The first table below looks at the demand for the C# Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# Programmer 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 West 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# Programmer
Rank 104 140 125
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -15
Contract jobs requiring a C# Programmer 7 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.348% 0.031% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.370% 0.033% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 2
Average daily rate £525 £225 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+133.33% +125.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £328 £280
% change year-on-year
+6.87% +16.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
- -40.47%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1891 3019 2707
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.08% 93.04% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1135 1811 1344
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
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 136 187 244
Average hourly rate £15.30 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.00% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.80 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £38.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C# Programmer
England

C# Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West C# Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

C# Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West C# Programmer Daily Rate Trend

C# Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# Programmer across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West C# Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

C# Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West C# Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

C# Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Programmer within the South West 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
Wiltshire - 5 £563 -
Bristol - 2 £313 -
C# Programmer
England

C# Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (100.00%) C#
2 10 (90.91%) UML
3 9 (81.82%) .NET
4 8 (72.73%) .NET Framework
5 7 (63.64%) WCF
5 7 (63.64%) Silverlight
5 7 (63.64%) ESRI
5 7 (63.64%) ArcGIS
5 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
5 7 (63.64%) IIS
5 7 (63.64%) Visual Studio
5 7 (63.64%) Web Services
5 7 (63.64%) Windows
5 7 (63.64%) Client/Server
5 7 (63.64%) RIA
5 7 (63.64%) DV Cleared
5 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
5 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (63.64%) Unit Testing
5 7 (63.64%) Windows 7
5 7 (63.64%) MSTest
5 7 (63.64%) Moq
5 7 (63.64%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 7 (63.64%) Managed Extensibility Framework
6 5 (45.45%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
7 4 (36.36%) SQL
8 3 (27.27%) VBScript
8 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
8 3 (27.27%) SharePoint

C# Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (81.82%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) .NET Framework
3 7 (63.64%) WCF
3 7 (63.64%) Silverlight
3 7 (63.64%) Web Services
3 7 (63.64%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 7 (63.64%) Managed Extensibility Framework
4 4 (36.36%) ASP.NET
5 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (9.091%) HTML
6 1 (9.091%) CSS
6 1 (9.091%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 7 (63.64%) ArcGIS
1 7 (63.64%) IIS
2 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Visualfiles
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Visual Studio
1 7 (63.64%) MSTest
1 7 (63.64%) Moq
2 5 (45.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Client/Server
1 7 (63.64%) RIA
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
1 7 (63.64%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) UML
2 7 (63.64%) Unit Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Data Security
3 3 (27.27%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) VBScript
4 2 (18.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) DV Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) ESRI
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft