The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 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 Scotland 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 8 28 20
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -8
Contract jobs citing C# 286 114 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 11.42% 4.239% 4.705%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.77% 16.40% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 49 67
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £240 £221
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £27.50 £28.75 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.34% +27.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+14.75% -6.15%
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
994 695 839
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 39.70% 25.85% 29.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 292 435
Average daily rate £368 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £233 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £416 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 24
Average hourly rate £24.00 £30.00 £30.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -2.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.37 £16.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £32.75 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
UK

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Glasgow +22 187 £400 +33.33% 26
Edinburgh +5 49 £275 -18.21% 37
Aberdeen +12 13 £349 - 8
Dundee +6 7 £245 -2.00% 7
Renfrewshire - 6 £398 - 1
Fife -3 4 £280 +1.81% 1
Falkirk -2 1 - -
West Lothian -5 1 £400 +18.51% 1
Stirling -10 1 - -
Scottish Borders - 1 £275 - 1
North Lanarkshire - - - -
South Lanarkshire - - - -
Argyll and Bute - - - -
Aberdeenshire - - - - 1
Ayrshire - - - -
C#
UK

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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#.

1 278 (55.16%) .NET
2 170 (33.73%) SQL
3 151 (29.96%) SQL Server
4 150 (29.76%) WPF
5 145 (28.77%) ASP.NET
6 124 (24.60%) Multithreading
7 123 (24.40%) Finance
8 119 (23.61%) Java
9 115 (22.82%) XML
10 106 (21.03%) Perl
11 91 (18.06%) C++
11 91 (18.06%) Sybase
12 85 (16.87%) JavaScript
13 84 (16.67%) Microsoft
14 82 (16.27%) Fixed Income
15 78 (15.48%) SharePoint
16 76 (15.08%) HTML
17 74 (14.68%) Windows
18 69 (13.69%) .NET Framework
19 68 (13.49%) OO
20 64 (12.70%) CSS
21 62 (12.30%) UNIX
22 61 (12.10%) Banking
23 60 (11.90%) MVC
24 59 (11.71%) jQuery
25 56 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
26 51 (10.12%) SharePoint 2010
27 50 (9.921%) SQL Server 2005
28 47 (9.325%) WCF
28 47 (9.325%) WinForms

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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
1 278 (55.16%) .NET
2 150 (29.76%) WPF
3 145 (28.77%) ASP.NET
4 115 (22.82%) XML
5 76 (15.08%) HTML
6 69 (13.69%) .NET Framework
7 64 (12.70%) CSS
8 59 (11.71%) jQuery
9 47 (9.325%) WCF
9 47 (9.325%) WinForms
10 34 (6.746%) Web Services
11 27 (5.357%) Ajax
12 25 (4.960%) ASP.NET MVC
13 24 (4.762%) XSLT
14 22 (4.365%) HTML5
15 19 (3.770%) WebSphere
16 16 (3.175%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 15 (2.976%) Spring
17 15 (2.976%) WebSphere MQ
17 15 (2.976%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 78 (15.48%) SharePoint
2 51 (10.12%) SharePoint 2010
3 27 (5.357%) SharePoint Server
4 23 (4.563%) TIBCO EMS
5 21 (4.167%) SharePoint 2013
6 10 (1.984%) CMS
7 8 (1.587%) IBM Notes
8 7 (1.389%) Tomcat
8 7 (1.389%) IIS
9 6 (1.190%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.794%) Sitefinity
11 3 (0.595%) MQSeries
11 3 (0.595%) Lync
12 2 (0.397%) Drupal
12 2 (0.397%) Jadu
13 1 (0.198%) MS Exchange
13 1 (0.198%) MTS
13 1 (0.198%) Apache
13 1 (0.198%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.198%) Mule
Applications
1 27 (5.357%) MS Excel
2 20 (3.968%) InfoPath
3 9 (1.786%) MS Office
4 4 (0.794%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.595%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.397%) Office 365
7 1 (0.198%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (0.397%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.198%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.198%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.770%) Intranet
2 6 (1.190%) HTTP
3 5 (0.992%) Internet
4 2 (0.397%) FTP
5 1 (0.198%) Softphone
5 1 (0.198%) Extranet
5 1 (0.198%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (29.96%) SQL Server
2 56 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 50 (9.921%) SQL Server 2005
4 18 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (2.183%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.389%) MySQL
6 7 (1.389%) KDB
6 7 (1.389%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.389%) SQL Server 2012
7 6 (1.190%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (1.190%) DB2
7 6 (1.190%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.794%) MS Access
9 3 (0.595%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.595%) PerformancePoint
10 2 (0.397%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.397%) DTS
11 1 (0.198%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.198%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (0.198%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 30 (5.952%) Visual Studio
2 19 (3.770%) Subversion
3 8 (1.587%) CruiseControl
4 7 (1.389%) Mercurial
5 5 (0.992%) Eclipse
5 5 (0.992%) Git (software)
6 4 (0.794%) MbUnit
6 4 (0.794%) Selenium
6 4 (0.794%) Ant
6 4 (0.794%) JUnit
6 4 (0.794%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (0.794%) NUnit
6 4 (0.794%) Maven
7 3 (0.595%) Dreamweaver
7 3 (0.595%) StyleCop
7 3 (0.595%) MSTest
7 3 (0.595%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.595%) JIRA
8 2 (0.397%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.397%) TestComplete
General
1 123 (24.40%) Finance
2 61 (12.10%) Banking
3 24 (4.762%) Front Office
4 18 (3.571%) Investment Banking
5 7 (1.389%) Games
6 4 (0.794%) Manufacturing
6 4 (0.794%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.397%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.198%) Legal
8 1 (0.198%) Back Office
8 1 (0.198%) Retail
8 1 (0.198%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.198%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 435 (86.31%) Developer
2 164 (32.54%) C# Developer
3 109 (21.63%) .NET Developer
4 53 (10.52%) Java Developer
4 53 (10.52%) SharePoint Developer
5 50 (9.921%) WPF Developer
6 46 (9.127%) C# .NET Developer
7 34 (6.746%) C++ Developer
7 34 (6.746%) Senior Developer
8 25 (4.960%) Software Developer
9 18 (3.571%) WinForms Developer
10 17 (3.373%) ASP.NET Developer
10 17 (3.373%) Web Developer
11 16 (3.175%) C++/Java Developer
11 16 (3.175%) Senior C# Developer
12 14 (2.778%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.183%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (1.984%) C# ASP.NET Developer
14 10 (1.984%) .NET Software Engineer
15 9 (1.786%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 82 (16.27%) Fixed Income
2 26 (5.159%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (2.976%) Inversion of Control
4 13 (2.579%) Derivative
5 10 (1.984%) NHS
6 9 (1.786%) Equity Derivative
7 7 (1.389%) Cryptography
7 7 (1.389%) Mathematics
7 7 (1.389%) Taxonomies
7 7 (1.389%) Kindle
7 7 (1.389%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.190%) Computer Science
8 6 (1.190%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.190%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.992%) Equities
9 5 (0.992%) W3C
10 3 (0.595%) Social Network
10 3 (0.595%) RIA
10 3 (0.595%) Web 2.0
11 2 (0.397%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.68%) Windows
2 62 (12.30%) UNIX
3 29 (5.754%) Linux
4 11 (2.183%) Windows CE
5 9 (1.786%) Windows XP
5 9 (1.786%) Windows 7
6 6 (1.190%) Solaris
7 5 (0.992%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.595%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.595%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.397%) Android
10 1 (0.198%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.198%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.198%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.198%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (24.60%) Multithreading
2 68 (13.49%) OO
3 60 (11.90%) MVC
4 39 (7.738%) TDD
5 37 (7.341%) OOP
6 29 (5.754%) Unit Testing
7 26 (5.159%) Agile Software Development
8 17 (3.373%) Web Development
9 16 (3.175%) Analytics
9 16 (3.175%) Document Management
10 12 (2.381%) Dependency Injection
11 11 (2.183%) Continuous Integration
12 10 (1.984%) Security Architecture
13 9 (1.786%) Migration
14 8 (1.587%) OOD
15 7 (1.389%) Scrum
15 7 (1.389%) Information Security
16 6 (1.190%) MVVM
16 6 (1.190%) Electronic Trading
16 6 (1.190%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 170 (33.73%) SQL
2 119 (23.61%) Java
3 106 (21.03%) Perl
4 91 (18.06%) C++
5 85 (16.87%) JavaScript
6 29 (5.754%) VB.NET
7 28 (5.556%) Python
8 27 (5.357%) T-SQL
9 21 (4.167%) VB
10 14 (2.778%) C
11 13 (2.579%) Scala
12 12 (2.381%) PowerShell
12 12 (2.381%) C++/CLI
13 10 (1.984%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.984%) VB6
14 9 (1.786%) VBScript
15 7 (1.389%) PHP
15 7 (1.389%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.190%) VBA
17 5 (0.992%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (5.556%) Degree
2 24 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (2.579%) Security Cleared
4 9 (1.786%) MCP
5 7 (1.389%) MCSE
5 7 (1.389%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.190%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.984%) QA
2 7 (1.389%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.397%) WAI
3 2 (0.397%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (1.389%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.397%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.198%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.397%) WMI
1 2 (0.397%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (0.397%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (0.198%) Control-M
Vendors
1 91 (18.06%) Sybase
2 84 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.944%) TIBCO
4 33 (6.548%) Oracle
5 17 (3.373%) ION Trading
6 8 (1.587%) Lotus
6 8 (1.587%) Telerik
7 5 (0.992%) Cadis
8 4 (0.794%) JBoss
8 4 (0.794%) IBM
8 4 (0.794%) Adobe
9 3 (0.595%) VMware
10 2 (0.397%) Lumension
10 2 (0.397%) Twitter
10 2 (0.397%) Sencha
10 2 (0.397%) Google
10 2 (0.397%) Zend
10 2 (0.397%) Sun
10 2 (0.397%) Sophos
10 2 (0.397%) Infragistics
Glasgow, Scotland
The key skills required include: - .NET (C#) - Oracle 10 - Windows Services My Client is a consultancy based in Glasgow City Centre, you will be working on a project...
Computer Futures
Posted: 12 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
I am recruiting for a C# Developer with InfoPath experience for a 3 month contract based in Glasgow. Harvey Nashs client is currently recruiting a talented C# Developer...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Dundee, Angus
The Role: This is a role to work with one of my key clients in the financial sector, based in Dundee. It is a position where you will...
Experis IT
Posted: 12 June 2013
Dundee, Scotland
We are looking for an experienced coder, who has no problems coming into a project and making a difference from day one. The project is going to be...
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Contract .Net Developer x 2 (C#, ASP.net, HTML5, JavaScript, MVC3), 6 months, EdinburghMy client urgently requires a number of strong .Net Developers with demonstrable experience across C#,...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Posted: 28 May 2013
Dundee, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £350 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Livingston, West Lothian
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Rate: Market
Posted: 11 June 2013
Scotland
Computer Futures
Posted: 23 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Computer Futures
Posted: 4 June 2013
Dundee, Scotland
Volt
Rate: £30.00 - £32.00 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
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Posted: 4 June 2013
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