The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Nottingham 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 17 3 13
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +10
Contract jobs citing C# 24 37 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 7.717% 16.74% 7.917%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.38% 47.44% 26.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 29 11
Average daily rate £319 £275 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.90% -3.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £318 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.75% -6.15%
All Programming Languages
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
79 78 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 25.40% 35.29% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 55 37
Average daily rate £295 £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.60% -4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £378 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £8.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.94% -67.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
Nottinghamshire

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 59 (92.19%) .NET
2 38 (59.38%) ASP.NET
3 33 (51.56%) SQL Server
4 21 (32.81%) WPF
5 19 (29.69%) SQL
6 18 (28.13%) WCF
7 16 (25.00%) Web Services
8 14 (21.88%) jQuery
9 13 (20.31%) JavaScript
10 11 (17.19%) HTML
10 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
11 10 (15.63%) Visual Studio
11 10 (15.63%) CSS
11 10 (15.63%) Multithreading
11 10 (15.63%) .NET Framework
11 10 (15.63%) TDD
11 10 (15.63%) MVVM
11 10 (15.63%) REST
12 9 (14.06%) Agile Software Development
12 9 (14.06%) Linux
12 9 (14.06%) OO
13 8 (12.50%) MVC
13 8 (12.50%) Finance
13 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 7 (10.94%) Ajax
14 7 (10.94%) T-SQL
15 6 (9.375%) IIS
15 6 (9.375%) SOA
15 6 (9.375%) SQL Server Integration Services

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 59 (92.19%) .NET
2 38 (59.38%) ASP.NET
3 21 (32.81%) WPF
4 18 (28.13%) WCF
5 16 (25.00%) Web Services
6 14 (21.88%) jQuery
7 11 (17.19%) HTML
8 10 (15.63%) CSS
8 10 (15.63%) .NET Framework
8 10 (15.63%) REST
9 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
9 8 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 7 (10.94%) Ajax
11 5 (7.813%) LINQ
12 3 (4.688%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 3 (4.688%) WinForms
12 3 (4.688%) Silverlight
12 3 (4.688%) SOAP
13 2 (3.125%) ASP
13 2 (3.125%) MSMQ
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.375%) IIS
2 1 (1.563%) WordPress
2 1 (1.563%) Drupal
2 1 (1.563%) DotNetNuke
2 1 (1.563%) CMS
2 1 (1.563%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.250%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.563%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.125%) Intranet
2 1 (1.563%) HTTP
2 1 (1.563%) SNMP
2 1 (1.563%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (51.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.375%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (7.813%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (3.125%) GIS
5 2 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.563%) VLDB
6 1 (1.563%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 10 (15.63%) Visual Studio
2 6 (9.375%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (4.688%) NUnit
3 3 (4.688%) MSTest
4 1 (1.563%) Subversion
4 1 (1.563%) Eclipse
General
1 8 (12.50%) Finance
2 3 (4.688%) Retail
3 2 (3.125%) Back Office
4 1 (1.563%) Local Government
4 1 (1.563%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.563%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 58 (90.63%) Developer
2 32 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 29 (45.31%) C# Developer
4 25 (39.06%) C# .NET Developer
5 10 (15.63%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 10 (15.63%) ASP.NET Developer
6 9 (14.06%) SQL Developer
7 8 (12.50%) SQL Server Developer
8 7 (10.94%) Senior Developer
9 4 (6.250%) Web Developer
9 4 (6.250%) Designer
9 4 (6.250%) SQL Database Developer
9 4 (6.250%) Senior C# Developer
9 4 (6.250%) Database Developer
9 4 (6.250%) WPF Developer
10 3 (4.688%) Senior .NET Developer
11 2 (3.125%) Architect
11 2 (3.125%) Analyst
11 2 (3.125%) Applications Developer
11 2 (3.125%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.125%) N-Tier
2 1 (1.563%) Open Source
2 1 (1.563%) Graphic Design
2 1 (1.563%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.06%) Linux
2 4 (6.250%) Windows
3 2 (3.125%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.125%) Android
4 1 (1.563%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.563%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.63%) Multithreading
1 10 (15.63%) TDD
1 10 (15.63%) MVVM
2 9 (14.06%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (14.06%) OO
3 8 (12.50%) MVC
4 6 (9.375%) SOA
5 5 (7.813%) Dependency Injection
5 5 (7.813%) Migration
6 4 (6.250%) OOD
7 3 (4.688%) Data Migration
7 3 (4.688%) Web Development
7 3 (4.688%) CRM
8 2 (3.125%) Configuration Management
8 2 (3.125%) Project Management
8 2 (3.125%) E-Commerce
8 2 (3.125%) Business Analysis
8 2 (3.125%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (1.563%) Performance Improvement
9 1 (1.563%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 19 (29.69%) SQL
2 13 (20.31%) JavaScript
3 7 (10.94%) T-SQL
4 5 (7.813%) Perl
5 3 (4.688%) PHP
5 3 (4.688%) VB.NET
6 2 (3.125%) Java
7 1 (1.563%) VB6
7 1 (1.563%) VBScript
7 1 (1.563%) VB
7 1 (1.563%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.688%) Twitter
2 3 (4.688%) Oracle
3 2 (3.125%) Telerik
4 1 (1.563%) Facebook
4 1 (1.563%) Google
4 1 (1.563%) Adobe