Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Bristol region.

 C
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank14832
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+24
Matching contract IT job ads444425
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol6.567 %8.103 %2.621 %
As % of the Programming Languages category21.67 %23.91 %8.897 %
Daily rates quoted1816
Average daily rate£258£280£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.030 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£177£280£338
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£373£280£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£340£350
% change year-on-year
-11.76 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted5278
Average hourly rate£21.25£36.00£32.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.97 %+9.920 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.75£30.00£32.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£29.80£37.25£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£33.40£35.00
% change year-on-year
-22.15 %-4.570 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
203184281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol30.30 %33.89 %29.45 %
Daily rates quoted824277
Average daily rate£250£275£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-14.06 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£160£175£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£400£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted305373
Average hourly rate£28.75£35.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.85 %+7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.50£32.00£20.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£37.50£36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
C South WestC
South West

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.

C
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol C Daily Rate Trend

C
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Bristol C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Bristol C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

122 (28.95 %)Finance
215 (19.74 %)Security Cleared
312 (15.79 %)UML
312 (15.79 %)MATLAB
312 (15.79 %)Simulink
411 (14.47 %)Ada
411 (14.47 %)PRINCE2
59 (11.84 %)SQL
59 (11.84 %)SC Cleared
68 (10.53 %)Perl
68 (10.53 %)Java
68 (10.53 %)UNIX
77 (9.211 %)VB
77 (9.211 %)ISEB
77 (9.211 %)LoadRunner
86 (7.895 %)Stakeholder Management
95 (6.579 %)Project Management
95 (6.579 %)Windows
95 (6.579 %)BC Cleared
104 (5.263 %)User Acceptance Testing
104 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
104 (5.263 %)XML
104 (5.263 %)Oracle
104 (5.263 %)C#
104 (5.263 %)C++
104 (5.263 %)TestDirector
113 (3.947 %)PRINCE
113 (3.947 %)Telecoms
113 (3.947 %)WinRunner
113 (3.947 %)Citrix

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (5.263 %)XML
23 (3.947 %).NET
23 (3.947 %)ASP.NET
23 (3.947 %)CSS
32 (2.632 %)XSLT
32 (2.632 %)Web Services
32 (2.632 %)HTML
41 (1.316 %)Middleware
41 (1.316 %)XML Schema
41 (1.316 %)SOAP
41 (1.316 %)STL
41 (1.316 %)CORBA
41 (1.316 %)Flash
41 (1.316 %)XHTML
41 (1.316 %)LuciadMap
41 (1.316 %)Qt
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (2.632 %)SharePoint
21 (1.316 %)SAS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (15.79 %)MATLAB
112 (15.79 %)Simulink
23 (3.947 %)MS Office
32 (2.632 %)MS Project
41 (1.316 %)SPSS
41 (1.316 %)Photoshop
41 (1.316 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.316 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
11 (1.316 %)Oracle BRM
11 (1.316 %)Oracle BPM
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (2.632 %)Internet
21 (1.316 %)Wireless
21 (1.316 %)SAN
21 (1.316 %)GSM
21 (1.316 %)FTP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (2.632 %)SQL Server
21 (1.316 %)GIS
21 (1.316 %)Oracle OWB
21 (1.316 %)BusinessObjects
21 (1.316 %)ETL
21 (1.316 %)TOAD
21 (1.316 %)Crystal Reports
21 (1.316 %)Oracle 11g
21 (1.316 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (9.211 %)LoadRunner
24 (5.263 %)TestDirector
33 (3.947 %)WinRunner
41 (1.316 %)PVCS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
122 (28.95 %)Finance
23 (3.947 %)Telecoms
23 (3.947 %)Banking
23 (3.947 %)Insurance
23 (3.947 %)Pensions
32 (2.632 %)Government
41 (1.316 %)Law
41 (1.316 %)Legal
41 (1.316 %)Electric
41 (1.316 %)Police
41 (1.316 %)Military
41 (1.316 %)Billing
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
120 (26.32 %)Analyst
28 (10.53 %)Consultant
37 (9.211 %)Business Analyst
46 (7.895 %)Developer
55 (6.579 %)Project Manager
64 (5.263 %)PMO Analyst
64 (5.263 %)Test Consultant
64 (5.263 %)Test Analyst
73 (3.947 %)Systems Engineer
73 (3.947 %)Support Engineer
73 (3.947 %)Oracle Consultant
73 (3.947 %)Team Leader
73 (3.947 %)Project Support Officer
73 (3.947 %)Test Team Leader
73 (3.947 %)Project Officer
82 (2.632 %)C Developer
82 (2.632 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
82 (2.632 %)C# Developer
82 (2.632 %).NET Developer
82 (2.632 %)ASP.NET Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (1.316 %)Mathematics
11 (1.316 %)Physics
11 (1.316 %)Data Integration
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (10.53 %)UNIX
25 (6.579 %)Windows
32 (2.632 %)Windows Vista
32 (2.632 %)Linux
41 (1.316 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.316 %)Windows XP
41 (1.316 %)Solaris
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (15.79 %)UML
211 (14.47 %)PRINCE2
36 (7.895 %)Stakeholder Management
45 (6.579 %)Project Management
54 (5.263 %)User Acceptance Testing
54 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
63 (3.947 %)PRINCE
63 (3.947 %)ITIL
63 (3.947 %)E-Commerce
63 (3.947 %)Requirements Analysis
63 (3.947 %)Web Testing
63 (3.947 %)Test Management
72 (2.632 %)Unit Testing
72 (2.632 %)Matrix Management
72 (2.632 %)Migration
72 (2.632 %)Agile Software Development
72 (2.632 %)Change Management
72 (2.632 %)Configuration Management
81 (1.316 %)Quality Management
81 (1.316 %)Process Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (14.47 %)Ada
29 (11.84 %)SQL
38 (10.53 %)Perl
38 (10.53 %)Java
47 (9.211 %)VB
54 (5.263 %)C#
54 (5.263 %)C++
63 (3.947 %)JavaScript
72 (2.632 %)PL/SQL
81 (1.316 %)Shell Script
81 (1.316 %)Fortran
81 (1.316 %)T-SQL
81 (1.316 %)Python
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
115 (19.74 %)Security Cleared
29 (11.84 %)SC Cleared
37 (9.211 %)ISEB
45 (6.579 %)BC Cleared
53 (3.947 %)ISEB Practitioner
53 (3.947 %)ISTQB
53 (3.947 %)DV Cleared
62 (2.632 %)ITIL Certification
71 (1.316 %)Degree
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.316 %)JTAG
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (2.632 %)Active Directory
21 (1.316 %)VMware ESX
21 (1.316 %)Xen
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (5.263 %)Oracle
23 (3.947 %)Citrix
23 (3.947 %)HP
31 (1.316 %)VMware
31 (1.316 %)Serena
31 (1.316 %)Informatica
31 (1.316 %)Cognos
31 (1.316 %)Business Objects
31 (1.316 %)PeopleSoft
31 (1.316 %)Visualfiles