Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Northamptonshire region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1136
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire7.438 %1.116 %
As % of the Programming Languages category30.00 %5.618 %
Daily rates quoted63
Average daily rate£300£360
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£125£272
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£325
% change on same period last year-10.76 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.75£35.00
% change on same period last year-20.71 %
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3089
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire24.79 %19.87 %
Daily rates quoted1034
Average daily rate£425£300
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year+41.66 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average hourly rate£20.00£23.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-14.89 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£23.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.50£23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
C# East MidlandsC#
East Midlands

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.

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Northamptonshire C# Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

The 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#
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Northamptonshire C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
NorthamptonUp+203£425+39.34 %
KetteringNew entry-1£175-
C# East MidlandsC#
East Midlands

C#
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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#.

18 (80.00 %)SQL Server
26 (60.00 %)Finance
35 (50.00 %)Data Mining
35 (50.00 %)SQL
35 (50.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
35 (50.00 %)MDX
35 (50.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
44 (40.00 %).NET
44 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
53 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
53 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (20.00 %)C
71 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
71 (10.00 %)Oracle
71 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
71 (10.00 %)SAS
71 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (10.00 %)WinForms
71 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
71 (10.00 %)NUnit
71 (10.00 %)Retail
71 (10.00 %)Subversion
71 (10.00 %)Data Analysis
71 (10.00 %)Statistics
71 (10.00 %)Refactoring

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, 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.

Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (50.00 %)MDX
24 (40.00 %).NET
24 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (10.00 %)WinForms
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)SAS
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (80.00 %)SQL Server
25 (50.00 %)Data Mining
25 (50.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
25 (50.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
33 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)NUnit
11 (10.00 %)Subversion
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (60.00 %)Finance
21 (10.00 %)Retail
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Developer
15 (50.00 %)Analyst
24 (40.00 %)Business Analyst
24 (40.00 %).NET Developer
33 (30.00 %)Junior
33 (30.00 %)Junior Developer
42 (20.00 %)Junior .NET Developer
42 (20.00 %)C# Developer
51 (10.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %)SQL Developer
51 (10.00 %)Web Developer
51 (10.00 %)Financial Business Analyst
51 (10.00 %)WinForms Developer
51 (10.00 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %)PL/SQL Developer
51 (10.00 %).NET Web Developer
51 (10.00 %)Junior C# Developer
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Statistics
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (10.00 %)Data Analysis
21 (10.00 %)Refactoring
21 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)C
31 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
Northamptonshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Oracle