The first table below looks at the demand for the C# Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C# Software Engineer
Rank 207 222 246
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +24
Contract jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 16 20 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.206% 0.197% 0.123%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.222% 0.213% 0.133%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 11
Average daily rate £325 £240 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.41% -40.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £293 £223 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £293 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £376 £288 £375
% change year-on-year
+30.86% -23.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £38.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £36.50 -
% change year-on-year
+30.13% -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7204 9391 9776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.56% 92.35% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4218 4213
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 721 839
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C# Software Engineer
England

C# Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C# Software Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East C# Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

C# Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C# Software Engineer across the South East region.

South East C# Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

C# Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East C# Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

C# Software Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hampshire -1 5 - -
Surrey - 5 £325 -
Oxfordshire +7 3 £260 +9.47%
East Sussex +5 2 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -
C# Software Engineer
England

C# Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited C# Software Engineer 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# Software Engineer in their job title.

1 20 (100.00%) C#
2 13 (65.00%) .NET
3 10 (50.00%) SQL
3 10 (50.00%) WPF
4 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
5 8 (40.00%) Multithreading
6 7 (35.00%) LINQ
6 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
7 6 (30.00%) Java
7 6 (30.00%) OO
8 5 (25.00%) Degree
8 5 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (25.00%) MVVM
9 4 (20.00%) Windows
10 3 (15.00%) Solaris
10 3 (15.00%) Linux
10 3 (15.00%) OOD
10 3 (15.00%) XML
10 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio
10 3 (15.00%) C++
10 3 (15.00%) TDD
10 3 (15.00%) EFT
10 3 (15.00%) Eclipse
10 3 (15.00%) Git (software)
11 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
11 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
11 2 (10.00%) VB.NET
11 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
11 2 (10.00%) SOA
11 2 (10.00%) UML

C# Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited C# Software Engineer 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# Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (65.00%) .NET
2 10 (50.00%) WPF
3 7 (35.00%) LINQ
4 3 (15.00%) XML
5 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (10.00%) Silverlight
6 1 (5.000%) MonoTouch
6 1 (5.000%) Web Services
6 1 (5.000%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) EPiServer CMS
1 1 (5.000%) Windows Azure
1 1 (5.000%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (15.00%) Eclipse
2 3 (15.00%) Git (software)
General
1 1 (5.000%) Aerospace
1 1 (5.000%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) EFT
2 1 (5.000%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.000%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Solaris
2 3 (15.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.000%) Android
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (5.000%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Multithreading
2 6 (30.00%) OO
3 5 (25.00%) MVVM
4 3 (15.00%) OOD
4 3 (15.00%) TDD
5 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (10.00%) SOA
5 2 (10.00%) UML
6 1 (5.000%) Load Testing
6 1 (5.000%) Test Strategy
6 1 (5.000%) Master Data Management
6 1 (5.000%) Test Automation
6 1 (5.000%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C#
2 10 (50.00%) SQL
3 6 (30.00%) Java
4 3 (15.00%) C++
5 2 (10.00%) VB.NET
5 2 (10.00%) Lua
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) BC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) EPiServer
2 1 (5.000%) Xamarin
2 1 (5.000%) Teradata
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Posted: 16 May 2013