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 Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridge region.

 C
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1187
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Down-11
Matching contract IT job ads722071
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge27.07 %6.390 %12.01 %
As % of the Programming Languages category38.71 %11.63 %21.71 %
Daily rates quoted1348
Average daily rate£230£286£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.65 %-18.21 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£90£278£303
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£348£349£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£340£350
% change year-on-year
-13.97 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted30633
Average hourly rate£34.25£35.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.140 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£23.00£23.50£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.05£40.25£42.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.97£34.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-24.17 %-2.140 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
186172327
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge69.92 %54.95 %55.33 %
Daily rates quoted634860
Average daily rate£275£290£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£110£225£239
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£377£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted543375
Average hourly rate£34.50£32.50£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.150 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£20.00£26.10
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£45.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
C CambridgeshireC
Cambridgeshire

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 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 22 March 2010.

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 22 March 2010.

Cambridge C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

140 (43.01 %)C++
231 (33.33 %)Assembly Language
324 (25.81 %)Embedded C
422 (23.66 %)Degree
518 (19.35 %)Education
518 (19.35 %)Computer Science
616 (17.20 %)Wireless
715 (16.13 %)Electronics
812 (12.90 %)Multimedia
812 (12.90 %)Perl
812 (12.90 %)Automotive
812 (12.90 %)Marketing
812 (12.90 %)Blog
911 (11.83 %)UNIX
1010 (10.75 %)Windows
1010 (10.75 %)Linux
1010 (10.75 %)Python
1010 (10.75 %)MATLAB
119 (9.677 %)Firmware
119 (9.677 %)WCDMA
128 (8.602 %)Flash
137 (7.527 %)LTE
137 (7.527 %)SNMP
137 (7.527 %)Telecoms
137 (7.527 %)Software Engineering
146 (6.452 %)Software Testing
146 (6.452 %)Nagios
146 (6.452 %)Electric
146 (6.452 %)Validation
146 (6.452 %)3D Graphics

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (8.602 %)Flash
22 (2.151 %)Qt
22 (2.151 %)wxWidgets
22 (2.151 %)WinForms
22 (2.151 %)J2ME
22 (2.151 %)XML
31 (1.075 %).NET
31 (1.075 %)MFC
31 (1.075 %)ASP.NET
31 (1.075 %)CSS
31 (1.075 %)HTML
31 (1.075 %)XHTML
31 (1.075 %)AJAX
31 (1.075 %)Cocoa
31 (1.075 %)jQuery
31 (1.075 %)Silverlight
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (3.226 %)MS Exchange
22 (2.151 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.075 %)Apache
31 (1.075 %)Tomcat
31 (1.075 %)SharePoint
31 (1.075 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (1.075 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (10.75 %)MATLAB
21 (1.075 %)MS Office
21 (1.075 %)Doxygen
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (17.20 %)Wireless
29 (9.677 %)WCDMA
37 (7.527 %)LTE
37 (7.527 %)SNMP
46 (6.452 %)3GPP
55 (5.376 %)Wi-Fi
64 (4.301 %)UWB
64 (4.301 %)TETRA
73 (3.226 %)Bluetooth
73 (3.226 %)Internet
73 (3.226 %)NAS
82 (2.151 %)UTRAN
82 (2.151 %)UMTS
82 (2.151 %)TCP/IP
82 (2.151 %)CDMA
91 (1.075 %)LAN
91 (1.075 %)WAN
91 (1.075 %)HTTP
91 (1.075 %)SAN
91 (1.075 %)ASN.1
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (2.151 %)SQLite
21 (1.075 %)SQL Server
21 (1.075 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (1.075 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (1.075 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
21 (1.075 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (1.075 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (1.075 %)PerformancePoint
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (3.226 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.075 %)LoadRunner
21 (1.075 %)SilkPerformer
21 (1.075 %)InstallShield
21 (1.075 %)JMeter
21 (1.075 %)Rational Performance Tester
21 (1.075 %)Git (software)
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (19.35 %)Education
215 (16.13 %)Electronics
312 (12.90 %)Multimedia
312 (12.90 %)Automotive
312 (12.90 %)Marketing
47 (7.527 %)Telecoms
56 (6.452 %)Electric
56 (6.452 %)3D Graphics
62 (2.151 %)Finance
71 (1.075 %)Government
71 (1.075 %)Legal
71 (1.075 %)Financial Institution
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
119 (20.43 %)Software Engineer
213 (13.98 %)DSP Engineer
38 (8.602 %)Developer
38 (8.602 %)Firmware Engineer
45 (5.376 %)Analyst
54 (4.301 %)Development Engineer
54 (4.301 %)Applications Support
63 (3.226 %)Integration Engineer
63 (3.226 %)C++ Software Engineer
63 (3.226 %)DSP Software Engineer
63 (3.226 %)Software Developer
63 (3.226 %)Designer
72 (2.151 %)User Experience Designer
72 (2.151 %)Real Time Developer
72 (2.151 %)Programmer
72 (2.151 %)C Software Engineer
72 (2.151 %)Embedded Software Developer
72 (2.151 %)C# Software Engineer
72 (2.151 %)Information Analyst
72 (2.151 %)C++ Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (19.35 %)Computer Science
212 (12.90 %)Blog
39 (9.677 %)Firmware
45 (5.376 %)Device Driver
45 (5.376 %)Handset
53 (3.226 %)NHS
53 (3.226 %)iPhone
53 (3.226 %)Mathematics
62 (2.151 %)Multithreading
71 (1.075 %)Open Source
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (11.83 %)UNIX
210 (10.75 %)Windows
210 (10.75 %)Linux
36 (6.452 %)Windows CE
42 (2.151 %)Android
42 (2.151 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (1.075 %)Solaris
51 (1.075 %)VxWorks
51 (1.075 %)Red Hat Linux
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (7.527 %)Software Engineering
26 (6.452 %)Software Testing
26 (6.452 %)Validation
26 (6.452 %)OO
35 (5.376 %)Software Architecture
43 (3.226 %)Requirements Analysis
52 (2.151 %)ITIL
61 (1.075 %)PRINCE2
61 (1.075 %)ERP
61 (1.075 %)Data Modelling
61 (1.075 %)Business Intelligence
61 (1.075 %)Agile Software Development
61 (1.075 %)Web Design
61 (1.075 %)Migration
61 (1.075 %)Project Management
61 (1.075 %)Performance Testing
61 (1.075 %)Volume Testing
61 (1.075 %)Test Scripting
61 (1.075 %)Enterprise Architecture
61 (1.075 %)Web Development
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
140 (43.01 %)C++
231 (33.33 %)Assembly Language
324 (25.81 %)Embedded C
412 (12.90 %)Perl
510 (10.75 %)Python
65 (5.376 %)Embedded C++
74 (4.301 %)Java
82 (2.151 %)ActionScript 3.0
82 (2.151 %)ActionScript 2.0
82 (2.151 %)C#
82 (2.151 %)SQL
82 (2.151 %)ActionScript
91 (1.075 %)JavaScript
91 (1.075 %)VC++
91 (1.075 %)Objective-C
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
122 (23.66 %)Degree
21 (1.075 %)Citrix Certification
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.226 %)QA
21 (1.075 %)PCI DSS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (2.151 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (6.452 %)Nagios
16 (6.452 %)OpenView
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (5.376 %)HP
24 (4.301 %)Microsoft
32 (2.151 %)Citrix
41 (1.075 %)Oracle
41 (1.075 %)Sybase
41 (1.075 %)Cisco
41 (1.075 %)Epicor
41 (1.075 %)Red Hat
41 (1.075 %)VMware