Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Wales region.

 C#
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank361821
Rank change year-on-year
Down-18Up+3
Matching contract IT job ads103963
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales1.916 %7.738 %5.850 %
As % of the Programming Languages category6.757 %23.21 %16.41 %
Daily rates quoted4136
Average daily rate£275£250£295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-15.25 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£160£225£244
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£292£385£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£275£325
% change year-on-year
+5.450 %-15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted3614
Average hourly rate£19.50£22.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.36 %-37.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.90£22.00£33.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£91.90£37.00£39.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-12.69 %-10.00 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
148168384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales28.35 %33.33 %35.65 %
Daily rates quoted614484
Average daily rate£326£300£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.660 %-14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£193£206£257
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£475£450£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted101446
Average hourly rate£19.50£27.25£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.44 %-22.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.20£22.00£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£110.00£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
C# UKC#
UK

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C# across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wales 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# across the Wales region.

Wales C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Wales 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# across the Wales region.

Wales C# Hourly Rate Trend

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Wales C# Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. 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
South WalesDown-138£275+10.00 %
West WalesDown-151--
C# UKC#
UK

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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#.

129 (85.29 %).NET
226 (76.47 %)SQL Server
318 (52.94 %)ASP.NET
417 (50.00 %)OO
515 (44.12 %)C
68 (23.53 %)Manufacturing
68 (23.53 %)HTML
68 (23.53 %)Visual Studio
68 (23.53 %)VMS
77 (20.59 %)Microsoft
86 (17.65 %)C++
86 (17.65 %)JavaScript
86 (17.65 %)SQL
86 (17.65 %).NET Framework
95 (14.71 %)VB.NET
95 (14.71 %)OOD
95 (14.71 %)MS Office
95 (14.71 %)XML
104 (11.76 %)Windows
104 (11.76 %)SharePoint
104 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
104 (11.76 %)Security Cleared
113 (8.824 %)WPF
113 (8.824 %)Expression Blend
113 (8.824 %)TDD
113 (8.824 %)Multimedia
113 (8.824 %)3D Graphics
113 (8.824 %)XAML
113 (8.824 %)Construction
113 (8.824 %)Embedded C

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (85.29 %).NET
218 (52.94 %)ASP.NET
38 (23.53 %)HTML
46 (17.65 %).NET Framework
55 (14.71 %)XML
63 (8.824 %)WPF
72 (5.882 %)OpenGL
72 (5.882 %)DirectX
72 (5.882 %)XNA
81 (2.941 %)Silverlight
81 (2.941 %)XHTML
81 (2.941 %)ASP
81 (2.941 %)CSS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (11.76 %)SharePoint
22 (5.882 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (2.941 %)Sitecore CMS
31 (2.941 %)Umbraco
31 (2.941 %)Immediacy CMS
31 (2.941 %)CMS
31 (2.941 %)BizTalk Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (14.71 %)MS Office
23 (8.824 %)MS Excel
31 (2.941 %)InfoPath
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (8.824 %)TCP/IP
22 (5.882 %)LAN
22 (5.882 %)RFID
22 (5.882 %)Wireless
31 (2.941 %)Intranet
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (76.47 %)SQL Server
22 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.941 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (23.53 %)Visual Studio
23 (8.824 %)Expression Blend
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (23.53 %)Manufacturing
23 (8.824 %)Multimedia
23 (8.824 %)3D Graphics
23 (8.824 %)Construction
32 (5.882 %)Finance
32 (5.882 %)Aerospace
41 (2.941 %)Government
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
128 (82.35 %)Developer
210 (29.41 %)Software Engineer
210 (29.41 %)Programmer
210 (29.41 %).NET Developer
39 (26.47 %)Software Developer
48 (23.53 %)C# Developer
56 (17.65 %)Software Programmer
64 (11.76 %)ASP.NET Developer
73 (8.824 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
73 (8.824 %)Analyst
73 (8.824 %)Web Developer
82 (5.882 %)Analyst Programmer
82 (5.882 %)SQL Developer
82 (5.882 %).NET Web Developer
82 (5.882 %).NET Programmer
91 (2.941 %)UI Developer
91 (2.941 %)Development Engineer
91 (2.941 %)SharePoint Developer
91 (2.941 %)C Developer
91 (2.941 %)C Software Engineer
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (23.53 %)VMS
24 (11.76 %)Windows
31 (2.941 %)Linux
31 (2.941 %)UNIX
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (50.00 %)OO
25 (14.71 %)OOD
33 (8.824 %)TDD
42 (5.882 %)UML
42 (5.882 %)OOP
51 (2.941 %)Technical Architecture
51 (2.941 %)Web Development
51 (2.941 %)Scrum
51 (2.941 %)ERP
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
115 (44.12 %)C
26 (17.65 %)C++
26 (17.65 %)JavaScript
26 (17.65 %)SQL
35 (14.71 %)VB.NET
43 (8.824 %)XAML
43 (8.824 %)Embedded C
43 (8.824 %)Java
52 (5.882 %)VB
61 (2.941 %)T-SQL
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
14 (11.76 %)Security Cleared
21 (2.941 %)Degree
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.941 %)GxP
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (20.59 %)Microsoft
22 (5.882 %)Oracle
31 (2.941 %)Sitecore
31 (2.941 %)Sybase