The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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 27 29 24
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Contract jobs citing C# 5 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.984% 3.846% 2.920%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.64% 15.09% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 3
Average daily rate £331 £238 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.47% +10.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £125 £139
10% offered a daily rate of more than £356 £315 £243
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
47 106 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 18.65% 25.48% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 72 34
Average daily rate £325 £250 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £433 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
East Midlands

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +2 3 £331 +20.45%
C#
East Midlands

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
3 9 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 7 (38.89%) .NET Framework
4 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
4 7 (38.89%) SQL
5 6 (33.33%) VB
6 5 (27.78%) HTML
6 5 (27.78%) XML
6 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
7 4 (22.22%) CSS
7 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (16.67%) Ajax
8 3 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (16.67%) LINQ
8 3 (16.67%) jQuery
8 3 (16.67%) IIS
8 3 (16.67%) Oracle
8 3 (16.67%) ETL
8 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
8 3 (16.67%) OO
9 2 (11.11%) XSL
9 2 (11.11%) XSLT
9 2 (11.11%) Windows
9 2 (11.11%) XHTML
9 2 (11.11%) Intranet
9 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (38.89%) .NET Framework
4 5 (27.78%) HTML
4 5 (27.78%) XML
5 4 (22.22%) CSS
6 3 (16.67%) Ajax
6 3 (16.67%) LINQ
6 3 (16.67%) jQuery
7 2 (11.11%) XSL
7 2 (11.11%) XSLT
7 2 (11.11%) XHTML
7 2 (11.11%) ASP
7 2 (11.11%) Web Services
7 2 (11.11%) WCF
8 1 (5.556%) WinForms
8 1 (5.556%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (16.67%) IIS
3 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (5.556%) MSMQ
3 1 (5.556%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) InfoPath
2 1 (5.556%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (61.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.556%) NUnit
2 1 (5.556%) MSTest
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Local Government
2 1 (5.556%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) Developer
2 9 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Software Developer
3 4 (22.22%) C# Developer
3 4 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
5 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Web Developer
6 1 (5.556%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Fat Client
1 1 (5.556%) N-Tier
1 1 (5.556%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) ETL
1 3 (16.67%) OO
2 2 (11.11%) Web Development
3 1 (5.556%) TDD
3 1 (5.556%) OOD
3 1 (5.556%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (5.556%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) JavaScript
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
2 6 (33.33%) VB
3 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.556%) VB6
4 1 (5.556%) VB.NET
4 1 (5.556%) VBScript
4 1 (5.556%) C
4 1 (5.556%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
1 1 (5.556%) BC Cleared
1 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Oracle
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft