The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 24 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 Crawley 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 15 19 20
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs citing C# 10 16 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 6.711% 5.776% 5.738%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.00% 27.59% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 3
Average daily rate £360 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Crawley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
40 58 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crawley 26.85% 20.94% 35.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 34 10
Average daily rate £360 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £225 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £461
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
West Sussex

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley 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 Crawley region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 14 (87.50%) .NET
2 11 (68.75%) SQL
3 8 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 7 (43.75%) VB
5 6 (37.50%) XML
5 6 (37.50%) WCF
6 5 (31.25%) .NET Framework
6 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (25.00%) VB6
7 4 (25.00%) SOAP
7 4 (25.00%) Migration
7 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 4 (25.00%) MS Office
7 4 (25.00%) T-SQL
7 4 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
8 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
8 2 (12.50%) MCP
8 2 (12.50%) MCSD
8 2 (12.50%) CSS
8 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
8 2 (12.50%) Windows
8 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (12.50%) N-Tier
9 1 (6.250%) Google

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crawley 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 14 (87.50%) .NET
2 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (37.50%) XML
3 6 (37.50%) WCF
4 5 (31.25%) .NET Framework
5 4 (25.00%) SOAP
5 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (25.00%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (12.50%) CSS
7 1 (6.250%) Google Maps API
7 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
7 1 (6.250%) OpenGL
7 1 (6.250%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Umbraco
1 1 (6.250%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Office
2 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (31.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (6.250%) FxCop
1 1 (6.250%) Rhino Mocks
1 1 (6.250%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (6.250%) ReSharper
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Developer
2 5 (31.25%) C# Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Developer
3 4 (25.00%) XML Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 2 (12.50%) .NET Architect
4 2 (12.50%) .NET Technical Architect
5 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Lead .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Web Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Lead Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) N-Tier
2 1 (6.250%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (6.250%) Requirements Management
2 1 (6.250%) TDD
2 1 (6.250%) OWASP
2 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
2 1 (6.250%) Code Coverage
2 1 (6.250%) OOP
2 1 (6.250%) OO
2 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
2 1 (6.250%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) SQL
2 7 (43.75%) VB
3 4 (25.00%) VB6
3 4 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (6.250%) VB.NET
5 1 (6.250%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) MCP
1 2 (12.50%) MCSD
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Google
2 1 (6.250%) TOWER Software