The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 22 May 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 Canary Wharf 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 43 46 45
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing C 9 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 2.239% 1.023% 2.600%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.263% 2.162% 5.677%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
Average daily rate £375 £465 £534
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.35% -12.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £465 £418
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £540 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.25 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-8.90% +1.38%
All Programming Languages
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
171 185 229
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 42.54% 47.31% 45.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 132 181
Average daily rate £600 £550 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
C
London

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Canary Wharf C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) C++
2 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
3 5 (38.46%) SAP
3 5 (38.46%) OO
3 5 (38.46%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 4 (30.77%) Degree
4 4 (30.77%) C#
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) Front Office
5 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 3 (23.08%) Linux
5 3 (23.08%) Six Sigma
5 3 (23.08%) Python
5 3 (23.08%) ETL
5 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (23.08%) SAP BW
5 3 (23.08%) OpenGL
5 3 (23.08%) DirectX
5 3 (23.08%) OLAP
5 3 (23.08%) Business Objects
5 3 (23.08%) Perl
5 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
5 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
5 3 (23.08%) Lean Six Sigma
5 3 (23.08%) WPF
5 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
5 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 3 (23.08%) OpenGL
1 3 (23.08%) DirectX
1 3 (23.08%) WPF
1 3 (23.08%) Node.js
1 3 (23.08%) WebGL
2 2 (15.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (15.38%) STL
3 1 (7.692%) RESTful
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (23.08%) SAP BW
1 3 (23.08%) OLAP
1 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SAP HANA
2 1 (7.692%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Hudson
1 2 (15.38%) CruiseControl
1 2 (15.38%) Build Forge
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Front Office
3 1 (7.692%) Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) UNIX Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Market Data Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Perl Developer
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Data Visualisation Specialist
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Data Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Front Office Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) SAP BI Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Mathematics
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
1 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
1 3 (23.08%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (15.38%) Physics
3 1 (7.692%) GPGPU
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) OO
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Six Sigma
3 3 (23.08%) ETL
3 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Business Process Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Business Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) User Experience Design
4 2 (15.38%) Multithreading
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (15.38%) OOP
4 2 (15.38%) MVC
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) C++
1 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
2 4 (30.77%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) Perl
3 3 (23.08%) Ruby
4 2 (15.38%) VBA
4 2 (15.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Business Objects
3 2 (15.38%) TIBCO