The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicester 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 Leicester 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 8 8 3
Rank change year-on-year
0 -5
Contract jobs citing C# 14 7 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 13.73% 8.333% 37.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.15% 26.92% 64.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 4
Average daily rate £290 £300 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 20
Average hourly rate - - £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
All Programming Languages
Leicester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
41 26 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 40.20% 30.95% 57.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 8
Average daily rate £290 £300 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £250 £120
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £350 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 21
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
Leicestershire

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester 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 Leicester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 40 (95.24%) .NET
2 28 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 25 (59.52%) Visual Studio
4 19 (45.24%) ASP.NET
4 19 (45.24%) SQL
5 16 (38.10%) Microsoft
6 13 (30.95%) Windows
6 13 (30.95%) .NET Framework
7 12 (28.57%) TCP/IP
8 11 (26.19%) MS Excel
8 11 (26.19%) Oracle
8 11 (26.19%) Siemens
8 11 (26.19%) Modbus
9 10 (23.81%) UML
10 8 (19.05%) Web Services
10 8 (19.05%) N-Tier
10 8 (19.05%) SQL Server 2008
11 7 (16.67%) DevExpress
11 7 (16.67%) jQuery
11 7 (16.67%) Telerik
11 7 (16.67%) OOP
11 7 (16.67%) CSS
11 7 (16.67%) JavaScript
12 6 (14.29%) TickIT
12 6 (14.29%) HTML
12 6 (14.29%) MS Office
12 6 (14.29%) ISO 9001
12 6 (14.29%) Degree
12 6 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
12 6 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 40 (95.24%) .NET
2 19 (45.24%) ASP.NET
3 13 (30.95%) .NET Framework
4 8 (19.05%) Web Services
5 7 (16.67%) CSS
5 7 (16.67%) jQuery
6 6 (14.29%) HTML
7 5 (11.90%) WCF
8 4 (9.524%) Ajax
9 3 (7.143%) XHTML
9 3 (7.143%) WinForms
9 3 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (4.762%) CSS3
10 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 2 (4.762%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (4.762%) LINQ
10 2 (4.762%) XML
10 2 (4.762%) WPF
11 1 (2.381%) WF
11 1 (2.381%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.762%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.381%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (26.19%) MS Excel
2 6 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
2 6 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 11 (26.19%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (19.05%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (11.90%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.381%) GIS
Development Applications
1 25 (59.52%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.381%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (2.381%) NUnit
2 1 (2.381%) JIRA
2 1 (2.381%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (11.90%) Retail
2 2 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 34 (80.95%) Developer
2 22 (52.38%) C# Developer
3 7 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 7 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 6 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 6 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (9.524%) Software Developer
5 4 (9.524%) Senior Developer
6 3 (7.143%) Technical Project Manager
6 3 (7.143%) Technical Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Development Project Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 2 (4.762%) SQL Developer
7 2 (4.762%) Senior Programmer
7 2 (4.762%) SharePoint Developer
7 2 (4.762%) Development Manager
7 2 (4.762%) Analyst Developer
7 2 (4.762%) Senior Analyst Programmer
7 2 (4.762%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) N-Tier
2 4 (9.524%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.381%) EPoS
3 1 (2.381%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.95%) Windows
2 1 (2.381%) Linux
2 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (2.381%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (2.381%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) UML
2 7 (16.67%) OOP
3 5 (11.90%) Project Management
3 5 (11.90%) TDD
4 4 (9.524%) Logistics
4 4 (9.524%) OO
5 3 (7.143%) MVC
5 3 (7.143%) Web Development
6 2 (4.762%) Multithreading
6 2 (4.762%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.762%) PRINCE
6 2 (4.762%) Web Application Development
7 1 (2.381%) Software Engineering
7 1 (2.381%) MVVM
7 1 (2.381%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.381%) Workflow
7 1 (2.381%) Migration
7 1 (2.381%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 19 (45.24%) SQL
2 7 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.143%) T-SQL
4 2 (4.762%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.762%) C++
5 1 (2.381%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) ISO 9001
1 6 (14.29%) TickIT
Vendors
1 16 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 11 (26.19%) Siemens
2 11 (26.19%) Oracle
3 7 (16.67%) Telerik
3 7 (16.67%) DevExpress
4 1 (2.381%) Perforce