C# Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first 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 17 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 Programming Languages category for the Cambridge 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 12 3 6
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +3
Contract jobs citing C# 31 77 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 9.064% 18.42% 15.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.03% 28.52% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 26
Average daily rate £290 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 2
Average hourly rate £48.25 £35.00 £28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.85% +21.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.65 £35.00 £15.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.85 £60.00 £41.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 182 270 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 53.22% 64.59% 60.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 143 73
Average daily rate £300 £305 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +1.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 29 27
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £20.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.50 £60.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
Cambridgeshire

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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#.

1 47 (58.02%) .NET
2 34 (41.98%) ASP.NET
3 27 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 26 (32.10%) SQL
5 25 (30.86%) MVC
6 21 (25.93%) CSS
6 21 (25.93%) Visual Studio
7 20 (24.69%) HTML
8 18 (22.22%) Windows
8 18 (22.22%) Python
9 17 (20.99%) jQuery
10 16 (19.75%) WCF
10 16 (19.75%) ASP.NET MVC
10 16 (19.75%) JavaScript
11 15 (18.52%) Degree
12 14 (17.28%) HTML5
12 14 (17.28%) Web Services
13 13 (16.05%) C++
13 13 (16.05%) Computer Science
14 12 (14.81%) Agile Software Development
14 12 (14.81%) TDD
15 11 (13.58%) Scrum
15 11 (13.58%) .NET Framework
16 10 (12.35%) Unit Testing
16 10 (12.35%) CSS3
16 10 (12.35%) XML
16 10 (12.35%) Oracle
16 10 (12.35%) UNIX
16 10 (12.35%) Shell Script
17 9 (11.11%) Microsoft

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 47 (58.02%) .NET
2 34 (41.98%) ASP.NET
3 21 (25.93%) CSS
4 20 (24.69%) HTML
5 17 (20.99%) jQuery
6 16 (19.75%) ASP.NET MVC
6 16 (19.75%) WCF
7 14 (17.28%) HTML5
7 14 (17.28%) Web Services
8 11 (13.58%) .NET Framework
9 10 (12.35%) XML
9 10 (12.35%) CSS3
10 6 (7.407%) RESTful
11 5 (6.173%) ADO.NET
11 5 (6.173%) Ruby on Rails
12 4 (4.938%) Spring
12 4 (4.938%) JSON
12 4 (4.938%) J2EE
12 4 (4.938%) Swing
12 4 (4.938%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.877%) SharePoint
2 6 (7.407%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (4.938%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (4.938%) Apache
3 4 (4.938%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.469%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.235%) Magento
5 1 (1.235%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (1.235%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (4.938%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.235%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.235%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.235%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.642%) Internet
2 6 (7.407%) SNMP
3 4 (4.938%) VLAN
4 3 (3.704%) Extranet
5 2 (2.469%) HTTP
5 2 (2.469%) Intranet
6 1 (1.235%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (7.407%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (6.173%) MySQL
5 4 (4.938%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (3.704%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (2.469%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (2.469%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.235%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (1.235%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 21 (25.93%) Visual Studio
2 5 (6.173%) Subversion
2 5 (6.173%) Git (software)
3 4 (4.938%) Maven
4 3 (3.704%) JSUnit
5 2 (2.469%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.235%) QUnit
General
1 9 (11.11%) Games
2 3 (3.704%) Banking
2 3 (3.704%) Advertising
3 2 (2.469%) Investment Banking
3 2 (2.469%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.469%) Finance
4 1 (1.235%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 52 (64.20%) Developer
2 19 (23.46%) .NET Developer
3 13 (16.05%) Software Engineer
4 8 (9.877%) C# Developer
4 8 (9.877%) Test Engineer
5 7 (8.642%) Software Developer
6 6 (7.407%) SharePoint Developer
6 6 (7.407%) User Experience Developer
7 5 (6.173%) UI Programmer
7 5 (6.173%) UI Developer
7 5 (6.173%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.938%) Java Developer
8 4 (4.938%) Software Test Engineer
8 4 (4.938%) Software Development Engineer
8 4 (4.938%) C# .NET Developer
8 4 (4.938%) Development Engineer
9 3 (3.704%) Agile .NET Developer
9 3 (3.704%) Front-End Developer
9 3 (3.704%) Designer
9 3 (3.704%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.05%) Computer Science
2 8 (9.877%) Machine Learning
3 6 (7.407%) Cryptography
4 5 (6.173%) Human Factors
5 4 (4.938%) Informatics
5 4 (4.938%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.704%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.469%) N-Tier
7 2 (2.469%) LIMS
7 2 (2.469%) Biology
7 2 (2.469%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.235%) iPhone
8 1 (1.235%) Inversion of Control
8 1 (1.235%) Social Media
8 1 (1.235%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (1.235%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.22%) Windows
2 10 (12.35%) UNIX
3 7 (8.642%) Linux
4 4 (4.938%) Android
5 2 (2.469%) Windows CE
6 1 (1.235%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.235%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.235%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.235%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.235%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.86%) MVC
2 12 (14.81%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (14.81%) TDD
3 11 (13.58%) Scrum
4 10 (12.35%) Unit Testing
5 8 (9.877%) OO
6 7 (8.642%) OOA/OOD
6 7 (8.642%) OOD
7 6 (7.407%) MVVM
7 6 (7.407%) Information Management
8 5 (6.173%) Validation
8 5 (6.173%) Embedded Software Development
9 4 (4.938%) Data Modelling
10 3 (3.704%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (3.704%) CAD
10 3 (3.704%) System Testing
11 2 (2.469%) Test Automation
11 2 (2.469%) Manual Testing
11 2 (2.469%) Logistics
11 2 (2.469%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (32.10%) SQL
2 18 (22.22%) Python
3 16 (19.75%) JavaScript
4 13 (16.05%) C++
5 10 (12.35%) Shell Script
6 9 (11.11%) Java
6 9 (11.11%) C
7 6 (7.407%) F#
8 5 (6.173%) Lisp
8 5 (6.173%) Ruby
9 4 (4.938%) Perl
9 4 (4.938%) PHP
9 4 (4.938%) T-SQL
10 3 (3.704%) VB.NET
10 3 (3.704%) VC++
11 1 (1.235%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.235%) Haskell
11 1 (1.235%) Erlang
11 1 (1.235%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 15 (18.52%) Degree
2 5 (6.173%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.938%) PhD
4 2 (2.469%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.235%) ISEB
5 1 (1.235%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.235%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.469%) QA
2 1 (1.235%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (4.938%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (12.35%) Oracle
2 9 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.407%) Facebook
4 4 (4.938%) VMware
5 3 (3.704%) Telerik
6 1 (1.235%) Google
6 1 (1.235%) DevExpress
6 1 (1.235%) Perforce
6 1 (1.235%) Business Objects
Application Developer/C#/PHP/SQL Cambridgeshire £250-350 p/d
Cambridge, East Anglia
For an ambitious, creative, confident, self-motivated team player this is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference to this already high-achieving organisation. This role is...
greywood
Rate: £250 - £350 per day + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Software Developer - Cambridge - 3 month
Cambridge, East Anglia
Their software is used by thousands of organisations ranging from education, health, government departments, local authorities, and financial services through to those involved in charities and media.The...
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Posted: 25 April 2013
Web Developer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Required Technical Skills HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript / jQuery, jQuery UI, XML / JSON / AJAX, etc... ASP.NET / C# UI design skills / good at functional design, usability, etc. Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator...
Psonar Ltd
Rate: From £200 to £250 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Android / iOS Developer with C# Experience
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Description: You'll be taking on the primary development of our music streaming iOS and Android apps, developed using Xamarin MonoTouch & MonoDroid, powered by the Psonar RESTful API.....
Psonar Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
Embedded Software Engineer
Cambridge, East Anglia
The Role: - Systems Software Engineer - Feedback to Manager & Team Required: - Embedded device control using, for example: GPIB, MIPI, USB, LAN, SNMP - Experience of MATLAB or C# - Understanding of...
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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