The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills 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# over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Programming Languages category 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C#
Rank 10 13 11
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Contract jobs citing C# 168 161 160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.29% 7.181% 8.457%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.87% 21.38% 26.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 111 93
Average daily rate £300 £325 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £218 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £415 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 £36.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.50% +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
496 753 612
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.37% 33.59% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 385 315
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 31
Average hourly rate £37.00 £31.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.35% +29.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £12.70 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
England

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands C# Jobs Demand Trend

C#
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands C# Daily Rate Trend

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C# across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands C# Daily Rate Histogram

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands C# Hourly Rate Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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 +4 43 £300 -7.69%
Worcestershire +6 22 £300 -
Warwickshire 0 18 £240 -16.52%
Staffordshire +2 16 £328 -
Coventry 0 14 £300 -27.71%
Shropshire +20 12 £250 -23.07%
Solihull +8 8 £263 -
Herefordshire -5 2 £255 +13.33%
Dudley -2 1 £325 +44.44%
Wolverhampton -3 1 £263 +22.09%
Walsall - 1 - -
C#
England

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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#.

1 342 (89.53%) .NET
2 209 (54.71%) ASP.NET
3 207 (54.19%) SQL Server
4 173 (45.29%) SQL
5 138 (36.13%) JavaScript
6 105 (27.49%) CSS
7 100 (26.18%) Microsoft
8 91 (23.82%) jQuery
9 88 (23.04%) HTML
10 87 (22.77%) VB.NET
11 86 (22.51%) MVC
12 82 (21.47%) .NET Framework
12 82 (21.47%) XML
13 81 (21.20%) Web Services
14 67 (17.54%) ASP.NET MVC
15 57 (14.92%) Ajax
16 51 (13.35%) Agile Software Development
17 50 (13.09%) SQL Server 2008
18 48 (12.57%) WCF
19 45 (11.78%) Windows
20 43 (11.26%) Visual Studio
21 42 (10.99%) OO
21 42 (10.99%) Web Development
22 40 (10.47%) E-Commerce
22 40 (10.47%) T-SQL
23 39 (10.21%) SharePoint
23 39 (10.21%) HTML5
24 38 (9.948%) N-Tier
24 38 (9.948%) XSLT
25 36 (9.424%) Unit Testing

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 342 (89.53%) .NET
2 209 (54.71%) ASP.NET
3 105 (27.49%) CSS
4 91 (23.82%) jQuery
5 88 (23.04%) HTML
6 82 (21.47%) .NET Framework
6 82 (21.47%) XML
7 81 (21.20%) Web Services
8 67 (17.54%) ASP.NET MVC
9 57 (14.92%) Ajax
10 48 (12.57%) WCF
11 39 (10.21%) HTML5
12 38 (9.948%) XSLT
13 31 (8.115%) XHTML
13 31 (8.115%) CSS3
14 27 (7.068%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 26 (6.806%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 21 (5.497%) SOAP
17 15 (3.927%) WPF
18 13 (3.403%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 39 (10.21%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.497%) BizTalk Server
2 21 (5.497%) CMS
3 20 (5.236%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (2.880%) IIS
5 9 (2.356%) Sitecore CMS
6 8 (2.094%) SharePoint Server
7 4 (1.047%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.047%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.524%) Amazon AWS
8 2 (0.524%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.524%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.262%) DotNetNuke
9 1 (0.262%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.262%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.262%) SharePoint Foundation
9 1 (0.262%) EPiServer CMS
9 1 (0.262%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.262%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 29 (7.592%) MS Excel
2 8 (2.094%) MS Office
2 8 (2.094%) InfoPath
3 3 (0.785%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.785%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.524%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.524%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.262%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 20 (5.236%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.524%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.094%) Internet
2 3 (0.785%) FTP
3 1 (0.262%) H.323
3 1 (0.262%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.262%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 207 (54.19%) SQL Server
2 50 (13.09%) SQL Server 2008
3 34 (8.901%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (4.188%) SQL Server 2005
5 14 (3.665%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.571%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.047%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.785%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (0.785%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (0.785%) MySQL
9 2 (0.524%) GIS
10 1 (0.262%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.262%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.262%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (0.262%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 43 (11.26%) Visual Studio
2 30 (7.853%) Team Foundation Server
3 15 (3.927%) Subversion
4 7 (1.832%) JIRA
5 6 (1.571%) Moq
6 5 (1.309%) MSBuild
7 4 (1.047%) MSTest
7 4 (1.047%) NUnit
8 2 (0.524%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.524%) Expression Blend
8 2 (0.524%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.262%) CruiseControl
9 1 (0.262%) Selenium
9 1 (0.262%) MorphX
9 1 (0.262%) Rhino Mocks
9 1 (0.262%) NMock
9 1 (0.262%) Appcelerator Titanium
9 1 (0.262%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.262%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.262%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 13 (3.403%) Telecoms
2 12 (3.141%) Games
3 9 (2.356%) Finance
4 4 (1.047%) Automotive
4 4 (1.047%) Marketing
4 4 (1.047%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.524%) Advertising
5 2 (0.524%) Retail
6 1 (0.262%) Billing
6 1 (0.262%) Law
Job Titles
1 318 (83.25%) Developer
2 181 (47.38%) .NET Developer
3 85 (22.25%) C# Developer
4 66 (17.28%) ASP.NET Developer
5 59 (15.45%) C# .NET Developer
6 40 (10.47%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 39 (10.21%) Web Developer
8 26 (6.806%) .NET Web Developer
9 25 (6.545%) SQL Developer
10 21 (5.497%) SharePoint Developer
11 20 (5.236%) Programmer
12 19 (4.974%) Software Engineer
12 19 (4.974%) VB.NET Developer
13 17 (4.450%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
14 16 (4.188%) Senior Developer
15 13 (3.403%) Analyst
16 10 (2.618%) Front-End Developer
16 10 (2.618%) CRM Developer
16 10 (2.618%) Architect
16 10 (2.618%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.948%) N-Tier
2 7 (1.832%) Mobile App
3 6 (1.571%) Computer Science
4 5 (1.309%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.047%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.047%) RIA
6 3 (0.785%) Blackberry
6 3 (0.785%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.785%) Digital Media
6 3 (0.785%) WURFL
6 3 (0.785%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.785%) SaaS
6 3 (0.785%) Open Source
7 1 (0.262%) Mobile Games
7 1 (0.262%) Pocket PC
7 1 (0.262%) SCADA
7 1 (0.262%) Physics
7 1 (0.262%) W3C
7 1 (0.262%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.78%) Windows
2 7 (1.832%) Windows Mobile
2 7 (1.832%) Windows 7
3 6 (1.571%) Android
4 5 (1.309%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.785%) Windows XP
5 3 (0.785%) UNIX
5 3 (0.785%) BlackBerry OS
6 1 (0.262%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.262%) Windows CE
6 1 (0.262%) Linux
6 1 (0.262%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.262%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.262%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (22.51%) MVC
2 51 (13.35%) Agile Software Development
3 42 (10.99%) OO
3 42 (10.99%) Web Development
4 40 (10.47%) E-Commerce
5 36 (9.424%) Unit Testing
6 34 (8.901%) TDD
7 28 (7.330%) Workflow
8 25 (6.545%) CRM
9 24 (6.283%) SEO
9 24 (6.283%) Web Application Development
10 21 (5.497%) UML
11 19 (4.974%) SOA
12 14 (3.665%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (3.403%) Content Management
13 13 (3.403%) Document Management
14 12 (3.141%) PRINCE2
15 10 (2.618%) Release Management
16 9 (2.356%) Continuous Improvement
17 8 (2.094%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 173 (45.29%) SQL
2 138 (36.13%) JavaScript
3 87 (22.77%) VB.NET
4 40 (10.47%) T-SQL
5 22 (5.759%) VB
6 14 (3.665%) C++
7 11 (2.880%) Java
8 9 (2.356%) VB6
8 9 (2.356%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.832%) C
10 6 (1.571%) PHP
11 4 (1.047%) XAML
12 3 (0.785%) COBOL
13 2 (0.524%) Scala
13 2 (0.524%) VBScript
13 2 (0.524%) VBA
13 2 (0.524%) J#
14 1 (0.262%) X++
14 1 (0.262%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.262%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 33 (8.639%) Degree
2 7 (1.832%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (1.571%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.309%) MCAD
4 5 (1.309%) MCSD
4 5 (1.309%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.047%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.524%) ISEB
6 2 (0.524%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.262%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.356%) QA
2 3 (0.785%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (0.785%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.785%) TickIT
System Software
1 4 (1.047%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (1.047%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.785%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (0.262%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 100 (26.18%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.236%) Oracle
3 11 (2.880%) Sitecore
4 6 (1.571%) AccuRev
4 6 (1.571%) EPiServer
5 4 (1.047%) SAP
5 4 (1.047%) ESRI
5 4 (1.047%) RedDot
5 4 (1.047%) VMware
6 2 (0.524%) DevExpress
6 2 (0.524%) Apple
6 2 (0.524%) Adobe
6 2 (0.524%) Macromedia
7 1 (0.262%) Telerik
7 1 (0.262%) Twitter
7 1 (0.262%) Appcelerator
7 1 (0.262%) Xamarin
West Midlands (County)
C#, and SQL Server are essential skills and therefore a wide range and understanding of .Net Development is required. The successful .Net Developer will have strong project experience...
Square One Resources
Rate: Up to £455 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
I am currently looking for a C# developer at least 4 years experience for a 3-6 month contract in Birmingham.
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands (County)
Biztalk Developer required with a strong understanding of the .Net stack and Agile Methodologies. C#, and SQL Server have all been selected as important skills and therefore a...
Square One Resources
Rate: Up to £455 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will need; C# ASP.NET WCF SQL Server In addition to the above key skills you will also need JQuery, JavaScript and any exposure to transactional websites...
Executive Resource Group
Rate: From £300 to £315 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
C# (ASP.Net) Developer required to assist in the development of a greenfield eCommerce website Essentials: - C# - ASP.Net - WCF - SQL Server This is an excellent opportunity with...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
These will all be web based - some standard ASP.NET Web forms and some will be written in MVC so MVC is a desirable skill but not essential.
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands (County)
C#, and SQL Server are essential skills and therefore a wide range and understanding of .Net Development is required. The successful Lead .Net Developer will have strong project...
Square One Resources
Rate: Up to £475 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Midlands
My client based in Birmingham is looking for a contractor for 3 months with potential extension key skills - ASP.NET - Web Services - WCF - SSIS - SSRS - Jquery - Javascript If...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
ASP.Net C# Developer ( ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server ) - West Midlands , Warwickshire£200- £250 Per Day3 Months +The Role:My client are a leading software house based in...
IT Ventures Ltd
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Essential: - 2 years C# experience Desirable skill set: - ASP.NET - Winforms - MVC - Entity Frameworks - T-SQL - HTML5 - Javascript - Jquery - Ajax - Agile - TDD - N-Unit This is an excellent...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Essential: - 2 years C# experience Desirable skill set: - ASP.NET - Winforms - MVC - Entity Frameworks - T-SQL - HTML5 - Javascript - Jquery - Ajax - Agile - TDD - N-Unit This is an excellent...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
The .NET Developer must be experienced in: - Strong .NET Development experience - C# - ASP.NET - JavaScript - SQL - TFS - MVCYou will be working on system development and enhancement of an...
Jumar Solutions
Posted: 24 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Umbraco Developer - Urgent 3 month contractMy leading client based in the West Midlands is looking for a talented Umbraco / -Net Web Developer for an initial 3 month requirement-...
OPUS
Rate: GBP225 to GBP300 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You must have a good degree in a numerate discipline with knowledge and experience of programming in at least one language such as Perl, Java, Delphi, C# or...
University Hospital Birmingham
Rate: Excellent salary plus benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013