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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior C# Developer role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior C# Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior C# Developer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank458521
Rank change on same period last yearUp+63
Matching contract IT job ads101138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.140 %
As % of the category below0.161 %0.153 %
Daily rates quoted5585
Average minimum daily rate£466£474
Average daily rate£497£523
% change on same period last year-5.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£527£572
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£321
% change on same period last year+13.13 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£42.00
Average hourly rate-£42.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6268590255
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.64 %91.37 %
Daily rates quoted2030627158
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£396£413
% change on same period last year-3.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted57437905
Average minimum hourly rate£22.69£23.71
Average hourly rate£24.19£25.27
% change on same period last year-4.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.70£26.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Senior C# Developer
Demand Trend

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

Senior C# Developer Demand Trend

Senior C# Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior C# Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior C# Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Senior C# Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Senior C# Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior C# Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior C# Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+51101£497-5.02 %
LondonUp+4772£530-2.01 %
City of LondonNo change027£519-7.03 %
South EastUp+439£362+13.28 %
MidlandsUp+225£363+20.83 %
North WestUp+195£300-33.33 %
East MidlandsUp+44--
East of EnglandNew entry-4£400-
Docklands, LondonUp+404£400-17.94 %
SurreyUp+273£425+6.25 %
BuckinghamshireUp+203£313-
Milton KeynesUp+23£313-
BerkshireUp+382£350+45.83 %
Canary WharfUp+92£400-38.46 %
HertfordshireNew entry-2£450-
CroydonNew entry-1£310-
BirminghamUp+201--
West MidlandsUp+141--
YorkshireUp+191--
East AngliaNew entry-1£350-
CambridgeshireNew entry-1--
PeterboroughNew entry-1--
DerbyNew entry-1--
PrestonNew entry-1--
BlackpoolNew entry-1--
SheffieldNew entry-1--
FarnhamNew entry-1--
LeedsDown-61--
South YorkshireNew entry-1--
West YorkshireUp+71--

Senior C# Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior C# Developer in their job title.

1226 (100.00 %)C#
2172 (76.11 %).NET
3109 (48.23 %)ASP.NET
476 (33.63 %)SQL Server
556 (24.78 %)SQL
647 (20.80 %)WinForms
745 (19.91 %)Front Office
745 (19.91 %)Finance
841 (18.14 %)Agile Software Development
938 (16.81 %)XML
1037 (16.37 %)OO
1037 (16.37 %)NUnit
1037 (16.37 %)Banking
1136 (15.93 %)Scrum
1233 (14.60 %)TDD
1332 (14.16 %)SQL Server 2005
1431 (13.72 %)Windows
1529 (12.83 %)WebServices
1627 (11.95 %)Microsoft
1726 (11.50 %)JavaScript
1824 (10.62 %)HTML
1824 (10.62 %)Java
1923 (10.18 %)Visual Studio
1923 (10.18 %)MVC
1923 (10.18 %)Investment Banking
2022 (9.735 %)C++
2121 (9.292 %)Oracle
2121 (9.292 %)Derivative
2220 (8.850 %)AJAX
2319 (8.407 %)CSS

Senior C# Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior C# Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1172 (76.11 %).NET
2109 (48.23 %)ASP.NET
347 (20.80 %)WinForms
438 (16.81 %)XML
529 (12.83 %)WebServices
624 (10.62 %)HTML
723 (10.18 %)MVC
820 (8.850 %)AJAX
919 (8.407 %)CSS
1018 (7.965 %).NET Framework
1115 (6.637 %)Hibernate
1115 (6.637 %)Spring
1214 (6.195 %)WPF
1312 (5.310 %)Middleware
1411 (4.867 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1411 (4.867 %)XSLT
1510 (4.425 %)MonoRail
169 (3.982 %)WCF
178 (3.540 %)WF
187 (3.097 %)ADO.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (1.770 %)TIBCO EMS
23 (1.327 %)ESB
23 (1.327 %)Rendezvous
23 (1.327 %)CMS
23 (1.327 %)IIS
23 (1.327 %)BizTalk Server
32 (0.885 %)SharePoint
41 (0.442 %)Commerce Server
41 (0.442 %)Apache
41 (0.442 %)SharePoint Portal Server
41 (0.442 %)Immediacy CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (1.770 %)MS Excel
21 (0.442 %)MS Visio
21 (0.442 %)MATLAB
21 (0.442 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (1.770 %)Endur
21 (0.442 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (3.540 %)HTTP
26 (2.655 %)TCP/IP
33 (1.327 %)Internet
42 (0.885 %)UPnP
42 (0.885 %)Ethernet
42 (0.885 %)FTP
51 (0.442 %)Intranet
51 (0.442 %)SMTP
51 (0.442 %)SSH
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
176 (33.63 %)SQL Server
232 (14.16 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (7.080 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (2.655 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
55 (2.212 %)SQL Server Integration Services
55 (2.212 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
62 (0.885 %)Oracle 11g
62 (0.885 %)OLAP
62 (0.885 %)DTS
71 (0.442 %)RDBMS
71 (0.442 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.442 %)BusinessObjects
71 (0.442 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.442 %)DB2
71 (0.442 %)DB2 UDB
71 (0.442 %)Sybase ASE
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
137 (16.37 %)NUnit
223 (10.18 %)Visual Studio
32 (0.885 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (0.885 %)JUnit
32 (0.885 %)Log4Net
32 (0.885 %)Cactus
41 (0.442 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
145 (19.91 %)Front Office
145 (19.91 %)Finance
237 (16.37 %)Banking
323 (10.18 %)Investment Banking
418 (7.965 %)Construction
512 (5.310 %)Marketing
69 (3.982 %)Government
76 (2.655 %)Back Office
85 (2.212 %)Retail
92 (0.885 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.885 %)Legal
92 (0.885 %)Music
92 (0.885 %)Corporate Banking
92 (0.885 %)Education
101 (0.442 %)Health
101 (0.442 %)Automotive
101 (0.442 %)Insurance
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (9.292 %)Derivative
214 (6.195 %)Fixed Income
313 (5.752 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
410 (4.425 %)Credit Risk
59 (3.982 %)Equities
68 (3.540 %)Multithreading
77 (3.097 %)Fat Client
77 (3.097 %)Thin Client
86 (2.655 %)N-Tier
86 (2.655 %)Credit Derivative
86 (2.655 %)Equity Derivative
92 (0.885 %)Interest Rate Derivative
92 (0.885 %)Computer Science
92 (0.885 %)French Language
92 (0.885 %)Grid Computing
92 (0.885 %)PDA
101 (0.442 %)PKI
101 (0.442 %)Client/Server
101 (0.442 %)German Language
101 (0.442 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
131 (13.72 %)Windows
24 (1.770 %)Linux
24 (1.770 %)UNIX
31 (0.442 %)Windows XP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
141 (18.14 %)Agile Software Development
237 (16.37 %)OO
336 (15.93 %)Scrum
433 (14.60 %)TDD
510 (4.425 %)UML
69 (3.982 %)RAD
69 (3.982 %)Unit Testing
76 (2.655 %)Web Development
76 (2.655 %)E-Commerce
85 (2.212 %)Risk Management
85 (2.212 %)Workflow
85 (2.212 %)Requirements Analysis
94 (1.770 %)Continuous Integration
103 (1.327 %)Load Balancing
103 (1.327 %)Project Management
103 (1.327 %)Asset Management
103 (1.327 %)OOD
103 (1.327 %)SOA
103 (1.327 %)Business Intelligence
112 (0.885 %)Fund Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1226 (100.00 %)C#
256 (24.78 %)SQL
326 (11.50 %)JavaScript
424 (10.62 %)Java
522 (9.735 %)C++
617 (7.522 %)Transact-SQL
711 (4.867 %)VB
89 (3.982 %)PL/SQL
98 (3.540 %)VB.NET
106 (2.655 %)VBA
106 (2.655 %)DHTML
113 (1.327 %)PHP
113 (1.327 %)VB6
122 (0.885 %)VC++
131 (0.442 %)XQuery
131 (0.442 %)Delphi
131 (0.442 %)C++/CLI
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (2.212 %)Degree
23 (1.327 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (1.327 %)Sun Certification
32 (0.885 %)MCAD
41 (0.442 %)MCSD
41 (0.442 %)Postgraduate
41 (0.442 %)MCP
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (11.95 %)Microsoft
221 (9.292 %)Oracle
312 (5.310 %)Infragistics
48 (3.540 %)Sybase
57 (3.097 %)TIBCO
57 (3.097 %)Syncfusion
62 (0.885 %)Motorola
71 (0.442 %)Dundas
71 (0.442 %)RedDot
71 (0.442 %)DataSynapse
71 (0.442 %)webMethods
71 (0.442 %)Reuters
71 (0.442 %)Bloomberg
71 (0.442 %)Business Objects
71 (0.442 %)Hitachi