The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills 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# 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 15 15 19
Rank change year-on-year
0 +4
Contract jobs citing C# 623 710 741
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.993% 6.998% 7.143%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.17% 23.39% 21.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 371 347
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £443 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 44
Average hourly rate £37.00 £37.50 £37.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% -0.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £19.00 £29.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £47.50 £41.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2578 3036 3499
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.08% 29.92% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1284 1472 1535
Average daily rate £343 £329 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.18% +1.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 203 293
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £20.50 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
England

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East C# Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East 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
Berkshire +24 168 £375 +7.14%
Hampshire +1 147 £355 +10.93%
Surrey -1 136 £350 -
Buckinghamshire +18 74 £325 +4.41%
Oxfordshire -6 35 £342 +14.08%
Kent -2 30 £299 -0.41%
West Sussex -9 16 £360 +2.85%
East Sussex -6 15 £375 +17.18%
Middlesex +1 3 £350 -6.66%
Thames Valley +3 2 £450 +52.54%
Sussex +2 2 £381 +17.30%
Home Counties - 2 £394 -
C#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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#.

1 963 (79.65%) .NET
2 559 (46.24%) SQL Server
3 465 (38.46%) ASP.NET
4 457 (37.80%) SQL
5 331 (27.38%) MVC
6 314 (25.97%) Microsoft
7 298 (24.65%) WCF
8 272 (22.50%) JavaScript
9 261 (21.59%) Windows
10 246 (20.35%) XML
11 240 (19.85%) Scrum
12 238 (19.69%) HTML
13 234 (19.35%) CSS
14 220 (18.20%) TDD
14 220 (18.20%) jQuery
15 217 (17.95%) .NET Framework
16 206 (17.04%) Visual Studio
17 199 (16.46%) Agile Software Development
18 180 (14.89%) ASP.NET MVC
19 169 (13.98%) Web Services
20 154 (12.74%) SQL Server 2008
21 144 (11.91%) SharePoint
22 121 (10.01%) OO
23 119 (9.843%) SOA
24 116 (9.595%) MS Excel
24 116 (9.595%) Team Foundation Server
25 112 (9.264%) Oracle
26 110 (9.098%) SQL Server 2005
26 110 (9.098%) Security Cleared
27 108 (8.933%) BDD

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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
1 963 (79.65%) .NET
2 465 (38.46%) ASP.NET
3 298 (24.65%) WCF
4 246 (20.35%) XML
5 238 (19.69%) HTML
6 234 (19.35%) CSS
7 220 (18.20%) jQuery
8 217 (17.95%) .NET Framework
9 180 (14.89%) ASP.NET MVC
10 169 (13.98%) Web Services
11 104 (8.602%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 99 (8.189%) LINQ
13 97 (8.023%) WPF
14 85 (7.031%) Ajax
15 72 (5.955%) HTML5
16 61 (5.045%) NHibernate
17 59 (4.880%) ASP.NET MVC 3
18 51 (4.218%) SOAP
18 51 (4.218%) Silverlight
19 49 (4.053%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 144 (11.91%) SharePoint
2 106 (8.768%) Windows Azure
3 79 (6.534%) IIS
4 68 (5.624%) BizTalk Server
5 53 (4.384%) SharePoint 2010
6 41 (3.391%) CMS
7 38 (3.143%) ESB
8 37 (3.060%) SharePoint Server
9 15 (1.241%) Sitecore CMS
9 15 (1.241%) SharePoint 2013
10 14 (1.158%) Umbraco
11 11 (0.910%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (0.744%) MSMQ
13 8 (0.662%) ArcGIS
14 7 (0.579%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 6 (0.496%) Kentico
15 6 (0.496%) Oracle Service Bus
15 6 (0.496%) ArcIMS
16 5 (0.414%) Oracle Workflow
16 5 (0.414%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 116 (9.595%) MS Excel
2 58 (4.797%) MS Office
3 20 (1.654%) InfoPath
4 13 (1.075%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.662%) MS Project
6 5 (0.414%) MS PowerPoint
7 4 (0.331%) SPSS
8 2 (0.165%) FrameMaker
8 2 (0.165%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 41 (3.391%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.827%) Pivotal CRM
3 8 (0.662%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.662%) SalesLogix
4 4 (0.331%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.083%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.654%) Internet
2 13 (1.075%) HTTP
2 13 (1.075%) Intranet
2 13 (1.075%) 3G
2 13 (1.075%) 2G
2 13 (1.075%) Radio Access Network
3 12 (0.993%) TELNET
3 12 (0.993%) LDAP
4 10 (0.827%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.414%) SSL
5 5 (0.414%) FTP
5 5 (0.414%) Extranet
6 4 (0.331%) 3GPP
6 4 (0.331%) SNMP
7 3 (0.248%) BSS
7 3 (0.248%) RNC
7 3 (0.248%) DNS
7 3 (0.248%) UMTS
7 3 (0.248%) GSM
7 3 (0.248%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 559 (46.24%) SQL Server
2 154 (12.74%) SQL Server 2008
3 110 (9.098%) SQL Server 2005
4 66 (5.459%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 43 (3.557%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.151%) MySQL
6 26 (2.151%) OLAP
7 23 (1.902%) Crystal Reports
8 21 (1.737%) Oracle 11g
9 20 (1.654%) DTS
10 12 (0.993%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 12 (0.993%) SQL Server 2000
11 11 (0.910%) GIS
11 11 (0.910%) SQL Server 2012
12 9 (0.744%) MS Access
12 9 (0.744%) IDOL
13 7 (0.579%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.579%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.496%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.496%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 206 (17.04%) Visual Studio
2 116 (9.595%) Team Foundation Server
3 53 (4.384%) SpecFlow
4 47 (3.888%) Subversion
5 46 (3.805%) Selenium
6 44 (3.639%) NUnit
7 32 (2.647%) MSBuild
8 31 (2.564%) JIRA
8 31 (2.564%) Git (software)
9 23 (1.902%) TeamCity
10 22 (1.820%) Moq
11 20 (1.654%) ReSharper
12 16 (1.323%) Jenkins
13 11 (0.910%) WATIR
14 10 (0.827%) MSTest
14 10 (0.827%) VSS/SourceSafe
14 10 (0.827%) Maven
15 9 (0.744%) Jasmine
16 8 (0.662%) WebDriver
16 8 (0.662%) Mercurial
General
1 88 (7.279%) Finance
2 79 (6.534%) Telecoms
3 49 (4.053%) Banking
4 43 (3.557%) Games
5 16 (1.323%) Retail
6 12 (0.993%) Aerospace
7 11 (0.910%) Marketing
7 11 (0.910%) Manufacturing
8 9 (0.744%) Back Office
8 9 (0.744%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (0.414%) Investment Banking
9 5 (0.414%) Automotive
10 4 (0.331%) Legal
10 4 (0.331%) Military
11 3 (0.248%) Billing
11 3 (0.248%) Electronics
11 3 (0.248%) Publishing
11 3 (0.248%) Law
12 2 (0.165%) Avionics
12 2 (0.165%) German Language
Job Titles
1 860 (71.13%) Developer
2 391 (32.34%) .NET Developer
3 292 (24.15%) C# Developer
4 182 (15.05%) C# .NET Developer
5 89 (7.361%) ASP.NET Developer
6 69 (5.707%) Senior Developer
7 66 (5.459%) SharePoint Developer
8 64 (5.294%) Web Developer
8 64 (5.294%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 59 (4.880%) Analyst
10 58 (4.797%) Software Engineer
10 58 (4.797%) Architect
11 45 (3.722%) Programmer
12 42 (3.474%) SQL Developer
13 39 (3.226%) Agile .NET Developer
14 38 (3.143%) Agile C# Developer
14 38 (3.143%) Senior .NET Developer
14 38 (3.143%) Software Developer
15 34 (2.812%) WPF Developer
16 32 (2.647%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (2.812%) N-Tier
2 33 (2.730%) Computer Science
3 28 (2.316%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (1.902%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (1.572%) SaaS
6 16 (1.323%) Inversion of Control
7 13 (1.075%) Mathematics
7 13 (1.075%) Open Source
8 12 (0.993%) Mobile App
9 10 (0.827%) Online Games
9 10 (0.827%) Management Information System
10 9 (0.744%) Client/Server
11 8 (0.662%) EPoS
11 8 (0.662%) Web 2.0
12 6 (0.496%) iPad
12 6 (0.496%) Kinect
12 6 (0.496%) PaaS
12 6 (0.496%) NHS
13 5 (0.414%) Physics
14 4 (0.331%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 261 (21.59%) Windows
2 43 (3.557%) Windows Server 2003
3 29 (2.399%) UNIX
3 29 (2.399%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (1.654%) Linux
5 15 (1.241%) Windows 7
6 12 (0.993%) Windows Phone
6 12 (0.993%) Android
7 11 (0.910%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.744%) Windows 8
9 7 (0.579%) Windows Phone 8
10 3 (0.248%) Solaris
10 3 (0.248%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.165%) Windows Phone 7
11 2 (0.165%) MVS
11 2 (0.165%) Windows Mobile
12 1 (0.083%) SUSE
12 1 (0.083%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.083%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.083%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (27.38%) MVC
2 240 (19.85%) Scrum
3 220 (18.20%) TDD
4 199 (16.46%) Agile Software Development
5 121 (10.01%) OO
6 119 (9.843%) SOA
7 108 (8.933%) BDD
8 95 (7.858%) Web Development
9 64 (5.294%) UML
10 63 (5.211%) Continuous Integration
11 60 (4.963%) Unit Testing
12 58 (4.797%) CRM
13 55 (4.549%) Workflow
14 53 (4.384%) Test Automation
15 52 (4.301%) Migration
16 50 (4.136%) MVVM
17 43 (3.557%) Multithreading
18 37 (3.060%) Automated Testing
19 34 (2.812%) Project Management
20 30 (2.481%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 457 (37.80%) SQL
2 272 (22.50%) JavaScript
3 108 (8.933%) T-SQL
4 105 (8.685%) C++
5 94 (7.775%) VB.NET
6 85 (7.031%) VB
7 72 (5.955%) Java
8 51 (4.218%) Python
9 49 (4.053%) PL/SQL
10 43 (3.557%) C
11 36 (2.978%) Perl
12 22 (1.820%) VB6
13 19 (1.572%) PHP
14 17 (1.406%) PowerShell
15 14 (1.158%) Ruby
16 12 (0.993%) VBScript
17 10 (0.827%) VBA
18 9 (0.744%) XPath
19 8 (0.662%) XAML
20 7 (0.579%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 110 (9.098%) Security Cleared
2 83 (6.865%) SC Cleared
3 68 (5.624%) Degree
4 17 (1.406%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (1.323%) ISEB
6 13 (1.075%) MCSD
7 9 (0.744%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.496%) MCP
8 6 (0.496%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.414%) BC Cleared
10 4 (0.331%) MCPD
11 3 (0.248%) GSAE
11 3 (0.248%) MCTS
11 3 (0.248%) MCAD
11 3 (0.248%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.165%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.083%) ISEB Practitioner
13 1 (0.083%) MCITP
13 1 (0.083%) HND
13 1 (0.083%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.474%) QA
2 7 (0.579%) SLA
3 1 (0.083%) ISO 8583
3 1 (0.083%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.083%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (1.241%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.414%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.331%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.248%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.083%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (0.910%) SCOM
2 5 (0.414%) WMI
3 2 (0.165%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.083%) SCCM
Vendors
1 314 (25.97%) Microsoft
2 112 (9.264%) Oracle
3 20 (1.654%) Sitecore
4 17 (1.406%) Meridio
5 16 (1.323%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 12 (0.993%) Ericsson
6 12 (0.993%) Nortel
7 10 (0.827%) Google
8 8 (0.662%) Sage
8 8 (0.662%) Teradata
8 8 (0.662%) VMware
9 7 (0.579%) Business Objects
9 7 (0.579%) ESRI
10 6 (0.496%) TIBCO
10 6 (0.496%) Citrix
10 6 (0.496%) SAP
10 6 (0.496%) Telerik
11 5 (0.414%) EPiServer
12 4 (0.331%) Lotus
12 4 (0.331%) Salesforce.com
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