Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the C# Developer role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C# Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 C# Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank7368
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads2057
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.032 %0.061 %
As % of the category below1.054 %1.819 %
Daily rates quoted318
Average minimum daily rate£200£267
Average daily rate£225£296
% change on same period last year-24.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£250£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£317
% change on same period last year-13.17 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£29.33
Average hourly rate-£30.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£31.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.40£33.68
% change on same period last year-6.78 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads18973133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.048 %3.365 %
Daily rates quoted429610
Average minimum daily rate£312£317
Average daily rate£335£332
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted166273
Average minimum hourly rate£21.72£18.41
Average hourly rate£22.91£19.62
% change on same period last year+16.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.10£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
C# Developer UKC# Developer
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

C# Developer
Demand Trend

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

Scotland C# Developer Demand Trend

C# Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C# Developer across the Scotland region.

Scotland C# Developer Daily Rate Trend

C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Scotland C# Developer Daily Rate Histogram

C# Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C# Developer across the Scotland region.

Scotland C# Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C# Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowUp+1810£225-22.91 %
EdinburghDown-15--
AberdeenDown-12£200-46.66 %
South LanarkshireNew entry-1--
West LothianNew entry-1£250-
C# Developer UKC# Developer
UK

C# Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited C# Developer in their job title 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 with C# Developer in their job title.

158 (100.00 %)C#
253 (91.38 %).NET
330 (51.72 %)SQL Server
330 (51.72 %)ASP.NET
420 (34.48 %)XML
513 (22.41 %)SQL Server 2005
612 (20.69 %)WebServices
612 (20.69 %)SQL
79 (15.52 %)Visual Studio
88 (13.79 %)CSS
88 (13.79 %)Windows
88 (13.79 %)Finance
97 (12.07 %)WinForms
97 (12.07 %)E-Commerce
97 (12.07 %)JavaScript
97 (12.07 %)HTML
106 (10.34 %)SQL Server 2000
115 (8.621 %)ASP
115 (8.621 %)CMS
115 (8.621 %)Agile Software Development
115 (8.621 %)AJAX
124 (6.897 %)Music
124 (6.897 %)Marketing
124 (6.897 %).NET Framework
124 (6.897 %)TDD
124 (6.897 %)Banking
124 (6.897 %)Content Management
124 (6.897 %)UNIX
124 (6.897 %)OO
124 (6.897 %)VB

C# Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited C# Developer in their job title 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 with C# Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
153 (91.38 %).NET
230 (51.72 %)ASP.NET
320 (34.48 %)XML
412 (20.69 %)WebServices
58 (13.79 %)CSS
67 (12.07 %)HTML
67 (12.07 %)WinForms
75 (8.621 %)AJAX
75 (8.621 %)ASP
84 (6.897 %).NET Framework
93 (5.172 %)WCF
93 (5.172 %)XSLT
93 (5.172 %)ASP.NET 2.0
102 (3.448 %)XHTML
102 (3.448 %)NHibernate
111 (1.724 %)XML Schema
111 (1.724 %)WPF
111 (1.724 %)jQuery
111 (1.724 %)ADO.NET
111 (1.724 %)XSL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (8.621 %)CMS
22 (3.448 %)Umbraco
22 (3.448 %)IIS
22 (3.448 %)SharePoint
31 (1.724 %)ColdFusion
31 (1.724 %)BizTalk Server
31 (1.724 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.724 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (6.897 %)Ethernet
14 (6.897 %)HTTP
14 (6.897 %)TCP/IP
23 (5.172 %)UPnP
31 (1.724 %)Internet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (51.72 %)SQL Server
213 (22.41 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (10.34 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (6.897 %)RDBMS
51 (1.724 %)MS Access
51 (1.724 %)SQL Server 2008
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (15.52 %)Visual Studio
22 (3.448 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (1.724 %)NUnit
31 (1.724 %)Ant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (13.79 %)Finance
24 (6.897 %)Banking
24 (6.897 %)Music
24 (6.897 %)Marketing
32 (3.448 %)Advertising
41 (1.724 %)Publishing
41 (1.724 %)Music Industry
41 (1.724 %)Graphic Design
41 (1.724 %)Telecoms
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (5.172 %)Web 2.0
22 (3.448 %)Derivative
31 (1.724 %)Equity Derivative
31 (1.724 %)N-Tier
31 (1.724 %)W3C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (13.79 %)Windows
24 (6.897 %)UNIX
33 (5.172 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (5.172 %)Windows Server 2008
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (12.07 %)E-Commerce
25 (8.621 %)Agile Software Development
34 (6.897 %)TDD
34 (6.897 %)Content Management
34 (6.897 %)OO
43 (5.172 %)Migration
52 (3.448 %)Project Management
52 (3.448 %)Web Development
52 (3.448 %)Internet Marketing
61 (1.724 %)Continuous Integration
61 (1.724 %)Investment Management
61 (1.724 %)Time Management
61 (1.724 %)Web Design
61 (1.724 %)OOP
61 (1.724 %)OOD
61 (1.724 %)Document Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
158 (100.00 %)C#
212 (20.69 %)SQL
37 (12.07 %)JavaScript
44 (6.897 %)VB
53 (5.172 %)VB.NET
53 (5.172 %)Java
53 (5.172 %)VB6
61 (1.724 %)DHTML
61 (1.724 %)VBA
61 (1.724 %)Transact-SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (6.897 %)Microsoft
23 (5.172 %)Oracle
31 (1.724 %)Sybase