South West CSharp Software Developer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the CSharp Software Developer role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CSharp Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

C# Software Developer
Location Berkshire Bradford Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chelmsford Cheshire City of London Dorset East of England England Essex Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire South East South Wales South West UK Wales West Yorkshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	150	160
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	2	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.046 %	0.156 %
Daily rates quoted	0	6
Average minimum daily rate	-	£337
Average daily rate	-	£339
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£342
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£318
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.00	-
Average hourly rate	£37.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.50	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-6.25 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4373	5752
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.771 %	5.729 %
Daily rates quoted	1408	1536
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£341
Average daily rate	£369	£360
% change on same period last year	+2.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	572	696
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.25	£24.90
Average hourly rate	£27.16	£26.57
% change on same period last year	+2.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.07	£28.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
CSharp Software Developer 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CSharp Software Developer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CSharp Software Developer across the South West region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CSharp Software Developer across the South West region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSharp Software Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Dorset	-	1	-	-

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited CSharp Software Developer 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 CSharp Software Developer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) .NET 1 3 (100.00 %) C# 2 2 (66.67 %) Software Engineering 3 1 (33.33 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (33.33 %) C++ 3 1 (33.33 %) SQL 3 1 (33.33 %) MFC 3 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 3 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 3 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (33.33 %) Windows 3 1 (33.33 %) DTS 3 1 (33.33 %) Client/Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited CSharp Software Developer 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 CSharp Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (100.00 %) .NET 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET Framework 2 1 (33.33 %) MFC 2 1 (33.33 %) ASP.NET	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) SQL Server 1 1 (33.33 %) DTS
Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Software Engineering 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 3 (100.00 %) C# 2 1 (33.33 %) C++ 2 1 (33.33 %) SQL
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle