The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 15 16 16
Rank change year-on-year
+1 0
Contract jobs citing C# 106 120 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 8.446% 7.668% 7.556%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.37% 24.19% 23.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 79 46
Average daily rate £313 £340 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.08% +23.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £174 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £445 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 £15.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+153.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
435 496 365
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 34.66% 31.69% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 305 184
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 16
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.58 £11.75 £13.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £43.50 £40.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C#
Yorkshire

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -4 77 £299 -14.64%
Bradford +10 12 £325 +116.66%
Huddersfield +4 7 £313 +108.33%
Halifax +3 4 £313 +13.63%
Cleckheaton - 1 £250 -
C#
Yorkshire

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 215 (91.49%) .NET
2 145 (61.70%) ASP.NET
3 131 (55.74%) SQL Server
4 94 (40.00%) JavaScript
5 76 (32.34%) SQL
6 75 (31.91%) CSS
7 74 (31.49%) .NET Framework
8 69 (29.36%) HTML
9 68 (28.94%) MVC
10 66 (28.09%) ASP.NET MVC
11 65 (27.66%) SQL Server 2008
12 52 (22.13%) Agile Software Development
13 49 (20.85%) WCF
14 48 (20.43%) Web Services
15 45 (19.15%) Visual Studio
16 39 (16.60%) XML
16 39 (16.60%) jQuery
16 39 (16.60%) ASP.NET MVC 3
17 38 (16.17%) SharePoint
18 35 (14.89%) T-SQL
19 32 (13.62%) Scrum
19 32 (13.62%) Web Development
20 31 (13.19%) Microsoft
21 26 (11.06%) CMS
21 26 (11.06%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
22 25 (10.64%) SOAP
22 25 (10.64%) WPF
23 24 (10.21%) EPiServer
23 24 (10.21%) Razor View Engine
24 23 (9.787%) SQL Server Reporting Services

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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
1 215 (91.49%) .NET
2 145 (61.70%) ASP.NET
3 75 (31.91%) CSS
4 74 (31.49%) .NET Framework
5 69 (29.36%) HTML
6 66 (28.09%) ASP.NET MVC
7 49 (20.85%) WCF
8 48 (20.43%) Web Services
9 39 (16.60%) XML
9 39 (16.60%) jQuery
9 39 (16.60%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 26 (11.06%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 25 (10.64%) SOAP
11 25 (10.64%) WPF
12 24 (10.21%) Razor View Engine
13 22 (9.362%) Silverlight
14 15 (6.383%) WinForms
15 14 (5.957%) NHibernate
16 12 (5.106%) REST
17 10 (4.255%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 38 (16.17%) SharePoint
2 26 (11.06%) CMS
3 14 (5.957%) EPiServer CMS
3 14 (5.957%) SharePoint 2010
4 8 (3.404%) BizTalk Server
5 6 (2.553%) Umbraco
6 4 (1.702%) IIS
7 3 (1.277%) Apache
8 2 (0.851%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.851%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.851%) DotNetNuke
8 2 (0.851%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.851%) SAS
9 1 (0.426%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.426%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.426%) Windows Azure
9 1 (0.426%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.255%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.277%) MS Office
3 2 (0.851%) MS Project
4 1 (0.426%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 6 (2.553%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.851%) HTTP
2 1 (0.426%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.426%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (55.74%) SQL Server
2 65 (27.66%) SQL Server 2008
3 23 (9.787%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (8.511%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 19 (8.085%) SQL Server 2005
6 13 (5.532%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (5.106%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (4.255%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 8 (3.404%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (1.277%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (0.851%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.851%) RavenDB
12 1 (0.426%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.426%) Oracle 8/8i
12 1 (0.426%) MS Access
12 1 (0.426%) MySQL
12 1 (0.426%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 45 (19.15%) Visual Studio
2 14 (5.957%) JIRA
3 11 (4.681%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (4.681%) Selenium
4 10 (4.255%) WebDriver
5 8 (3.404%) NUnit
6 6 (2.553%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
7 4 (1.702%) Visual Studio Team System
7 4 (1.702%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 4 (1.702%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.277%) MSI
8 3 (1.277%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.277%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.851%) Git (software)
10 1 (0.426%) LLBLGen Pro
10 1 (0.426%) ClearCase
10 1 (0.426%) PVCS
10 1 (0.426%) WebSpeed
General
1 8 (3.404%) Finance
2 7 (2.979%) Telecoms
3 5 (2.128%) Retail
4 1 (0.426%) Legal
4 1 (0.426%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 204 (86.81%) Developer
2 119 (50.64%) .NET Developer
3 66 (28.09%) C# Developer
4 37 (15.74%) C# .NET Developer
5 30 (12.77%) ASP.NET Developer
6 25 (10.64%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 18 (7.660%) SharePoint Developer
8 17 (7.234%) XML Developer
9 11 (4.681%) Web Developer
10 9 (3.830%) Software Developer
10 9 (3.830%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 8 (3.404%) .NET Web Developer
12 7 (2.979%) Analyst
12 7 (2.979%) C# Web Developer
12 7 (2.979%) CMS Developer
13 6 (2.553%) Test Analyst
13 6 (2.553%) Tester
13 6 (2.553%) Agile .NET Developer
14 5 (2.128%) Software Engineer
14 5 (2.128%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.532%) NHS
2 5 (2.128%) Computer Science
3 4 (1.702%) W3C
3 4 (1.702%) N-Tier
3 4 (1.702%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.277%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.277%) Open Source
5 2 (0.851%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.426%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.426%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.426%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.809%) Windows
2 3 (1.277%) Windows CE
2 3 (1.277%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (0.426%) UNIX
3 1 (0.426%) Windows XP
3 1 (0.426%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.426%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.94%) MVC
2 52 (22.13%) Agile Software Development
3 32 (13.62%) Scrum
3 32 (13.62%) Web Development
4 23 (9.787%) E-Commerce
5 18 (7.660%) TDD
6 16 (6.809%) Unit Testing
6 16 (6.809%) OO
7 14 (5.957%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (5.106%) Automated Testing
8 12 (5.106%) Migration
9 11 (4.681%) Workflow
9 11 (4.681%) Dependency Injection
9 11 (4.681%) Kanban
10 10 (4.255%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (4.255%) ITIL
11 8 (3.404%) PRINCE2
12 7 (2.979%) Software Engineering
12 7 (2.979%) Software Testing
12 7 (2.979%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 94 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 76 (32.34%) SQL
3 35 (14.89%) T-SQL
4 22 (9.362%) VB.NET
5 14 (5.957%) XAML
6 11 (4.681%) VB
7 7 (2.979%) PL/SQL
8 6 (2.553%) Java
9 5 (2.128%) C++
10 4 (1.702%) VBA
11 3 (1.277%) VC++
11 3 (1.277%) VB6
12 2 (0.851%) OCaml
12 2 (0.851%) Ruby
13 1 (0.426%) Delphi
13 1 (0.426%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (7.234%) Degree
2 10 (4.255%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.979%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.277%) BC Cleared
5 2 (0.851%) ISEB
6 1 (0.426%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.426%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.255%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.277%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.851%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.21%) EPiServer
3 13 (5.532%) Oracle
4 7 (2.979%) RedDot
5 5 (2.128%) Perforce
6 4 (1.702%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.277%) VMware
8 2 (0.851%) hybris
8 2 (0.851%) Endeca
8 2 (0.851%) TIBCO
9 1 (0.426%) Twitter
9 1 (0.426%) HP
9 1 (0.426%) Progress
9 1 (0.426%) Remedy
9 1 (0.426%) Infragistics
9 1 (0.426%) Open Text
9 1 (0.426%) RedPrairie
9 1 (0.426%) Sculptor
Leeds, West Yorkshire
An experienced .Net Developer with strong C#, SQL Server skills is required to work for a large organisation on the support and maintenance of the existing systems... As...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Yorkshire
The successful .Net Developer is required to have a strong development experiance and customisation experience with C# and SQL server. Desirable skills include Umbraco/Sitecore... No terminology in...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 16 May 2013