The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 20 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 North East 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 10 13 17
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +4
Contract jobs citing C# 27 42 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 10.15% 8.642% 6.335%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.55% 24.85% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 26 20
Average daily rate £275 £350 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +14.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £298 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £380 £332
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £30.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -12.14%
All Programming Languages
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
62 169 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 23.31% 34.77% 34.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 97 80
Average daily rate £275 £341 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.41% +10.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £235 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £507 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +70.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
England

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region.

North East C# Hourly Rate Trend

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 North East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Tyne and Wear +5 20 £275 -21.42%
Durham -1 4 £298 -18.49%
C#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 56 (87.50%) .NET
2 29 (45.31%) ASP.NET
3 21 (32.81%) SQL
4 18 (28.13%) CSS
4 18 (28.13%) SQL Server
5 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
6 13 (20.31%) VB.NET
6 13 (20.31%) HTML
7 11 (17.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (17.19%) WPF
8 10 (15.63%) Oracle
9 9 (14.06%) SharePoint
9 9 (14.06%) jQuery
10 8 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
10 8 (12.50%) WinForms
10 8 (12.50%) Web Services
11 7 (10.94%) Visual Studio
11 7 (10.94%) HTML5
12 6 (9.375%) MVC
12 6 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
13 5 (7.813%) CRM
13 5 (7.813%) JavaScript
13 5 (7.813%) PL/SQL
13 5 (7.813%) VB
13 5 (7.813%) Ajax
13 5 (7.813%) .NET Framework
13 5 (7.813%) Unit Testing
14 4 (6.250%) Multithreading
14 4 (6.250%) Oracle 11g
14 4 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 56 (87.50%) .NET
2 29 (45.31%) ASP.NET
3 18 (28.13%) CSS
4 13 (20.31%) HTML
5 11 (17.19%) WPF
6 9 (14.06%) jQuery
7 8 (12.50%) WinForms
7 8 (12.50%) Web Services
8 7 (10.94%) HTML5
9 5 (7.813%) Ajax
9 5 (7.813%) .NET Framework
10 4 (6.250%) XHTML
11 3 (4.688%) ASP
11 3 (4.688%) WCF
11 3 (4.688%) CSS3
12 2 (3.125%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 2 (3.125%) CAML
12 2 (3.125%) XML
13 1 (1.563%) ASP.NET MVC
13 1 (1.563%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 9 (14.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.250%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (3.125%) CMS
4 1 (1.563%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (4.688%) MS Office
1 3 (4.688%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) Fireworks
2 1 (1.563%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.563%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.125%) TCP/IP
1 2 (3.125%) Modbus
2 1 (1.563%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (28.13%) SQL Server
2 11 (17.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (6.250%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (3.125%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.563%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Visual Studio
2 4 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.563%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (3.125%) Publishing
2 1 (1.563%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (87.50%) Developer
2 14 (21.88%) .NET Developer
3 12 (18.75%) Web Developer
4 9 (14.06%) C# Developer
5 8 (12.50%) SharePoint Developer
6 7 (10.94%) Software Engineer
6 7 (10.94%) SQL Developer
7 4 (6.250%) .NET Web Developer
7 4 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
8 3 (4.688%) WPF Developer
8 3 (4.688%) Microsoft Developer
8 3 (4.688%) CRM Developer
8 3 (4.688%) Dynamics CRM Developer
8 3 (4.688%) PL/SQL Developer
8 3 (4.688%) ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (4.688%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.125%) Consultant
9 2 (3.125%) Programmer
9 2 (3.125%) Web Programmer
9 2 (3.125%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.250%) W3C
1 4 (6.250%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.688%) Visualisation
2 3 (4.688%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.563%) NHS
3 1 (1.563%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.563%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (9.375%) MVC
1 6 (9.375%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (7.813%) CRM
2 5 (7.813%) Unit Testing
3 4 (6.250%) Multithreading
3 4 (6.250%) Software Engineering
3 4 (6.250%) UML
4 3 (4.688%) Data Analysis
4 3 (4.688%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (4.688%) Scrum
4 3 (4.688%) Supplier Management
4 3 (4.688%) Web Development
5 1 (1.563%) OO
5 1 (1.563%) E-Commerce
5 1 (1.563%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 21 (32.81%) SQL
2 13 (20.31%) VB.NET
3 5 (7.813%) VB
3 5 (7.813%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.813%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.125%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.125%) OCaml
5 1 (1.563%) Java
5 1 (1.563%) XAML
5 1 (1.563%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (1.563%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.63%) Oracle
3 3 (4.688%) Twitter
North East England
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