The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derby 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 Derby 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 12 10 23
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +13
Contract jobs citing C# 2 19 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derby 3.571% 12.26% 3.960%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.22% 48.72% 24.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Derby
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
9 39 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derby 16.07% 25.16% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 12
Average daily rate £269 £250 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -32.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £228 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £371 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 10
Average hourly rate - £20.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -42.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
Derbyshire

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Derby C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derby 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) HTML
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 3 (42.86%) WinForms
5 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (28.57%) Web Development
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) WPF
5 2 (28.57%) WF
5 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
5 2 (28.57%) C++
5 2 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (28.57%) Workflow
5 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
5 2 (28.57%) VBA
5 2 (28.57%) HTML5
5 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
5 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (14.29%) LINQ to SQL
6 1 (14.29%) IIS
6 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 1 (14.29%) CSS

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derby 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) WinForms
4 2 (28.57%) WPF
4 2 (28.57%) WF
4 2 (28.57%) Silverlight
4 2 (28.57%) HTML5
5 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (14.29%) LINQ to SQL
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
5 1 (14.29%) CSS
5 1 (14.29%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) LINQ
5 1 (14.29%) WCF
5 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (28.57%) Web Development
1 2 (28.57%) Workflow
1 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
1 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
3 2 (28.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree