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This section looks at the demand for C# skills within the England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1413
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads56567829
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.539 %7.921 %
As % of the category below24.11 %23.20 %
Daily rates quoted20252783
Average minimum daily rate£384£423
Average daily rate£411£456
% change on same period last year-9.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£489
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£335
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Hourly rates quoted313458
Average minimum hourly rate£31.67£33.43
Average hourly rate£34.10£35.54
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.52£37.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.61£33.74
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching contract IT job ads2346233746
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled31.27 %34.14 %
Daily rates quoted810110656
Average minimum daily rate£376£407
Average daily rate£404£435
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£334
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted15932397
Average minimum hourly rate£30.78£31.42
Average hourly rate£32.89£33.57
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.01£35.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.07
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
C# UKC#
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England 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 England region.

England C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England C# Hourly Rate Histogram

C#
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-13157£443-10.09 %
South EastNo change0878£335+4.14 %
YorkshireUp+11322£316+14.82 %
North WestUp+1287£303+2.15 %
South WestDown-2264£304-16.55 %
East of EnglandDown-9238£367+5.47 %
West MidlandsUp+4223£309+2.12 %
East MidlandsNo change0149£344+7.17 %
North EastUp+1384£339-9.61 %
MidlandsDown-371£385-3.92 %
South CoastUp+65--
C# UKC#
UK

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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#.

19651 (78.20 %).NET
25882 (47.66 %)SQL Server
35561 (45.06 %)ASP.NET
43636 (29.46 %)SQL
52691 (21.80 %)XML
62459 (19.92 %)SQL Server 2005
72057 (16.67 %)Finance
81779 (14.41 %)Microsoft
91747 (14.15 %)WebServices
101712 (13.87 %)OO
111674 (13.56 %)Banking
121662 (13.47 %)JavaScript
131608 (13.03 %)Windows
141550 (12.56 %)HTML
151509 (12.23 %)C++
161424 (11.54 %)Java
171419 (11.50 %)Oracle
181398 (11.33 %)Front Office
191349 (10.93 %)CSS
201206 (9.772 %)WinForms
211189 (9.634 %)Visual Studio
221122 (9.091 %)Investment Banking
231104 (8.945 %)Derivative
241095 (8.872 %)VB.NET
251062 (8.605 %).NET Framework
261053 (8.532 %)AJAX
271045 (8.467 %)VB
281027 (8.321 %)SharePoint
291018 (8.248 %)SQL Server 2000
30881 (7.138 %)ASP

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19651 (78.20 %).NET
25561 (45.06 %)ASP.NET
32691 (21.80 %)XML
41747 (14.15 %)WebServices
51550 (12.56 %)HTML
61349 (10.93 %)CSS
71206 (9.772 %)WinForms
81062 (8.605 %).NET Framework
91053 (8.532 %)AJAX
10881 (7.138 %)ASP
11758 (6.142 %)XSLT
12650 (5.267 %)ASP.NET 2.0
13518 (4.197 %)XHTML
14448 (3.630 %)WCF
15337 (2.731 %)ADO.NET
16280 (2.269 %)WPF
17252 (2.042 %)Spring
17252 (2.042 %)SOAP
18197 (1.596 %)Middleware
19195 (1.580 %)Hibernate
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11027 (8.321 %)SharePoint
2568 (4.602 %)BizTalk Server
3559 (4.529 %)SharePoint Server 2007
4434 (3.516 %)IIS
5296 (2.398 %)CMS
6115 (0.932 %)TIBCO EMS
787 (0.705 %)ArcIMS
886 (0.697 %)Rendezvous
977 (0.624 %)Apache
1075 (0.608 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1165 (0.527 %)ArcGIS
1263 (0.510 %)Commerce Server
1263 (0.510 %)MS Exchange
1263 (0.510 %)ColdFusion
1362 (0.502 %)WebLogic
1461 (0.494 %)Content Management Server
1557 (0.462 %)Tomcat
1656 (0.454 %)MTS
1754 (0.438 %)Commerce Server 2007
1847 (0.381 %)MQSeries
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1565 (4.578 %)MS Excel
2155 (1.256 %)MS Office
3114 (0.924 %)InfoPath
497 (0.786 %)Photoshop
587 (0.705 %)Spreadsheet
632 (0.259 %)MS Project
730 (0.243 %)MS Visio
818 (0.146 %)Fireworks
910 (0.081 %)MS PowerPoint
108 (0.065 %)CA Clarity
117 (0.057 %)Open Workbench
117 (0.057 %)MATLAB
126 (0.049 %)Acrobat
135 (0.041 %)Paint Shop Pro
135 (0.041 %)Maya
135 (0.041 %)Adobe Illustrator
135 (0.041 %)Doxygen
143 (0.024 %)ArcView
151 (0.008 %)AutoCAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1132 (1.070 %)Microsoft CRM
252 (0.421 %)Dynamics CRM
341 (0.332 %)Global One
423 (0.186 %)Sophis RISQUE
517 (0.138 %)Axapta
616 (0.130 %)SAP CRM
715 (0.122 %)RMDS
814 (0.113 %)Summit
910 (0.081 %)Oracle EBS
109 (0.073 %)Endur
109 (0.073 %)Dynamics AX
109 (0.073 %)Sophis VALUE
117 (0.057 %)SAP Business One
117 (0.057 %)Findur
117 (0.057 %)Navision
126 (0.049 %)FRONT ARENA
134 (0.032 %)Misys Midas
134 (0.032 %)Kondor+
134 (0.032 %)Pivotal CRM
143 (0.024 %)Monis
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1328 (2.658 %)Internet
2259 (2.099 %)Intranet
3103 (0.835 %)HTTP
4101 (0.818 %)TCP/IP
547 (0.381 %)Extranet
644 (0.357 %)FTP
739 (0.316 %)DNS
834 (0.275 %)LDAP
930 (0.243 %)X.500
930 (0.243 %)Wireless
1028 (0.227 %)SMTP
1028 (0.227 %)CTI
1126 (0.211 %)VoIP
1126 (0.211 %)TETRA
1218 (0.146 %)SSL
1317 (0.138 %)SMS
1410 (0.081 %)SAN
1410 (0.081 %)Firewall
159 (0.073 %)GPRS
159 (0.073 %)Ethernet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15882 (47.66 %)SQL Server
22459 (19.92 %)SQL Server 2005
31018 (8.248 %)SQL Server 2000
4461 (3.735 %)SQL Server 7
5392 (3.176 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6298 (2.415 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7159 (1.288 %)Oracle 10g
8157 (1.272 %)GIS
9155 (1.256 %)MySQL
10140 (1.134 %)RDBMS
11132 (1.070 %)Crystal Reports
12127 (1.029 %)DTS
13120 (0.972 %)Oracle 8/8i
14105 (0.851 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
15102 (0.826 %)Oracle 9i
1690 (0.729 %)Datawarehouse
1774 (0.600 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1863 (0.510 %)MS Access
1959 (0.478 %)Oracle Reports
2054 (0.438 %)BusinessObjects
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11189 (9.634 %)Visual Studio
2553 (4.481 %)NUnit
3207 (1.677 %)VSS/SourceSafe
4167 (1.353 %)Flash
5123 (0.997 %)Subversion
688 (0.713 %)Selenium
774 (0.600 %)FitNesse
857 (0.462 %)ClearCase
956 (0.454 %)Oracle Forms
1048 (0.389 %)Ant
1141 (0.332 %)InstallShield
1239 (0.316 %)CruiseControl
1239 (0.316 %)Log4Net
1336 (0.292 %)Eclipse
1433 (0.267 %)MSI
1433 (0.267 %)ReSharper
1529 (0.235 %)Visual Studio Team System
1529 (0.235 %)QuickTest Pro
1628 (0.227 %)Dreamweaver
1727 (0.219 %)JIRA
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12057 (16.67 %)Finance
21674 (13.56 %)Banking
31398 (11.33 %)Front Office
41122 (9.091 %)Investment Banking
5258 (2.090 %)Marketing
6242 (1.961 %)Government
7236 (1.912 %)Retail
8231 (1.872 %)Insurance
9171 (1.386 %)Back Office
10160 (1.296 %)Financial Institution
11123 (0.997 %)Telecoms
12119 (0.964 %)Education
13115 (0.932 %)Games
14103 (0.835 %)Publishing
1569 (0.559 %)Health
1658 (0.470 %)Construction
1658 (0.470 %)Advertising
1745 (0.365 %)Legal
1842 (0.340 %)Local Government
1940 (0.324 %)Manufacturing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19815 (79.53 %)Developer
24813 (39.00 %)C# Developer
34075 (33.02 %).NET Developer
41478 (11.98 %)ASP.NET Developer
51309 (10.61 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
6889 (7.203 %)Web Developer
7715 (5.793 %)Analyst
8688 (5.574 %)SQL Developer
9618 (5.007 %)Senior Developer
10429 (3.476 %)SQL Server Developer
11401 (3.249 %)Architect
12387 (3.136 %)Programmer
13381 (3.087 %)Java Developer
14356 (2.884 %).NET Web Developer
15347 (2.812 %)SharePoint Developer
16297 (2.406 %)C# Web Developer
17285 (2.309 %)Software Developer
18267 (2.163 %)C++ Developer
19263 (2.131 %)Consultant
20262 (2.123 %)Software Engineer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11104 (8.945 %)Derivative
2488 (3.954 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3462 (3.743 %)Fixed Income
4419 (3.395 %)Equity Derivative
5324 (2.625 %)Equities
6320 (2.593 %)N-Tier
7274 (2.220 %)Credit Derivative
8201 (1.629 %)Multithreading
9157 (1.272 %)Credit Risk
10111 (0.899 %)Client/Server
11107 (0.867 %)Computer Science
1292 (0.745 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1389 (0.721 %)Market Risk
1488 (0.713 %)W3C
1587 (0.705 %)Mathematics
1670 (0.567 %)NHS
1769 (0.559 %)Web 2.0
1845 (0.365 %)Social Network
1944 (0.357 %)Grid Computing
2042 (0.340 %)PDA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11608 (13.03 %)Windows
2348 (2.820 %)UNIX
3185 (1.499 %)Linux
497 (0.786 %)Windows NT
588 (0.713 %)Windows 2000
680 (0.648 %)Windows XP
771 (0.575 %)Windows Mobile
868 (0.551 %)Windows Server 2003
962 (0.502 %)Solaris
1056 (0.454 %)Windows CE
1111 (0.089 %)Ubuntu
1210 (0.081 %)Windows Vista
136 (0.049 %)HPUX
143 (0.024 %)AIX
143 (0.024 %)Mac OS X
143 (0.024 %)Debian
143 (0.024 %)VxWorks
143 (0.024 %)Symbian OS
152 (0.016 %)SUSE
152 (0.016 %)VMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11712 (13.87 %)OO
2877 (7.106 %)Agile Software Development
3712 (5.769 %)UML
4514 (4.165 %)Web Development
5493 (3.994 %)TDD
6451 (3.654 %)E-Commerce
7407 (3.298 %)Scrum
8344 (2.787 %)Unit Testing
9332 (2.690 %)Workflow
10300 (2.431 %)CRM
11290 (2.350 %)Content Management
12285 (2.309 %)OOD
13245 (1.985 %)Security Cleared
14235 (1.904 %)Risk Management
15229 (1.855 %)SOA
15229 (1.855 %)OOP
16213 (1.726 %)Migration
17199 (1.612 %)Asset Management
18188 (1.523 %)RAD
19184 (1.491 %)Project Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13636 (29.46 %)SQL
21662 (13.47 %)JavaScript
31509 (12.23 %)C++
41424 (11.54 %)Java
51095 (8.872 %)VB.NET
61045 (8.467 %)VB
7677 (5.485 %)Transact-SQL
8556 (4.505 %)VBA
9405 (3.281 %)VB6
10328 (2.658 %)C
11288 (2.333 %)PL/SQL
12207 (1.677 %)VBScript
13204 (1.653 %)VC++
14183 (1.483 %)DHTML
15182 (1.475 %)Perl
16156 (1.264 %)PHP
1781 (0.656 %)ActionScript
1876 (0.616 %)Shell Script
1957 (0.462 %)Delphi
2047 (0.381 %)XPath
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1314 (2.544 %)Degree
2185 (1.499 %)Microsoft Certification
372 (0.583 %)MCSD
437 (0.300 %)MCAD
533 (0.267 %)MCP
628 (0.227 %)PhD
721 (0.170 %)MCSE
813 (0.105 %)ISEB
912 (0.097 %)PRINCE2 Certification
107 (0.057 %)MCDBA
107 (0.057 %)MCT
107 (0.057 %)MCTS
116 (0.049 %)Sun Certification
124 (0.032 %)Postgraduate
124 (0.032 %)MCPD
133 (0.024 %)MCDST
142 (0.016 %)HNC
151 (0.008 %)CCNA
151 (0.008 %)ITIL Certification
151 (0.008 %)PMP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1120 (0.972 %)QA
219 (0.154 %)ISO9001
317 (0.138 %)WAI
416 (0.130 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
56 (0.049 %)Basel II
56 (0.049 %)HL7
65 (0.041 %)WCAG
74 (0.032 %)PCI DSS
74 (0.032 %)SLA
82 (0.016 %)TickIT
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1138 (1.118 %)Active Directory
253 (0.429 %)MSMQ
314 (0.113 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (0.057 %)VMware ESX
56 (0.049 %)Oracle RAC
65 (0.041 %)ISA Server
74 (0.032 %)Terminal Server
83 (0.024 %)Citrix Presentation Server
83 (0.024 %)Xen
83 (0.024 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
83 (0.024 %)VMware Workstation
92 (0.016 %)Samba
92 (0.016 %)VMware GSX
92 (0.016 %)VMware Server
101 (0.008 %)NetBackup
101 (0.008 %)AquaLogic
101 (0.008 %)NFS
101 (0.008 %)MetaFrame
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
129 (0.235 %)CONTROL-M
223 (0.186 %)MIIS
319 (0.154 %)AutoSys
411 (0.089 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
59 (0.073 %)MOM
65 (0.041 %)Tivoli
65 (0.041 %)BMC PATROL
73 (0.024 %)SCCM
73 (0.024 %)BMC Performance Manager
82 (0.016 %)ServiceCenter
91 (0.008 %)Nagios
91 (0.008 %)Legato
91 (0.008 %)OpenView Configuration Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11779 (14.41 %)Microsoft
21419 (11.50 %)Oracle
3503 (4.076 %)Sybase
4247 (2.001 %)TIBCO
5147 (1.191 %)Bloomberg
6125 (1.013 %)Reuters
774 (0.600 %)ESRI
869 (0.559 %)Infragistics
956 (0.454 %)SAP
1054 (0.438 %)Business Objects
1152 (0.421 %)Adobe
1248 (0.389 %)IBM
1248 (0.389 %)Tangosol
1343 (0.348 %)Google
1441 (0.332 %)DataSynapse
1538 (0.308 %)Sophis
1538 (0.308 %)Lotus
1637 (0.300 %)RedDot
1637 (0.300 %)Syncfusion
1735 (0.284 %)salesforce.com
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