Buckinghamshire C Contracts

This section looks at the demand for C skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Amersham Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexley Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Channel Islands Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Ipswich Jersey Kent Kidderminster Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Louth Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Tyneside North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Pontypool Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Rochester Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	49	40
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	36	67
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.048 %	0.068 %
As % of the category below	9.917 %	10.44 %
Daily rates quoted	13	15
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£373
Average daily rate	£397	£384
% change on same period last year	+3.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£415	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£354
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.00	£34.58
Average hourly rate	£36.80	£36.44
% change on same period last year	+0.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.60	£38.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.80	£34.88
% change on same period last year	-0.23 %
Programming Languages Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads	363	642
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.484 %	0.650 %
Daily rates quoted	123	137
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£287
Average daily rate	£366	£302
% change on same period last year	+21.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£317
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	31	73
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.18	£31.83
Average hourly rate	£35.73	£33.19
% change on same period last year	+7.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.28	£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
C South East

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Milton Keynes	-19	7	£253	-40.58 %
High Wycombe	-	3	£325	-
Aylesbury	+7	2	£325	-
Amersham	-	1	-	-

C South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 19 (30.65 %) C++ 2 16 (25.81 %) UML 3 15 (24.19 %) Linux 3 15 (24.19 %) Oracle 4 14 (22.58 %) XML 4 14 (22.58 %) Java 4 14 (22.58 %) Security Cleared 5 13 (20.97 %) .NET 5 13 (20.97 %) Windows 6 11 (17.74 %) J2EE 6 11 (17.74 %) JSP 7 10 (16.13 %) Microsoft 7 10 (16.13 %) Embedded C 8 9 (14.52 %) HTML 8 9 (14.52 %) DV Cleared

9 8 (12.90 %) Spring 9 8 (12.90 %) Hibernate 9 8 (12.90 %) Perl 9 8 (12.90 %) C# 9 8 (12.90 %) Ant 9 8 (12.90 %) JUnit 9 8 (12.90 %) EJB 9 8 (12.90 %) Oracle 10g 9 8 (12.90 %) Rational Rose 9 8 (12.90 %) Eclipse 9 8 (12.90 %) RUP 9 8 (12.90 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 8 (12.90 %) BEA 9 8 (12.90 %) Electronics 9 8 (12.90 %) Validation

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 14 (22.58 %) XML 2 13 (20.97 %) .NET 3 11 (17.74 %) J2EE 3 11 (17.74 %) JSP 4 9 (14.52 %) HTML 5 8 (12.90 %) Hibernate 5 8 (12.90 %) Spring 5 8 (12.90 %) EJB 6 4 (6.452 %) SOAP 6 4 (6.452 %) WebSphere 7 3 (4.839 %) WebServices 7 3 (4.839 %) XSLT 7 3 (4.839 %) Servlets 8 2 (3.226 %) CSS 8 2 (3.226 %) EDI 8 2 (3.226 %) Java RMI 8 2 (3.226 %) JNI 8 2 (3.226 %) WinForms 8 2 (3.226 %) JCE 9 1 (1.613 %) OpenGL	Application Platforms 1 3 (4.839 %) BizTalk Server 1 3 (4.839 %) MQSeries 2 1 (1.613 %) SharePoint 2 1 (1.613 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (1.613 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (1.613 %) Oracle Spatial 2 1 (1.613 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 1 (1.613 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 3 (4.839 %) MS Office 2 1 (1.613 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.613 %) ImageReady 2 1 (1.613 %) Photoshop	Communications & Networking 1 4 (6.452 %) Wireless 2 3 (4.839 %) Bluetooth 3 2 (3.226 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (3.226 %) SMTP 4 1 (1.613 %) Kerberos 4 1 (1.613 %) ZigBee 4 1 (1.613 %) Cisco PIX 4 1 (1.613 %) SAN 4 1 (1.613 %) Intranet 4 1 (1.613 %) Internet 4 1 (1.613 %) Wi-Fi 4 1 (1.613 %) LAN 4 1 (1.613 %) WLAN 4 1 (1.613 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (12.90 %) Oracle 8/8i 1 8 (12.90 %) Oracle 10g 2 6 (9.677 %) SQL Server 3 1 (1.613 %) Crystal Reports 3 1 (1.613 %) SQL Server 7 3 1 (1.613 %) GIS 3 1 (1.613 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 8 (12.90 %) Ant 1 8 (12.90 %) JUnit 1 8 (12.90 %) Rational Rose 1 8 (12.90 %) Eclipse 2 2 (3.226 %) CodeWarrior 3 1 (1.613 %) Visual Studio
General 1 8 (12.90 %) Electronics 2 7 (11.29 %) Aerospace 3 5 (8.065 %) Telecoms 3 5 (8.065 %) Finance 4 4 (6.452 %) Government 5 2 (3.226 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (1.613 %) Multimedia 6 1 (1.613 %) Insurance 6 1 (1.613 %) Local Government 6 1 (1.613 %) Pensions 6 1 (1.613 %) Health 6 1 (1.613 %) Automotive 6 1 (1.613 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (1.613 %) Financial Institution	Job Titles 1 24 (38.71 %) Developer 2 8 (12.90 %) Java Developer 2 8 (12.90 %) Java/J2EE Developer 3 6 (9.677 %) Integration Engineer 4 5 (8.065 %) Analyst 4 5 (8.065 %) Software Developer 5 4 (6.452 %) Project Manager 5 4 (6.452 %) Software Engineer 6 3 (4.839 %) Embedded Software Developer 6 3 (4.839 %) Test Analyst 6 3 (4.839 %) Systems Administrator 6 3 (4.839 %) Administrator 6 3 (4.839 %) UNIX Administrator 6 3 (4.839 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 7 2 (3.226 %) .NET Developer 7 2 (3.226 %) Tester 7 2 (3.226 %) C# Developer 8 1 (1.613 %) Project Coordinator 8 1 (1.613 %) Embedded C/C++ Engineer 8 1 (1.613 %) Embedded C++ Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 7 (11.29 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 4 (6.452 %) Firmware 3 3 (4.839 %) Clustering 4 2 (3.226 %) Data Integration 4 2 (3.226 %) PMI 5 1 (1.613 %) EMV 5 1 (1.613 %) NHS 5 1 (1.613 %) PKI 5 1 (1.613 %) Smartcard 5 1 (1.613 %) DTV 5 1 (1.613 %) Device Driver	Operating Systems 1 15 (24.19 %) Linux 2 13 (20.97 %) Windows 3 4 (6.452 %) Solaris 3 4 (6.452 %) UNIX 4 3 (4.839 %) FreeBSD 5 2 (3.226 %) Windows XP 6 1 (1.613 %) SUSE 6 1 (1.613 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (25.81 %) UML 2 14 (22.58 %) Security Cleared 3 9 (14.52 %) DV Cleared 4 8 (12.90 %) RUP 4 8 (12.90 %) Validation 5 4 (6.452 %) Performance Management 6 2 (3.226 %) Data Mapping 6 2 (3.226 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (3.226 %) Software Engineering 6 2 (3.226 %) Project Management 6 2 (3.226 %) ITIL 6 2 (3.226 %) PRINCE2 6 2 (3.226 %) Service Delivery 6 2 (3.226 %) Change Management 6 2 (3.226 %) GAP Analysis 7 1 (1.613 %) Service Management 7 1 (1.613 %) Software Testing 7 1 (1.613 %) Unit Testing 7 1 (1.613 %) Integration Testing 7 1 (1.613 %) Agile Software Development	Programming Languages 1 19 (30.65 %) C++ 2 14 (22.58 %) Java 3 10 (16.13 %) Embedded C 4 8 (12.90 %) Perl 4 8 (12.90 %) C# 5 5 (8.065 %) JavaScript 6 3 (4.839 %) SQL 6 3 (4.839 %) Embedded C++ 7 2 (3.226 %) Ruby 7 2 (3.226 %) Python 7 2 (3.226 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (1.613 %) VB 8 1 (1.613 %) PHP
Qualifications 1 5 (8.065 %) HNC 1 5 (8.065 %) Degree 2 2 (3.226 %) CCNP 2 2 (3.226 %) Cisco Certification 2 2 (3.226 %) PMP 2 2 (3.226 %) PMI Certification 3 1 (1.613 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.226 %) SLA 1 2 (3.226 %) QA
System Software 1 1 (1.613 %) Active Directory 1 1 (1.613 %) NetBackup	Vendors 1 15 (24.19 %) Oracle 2 10 (16.13 %) Microsoft 3 8 (12.90 %) BEA 4 5 (8.065 %) EMC 5 3 (4.839 %) TIBCO 5 3 (4.839 %) Mercator 6 2 (3.226 %) webMethods 6 2 (3.226 %) Sun 6 2 (3.226 %) Cisco 7 1 (1.613 %) Adobe 7 1 (1.613 %) Citrix 7 1 (1.613 %) VERITAS 7 1 (1.613 %) Lotus 7 1 (1.613 %) FatWire 7 1 (1.613 %) Fujitsu