The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills 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# 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 12 7 8
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Contract jobs citing C# 95 148 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 10.18% 11.46% 10.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.53% 31.69% 34.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 75 67
Average daily rate £300 £275 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 3
Average hourly rate £33.00 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+69.23% -29.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
333 467 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 35.69% 36.15% 29.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 271 175
Average daily rate £295 £300 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% +13.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £230 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £400 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 29 15
Average hourly rate £33.00 £27.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.57 £15.00 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £131.70 £39.10 £35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
North West

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester C# Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Manchester 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
Oldham - 3 £140 -
Stockport - 3 £305 -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - -
Wigan +2 1 £300 +9.09%
Altrincham -4 1 - -
C#
North West

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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#.

1 178 (93.68%) .NET
2 126 (66.32%) ASP.NET
3 120 (63.16%) SQL Server
4 75 (39.47%) MVC
5 71 (37.37%) SQL
6 68 (35.79%) JavaScript
7 61 (32.11%) CSS
8 54 (28.42%) HTML
9 53 (27.89%) Web Services
10 52 (27.37%) XML
11 48 (25.26%) SharePoint
12 47 (24.74%) SQL Server 2008
13 42 (22.11%) TDD
13 42 (22.11%) jQuery
14 38 (20.00%) WCF
15 37 (19.47%) .NET Framework
15 37 (19.47%) ASP.NET MVC
16 33 (17.37%) Ajax
16 33 (17.37%) Visual Studio
17 28 (14.74%) Microsoft
18 26 (13.68%) SQL Server 2005
19 22 (11.58%) T-SQL
20 21 (11.05%) E-Commerce
21 20 (10.53%) NHS
22 19 (10.00%) LINQ
23 18 (9.474%) SQL Server Reporting Services
23 18 (9.474%) Retail
24 17 (8.947%) Windows
24 17 (8.947%) VB.NET
25 16 (8.421%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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
1 178 (93.68%) .NET
2 126 (66.32%) ASP.NET
3 61 (32.11%) CSS
4 54 (28.42%) HTML
5 53 (27.89%) Web Services
6 52 (27.37%) XML
7 42 (22.11%) jQuery
8 38 (20.00%) WCF
9 37 (19.47%) .NET Framework
9 37 (19.47%) ASP.NET MVC
10 33 (17.37%) Ajax
11 19 (10.00%) LINQ
12 16 (8.421%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 16 (8.421%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 13 (6.842%) XHTML
14 11 (5.789%) NHibernate
15 8 (4.211%) JSON
15 8 (4.211%) RESTful
15 8 (4.211%) HTML5
16 6 (3.158%) REST
Application Platforms
1 48 (25.26%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.789%) CMS
3 10 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (3.158%) Umbraco
5 4 (2.105%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (2.105%) IIS
6 3 (1.579%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (1.579%) Apache
6 3 (1.579%) JCAPS
6 3 (1.579%) Apache Solr
6 3 (1.579%) EPiServer CMS
7 2 (1.053%) DotNetNuke
7 2 (1.053%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (1.053%) SharePoint Foundation
7 2 (1.053%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.526%) Orchard CMS
8 1 (0.526%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.526%) MS Exchange
8 1 (0.526%) WordPress
8 1 (0.526%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.632%) InfoPath
3 2 (1.053%) MS Office
4 1 (0.526%) Office 365
4 1 (0.526%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (4.211%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.105%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.053%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.632%) Internet
2 3 (1.579%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.526%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (63.16%) SQL Server
2 47 (24.74%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (13.68%) SQL Server 2005
4 18 (9.474%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (6.842%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (3.684%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (3.158%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (2.632%) SQL Server 2012
8 5 (2.632%) RavenDB
9 4 (2.105%) MySQL
10 3 (1.579%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (1.053%) QlikView
11 2 (1.053%) NoSQL
11 2 (1.053%) Oracle 8/8i
12 1 (0.526%) GIS
12 1 (0.526%) Oracle 11g
12 1 (0.526%) InterSystems Cache
12 1 (0.526%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 33 (17.37%) Visual Studio
2 12 (6.316%) Subversion
3 4 (2.105%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (2.105%) TeamCity
3 4 (2.105%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 3 (1.579%) NetBeans
4 3 (1.579%) Git (software)
4 3 (1.579%) JIRA
5 2 (1.053%) Selenium
6 1 (0.526%) Redmine
6 1 (0.526%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.526%) Xcode
6 1 (0.526%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.526%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.526%) NUnit
6 1 (0.526%) CruiseControl
6 1 (0.526%) ReSharper
General
1 18 (9.474%) Retail
2 8 (4.211%) Finance
3 3 (1.579%) Games
3 3 (1.579%) Telecoms
3 3 (1.579%) Marketing
4 2 (1.053%) Automotive
5 1 (0.526%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 164 (86.32%) Developer
2 72 (37.89%) .NET Developer
3 41 (21.58%) C# Developer
4 24 (12.63%) ASP.NET Developer
5 18 (9.474%) C# .NET Developer
6 15 (7.895%) Software Developer
7 14 (7.368%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 13 (6.842%) Senior Developer
9 12 (6.316%) SharePoint Developer
10 8 (4.211%) Agile C# Developer
10 8 (4.211%) Web Developer
11 7 (3.684%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
11 7 (3.684%) VB.NET Developer
12 6 (3.158%) CRM Developer
12 6 (3.158%) Architect
13 5 (2.632%) MI Developer
13 5 (2.632%) Designer
13 5 (2.632%) Senior .NET Developer
13 5 (2.632%) C# Software Developer
14 4 (2.105%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.53%) NHS
2 7 (3.684%) N-Tier
3 5 (2.632%) Mobile App
3 5 (2.632%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.632%) W3C
4 4 (2.105%) Computer Science
4 4 (2.105%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.579%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.579%) Replication
6 2 (1.053%) Open Source
7 1 (0.526%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.526%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.526%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.947%) Windows
2 5 (2.632%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (2.105%) Android
3 4 (2.105%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (1.579%) Linux
4 3 (1.579%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.579%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (0.526%) Windows Phone
5 1 (0.526%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.526%) Windows Phone 8
5 1 (0.526%) Windows CE
5 1 (0.526%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (39.47%) MVC
2 42 (22.11%) TDD
3 21 (11.05%) E-Commerce
4 15 (7.895%) Scrum
5 14 (7.368%) OOP
6 12 (6.316%) OO
7 10 (5.263%) CRM
8 9 (4.737%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (4.737%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (3.158%) Web Application Development
10 5 (2.632%) UML
10 5 (2.632%) Service Management
10 5 (2.632%) ITIL
10 5 (2.632%) Requirements Analysis
11 4 (2.105%) Content Management
11 4 (2.105%) Kanban
11 4 (2.105%) PRINCE2
11 4 (2.105%) Data Modelling
11 4 (2.105%) Analytics
11 4 (2.105%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 71 (37.37%) SQL
2 68 (35.79%) JavaScript
3 22 (11.58%) T-SQL
4 17 (8.947%) VB.NET
5 11 (5.789%) Java
6 7 (3.684%) C++
7 6 (3.158%) C
8 5 (2.632%) VB
8 5 (2.632%) Ruby
9 4 (2.105%) VBScript
9 4 (2.105%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.053%) PHP
10 2 (1.053%) VBA
10 2 (1.053%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.526%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.526%) VB6
Qualifications
1 11 (5.789%) Degree
2 7 (3.684%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.579%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.053%) ISEB
5 1 (0.526%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.632%) HL7
2 1 (0.526%) TickIT
2 1 (0.526%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (1.579%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (1.579%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.526%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (14.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.737%) Sitecore
2 9 (4.737%) Telerik
3 7 (3.684%) Oracle
4 6 (3.158%) EPiServer
5 5 (2.632%) Twitter
6 3 (1.579%) Sage
7 1 (0.526%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.526%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (0.526%) Apple
7 1 (0.526%) Siebel
7 1 (0.526%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.526%) Ektron
Manchester, North West
The individual will have technical knowledge of C#, .NET, SQL Server for web-based ASP.Net (MVC) application development with further experience of WCF etc seen as desirable.
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The individual will have technical knowledge of C#, .NET, SQL Server for web-based ASP.Net (MVC) application development with further experience of WCF etc seen as desirable.
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The Kills required are: .Net, C#, ASP.Net, XML and Data Modelling and experience of working in an agile environment is essential as it is a full agile...
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Rate: £300.00 - £330.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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