The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hampshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 11 16 15
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs citing C# 164 120 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 10.24% 7.717% 7.970%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.71% 20.41% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 50 60
Average daily rate £354 £325 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.84% +1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £264 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £375 £362
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 20
Average hourly rate £30.50 £42.50 £37.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.23% +12.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.90 £39.20 £32.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.10 £52.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.75% -6.15%
All Programming Languages
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
614 588 731
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 38.33% 37.81% 38.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 275 287
Average daily rate £325 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £415 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 80 109
Average hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £22.75 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
South East

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Basingstoke +6 53 £375 +17.18% 19
Southampton +2 20 £388 +10.71% 22
Portsmouth +1 11 £413 +13.79% 13
Eastleigh +9 8 - -
Winchester -1 5 £285 -5.00% 5
Farnborough +4 4 £325 +6.55% 7
Fareham +7 2 £325 -
Ringwood - 2 £290 - 1
Havant -14 1 - - 1
Petersfield - - - -
Romsey - - - -
Gosport - - - -
Bordon - - - -
Aldershot - - - - 2
C#
South East

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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#.

1 194 (72.66%) .NET
2 160 (59.93%) SQL Server
3 110 (41.20%) SQL
4 82 (30.71%) WCF
5 78 (29.21%) Microsoft
6 73 (27.34%) ASP.NET
7 63 (23.60%) Scrum
8 60 (22.47%) MVC
9 59 (22.10%) JavaScript
10 58 (21.72%) jQuery
11 50 (18.73%) BizTalk Server
12 48 (17.98%) C++
13 46 (17.23%) SQL Server 2008
14 45 (16.85%) OO
14 45 (16.85%) Agile Software Development
15 43 (16.10%) .NET Framework
15 43 (16.10%) CSS
16 41 (15.36%) Windows
16 41 (15.36%) TDD
17 40 (14.98%) Java
18 39 (14.61%) Web Services
19 38 (14.23%) XML
19 38 (14.23%) HTML
20 37 (13.86%) Visual Studio
21 33 (12.36%) Security Cleared
21 33 (12.36%) BDD
22 30 (11.24%) ASP.NET MVC
23 28 (10.49%) Test Automation
23 28 (10.49%) Selenium
23 28 (10.49%) SOA

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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
1 194 (72.66%) .NET
2 82 (30.71%) WCF
3 73 (27.34%) ASP.NET
4 58 (21.72%) jQuery
5 43 (16.10%) .NET Framework
5 43 (16.10%) CSS
6 39 (14.61%) Web Services
7 38 (14.23%) XML
7 38 (14.23%) HTML
8 30 (11.24%) ASP.NET MVC
9 28 (10.49%) Java EE
10 24 (8.989%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 22 (8.240%) SOAP
12 21 (7.865%) LINQ
13 19 (7.116%) soapUI
14 17 (6.367%) Ajax
15 11 (4.120%) WF
15 11 (4.120%) HTML5
16 9 (3.371%) XHTML
16 9 (3.371%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 50 (18.73%) BizTalk Server
2 26 (9.738%) Windows Azure
3 25 (9.363%) SharePoint
4 22 (8.240%) IIS
5 14 (5.243%) ESB
6 11 (4.120%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (2.247%) CMS
7 6 (2.247%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (1.498%) Confluence
9 3 (1.124%) EPiServer CMS
9 3 (1.124%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (0.749%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.749%) DotNetNuke
10 2 (0.749%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.375%) Kentico
11 1 (0.375%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.375%) WordPress
11 1 (0.375%) Apache
11 1 (0.375%) Joomla!
Applications
1 27 (10.11%) MS Excel
2 16 (5.993%) MS Office
3 13 (4.869%) InfoPath
4 10 (3.745%) MS Visio
5 8 (2.996%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (1.124%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.749%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (0.749%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.375%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.873%) Internet
2 4 (1.498%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.124%) LAN
3 3 (1.124%) WAN
3 3 (1.124%) FTP
3 3 (1.124%) SSL
4 2 (0.749%) SSH
4 2 (0.749%) HTTP
4 2 (0.749%) SMS
4 2 (0.749%) DNS
5 1 (0.375%) Network Security
5 1 (0.375%) Firewall
5 1 (0.375%) Extranet
5 1 (0.375%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (59.93%) SQL Server
2 46 (17.23%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (6.367%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (5.243%) MySQL
5 8 (2.996%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (2.996%) SQL Server 2000
6 6 (2.247%) RDBMS
6 6 (2.247%) MS Access
7 5 (1.873%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.749%) OLAP
9 1 (0.375%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.375%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.375%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 37 (13.86%) Visual Studio
2 28 (10.49%) Selenium
3 27 (10.11%) Git (software)
4 23 (8.614%) SpecFlow
5 21 (7.865%) Subversion
6 14 (5.243%) ReSharper
7 13 (4.869%) MSBuild
7 13 (4.869%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (4.494%) NUnit
9 10 (3.745%) Maven
10 9 (3.371%) TeamCity
11 6 (2.247%) WebDriver
12 5 (1.873%) FitNesse
12 5 (1.873%) WATIR
13 4 (1.498%) JIRA
13 4 (1.498%) Visual Studio Team System
13 4 (1.498%) Hudson
13 4 (1.498%) Jenkins
14 3 (1.124%) Moq
15 2 (0.749%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 17 (6.367%) Finance
2 7 (2.622%) Manufacturing
2 7 (2.622%) Telecoms
3 4 (1.498%) Aerospace
3 4 (1.498%) Military
3 4 (1.498%) Retail
4 3 (1.124%) Marketing
4 3 (1.124%) Back Office
5 2 (0.749%) Electronics
5 2 (0.749%) Banking
5 2 (0.749%) Investment Banking
5 2 (0.749%) Front Office
5 2 (0.749%) Avionics
6 1 (0.375%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.375%) Automotive
6 1 (0.375%) Legal
6 1 (0.375%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (55.81%) Developer
2 60 (22.47%) C# Developer
3 50 (18.73%) .NET Developer
4 34 (12.73%) Analyst
5 25 (9.363%) C# .NET Developer
6 22 (8.240%) Test Analyst
7 17 (6.367%) Software Developer
8 14 (5.243%) ASP.NET Developer
8 14 (5.243%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 13 (4.869%) Agile C# Developer
10 12 (4.494%) SharePoint Developer
11 11 (4.120%) Architect
11 11 (4.120%) Team Leader
12 10 (3.745%) Agile .NET Developer
13 9 (3.371%) C# Software Developer
13 9 (3.371%) Software Engineer
14 8 (2.996%) SQL Developer
14 8 (2.996%) Test Engineer
14 8 (2.996%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (2.996%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.869%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (4.494%) Cloud Computing
3 11 (4.120%) Open Source
4 10 (3.745%) SaaS
5 8 (2.996%) Wiki
6 7 (2.622%) N-Tier
7 6 (2.247%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.124%) PMI
9 2 (0.749%) Computer Science
9 2 (0.749%) DTV
9 2 (0.749%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.749%) Inversion of Control
10 1 (0.375%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.375%) Social Media
10 1 (0.375%) Data Integration
10 1 (0.375%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.375%) NHS
10 1 (0.375%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 41 (15.36%) Windows
2 12 (4.494%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (3.371%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (2.996%) UNIX
5 7 (2.622%) Linux
6 3 (1.124%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.124%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.124%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.749%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.375%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.60%) Scrum
2 60 (22.47%) MVC
3 45 (16.85%) OO
3 45 (16.85%) Agile Software Development
4 41 (15.36%) TDD
5 33 (12.36%) BDD
6 28 (10.49%) Test Automation
6 28 (10.49%) SOA
7 27 (10.11%) Continuous Integration
8 18 (6.742%) UML
9 17 (6.367%) Kanban
10 16 (5.993%) Test Scripting
10 16 (5.993%) Web Development
11 15 (5.618%) Automated Testing
12 14 (5.243%) OOP
12 14 (5.243%) OOD
12 14 (5.243%) Project Management
13 13 (4.869%) Unit Testing
13 13 (4.869%) Web Testing
14 10 (3.745%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 110 (41.20%) SQL
2 59 (22.10%) JavaScript
3 48 (17.98%) C++
4 40 (14.98%) Java
5 26 (9.738%) T-SQL
6 23 (8.614%) VB
7 20 (7.491%) VB.NET
7 20 (7.491%) C
8 18 (6.742%) Python
9 12 (4.494%) Perl
10 9 (3.371%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.996%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.873%) PHP
12 5 (1.873%) VBA
13 4 (1.498%) VBScript
13 4 (1.498%) Groovy
14 3 (1.124%) VC++
15 2 (0.749%) XAML
15 2 (0.749%) Delphi
15 2 (0.749%) F#
Qualifications
1 33 (12.36%) Security Cleared
2 22 (8.240%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.869%) Degree
4 6 (2.247%) ISEB
4 6 (2.247%) BC Cleared
5 3 (1.124%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.124%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.749%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.749%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.375%) MCAD
7 1 (0.375%) MCSD
7 1 (0.375%) MCPD
7 1 (0.375%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.375%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.742%) QA
2 1 (0.375%) DO-178B
2 1 (0.375%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.749%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.375%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 78 (29.21%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.989%) Oracle
3 3 (1.124%) EPiServer
3 3 (1.124%) TIBCO
3 3 (1.124%) Google
4 2 (0.749%) Aquila
4 2 (0.749%) Telerik
4 2 (0.749%) Lotus
4 2 (0.749%) SAP
4 2 (0.749%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.375%) Ektron
5 1 (0.375%) Teradata
5 1 (0.375%) Infragistics
5 1 (0.375%) MKS
Portsmouth, South East
My market leading software client is looking for a C# WPF developer for an initial 6 month contract based in Portsmouth. As a C# WPF developer you will...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
At least two years experience is required along with knowledge of the following; - C# - ASP.NET -MVC -SQL Server -HTML/Javascript They are looking to line up interviews...
X4 Group
Rate: £30k - 40k per year + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
EPiServer CMS Developer Required in Hampshire C#/EPiServer /CMS. Tags - HTML5, .NET, MVC, Webforms, CSS, C#, ASP.NET, Jquery, C#.NET, , SQL Server, XML, , SVN, WCF, ESB, Financial,...
Roc Search
Posted: 13 June 2013
Hampshire
Required / Desired Skills: *Strong knowledge of web technologies *Strong programming experience in Perl *JavaScript *XML *Mobile Platform *HTML and CSS *Strong programming experience in C, C++, C# or...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £320 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hampshire
Required / Desired Skills: *Strong knowledge of web technologies *Strong programming experience in Perl *JavaScript *XML *Mobile Platform *HTML and CSS *Strong programming experience in C, C++, C# or...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £320 - £390 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hampshire
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Portsmouth, South East
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £220 - £240 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Rate: competitive
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hampshire
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £245 Per Day £245 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Rate: competitive
Posted: 14 June 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
People Source Consulting
Rate: £380 - £425 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hampshire
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013