Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the South Wales region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank321817
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads83347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales2.360 %8.462 %6.871 %
As % of the Programming Languages category7.407 %24.81 %20.26 %
Daily rates quoted3105
Average daily rate£275£250£290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-13.79 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£143£235£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£295£265£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£275£325
% change year-on-year
+5.450 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted2614
Average hourly rate£64.75£22.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+194.31 %-37.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.55£22.00£33.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£100.95£37.00£39.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.69 %-10.00 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
108133232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales31.86 %34.10 %33.92 %
Daily rates quoted453435
Average daily rate£330£290£295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.79 %-1.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£174£202£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted91244
Average hourly rate£24.50£22.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.36 %-37.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.40£22.00£32.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£110.00£40.60£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
C# WalesC#
Wales

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.

C#
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South Wales C# Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South Wales C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CardiffDown-43£275-21.98 %
TorfaenNew entry-1£300-
C# WalesC#
Wales

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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#.

123 (85.19 %).NET
219 (70.37 %)SQL Server
312 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
411 (40.74 %)OO
510 (37.04 %)C
67 (25.93 %)Manufacturing
67 (25.93 %)Visual Studio
76 (22.22 %)SQL
85 (18.52 %)VB.NET
85 (18.52 %)VMS
94 (14.81 %)SC Cleared
94 (14.81 %)Security Cleared
94 (14.81 %)SharePoint
94 (14.81 %)Windows
103 (11.11 %)C++
103 (11.11 %)HTML
103 (11.11 %)Java
103 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
103 (11.11 %)Microsoft
103 (11.11 %)Embedded C
103 (11.11 %)TDD
103 (11.11 %)Construction
103 (11.11 %).NET Framework
112 (7.407 %)SQL Server 2005
112 (7.407 %)WPF
112 (7.407 %)XNA
112 (7.407 %)SharePoint Server 2007
112 (7.407 %)Expression Blend
112 (7.407 %)Wireless
112 (7.407 %)XAML

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
123 (85.19 %).NET
212 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
33 (11.11 %)HTML
33 (11.11 %).NET Framework
42 (7.407 %)WPF
42 (7.407 %)XNA
42 (7.407 %)OpenGL
42 (7.407 %)DirectX
51 (3.704 %)CSS
51 (3.704 %)XML
51 (3.704 %)XHTML
51 (3.704 %)Silverlight
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (14.81 %)SharePoint
22 (7.407 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (3.704 %)BizTalk Server
31 (3.704 %)CMS
31 (3.704 %)Umbraco
31 (3.704 %)Immediacy CMS
31 (3.704 %)Sitecore CMS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (7.407 %)MS Excel
21 (3.704 %)MS Office
21 (3.704 %)InfoPath
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
22 (7.407 %)Wireless
22 (7.407 %)LAN
31 (3.704 %)RFID
31 (3.704 %)Intranet
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (70.37 %)SQL Server
22 (7.407 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.704 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (25.93 %)Visual Studio
22 (7.407 %)Expression Blend
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (25.93 %)Manufacturing
23 (11.11 %)Construction
32 (7.407 %)Finance
32 (7.407 %)Aerospace
32 (7.407 %)Multimedia
32 (7.407 %)3D Graphics
41 (3.704 %)Government
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
121 (77.78 %)Developer
29 (33.33 %)Programmer
38 (29.63 %)Software Engineer
47 (25.93 %)Software Developer
47 (25.93 %).NET Developer
55 (18.52 %)C# Developer
55 (18.52 %)Software Programmer
63 (11.11 %)ASP.NET Developer
63 (11.11 %)Analyst
63 (11.11 %)Web Developer
72 (7.407 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
72 (7.407 %)Analyst Programmer
72 (7.407 %).NET Web Developer
72 (7.407 %).NET Programmer
72 (7.407 %)SQL Developer
81 (3.704 %)Web Applications Developer
81 (3.704 %)Applications Support Analyst
81 (3.704 %)SharePoint Developer
81 (3.704 %)Software Development Engineer
81 (3.704 %)C# Web Developer
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (18.52 %)VMS
24 (14.81 %)Windows
31 (3.704 %)Linux
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (40.74 %)OO
23 (11.11 %)TDD
32 (7.407 %)UML
41 (3.704 %)OOP
41 (3.704 %)ERP
41 (3.704 %)OOD
41 (3.704 %)Scrum
41 (3.704 %)Technical Architecture
41 (3.704 %)Web Development
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (37.04 %)C
26 (22.22 %)SQL
35 (18.52 %)VB.NET
43 (11.11 %)C++
43 (11.11 %)Java
43 (11.11 %)Embedded C
52 (7.407 %)XAML
52 (7.407 %)JavaScript
52 (7.407 %)VB
61 (3.704 %)T-SQL
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (14.81 %)SC Cleared
14 (14.81 %)Security Cleared
21 (3.704 %)Degree
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.704 %)GxP
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (11.11 %)Microsoft
22 (7.407 %)Oracle
31 (3.704 %)Sybase
31 (3.704 %)Sitecore