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The table looks at the demand for the C# Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 C# Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank4751
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads9332273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.716 %2.952 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.058 %3.259 %
Daily rates quoted486806
Average daily rate£500£388
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year+29.03 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£265
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£588£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£268£310
% change on same period last year-13.70 %
Hourly rates quoted20102
Average hourly rate£25.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-28.57 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.40£27.35
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£35.00
% change on same period last year-28.57 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3051169739
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK88.82 %90.58 %
Daily rates quoted1179222223
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted23755970
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-2.500 %

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.

C# Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

C# Developer Demand Trend

C# Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C# Developer within the UK.

C# Developer Daily Rate Trend

C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

C# Developer Daily Rate Histogram

C# Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C# Developer within the UK.

C# Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C# Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

C# Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

C# Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+6921£500+25.00 %
LondonUp+15778£500+11.11 %
City of LondonUp+16363£500+1.01 %
South EastDown-8437£253-18.54 %
South WestUp+231£305+1.66 %
Docklands, LondonUp+3627£538+7.50 %
North WestDown-2221£256-3.30 %
Canary WharfUp+1719£475-26.92 %
YorkshireDown-2215£250-16.66 %
East of EnglandDown-2414£280-20.00 %
ManchesterDown-1212--
BerkshireDown-3212£256-17.33 %
East MidlandsUp+910£175-46.15 %
West YorkshireDown-1810--
WiltshireUp+229£338+8.87 %
CheshireUp+417£256-
ScotlandUp+217£300-7.69 %
SwindonUp+197£425+37.09 %
BuckinghamshireUp+76£263-25.00 %
West MidlandsUp+76£350+40.00 %
North EastDown-36£325-1.51 %
WalesUp+245£283+8.65 %
South WalesUp+195£283+8.65 %
LincolnshireUp+105--
EdinburghUp+95£285+3.63 %
HampshireDown-185£255-38.55 %
KentUp+214£245-14.78 %
DevonUp+184--
HertfordshireUp+164£313-21.87 %
North YorkshireUp+144£250-

C# Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited C# 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 C# Developer in their job title.

11976 (100.00 %)C#
21524 (77.13 %).NET
3777 (39.32 %)ASP.NET
4760 (38.46 %)SQL Server
5618 (31.28 %)Banking
6484 (24.49 %)SQL
7458 (23.18 %)Investment Banking
8439 (22.22 %)Front Office
9416 (21.05 %)Derivative
10363 (18.37 %)Finance
11356 (18.02 %)WinForms
12270 (13.66 %)SQL Server 2005
12270 (13.66 %)C++
13269 (13.61 %)Oracle
14256 (12.96 %).NET Framework
15247 (12.50 %)OO
16243 (12.30 %)Microsoft
17224 (11.34 %)AJAX
18208 (10.53 %)XML
19205 (10.37 %)JavaScript
20197 (9.970 %)Windows
21194 (9.818 %)WebServices
22178 (9.008 %)Java
23176 (8.907 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
24162 (8.198 %)CSS
25159 (8.047 %)WCF
26157 (7.945 %)HTML
27155 (7.844 %)WPF
28135 (6.832 %)Agile Software Development
29134 (6.781 %)Visual Studio

C# Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited C# 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 C# Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11524 (77.13 %).NET
2777 (39.32 %)ASP.NET
3356 (18.02 %)WinForms
4256 (12.96 %).NET Framework
5224 (11.34 %)AJAX
6208 (10.53 %)XML
7194 (9.818 %)WebServices
8162 (8.198 %)CSS
9159 (8.047 %)WCF
10157 (7.945 %)HTML
11155 (7.844 %)WPF
1259 (2.986 %)ASP
1351 (2.581 %)NHibernate
1449 (2.480 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1548 (2.429 %)ADO.NET
1646 (2.328 %)XHTML
1646 (2.328 %)Silverlight
1742 (2.126 %)XSLT
1837 (1.872 %)DHTML
1929 (1.468 %)MVC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
179 (3.998 %)SharePoint
241 (2.075 %)IIS
331 (1.569 %)BizTalk Server
429 (1.468 %)CMS
527 (1.366 %)SharePoint Server 2007
619 (0.962 %)Rendezvous
715 (0.759 %)WebSphere MQ
811 (0.557 %)MQSeries
97 (0.354 %)Commerce Server
97 (0.354 %)TIBCO EMS
105 (0.253 %)ESB
105 (0.253 %)EPiServer
114 (0.202 %)Immediacy CMS
114 (0.202 %)Content Management Server
114 (0.202 %)MTS
122 (0.101 %)MS Exchange
122 (0.101 %)Lotus Notes
122 (0.101 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.101 %)DotNetNuke
122 (0.101 %)WebSphere Message Broker
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1123 (6.225 %)MS Excel
221 (1.063 %)Spreadsheet
311 (0.557 %)MS Office
46 (0.304 %)InfoPath
54 (0.202 %)Photoshop
62 (0.101 %)MS Project
62 (0.101 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (0.607 %)RMDS
28 (0.405 %)Sophis RISQUE
36 (0.304 %)Microsoft CRM
36 (0.304 %)Endur
44 (0.202 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.051 %)Bond Adapt
51 (0.051 %)Pivotal CRM
51 (0.051 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.051 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.051 %)Oracle ERP
51 (0.051 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.051 %)Global One
51 (0.051 %)Summit
51 (0.051 %)Great Plains
51 (0.051 %)Navision
51 (0.051 %)WebTrends
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
148 (2.429 %)Internet
229 (1.468 %)Intranet
311 (0.557 %)TCP/IP
44 (0.202 %)SSL
44 (0.202 %)LDAP
53 (0.152 %)Extranet
62 (0.101 %)3G
62 (0.101 %)Bluetooth
62 (0.101 %)SMS
62 (0.101 %)VoIP
62 (0.101 %)Ethernet
62 (0.101 %)HTTP
71 (0.051 %)Kerberos
71 (0.051 %)SMPP
71 (0.051 %)DAB
71 (0.051 %)Wireless
71 (0.051 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1760 (38.46 %)SQL Server
2270 (13.66 %)SQL Server 2005
385 (4.302 %)SQL Server 2000
464 (3.239 %)SQL Server 2008
547 (2.379 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
643 (2.176 %)RDBMS
736 (1.822 %)SQL Server Integration Services
736 (1.822 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
830 (1.518 %)Oracle 10g
929 (1.468 %)Crystal Reports
1023 (1.164 %)Datawarehouse
1121 (1.063 %)Oracle Reports
1219 (0.962 %)DTS
1317 (0.860 %)Oracle 9i
1416 (0.810 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1511 (0.557 %)Oracle 8/8i
1511 (0.557 %)BusinessObjects
1610 (0.506 %)Oracle 11g
179 (0.455 %)MySQL
188 (0.405 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1134 (6.781 %)Visual Studio
280 (4.049 %)NUnit
330 (1.518 %)ClearCase
427 (1.366 %)Subversion
525 (1.265 %)Team Foundation Server
622 (1.113 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
719 (0.962 %)CruiseControl
815 (0.759 %)VSS/SourceSafe
913 (0.658 %)Visual Studio Team System
1010 (0.506 %)Oracle Forms
117 (0.354 %)Log4Net
123 (0.152 %)NetAdvantage
123 (0.152 %)ClearQuest
123 (0.152 %)Dreamweaver
123 (0.152 %)TestDirector
123 (0.152 %)JUnit
123 (0.152 %)ReSharper
132 (0.101 %)WATIR
132 (0.101 %)TeamCity
132 (0.101 %)JIRA
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1618 (31.28 %)Banking
2458 (23.18 %)Investment Banking
3439 (22.22 %)Front Office
4363 (18.37 %)Finance
555 (2.783 %)Education
630 (1.518 %)Financial Institution
729 (1.468 %)Insurance
729 (1.468 %)Games
826 (1.316 %)Marketing
826 (1.316 %)Back Office
924 (1.215 %)Government
1020 (1.012 %)Construction
1114 (0.709 %)Telecoms
1212 (0.607 %)Publishing
139 (0.455 %)Retail
148 (0.405 %)Health
157 (0.354 %)Pensions
166 (0.304 %)Manufacturing
166 (0.304 %)Pharmaceutical
174 (0.202 %)Corporate Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1416 (21.05 %)Derivative
2176 (8.907 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3133 (6.731 %)Equities
4114 (5.769 %)Fixed Income
5104 (5.263 %)Credit Risk
692 (4.656 %)Interest Rate Derivative
790 (4.555 %)Credit Derivative
878 (3.947 %)Multithreading
972 (3.644 %)Equity Derivative
1051 (2.581 %)Client/Server
1142 (2.126 %)Market Risk
1241 (2.075 %)N-Tier
1328 (1.417 %)Exotic Derivative
1418 (0.911 %)Contract for Difference
1517 (0.860 %)Mathematics
1614 (0.709 %)Computer Science
1713 (0.658 %)NHS
1810 (0.506 %)Grid Computing
199 (0.455 %)Device Driver
199 (0.455 %)Swaptions
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1197 (9.970 %)Windows
227 (1.366 %)UNIX
318 (0.911 %)Linux
412 (0.607 %)Windows Server 2003
59 (0.455 %)Windows Mobile
67 (0.354 %)Solaris
67 (0.354 %)Windows CE
75 (0.253 %)Windows NT
75 (0.253 %)Windows XP
83 (0.152 %)Windows Vista
92 (0.101 %)Windows Server 2008
92 (0.101 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.051 %)Android
101 (0.051 %)SUSE
101 (0.051 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1247 (12.50 %)OO
2135 (6.832 %)Agile Software Development
3115 (5.820 %)TDD
4106 (5.364 %)Scrum
578 (3.947 %)Risk Management
672 (3.644 %)Unit Testing
768 (3.441 %)RAD
864 (3.239 %)SOA
957 (2.885 %)E-Commerce
957 (2.885 %)Web Development
1053 (2.682 %)Workflow
1149 (2.480 %)Electronic Trading
1240 (2.024 %)UML
1338 (1.923 %)Migration
1436 (1.822 %)System Testing
1532 (1.619 %)Monte Carlo Method
1626 (1.316 %)OOD
1725 (1.265 %)Content Management
1822 (1.113 %)CRM
1920 (1.012 %)Continuous Integration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11976 (100.00 %)C#
2484 (24.49 %)SQL
3270 (13.66 %)C++
4205 (10.37 %)JavaScript
5178 (9.008 %)Java
6125 (6.326 %)VBA
7124 (6.275 %)VB
893 (4.706 %)T-SQL
966 (3.340 %)VC++
966 (3.340 %)VB.NET
1053 (2.682 %)VB6
1148 (2.429 %)PL/SQL
1236 (1.822 %)C
1311 (0.557 %)PHP
148 (0.405 %)Perl
157 (0.354 %)VBScript
166 (0.304 %)Shell Script
175 (0.253 %)ActionScript
175 (0.253 %)Python
184 (0.202 %)XAML
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
177 (3.897 %)Degree
225 (1.265 %)Microsoft Certification
319 (0.962 %)Security Cleared
48 (0.405 %)DV Cleared
56 (0.304 %)CTC Cleared
56 (0.304 %)SC Cleared
56 (0.304 %)MCSD
65 (0.253 %)MCP
74 (0.202 %)MCAD
74 (0.202 %)MCTS
83 (0.152 %)BC Cleared
92 (0.101 %)PhD
101 (0.051 %)CFA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (0.709 %)QA
21 (0.051 %)ISO9001
21 (0.051 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.051 %)Basel II
21 (0.051 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.354 %)MSMQ
17 (0.354 %)VMware Infrastructure
26 (0.304 %)Active Directory
35 (0.253 %)AquaLogic
43 (0.152 %)Oracle RAC
52 (0.101 %)XenApp
52 (0.101 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (0.405 %)AutoSys
22 (0.101 %)CONTROL-M
22 (0.101 %)MIIS
31 (0.051 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1269 (13.61 %)Oracle
2243 (12.30 %)Microsoft
381 (4.099 %)Sybase
428 (1.417 %)TIBCO
527 (1.366 %)Bloomberg
622 (1.113 %)DevExpress
720 (1.012 %)Reuters
817 (0.860 %)Infragistics
817 (0.860 %)DataSynapse
913 (0.658 %)Perforce
1011 (0.557 %)Business Objects
1110 (0.506 %)telerik
129 (0.455 %)Sophis
138 (0.405 %)VMware
147 (0.354 %)IBM
156 (0.304 %)FileNet
156 (0.304 %)Kofax
156 (0.304 %)Tradeweb
165 (0.253 %)BEA
165 (0.253 %)Adobe