The first table below looks at the demand for the C# Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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# Developer
Rank 75 71 78
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 43 63 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.845% 2.025% 1.574%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.979% 2.210% 1.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 36 35
Average daily rate £295 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.27% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £249 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £314
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2173 2851 2817
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.22% 91.64% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1036 1402 1393
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 171 189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C# Developer
England

C# Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West C# Developer Daily Rate Trend

C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West C# Developer Daily Rate Histogram

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 North West region.

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester -9 21 £275 -
Cheshire +10 17 £319 +18.05%
Merseyside 0 3 - -
Lancashire +2 1 - -
C# Developer
England

C# Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 79 (100.00%) C#
2 74 (93.67%) .NET
3 58 (73.42%) ASP.NET
4 55 (69.62%) SQL Server
5 35 (44.30%) JavaScript
6 33 (41.77%) MVC
7 29 (36.71%) Web Services
8 28 (35.44%) CSS
8 28 (35.44%) jQuery
9 24 (30.38%) WCF
10 21 (26.58%) SQL
11 20 (25.32%) HTML
11 20 (25.32%) SQL Server 2008
12 19 (24.05%) XML
13 18 (22.78%) .NET Framework
13 18 (22.78%) TDD
14 16 (20.25%) LINQ
15 14 (17.72%) Ajax
15 14 (17.72%) ASP.NET MVC
16 13 (16.46%) SQL Server 2005
17 12 (15.19%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 11 (13.92%) C++
19 10 (12.66%) SharePoint
20 9 (11.39%) Microsoft
20 9 (11.39%) T-SQL
20 9 (11.39%) NHibernate
20 9 (11.39%) ASP.NET MVC 3
20 9 (11.39%) SQL Server 2012
21 8 (10.13%) Telerik
21 8 (10.13%) Scrum

C# Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 74 (93.67%) .NET
2 58 (73.42%) ASP.NET
3 29 (36.71%) Web Services
4 28 (35.44%) CSS
4 28 (35.44%) jQuery
5 24 (30.38%) WCF
6 20 (25.32%) HTML
7 19 (24.05%) XML
8 18 (22.78%) .NET Framework
9 16 (20.25%) LINQ
10 14 (17.72%) Ajax
10 14 (17.72%) ASP.NET MVC
11 12 (15.19%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 9 (11.39%) NHibernate
12 9 (11.39%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 6 (7.595%) HTML5
14 5 (6.329%) RESTful
15 4 (5.063%) XSD
15 4 (5.063%) XSL
15 4 (5.063%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 10 (12.66%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.861%) CMS
3 3 (3.797%) Umbraco
4 2 (2.532%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (1.266%) Windows Azure
5 1 (1.266%) EPiServer CMS
5 1 (1.266%) IIS
5 1 (1.266%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 5 (6.329%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.266%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.532%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.532%) Internet
2 1 (1.266%) Intranet
2 1 (1.266%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (69.62%) SQL Server
2 20 (25.32%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (16.46%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (11.39%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (3.797%) RavenDB
6 2 (2.532%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (2.532%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (2.532%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 7
7 1 (1.266%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.266%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Visual Studio
2 4 (5.063%) NUnit
3 3 (3.797%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.266%) Subversion
General
1 3 (3.797%) Games
2 2 (2.532%) Finance
2 2 (2.532%) Automotive
2 2 (2.532%) Retail
3 1 (1.266%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.266%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.13%) NHS
2 4 (5.063%) W3C
3 3 (3.797%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (3.797%) Mathematics
4 2 (2.532%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.266%) iPad
5 1 (1.266%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.266%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.266%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.861%) Windows
2 4 (5.063%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (5.063%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (3.797%) Android
4 1 (1.266%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (41.77%) MVC
2 18 (22.78%) TDD
3 8 (10.13%) Scrum
4 7 (8.861%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (7.595%) E-Commerce
6 5 (6.329%) Web Application Development
7 4 (5.063%) UML
7 4 (5.063%) OO
8 3 (3.797%) 3D Modelling
8 3 (3.797%) Game Development
8 3 (3.797%) Content Management
8 3 (3.797%) Kanban
8 3 (3.797%) Multithreading
8 3 (3.797%) Web Development
9 2 (2.532%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (2.532%) CRM
9 2 (2.532%) Configuration Management
9 2 (2.532%) Dependency Injection
9 2 (2.532%) MVVM
9 2 (2.532%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 79 (100.00%) C#
2 35 (44.30%) JavaScript
3 21 (26.58%) SQL
4 11 (13.92%) C++
5 9 (11.39%) T-SQL
6 5 (6.329%) Java
6 5 (6.329%) C
6 5 (6.329%) VB.NET
7 3 (3.797%) VB
8 2 (2.532%) VB6
8 2 (2.532%) VBA
8 2 (2.532%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.266%) VBScript
9 1 (1.266%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (6.329%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (6.329%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.797%) MCP
2 3 (3.797%) MCAD
2 3 (3.797%) MCSD
2 3 (3.797%) MCTS
3 1 (1.266%) PhD
3 1 (1.266%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.266%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.329%) HL7
2 1 (1.266%) TickIT
2 1 (1.266%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.266%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (11.39%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.13%) Telerik
3 5 (6.329%) Twitter
4 4 (5.063%) EPiServer
5 2 (2.532%) Oracle
5 2 (2.532%) Sage
5 2 (2.532%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.266%) SolidWorks
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