Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# 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 of the Programming Languages category.

LinkC#
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1715
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads24005938
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK6.987 %7.713 %
As % of the Programming Languages category21.03 %23.33 %
Daily rates quoted11442056
Average daily rate£450£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year+12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£238£265
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£325
% change on same period last year-10.76 %
Hourly rates quoted86334
Average hourly rate£28.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£22.00£26.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.40£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.75£35.00
% change on same period last year-20.71 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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#
Demand Trend

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

C# Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

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

C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

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

C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

C# Hourly Rate Histogram

C#
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# 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
EnglandDown-32294£450+12.50 %
LondonUp+21699£475+5.55 %
City of LondonUp+8696£475-
South EastDown-27183£280-17.64 %
South WestUp+2117£300-
East of EnglandDown-1383£250-31.22 %
North WestDown-2560£238-10.37 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2155£513-2.38 %
ScotlandUp+145£300-6.25 %
YorkshireDown-1845£240-20.00 %
East MidlandsDown-244£235-32.85 %
BristolDown-240£350+16.66 %
West MidlandsDown-1238£285-12.30 %
HampshireDown-2436£250-39.75 %
SurreyDown-1633£300-3.22 %
BerkshireDown-5333£281-19.64 %
CambridgeshireDown-831£253-29.07 %
Canary WharfUp+527£475-13.63 %
West YorkshireDown-1827£225-25.00 %
WalesUp+1626£288+2.67 %
CambridgeDown-125£255-27.14 %
ManchesterDown-2225£200-24.52 %
KentUp+1224£253-14.04 %
South WalesUp+1124£288+10.57 %
EssexUp+321£355+10.93 %
HertfordshireDown-1221£238-42.42 %
WiltshireUp+820£288-8.00 %
OxfordshireDown-1120£363-14.70 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1115£281-19.64 %
LeedsDown-1915£225-25.31 %

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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#.

13797 (74.85 %).NET
21987 (39.17 %)ASP.NET
31962 (38.68 %)SQL Server
41471 (29.00 %)SQL
51228 (24.21 %)Banking
6927 (18.27 %)Investment Banking
7895 (17.64 %)Finance
8852 (16.79 %)C++
9824 (16.24 %)XML
10759 (14.96 %)Derivative
11754 (14.86 %)SQL Server 2005
12748 (14.74 %)Front Office
13744 (14.67 %)Microsoft
14729 (14.37 %)Java
15696 (13.72 %)Oracle
16662 (13.05 %)JavaScript
17584 (11.51 %)Windows
18582 (11.47 %)HTML
19564 (11.12 %)CSS
20549 (10.82 %)OO
21535 (10.55 %)WebServices
22501 (9.876 %).NET Framework
23499 (9.836 %)SharePoint
24497 (9.797 %)WinForms
25489 (9.639 %)AJAX
26438 (8.634 %)Visual Studio
27428 (8.437 %)VB.NET
28410 (8.082 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
29391 (7.707 %)VB
30367 (7.234 %)WCF

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13797 (74.85 %).NET
21987 (39.17 %)ASP.NET
3824 (16.24 %)XML
4582 (11.47 %)HTML
5564 (11.12 %)CSS
6535 (10.55 %)WebServices
7501 (9.876 %).NET Framework
8497 (9.797 %)WinForms
9489 (9.639 %)AJAX
10367 (7.234 %)WCF
11273 (5.381 %)WPF
12265 (5.224 %)ASP
13177 (3.489 %)XSLT
14170 (3.351 %)XHTML
15139 (2.740 %)ASP.NET 2.0
16137 (2.701 %)Silverlight
17110 (2.168 %)ADO.NET
18100 (1.971 %)J2EE
1986 (1.695 %)SOAP
2085 (1.676 %)NHibernate
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1499 (9.836 %)SharePoint
2317 (6.249 %)SharePoint Server 2007
3231 (4.554 %)IIS
4157 (3.095 %)BizTalk Server
5140 (2.760 %)CMS
680 (1.577 %)Apache
751 (1.005 %)TIBCO EMS
842 (0.828 %)Rendezvous
921 (0.414 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1020 (0.394 %)WebSphere MQ
1119 (0.375 %)MQSeries
1119 (0.375 %)EPiServer
1216 (0.315 %)Sitecore CMS
1216 (0.315 %)Content Management Server
1313 (0.256 %)ArcGIS
1411 (0.217 %)Commerce Server
1411 (0.217 %)Immediacy CMS
159 (0.177 %)MS Exchange
159 (0.177 %)SAS
168 (0.158 %)TeamSite
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1265 (5.224 %)MS Excel
270 (1.380 %)MS Office
345 (0.887 %)Spreadsheet
444 (0.867 %)InfoPath
534 (0.670 %)Photoshop
612 (0.237 %)MS Project
76 (0.118 %)MATLAB
85 (0.099 %)MS Visio
94 (0.079 %)MS PowerPoint
103 (0.059 %)CA Clarity
103 (0.059 %)Adobe Illustrator
103 (0.059 %)FreeHand
112 (0.039 %)Fireworks
121 (0.020 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
146 (0.907 %)Dynamics CRM
239 (0.769 %)Microsoft CRM
331 (0.611 %)Sophis RISQUE
413 (0.256 %)RMDS
512 (0.237 %)Endur
611 (0.217 %)Dynamics AX
79 (0.177 %)Summit
88 (0.158 %)Global One
95 (0.099 %)Navision
95 (0.099 %)WebTrends
104 (0.079 %)Oracle EBS
104 (0.079 %)SunGard Martini
104 (0.079 %)Loan IQ
112 (0.039 %)Bond Adapt
112 (0.039 %)Great Plains
121 (0.020 %)BusinessWorks
121 (0.020 %)Oracle ERP
121 (0.020 %)Oracle Applications
121 (0.020 %)Dynamics GP
121 (0.020 %)Oracle Financials
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1144 (2.839 %)Internet
2125 (2.464 %)Intranet
332 (0.631 %)HTTP
423 (0.453 %)TCP/IP
519 (0.375 %)SSL
616 (0.315 %)Extranet
714 (0.276 %)DNS
714 (0.276 %)LDAP
810 (0.197 %)BSS
98 (0.158 %)VoIP
98 (0.158 %)DHCP
107 (0.138 %)SMS
116 (0.118 %)Kerberos
116 (0.118 %)3G
125 (0.099 %)Firewall
134 (0.079 %)FTP
143 (0.059 %)HTTPS
143 (0.059 %)SAN
143 (0.059 %)DMZ
143 (0.059 %)TELNET
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11962 (38.68 %)SQL Server
2754 (14.86 %)SQL Server 2005
3254 (5.007 %)SQL Server 2000
4169 (3.331 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5149 (2.937 %)SQL Server 2008
6122 (2.405 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7104 (2.050 %)RDBMS
878 (1.538 %)Oracle 10g
975 (1.478 %)Crystal Reports
1071 (1.400 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1170 (1.380 %)Datawarehouse
1266 (1.301 %)MySQL
1266 (1.301 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1355 (1.084 %)BusinessObjects
1441 (0.808 %)ETL
1540 (0.788 %)OLAP
1636 (0.710 %)DTS
1636 (0.710 %)GIS
1732 (0.631 %)Oracle Reports
1826 (0.513 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1438 (8.634 %)Visual Studio
2124 (2.444 %)NUnit
374 (1.459 %)Team Foundation Server
471 (1.400 %)Subversion
558 (1.143 %)VSS/SourceSafe
657 (1.124 %)Visual Studio Team System
755 (1.084 %)ClearCase
831 (0.611 %)CruiseControl
928 (0.552 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
1026 (0.513 %)JUnit
1117 (0.335 %)Ant
1214 (0.276 %)Oracle Forms
1312 (0.237 %)ClearQuest
1410 (0.197 %)Log4Net
1410 (0.197 %)Eclipse
1410 (0.197 %)PowerBuilder
158 (0.158 %)QuickTest Pro
158 (0.158 %)LoadRunner
158 (0.158 %)Selenium
167 (0.138 %)WATIR
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11228 (24.21 %)Banking
2927 (18.27 %)Investment Banking
3895 (17.64 %)Finance
4748 (14.74 %)Front Office
5108 (2.129 %)Government
695 (1.873 %)Education
793 (1.833 %)Insurance
876 (1.498 %)Financial Institution
968 (1.340 %)Back Office
1065 (1.281 %)Games
1157 (1.124 %)Marketing
1247 (0.926 %)Telecoms
1341 (0.808 %)Health
1436 (0.710 %)Publishing
1533 (0.651 %)Retail
1628 (0.552 %)Construction
1725 (0.493 %)Pensions
1819 (0.375 %)Billing
1918 (0.355 %)Pharmaceutical
2016 (0.315 %)Electronics
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14079 (80.41 %)Developer
21976 (38.95 %)C# Developer
31505 (29.67 %).NET Developer
4477 (9.403 %)ASP.NET Developer
5412 (8.121 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
6365 (7.195 %)Analyst
7331 (6.525 %)Senior Developer
8321 (6.328 %)Web Developer
9229 (4.514 %)SharePoint Developer
10228 (4.494 %)SQL Developer
11217 (4.278 %)Programmer
12170 (3.351 %)C++ Developer
13154 (3.036 %)Java Developer
14146 (2.878 %)Architect
15144 (2.839 %)Analyst Programmer
16138 (2.720 %)Software Developer
17121 (2.385 %)SQL Server Developer
18111 (2.188 %)Senior C# Developer
19106 (2.089 %)C++/C# Developer
20103 (2.030 %)Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1759 (14.96 %)Derivative
2410 (8.082 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3242 (4.770 %)Fixed Income
4205 (4.041 %)Equities
5174 (3.430 %)Credit Risk
6162 (3.193 %)Interest Rate Derivative
7161 (3.174 %)Multithreading
8149 (2.937 %)Equity Derivative
9131 (2.582 %)Credit Derivative
10101 (1.991 %)N-Tier
1180 (1.577 %)Client/Server
1274 (1.459 %)Market Risk
1368 (1.340 %)Computer Science
1467 (1.321 %)Mathematics
1565 (1.281 %)Grid Computing
1654 (1.064 %)NHS
1745 (0.887 %)Exotic Derivative
1842 (0.828 %)W3C
1928 (0.552 %)Contract for Difference
2015 (0.296 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1584 (11.51 %)Windows
2201 (3.962 %)UNIX
3110 (2.168 %)Linux
491 (1.794 %)Windows Server 2003
537 (0.729 %)Solaris
624 (0.473 %)Windows XP
723 (0.453 %)Windows 2000
822 (0.434 %)Windows Mobile
918 (0.355 %)Windows 2000 Server
1014 (0.276 %)Windows Server 2008
1111 (0.217 %)Windows CE
1210 (0.197 %)Windows NT
1210 (0.197 %)AIX
138 (0.158 %)Windows Vista
145 (0.099 %)HPUX
154 (0.079 %)VMS
163 (0.059 %)zOS
172 (0.039 %)SUSE
172 (0.039 %)Android
172 (0.039 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1549 (10.82 %)OO
2342 (6.742 %)Agile Software Development
3217 (4.278 %)TDD
4211 (4.159 %)Web Development
5185 (3.647 %)Scrum
6173 (3.410 %)Workflow
7170 (3.351 %)E-Commerce
8167 (3.292 %)SOA
9155 (3.055 %)RAD
10153 (3.016 %)Risk Management
11149 (2.937 %)UML
12143 (2.819 %)Unit Testing
13116 (2.287 %)CRM
14114 (2.247 %)Migration
15106 (2.089 %)Electronic Trading
1687 (1.715 %)Content Management
1779 (1.557 %)Business Intelligence
1862 (1.222 %)OOD
1961 (1.202 %)Data Modelling
2060 (1.183 %)Project Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11471 (29.00 %)SQL
2852 (16.79 %)C++
3729 (14.37 %)Java
4662 (13.05 %)JavaScript
5428 (8.437 %)VB.NET
6391 (7.707 %)VB
7287 (5.657 %)VBA
8268 (5.283 %)T-SQL
9182 (3.588 %)C
10141 (2.779 %)VB6
11119 (2.346 %)VC++
12117 (2.306 %)PL/SQL
1381 (1.597 %)Perl
1474 (1.459 %)PHP
1550 (0.986 %)Python
1648 (0.946 %)Shell Script
1745 (0.887 %)VBScript
1832 (0.631 %)Ruby
1930 (0.591 %)ActionScript
2019 (0.375 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1227 (4.475 %)Degree
2148 (2.917 %)Security Cleared
387 (1.715 %)Microsoft Certification
483 (1.636 %)SC Cleared
519 (0.375 %)ISEB
618 (0.355 %)DV Cleared
717 (0.335 %)MCSD
816 (0.315 %)MCP
914 (0.276 %)MCSE
1013 (0.256 %)MCTS
1112 (0.237 %)MCAD
1211 (0.217 %)PhD
138 (0.158 %)CTC Cleared
146 (0.118 %)CITP
155 (0.099 %)BC Cleared
155 (0.099 %)PMI Certification
164 (0.079 %)PRINCE2 Certification
164 (0.079 %)MCPD
173 (0.059 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
173 (0.059 %)MCDBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
147 (0.926 %)QA
27 (0.138 %)WAI
35 (0.099 %)SLA
44 (0.079 %)HL7
53 (0.059 %)PCI DSS
53 (0.059 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
53 (0.059 %)Basel II
53 (0.059 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
149 (0.966 %)Active Directory
216 (0.315 %)VMware Infrastructure
315 (0.296 %)MSMQ
47 (0.138 %)Terminal Services
56 (0.118 %)ISA Server
56 (0.118 %)VMware ESX
56 (0.118 %)AquaLogic
56 (0.118 %)Oracle RAC
65 (0.099 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
65 (0.099 %)NetBackup
65 (0.099 %)Backup Exec
73 (0.059 %)Hyper-V
82 (0.039 %)XenApp
91 (0.020 %)VMware Workstation
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
126 (0.513 %)AutoSys
212 (0.237 %)MIIS
39 (0.177 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
48 (0.158 %)SCCM
55 (0.099 %)CONTROL-M
63 (0.059 %)Tivoli
71 (0.020 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1744 (14.67 %)Microsoft
2696 (13.72 %)Oracle
3226 (4.455 %)Sybase
4111 (2.188 %)Murex
5108 (2.129 %)TIBCO
695 (1.873 %)Pega
771 (1.400 %)IBM
855 (1.084 %)Business Objects
949 (0.966 %)Sophis
949 (0.966 %)DataSynapse
1044 (0.867 %)Bloomberg
1137 (0.729 %)DevExpress
1235 (0.690 %)Perforce
1330 (0.591 %)Reuters
1426 (0.513 %)Infragistics
1524 (0.473 %)telerik
1622 (0.434 %)Adobe
1720 (0.394 %)VMware
1818 (0.355 %)Sitecore
1917 (0.335 %)HP