C Contracts in Cambridgeshire

C
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 31 58
Rank change year-on-year +4 +27 -23
Contract jobs citing C 32 28 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.39% 4.75% 3.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.00% 16.09% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 11
10th Percentile - £425 £425
25th Percentile £463 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% +1.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £638 £560 £550
90th Percentile £800 £565 £588
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile - £25.00 £52.60
25th Percentile £35.50 £28.75 £56.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £37.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -34.78% +21.05%
75th Percentile £69.06 £46.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.88 £50.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +24.32%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 100 174 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.96% 29.49% 29.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 120 159
10th Percentile £405 £391 £296
25th Percentile £439 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.56% +4.80%
75th Percentile £563 £525 £531
90th Percentile £619 £576 £575
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 13
10th Percentile £34.15 £22.00 £12.39
25th Percentile £35.52 £47.50 £24.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £51.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.65 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for C in Cambridgeshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in Cambridgeshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +4 23 £625 +23.46% 78
Peterborough -2 2 - -
C
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (12.50%) Power Automate
1 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 4 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) 5G
1 2 (6.25%) 5G NR
1 2 (6.25%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (3.13%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) GCC
2 4 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (9.38%) Git
3 3 (9.38%) JIRA
3 3 (9.38%) Subversion
4 1 (3.13%) VTune
General
1 7 (21.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (9.38%) Electronics
3 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.25%) Automotive
3 2 (6.25%) Military
3 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Wearables
4 1 (3.13%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Games
4 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.13%) Marketing
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Architect
2 8 (25.00%) Software Architect
3 7 (21.88%) Compiler Engineer
4 5 (15.63%) Developer
5 4 (12.50%) Applications Developer
5 4 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Systems Developer
6 3 (9.38%) Senior
6 3 (9.38%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Verification Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) C/C++ Programmer
8 1 (3.13%) C++ Games Programmer
8 1 (3.13%) Development Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Embedded Developer
8 1 (3.13%) Research Software Engineer
8 1 (3.13%) Senior Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (28.13%) DirectX
1 9 (28.13%) OpenGL
1 9 (28.13%) Vulkan
2 8 (25.00%) OpenGL ES
3 7 (21.88%) LLVM
4 4 (12.50%) .NET
4 4 (12.50%) REST
5 3 (9.38%) JSON
5 3 (9.38%) YAML
6 1 (3.13%) NumPy
6 1 (3.13%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (3.13%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Ray Tracing
2 8 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
3 4 (12.50%) ASIC
3 4 (12.50%) FPGA
3 4 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
3 4 (12.50%) Verilog
4 3 (9.38%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Linux
1 3 (9.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 8 (25.00%) Software Architecture
4 7 (21.88%) Open Source
4 7 (21.88%) Performance Analysis
5 5 (15.63%) Workflow
6 4 (12.50%) SDLC
6 4 (12.50%) Web Development
7 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
7 3 (9.38%) OO
7 3 (9.38%) Project Management
7 3 (9.38%) Software Testing
7 3 (9.38%) UVM
7 3 (9.38%) Validation
8 2 (6.25%) Battery Management
8 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
8 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (6.25%) Systems Analysis
9 1 (3.13%) Agile
9 1 (3.13%) Linear Algebra
Programming Languages
1 24 (75.00%) C++
2 6 (18.75%) Python
2 6 (18.75%) SQL
3 5 (15.63%) C#
4 4 (12.50%) SystemVerilog
5 3 (9.38%) Assembly Language
5 3 (9.38%) Bash
5 3 (9.38%) Shell Script
5 3 (9.38%) Tcl
6 2 (6.25%) VB
7 1 (3.13%) Embedded C
7 1 (3.13%) GLSL
7 1 (3.13%) HLSL
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) PhD
2 13 (40.63%) Degree
3 9 (28.13%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Cadence
1 3 (9.38%) Synopsys
1 3 (9.38%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.13%) SAP