C Contracts in Cambridge

C
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 12 23
Rank change year-on-year +3 +11 -5
Contract jobs citing C 22 24 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 11.46% 8.08% 5.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.99% 19.67% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 9
10th Percentile £503 £425 £445
25th Percentile £531 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £759 £560 £550
90th Percentile £820 £566 £558
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £56.00
25th Percentile £86.25 £47.50 £56.06
Median hourly rate £87.50 £50.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -13.04% +19.17%
75th Percentile £88.75 £52.50 £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £48.00 £37.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +28.00% -34.78% +21.05%

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 71 122 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 36.98% 41.08% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 80 85
10th Percentile £405 - £378
25th Percentile £430 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £538
90th Percentile £630 £576 £625
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £499 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.56% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 7
10th Percentile - £35.49 £43.50
25th Percentile £58.75 £49.38 £56.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £52.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.90% -8.70% +24.32%
75th Percentile £70.13 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.00 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +11.76%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for C in Cambridge

C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for C in Cambridge

C
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Cambridge over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in Cambridge

C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for C in Cambridge

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Bluetooth
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) GCC
2 2 (9.09%) Git
2 2 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (9.09%) Subversion
3 1 (4.55%) VTune
General
1 7 (31.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (13.64%) Electronics
3 2 (9.09%) Wearables
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Games
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) Architect
2 8 (36.36%) Software Architect
3 7 (31.82%) Compiler Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Verification Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) C Programmer
5 1 (4.55%) C/C++ Programmer
5 1 (4.55%) C++ Games Programmer
5 1 (4.55%) C++ Programmer
5 1 (4.55%) Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Embedded Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Games Programmer
5 1 (4.55%) Programmer
5 1 (4.55%) Research Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Development Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (40.91%) DirectX
1 9 (40.91%) OpenGL
1 9 (40.91%) Vulkan
2 8 (36.36%) OpenGL ES
3 7 (31.82%) LLVM
4 2 (9.09%) JSON
4 2 (9.09%) YAML
5 1 (4.55%) NumPy
5 1 (4.55%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (4.55%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (36.36%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (9.09%) ASIC
3 2 (9.09%) FPGA
3 2 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (9.09%) Verilog
4 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 8 (36.36%) Software Architecture
3 7 (31.82%) Open Source
3 7 (31.82%) Performance Analysis
4 2 (9.09%) OO
4 2 (9.09%) Project Management
4 2 (9.09%) SDLC
4 2 (9.09%) Software Testing
4 2 (9.09%) UVM
4 2 (9.09%) Validation
5 1 (4.55%) Agile
5 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.55%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Image Processing
5 1 (4.55%) Linear Algebra
5 1 (4.55%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (95.45%) C++
2 5 (22.73%) Python
3 2 (9.09%) Assembly Language
3 2 (9.09%) Bash
3 2 (9.09%) Shell Script
3 2 (9.09%) SystemVerilog
3 2 (9.09%) Tcl
4 1 (4.55%) C#
4 1 (4.55%) GLSL
4 1 (4.55%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 16 (72.73%) PhD
2 11 (50.00%) Degree
3 9 (40.91%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Cadence
1 2 (9.09%) Synopsys
1 2 (9.09%) Xilinx
2 1 (4.55%) SAP