The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 18 28 46
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +18
Contract jobs citing C# 64 39 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 8.707% 4.815% 2.604%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.48% 15.18% 8.170%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 14
Average daily rate £325 £288 £291
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.04% -1.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £100 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £439 £327 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £30.00 £31.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +64.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
210 257 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 28.57% 31.73% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 141 169
Average daily rate £350 £305 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.75% -12.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £459 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 10
Average hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.66% +57.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.90 £13.50 £15.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £36.00 £46.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
C#
North West

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Warrington -1 11 £291 -6.04%
Macclesfield - 8 £350 -
Crewe +6 5 £350 +7.69%
Chester -2 5 £319 -16.39%
Knutsford - 2 £160 -
Wilmslow +1 1 £275 -3.50%
Alderley Edge - 1 - -
C#
North West

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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#.

1 134 (97.81%) .NET
2 96 (70.07%) ASP.NET
3 71 (51.82%) SQL Server
3 71 (51.82%) JavaScript
4 63 (45.99%) SQL
5 44 (32.12%) CSS
6 42 (30.66%) jQuery
7 40 (29.20%) MVC
8 38 (27.74%) HTML
9 34 (24.82%) SQL Server 2008
10 30 (21.90%) .NET Framework
10 30 (21.90%) VB.NET
11 29 (21.17%) XML
12 26 (18.98%) WCF
13 25 (18.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 25 (18.25%) Visual Studio
14 24 (17.52%) Microsoft
15 23 (16.79%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 22 (16.06%) SQL Server 2005
16 22 (16.06%) Agile Software Development
16 22 (16.06%) Web Services
17 20 (14.60%) ASP.NET MVC
18 19 (13.87%) LINQ
19 17 (12.41%) Team Foundation Server
20 15 (10.95%) LINQ to SQL
20 15 (10.95%) E-Commerce
21 14 (10.22%) IIS
21 14 (10.22%) CMS
22 13 (9.489%) Windows
22 13 (9.489%) Ajax

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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
1 134 (97.81%) .NET
2 96 (70.07%) ASP.NET
3 44 (32.12%) CSS
4 42 (30.66%) jQuery
5 38 (27.74%) HTML
6 30 (21.90%) .NET Framework
7 29 (21.17%) XML
8 26 (18.98%) WCF
9 23 (16.79%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 22 (16.06%) Web Services
11 20 (14.60%) ASP.NET MVC
12 19 (13.87%) LINQ
13 15 (10.95%) LINQ to SQL
14 13 (9.489%) Ajax
15 11 (8.029%) JSON
16 10 (7.299%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 9 (6.569%) Razor View Engine
17 9 (6.569%) HTML5
17 9 (6.569%) XSLT
18 7 (5.109%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 14 (10.22%) IIS
1 14 (10.22%) CMS
2 11 (8.029%) SharePoint
3 9 (6.569%) Umbraco
4 5 (3.650%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (2.920%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (1.460%) ArcSDE
6 2 (1.460%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.460%) EPiServer CMS
7 1 (0.730%) WordPress
7 1 (0.730%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 4 (2.920%) MS Excel
1 4 (2.920%) Photoshop
2 3 (2.190%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.730%) Maya
3 1 (0.730%) 3ds Max
Business Applications
1 6 (4.380%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.190%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.460%) Intranet
1 2 (1.460%) Internet
2 1 (0.730%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (51.82%) SQL Server
2 34 (24.82%) SQL Server 2008
3 25 (18.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 22 (16.06%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (5.839%) SQL Server 2012
6 5 (3.650%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (2.190%) SQLite
8 2 (1.460%) GIS
8 2 (1.460%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.730%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.730%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.730%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 25 (18.25%) Visual Studio
2 17 (12.41%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (3.650%) Visual Studio Team System
4 4 (2.920%) Git (software)
5 2 (1.460%) Subversion
6 1 (0.730%) LoadRunner
General
1 10 (7.299%) Finance
2 8 (5.839%) Banking
3 3 (2.190%) Telecoms
3 3 (2.190%) Retail
4 2 (1.460%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.460%) Local Government
5 1 (0.730%) Marketing
5 1 (0.730%) Publishing
5 1 (0.730%) Automotive
5 1 (0.730%) Games
5 1 (0.730%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.730%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 123 (89.78%) Developer
2 82 (59.85%) .NET Developer
3 27 (19.71%) C# Developer
4 23 (16.79%) ASP.NET Developer
5 22 (16.06%) C# .NET Developer
6 18 (13.14%) Web Developer
7 15 (10.95%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 9 (6.569%) .NET Web Developer
9 8 (5.839%) Senior Developer
10 7 (5.109%) Applications Developer
10 7 (5.109%) Senior .NET Developer
10 7 (5.109%) SQL Developer
11 6 (4.380%) CRM Developer
11 6 (4.380%) .NET Applications Developer
12 5 (3.650%) C# Web Developer
12 5 (3.650%) Software Engineer
13 4 (2.920%) Web Applications Developer
13 4 (2.920%) Lead Developer
13 4 (2.920%) Microsoft Developer
13 4 (2.920%) Dynamics CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.109%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.920%) N-Tier
2 4 (2.920%) iPad
3 3 (2.190%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.460%) W3C
4 2 (1.460%) SaaS
5 1 (0.730%) Data Conversion
5 1 (0.730%) LLPG
5 1 (0.730%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (0.730%) Replication
5 1 (0.730%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.489%) Windows
2 6 (4.380%) Android
3 3 (2.190%) Windows CE
4 2 (1.460%) Linux
5 1 (0.730%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.730%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.20%) MVC
2 22 (16.06%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (10.95%) E-Commerce
4 11 (8.029%) Web Development
5 9 (6.569%) Dependency Injection
6 7 (5.109%) TDD
6 7 (5.109%) CRM
7 6 (4.380%) Scrum
8 5 (3.650%) MVVM
8 5 (3.650%) Web Application Development
8 5 (3.650%) SOA
9 4 (2.920%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (2.920%) Data Analysis
9 4 (2.920%) Project Management
9 4 (2.920%) Workflow
9 4 (2.920%) Contact Management
9 4 (2.920%) Portfolio Management
9 4 (2.920%) Demand Management
10 3 (2.190%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (2.190%) Feature Driven Development
Programming Languages
1 71 (51.82%) JavaScript
2 63 (45.99%) SQL
3 30 (21.90%) VB.NET
4 10 (7.299%) Java
5 9 (6.569%) XPath
6 7 (5.109%) C++
7 6 (4.380%) T-SQL
8 4 (2.920%) C
9 3 (2.190%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.190%) VBA
10 2 (1.460%) Python
11 1 (0.730%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.730%) VBScript
11 1 (0.730%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (3.650%) MCTS
1 5 (3.650%) MCPD
1 5 (3.650%) MCAD
1 5 (3.650%) MCSD
1 5 (3.650%) PhD
1 5 (3.650%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (2.920%) Degree
3 1 (0.730%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.730%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.730%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (0.730%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.730%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (17.52%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.299%) EPiServer
3 6 (4.380%) Sitecore
4 5 (3.650%) Oracle
5 4 (2.920%) IBM
6 3 (2.190%) SAP
7 2 (1.460%) Sage
7 2 (1.460%) ESRI
7 2 (1.460%) Razor Risk
8 1 (0.730%) SolidWorks
8 1 (0.730%) Telerik
8 1 (0.730%) Mercator
8 1 (0.730%) HP
Wilmslow, North West
Our client based in Wilmslow is currently looking for a .NET Developer for a 1-3 month rolling contract. This role will suit a motivated and pro-active...
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Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheshire
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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ASP.Net / C# / SQL Server Developer required- Contract - Cheshire *** Type: 6 Month Contract Rate: Circa £200 per day Location:South Cheshire Start Date: ASAP C# / ASP.Net SQL...
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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Required Skills / Experience: Web development experience with C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ and SQL... Keywords: C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ, MVC, SQL, CRM, SMS, Web Developer, Design Patterns, Model-View-...
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Rate: From £250 to £350 per day dependent upon experience
Posted: 8 May 2013
Cheshire
Essential Skills & Experience: *C# *.NET Runtime *ASP.NET *SQL Server *T-SQL *Ability to communicate clearly with employees of all levels.
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Rate: £280 per day
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