The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 20 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 Gloucestershire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 15 15 10
Rank change year-on-year
0 -5
Contract jobs citing C# 24 70 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 8.856% 10.25% 11.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.11% 17.41% 24.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 41 32
Average daily rate £365 £375 £271
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +38.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £315 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £425 £347
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 2
Average hourly rate £41.00 £37.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% +100.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £24.25 £17.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.75 £19.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £30.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -12.14%
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
149 402 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 54.98% 58.86% 46.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 226 85
Average daily rate £400 £450 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 29 40
Average hourly rate £39.00 £34.50 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.04% -0.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £25.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £50.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
South West

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Gloucestershire C# Hourly Rate Histogram

C#
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cheltenham +25 5 £375 -6.25%
Gloucester +13 4 £326 -16.00%
Filton +1 1 £500 -
C#
South West

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 45 (70.31%) .NET
2 36 (56.25%) SQL Server
3 32 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 26 (40.63%) ASP.NET
5 25 (39.06%) SQL Server 2008
6 24 (37.50%) CSS
6 24 (37.50%) HTML
7 23 (35.94%) JavaScript
8 22 (34.38%) SQL
9 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
10 18 (28.13%) Security Cleared
11 17 (26.56%) SharePoint
11 17 (26.56%) C++
12 16 (25.00%) VB.NET
12 16 (25.00%) UML
13 14 (21.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 14 (21.88%) OO
14 13 (20.31%) MVC
14 13 (20.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
15 12 (18.75%) C
15 12 (18.75%) Windows
15 12 (18.75%) Linux
15 12 (18.75%) SharePoint 2010
16 11 (17.19%) XML
16 11 (17.19%) MS Excel
17 10 (15.63%) UNIX
17 10 (15.63%) VxWorks
17 10 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
17 10 (15.63%) jQuery

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 45 (70.31%) .NET
2 26 (40.63%) ASP.NET
3 24 (37.50%) CSS
3 24 (37.50%) HTML
4 11 (17.19%) XML
5 10 (15.63%) jQuery
6 9 (14.06%) LINQ
7 5 (7.813%) WCF
7 5 (7.813%) WPF
7 5 (7.813%) XSLT
7 5 (7.813%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (6.250%) .NET Framework
8 4 (6.250%) Web Services
9 2 (3.125%) Spring
9 2 (3.125%) Ajax
9 2 (3.125%) Hibernate
9 2 (3.125%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 2 (3.125%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (1.563%) Razor View Engine
10 1 (1.563%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 17 (26.56%) SharePoint
2 12 (18.75%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (9.375%) MS Project Server
4 5 (7.813%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (6.250%) IIS
5 4 (6.250%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (3.125%) Apache
6 2 (3.125%) MS Exchange
6 2 (3.125%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (3.125%) CMS
6 2 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (1.563%) ESB
Applications
1 11 (17.19%) MS Excel
2 6 (9.375%) MS Project
3 1 (1.563%) MS Office
3 1 (1.563%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (4.688%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.375%) ASN.1
2 1 (1.563%) Intranet
2 1 (1.563%) Internet
2 1 (1.563%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (56.25%) SQL Server
2 25 (39.06%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (21.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (20.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (9.375%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (7.813%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (7.813%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (3.125%) MySQL
10 1 (1.563%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 32 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 8 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (9.375%) GCC
3 6 (9.375%) Eclipse
3 6 (9.375%) Dreamweaver
4 4 (6.250%) NUnit
5 1 (1.563%) PVCS
5 1 (1.563%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (14.06%) Finance
2 6 (9.375%) Electronics
3 5 (7.813%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.563%) Military
4 1 (1.563%) Banking
4 1 (1.563%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 46 (71.88%) Developer
2 17 (26.56%) Software Engineer
3 16 (25.00%) .NET Developer
4 8 (12.50%) SharePoint Developer
5 7 (10.94%) C# Developer
5 7 (10.94%) Programmer
6 6 (9.375%) Analyst
6 6 (9.375%) Web Developer
6 6 (9.375%) C# Software Engineer
6 6 (9.375%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (6.250%) Developer Analyst
7 4 (6.250%) .NET Programmer
7 4 (6.250%) Web Analyst
8 3 (4.688%) Senior .NET Programmer
8 3 (4.688%) Senior .NET Developer
8 3 (4.688%) Senior Programmer
8 3 (4.688%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.125%) Analyst Programmer
9 2 (3.125%) Analyst Developer
9 2 (3.125%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (7.813%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.250%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.563%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.75%) Windows
1 12 (18.75%) Linux
2 10 (15.63%) VxWorks
2 10 (15.63%) UNIX
3 6 (9.375%) Android
4 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.00%) UML
2 14 (21.88%) OO
3 13 (20.31%) MVC
4 7 (10.94%) Web Development
5 6 (9.375%) Data Modelling
5 6 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (9.375%) Business Analysis
6 5 (7.813%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (7.813%) Data Architecture
6 5 (7.813%) Stochastic Modelling
7 4 (6.250%) Unit Testing
7 4 (6.250%) Project Management
7 4 (6.250%) Systems Analysis
8 3 (4.688%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (4.688%) Migration
8 3 (4.688%) CRM
8 3 (4.688%) Regression Analysis
9 2 (3.125%) TDD
10 1 (1.563%) Content Management
10 1 (1.563%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (35.94%) JavaScript
2 22 (34.38%) SQL
3 17 (26.56%) C++
4 16 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 12 (18.75%) C
6 7 (10.94%) PL/SQL
6 7 (10.94%) VB
7 6 (9.375%) Java
7 6 (9.375%) T-SQL
8 4 (6.250%) XAML
9 2 (3.125%) PowerShell
9 2 (3.125%) Python
9 2 (3.125%) PHP
9 2 (3.125%) Delphi
10 1 (1.563%) VB6
Qualifications
1 18 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.375%) DV Cleared
4 6 (9.375%) Degree
5 5 (7.813%) MCP
6 2 (3.125%) MCAD
6 2 (3.125%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) QA
2 5 (7.813%) DO-178B
3 1 (1.563%) Basel II
System Software
1 2 (3.125%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.375%) Oracle
2 6 (9.375%) Business Objects
2 6 (9.375%) Green Hills
3 1 (1.563%) Serena
Cheltenham, South West
Essential skills/experience: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 Strong software development experience OO software development Leading CRM developments Ability to estimate realistic timescales for design and development work Microsoft...
Applause IT Ltd
Rate: market rate / negotiable
Posted: 23 April 2013