The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the Southampton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 21 23 15
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -8
Contract jobs citing C# 14 9 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 4.746% 3.930% 7.104%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.38% 15.25% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 4
Average daily rate £375 £269 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.53% -14.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £250 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £338 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £45.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
All Programming Languages
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
91 59 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 30.85% 25.76% 35.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 29 21
Average daily rate £304 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £265 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £400 £519
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -11.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C#
Hampshire

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Southampton C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

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

Southampton C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Southampton C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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#.

1 19 (90.48%) .NET
2 13 (61.90%) SQL Server
3 8 (38.10%) ASP.NET
4 6 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (28.57%) CSS
4 6 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 5 (23.81%) SQL
5 5 (23.81%) HTML
5 5 (23.81%) .NET Framework
6 4 (19.05%) Ajax
7 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
7 3 (14.29%) MVC
7 3 (14.29%) Scrum
7 3 (14.29%) Web Services
7 3 (14.29%) OOD
7 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (9.524%) Degree
8 2 (9.524%) jQuery
8 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (9.524%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (9.524%) WCF
8 2 (9.524%) Hudson
8 2 (9.524%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (9.524%) Jenkins
8 2 (9.524%) Web Development
8 2 (9.524%) SMS
8 2 (9.524%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (9.524%) XSLT
8 2 (9.524%) Windows

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Application Development
1 19 (90.48%) .NET
2 8 (38.10%) ASP.NET
3 6 (28.57%) CSS
4 5 (23.81%) HTML
4 5 (23.81%) .NET Framework
5 4 (19.05%) Ajax
6 3 (14.29%) Web Services
7 2 (9.524%) XML
7 2 (9.524%) WCF
7 2 (9.524%) XSLT
7 2 (9.524%) Middleware
7 2 (9.524%) WinForms
7 2 (9.524%) jQuery
7 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (9.524%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (4.762%) REST
8 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (4.762%) Regular Expression
8 1 (4.762%) HTML5
8 1 (4.762%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.762%) CMS
2 1 (4.762%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (4.762%) ESB
2 1 (4.762%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) SMS
2 1 (4.762%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.762%) Intranet
2 1 (4.762%) Internet
2 1 (4.762%) Extranet
2 1 (4.762%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (61.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Visual Studio
1 2 (9.524%) Subversion
1 2 (9.524%) Hudson
1 2 (9.524%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.762%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (9.524%) Finance
1 2 (9.524%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.762%) Avionics
2 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Developer
2 8 (38.10%) C# Developer
3 5 (23.81%) .NET Developer
4 4 (19.05%) C# Software Developer
4 4 (19.05%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Software Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Architect
6 2 (9.524%) Software Engineer
6 2 (9.524%) SQL Developer
6 2 (9.524%) PL/SQL Developer
6 2 (9.524%) C# Programmer
6 2 (9.524%) CRM Architect
6 2 (9.524%) VB.NET Programmer
6 2 (9.524%) Lead Architect
6 2 (9.524%) Programmer
6 2 (9.524%) .NET Programmer
7 1 (4.762%) Software Development Project Manager
7 1 (4.762%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Software Manager
7 1 (4.762%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) EPoS
1 1 (4.762%) Computer Science
1 1 (4.762%) Social Media
1 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.524%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (14.29%) OOD
2 3 (14.29%) MVC
2 3 (14.29%) Scrum
3 2 (9.524%) CRM
3 2 (9.524%) Validation
3 2 (9.524%) UML
3 2 (9.524%) Web Development
4 1 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (4.762%) Multithreading
4 1 (4.762%) Kanban
4 1 (4.762%) Software Architecture
4 1 (4.762%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.762%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (4.762%) TOGAF
4 1 (4.762%) Automated Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (4.762%) OO
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 5 (23.81%) SQL
3 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
4 2 (9.524%) PL/SQL
4 2 (9.524%) C++
5 1 (4.762%) C
5 1 (4.762%) Python
5 1 (4.762%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle Certification
1 2 (9.524%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (4.762%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle
1 2 (9.524%) TIBCO
2 1 (4.762%) Sitecore
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
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Rate: £300 - £325 per day + Exciting company to work for
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