The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Xamarin products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Xamarin over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the Buckinghamshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Xamarin.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Xamarin
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Xamarin 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Vendors
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
366 475 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 45.19% 48.67% 39.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 188 139
Average daily rate £325 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -8.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 43 60
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.06 £12.04 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £45.80 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Xamarin
South East

Xamarin
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Xamarin 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 Xamarin.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App

Xamarin
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Xamarin 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 Xamarin. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Buckinghamshire
C# .Net Developer (with Xamarin), Buckinghamshire, £275-300pd... They are currently using Xamarin to convert C# to Android and iOS apps... Key skills - Experienced .Net Developer working across...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013