The first table below looks at the demand for C# skills in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C# 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Worcestershire 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#
Rank 3 10 4
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Contract jobs citing C# 23 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 24.73% 5.357% 15.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.92% 15.00% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 0 5
Average daily rate £308 - £263
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 - £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 - £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £25.00 £36.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Programming Languages
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
48 20 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 51.61% 35.71% 34.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 5 8
Average daily rate £340 £200 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -23.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £310 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
Average hourly rate £25.00 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.50% +4.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
C#
West Midlands

C#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire 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
Worcester +4 16 £387 -
Droitwich - 2 - -
Redditch - 1 £375 -
Bromsgrove - 1 - -
C#
West Midlands

C#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 31 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (74.19%) ASP.NET
3 14 (45.16%) JavaScript
3 14 (45.16%) OO
4 13 (41.94%) SQL Server
4 13 (41.94%) ASP.NET MVC
5 12 (38.71%) SQL
6 11 (35.48%) XML
7 9 (29.03%) Web Services
7 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
7 9 (29.03%) ASP.NET MVC 2
7 9 (29.03%) jQuery
8 8 (25.81%) .NET Framework
8 8 (25.81%) SQL Server 2005
8 8 (25.81%) N-Tier
8 8 (25.81%) E-Commerce
8 8 (25.81%) UML
9 7 (22.58%) CSS
9 7 (22.58%) Agile Software Development
9 7 (22.58%) MVC
9 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (19.35%) QA
10 6 (19.35%) CMS
10 6 (19.35%) Visual Studio
11 5 (16.13%) MCAD
11 5 (16.13%) MCSD
11 5 (16.13%) PRINCE2
11 5 (16.13%) Windows
11 5 (16.13%) CRM
11 5 (16.13%) SharePoint

C#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 31 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (74.19%) ASP.NET
3 13 (41.94%) ASP.NET MVC
4 11 (35.48%) XML
5 9 (29.03%) Web Services
5 9 (29.03%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 9 (29.03%) jQuery
6 8 (25.81%) .NET Framework
7 7 (22.58%) CSS
8 4 (12.90%) HTML5
9 3 (9.677%) XHTML
9 3 (9.677%) XSLT
9 3 (9.677%) CSS3
9 3 (9.677%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 2 (6.452%) WCF
10 2 (6.452%) JSON
10 2 (6.452%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (6.452%) RESTful
10 2 (6.452%) HTML
11 1 (3.226%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 6 (19.35%) CMS
2 5 (16.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.226%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 3 (9.677%) MS Excel
1 3 (9.677%) MS Office
2 2 (6.452%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (41.94%) SQL Server
2 8 (25.81%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (6.452%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (12.90%) Marketing
2 3 (9.677%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 23 (74.19%) Developer
2 13 (41.94%) .NET Developer
3 7 (22.58%) Web Developer
3 7 (22.58%) Programmer
4 5 (16.13%) ASP.NET Developer
5 4 (12.90%) Front-End Developer
5 4 (12.90%) C# Developer
6 3 (9.677%) Tester
6 3 (9.677%) Software Tester
6 3 (9.677%) .NET Web Developer
6 3 (9.677%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (6.452%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (6.452%) Front-End Web Developer
7 2 (6.452%) Analyst Programmer
7 2 (6.452%) Analyst
7 2 (6.452%) Analyst Developer
8 1 (3.226%) HTML Developer
8 1 (3.226%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.226%) CSS Developer
8 1 (3.226%) CMS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 3 (9.677%) Windows XP
2 3 (9.677%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) OO
2 8 (25.81%) E-Commerce
2 8 (25.81%) UML
3 7 (22.58%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (22.58%) MVC
3 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.13%) PRINCE2
4 5 (16.13%) CRM
4 5 (16.13%) Content Management
5 4 (12.90%) Web Analytics
5 4 (12.90%) Web Development
5 4 (12.90%) Analytics
5 4 (12.90%) SEO
6 3 (9.677%) Validation
6 3 (9.677%) Change Management
6 3 (9.677%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (9.677%) Configuration Management
6 3 (9.677%) Unit Testing
6 3 (9.677%) Data Protection
6 3 (9.677%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (45.16%) JavaScript
2 12 (38.71%) SQL
3 3 (9.677%) VB
3 3 (9.677%) VB.NET
3 3 (9.677%) C
3 3 (9.677%) C++
4 2 (6.452%) PHP
4 2 (6.452%) J#
5 1 (3.226%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) MCAD
1 5 (16.13%) MCSD
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) QA
2 3 (9.677%) TickIT
2 3 (9.677%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.677%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) VMware
3 2 (6.452%) Adobe
3 2 (6.452%) Macromedia
3 2 (6.452%) Apple
4 1 (3.226%) Telerik
4 1 (3.226%) Oracle