The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 20 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 Bracknell 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 34 - 15
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing C 4 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 1.688% - 5.848%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.556% - 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.12% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 8
Average hourly rate £15.94 - £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -
All Programming Languages
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
72 31 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 30.38% 21.53% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 8 13
Average daily rate £425 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £360 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 10
Average hourly rate £17.33 £28.00 £47.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.12% -40.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
Berkshire

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell C Daily Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bracknell C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 6 (42.86%) Oracle
2 5 (35.71%) UNIX
3 4 (28.57%) C++
3 4 (28.57%) PL/SQL
3 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) Python
3 4 (28.57%) Client/Server
3 4 (28.57%) FTP
3 4 (28.57%) NFS
3 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 4 (28.57%) OO
3 4 (28.57%) Shell Script
3 4 (28.57%) ProC
3 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 4 (28.57%) QA
3 4 (28.57%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (28.57%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (28.57%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 4 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (21.43%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (14.29%) HPUX
5 2 (14.29%) Solaris
5 2 (14.29%) Linux
5 2 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (14.29%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (14.29%) Network Management

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) FTP
1 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) ProC
2 3 (21.43%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (7.143%) Electronics
1 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
1 1 (7.143%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle Developer
2 2 (14.29%) DBA
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (7.143%) Customer Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Service Manager
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Developer
3 1 (7.143%) PL/SQL Developer
3 1 (7.143%) UNIX Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Marketing Executive
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Client/Server
1 4 (28.57%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
1 4 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) UNIX
2 2 (14.29%) HPUX
2 2 (14.29%) Solaris
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) OO
1 4 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (14.29%) Network Management
2 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL V3
3 1 (7.143%) Logistics
3 1 (7.143%) Unit Testing
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) C++
1 4 (28.57%) PL/SQL
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
1 4 (28.57%) Python
1 4 (28.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (7.143%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) NFS
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Oracle