The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 24 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 Shropshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 7 27 19
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -8
Contract jobs citing C# 12 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 11.01% 0.775% 3.774%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.71% 1.613% 7.407%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
Average daily rate £250 £325 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +35.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
31 62 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 28.44% 48.06% 50.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 44 27
Average daily rate £328 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.96% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
West Midlands

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Telford +11 5 £250 -23.07%
C#
West Midlands

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 16 (88.89%) .NET
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 7 (38.89%) ASP.NET
4 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 6 (33.33%) SQL
5 5 (27.78%) VB
5 5 (27.78%) Oracle
5 5 (27.78%) Web Services
5 5 (27.78%) XML
5 5 (27.78%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (22.22%) Java
7 3 (16.67%) XSLT
7 3 (16.67%) PL/SQL
7 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
7 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 2 (11.11%) UML
8 2 (11.11%) OO
8 2 (11.11%) Tomcat
8 2 (11.11%) J2EE
8 2 (11.11%) COBOL
8 2 (11.11%) Silverlight
8 2 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
9 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
9 1 (5.556%) TOGAF
9 1 (5.556%) MVC
9 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (5.556%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 1 (5.556%) REST

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 16 (88.89%) .NET
2 7 (38.89%) ASP.NET
3 5 (27.78%) Web Services
3 5 (27.78%) XML
4 3 (16.67%) XSLT
5 2 (11.11%) J2EE
5 2 (11.11%) Silverlight
6 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
6 1 (5.556%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (5.556%) REST
6 1 (5.556%) HTML
6 1 (5.556%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (11.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) .NET Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior .NET Developer
3 4 (22.22%) C# Developer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Developer
4 3 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Architect
5 2 (11.11%) BizTalk Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Applications Architect
5 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Software Architect
6 1 (5.556%) Junior Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Junior
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Architect
6 1 (5.556%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.11%) UML
1 2 (11.11%) OO
2 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
2 1 (5.556%) TOGAF
2 1 (5.556%) MVC
2 1 (5.556%) SOA
2 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 5 (27.78%) VB
3 4 (22.22%) Java
4 3 (16.67%) PL/SQL
5 2 (11.11%) COBOL
6 1 (5.556%) C
6 1 (5.556%) C++
6 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
6 1 (5.556%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Oracle
3 1 (5.556%) Twitter