The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dundee 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 Dundee 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 3 10 6
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Contract jobs citing C# 5 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 25.00% 11.63% 12.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.71% 23.81% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £225 £225 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £28.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Dundee
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
14 21 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 70.00% 48.84% 62.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
Average daily rate £225 £225 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 4
Average hourly rate £16.72 £31.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.06% -4.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
Scotland

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dundee 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 Dundee region.

Dundee 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 Dundee region.

Dundee C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) Internet
3 2 (33.33%) Games
3 2 (33.33%) RIA
3 2 (33.33%) Game Development
4 1 (16.67%) MVC
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Games
4 1 (16.67%) jQuery
4 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (16.67%) 3D Programming
4 1 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
4 1 (16.67%) JNI
4 1 (16.67%) NHibernate
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) WPF
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Flash
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dundee 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 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) JNI
3 1 (16.67%) NHibernate
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) WPF
3 1 (16.67%) Flash
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Games Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Games Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) RIA
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Games
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Game Development
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (16.67%) 3D Programming
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) ActionScript 3.0
2 1 (16.67%) Objective-C
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
2 1 (16.67%) ActionScript
Dundee, Angus
NET Developer, C#, .NET Development, MVC, Umbraco, Visual Studio, SQL Server Cathcart Associates are currently recruiting for a .NET Developer to work a contract position for our client...
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Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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