The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 20 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 Oxford 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 22 10 6
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -4
Contract jobs citing C# 12 34 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 5.263% 10.00% 12.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.35% 26.77% 27.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 15
Average daily rate £343 £338 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.48% -0.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £225 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £420 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.61 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £30.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -12.14%
All Programming Languages
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
62 127 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 27.19% 37.35% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 84 41
Average daily rate £320 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £223 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +62.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
Oxfordshire

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 26 (72.22%) .NET
2 18 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 15 (41.67%) TDD
4 10 (27.78%) Scrum
5 8 (22.22%) OO
5 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 8 (22.22%) MVC
6 7 (19.44%) Sitecore
6 7 (19.44%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (16.67%) Mathematics
7 6 (16.67%) C++
8 5 (13.89%) XML
8 5 (13.89%) Salesforce.com
8 5 (13.89%) Windows
8 5 (13.89%) Visualforce
8 5 (13.89%) Apex Code
9 4 (11.11%) WebSphere
9 4 (11.11%) .NET Framework
9 4 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 4 (11.11%) CMS
9 4 (11.11%) Ajax
9 4 (11.11%) CSS
10 3 (8.333%) Visual Studio
10 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
10 3 (8.333%) WinForms
10 3 (8.333%) jQuery
10 3 (8.333%) Unit Testing
10 3 (8.333%) Umbraco
10 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
10 3 (8.333%) Sitecore CMS

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 26 (72.22%) .NET
2 18 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 5 (13.89%) XML
3 5 (13.89%) Visualforce
4 4 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (11.11%) CSS
4 4 (11.11%) Ajax
4 4 (11.11%) WebSphere
4 4 (11.11%) .NET Framework
5 3 (8.333%) WPF
5 3 (8.333%) WinForms
5 3 (8.333%) jQuery
6 2 (5.556%) HTML
6 2 (5.556%) XSL
6 2 (5.556%) XSLT
6 2 (5.556%) Web Services
6 2 (5.556%) WCF
6 2 (5.556%) LINQ
7 1 (2.778%) WF
7 1 (2.778%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) CMS
2 3 (8.333%) Umbraco
2 3 (8.333%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.778%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (2.778%) Windows Azure
3 1 (2.778%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.778%) EPiServer CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.778%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (8.333%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.556%) MSBuild
4 1 (2.778%) MSI
4 1 (2.778%) TeamCity
4 1 (2.778%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (5.556%) Finance
1 2 (5.556%) Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (94.44%) Developer
2 19 (52.78%) C# Developer
3 18 (50.00%) .NET Developer
4 9 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 9 (25.00%) Senior .NET Developer
4 9 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 8 (22.22%) Web Developer
6 6 (16.67%) C++ Developer
6 6 (16.67%) C++/C# Developer
7 5 (13.89%) Salesforce.com Developer
7 5 (13.89%) ASP.NET Developer
7 5 (13.89%) .NET Web Developer
7 5 (13.89%) Senior C# Developer
8 3 (8.333%) C# Web Developer
8 3 (8.333%) Senior .NET Web Developer
8 3 (8.333%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (8.333%) Senior Web Developer
8 3 (8.333%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (5.556%) Software Engineer
9 2 (5.556%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (5.556%) SaaS
2 2 (5.556%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.778%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.778%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.778%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (2.778%) Android
2 1 (2.778%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) TDD
2 10 (27.78%) Scrum
3 8 (22.22%) MVC
3 8 (22.22%) OO
4 3 (8.333%) Unit Testing
5 2 (5.556%) Test Automation
5 2 (5.556%) MVVM
5 2 (5.556%) Workflow Management
5 2 (5.556%) Web Development
5 2 (5.556%) Workflow
5 2 (5.556%) Migration
5 2 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (2.778%) CRM
6 1 (2.778%) SOA
6 1 (2.778%) Change Management
6 1 (2.778%) Business Development
6 1 (2.778%) Data Management
6 1 (2.778%) Master Data Management
6 1 (2.778%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) C++
2 5 (13.89%) Apex Code
3 2 (5.556%) Python
3 2 (5.556%) VB
3 2 (5.556%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.778%) SQL
4 1 (2.778%) Java
4 1 (2.778%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Sitecore
2 5 (13.89%) Salesforce.com
3 2 (5.556%) IBM
3 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.778%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.778%) SAP
4 1 (2.778%) Lagan
4 1 (2.778%) EPiServer
4 1 (2.778%) Xamarin