City of London WinForms Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Windows Forms (WinForms) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WinForms over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Windows Forms (WinForms)
Location Alderley Edge Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Harrow Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Kent Leeds Liverpool London Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Potters Bar Reading Scotland Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	90	80
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	147	140
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.196 %	0.142 %
As % of the category below	6.821 %	8.173 %
Daily rates quoted	94	70
Average minimum daily rate	£470	£449
Average daily rate	£504	£510
% change on same period last year	-1.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£537	£571
UK excluding London average daily rate	£327	£329
% change on same period last year	-0.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£29.33
Average hourly rate	-	£32.17
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.81	£35.39
% change on same period last year	-4.44 %
Application Development City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	2155	1713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.872 %	1.733 %
Daily rates quoted	1252	755
Average minimum daily rate	£395	£454
Average daily rate	£432	£489
% change on same period last year	-11.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£469	£524
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	60	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.90	£24.24
Average hourly rate	£32.85	£27.46
% change on same period last year	+19.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.80	£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
WinForms 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.

WinForms
Demand Trend

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

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

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

WinForms
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinForms across the City of London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 287 (87.77 %) C# 2 215 (65.75 %) .NET 3 158 (48.32 %) Banking 4 135 (41.28 %) Front Office 5 116 (35.47 %) Investment Banking 6 112 (34.25 %) SQL Server 7 94 (28.75 %) OO 8 93 (28.44 %) Finance 9 84 (25.69 %) Windows 10 78 (23.85 %) Oracle 11 72 (22.02 %) Java 12 71 (21.71 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 13 66 (20.18 %) SQL 14 56 (17.13 %) C++ 15 54 (16.51 %) ASP.NET

16 53 (16.21 %) Sybase 16 53 (16.21 %) Multithreading 17 52 (15.90 %) Derivative 17 52 (15.90 %) Fixed Income 18 43 (13.15 %) NUnit 19 41 (12.54 %) Microsoft 20 38 (11.62 %) WebServices 21 36 (11.01 %) OOD 22 35 (10.70 %) N-Tier 23 32 (9.786 %) XML 24 29 (8.869 %) Infragistics 25 27 (8.257 %) SQL Server 2005 26 25 (7.645 %) .NET Framework 26 25 (7.645 %) Middleware 26 25 (7.645 %) RDBMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 1 215 (65.75 %) .NET 2 54 (16.51 %) ASP.NET 3 38 (11.62 %) WebServices 4 32 (9.786 %) XML 5 25 (7.645 %) Middleware 5 25 (7.645 %) .NET Framework 6 17 (5.199 %) ASP 7 15 (4.587 %) WPF 8 14 (4.281 %) ADO.NET 9 12 (3.670 %) AJAX 10 10 (3.058 %) EJB 10 10 (3.058 %) WF 10 10 (3.058 %) JAX-WS 11 9 (2.752 %) EJB 3.0 11 9 (2.752 %) J2EE 12 7 (2.141 %) CSS 12 7 (2.141 %) CORBA 12 7 (2.141 %) WCF 13 5 (1.529 %) Spring 13 5 (1.529 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 22 (6.728 %) Rendezvous 2 19 (5.810 %) TIBCO EMS 3 6 (1.835 %) LiveLink 3 6 (1.835 %) MTS 3 6 (1.835 %) SharePoint 4 5 (1.529 %) IIS 4 5 (1.529 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 5 (1.529 %) BizTalk Server 5 4 (1.223 %) MS Exchange 5 4 (1.223 %) Tomcat 6 3 (0.917 %) JBoss 7 2 (0.612 %) Lotus Notes 8 1 (0.306 %) Apache 8 1 (0.306 %) Oracle Workflow 8 1 (0.306 %) SharePoint Portal Server
Applications 1 15 (4.587 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.306 %) Paint Shop Pro 2 1 (0.306 %) Photoshop 2 1 (0.306 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 3 (0.917 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 4 (1.223 %) Intranet 1 4 (1.223 %) Internet 2 1 (0.306 %) HTTP 2 1 (0.306 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 112 (34.25 %) SQL Server 2 27 (8.257 %) SQL Server 2005 3 25 (7.645 %) RDBMS 4 9 (2.752 %) SQL Server 2000 5 8 (2.446 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 6 (1.835 %) SQL Server 7 6 6 (1.835 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 4 (1.223 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 3 (0.917 %) Crystal Reports 8 3 (0.917 %) Datawarehouse 8 3 (0.917 %) ETL 8 3 (0.917 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 3 (0.917 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 2 (0.612 %) GIS 9 2 (0.612 %) Oracle 10g 9 2 (0.612 %) Oracle Reports 9 2 (0.612 %) Oracle 9i 10 1 (0.306 %) Star Schema 10 1 (0.306 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 43 (13.15 %) NUnit 2 18 (5.505 %) Visual Studio 2 18 (5.505 %) Log4Net 3 7 (2.141 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 7 (2.141 %) Oracle Forms 4 6 (1.835 %) NetAdvantage 4 6 (1.835 %) JIRA 5 5 (1.529 %) CruiseControl 6 2 (0.612 %) MSI 6 2 (0.612 %) InstallShield 7 1 (0.306 %) ClearCase	General 1 158 (48.32 %) Banking 2 135 (41.28 %) Front Office 3 116 (35.47 %) Investment Banking 4 93 (28.44 %) Finance 5 12 (3.670 %) Government 6 6 (1.835 %) Construction 7 4 (1.223 %) Back Office 8 2 (0.612 %) Telecoms 8 2 (0.612 %) Law 8 2 (0.612 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.306 %) Graphic Design 9 1 (0.306 %) Multimedia 9 1 (0.306 %) Legal 9 1 (0.306 %) Publishing 9 1 (0.306 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 295 (90.21 %) Developer 2 211 (64.53 %) C# Developer 3 73 (22.32 %) WinForms Developer 4 65 (19.88 %) .NET Developer 5 42 (12.84 %) GUI Developer 6 31 (9.480 %) Senior Developer 7 21 (6.422 %) Java Developer 8 20 (6.116 %) Senior C# Developer 9 15 (4.587 %) SQL Developer 10 12 (3.670 %) Front Office Developer 11 10 (3.058 %) Analyst 11 10 (3.058 %) ASP.NET Developer 11 10 (3.058 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 12 9 (2.752 %) Architect 13 8 (2.446 %) Oracle Developer 13 8 (2.446 %) Quant Developer 14 7 (2.141 %) UI Developer 14 7 (2.141 %) VB.NET Developer 15 6 (1.835 %) Analyst Developer 15 6 (1.835 %) Systems Developer	Miscellaneous 1 71 (21.71 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 53 (16.21 %) Multithreading 3 52 (15.90 %) Fixed Income 3 52 (15.90 %) Derivative 4 35 (10.70 %) N-Tier 5 24 (7.339 %) Equities 6 14 (4.281 %) Equity Derivative 6 14 (4.281 %) Credit Risk 7 11 (3.364 %) Fat Client 7 11 (3.364 %) Client/Server 7 11 (3.364 %) Thin Client 8 10 (3.058 %) Credit Derivative 9 4 (1.223 %) Interest Rate Derivative 10 3 (0.917 %) Contract for Difference 11 2 (0.612 %) Grid Computing 12 1 (0.306 %) AS400 12 1 (0.306 %) Streaming Video 12 1 (0.306 %) Spread Betting 12 1 (0.306 %) Web 2.0 12 1 (0.306 %) Exotic Derivative
Operating Systems 1 84 (25.69 %) Windows 2 4 (1.223 %) Windows 2000 2 4 (1.223 %) Windows XP 3 2 (0.612 %) UNIX 4 1 (0.306 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.306 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 94 (28.75 %) OO 2 36 (11.01 %) OOD 3 20 (6.116 %) UML 3 20 (6.116 %) TDD 4 18 (5.505 %) Asset Management 5 17 (5.199 %) Risk Management 6 15 (4.587 %) E-Commerce 6 15 (4.587 %) Electronic Trading 7 12 (3.670 %) Unit Testing 8 11 (3.364 %) Workflow 8 11 (3.364 %) Agile Software Development 9 6 (1.835 %) Automated Testing 10 4 (1.223 %) Web Development 10 4 (1.223 %) Continuous Integration 10 4 (1.223 %) Investment Management 10 4 (1.223 %) Scrum 10 4 (1.223 %) Document Management 11 3 (0.917 %) SOA 12 2 (0.612 %) OOA/OOD 12 2 (0.612 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 287 (87.77 %) C# 2 72 (22.02 %) Java 3 66 (20.18 %) SQL 4 56 (17.13 %) C++ 5 14 (4.281 %) VB 6 12 (3.670 %) VBScript 7 9 (2.752 %) VB.NET 8 8 (2.446 %) JavaScript 8 8 (2.446 %) PL/SQL 9 5 (1.529 %) VBA 9 5 (1.529 %) VB6 10 4 (1.223 %) Transact-SQL 11 2 (0.612 %) VC++ 12 1 (0.306 %) Shell Script 12 1 (0.306 %) Lingo 12 1 (0.306 %) C 12 1 (0.306 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 6 (1.835 %) Degree 2 3 (0.917 %) Sun Certification 3 1 (0.306 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.306 %) ISO9001 1 1 (0.306 %) TickIT	System Software 1 11 (3.364 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.306 %) MSMQ
Vendors 1 78 (23.85 %) Oracle 2 53 (16.21 %) Sybase 3 41 (12.54 %) Microsoft 4 29 (8.869 %) Infragistics 5 24 (7.339 %) TIBCO 6 19 (5.810 %) Syncfusion 7 9 (2.752 %) ComponentOne 8 6 (1.835 %) Open Text 8 6 (1.835 %) Tradeweb 8 6 (1.835 %) Bloomberg 8 6 (1.835 %) eSpeed 9 3 (0.917 %) Hummingbird 9 3 (0.917 %) Tridion 9 3 (0.917 %) Progress 10 2 (0.612 %) Lotus 11 1 (0.306 %) Business Objects 11 1 (0.306 %) DataSynapse