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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Chester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank921
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads259
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.010 %
As % of the category below36.23 %18.75 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£248-
Average daily rate£248-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£248-
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£336
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£29.50-
Average hourly rate£31.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£33.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.92£32.83
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads6948
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.052 %
Daily rates quoted96
Average minimum daily rate£289£297
Average daily rate£296£318
% change on same period last year-6.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Hourly rates quoted71
Average minimum hourly rate£31.78£46.00
Average hourly rate£34.50£46.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.22£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£32.67
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
C# CheshireC#
Cheshire

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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#.

123 (76.67 %).NET
216 (53.33 %)ASP.NET
315 (50.00 %)SQL
414 (46.67 %)SOAP
414 (46.67 %)WebServices
59 (30.00 %)German Language
68 (26.67 %)Finance
68 (26.67 %)C++
77 (23.33 %)Java
77 (23.33 %)C
77 (23.33 %)Windows
86 (20.00 %)UNIX
86 (20.00 %)OOA/OOD
86 (20.00 %)OOD
86 (20.00 %)VMS
86 (20.00 %)Perl
86 (20.00 %)SQL Server
86 (20.00 %)Extreme Programming
95 (16.67 %)Perforce
95 (16.67 %)OOP
95 (16.67 %)OO
104 (13.33 %)Microsoft
104 (13.33 %)MS Office
104 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
104 (13.33 %)XML
104 (13.33 %)Dutch Language
113 (10.00 %)Banking
113 (10.00 %)MS Excel
113 (10.00 %)Oracle
122 (6.667 %)Unit Testing

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (76.67 %).NET
216 (53.33 %)ASP.NET
314 (46.67 %)SOAP
314 (46.67 %)WebServices
44 (13.33 %)XML
52 (6.667 %)AJAX
52 (6.667 %).NET Remoting
61 (3.333 %)WCF
61 (3.333 %)WF
61 (3.333 %)Java RMI
61 (3.333 %)WinForms
61 (3.333 %)HTML
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.667 %)ArcIMS
21 (3.333 %)CMS
21 (3.333 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (3.333 %)Immediacy CMS
21 (3.333 %)ArcGIS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (13.33 %)MS Office
23 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.333 %)Dynamics CRM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (6.667 %)Intranet
12 (6.667 %)Internet
21 (3.333 %)GPRS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (3.333 %)GIS
21 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (3.333 %)MySQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (26.67 %)Finance
23 (10.00 %)Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (83.33 %)Developer
216 (53.33 %)C# Developer
311 (36.67 %).NET Developer
46 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
46 (20.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
54 (13.33 %)Analyst
54 (13.33 %)Senior Developer
63 (10.00 %)C++ Developer
63 (10.00 %)C++/C# Developer
72 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
72 (6.667 %)C Developer
72 (6.667 %)Programmer
72 (6.667 %)Analyst Programmer
72 (6.667 %)Web Developer
81 (3.333 %)Systems Support
81 (3.333 %)Applications Support
81 (3.333 %).NET Web Developer
81 (3.333 %)C# Web Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (30.00 %)German Language
24 (13.33 %)Dutch Language
32 (6.667 %)N-Tier
41 (3.333 %)PDA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (23.33 %)Windows
26 (20.00 %)VMS
26 (20.00 %)UNIX
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (20.00 %)OOA/OOD
16 (20.00 %)OOD
16 (20.00 %)Extreme Programming
25 (16.67 %)OOP
25 (16.67 %)OO
32 (6.667 %)SSADM
32 (6.667 %)UML
32 (6.667 %)Unit Testing
32 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
32 (6.667 %)Data Analysis
41 (3.333 %)Web Development
41 (3.333 %)Network Load Balancing
41 (3.333 %)PRINCE2
41 (3.333 %)Change Management
41 (3.333 %)Identity Management
41 (3.333 %)CRM
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (50.00 %)SQL
28 (26.67 %)C++
37 (23.33 %)Java
37 (23.33 %)C
46 (20.00 %)Perl
52 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
52 (6.667 %)VB.NET
52 (6.667 %)JavaScript
52 (6.667 %)COBOL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (16.67 %)Perforce
24 (13.33 %)Microsoft
33 (10.00 %)Oracle
42 (6.667 %)ESRI
51 (3.333 %)Informatica