The first table below looks at the demand for C skills 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 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 of the Programming Languages category 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
Rank 9 18 16
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -2
Contract jobs citing C 62 49 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 10.63% 6.844% 9.076%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.96% 13.24% 17.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 18 33
Average daily rate £300 £306 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.04% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £269 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £362 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £360 £320
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 10
Average hourly rate £41.50 £38.75 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.09% +13.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £16.69 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £53.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +2.73%
All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
270 370 319
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 46.31% 51.68% 51.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 195 146
Average daily rate £325 £313 £334
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -6.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £205 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 41 40
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +13.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £35.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £60.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C
East of England

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire C Jobs Demand Trend

C
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire C Daily Rate Trend

C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +10 53 £285 -6.55% 54
Peterborough - 2 - - 2
Huntingdon - - - -
C
East of England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 46 (46.94%) Linux
2 43 (43.88%) Embedded C
3 38 (38.78%) Python
4 34 (34.69%) C++
5 22 (22.45%) Windows
6 20 (20.41%) Wireless
7 19 (19.39%) Software Testing
8 17 (17.35%) HTML
9 15 (15.31%) Android
10 14 (14.29%) Java
11 12 (12.24%) C#
11 12 (12.24%) Device Driver
12 10 (10.20%) Games
12 10 (10.20%) Software Engineering
12 10 (10.20%) Test Automation
12 10 (10.20%) OpenCL
13 9 (9.184%) Embedded Linux
13 9 (9.184%) Telecoms
13 9 (9.184%) MATLAB
14 8 (8.163%) Project Management
14 8 (8.163%) 3GPP
14 8 (8.163%) Visual Studio
14 8 (8.163%) Windows Mobile
14 8 (8.163%) LTE
14 8 (8.163%) JTAG
14 8 (8.163%) Scrum
14 8 (8.163%) High Availability
15 7 (7.143%) Objective-C
15 7 (7.143%) VHDL
15 7 (7.143%) Verilog

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 17 (17.35%) HTML
2 10 (10.20%) OpenCL
3 4 (4.082%) .NET
3 4 (4.082%) iOS SDK
4 3 (3.061%) WebSphere
5 2 (2.041%) Qt
5 2 (2.041%) GTK+
5 2 (2.041%) STL
6 1 (1.020%) XML
6 1 (1.020%) DOM
6 1 (1.020%) OpenGL
6 1 (1.020%) Ajax
6 1 (1.020%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.020%) CSS
6 1 (1.020%) HTML5
6 1 (1.020%) JSON
6 1 (1.020%) CSS3
6 1 (1.020%) WebKit
6 1 (1.020%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.061%) IIS
2 1 (1.020%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.061%) MS Project
1 3 (3.061%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.020%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.020%) GIMP
2 1 (1.020%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.41%) Wireless
2 8 (8.163%) 3GPP
2 8 (8.163%) LTE
3 6 (6.122%) Ethernet
4 5 (5.102%) 802.15
4 5 (5.102%) ZigBee
5 3 (3.061%) OFDM
5 3 (3.061%) MIMO
5 3 (3.061%) 4G
6 2 (2.041%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.041%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.020%) 3G
7 1 (1.020%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.061%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (8.163%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.102%) GDB
3 4 (4.082%) Git (software)
4 3 (3.061%) Bazaar
5 2 (2.041%) GCC
6 1 (1.020%) Subversion
General
1 10 (10.20%) Games
2 9 (9.184%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.061%) Advertising
4 2 (2.041%) Electronics
5 1 (1.020%) Automotive
5 1 (1.020%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.020%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (29.59%) Developer
2 18 (18.37%) Test Engineer
3 16 (16.33%) C Developer
4 14 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 14 (14.29%) Embedded C Developer
5 10 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.143%) DSP Engineer
7 6 (6.122%) Project Manager
8 5 (5.102%) Tester
9 4 (4.082%) Software Developer
9 4 (4.082%) QA Engineer
9 4 (4.082%) Firmware Engineer
10 3 (3.061%) C Software Engineer
10 3 (3.061%) Embedded Software Developer
10 3 (3.061%) Software Tester
10 3 (3.061%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 3 (3.061%) Senior Software Engineer
10 3 (3.061%) QA Tester
11 2 (2.041%) C++ Developer
11 2 (2.041%) Automated Tester
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.24%) Device Driver
2 7 (7.143%) VHDL
2 7 (7.143%) Verilog
3 6 (6.122%) Firmware
3 6 (6.122%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (6.122%) Augmented Reality
4 5 (5.102%) Mobile Computing
4 5 (5.102%) Computer Science
5 4 (4.082%) NHS
6 3 (3.061%) ASIC
7 2 (2.041%) Handset
7 2 (2.041%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 1 (1.020%) Physics
8 1 (1.020%) ASIC Verification
8 1 (1.020%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (1.020%) iPhone
8 1 (1.020%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 46 (46.94%) Linux
2 22 (22.45%) Windows
3 15 (15.31%) Android
4 9 (9.184%) Embedded Linux
5 8 (8.163%) Windows Mobile
6 6 (6.122%) Windows XP
6 6 (6.122%) Mac OS X
6 6 (6.122%) Windows 7
7 5 (5.102%) Apple iOS
8 4 (4.082%) UNIX
9 3 (3.061%) Windows CE
9 3 (3.061%) Debian
9 3 (3.061%) Ubuntu
9 3 (3.061%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.39%) Software Testing
2 10 (10.20%) Test Automation
2 10 (10.20%) Software Engineering
3 8 (8.163%) High Availability
3 8 (8.163%) Scrum
3 8 (8.163%) Project Management
4 7 (7.143%) OO
5 6 (6.122%) Regression Testing
5 6 (6.122%) Electronic Design Automation
5 6 (6.122%) Game Development
6 5 (5.102%) Digital Signal Processing
6 5 (5.102%) Signal Processing
6 5 (5.102%) Migration
7 3 (3.061%) TDD
7 3 (3.061%) Automated Testing
7 3 (3.061%) OOD
7 3 (3.061%) OOA/OOD
7 3 (3.061%) CAD
7 3 (3.061%) Project Planning
7 3 (3.061%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (43.88%) Embedded C
2 38 (38.78%) Python
3 34 (34.69%) C++
4 14 (14.29%) Java
5 12 (12.24%) C#
6 9 (9.184%) MATLAB
7 7 (7.143%) Objective-C
7 7 (7.143%) Embedded C++
8 5 (5.102%) VC++
9 4 (4.082%) JavaScript
10 3 (3.061%) Perl
11 1 (1.020%) Tcl
11 1 (1.020%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.163%) JTAG
2 6 (6.122%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.122%) Active Directory
1 6 (6.122%) Xen
1 6 (6.122%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (6.122%) VMware
2 3 (3.061%) Oracle
2 3 (3.061%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.061%) Citrix
2 3 (3.061%) Red Hat
3 2 (2.041%) QNX
3 2 (2.041%) Symbian
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CONTRACT £400 p/day Embedded C, DSP, Matlab, Algorithms Our Cambridge based client has an urgent requirement for an experienced Embedded Software Engineer with significant...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We are looking for awesome embedded C programming skills, combined with experience of DSP or Kernel / Drivers level development. Your embedded C skills will be stretched to the...
Vertex Solutions
Rate: £40.00 - £45.00 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Embedded Software Engineer. Cambridge. Contract. 6 Months+ My client is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer join on an initial 6 month contract.
Computer Futures
Posted: 14 June 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
You will be working within a versatile multi-disciplined engineering team where you will be working on the design of high speed industrial marking equipment. You will be...
Real Staffing
Rate: £32 - £36 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013