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The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Cambridge 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank52
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads62127
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.130 %
As % of the category below28.31 %35.57 %
Daily rates quoted924
Average minimum daily rate£248£301
Average daily rate£281£324
% change on same period last year-13.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£350
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted1520
Average minimum hourly rate£38.33£32.05
Average hourly rate£40.33£35.68
% change on same period last year+13.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.33£39.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.88£34.45
% change on same period last year-1.65 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads219357
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.307 %0.366 %
Daily rates quoted5273
Average minimum daily rate£274£302
Average daily rate£299£319
% change on same period last year-6.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Hourly rates quoted3052
Average minimum hourly rate£37.07£33.42
Average hourly rate£39.57£36.00
% change on same period last year+9.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.07£38.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.27£32.75
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
C CambridgeshireC
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Cambridge C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

186 (64.18 %)C++
249 (36.57 %)Linux
331 (23.13 %)Windows
428 (20.90 %)Telecoms
527 (20.15 %)UNIX
622 (16.42 %)Device Driver
721 (15.67 %)GSM
819 (14.18 %)OO
819 (14.18 %)Perl
819 (14.18 %)TCP/IP
819 (14.18 %)Software Engineering
918 (13.43 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
918 (13.43 %)3G
918 (13.43 %)OOD
1016 (11.94 %)UML
1115 (11.19 %)Embedded C
1214 (10.45 %)ASIC
1214 (10.45 %)RNC
1313 (9.701 %)Ethernet
1412 (8.955 %)Python
1412 (8.955 %)SS7
1412 (8.955 %)2G
1412 (8.955 %)Degree
1511 (8.209 %)PhD
1511 (8.209 %)Java
1610 (7.463 %)XML
1610 (7.463 %)Electronics
1610 (7.463 %)Windows CE
1610 (7.463 %)Computer Science
179 (6.716 %)Verilog

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (7.463 %)XML
27 (5.224 %).NET
36 (4.478 %)WDF
43 (2.239 %)Middleware
43 (2.239 %)J2EE
43 (2.239 %)HTML
52 (1.493 %)JSP
52 (1.493 %)STL
52 (1.493 %)OpenGL
61 (0.746 %)Series 60
61 (0.746 %)AJAX
61 (0.746 %)J2ME
61 (0.746 %)WAP
61 (0.746 %)WML
61 (0.746 %)MFC
61 (0.746 %)CSS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (5.970 %)Apache
21 (0.746 %)Lotus Notes
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (4.478 %)Acrobat
22 (1.493 %)MS Office
31 (0.746 %)AutoCAD
31 (0.746 %)MATLAB
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (15.67 %)GSM
219 (14.18 %)TCP/IP
318 (13.43 %)3G
414 (10.45 %)RNC
513 (9.701 %)Ethernet
612 (8.955 %)SS7
612 (8.955 %)2G
77 (5.224 %)Wi-Fi
77 (5.224 %)Wireless
86 (4.478 %)iSCSI
95 (3.731 %)UMTS
103 (2.239 %)GPRS
103 (2.239 %)DVB
112 (1.493 %)UWB
112 (1.493 %)Bluetooth
112 (1.493 %)WLAN
112 (1.493 %)3GPP
112 (1.493 %)Internet
121 (0.746 %)IPsec
121 (0.746 %)WAN
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (5.970 %)MySQL
22 (1.493 %)SQL Server
31 (0.746 %)OLAP
31 (0.746 %)Oracle Reports
31 (0.746 %)Datawarehouse
31 (0.746 %)BusinessObjects
31 (0.746 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (0.746 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
31 (0.746 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.746 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.239 %)Bugzilla
13 (2.239 %)Subversion
22 (1.493 %)PVCS
22 (1.493 %)Ant
22 (1.493 %)Eclipse
31 (0.746 %)ProC
31 (0.746 %)JUnit
31 (0.746 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.746 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.746 %)Flash
31 (0.746 %)ClearCase
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (20.90 %)Telecoms
210 (7.463 %)Electronics
35 (3.731 %)3D Graphics
44 (2.985 %)Finance
53 (2.239 %)Aerospace
53 (2.239 %)Banking
62 (1.493 %)Multimedia
62 (1.493 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.746 %)Games
71 (0.746 %)Military
71 (0.746 %)Electric
71 (0.746 %)Government
71 (0.746 %)Pensions
71 (0.746 %)Animation
71 (0.746 %)Retail
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
155 (41.04 %)Software Engineer
232 (23.88 %)Developer
37 (5.224 %)Embedded Software Engineer
37 (5.224 %)Test Engineer
46 (4.478 %)C++ Developer
46 (4.478 %)Author
46 (4.478 %)Technical Author
46 (4.478 %)C++ Software Engineer
55 (3.731 %)Software Developer
64 (2.985 %)Programmer
64 (2.985 %)Senior Software Engineer
64 (2.985 %)Software Test Engineer
64 (2.985 %)Linux Engineer
73 (2.239 %)Hardware Engineer
73 (2.239 %)C Programmer
73 (2.239 %)Java Developer
73 (2.239 %)Tester
73 (2.239 %)Analyst
82 (1.493 %)Project Manager
82 (1.493 %)Business Analyst
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (16.42 %)Device Driver
218 (13.43 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
314 (10.45 %)ASIC
410 (7.463 %)Computer Science
59 (6.716 %)Verilog
66 (4.478 %)ASIC Verification
75 (3.731 %)VHDL
83 (2.239 %)STB
83 (2.239 %)IPTV
91 (0.746 %)Web 2.0
91 (0.746 %)Multithreading
91 (0.746 %)iPhone
91 (0.746 %)Speech Recognition
91 (0.746 %)PKI
91 (0.746 %)Client/Server
91 (0.746 %)Blackberry
91 (0.746 %)Streaming Video
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
149 (36.57 %)Linux
231 (23.13 %)Windows
327 (20.15 %)UNIX
410 (7.463 %)Windows CE
56 (4.478 %)Solaris
65 (3.731 %)AIX
65 (3.731 %)HPUX
73 (2.239 %)VxWorks
73 (2.239 %)Embedded Linux
82 (1.493 %)Windows Vista
82 (1.493 %)Mac OS X
91 (0.746 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.746 %)Windows NT
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (14.18 %)OO
119 (14.18 %)Software Engineering
218 (13.43 %)OOD
316 (11.94 %)UML
46 (4.478 %)IC Design
53 (2.239 %)Identity Management
53 (2.239 %)Configuration Management
53 (2.239 %)Data Protection
53 (2.239 %)Security Cleared
62 (1.493 %)Unit Testing
62 (1.493 %)E-Commerce
71 (0.746 %)ITIL
71 (0.746 %)Project Management
71 (0.746 %)Business Intelligence
71 (0.746 %)Validation
71 (0.746 %)Agile Software Development
71 (0.746 %)Automated Testing
71 (0.746 %)Project Planning
71 (0.746 %)Resource Management
71 (0.746 %)Performance Testing
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
186 (64.18 %)C++
219 (14.18 %)Perl
315 (11.19 %)Embedded C
412 (8.955 %)Python
511 (8.209 %)Java
69 (6.716 %)PHP
69 (6.716 %)C#
77 (5.224 %)Embedded C++
77 (5.224 %)Assembly Language
85 (3.731 %)SQL
93 (2.239 %)VBScript
93 (2.239 %)VB
93 (2.239 %)VB.NET
93 (2.239 %)Tcl
93 (2.239 %)Objective-C
93 (2.239 %)PowerShell
102 (1.493 %)Shell Script
102 (1.493 %)JavaScript
111 (0.746 %)DHTML
111 (0.746 %)VBA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (8.955 %)Degree
211 (8.209 %)PhD
31 (0.746 %)ISEB
31 (0.746 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.746 %)Postgraduate
31 (0.746 %)MCSE
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.746 %)JTAG
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (3.731 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.746 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (4.478 %)Adobe
25 (3.731 %)VMware
33 (2.239 %)Symbian
42 (1.493 %)Microsoft
42 (1.493 %)Sybase
42 (1.493 %)Xilinx
42 (1.493 %)Apple
42 (1.493 %)MKS
51 (0.746 %)Oracle
51 (0.746 %)Business Objects
51 (0.746 %)Cognos
51 (0.746 %)Sun
51 (0.746 %)Citrix
51 (0.746 %)Lotus