Glasgow C# Contracts

This section looks at the demand for C# skills within the Glasgow region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited C# over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abbots Langley Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Altrincham Avon Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carmarthenshire Carrickfergus Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunfermline Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenhithe Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hastings Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire Home Counties Hornchurch Horsham Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kenilworth Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Ringwood Rochester Rotherham Sale Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Sittingbourne Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stowmarket Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough West Drayton West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	30	21
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	30	62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.066 %
As % of the category below	9.646 %	13.78 %
Daily rates quoted	11	10
Average minimum daily rate	£286	£289
Average daily rate	£310	£307
% change on same period last year	+1.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£335
% change on same period last year	+0.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	6
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£26.83
Average hourly rate	-	£30.92
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.20	£34.53
% change on same period last year	+1.95 %
Programming Languages Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads	311	450
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.410 %	0.477 %
Daily rates quoted	86	159
Average minimum daily rate	£307	£315
Average daily rate	£326	£330
% change on same period last year	-0.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£345	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£332
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.88	£28.46
Average hourly rate	£19.19	£32.07
% change on same period last year	-40.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.50	£35.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.13	£33.16
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
C# 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 79 (95.18 %) .NET 2 44 (53.01 %) ASP.NET 3 41 (49.40 %) SQL Server 4 23 (27.71 %) SQL 5 21 (25.30 %) XML 6 18 (21.69 %) SQL Server 2005 7 17 (20.48 %) SharePoint 7 17 (20.48 %) Microsoft 8 15 (18.07 %) CSS 9 14 (16.87 %) WebServices 10 13 (15.66 %) Visual Studio 10 13 (15.66 %) .NET Framework 11 12 (14.46 %) HTML 11 12 (14.46 %) Oracle 11 12 (14.46 %) VB.NET

12 11 (13.25 %) JavaScript 12 11 (13.25 %) AJAX 13 10 (12.05 %) RDBMS 13 10 (12.05 %) ASP.NET 2.0 14 9 (10.84 %) Finance 15 8 (9.639 %) SQL Server 2000 15 8 (9.639 %) Unix 15 8 (9.639 %) VB 16 7 (8.434 %) Java 16 7 (8.434 %) ASP 16 7 (8.434 %) XSLT 16 7 (8.434 %) WinForms 16 7 (8.434 %) SharePoint Server 2007 17 6 (7.229 %) Windows 17 6 (7.229 %) BizTalk Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 79 (95.18 %) .NET 2 44 (53.01 %) ASP.NET 3 21 (25.30 %) XML 4 15 (18.07 %) CSS 5 14 (16.87 %) WebServices 6 13 (15.66 %) .NET Framework 7 12 (14.46 %) HTML 8 11 (13.25 %) AJAX 9 10 (12.05 %) ASP.NET 2.0 10 7 (8.434 %) ASP 10 7 (8.434 %) WinForms 10 7 (8.434 %) XSLT 11 5 (6.024 %) XHTML 11 5 (6.024 %) XSL 12 3 (3.614 %) J2ME 12 3 (3.614 %) J2EE 13 2 (2.410 %) ADO.NET 13 2 (2.410 %) SOAP 13 2 (2.410 %) NHibernate 14 1 (1.205 %) SWT	Application Platforms 1 17 (20.48 %) SharePoint 2 7 (8.434 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 6 (7.229 %) BizTalk Server 4 3 (3.614 %) CMS 5 1 (1.205 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (1.205 %) Umbraco 5 1 (1.205 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 5 (6.024 %) MS Excel 2 3 (3.614 %) MS Office 3 2 (2.410 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 2 (2.410 %) Staffware
Communications & Networking 1 5 (6.024 %) LDAP 1 5 (6.024 %) Ethernet 1 5 (6.024 %) HTTP 1 5 (6.024 %) TCP/IP 2 4 (4.819 %) UPnP 3 1 (1.205 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 41 (49.40 %) SQL Server 2 18 (21.69 %) SQL Server 2005 3 10 (12.05 %) RDBMS 4 8 (9.639 %) SQL Server 2000 5 3 (3.614 %) GIS 5 3 (3.614 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 2 (2.410 %) Datawarehouse 6 2 (2.410 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (1.205 %) Oracle Reports 7 1 (1.205 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 13 (15.66 %) Visual Studio 2 4 (4.819 %) Flash 3 3 (3.614 %) ClearCase 4 2 (2.410 %) PowerBuilder 4 2 (2.410 %) ClearQuest 5 1 (1.205 %) NUnit 5 1 (1.205 %) Subversion 5 1 (1.205 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 1 (1.205 %) Ant 5 1 (1.205 %) JUnit	General 1 9 (10.84 %) Finance 2 5 (6.024 %) Banking 3 4 (4.819 %) Music 4 2 (2.410 %) Investment Banking 5 1 (1.205 %) Financial Institution 5 1 (1.205 %) Retail 5 1 (1.205 %) Billing 5 1 (1.205 %) Education 5 1 (1.205 %) Law 5 1 (1.205 %) Advertising 5 1 (1.205 %) Music Industry 5 1 (1.205 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.205 %) Graphic Design
Job Titles 1 72 (86.75 %) Developer 2 54 (65.06 %) .NET Developer 3 26 (31.33 %) C# Developer 4 15 (18.07 %) ASP.NET Developer 5 9 (10.84 %) Senior Developer 6 8 (9.639 %) Senior .NET Developer 7 7 (8.434 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 7 (8.434 %) Web Developer 8 6 (7.229 %) VB.NET Developer 8 6 (7.229 %) Architect 8 6 (7.229 %) SQL Developer 8 6 (7.229 %) .NET Web Developer 8 6 (7.229 %) Sharepoint Architect 9 5 (6.024 %) Applications Developer 10 4 (4.819 %) .NET Applications Developer 10 4 (4.819 %) WinForms Developer 11 3 (3.614 %) SharePoint Developer 11 3 (3.614 %) Senior ASP.NET Developer 11 3 (3.614 %) SQL Server Developer 11 3 (3.614 %) Web Applications Developer	Miscellaneous 1 3 (3.614 %) E-Learning 1 3 (3.614 %) Multithreading 2 1 (1.205 %) Data Extraction 2 1 (1.205 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 1 (1.205 %) Web 2.0 2 1 (1.205 %) Derivative 2 1 (1.205 %) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems 1 8 (9.639 %) Unix 2 6 (7.229 %) Windows 3 1 (1.205 %) Windows CE 3 1 (1.205 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (6.024 %) Web Design 1 5 (6.024 %) Web Development 2 4 (4.819 %) Content Management 3 3 (3.614 %) Systems Analysis 3 3 (3.614 %) RAD 4 2 (2.410 %) ERP 4 2 (2.410 %) SOA 4 2 (2.410 %) UML 4 2 (2.410 %) OOA/OOD 4 2 (2.410 %) OO 5 1 (1.205 %) Data Management 5 1 (1.205 %) Requirements Analysis 5 1 (1.205 %) Document Management 5 1 (1.205 %) Project Management 5 1 (1.205 %) GAP Analysis 5 1 (1.205 %) Migration 5 1 (1.205 %) Data Modelling 5 1 (1.205 %) OOD 5 1 (1.205 %) Internet Marketing
Programming Languages 1 23 (27.71 %) SQL 2 12 (14.46 %) VB.NET 3 11 (13.25 %) JavaScript 4 8 (9.639 %) VB 5 7 (8.434 %) Java 6 6 (7.229 %) Transact-SQL 7 5 (6.024 %) DHTML 7 5 (6.024 %) VBA 8 4 (4.819 %) C 8 4 (4.819 %) C++ 9 3 (3.614 %) VB6 10 2 (2.410 %) PL/SQL 11 1 (1.205 %) XQuery 11 1 (1.205 %) Shell Script 11 1 (1.205 %) ActionScript	Qualifications 1 2 (2.410 %) MCAD 1 2 (2.410 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (1.205 %) Degree 2 1 (1.205 %) HND
System Software 1 4 (4.819 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 17 (20.48 %) Microsoft 2 12 (14.46 %) Oracle 3 3 (3.614 %) Sybase 3 3 (3.614 %) Adobe