The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 22 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 Devon 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 8 17 16
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -1
Contract jobs citing C# 23 15 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 13.37% 8.152% 8.333%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.51% 18.52% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 5
Average daily rate £323 £245 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.63% -18.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £210 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £300 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £31.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -68.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
63 81 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 36.63% 44.02% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 43 44
Average daily rate £320 £315 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.58% +8.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £200 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £450 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £15.50 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+158.06% -47.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
C#
South West

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 22 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
Exeter +3 13 £320 +34.73%
Plymouth +11 3 £375 +59.57%
Exmouth +3 1 £143 -52.50%
Torquay - 1 £300 -
C#
South West

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 61 (98.39%) .NET
2 38 (61.29%) ASP.NET
3 35 (56.45%) JavaScript
4 31 (50.00%) CSS
5 26 (41.94%) XML
5 26 (41.94%) HTML
6 23 (37.10%) VB.NET
7 20 (32.26%) Web Services
8 19 (30.65%) SOA
9 18 (29.03%) Ajax
9 18 (29.03%) jQuery
10 16 (25.81%) SQL
11 14 (22.58%) Visual Studio
11 14 (22.58%) Oracle
11 14 (22.58%) SQL Server
11 14 (22.58%) XQuery
11 14 (22.58%) Finance
12 13 (20.97%) GIS
12 13 (20.97%) XSLT
12 13 (20.97%) Silverlight
12 13 (20.97%) XPath
12 13 (20.97%) Agile Software Development
13 12 (19.35%) Java
13 12 (19.35%) ESRI
14 11 (17.74%) OO
15 10 (16.13%) Python
15 10 (16.13%) ArcGIS
15 10 (16.13%) Oracle Applications
16 9 (14.52%) Dojo
16 9 (14.52%) Git (software)

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 61 (98.39%) .NET
2 38 (61.29%) ASP.NET
3 31 (50.00%) CSS
4 26 (41.94%) XML
4 26 (41.94%) HTML
5 20 (32.26%) Web Services
6 18 (29.03%) Ajax
6 18 (29.03%) jQuery
7 13 (20.97%) XSLT
7 13 (20.97%) Silverlight
8 9 (14.52%) Dojo
8 9 (14.52%) XSD
8 9 (14.52%) Servlets
8 9 (14.52%) J2EE
8 9 (14.52%) REST
9 8 (12.90%) .NET Framework
9 8 (12.90%) WCF
10 6 (9.677%) Apache Flex
10 6 (9.677%) ArcObjects
11 5 (8.065%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 10 (16.13%) ArcGIS
2 6 (9.677%) ArcSDE
3 4 (6.452%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.613%) WordPress
4 1 (1.613%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.613%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.613%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.613%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.613%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.613%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (22.58%) SQL Server
2 13 (20.97%) GIS
3 8 (12.90%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (3.226%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.613%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.613%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.613%) MySQL
5 1 (1.613%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.613%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (22.58%) Visual Studio
2 9 (14.52%) Git (software)
3 2 (3.226%) TeamCity
3 2 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (3.226%) Subversion
3 2 (3.226%) NUnit
General
1 14 (22.58%) Finance
2 6 (9.677%) Publishing
3 5 (8.065%) Back Office
4 1 (1.613%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 58 (93.55%) Developer
2 35 (56.45%) .NET Developer
3 12 (19.35%) C# Developer
4 10 (16.13%) GIS Developer
5 6 (9.677%) Analyst
5 6 (9.677%) Software Developer
5 6 (9.677%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (8.065%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (6.452%) Analyst Developer
8 3 (4.839%) Silverlight Developer
8 3 (4.839%) Programmer
9 2 (3.226%) .NET Software Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Web Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Analyst Programmer
9 2 (3.226%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Senior .NET Developer
9 2 (3.226%) GIS Analyst
10 1 (1.613%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
10 1 (1.613%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.839%) N-Tier
2 2 (3.226%) Web 2.0
3 1 (1.613%) Social Network
3 1 (1.613%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Windows
2 7 (11.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (11.29%) Linux
3 6 (9.677%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (9.677%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.613%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (30.65%) SOA
2 13 (20.97%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (17.74%) OO
4 9 (14.52%) MVC
5 6 (9.677%) B2B
5 6 (9.677%) B2C
5 6 (9.677%) Data Modelling
5 6 (9.677%) Configuration Management
5 6 (9.677%) Information Management
5 6 (9.677%) Data Management
6 5 (8.065%) Waterfall
7 4 (6.452%) Web Development
8 3 (4.839%) Unit Testing
9 2 (3.226%) UML
9 2 (3.226%) Dependency Injection
9 2 (3.226%) Logistics
9 2 (3.226%) TDD
10 1 (1.613%) Scrum
10 1 (1.613%) Automated Testing
10 1 (1.613%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (56.45%) JavaScript
2 23 (37.10%) VB.NET
3 16 (25.81%) SQL
4 14 (22.58%) XQuery
5 13 (20.97%) XPath
6 12 (19.35%) Java
7 10 (16.13%) Python
8 3 (4.839%) C
9 2 (3.226%) VB
9 2 (3.226%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.613%) VBScript
10 1 (1.613%) PHP
10 1 (1.613%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (11.29%) MCAD
1 7 (11.29%) MCSD
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.839%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.839%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.226%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (22.58%) Oracle
2 12 (19.35%) ESRI
3 6 (9.677%) Red Hat
4 5 (8.065%) Microsoft
5 3 (4.839%) Foundry
6 1 (1.613%) Google
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