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This section looks at the demand for Windows Forms (WinForms) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WinForms over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Forms (WinForms)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank156164
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads94135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.137 %
As % of the category below3.375 %3.214 %
Daily rates quoted3421
Average minimum daily rate£333£286
Average daily rate£348£310
% change on same period last year+11.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£329
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£38.33
Average hourly rate£20.00£40.62
% change on same period last year-50.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00£42.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.81£35.39
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads27854200
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.712 %4.249 %
Daily rates quoted6831044
Average minimum daily rate£310£310
Average daily rate£328£328
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted253429
Average minimum hourly rate£32.19£34.39
Average hourly rate£34.14£36.86
% change on same period last year-7.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.08£39.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
WinForms EnglandWinForms
England

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.

WinForms
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East WinForms Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WinForms across the South East region.

South East WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinForms across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East WinForms Daily Rate Histogram

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the South East region.

South East WinForms Hourly Rate Trend

WinForms
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
BuckinghamshireUp+1120£322-0.30 %
BerkshireUp+2819£374+77.85 %
SurreyDown-319£385+14.35 %
OxfordshireDown-712£310-1.19 %
HampshireDown-58£325+44.44 %
MiddlesexNew entry-7£330-
KentUp+112--
Home CountiesNew entry-2--
SussexNew entry-1--
Thames ValleyUp+121--
East SussexNew entry-1--
WinForms EnglandWinForms
England

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing WinForms 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 WinForms.

1196 (87.11 %).NET
2187 (83.11 %)C#
3120 (53.33 %)SQL Server
499 (44.00 %)Windows
584 (37.33 %)ASP.NET
674 (32.89 %)VB.NET
770 (31.11 %)SQL Server 2005
856 (24.89 %)WebServices
953 (23.56 %)OO
1041 (18.22 %)SQL
1140 (17.78 %)XML
1232 (14.22 %)Microsoft
1330 (13.33 %)Oracle
1330 (13.33 %).NET Framework
1426 (11.56 %)Visual Studio
1525 (11.11 %)WCF
1525 (11.11 %)WPF
1622 (9.778 %)NUnit
1719 (8.444 %)UML
1818 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2000
1917 (7.556 %)Finance
2016 (7.111 %)XSLT
2115 (6.667 %)VB
2214 (6.222 %)Microsoft Certification
2214 (6.222 %)Extreme Programming
2313 (5.778 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2313 (5.778 %)C++
2313 (5.778 %)ADO.NET
2412 (5.333 %)AJAX
2511 (4.889 %)HTML

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing WinForms 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 WinForms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1196 (87.11 %).NET
284 (37.33 %)ASP.NET
356 (24.89 %)WebServices
440 (17.78 %)XML
530 (13.33 %).NET Framework
625 (11.11 %)WCF
625 (11.11 %)WPF
716 (7.111 %)XSLT
813 (5.778 %)ADO.NET
813 (5.778 %)ASP.NET 2.0
912 (5.333 %)AJAX
1011 (4.889 %)HTML
1110 (4.444 %)ASP
129 (4.000 %)SOAP
138 (3.556 %)WSDL
147 (3.111 %)ActiveX
147 (3.111 %)MFC
147 (3.111 %)NHibernate
156 (2.667 %).NET Remoting
156 (2.667 %)CSS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (3.111 %)SharePoint Server 2007
26 (2.667 %)SharePoint
31 (0.444 %)BizTalk Server
31 (0.444 %)SharePoint Portal Server
31 (0.444 %)MTS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (3.111 %)MS Excel
22 (0.889 %)Photoshop
22 (0.889 %)MS Office
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (3.111 %)HTTP
26 (2.667 %)TCP/IP
33 (1.333 %)Intranet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1120 (53.33 %)SQL Server
270 (31.11 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2000
410 (4.444 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
57 (3.111 %)Datawarehouse
65 (2.222 %)OLAP
74 (1.778 %)SQL Server 7
83 (1.333 %)GIS
92 (0.889 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.444 %)Oracle 9i
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (11.56 %)Visual Studio
222 (9.778 %)NUnit
35 (2.222 %)VSS/SourceSafe
35 (2.222 %)ClearCase
42 (0.889 %)Oracle Forms
42 (0.889 %)LabVIEW
51 (0.444 %)InstallShield
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (7.556 %)Finance
28 (3.556 %)Electronics
36 (2.667 %)Insurance
45 (2.222 %)Publishing
52 (0.889 %)Banking
52 (0.889 %)Retail
52 (0.889 %)Back Office
61 (0.444 %)Pensions
61 (0.444 %)Marketing
61 (0.444 %)General Ledger
61 (0.444 %)Telecoms
61 (0.444 %)Government
61 (0.444 %)Health
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1198 (88.00 %)Developer
2121 (53.78 %)C# Developer
398 (43.56 %).NET Developer
451 (22.67 %)WinForms Developer
524 (10.67 %)VB.NET Developer
614 (6.222 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
712 (5.333 %)ASP.NET Developer
712 (5.333 %)Software Engineer
810 (4.444 %)Software Developer
810 (4.444 %)C# Software Engineer
99 (4.000 %)Senior Developer
108 (3.556 %)Programmer
108 (3.556 %)Web Developer
108 (3.556 %).NET Web Developer
108 (3.556 %).NET Software Engineer
117 (3.111 %)Senior C# Developer
117 (3.111 %)CSharp Software Developer
126 (2.667 %)Applications Developer
126 (2.667 %)SQL Developer
134 (1.778 %)SQL Server Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (2.222 %)N-Tier
15 (2.222 %)Multithreading
24 (1.778 %)Management Information System
32 (0.889 %)Client/Server
41 (0.444 %)Credit Derivative
41 (0.444 %)Pocket PC
41 (0.444 %)Mathematics
41 (0.444 %)Data Integration
41 (0.444 %)NHS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
199 (44.00 %)Windows
21 (0.444 %)Linux
21 (0.444 %)Windows NT
21 (0.444 %)Windows Mobile
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
153 (23.56 %)OO
219 (8.444 %)UML
314 (6.222 %)Extreme Programming
48 (3.556 %)Unit Testing
57 (3.111 %)Agile Software Development
57 (3.111 %)TDD
57 (3.111 %)OOP
66 (2.667 %)OOD
66 (2.667 %)Knowledge Management
75 (2.222 %)SC Cleared
75 (2.222 %)Security Cleared
83 (1.333 %)Technical Architecture
83 (1.333 %)CAD
83 (1.333 %)Workflow
92 (0.889 %)SOA
92 (0.889 %)Web Development
92 (0.889 %)Refactoring
92 (0.889 %)User Acceptance Testing
101 (0.444 %)ITIL
101 (0.444 %)Requirements Analysis
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1187 (83.11 %)C#
274 (32.89 %)VB.NET
341 (18.22 %)SQL
415 (6.667 %)VB
513 (5.778 %)C++
611 (4.889 %)Transact-SQL
78 (3.556 %)Java
87 (3.111 %)VB6
96 (2.667 %)PL/SQL
105 (2.222 %)JavaScript
113 (1.333 %)C
113 (1.333 %)XAML
121 (0.444 %)VC++
121 (0.444 %)DataFlex
121 (0.444 %)DHTML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (6.222 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (1.778 %)MCAD
24 (1.778 %)MCSD
32 (0.889 %)Degree
32 (0.889 %)MCP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.444 %)ISO9001
11 (0.444 %)TickIT
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (1.778 %)MSMQ
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (14.22 %)Microsoft
230 (13.33 %)Oracle
32 (0.889 %)Dundas
41 (0.444 %)Sage
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