The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 17 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 Exeter 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 9 14 14
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Contract jobs citing C# 15 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 13.51% 8.333% 9.211%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.47% 14.29% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 2
Average daily rate £320 £238 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.73% +137.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £31.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -68.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
All Programming Languages
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
38 35 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 34.23% 58.33% 59.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 21
Average daily rate £325 £330 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £200 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 8
Average hourly rate £78.75 £10.00 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+687.50% -67.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.75 £10.00 £22.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.75 £18.40 £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
Devon

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Exeter region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Exeter C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Exeter C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 32 (96.97%) .NET
2 18 (54.55%) CSS
3 17 (51.52%) JavaScript
3 17 (51.52%) ASP.NET
4 16 (48.48%) HTML
5 15 (45.45%) Web Services
6 14 (42.42%) XML
7 13 (39.39%) Silverlight
8 10 (30.30%) jQuery
8 10 (30.30%) SQL
8 10 (30.30%) VB.NET
9 9 (27.27%) Java
9 9 (27.27%) REST
10 8 (24.24%) Oracle
10 8 (24.24%) XSLT
10 8 (24.24%) SOA
10 8 (24.24%) XQuery
11 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (21.21%) MCAD
11 7 (21.21%) MCSD
11 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
11 7 (21.21%) Oracle Applications
11 7 (21.21%) XPath
12 6 (18.18%) .NET Framework
12 6 (18.18%) ArcObjects
12 6 (18.18%) Dojo
12 6 (18.18%) Apache Flex
12 6 (18.18%) WCF
12 6 (18.18%) ArcSDE
12 6 (18.18%) Data Management

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 32 (96.97%) .NET
2 18 (54.55%) CSS
3 17 (51.52%) ASP.NET
4 16 (48.48%) HTML
5 15 (45.45%) Web Services
6 14 (42.42%) XML
7 13 (39.39%) Silverlight
8 10 (30.30%) jQuery
9 9 (27.27%) REST
10 8 (24.24%) XSLT
11 6 (18.18%) Ajax
11 6 (18.18%) .NET Framework
11 6 (18.18%) ArcObjects
11 6 (18.18%) Dojo
11 6 (18.18%) Apache Flex
11 6 (18.18%) WCF
11 6 (18.18%) XSD
11 6 (18.18%) Servlets
11 6 (18.18%) J2EE
12 5 (15.15%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.18%) ArcGIS
1 6 (18.18%) ArcSDE
2 1 (3.030%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.030%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.18%) GIS
3 4 (12.12%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (6.061%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Visual Studio
1 6 (18.18%) Git (software)
2 2 (6.061%) NUnit
2 2 (6.061%) TeamCity
General
1 6 (18.18%) Publishing
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 3 (9.091%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 33 (100.00%) Developer
2 17 (51.52%) .NET Developer
3 10 (30.30%) C# Developer
4 6 (18.18%) GIS Developer
5 4 (12.12%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Software Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Silverlight Developer
7 1 (3.030%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (3.030%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Web Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.030%) VB Developer
7 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (3.030%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
1 6 (18.18%) Linux
1 6 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 6 (18.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) SOA
2 6 (18.18%) Data Modelling
2 6 (18.18%) MVC
2 6 (18.18%) Data Management
2 6 (18.18%) Information Management
3 4 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (12.12%) OO
4 3 (9.091%) B2B
4 3 (9.091%) B2C
4 3 (9.091%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.061%) TDD
5 2 (6.061%) Logistics
5 2 (6.061%) Web Development
5 2 (6.061%) Dependency Injection
5 2 (6.061%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.030%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (51.52%) JavaScript
2 10 (30.30%) SQL
2 10 (30.30%) VB.NET
3 9 (27.27%) Java
4 8 (24.24%) XQuery
5 7 (21.21%) XPath
6 6 (18.18%) Python
7 2 (6.061%) C
8 1 (3.030%) VB
8 1 (3.030%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) MCAD
1 7 (21.21%) MCSD
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.061%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Oracle
2 6 (18.18%) Red Hat
2 6 (18.18%) ESRI
3 3 (9.091%) Foundry
4 1 (3.030%) Microsoft