The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms 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 WinForms 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 Application Development 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
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 61 61 67
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Contract jobs citing WinForms 2 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.272% 0.494% 0.417%
As % of the Application Development category 1.220% 1.667% 1.556%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £300 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -12.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £319 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.96% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
164 240 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.31% 29.63% 26.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 130 171
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £274 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WinForms
North West

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheshire WinForms Jobs Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire 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 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
Chester - 2 £300 -
WinForms
North West

WinForms
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ to SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) IIS
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ
1 5 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ to SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior .NET Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL