The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 21 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 Taunton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 13 4 2
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -2
Contract jobs citing C# 8 21 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 10.53% 36.21% 39.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.10% 91.30% 85.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 9
Average daily rate £325 £346 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.13% +5.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £320 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £365 £352
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
All Programming Languages
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
21 23 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 27.63% 39.66% 46.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 9
Average daily rate £323 £333 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.00% +1.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £320 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £365 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
Somerset

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton 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 Taunton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Taunton C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 26 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (92.31%) SQL
3 23 (88.46%) HTML
3 23 (88.46%) JavaScript
3 23 (88.46%) ASP
4 22 (84.62%) SharePoint
5 21 (80.77%) XML
6 20 (76.92%) Java
7 18 (69.23%) VB
7 18 (69.23%) UML
7 18 (69.23%) ASP.NET
8 17 (65.38%) Subversion
8 17 (65.38%) Oracle
8 17 (65.38%) SQL Server
9 16 (61.54%) IIS
10 15 (57.69%) ITIL
10 15 (57.69%) Microsoft
10 15 (57.69%) NUnit
10 15 (57.69%) .NET Framework
10 15 (57.69%) Team Foundation Server
10 15 (57.69%) MSTest
11 14 (53.85%) TeamCity
11 14 (53.85%) Jenkins
11 14 (53.85%) ISEB
11 14 (53.85%) Ingres
11 14 (53.85%) UNIX
11 14 (53.85%) VB.NET
11 14 (53.85%) C++
12 13 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 13 (50.00%) Service Management

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 26 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (88.46%) HTML
2 23 (88.46%) ASP
3 21 (80.77%) XML
4 18 (69.23%) ASP.NET
5 15 (57.69%) .NET Framework
6 7 (26.92%) CSS
7 4 (15.38%) WCF
7 4 (15.38%) XSL
8 3 (11.54%) Web Services
8 3 (11.54%) WPF
8 3 (11.54%) WF
9 2 (7.692%) Spring
9 2 (7.692%) Spring MVC
10 1 (3.846%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 22 (84.62%) SharePoint
2 16 (61.54%) IIS
3 11 (42.31%) OpenROAD
4 4 (15.38%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (65.38%) SQL Server
2 14 (53.85%) Ingres
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (7.692%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 17 (65.38%) Subversion
2 15 (57.69%) NUnit
2 15 (57.69%) Team Foundation Server
2 15 (57.69%) MSTest
3 14 (53.85%) TeamCity
3 14 (53.85%) Jenkins
4 13 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 13 (50.00%) CruiseControl
5 4 (15.38%) Visual Studio
6 2 (7.692%) JUnit
General
1 4 (15.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) Developer
2 19 (73.08%) .NET Developer
3 18 (69.23%) C# Developer
3 18 (69.23%) C# .NET Developer
4 7 (26.92%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 7 (26.92%) Analyst
4 7 (26.92%) Analyst Developer
4 7 (26.92%) ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (23.08%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 6 (23.08%) Senior Developer
6 5 (19.23%) Senior C# Developer
6 5 (19.23%) Senior .NET Developer
7 4 (15.38%) Senior Support Analyst
7 4 (15.38%) Support Analyst
8 3 (11.54%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (7.692%) Classic ASP Developer
9 2 (7.692%) Java Developer
9 2 (7.692%) ASP Developer
10 1 (3.846%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) UML
2 15 (57.69%) ITIL
3 13 (50.00%) Service Management
3 13 (50.00%) ITSM
4 12 (46.15%) Continuous Integration
4 12 (46.15%) Unit Testing
5 10 (38.46%) Service Delivery
6 4 (15.38%) Performance Management
6 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 4 (15.38%) RAD
7 3 (11.54%) SOA
7 3 (11.54%) MVC
7 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (11.54%) TDD
7 3 (11.54%) Pair Programming
7 3 (11.54%) Change Management
7 3 (11.54%) TOGAF
8 2 (7.692%) Web Development
9 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 24 (92.31%) SQL
2 23 (88.46%) JavaScript
3 20 (76.92%) Java
4 18 (69.23%) VB
5 14 (53.85%) VB.NET
5 14 (53.85%) C++
6 4 (15.38%) VB6
6 4 (15.38%) C
6 4 (15.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) ISEB
2 13 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (34.62%) MCP
3 9 (34.62%) MCPD
3 9 (34.62%) MCTS
4 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
5 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
6 4 (15.38%) ISEB Practitioner
6 4 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (15.38%) MCSD
7 1 (3.846%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (15.38%) ISO 9000
1 4 (15.38%) TickIT
2 3 (11.54%) COBIT
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Oracle
2 15 (57.69%) Microsoft
Taunton, South West
C# ASP.Net Developer - 3 month contract - Immediate start A C# ASP.Net developer is immediately required for a client in the South West.
Computer Futures
Rate: £280 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013