The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 24 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 Kent 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 10 8 14
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Contract jobs citing C# 30 39 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 10.45% 14.77% 10.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.85% 50.65% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 18
Average daily rate £299 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.41% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £281 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
104 77 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 36.24% 29.17% 35.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 32 62
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £213 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £325 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 3
Average hourly rate £35.79 £17.50 £93.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+104.48% -81.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.37 £17.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £30.00 £170.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
South East

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent C# Hourly Rate Trend

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 Kent region over the 3 months to 24 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
Maidstone -3 4 £286 -1.29%
West Malling - 2 £313 -
Tunbridge Wells -3 1 £325 -
Dartford - 1 £288 -
C#
South East

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 41 (73.21%) .NET
2 28 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 19 (33.93%) JavaScript
4 16 (28.57%) SQL
5 15 (26.79%) Visual Studio
5 15 (26.79%) Web Services
6 14 (25.00%) ASP.NET
7 11 (19.64%) Windows
7 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
8 10 (17.86%) WCF
8 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
9 9 (16.07%) Unit Testing
9 9 (16.07%) Dynamics CRM
9 9 (16.07%) CRM
10 8 (14.29%) OO
10 8 (14.29%) Python
10 8 (14.29%) CSS
10 8 (14.29%) XML
10 8 (14.29%) IIS
11 7 (12.50%) Aerospace
11 7 (12.50%) UML
11 7 (12.50%) Oracle
11 7 (12.50%) Silverlight
11 7 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
11 7 (12.50%) Multithreading
12 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
12 6 (10.71%) Windows Azure
12 6 (10.71%) Oracle 11g
12 6 (10.71%) jQuery
12 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 41 (73.21%) .NET
2 15 (26.79%) Web Services
3 14 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 10 (17.86%) WCF
5 8 (14.29%) CSS
5 8 (14.29%) XML
6 7 (12.50%) Silverlight
7 6 (10.71%) jQuery
7 6 (10.71%) XHTML
8 5 (8.929%) HTML
8 5 (8.929%) Dojo
9 4 (7.143%) .NET Framework
10 3 (5.357%) Ajax
11 2 (3.571%) WPF
11 2 (3.571%) LINQ
11 2 (3.571%) ASP.NET 2.0
11 2 (3.571%) REST
11 2 (3.571%) HTML5
11 2 (3.571%) WinForms
11 2 (3.571%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.29%) IIS
2 6 (10.71%) Windows Azure
2 6 (10.71%) ArcGIS
2 6 (10.71%) ArcIMS
3 3 (5.357%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.571%) Google App Engine
4 2 (3.571%) Confluence
5 1 (1.786%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (1.786%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (5.357%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (16.07%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (10.71%) Oracle 11g
2 6 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (10.71%) GIS
3 5 (8.929%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (8.929%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (5.357%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 15 (26.79%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.571%) JIRA
2 2 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (3.571%) MSBuild
2 2 (3.571%) PowerBuilder
General
1 7 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 5 (8.929%) Finance
2 5 (8.929%) Games
3 2 (3.571%) Legal
4 1 (1.786%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (75.00%) Developer
2 18 (32.14%) .NET Developer
3 9 (16.07%) C# Developer
4 8 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 8 (14.29%) DBA
5 7 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) Silverlight Developer
6 6 (10.71%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (8.929%) Administrator
7 5 (8.929%) Database Developer
8 4 (7.143%) GIS Developer
9 3 (5.357%) Senior Developer
10 2 (3.571%) Python Developer
10 2 (3.571%) ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (3.571%) Build Engineer
10 2 (3.571%) Games Developer
11 1 (1.786%) Oracle Developer
11 1 (1.786%) Team Leader
11 1 (1.786%) Development Team Leader
11 1 (1.786%) VB.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.357%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (3.571%) Computer Science
2 2 (3.571%) W3C
2 2 (3.571%) Mobile Games
3 1 (1.786%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.64%) Windows
2 1 (1.786%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.786%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.07%) Unit Testing
1 9 (16.07%) CRM
2 8 (14.29%) OO
3 7 (12.50%) UML
3 7 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
3 7 (12.50%) Multithreading
4 5 (8.929%) MVC
5 4 (7.143%) TDD
5 4 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (7.143%) System Testing
6 3 (5.357%) Scrum
6 3 (5.357%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (5.357%) Web Development
7 2 (3.571%) Game Development
7 2 (3.571%) Workflow
8 1 (1.786%) ERP
8 1 (1.786%) DSDM
8 1 (1.786%) Web Design
8 1 (1.786%) Migration
8 1 (1.786%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 19 (33.93%) JavaScript
2 16 (28.57%) SQL
3 8 (14.29%) Python
4 5 (8.929%) Java
5 4 (7.143%) VB.NET
6 3 (5.357%) C
6 3 (5.357%) T-SQL
7 2 (3.571%) IronPython
7 2 (3.571%) Lua
7 2 (3.571%) C++
8 1 (1.786%) VB
8 1 (1.786%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.571%) Degree
3 1 (1.786%) MCSD
3 1 (1.786%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.786%) MCPD
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) Oracle
3 5 (8.929%) ESRI
4 2 (3.571%) Google
4 2 (3.571%) Sybase
5 1 (1.786%) IBM
5 1 (1.786%) VMware
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