The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms 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 WinForms over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category for the East Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 72 70 77
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +7
Contract jobs citing WinForms 12 15 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.944% 1.097% 0.442%
As % of the Application Development category 3.604% 4.190% 1.893%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 1
Average daily rate £285 £288 £188
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.86% +53.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
All Application Development
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
333 358 317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 26.20% 26.19% 23.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 191 109
Average daily rate £310 £275 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -9.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £242 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 38
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WinForms
England

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East Midlands WinForms Jobs Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinForms across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East Midlands WinForms Daily Rate Histogram

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands WinForms Hourly Rate Trend

WinForms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Nottinghamshire -5 4 £280 -2.60%
Derbyshire +6 3 £245 -
Leicestershire -8 1 £350 -
WinForms
England

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing WinForms 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 WinForms.

1 26 (96.30%) .NET
2 20 (74.07%) C#
3 19 (70.37%) SQL Server
3 19 (70.37%) Windows
4 16 (59.26%) ASP.NET
5 13 (48.15%) JavaScript
6 12 (44.44%) Ajax
6 12 (44.44%) jQuery
7 10 (37.04%) Web Services
7 10 (37.04%) HTML
7 10 (37.04%) WPF
8 9 (33.33%) WCF
8 9 (33.33%) XML
9 8 (29.63%) OO
9 8 (29.63%) CSS
10 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
10 7 (25.93%) .NET Framework
11 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
11 6 (22.22%) E-business
11 6 (22.22%) Internet
11 6 (22.22%) OOD
11 6 (22.22%) E-Commerce
11 6 (22.22%) Visual Studio
11 6 (22.22%) Umbraco
11 6 (22.22%) Multithreading
11 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
11 6 (22.22%) Kentico
12 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET MVC
12 5 (18.52%) WF
12 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET MVC 3

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing WinForms 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 WinForms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (96.30%) .NET
2 16 (59.26%) ASP.NET
3 12 (44.44%) Ajax
3 12 (44.44%) jQuery
4 10 (37.04%) Web Services
4 10 (37.04%) HTML
4 10 (37.04%) WPF
5 9 (33.33%) WCF
5 9 (33.33%) XML
6 8 (29.63%) CSS
7 7 (25.93%) .NET Framework
8 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (18.52%) WF
8 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 5 (18.52%) .NET Compact Framework
9 4 (14.81%) LINQ
10 2 (7.407%) ASP
10 2 (7.407%) REST
10 2 (7.407%) Silverlight
11 1 (3.704%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) Umbraco
1 6 (22.22%) Kentico
2 5 (18.52%) CMS
3 2 (7.407%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (3.704%) IIS
4 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (70.37%) SQL Server
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Visual Studio
2 5 (18.52%) Subversion
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (3.704%) JIRA
3 1 (3.704%) NUnit
General
1 1 (3.704%) Local Government
1 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Developer
2 12 (44.44%) .NET Developer
3 11 (40.74%) C# Developer
4 7 (25.93%) ASP.NET Developer
4 7 (25.93%) Web Developer
5 5 (18.52%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (14.81%) .NET Web Developer
7 3 (11.11%) WPF Developer
8 2 (7.407%) SQL Developer
8 2 (7.407%) SQL Server Developer
8 2 (7.407%) ASP Developer
9 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Programmer
9 1 (3.704%) .NET Software Developer
9 1 (3.704%) .NET Programmer
9 1 (3.704%) Web Programmer
9 1 (3.704%) Senior Developer
9 1 (3.704%) Programmer
9 1 (3.704%) Software Developer
9 1 (3.704%) Architect
9 1 (3.704%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.704%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.704%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 19 (70.37%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (7.407%) Linux
4 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) OO
2 6 (22.22%) E-business
2 6 (22.22%) OOD
2 6 (22.22%) E-Commerce
2 6 (22.22%) Multithreading
3 5 (18.52%) Workflow
3 5 (18.52%) Content Management
4 4 (14.81%) TDD
4 4 (14.81%) Unit Testing
5 3 (11.11%) MVVM
5 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 3 (11.11%) MVC
6 2 (7.407%) Web Development
6 2 (7.407%) OOP
6 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 20 (74.07%) C#
2 13 (48.15%) JavaScript
3 5 (18.52%) VB
3 5 (18.52%) VB6
4 4 (14.81%) SQL
4 4 (14.81%) C++
5 2 (7.407%) Perl
5 2 (7.407%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.704%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.407%) DevExpress
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle
3 1 (3.704%) Telerik
3 1 (3.704%) Perforce