The first table below looks at the demand for the C# Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Job Titles advertised for the Manchester 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C# Developer
Rank 51 44 35
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -9
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 18 41 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.846% 3.325% 3.409%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.972% 3.657% 3.633%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 28 27
Average daily rate £305 £275 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.90% +120.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £265 £110
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £333 £309
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £305 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.55% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £28.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -13.84%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
913 1121 991
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.64% 90.92% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 548 459
Average daily rate £330 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 78 86
Average hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 £15.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.94% +29.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.30 £9.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.05 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C# Developer
North West

C# Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester C# Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C# Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester C# Developer Daily Rate Trend

C# Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester C# Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C# 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# Developer within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 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
Stockport - 1 £310 - 4
Wigan - - - - 1
Altrincham - - - - 4
Bolton - - - - 4
Cheadle - - - - 1
Oldham - - - -
Salford - - - - 1
C# Developer
North West

C# Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited C# 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# Developer in their job title.

1 35 (100.00%) C#
2 33 (94.29%) .NET
3 30 (85.71%) SQL Server
4 27 (77.14%) ASP.NET
5 19 (54.29%) Web Services
6 18 (51.43%) MVC
7 17 (48.57%) JavaScript
7 17 (48.57%) CSS
8 15 (42.86%) jQuery
9 14 (40.00%) HTML
10 12 (34.29%) TDD
10 12 (34.29%) SQL Server 2008
11 11 (31.43%) XML
12 10 (28.57%) .NET Framework
12 10 (28.57%) WCF
13 9 (25.71%) Ajax
13 9 (25.71%) SQL Server 2005
13 9 (25.71%) LINQ
13 9 (25.71%) SharePoint
14 8 (22.86%) ASP.NET MVC
15 7 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 7 (20.00%) Visual Studio
15 7 (20.00%) SQL
15 7 (20.00%) Telerik
15 7 (20.00%) NHibernate
16 5 (14.29%) T-SQL
16 5 (14.29%) C++
16 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
16 5 (14.29%) Windows
16 5 (14.29%) MS Excel

C# Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited C# 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# Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (94.29%) .NET
2 27 (77.14%) ASP.NET
3 19 (54.29%) Web Services
4 17 (48.57%) CSS
5 15 (42.86%) jQuery
6 14 (40.00%) HTML
7 11 (31.43%) XML
8 10 (28.57%) .NET Framework
8 10 (28.57%) WCF
9 9 (25.71%) LINQ
9 9 (25.71%) Ajax
10 8 (22.86%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (20.00%) NHibernate
11 7 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 3 (8.571%) XSD
13 3 (8.571%) XSL
14 2 (5.714%) XHTML
14 2 (5.714%) WinForms
14 2 (5.714%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 9 (25.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.571%) CMS
3 2 (5.714%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.857%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.714%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 12 (34.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (25.71%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (5.714%) RavenDB
5 2 (5.714%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.714%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.857%) NUnit
General
1 2 (5.714%) Retail
2 1 (2.857%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.714%) NHS
1 2 (5.714%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.857%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.857%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) MVC
2 12 (34.29%) TDD
3 4 (11.43%) Scrum
4 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (5.714%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (5.714%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.857%) Waterfall
5 1 (2.857%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.857%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (2.857%) Web Development
5 1 (2.857%) ITIL
5 1 (2.857%) UML
5 1 (2.857%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) C#
2 17 (48.57%) JavaScript
3 7 (20.00%) SQL
4 5 (14.29%) T-SQL
4 5 (14.29%) C++
5 2 (5.714%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.857%) Java
6 1 (2.857%) VB
6 1 (2.857%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (5.714%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) HL7
2 1 (2.857%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.857%) TickIT
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Telerik
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.571%) Twitter
4 2 (5.714%) Oracle
4 2 (5.714%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.857%) Sage
Greater Manchester, North West
4 X C#/.NET Developers, Greater Manchester, 9-12 Months, £200 - £300 p/day Due to the continued growth & success for this industry leading client, I know have...
Computer Futures
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, North West
ou should have strong front-end skills and have experience of responsive web design. Key skills for this role include; - C# Development. - Strong JavaScript skills... - HTML5. - CSS 3.....
Computer Futures
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013