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The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Blackburn region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank45
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below37.50 %16.67 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£200£270
Average daily rate£230£305
% change on same period last year-24.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£260£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£363
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.45£34.30
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Blackburn
Matching contract IT job ads86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted34
Average minimum daily rate£253£187
Average daily rate£272£217
% change on same period last year+25.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£290£247
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.23 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.87£32.48
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
C LancashireC
Lancashire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C across the Blackburn region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Blackburn C Demand Trend

C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C across the Blackburn region.

Blackburn C Daily Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C across the Blackburn region.

Blackburn C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Blackburn region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Blackburn C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

14 (80.00 %)VoIP
23 (60.00 %)Assembly Language
23 (60.00 %)MATLAB
31 (20.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
31 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (20.00 %)C++
31 (20.00 %)DHCP
31 (20.00 %)DNS
31 (20.00 %)Embedded C
31 (20.00 %)Validation

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (60.00 %)MATLAB
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (80.00 %)VoIP
21 (20.00 %)DHCP
21 (20.00 %)DNS
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
23 (60.00 %)DSP Engineer
23 (60.00 %)DSP Software Engineer
32 (40.00 %)C Software Engineer
41 (20.00 %)Embedded C Engineer
41 (20.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
41 (20.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
41 (20.00 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Validation
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)Assembly Language
21 (20.00 %)C++
21 (20.00 %)Embedded C
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Security Cleared