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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Canary Wharf 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1110
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads4484
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.084 %
As % of the category below24.18 %27.18 %
Daily rates quoted2043
Average minimum daily rate£459£534
Average daily rate£487£556
% change on same period last year-12.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£515£577
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£335
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£6.00
Average hourly rate-£6.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£7.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.76£33.53
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads182309
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.254 %0.310 %
Daily rates quoted84176
Average minimum daily rate£445£494
Average daily rate£464£521
% change on same period last year-10.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£483£548
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£335
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£9.40
Average hourly rate£22.00£10.10
% change on same period last year+117.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£10.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.48£32.81
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
C# LondonC#
London

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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#.

147 (55.95 %)Derivative
241 (48.81 %)Front Office
339 (46.43 %)C++
435 (41.67 %).NET
435 (41.67 %)Finance
534 (40.48 %)SQL
628 (33.33 %)Banking
725 (29.76 %)SQL Server
822 (26.19 %)Java
920 (23.81 %)OO
920 (23.81 %)Investment Banking
1019 (22.62 %)Equity Derivative
1019 (22.62 %)VBA
1113 (15.48 %)Windows
1212 (14.29 %)WinForms
1311 (13.10 %)Microsoft
1311 (13.10 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1410 (11.90 %)Risk Management
1410 (11.90 %)Agile Software Development
159 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2000
159 (10.71 %)Sybase
159 (10.71 %)XML
168 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
177 (8.333 %)Oracle
177 (8.333 %)VB
177 (8.333 %)UNIX
177 (8.333 %)ClearCase
177 (8.333 %)Subversion
177 (8.333 %)Multithreading
186 (7.143 %)Spreadsheet

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (41.67 %).NET
212 (14.29 %)WinForms
39 (10.71 %)XML
48 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
55 (5.952 %)Middleware
64 (4.762 %)MFC
73 (3.571 %)ASP
73 (3.571 %)J2EE
73 (3.571 %).NET Remoting
73 (3.571 %).NET Framework
73 (3.571 %)WebServices
82 (2.381 %)WPF
82 (2.381 %)COM+
82 (2.381 %)HTML
82 (2.381 %)STL
91 (1.190 %)ATL
91 (1.190 %)ODBC
91 (1.190 %)CORBA
91 (1.190 %)WDK
91 (1.190 %)JSP
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (3.571 %)TIBCO EMS
22 (2.381 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (2.381 %)BizTalk Server
22 (2.381 %)WebLogic
22 (2.381 %)JBoss
22 (2.381 %)SharePoint
31 (1.190 %)Documentum
31 (1.190 %)Tomcat
31 (1.190 %)CMS
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (7.143 %)Spreadsheet
24 (4.762 %)MS Excel
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.190 %)Adaptiv
11 (1.190 %)SunGard Panorama
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (2.381 %)Internet
21 (1.190 %)LDAP
21 (1.190 %)SMS
21 (1.190 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.190 %)DNS
21 (1.190 %)SAN
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (29.76 %)SQL Server
29 (10.71 %)SQL Server 2000
36 (7.143 %)RDBMS
44 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2005
53 (3.571 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (2.381 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
62 (2.381 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (2.381 %)Oracle 10g
71 (1.190 %)Oracle 9i
71 (1.190 %)Data Mining
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (8.333 %)ClearCase
17 (8.333 %)Subversion
25 (5.952 %)NUnit
25 (5.952 %)CruiseControl
25 (5.952 %)Visual Studio
34 (4.762 %)ClearQuest
43 (3.571 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (2.381 %)PVCS
52 (2.381 %)Eclipse
52 (2.381 %)MSI
61 (1.190 %)WinRunner
61 (1.190 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (1.190 %)JUnit
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
141 (48.81 %)Front Office
235 (41.67 %)Finance
328 (33.33 %)Banking
420 (23.81 %)Investment Banking
52 (2.381 %)Construction
52 (2.381 %)Back Office
61 (1.190 %)Financial Institution
61 (1.190 %)Education
61 (1.190 %)Publishing
61 (1.190 %)Private Banking
61 (1.190 %)Marketing
61 (1.190 %)Graphic Design
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
162 (73.81 %)Developer
239 (46.43 %)C# Developer
39 (10.71 %).NET Developer
39 (10.71 %)Front Office Developer
48 (9.524 %)Senior Developer
48 (9.524 %)Analyst
56 (7.143 %)Excel Developer
56 (7.143 %)Java Developer
65 (5.952 %)C++/C# Developer
65 (5.952 %)C++ Developer
65 (5.952 %)Senior C# Developer
73 (3.571 %)Analyst Developer
73 (3.571 %)Programmer
73 (3.571 %)VBA Developer
73 (3.571 %)Excel VBA Developer
82 (2.381 %)Java/J2EE Developer
82 (2.381 %)Senior .NET Developer
82 (2.381 %)Junior .NET Developer
82 (2.381 %).NET Architect
82 (2.381 %)Excel Specialist
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
147 (55.95 %)Derivative
219 (22.62 %)Equity Derivative
311 (13.10 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
47 (8.333 %)Multithreading
56 (7.143 %)Equities
65 (5.952 %)Interest Rate Derivative
65 (5.952 %)Fixed Income
65 (5.952 %)Computer Science
65 (5.952 %)Mathematics
73 (3.571 %)Credit Derivative
73 (3.571 %)Client/Server
73 (3.571 %)N-Tier
82 (2.381 %)Hybrid Derivative
91 (1.190 %)Management Information System
91 (1.190 %)Physics
91 (1.190 %)Contract for Difference
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (15.48 %)Windows
27 (8.333 %)UNIX
34 (4.762 %)Linux
43 (3.571 %)Windows XP
43 (3.571 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (3.571 %)Windows Vista
51 (1.190 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (1.190 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (1.190 %)SUSE
51 (1.190 %)VMS
51 (1.190 %)Windows 2000
51 (1.190 %)Windows NT
51 (1.190 %)HPUX
51 (1.190 %)Solaris
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (23.81 %)OO
210 (11.90 %)Agile Software Development
210 (11.90 %)Risk Management
35 (5.952 %)Electronic Trading
35 (5.952 %)RAD
44 (4.762 %)OOP
53 (3.571 %)OOA/OOD
53 (3.571 %)E-Commerce
53 (3.571 %)OOD
53 (3.571 %)Scrum
62 (2.381 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (2.381 %)SOA
62 (2.381 %)Business Analysis
71 (1.190 %)Resource Management
71 (1.190 %)Algorithmic Trading
71 (1.190 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (1.190 %)Unit Testing
71 (1.190 %)TDD
71 (1.190 %)Asset Management
71 (1.190 %)Content Management
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
139 (46.43 %)C++
234 (40.48 %)SQL
322 (26.19 %)Java
419 (22.62 %)VBA
57 (8.333 %)VB
66 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
73 (3.571 %)Perl
73 (3.571 %)VC++
82 (2.381 %)Shell Script
82 (2.381 %)VB.NET
91 (1.190 %)VBScript
91 (1.190 %)C
91 (1.190 %)JavaScript
91 (1.190 %)Ruby
91 (1.190 %)Groovy
91 (1.190 %)Python
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (7.143 %)Degree
21 (1.190 %)PhD
21 (1.190 %)PMP
21 (1.190 %)PMI Certification
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.381 %)QA
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (3.571 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (2.381 %)VMware ESX
31 (1.190 %)Active Directory
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.190 %)Tivoli
11 (1.190 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (13.10 %)Microsoft
29 (10.71 %)Sybase
37 (8.333 %)Oracle
44 (4.762 %)IBM
53 (3.571 %)HP
53 (3.571 %)VMware
53 (3.571 %)TIBCO
53 (3.571 %)Perforce
62 (2.381 %)Thunderhead
71 (1.190 %)Reuters
71 (1.190 %)Bloomberg
71 (1.190 %)Yolus
71 (1.190 %)Citrix
71 (1.190 %)Embarcadero
71 (1.190 %)VERITAS
71 (1.190 %)Red Hat
71 (1.190 %)Fidessa
71 (1.190 %)SunGard