The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 10 15 20
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +5
Contract jobs citing C# 20 28 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 11.05% 8.537% 6.464%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% 24.14% 15.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 12
Average daily rate £275 £350 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +14.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £338 £272
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £403 £330
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -11.42%
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
40 116 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 22.10% 35.37% 40.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 67 61
Average daily rate £275 £338 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.51% +8.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
North East

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +6 15 £275 -21.42%
Sunderland -2 3 £215 -36.29%
C#
North East

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 47 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (55.32%) ASP.NET
3 18 (38.30%) SQL
4 14 (29.79%) CSS
4 14 (29.79%) SQL Server
5 13 (27.66%) VB.NET
6 10 (21.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
7 9 (19.15%) HTML
7 9 (19.15%) Oracle
8 8 (17.02%) SharePoint
9 7 (14.89%) Web Services
9 7 (14.89%) SQL Server 2008
9 7 (14.89%) HTML5
10 6 (12.77%) jQuery
10 6 (12.77%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (10.64%) Unit Testing
11 5 (10.64%) PL/SQL
11 5 (10.64%) VB
12 4 (8.511%) Visual Studio
12 4 (8.511%) UML
12 4 (8.511%) Oracle 10g
12 4 (8.511%) W3C
12 4 (8.511%) Oracle 11g
12 4 (8.511%) Ajax
12 4 (8.511%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (8.511%) MVC
12 4 (8.511%) CRM
13 3 (6.383%) Stakeholder Management
13 3 (6.383%) Scrum

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 47 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (55.32%) ASP.NET
3 14 (29.79%) CSS
4 9 (19.15%) HTML
5 7 (14.89%) Web Services
5 7 (14.89%) HTML5
6 6 (12.77%) jQuery
7 4 (8.511%) Ajax
8 3 (6.383%) .NET Framework
8 3 (6.383%) XHTML
8 3 (6.383%) CSS3
9 2 (4.255%) XML
9 2 (4.255%) ASP
9 2 (4.255%) CAML
9 2 (4.255%) WCF
10 1 (2.128%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.02%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.511%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (2.128%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Fireworks
1 1 (2.128%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.128%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.79%) SQL Server
2 10 (21.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (14.89%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (8.511%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (8.511%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (4.255%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (8.511%) Visual Studio
2 3 (6.383%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (4.255%) Publishing
2 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (95.74%) Developer
2 12 (25.53%) .NET Developer
3 10 (21.28%) Web Developer
4 7 (14.89%) SharePoint Developer
5 6 (12.77%) SQL Developer
6 5 (10.64%) C# Developer
7 3 (6.383%) PL/SQL Developer
7 3 (6.383%) .NET Web Developer
7 3 (6.383%) Dynamics CRM Developer
7 3 (6.383%) Microsoft Developer
7 3 (6.383%) CRM Developer
8 2 (4.255%) C# .NET Developer
8 2 (4.255%) ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (2.128%) VB Developer
9 1 (2.128%) SharePoint Consultant
9 1 (2.128%) VB6 Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Web Programmer
9 1 (2.128%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Software Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.511%) W3C
2 3 (6.383%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.128%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (12.77%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (10.64%) Unit Testing
3 4 (8.511%) UML
3 4 (8.511%) MVC
3 4 (8.511%) CRM
4 3 (6.383%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (6.383%) Scrum
4 3 (6.383%) Web Development
4 3 (6.383%) Supplier Management
5 1 (2.128%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.128%) OO
Programming Languages
1 18 (38.30%) SQL
2 13 (27.66%) VB.NET
3 5 (10.64%) PL/SQL
3 5 (10.64%) VB
4 3 (6.383%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.255%) OCaml
6 1 (2.128%) VB6
6 1 (2.128%) Java
6 1 (2.128%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) Oracle