The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms 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 WinForms 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 Application Development 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
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 90 101 83
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -18
Contract jobs citing WinForms 5 2 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.306% 0.089% 1.004%
As % of the Application Development category 1.295% 0.372% 4.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 8
Average daily rate £245 £288 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.78% -6.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £288 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £307 £288 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
386 538 471
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.64% 24.00% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 293 255
Average daily rate £300 £300 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £17.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.85% -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £40.00 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WinForms
England

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands WinForms Jobs Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands WinForms Hourly Rate Trend

WinForms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms 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 - 1 £275 -
Warwickshire - 1 £215 -
WinForms
England

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (93.33%) .NET
2 13 (86.67%) ASP.NET
3 12 (80.00%) SQL
4 10 (66.67%) C#
4 10 (66.67%) VB.NET
4 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
5 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
6 6 (40.00%) CSS
6 6 (40.00%) Web Services
6 6 (40.00%) XML
6 6 (40.00%) jQuery
7 5 (33.33%) WPF
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (33.33%) T-SQL
7 5 (33.33%) N-Tier
8 4 (26.67%) HTML
8 4 (26.67%) Subversion
8 4 (26.67%) WCF
9 3 (20.00%) CRM
9 3 (20.00%) XAML
9 3 (20.00%) .NET Framework
9 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (20.00%) VB
9 3 (20.00%) SOAP
9 3 (20.00%) Windows
9 3 (20.00%) OO
10 2 (13.33%) OLTP
10 2 (13.33%) XHTML
10 2 (13.33%) OOP

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing WinForms 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 WinForms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (93.33%) .NET
2 13 (86.67%) ASP.NET
3 6 (40.00%) CSS
3 6 (40.00%) Web Services
3 6 (40.00%) XML
3 6 (40.00%) jQuery
4 5 (33.33%) WPF
5 4 (26.67%) HTML
5 4 (26.67%) WCF
6 3 (20.00%) .NET Framework
6 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (20.00%) SOAP
7 2 (13.33%) XHTML
7 2 (13.33%) XSLT
7 2 (13.33%) HTML5
7 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (6.667%) Ajax
8 1 (6.667%) LINQ
8 1 (6.667%) CSS3
8 1 (6.667%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (13.33%) OLTP
5 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Subversion
General
1 1 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) .NET Developer
3 5 (33.33%) C# Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Web Developer
5 2 (13.33%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (13.33%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (13.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (13.33%) VB.NET Developer
5 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Developer
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Server Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Web Applications Developer
6 1 (6.667%) .NET Web Developer
6 1 (6.667%) .NET Applications Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (6.667%) User Experience Designer
6 1 (6.667%) Designer
6 1 (6.667%) Applications Developer
6 1 (6.667%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) N-Tier
2 1 (6.667%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) CRM
1 3 (20.00%) OO
2 2 (13.33%) OOP
2 2 (13.33%) Unit Testing
2 2 (13.33%) SEO
2 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
2 2 (13.33%) MVC
3 1 (6.667%) TDD
3 1 (6.667%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) SQL
2 10 (66.67%) C#
2 10 (66.67%) VB.NET
3 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
4 5 (33.33%) T-SQL
5 3 (20.00%) XAML
5 3 (20.00%) VB
6 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 1 (6.667%) DevExpress
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
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
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
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