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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2921
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads2463
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.069 %
As % of the category below14.63 %19.69 %
Daily rates quoted713
Average minimum daily rate£319£265
Average daily rate£339£285
% change on same period last year+19.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£336
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£31.14
Average hourly rate-£37.86
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£44.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.92£32.83
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads164320
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.266 %0.349 %
Daily rates quoted4833
Average minimum daily rate£331£286
Average daily rate£353£298
% change on same period last year+18.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Hourly rates quoted414
Average minimum hourly rate£31.83£29.23
Average hourly rate£32.67£35.94
% change on same period last year-9.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.50£42.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.06£32.67
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
C# ScotlandC#
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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#.

154 (90.00 %).NET
235 (58.33 %)ASP.NET
327 (45.00 %)SQL Server
426 (43.33 %)XML
522 (36.67 %)SQL
619 (31.67 %)JavaScript
718 (30.00 %)Finance
817 (28.33 %)Java
817 (28.33 %)CSS
913 (21.67 %)Visual Studio
913 (21.67 %)HTML
913 (21.67 %)J2EE
913 (21.67 %)AJAX
1012 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
1012 (20.00 %)Windows
118 (13.33 %)VB.NET
118 (13.33 %)WebServices
118 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2005
127 (11.67 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
127 (11.67 %)TDD
127 (11.67 %)WinForms
136 (10.00 %)XHTML
136 (10.00 %)OO
145 (8.333 %)Oracle
145 (8.333 %)DB2
145 (8.333 %)C++
154 (6.667 %)DHTML
154 (6.667 %)VB
154 (6.667 %)IIS
154 (6.667 %)ADO.NET

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
154 (90.00 %).NET
235 (58.33 %)ASP.NET
326 (43.33 %)XML
417 (28.33 %)CSS
513 (21.67 %)J2EE
513 (21.67 %)HTML
513 (21.67 %)AJAX
68 (13.33 %)WebServices
77 (11.67 %)WinForms
77 (11.67 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
86 (10.00 %)XHTML
94 (6.667 %)ADO.NET
94 (6.667 %)ASP
94 (6.667 %)jQuery
94 (6.667 %)ASP.NET 2.0
103 (5.000 %)JSP
112 (3.333 %)Servlets
112 (3.333 %)Spring
112 (3.333 %)JSF
112 (3.333 %)XSLT
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (6.667 %)IIS
23 (5.000 %)SharePoint
32 (3.333 %)CMS
41 (1.667 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (1.667 %)Immediacy CMS
41 (1.667 %)BizTalk Server
41 (1.667 %)WebSphere Application Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (6.667 %)MS Excel
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.333 %)Internet
21 (1.667 %)Extranet
21 (1.667 %)Intranet
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (45.00 %)SQL Server
28 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (8.333 %)DB2
41 (1.667 %)Crystal Reports
41 (1.667 %)Oracle Reports
41 (1.667 %)Datawarehouse
41 (1.667 %)BusinessObjects
41 (1.667 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (1.667 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (21.67 %)Visual Studio
22 (3.333 %)JUnit
22 (3.333 %)NUnit
22 (3.333 %)Subversion
31 (1.667 %)Ant
31 (1.667 %)Oracle Forms
31 (1.667 %)Flash
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (30.00 %)Finance
23 (5.000 %)Pensions
23 (5.000 %)Marketing
32 (3.333 %)Banking
32 (3.333 %)Government
32 (3.333 %)Publishing
41 (1.667 %)Games
41 (1.667 %)Telecoms
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
147 (78.33 %)Developer
219 (31.67 %).NET Developer
313 (21.67 %)Web Developer
412 (20.00 %)C# Developer
57 (11.67 %)Senior Developer
66 (10.00 %)Java Developer
66 (10.00 %)Senior .NET Developer
74 (6.667 %)Software Engineer
83 (5.000 %)Architect
83 (5.000 %).NET Web Developer
92 (3.333 %)C# Web Developer
92 (3.333 %)Applications Architect
92 (3.333 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
92 (3.333 %)Test Manager
92 (3.333 %)Consultant
101 (1.667 %)Solutions Architect
101 (1.667 %)Applications Developer
101 (1.667 %)Project Manager
101 (1.667 %)Programmer
101 (1.667 %)C# Software Engineer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (5.000 %)N-Tier
21 (1.667 %)W3C
21 (1.667 %)Mainframe
21 (1.667 %)PDA
21 (1.667 %)Derivative
21 (1.667 %)Client/Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (20.00 %)Windows
22 (3.333 %)Linux
22 (3.333 %)UNIX
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
27 (11.67 %)TDD
36 (10.00 %)OO
44 (6.667 %)RAD
44 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
44 (6.667 %)Content Management
44 (6.667 %)UML
52 (3.333 %)Scrum
52 (3.333 %)Web Design
52 (3.333 %)Software Engineering
52 (3.333 %)SOA
52 (3.333 %)Unit Testing
52 (3.333 %)Web Development
61 (1.667 %)Creative Marketing
61 (1.667 %)Volume Testing
61 (1.667 %)Test Management
61 (1.667 %)Investment Management
61 (1.667 %)Time Management
61 (1.667 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.667 %)Code Coverage
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (36.67 %)SQL
219 (31.67 %)JavaScript
317 (28.33 %)Java
48 (13.33 %)VB.NET
55 (8.333 %)C++
64 (6.667 %)DHTML
64 (6.667 %)VB
73 (5.000 %)Perl
73 (5.000 %)C
82 (3.333 %)COBOL
82 (3.333 %)VB6
91 (1.667 %)VBA
91 (1.667 %)VC++
91 (1.667 %)Shell Script
91 (1.667 %)PHP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.667 %)Degree
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (8.333 %)Oracle
24 (6.667 %)Microsoft
31 (1.667 %)TIBCO
31 (1.667 %)Business Objects
31 (1.667 %)SAP