The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 20 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 Derbyshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 15 15 17
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Contract jobs citing C# 8 21 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 5.926% 9.589% 6.909%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.86% 38.89% 26.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 3
Average daily rate £313 £275 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% +14.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £235 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £290 £258
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £20.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £30.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -12.14%
All Programming Languages
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
35 54 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 25.93% 24.66% 26.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 17 24
Average daily rate £275 £250 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £341 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 13
Average hourly rate - £36.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +38.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
East Midlands

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Chesterfield -4 4 £325 +18.18%
Derby +2 2 - -
C#
East Midlands

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 9 (56.25%) SQL
3 7 (43.75%) XML
4 6 (37.50%) HTML
5 5 (31.25%) ASP.NET
6 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 4 (25.00%) Windows
7 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
7 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
7 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
7 3 (18.75%) Workflow
7 3 (18.75%) WinForms
7 3 (18.75%) Web Development
7 3 (18.75%) Silverlight
7 3 (18.75%) HTML5
8 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
8 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (12.50%) Degree
8 2 (12.50%) WPF
8 2 (12.50%) WF
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
8 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
8 2 (12.50%) C++
8 2 (12.50%) Java
8 2 (12.50%) T-SQL
8 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
8 2 (12.50%) VBA
8 2 (12.50%) CSS

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire 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 7 (43.75%) XML
3 6 (37.50%) HTML
4 5 (31.25%) ASP.NET
5 3 (18.75%) WinForms
5 3 (18.75%) Silverlight
5 3 (18.75%) HTML5
6 2 (12.50%) CSS
6 2 (12.50%) SOAP
6 2 (12.50%) WPF
6 2 (12.50%) WF
7 1 (6.250%) Web Services
7 1 (6.250%) .NET Framework
7 1 (6.250%) WCF
7 1 (6.250%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (6.250%) LINQ to SQL
7 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (6.250%) LINQ
7 1 (6.250%) jQuery
7 1 (6.250%) CAML
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (12.50%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (12.50%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (6.250%) IIS
3 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (6.250%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (6.250%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (6.250%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Developer
2 6 (37.50%) .NET Developer
3 5 (31.25%) C# Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Developer
5 2 (12.50%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) VB.NET Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 1 (6.250%) CRM Developer
6 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Workflow
1 3 (18.75%) Web Development
2 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
2 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
2 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
2 2 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
3 1 (6.250%) Business Development
3 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Migration
3 1 (6.250%) CRM
3 1 (6.250%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
3 2 (12.50%) C++
3 2 (12.50%) Java
3 2 (12.50%) T-SQL
3 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
3 2 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Lotus