3.743 %)Finance
44 (2.139 %)Retail
52 (1.070 %)Pharmaceutical
52 (1.070 %)Automotive
52 (1.070 %)Health
61 (0.535 %)Manufacturing
61 (0.535 %)Police
61 (0.535 %)Banking
61 (0.535 %)Telecoms
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1139 (74.33 %)Developer
286 (45.99 %)C# Developer
377 (41.18 %).NET Developer
436 (19.25 %)ASP.NET Developer
436 (19.25 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
517 (9.091 %)Web Developer
616 (8.556 %)Software Developer
616 (8.556 %)CSharp Software Developer
711 (5.882 %)C# Web Developer
89 (4.813 %).NET Web Developer
89 (4.813 %)Tester
98 (4.278 %)Programmer
98 (4.278 %)GIS Developer
98 (4.278 %)WinForms Developer
106 (3.209 %)SharePoint Developer
106 (3.209 %)BizTalk Developer
106 (3.209 %)Analyst
106 (3.209 %)SQL Developer
106 (3.209 %)Software Engineer
115 (2.674 %)SQL Server Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (1.604 %)N-Tier
13 (1.604 %)Replication
22 (1.070 %)PDA
22 (1.070 %)Computer Science
22 (1.070 %)Mainframe
31 (0.535 %)Tandem
31 (0.535 %)Firmware
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
161 (32.62 %)Windows
22 (1.070 %)Linux
22 (1.070 %)Windows NT
31 (0.535 %)Windows Mobile
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (11.23 %)OO
218 (9.626 %)OOD
317 (9.091 %)Workflow
415 (8.021 %)UML
514 (7.487 %)Agile Software Development
613 (6.952 %)Extreme Programming
613 (6.952 %)Security Cleared
711 (5.882 %)DV Cleared
86 (3.209 %)Web Development
86 (3.209 %)CRM
95 (2.674 %)RUP
104 (2.139 %)SOA
104 (2.139 %)Regression Testing
104 (2.139 %)Migration
104 (2.139 %)Requirements Analysis
104 (2.139 %)System Testing
104 (2.139 %)Software Engineering
104 (2.139 %)Unit Testing
113 (1.604 %)SC Cleared
113 (1.604 %)PRINCE2
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
149 (26.20 %)SQL
230 (16.04 %)JavaScript
323 (12.30 %)VB.NET
421 (11.23 %)Transact-SQL
517 (9.091 %)C++
614 (7.487 %)VB
712 (6.417 %)Java
810 (5.348 %)VB6
98 (4.278 %)C
107 (3.743 %)XAML
113 (1.604 %)PHP
113 (1.604 %)VBScript
122 (1.070 %)Perl
131 (0.535 %)ActionScript
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.139 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (1.604 %)Degree
32 (1.070 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (1.070 %)MCSD
32 (1.070 %)MCSE
41 (0.535 %)MCPD
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.070 %)QA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.070 %)Active Directory
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (17.11 %)Microsoft
221 (11.23 %)Oracle
32 (1.070 %)SAP
32 (1.070 %)IBM
41 (0.535 %)Adobe
41 (0.535 %)ESRI
41 (0.535 %)Fujitsu
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