Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Cambridge region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank835
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads3745101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge14.18 %14.56 %16.92 %
As % of the Programming Languages category20.22 %26.32 %30.61 %
Daily rates quoted251329
Average daily rate£275£285£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.500 %-12.30 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£180£228£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£387£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£275£325
% change year-on-year
+5.450 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted3610
Average hourly rate£11.50£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-64.61 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.10£28.75£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.30£35.00£44.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.69 %-10.00 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
183171330
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge70.11 %55.34 %55.28 %
Daily rates quoted624758
Average daily rate£275£290£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£110£225£236
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£378£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted533276
Average hourly rate£34.50£34.00£36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.470 %-6.200 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£22.50£26.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.50£45.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
C# CambridgeshireC#
Cambridgeshire

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.

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridge C# Hourly Rate Histogram

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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#.

153 (79.10 %).NET
221 (31.34 %)ASP.NET
316 (23.88 %)Windows
316 (23.88 %)SQL
316 (23.88 %)Oracle
413 (19.40 %)VB
512 (17.91 %)SQL Server
512 (17.91 %)WPF
512 (17.91 %)Silverlight
610 (14.93 %).NET Framework
610 (14.93 %)VB6
610 (14.93 %)C++
610 (14.93 %)Java
610 (14.93 %)CSS
610 (14.93 %)Web Services
610 (14.93 %)XML
79 (13.43 %)JavaScript
79 (13.43 %)Degree
88 (11.94 %)Windows Mobile
88 (11.94 %)PL/SQL
88 (11.94 %)WCF
97 (10.45 %)Visual Studio
97 (10.45 %)Microsoft
106 (8.955 %)Agile Software Development
106 (8.955 %)COM+
106 (8.955 %)ADO.NET
115 (7.463 %)XSL
115 (7.463 %)AJAX
115 (7.463 %)QA
115 (7.463 %)Finance

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
153 (79.10 %).NET
221 (31.34 %)ASP.NET
312 (17.91 %)WPF
312 (17.91 %)Silverlight
410 (14.93 %).NET Framework
410 (14.93 %)CSS
410 (14.93 %)Web Services
410 (14.93 %)XML
58 (11.94 %)WCF
66 (8.955 %)COM+
66 (8.955 %)ADO.NET
75 (7.463 %)XSL
75 (7.463 %)AJAX
84 (5.970 %)WinForms
84 (5.970 %)HTML
93 (4.478 %)DHTML
102 (2.985 %)XNA
102 (2.985 %)OpenGL
102 (2.985 %)DirectX
102 (2.985 %)Flash
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (2.985 %)BizTalk Server
12 (2.985 %)IIS
21 (1.493 %)MS Exchange
21 (1.493 %)SharePoint
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (5.970 %)MS Visio
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.493 %)Oracle BPM
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (5.970 %)Wireless
14 (5.970 %)Internet
21 (1.493 %)UPnP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (17.91 %)SQL Server
23 (4.478 %)Oracle Reports
23 (4.478 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (2.985 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (2.985 %)Oracle 10g
32 (2.985 %)Crystal Reports
41 (1.493 %)MySQL
41 (1.493 %)Oracle 11g
41 (1.493 %)SQL Server 2008
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (10.45 %)Visual Studio
24 (5.970 %)Expression Blend
33 (4.478 %)Rational Functional Tester
42 (2.985 %)Subversion
51 (1.493 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (7.463 %)Finance
24 (5.970 %)3D Graphics
24 (5.970 %)Games
32 (2.985 %)Marketing
41 (1.493 %)Aerospace
41 (1.493 %)Automotive
41 (1.493 %)Education
41 (1.493 %)Electric
41 (1.493 %)Retail
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
145 (67.16 %)Developer
231 (46.27 %)C# Developer
321 (31.34 %).NET Developer
49 (13.43 %)Software Engineer
58 (11.94 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
67 (10.45 %)ASP.NET Developer
76 (8.955 %)Web Developer
76 (8.955 %)GUI Developer
85 (7.463 %)Software Developer
85 (7.463 %)Front-End Developer
85 (7.463 %)Front-End Web Developer
85 (7.463 %)C# Software Developer
85 (7.463 %)Mobile Developer
94 (5.970 %)Software Tester
94 (5.970 %)Tester
94 (5.970 %)Programmer
94 (5.970 %)C# Software Engineer
94 (5.970 %)Analyst
103 (4.478 %)Test Analyst
112 (2.985 %)CSS Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (5.970 %)Windows Azure
14 (5.970 %)Computer Science
22 (2.985 %)Multithreading
22 (2.985 %)CUDA
22 (2.985 %)Visualisation
22 (2.985 %)W3C
31 (1.493 %)Client/Server
31 (1.493 %)Mathematics
31 (1.493 %)Streaming Media
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
116 (23.88 %)Windows
28 (11.94 %)Windows Mobile
34 (5.970 %)Windows CE
43 (4.478 %)UNIX
43 (4.478 %)Mac OS
52 (2.985 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (1.493 %)Windows XP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (8.955 %)Agile Software Development
24 (5.970 %)Test Scripting
24 (5.970 %)Automated Testing
33 (4.478 %)OO
42 (2.985 %)User Experience Design
42 (2.985 %)Web Accessibility
42 (2.985 %)Image Processing
42 (2.985 %)Email Marketing
42 (2.985 %)Digital Marketing
42 (2.985 %)Content Management
42 (2.985 %)E-Commerce
51 (1.493 %)OOA/OOD
51 (1.493 %)OOD
51 (1.493 %)SOA
51 (1.493 %)CRM
51 (1.493 %)MVC
51 (1.493 %)BPEL
51 (1.493 %)Data Management
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (23.88 %)SQL
213 (19.40 %)VB
310 (14.93 %)VB6
310 (14.93 %)C++
310 (14.93 %)Java
49 (13.43 %)JavaScript
58 (11.94 %)PL/SQL
64 (5.970 %)PowerShell
73 (4.478 %)VB.NET
82 (2.985 %)ActionScript 3.0
82 (2.985 %)XAML
82 (2.985 %)Embedded C
82 (2.985 %)ActionScript
82 (2.985 %)T-SQL
82 (2.985 %)C
82 (2.985 %)Delphi
82 (2.985 %)Perl
91 (1.493 %)C++/CLI
91 (1.493 %)Apex Code
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (13.43 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (7.463 %)QA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.493 %)Active Directory
11 (1.493 %)MSMQ
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (23.88 %)Oracle
27 (10.45 %)Microsoft
31 (1.493 %)Salesforce.com