The first table below looks at the demand for the C Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C Software Engineer
Rank 53 60 57
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -3
Contract jobs requiring a C Software Engineer 3 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.515% 0.419% 0.324%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.559% 0.444% 0.346%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £320 £308 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.06% +4.68%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £308 £285
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £37.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
537 676 578
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 92.11% 94.41% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 327 278
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 104 99
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% +62.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £48.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C Software Engineer
East of England

C Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C Software Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridgeshire C Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

C Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C Software Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire C Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

C Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C Software Engineer across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire C Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

C Software Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C Software Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Vacancies
Peterborough - 2 - -
Cambridge +8 1 £320 +4.06% 2
C Software Engineer
East of England

C Software Engineer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited C Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C Software Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (66.67%) Firmware
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) ZigBee
3 1 (33.33%) 802.15
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum

C Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited C Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 802.15
1 1 (33.33%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C