The first table below looks at the demand for the C# .NET Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# .NET Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C# .NET Developer
Rank 59 87 78
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -9
Contract jobs requiring a C# .NET Developer 40 23 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.385% 1.007% 1.136%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.584% 1.086% 1.232%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 20 8
Average daily rate £285 £325 £264
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.30% +23.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £248 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £373 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £30.25
% change year-on-year
+59.09% -27.27%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1548 2117 1704
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.31% 92.65% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 962 776
Average daily rate £325 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £218 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £457 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 165 145
Average hourly rate £19.50 £15.56 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.32% -14.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C# .NET Developer
England

C# .NET Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C# .NET Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands C# .NET Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C# .NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C# .NET Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands C# .NET Developer Daily Rate Trend

C# .NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# .NET Developer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands C# .NET Developer Daily Rate Histogram

C# .NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C# .NET Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands C# .NET Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C# .NET Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# .NET Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Birmingham +17 16 £300 -14.28%
Staffordshire +13 4 £325 -
Coventry +6 4 £250 -
Warwickshire -1 4 £225 -
Solihull - 4 £263 -
Shropshire - 2 £250 -
Worcestershire - 2 £293 -
C# .NET Developer
England

C# .NET Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited C# .NET 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# .NET Developer in their job title.

1 64 (100.00%) C#
1 64 (100.00%) .NET
2 48 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 44 (68.75%) SQL Server
4 25 (39.06%) SQL
4 25 (39.06%) .NET Framework
5 24 (37.50%) JavaScript
5 24 (37.50%) MVC
6 21 (32.81%) ASP.NET MVC
7 16 (25.00%) jQuery
7 16 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
8 15 (23.44%) CSS
9 14 (21.88%) Ajax
10 12 (18.75%) HTML
10 12 (18.75%) Web Services
10 12 (18.75%) XML
11 11 (17.19%) TDD
12 10 (15.63%) Microsoft
12 10 (15.63%) Visual Studio
12 10 (15.63%) WCF
12 10 (15.63%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 7 (10.94%) CSS3
13 7 (10.94%) HTML5
13 7 (10.94%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (10.94%) XHTML
14 6 (9.375%) Unit Testing
14 6 (9.375%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 5 (7.813%) Team Foundation Server
15 5 (7.813%) Silverlight
15 5 (7.813%) N-Tier

C# .NET Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited C# .NET 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# .NET Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 64 (100.00%) .NET
2 48 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 25 (39.06%) .NET Framework
4 21 (32.81%) ASP.NET MVC
5 16 (25.00%) jQuery
6 15 (23.44%) CSS
7 14 (21.88%) Ajax
8 12 (18.75%) HTML
8 12 (18.75%) Web Services
8 12 (18.75%) XML
9 10 (15.63%) WCF
9 10 (15.63%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 7 (10.94%) CSS3
10 7 (10.94%) HTML5
10 7 (10.94%) XHTML
11 6 (9.375%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 5 (7.813%) Silverlight
13 4 (6.250%) JSON
14 3 (4.688%) WPF
14 3 (4.688%) YUI
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.688%) CMS
1 3 (4.688%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (3.125%) IIS
2 2 (3.125%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.125%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.563%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.563%) EPiServer CMS
3 1 (1.563%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.563%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (4.688%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (68.75%) SQL Server
2 16 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.688%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.563%) MySQL
4 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 10 (15.63%) Visual Studio
2 5 (7.813%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (4.688%) JIRA
4 2 (3.125%) MSTest
4 2 (3.125%) Moq
5 1 (1.563%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 1 (1.563%) Subversion
General
1 4 (6.250%) Games
2 2 (3.125%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.563%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.813%) N-Tier
2 3 (4.688%) Digital Media
3 2 (3.125%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.125%) RIA
3 2 (3.125%) Open Source
4 1 (1.563%) Inversion of Control
4 1 (1.563%) WURFL
4 1 (1.563%) Pocket PC
4 1 (1.563%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.250%) Windows
2 2 (3.125%) Android
2 2 (3.125%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.125%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.563%) BlackBerry OS
3 1 (1.563%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (37.50%) MVC
2 11 (17.19%) TDD
3 7 (10.94%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (9.375%) Unit Testing
5 5 (7.813%) SOA
5 5 (7.813%) OO
6 4 (6.250%) E-Commerce
6 4 (6.250%) Web Development
7 3 (4.688%) Graceful Degradation
7 3 (4.688%) Document Management
7 3 (4.688%) SEO
7 3 (4.688%) UML
8 2 (3.125%) OOP
8 2 (3.125%) OOD
8 2 (3.125%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (1.563%) BDD
9 1 (1.563%) Performance Testing
9 1 (1.563%) Time Management
9 1 (1.563%) Business Analysis
9 1 (1.563%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (100.00%) C#
2 25 (39.06%) SQL
3 24 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.813%) T-SQL
4 5 (7.813%) VB.NET
5 3 (4.688%) PHP
6 1 (1.563%) XAML
6 1 (1.563%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.563%) Java
6 1 (1.563%) C++
6 1 (1.563%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 2 (3.125%) SC Cleared
1 2 (3.125%) DV Cleared
1 2 (3.125%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.563%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.813%) Oracle
3 3 (4.688%) AccuRev
4 2 (3.125%) ESRI
5 1 (1.563%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.563%) DevExpress
5 1 (1.563%) Appcelerator
5 1 (1.563%) EPiServer
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