C Contracts in Cheltenham
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 24 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 Cheltenham 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 16 3 11
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +8
Contract jobs citing C 2 91 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 2.500% 37.92% 12.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.000% 52.00% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 53 3
Average daily rate - £475 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 6
Average hourly rate £39.00 £36.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +1.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% -1.36%
Search 4 C jobs in Cheltenham
All Programming Languages
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 25 175 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 31.25% 72.92% 45.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 93 22
Average daily rate £325 £425 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +39.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £300 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 13 12
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.00 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +6.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
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C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham C Daily Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) DO-178B
2 7 (46.67%) Aerospace
3 6 (40.00%) C++
3 6 (40.00%) Embedded C
4 4 (26.67%) Assembly Language
4 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
4 4 (26.67%) Windows
4 4 (26.67%) DV Cleared
4 4 (26.67%) Degree
5 3 (20.00%) Avionics
5 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
5 3 (20.00%) OO
5 3 (20.00%) Citrix
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (13.33%) Ada
6 2 (13.33%) ITIL
6 2 (13.33%) Service Management
6 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
7 1 (6.667%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (6.667%) XenApp
7 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
7 1 (6.667%) CMDB
7 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
7 1 (6.667%) Time Management
7 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
7 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (6.667%) Software Deployment
7 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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.

Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Project
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) DSL
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (46.67%) Aerospace
2 3 (20.00%) Avionics
3 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.667%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Real Time Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Customer Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (6.667%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Systems Tester
3 1 (6.667%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
1 1 (6.667%) CMDB
1 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
2 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL
3 2 (13.33%) Service Management
4 1 (6.667%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.667%) Time Management
4 1 (6.667%) Software Deployment
4 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.667%) Validation
4 1 (6.667%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) C++
1 6 (40.00%) Embedded C
2 4 (26.67%) Assembly Language
3 2 (13.33%) Ada
4 1 (6.667%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) DV Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) DO-178B
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) XenApp
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Citrix
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) Altiris
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