Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WinForms skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WinForms 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 Application Development category for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Windows Forms (WinForms)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank403549
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+14
Matching contract IT job ads31526
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire0.721 %2.935 %2.309 %
As % of the Application Development category1.974 %8.982 %7.065 %
Daily rates quoted133
Average daily rate£205£288£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.69 %-11.53 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£298£300£325
% change year-on-year
-0.830 %-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted034
Average hourly rate-£35.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--12.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.25£33.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
+13.33 %-3.570 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
152167368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire36.54 %32.68 %32.68 %
Daily rates quoted625086
Average daily rate£275£290£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-17.14 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£150£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£363£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted222750
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£22.50£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %
WinForms East of EnglandWinForms
East of England

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.

WinForms
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cambridgeshire WinForms Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire WinForms Hourly Rate Trend

WinForms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-122--
PeterboroughUp+71£205-
WinForms East of EnglandWinForms
East of England

WinForms
Top 6 Related IT Skills

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

16 (100.00 %)C#
23 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
32 (33.33 %)Embedded C
32 (33.33 %)C++
32 (33.33 %)C
41 (16.67 %).NET

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (16.67 %).NET
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Developer
14 (66.67 %)C# Developer
22 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
22 (33.33 %)C++ Software Engineer
22 (33.33 %)C# Software Engineer
22 (33.33 %)C Software Engineer
31 (16.67 %)C# Programmer
31 (16.67 %)Developer Analyst
31 (16.67 %)C# Analyst Programmer
31 (16.67 %)WinForms Developer
31 (16.67 %)Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Analyst Programmer
31 (16.67 %)Programmer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)C#
22 (33.33 %)Embedded C
22 (33.33 %)C++
22 (33.33 %)C