Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Oxfordshire region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7176
Rank change year-on-year
Up+10Down-11
Matching contract IT job ads371993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire12.71 %6.529 %15.40 %
As % of the Programming Languages category25.69 %20.88 %31.10 %
Daily rates quoted21824
Average daily rate£290£234£388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.06 %-39.67 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£218£286
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£313£340£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£275£325
% change year-on-year
+8.900 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted101
Average hourly rate£42.50-£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£31.50£34.00
% change year-on-year
-12.69 %-7.350 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
14491299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire49.48 %31.27 %49.50 %
Daily rates quoted402348
Average daily rate£300£300£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£200£253
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£388£375£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted141221
Average hourly rate£26.25£32.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.96 %+16.36 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.75£15.50£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.30£36.50£38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %-10.00 %
C# South EastC#
South East

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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. 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
OxfordUp+611£295+2.60 %
AbingdonDown-12£298+5.77 %
C# South EastC#
South East

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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#.

149 (94.23 %).NET
235 (67.31 %)ASP.NET
331 (59.62 %)SQL Server
419 (36.54 %)SharePoint
518 (34.62 %)Microsoft
615 (28.85 %)Windows
712 (23.08 %)SQL
811 (21.15 %)Web Services
910 (19.23 %)XML
910 (19.23 %)JavaScript
109 (17.31 %)HTML
109 (17.31 %)Visual Studio
109 (17.31 %)SQL Server 2005
118 (15.38 %)CSS
118 (15.38 %)MS Excel
127 (13.46 %)Intranet
127 (13.46 %)XSLT
136 (11.54 %)WinForms
136 (11.54 %)Adobe Flex
136 (11.54 %)SQL Server 2008
136 (11.54 %)Oracle
145 (9.615 %)VB.NET
145 (9.615 %)OO
145 (9.615 %)SharePoint Server 2007
145 (9.615 %)Silverlight
145 (9.615 %)Windows Server 2003
145 (9.615 %)Finance
154 (7.692 %)AJAX
154 (7.692 %)ASP
154 (7.692 %)Flash

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
149 (94.23 %).NET
235 (67.31 %)ASP.NET
311 (21.15 %)Web Services
410 (19.23 %)XML
59 (17.31 %)HTML
68 (15.38 %)CSS
77 (13.46 %)XSLT
86 (11.54 %)WinForms
86 (11.54 %)Adobe Flex
95 (9.615 %)Silverlight
104 (7.692 %)AJAX
104 (7.692 %)ASP
104 (7.692 %)Flash
113 (5.769 %)WCF
113 (5.769 %).NET Framework
113 (5.769 %)jQuery
122 (3.846 %)ASP.NET 2.0
122 (3.846 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
122 (3.846 %)LINQ
122 (3.846 %)J2EE
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
119 (36.54 %)SharePoint
25 (9.615 %)SharePoint Server 2007
33 (5.769 %)IIS
33 (5.769 %)BizTalk Server
42 (3.846 %)DotNetNuke
42 (3.846 %)SAS
51 (1.923 %)MTS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (15.38 %)MS Excel
23 (5.769 %)InfoPath
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (13.46 %)Intranet
23 (5.769 %)SSL
32 (3.846 %)Internet
41 (1.923 %)TCP/IP
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (59.62 %)SQL Server
29 (17.31 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (11.54 %)SQL Server 2008
43 (5.769 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (5.769 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
43 (5.769 %)SQL Server Integration Services
52 (3.846 %)DB2
61 (1.923 %)DTS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (17.31 %)Visual Studio
23 (5.769 %)Subversion
32 (3.846 %)InstallShield
32 (3.846 %)TestDirector
32 (3.846 %)LoadRunner
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (9.615 %)Finance
21 (1.923 %)Games
21 (1.923 %)Automotive
21 (1.923 %)Education
21 (1.923 %)Marketing
21 (1.923 %)Online Games
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
144 (84.62 %)Developer
221 (40.38 %).NET Developer
311 (21.15 %)C# Developer
311 (21.15 %)SharePoint Developer
49 (17.31 %)ASP.NET Developer
57 (13.46 %)Senior .NET Developer
57 (13.46 %)Senior Developer
65 (9.615 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
73 (5.769 %)Project Manager
73 (5.769 %)Software Engineer
73 (5.769 %)Security Engineer
82 (3.846 %)Development Project Manager
82 (3.846 %)Java Developer
82 (3.846 %)SQL Developer
82 (3.846 %)Development Manager
91 (1.923 %)Analyst
91 (1.923 %)Systems Analyst
91 (1.923 %)Technical Project Manager
91 (1.923 %)VB.NET Developer
91 (1.923 %)Systems Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (1.923 %)Smartcard
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (28.85 %)Windows
25 (9.615 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (7.692 %)Solaris
43 (5.769 %)Windows Mobile
52 (3.846 %)UNIX
52 (3.846 %)Linux
52 (3.846 %)HPUX
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (9.615 %)OO
23 (5.769 %)PRINCE2
23 (5.769 %)OOP
23 (5.769 %)E-Commerce
23 (5.769 %)Web Development
32 (3.846 %)MSF
32 (3.846 %)Requirements Analysis
32 (3.846 %)Project Planning
32 (3.846 %)Validation
32 (3.846 %)Project Management
32 (3.846 %)UML
41 (1.923 %)OOD
41 (1.923 %)SOA
41 (1.923 %)RUP
41 (1.923 %)Configuration Management
41 (1.923 %)Migration
41 (1.923 %)Scrum
41 (1.923 %)Workflow
41 (1.923 %)Information Management
41 (1.923 %)Agile Software Development
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (23.08 %)SQL
210 (19.23 %)JavaScript
35 (9.615 %)VB.NET
44 (7.692 %)Java
53 (5.769 %)C
53 (5.769 %)C++
62 (3.846 %)VB
62 (3.846 %)COBOL
62 (3.846 %)PHP
62 (3.846 %)PL/SQL
62 (3.846 %)T-SQL
71 (1.923 %)VBScript
71 (1.923 %)VB6
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (3.846 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (3.846 %)MCAD
12 (3.846 %)MCSD
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.923 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (34.62 %)Microsoft
26 (11.54 %)Oracle
33 (5.769 %)Adobe
42 (3.846 %)VMware
42 (3.846 %)Yahoo!
42 (3.846 %)HP
42 (3.846 %)SAP
51 (1.923 %)Intel
51 (1.923 %)Infragistics