The first table below looks at the demand for the C# Software Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C# Software Developer
Rank 359 402 418
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +16
Contract jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 18 8 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.083% 0.030% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.032% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 10
Average daily rate £515 £425 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.17% +41.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £341 £350 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £558 £500 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £290 £295
% change year-on-year
+5.17% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £39.25 £30.50
% change year-on-year
-56.68% +28.68%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19937 24898 29250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.14% 92.45% 92.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13430 16056 18793
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 620 684
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C# Software Developer
England

C# Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C# Software Developer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London C# Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C# Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C# Software Developer across the London region.

London C# Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

C# Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# Software Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London C# Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

C# Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C# Software Developer across the London region.

London C# Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C# Software Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +28 12 £515 +3.00%
C# Software Developer
England

C# Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited C# Software Developer in their job title 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 with C# Software Developer in their job title.

1 44 (100.00%) C#
2 36 (81.82%) .NET
3 30 (68.18%) SQL Server
4 24 (54.55%) SQL
5 23 (52.27%) WCF
6 21 (47.73%) Web Services
6 21 (47.73%) OO
7 20 (45.45%) Multithreading
8 19 (43.18%) XML
9 18 (40.91%) Banking
10 17 (38.64%) Telecoms
10 17 (38.64%) Windows
10 17 (38.64%) N-Tier
10 17 (38.64%) Memory Management
11 15 (34.09%) ASP.NET
12 9 (20.45%) jQuery
13 8 (18.18%) HTML
13 8 (18.18%) WinForms
13 8 (18.18%) Web Development
14 7 (15.91%) Front Office
14 7 (15.91%) ADO.NET
15 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
16 5 (11.36%) Finance
16 5 (11.36%) TDD
17 4 (9.091%) Derivative
17 4 (9.091%) MVC
17 4 (9.091%) Equities
17 4 (9.091%) Fixed Income
17 4 (9.091%) Linux
17 4 (9.091%) DV Cleared

C# Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited C# Software Developer in their job title 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 with C# Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 36 (81.82%) .NET
2 23 (52.27%) WCF
3 21 (47.73%) Web Services
4 19 (43.18%) XML
5 15 (34.09%) ASP.NET
6 9 (20.45%) jQuery
7 8 (18.18%) HTML
7 8 (18.18%) WinForms
8 7 (15.91%) ADO.NET
9 4 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (6.818%) WPF
11 2 (4.545%) .NET Framework
11 2 (4.545%) JSON
11 2 (4.545%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 1 (2.273%) LINQ to SQL
12 1 (2.273%) LINQ
12 1 (2.273%) JMS
12 1 (2.273%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.545%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.273%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.273%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (68.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.545%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (4.545%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.545%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.273%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.273%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.273%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (4.545%) NUnit
2 1 (2.273%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.273%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (2.273%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.273%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.273%) JIRA
General
1 18 (40.91%) Banking
2 17 (38.64%) Telecoms
3 7 (15.91%) Front Office
4 5 (11.36%) Finance
5 1 (2.273%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.273%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 17 (38.64%) N-Tier
2 4 (9.091%) Derivative
2 4 (9.091%) Equities
2 4 (9.091%) Fixed Income
3 2 (4.545%) Statistics
3 2 (4.545%) Mathematics
3 2 (4.545%) Physics
3 2 (4.545%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.273%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.273%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 17 (38.64%) Windows
2 4 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) OO
2 20 (45.45%) Multithreading
3 17 (38.64%) Memory Management
4 8 (18.18%) Web Development
5 5 (11.36%) TDD
6 4 (9.091%) MVC
7 2 (4.545%) CMMI
7 2 (4.545%) Scrum
7 2 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.545%) UML
7 2 (4.545%) Metadata Management
7 2 (4.545%) Dependency Injection
8 1 (2.273%) MVVM
8 1 (2.273%) Investment Management
8 1 (2.273%) Supplier Management
8 1 (2.273%) Workflow
8 1 (2.273%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 44 (100.00%) C#
2 24 (54.55%) SQL
3 2 (4.545%) Java
3 2 (4.545%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.273%) VB
4 1 (2.273%) C++
4 1 (2.273%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.273%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.091%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.545%) Degree
3 2 (4.545%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.273%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.545%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (6.818%) Oracle
1 3 (6.818%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.273%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.273%) VMware