Cambridgeshire C Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

C
Location Aberdeen Amersham Avon Banbury Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Crawley Crewe Crowthorne Croydon Darlington Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guernsey Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Huntingdon Ilford Jersey Kent Kidderminster Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Ripon Runcorn Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Woking Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	8	2
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	84	178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.117 %	0.179 %
As % of the category below	23.93 %	31.17 %
Daily rates quoted	13	27
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£291
Average daily rate	£281	£315
% change on same period last year	-10.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£312	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£350
% change on same period last year	-1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.52	£34.25
Average hourly rate	£39.48	£38.21
% change on same period last year	+3.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.43	£42.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.93	£34.57
% change on same period last year	-1.83 %
Programming Languages Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads	351	571
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.490 %	0.574 %
Daily rates quoted	74	87
Average minimum daily rate	£286	£296
Average daily rate	£309	£313
% change on same period last year	-1.26 %
Average maximum daily rate	£332	£330
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£335
% change on same period last year	-3.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	48	106
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.20	£31.93
Average hourly rate	£38.67	£34.45
% change on same period last year	+12.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.14	£36.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.48	£32.81
% change on same period last year	-0.99 %
C East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

C
Daily Rate Trend

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

C
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

C
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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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 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridge	-4	59	£285	-11.39 %
Huntingdon	-	3	-	-
Peterborough	-	2	£225	-

C East of England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

1 104 (60.12 %) C++ 2 54 (31.21 %) Linux 3 40 (23.12 %) Windows 4 35 (20.23 %) Telecoms 5 32 (18.50 %) UNIX 6 27 (15.61 %) TCP/IP 7 26 (15.03 %) Embedded C 8 24 (13.87 %) Device Driver 9 22 (12.72 %) GSM 10 21 (12.14 %) Perl 10 21 (12.14 %) 3G 11 20 (11.56 %) OO 11 20 (11.56 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 12 19 (10.98 %) Degree 12 19 (10.98 %) Python

13 18 (10.40 %) OOD 13 18 (10.40 %) Software Engineering 14 17 (9.827 %) UML 15 15 (8.671 %) RNC 16 14 (8.092 %) ASIC 16 14 (8.092 %) Ethernet 16 14 (8.092 %) Windows CE 17 13 (7.514 %) Java 18 12 (6.936 %) .NET 18 12 (6.936 %) XML 18 12 (6.936 %) PhD 18 12 (6.936 %) SS7 18 12 (6.936 %) 2G 19 11 (6.358 %) PHP 20 10 (5.780 %) C#

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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 12 (6.936 %) .NET 1 12 (6.936 %) XML 2 6 (3.468 %) WDF 3 4 (2.312 %) HTML 4 3 (1.734 %) JSP 4 3 (1.734 %) STL 4 3 (1.734 %) J2EE 4 3 (1.734 %) OpenGL 4 3 (1.734 %) Middleware 5 2 (1.156 %) AJAX 5 2 (1.156 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (1.156 %) CSS 6 1 (0.578 %) WML 6 1 (0.578 %) WebSphere 6 1 (0.578 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (0.578 %) Silverlight 6 1 (0.578 %) Series 60 6 1 (0.578 %) J2ME 6 1 (0.578 %) WAP	Application Platforms 1 9 (5.202 %) Apache 2 1 (0.578 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (0.578 %) Commerce Server 2 1 (0.578 %) IIS 2 1 (0.578 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 8 (4.624 %) MATLAB 2 6 (3.468 %) Acrobat 3 3 (1.734 %) MS Excel 4 2 (1.156 %) MS Office 5 1 (0.578 %) MS Project 5 1 (0.578 %) AutoCAD	Communications & Networking 1 27 (15.61 %) TCP/IP 2 22 (12.72 %) GSM 3 21 (12.14 %) 3G 4 15 (8.671 %) RNC 5 14 (8.092 %) Ethernet 6 12 (6.936 %) SS7 6 12 (6.936 %) 2G 7 9 (5.202 %) Wireless 8 8 (4.624 %) UMTS 9 7 (4.046 %) Wi-Fi 10 6 (3.468 %) iSCSI 11 5 (2.890 %) GPRS 11 5 (2.890 %) DVB 12 4 (2.312 %) LAN 13 3 (1.734 %) Bluetooth 13 3 (1.734 %) 3GPP 13 3 (1.734 %) WLAN 13 3 (1.734 %) WAN 13 3 (1.734 %) LTE 13 3 (1.734 %) HSDPA
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (4.624 %) MySQL 2 4 (2.312 %) SQL Server 3 3 (1.734 %) Oracle Reports 3 3 (1.734 %) SQL Server 2000 3 3 (1.734 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (1.156 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 2 (1.156 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 2 (1.156 %) Datawarehouse 4 2 (1.156 %) OLAP 4 2 (1.156 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (0.578 %) DTS	Development Applications 1 3 (1.734 %) Visual Studio 1 3 (1.734 %) Oracle Forms 1 3 (1.734 %) ProC 1 3 (1.734 %) Bugzilla 1 3 (1.734 %) Subversion 2 2 (1.156 %) PVCS 2 2 (1.156 %) Ant 2 2 (1.156 %) Eclipse 3 1 (0.578 %) JUnit 3 1 (0.578 %) Flash 3 1 (0.578 %) ClearCase
General 1 35 (20.23 %) Telecoms 2 10 (5.780 %) Electronics 3 6 (3.468 %) Avionics 4 5 (2.890 %) 3D Graphics 4 5 (2.890 %) Finance 4 5 (2.890 %) Aerospace 5 4 (2.312 %) Manufacturing 5 4 (2.312 %) Electric 5 4 (2.312 %) Banking 5 4 (2.312 %) Pensions 6 3 (1.734 %) Insurance 6 3 (1.734 %) Government 6 3 (1.734 %) Health 6 3 (1.734 %) Automotive 7 2 (1.156 %) Retail 7 2 (1.156 %) Multimedia 8 1 (0.578 %) Games 8 1 (0.578 %) Military 8 1 (0.578 %) Animation	Job Titles 1 73 (42.20 %) Software Engineer 2 38 (21.97 %) Developer 3 12 (6.936 %) Embedded Software Engineer 4 8 (4.624 %) Test Engineer 4 8 (4.624 %) C++ Developer 5 7 (4.046 %) C++ Software Engineer 6 6 (3.468 %) Author 6 6 (3.468 %) Technical Author 7 5 (2.890 %) Software Developer 7 5 (2.890 %) Software Test Engineer 8 4 (2.312 %) Senior Software Engineer 8 4 (2.312 %) Design Engineer 8 4 (2.312 %) Analyst 8 4 (2.312 %) Hardware Engineer 8 4 (2.312 %) C Software Engineer 8 4 (2.312 %) Linux Engineer 9 3 (1.734 %) Electronics Engineer 9 3 (1.734 %) Tester 9 3 (1.734 %) Consultant 9 3 (1.734 %) Programmer
Miscellaneous 1 24 (13.87 %) Device Driver 2 20 (11.56 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 3 14 (8.092 %) ASIC 4 10 (5.780 %) Verilog 4 10 (5.780 %) Computer Science 5 9 (5.202 %) VHDL 6 6 (3.468 %) ASIC Verification 7 5 (2.890 %) IPTV 8 3 (1.734 %) STB 9 2 (1.156 %) Blackberry 9 2 (1.156 %) DTV 9 2 (1.156 %) MPEG 10 1 (0.578 %) iDTV 10 1 (0.578 %) Client/Server 10 1 (0.578 %) Streaming Video 10 1 (0.578 %) Speech Recognition 10 1 (0.578 %) Web 2.0 10 1 (0.578 %) PDA 10 1 (0.578 %) PKI 10 1 (0.578 %) Multithreading	Operating Systems 1 54 (31.21 %) Linux 2 40 (23.12 %) Windows 3 32 (18.50 %) UNIX 4 14 (8.092 %) Windows CE 5 9 (5.202 %) Solaris 6 6 (3.468 %) VxWorks 7 5 (2.890 %) Embedded Linux 7 5 (2.890 %) AIX 7 5 (2.890 %) HPUX 8 3 (1.734 %) Windows NT 9 2 (1.156 %) Mac OS X 9 2 (1.156 %) Windows Vista 10 1 (0.578 %) Windows Mobile 10 1 (0.578 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (11.56 %) OO 2 18 (10.40 %) OOD 2 18 (10.40 %) Software Engineering 3 17 (9.827 %) UML 4 7 (4.046 %) Security Cleared 5 6 (3.468 %) IC Design 6 5 (2.890 %) Test Scripting 7 3 (1.734 %) Unit Testing 7 3 (1.734 %) Data Protection 7 3 (1.734 %) Identity Management 7 3 (1.734 %) Validation 7 3 (1.734 %) Configuration Management 8 2 (1.156 %) Project Management 8 2 (1.156 %) Business Intelligence 8 2 (1.156 %) E-Commerce 8 2 (1.156 %) Agile Software Development 8 2 (1.156 %) Requirements Analysis 8 2 (1.156 %) Automated Testing 8 2 (1.156 %) BC Cleared 8 2 (1.156 %) Communications Security	Programming Languages 1 104 (60.12 %) C++ 2 26 (15.03 %) Embedded C 3 21 (12.14 %) Perl 4 19 (10.98 %) Python 5 13 (7.514 %) Java 6 11 (6.358 %) PHP 7 10 (5.780 %) C# 8 8 (4.624 %) Embedded C++ 8 8 (4.624 %) SQL 9 7 (4.046 %) Assembly Language 10 6 (3.468 %) VB.NET 11 4 (2.312 %) VB 11 4 (2.312 %) Shell Script 12 3 (1.734 %) Objective-C 12 3 (1.734 %) PowerShell 12 3 (1.734 %) Tcl 12 3 (1.734 %) VBScript 13 2 (1.156 %) JavaScript 13 2 (1.156 %) VBA 14 1 (0.578 %) DHTML
Qualifications 1 19 (10.98 %) Degree 2 12 (6.936 %) PhD 3 1 (0.578 %) ISEB 3 1 (0.578 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (0.578 %) Postgraduate 3 1 (0.578 %) MCSE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.156 %) QA 2 1 (0.578 %) JTAG
System Software 1 5 (2.890 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 3 (1.734 %) Active Directory 3 1 (0.578 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 1 (0.578 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 6 (3.468 %) Adobe 2 5 (2.890 %) VMware 3 4 (2.312 %) Xilinx 3 4 (2.312 %) Microsoft 4 3 (1.734 %) Symbian 4 3 (1.734 %) Sun 4 3 (1.734 %) Oracle 5 2 (1.156 %) Sybase 5 2 (1.156 %) Business Objects 5 2 (1.156 %) Cognos 5 2 (1.156 %) Apple 5 2 (1.156 %) MKS 6 1 (0.578 %) Mentor Graphics 6 1 (0.578 %) Dell 6 1 (0.578 %) Citrix 6 1 (0.578 %) Lotus