The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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 2 17 31
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +14
Contract jobs citing C# 57 13 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 24.46% 6.599% 4.121%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.86% 19.40% 9.615%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 2 1
Average daily rate £375 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -3.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
133 67 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 57.08% 34.01% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 23 41
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £264 £299
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £490 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.42 £36.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.97% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
UK

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +14 55 £375 +11.11%
County Armagh - 1 £275 -
C#
UK

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 75 (82.42%) .NET
2 38 (41.76%) SQL Server
3 37 (40.66%) SQL
4 31 (34.07%) JavaScript
4 31 (34.07%) WPF
5 27 (29.67%) ASP.NET
6 26 (28.57%) WCF
7 25 (27.47%) CSS
7 25 (27.47%) HTML
8 20 (21.98%) WinForms
8 20 (21.98%) jQuery
9 19 (20.88%) WF
10 18 (19.78%) SQL Server 2008
11 17 (18.68%) Java
11 17 (18.68%) Oracle
11 17 (18.68%) Sybase
12 16 (17.58%) UML
13 15 (16.48%) VB
14 14 (15.38%) BizTalk Server
14 14 (15.38%) Web Development
15 13 (14.29%) OO
15 13 (14.29%) C++
16 11 (12.09%) Web Services
16 11 (12.09%) SharePoint
16 11 (12.09%) SQL Server 2005
17 10 (10.99%) HTML5
17 10 (10.99%) Web Design
17 10 (10.99%) Microsoft
18 9 (9.890%) TDD
18 9 (9.890%) Ajax

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 75 (82.42%) .NET
2 31 (34.07%) WPF
3 27 (29.67%) ASP.NET
4 26 (28.57%) WCF
5 25 (27.47%) CSS
5 25 (27.47%) HTML
6 20 (21.98%) WinForms
6 20 (21.98%) jQuery
7 19 (20.88%) WF
8 11 (12.09%) Web Services
9 10 (10.99%) HTML5
10 9 (9.890%) Ajax
10 9 (9.890%) .NET Framework
11 8 (8.791%) Dojo
11 8 (8.791%) CSS3
12 6 (6.593%) XML
13 4 (4.396%) Middleware
13 4 (4.396%) ADO.NET
14 3 (3.297%) SOAP
14 3 (3.297%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 14 (15.38%) BizTalk Server
2 11 (12.09%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.099%) CMS
4 1 (1.099%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.099%) Kentico
Applications
1 2 (2.198%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.099%) InfoPath
2 1 (1.099%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.396%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (41.76%) SQL Server
2 18 (19.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (12.09%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (4.396%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (4.396%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (3.297%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.099%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 8 (8.791%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (6.593%) Visual Studio
3 3 (3.297%) Selenium
4 1 (1.099%) NUnit
4 1 (1.099%) MSTest
General
1 7 (7.692%) Banking
2 5 (5.495%) Finance
3 3 (3.297%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.099%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (78.02%) Developer
2 40 (43.96%) C# Developer
3 15 (16.48%) .NET Developer
4 7 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
5 6 (6.593%) SharePoint Developer
6 4 (4.396%) SharePoint Consultant
6 4 (4.396%) SQL Developer
6 4 (4.396%) SQL Server Developer
6 4 (4.396%) Consultant
7 3 (3.297%) Software Developer
7 3 (3.297%) Web Developer
7 3 (3.297%) Database Developer
8 2 (2.198%) C# Web Developer
8 2 (2.198%) .NET Web Developer
8 2 (2.198%) ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (2.198%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.198%) Senior Developer
9 1 (1.099%) Tester
9 1 (1.099%) Support Engineer
9 1 (1.099%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.593%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.099%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.495%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (17.58%) UML
2 14 (15.38%) Web Development
3 13 (14.29%) OO
4 10 (10.99%) Web Design
5 9 (9.890%) TDD
6 8 (8.791%) Responsive Web Design
6 8 (8.791%) E-Commerce
7 6 (6.593%) MVC
8 5 (5.495%) ETL
8 5 (5.495%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (5.495%) Multithreading
9 4 (4.396%) Product Management
9 4 (4.396%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (4.396%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 4 (4.396%) GAP Analysis
9 4 (4.396%) OOP
10 3 (3.297%) Data Modelling
10 3 (3.297%) Integration Testing
11 2 (2.198%) Time Management
11 2 (2.198%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (40.66%) SQL
2 31 (34.07%) JavaScript
3 17 (18.68%) Java
4 15 (16.48%) VB
5 13 (14.29%) C++
6 5 (5.495%) Ruby
6 5 (5.495%) Groovy
7 4 (4.396%) T-SQL
8 3 (3.297%) Python
8 3 (3.297%) VBA
9 1 (1.099%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (8.791%) Degree
2 2 (2.198%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.198%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.099%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (18.68%) Oracle
1 17 (18.68%) Sybase
2 10 (10.99%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.297%) HP
UK, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Posted: 21 May 2013