The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms skills 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 WinForms 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 Application Development category 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 98 122 110
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -12
Contract jobs citing WinForms 10 14 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.496% 0.433% 0.424%
As % of the Application Development category 2.079% 1.821% 1.788%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 6
Average daily rate £263 £525 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +55.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £315 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £562 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
Average hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
481 769 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.85% 23.77% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 460 301
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -25.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WinForms
England

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South West WinForms Jobs Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West WinForms Hourly Rate Trend

WinForms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the South West 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
Bristol - 5 £265 -
Dorset 0 2 - -
Wiltshire -5 2 £258 -52.75%
Gloucestershire - 1 £235 -
WinForms
England

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 21 (95.45%) C#
2 18 (81.82%) .NET
3 13 (59.09%) Windows
4 10 (45.45%) UML
5 8 (36.36%) Visual Studio
5 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
6 7 (31.82%) ASP.NET
6 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
7 6 (27.27%) OOA/OOD
7 6 (27.27%) OO
7 6 (27.27%) VB.NET
7 6 (27.27%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
8 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
9 4 (18.18%) WPF
9 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
10 3 (13.64%) InstallShield
10 3 (13.64%) Finance
10 3 (13.64%) Law
10 3 (13.64%) Scrum
10 3 (13.64%) VMware
10 3 (13.64%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (13.64%) Serena
10 3 (13.64%) NHibernate
10 3 (13.64%) TDD
10 3 (13.64%) NUnit
10 3 (13.64%) Web Services
10 3 (13.64%) XML
10 3 (13.64%) C++
10 3 (13.64%) SQL

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 18 (81.82%) .NET
2 7 (31.82%) ASP.NET
3 4 (18.18%) WPF
4 3 (13.64%) NHibernate
4 3 (13.64%) Web Services
4 3 (13.64%) XML
4 3 (13.64%) WCF
4 3 (13.64%) jQuery
5 2 (9.091%) Silverlight
5 2 (9.091%) XSLT
6 1 (4.545%) Hibernate
6 1 (4.545%) .NET Framework
6 1 (4.545%) ASP
6 1 (4.545%) XSL
6 1 (4.545%) MFC
6 1 (4.545%) OpenGL
6 1 (4.545%) LINQ
6 1 (4.545%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Intranet
1 3 (13.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Visual Studio
2 3 (13.64%) InstallShield
2 3 (13.64%) NUnit
3 1 (4.545%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
1 3 (13.64%) Law
2 1 (4.545%) Electronics
2 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.545%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Developer
2 8 (36.36%) .NET Developer
2 8 (36.36%) Software Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Software Developer
4 3 (13.64%) C# Developer
4 3 (13.64%) C# Software Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (9.091%) PC Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Software Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (4.545%) WPF Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Open Source
1 2 (9.091%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.545%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.545%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.545%) EPoS
2 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) UML
2 6 (27.27%) OOA/OOD
2 6 (27.27%) OO
2 6 (27.27%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
4 3 (13.64%) Scrum
4 3 (13.64%) TDD
4 3 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (13.64%) BDD
5 2 (9.091%) OOP
5 2 (9.091%) Migration
5 2 (9.091%) MVC
6 1 (4.545%) SOA
6 1 (4.545%) Integration Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Manual Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Data Migration
6 1 (4.545%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (95.45%) C#
2 6 (27.27%) VB.NET
3 3 (13.64%) C++
3 3 (13.64%) SQL
4 2 (9.091%) VC++
4 2 (9.091%) C
4 2 (9.091%) VB
4 2 (9.091%) Ruby
5 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.545%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.545%) Fortran
5 1 (4.545%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.091%) DV Cleared
3 2 (9.091%) Degree
3 2 (9.091%) HND
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Workstation
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) VMware
2 3 (13.64%) Serena
3 2 (9.091%) Oracle
4 1 (4.545%) Twitter
Bristol, South West
As a VB.NEt C# Developer you will be working alongside the development team updating a windows based application, working on technical specifications and meeting deadlines. Skills *VB...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They appreciate this is hard to find and therefore willing to flex if someone is more experienced in one as the team are mixed, however the opportunity to...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Net Developer - Winforms, C# or VB.Net, Oracle - GAIN FINANCE - Greenfield Projects - Bristol.Net Developers (Winforms, C# or VB.Net) required by leading finance organisation based in the...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework... You’ll be someone who learns quickly in order to be able to pick up...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 per annum (pro rata) plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bournemouth
You'll be developing applications and interfaces - both internal and 3rd parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework... You'll have successfully...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013