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The table below looks at the demand for C# skills within the Luton region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C# over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank112
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads350
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.049 %
As % of the category below8.824 %45.45 %
Daily rates quoted119
Average minimum daily rate£250£312
Average daily rate£288£368
% change on same period last year-21.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£335
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£29.33
Average hourly rate-£32.67
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.00£33.68
% change on same period last year+0.96 %
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Luton
Matching contract IT job ads34110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.108 %
Daily rates quoted1935
Average minimum daily rate£274£301
Average daily rate£287£350
% change on same period last year-17.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£301£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted512
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00£33.05
Average hourly rate£29.25£35.55
% change on same period last year-17.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.50£38.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.30£32.93
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
C# LondonC#
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the Luton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Luton C# Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C# across the Luton region.

Luton C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C# across the Luton region.

Luton C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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#.

17 (77.78 %).NET
24 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
33 (33.33 %)JavaScript
33 (33.33 %)SQL Server
33 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
33 (33.33 %)ASP
42 (22.22 %)Windows
42 (22.22 %)CSS
42 (22.22 %)WebServices
42 (22.22 %)XML
42 (22.22 %)C
42 (22.22 %)C++
42 (22.22 %)DHTML
42 (22.22 %)SQL
42 (22.22 %)VB
42 (22.22 %)VB.NET
42 (22.22 %)AJAX
42 (22.22 %)Government
42 (22.22 %)Military
42 (22.22 %)Degree
51 (11.11 %)Web Testing
51 (11.11 %)WCF
51 (11.11 %)WinForms
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (11.11 %)Web Development
51 (11.11 %).NET Framework
51 (11.11 %)VBA
51 (11.11 %)HTML
51 (11.11 %)XSL
51 (11.11 %)XSLT

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (77.78 %).NET
24 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
33 (33.33 %)ASP
42 (22.22 %)AJAX
42 (22.22 %)CSS
42 (22.22 %)WebServices
42 (22.22 %)XML
51 (11.11 %)XSL
51 (11.11 %)XSLT
51 (11.11 %)WinForms
51 (11.11 %).NET Framework
51 (11.11 %)WCF
51 (11.11 %)HTML
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (11.11 %)MySQL
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Government
12 (22.22 %)Military
21 (11.11 %)Back Office
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (77.78 %)Developer
24 (44.44 %)Web Developer
24 (44.44 %).NET Developer
24 (44.44 %)C# Developer
32 (22.22 %)C++ Software Engineer
32 (22.22 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (22.22 %).NET Web Developer
32 (22.22 %)Software Engineer
32 (22.22 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (11.11 %)C# Web Developer
41 (11.11 %)WinForms Developer
41 (11.11 %)JavaScript Developer
41 (11.11 %)ASP Developer
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (22.22 %)Windows
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)OO
11 (11.11 %)Web Development
11 (11.11 %)Web Testing
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)JavaScript
22 (22.22 %)C
22 (22.22 %)C++
22 (22.22 %)DHTML
22 (22.22 %)SQL
22 (22.22 %)VB
22 (22.22 %)VB.NET
31 (11.11 %)VBA
31 (11.11 %)VC++
31 (11.11 %)VB6
31 (11.11 %)Perl
31 (11.11 %)PHP
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (22.22 %)Degree