Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the East Midlands region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank141913
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Down-6
Matching contract IT job ads6343136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands6.364 %4.875 %6.439 %
As % of the Programming Languages category18.10 %16.93 %20.48 %
Daily rates quoted151121
Average daily rate£258£313£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.60 %+4.160 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£300£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£303£313£480
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£275£325
% change year-on-year
+5.450 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted4010
Average hourly rate£22.00-£27.50
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.60-£24.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.30-£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.69 %-10.00 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
348254664
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands35.15 %28.80 %31.44 %
Daily rates quoted13177133
Average daily rate£313£300£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.160 %-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£181£190£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted291448
Average hourly rate£25.00£30.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66 %+9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£12.00£17.13
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.00£33.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
C# EnglandC#
England

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.

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

East Midlands C# Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C# across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

East Midlands C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
NottinghamshireUp+1127£250-16.66 %
DerbyshireUp+314£270-32.50 %
LeicestershireDown-27--
C# EnglandC#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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#.

1121 (82.88 %).NET
286 (58.90 %)SQL Server
382 (56.16 %)ASP.NET
465 (44.52 %)SQL
552 (35.62 %)Microsoft
639 (26.71 %)XML
736 (24.66 %)Windows
829 (19.86 %)SharePoint
829 (19.86 %)VB.NET
927 (18.49 %)HTML
927 (18.49 %)JavaScript
1022 (15.07 %)Web Development
1022 (15.07 %).NET Framework
1121 (14.38 %)Web Services
1121 (14.38 %)OO
1219 (13.01 %)SQL Server 2005
1318 (12.33 %)CSS
1417 (11.64 %)AJAX
1516 (10.96 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1516 (10.96 %)Visual Studio
1516 (10.96 %)UML
1615 (10.27 %)Internet
1615 (10.27 %)ASP
1714 (9.589 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1813 (8.904 %)Oracle
1912 (8.219 %)WCF
2011 (7.534 %)Windows Mobile
2011 (7.534 %)VB
2011 (7.534 %)Configuration Management
2110 (6.849 %)PHP

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1121 (82.88 %).NET
282 (56.16 %)ASP.NET
339 (26.71 %)XML
427 (18.49 %)HTML
522 (15.07 %).NET Framework
621 (14.38 %)Web Services
718 (12.33 %)CSS
817 (11.64 %)AJAX
915 (10.27 %)ASP
1014 (9.589 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1112 (8.219 %)WCF
128 (5.479 %)SOAP
137 (4.795 %)WinForms
146 (4.110 %)jQuery
155 (3.425 %)WPF
155 (3.425 %)DHTML
164 (2.740 %)Spring
173 (2.055 %)Silverlight
173 (2.055 %)LINQ
173 (2.055 %)ASP.NET 2.0
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
129 (19.86 %)SharePoint
216 (10.96 %)SharePoint Server 2007
35 (3.425 %)BizTalk Server
44 (2.740 %)IIS
44 (2.740 %)Content Management Server
44 (2.740 %)CMS
52 (1.370 %)Apache
52 (1.370 %)MQSeries
52 (1.370 %)WebSphere MQ
61 (0.685 %)Drupal
61 (0.685 %)CMS400.NET
61 (0.685 %)MapXtreme
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (6.164 %)MS Excel
22 (1.370 %)MS Office
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.685 %)BusinessWorks
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (10.27 %)Internet
25 (3.425 %)HTTPS
25 (3.425 %)HTTP
32 (1.370 %)SMTP
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
186 (58.90 %)SQL Server
219 (13.01 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (6.164 %)SQL Server 2008
39 (6.164 %)MySQL
47 (4.795 %)SQL Server Integration Services
54 (2.740 %)Oracle 10g
54 (2.740 %)Datawarehouse
54 (2.740 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (1.370 %)Crystal Reports
62 (1.370 %)GIS
62 (1.370 %)Oracle BI EE
62 (1.370 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (1.370 %)Database Marketing
71 (0.685 %)Firebird
71 (0.685 %)RDBMS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (10.96 %)Visual Studio
25 (3.425 %)NUnit
33 (2.055 %)CruiseControl
33 (2.055 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.685 %)Subversion
41 (0.685 %)Visual Studio Team System
41 (0.685 %)Team Foundation Server
41 (0.685 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.685 %)Synon
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (4.795 %)Finance
17 (4.795 %)Government
26 (4.110 %)Retail
26 (4.110 %)Marketing
33 (2.055 %)Police
42 (1.370 %)Criminal Justice
42 (1.370 %)Law
51 (0.685 %)Insurance
51 (0.685 %)Manufacturing
51 (0.685 %)Education
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1114 (78.08 %)Developer
259 (40.41 %).NET Developer
340 (27.40 %)C# Developer
422 (15.07 %)SharePoint Developer
521 (14.38 %)ASP.NET Developer
619 (13.01 %)Senior Developer
716 (10.96 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
716 (10.96 %)Applications Developer
815 (10.27 %)Web Developer
914 (9.589 %)Senior .NET Developer
1012 (8.219 %).NET Applications Developer
1111 (7.534 %)Programmer
1210 (6.849 %)Analyst
1210 (6.849 %)Mobile Developer
139 (6.164 %)Mobile Applications Developer
147 (4.795 %)C# Application Developer
147 (4.795 %).NET Web Developer
147 (4.795 %)Consultant
155 (3.425 %)C# Programmer
155 (3.425 %)Senior .NET Applications Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (4.795 %)Pocket PC
24 (2.740 %)EPoS
24 (2.740 %)N-Tier
24 (2.740 %)French Language
32 (1.370 %)Client/Server
41 (0.685 %)Computer Science
41 (0.685 %)Inversion of Control
41 (0.685 %)NHS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
136 (24.66 %)Windows
211 (7.534 %)Windows Mobile
39 (6.164 %)Windows CE
47 (4.795 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (1.370 %)Linux
61 (0.685 %)UNIX
61 (0.685 %)Solaris
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (15.07 %)Web Development
221 (14.38 %)OO
316 (10.96 %)UML
411 (7.534 %)Configuration Management
58 (5.479 %)System Testing
67 (4.795 %)Agile Software Development
76 (4.110 %)Business Intelligence
76 (4.110 %)E-Commerce
76 (4.110 %)Content Management
85 (3.425 %)Web Design
94 (2.740 %)CRM
94 (2.740 %)Pair Programming
94 (2.740 %)Requirements Analysis
94 (2.740 %)Test Scripting
94 (2.740 %)Release Management
94 (2.740 %)Digital Marketing
103 (2.055 %)Use Case
103 (2.055 %)MVC
103 (2.055 %)Extreme Programming
103 (2.055 %)TDD
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
165 (44.52 %)SQL
229 (19.86 %)VB.NET
327 (18.49 %)JavaScript
411 (7.534 %)VB
510 (6.849 %)PHP
510 (6.849 %)PL/SQL
67 (4.795 %)Java
75 (3.425 %)C++
83 (2.055 %)VB6
83 (2.055 %)T-SQL
91 (0.685 %)XPath
91 (0.685 %)C
91 (0.685 %)Delphi
91 (0.685 %)Perl
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (5.479 %)Degree
26 (4.110 %)Security Cleared
26 (4.110 %)SC Cleared
35 (3.425 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (2.740 %)MCP
51 (0.685 %)CTC Cleared
51 (0.685 %)MCSD
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.740 %)QA
22 (1.370 %)SLA
31 (0.685 %)PAS 78
31 (0.685 %)WAI
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.685 %)Active Directory
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
152 (35.62 %)Microsoft
213 (8.904 %)Oracle
39 (6.164 %)Motorola
48 (5.479 %)Serena
53 (2.055 %)Singularity
62 (1.370 %)IBM
71 (0.685 %)Google
71 (0.685 %)Ektron
71 (0.685 %)TIBCO
71 (0.685 %)Infragistics