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The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Cheltenham 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2319
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads1211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.011 %
As % of the category below18.18 %28.21 %
Daily rates quoted61
Average minimum daily rate£326£300
Average daily rate£332£300
% change on same period last year+10.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£347
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted51
Average minimum hourly rate£26.80£34.00
Average hourly rate£29.50£36.00
% change on same period last year-18.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.20£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.06£34.49
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cheltenham
Matching contract IT job ads6639
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.095 %0.040 %
Daily rates quoted306
Average minimum daily rate£363£248
Average daily rate£378£279
% change on same period last year+35.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£334
% change on same period last year-2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted64
Average minimum hourly rate£26.33£35.43
Average hourly rate£28.50£38.14
% change on same period last year-25.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.67£40.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.09£32.79
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
C GloucestershireC
Gloucestershire

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 Cheltenham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cheltenham C Demand Trend

C
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

Cheltenham C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

Cheltenham C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, 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.

115 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
210 (40.00 %)UNIX
210 (40.00 %)Linux
39 (36.00 %)Solaris
39 (36.00 %)Shell Script
39 (36.00 %)DV Cleared
48 (32.00 %)Service Management
48 (32.00 %)TCP/IP
48 (32.00 %)HPUX
48 (32.00 %)C++
57 (28.00 %)Perl
57 (28.00 %)Clustering
66 (24.00 %)DHCP
66 (24.00 %)DNS
66 (24.00 %)NFS
66 (24.00 %)SAN
75 (20.00 %)Government
83 (12.00 %)Aerospace
83 (12.00 %)Embedded C
83 (12.00 %)Windows
83 (12.00 %)BC Cleared
92 (8.000 %)SC Cleared
92 (8.000 %)Avionics
92 (8.000 %)VLAN
92 (8.000 %)Marketing
92 (8.000 %)Integration Testing
92 (8.000 %)Test Scripting
92 (8.000 %)VB
92 (8.000 %)Oracle
92 (8.000 %)MCAD

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, 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.

Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.000 %)Simulink
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (32.00 %)TCP/IP
26 (24.00 %)DNS
26 (24.00 %)SAN
26 (24.00 %)DHCP
32 (8.000 %)Ethernet
32 (8.000 %)LAN
32 (8.000 %)Wireless
32 (8.000 %)VLAN
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (20.00 %)Government
23 (12.00 %)Aerospace
32 (8.000 %)Telecoms
32 (8.000 %)Marketing
32 (8.000 %)Avionics
41 (4.000 %)Military
41 (4.000 %)Finance
41 (4.000 %)Electric
41 (4.000 %)Electronics
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (36.00 %)Consultant
28 (32.00 %)Software Engineer
35 (20.00 %)UNIX Consultant
42 (8.000 %)Linux Consultant
42 (8.000 %)Project Consultant
42 (8.000 %)UNIX Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Analyst
42 (8.000 %)Change Manager
51 (4.000 %)Systems Manager
51 (4.000 %)Embedded Software Engineer
51 (4.000 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
51 (4.000 %)Test Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Software Test Engineer
51 (4.000 %)UNIX Administrator
51 (4.000 %)Systems Architect
51 (4.000 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Java Analyst Programmer
51 (4.000 %)Java Programmer
51 (4.000 %)Architect
51 (4.000 %)Business Analyst
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (28.00 %)Clustering
21 (4.000 %)PDA
21 (4.000 %)Physics
21 (4.000 %)Computer Science
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (40.00 %)UNIX
110 (40.00 %)Linux
29 (36.00 %)Solaris
38 (32.00 %)HPUX
43 (12.00 %)Windows
52 (8.000 %)Windows CE
52 (8.000 %)VxWorks
61 (4.000 %)Windows Mobile
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
29 (36.00 %)DV Cleared
38 (32.00 %)Service Management
43 (12.00 %)BC Cleared
52 (8.000 %)SC Cleared
52 (8.000 %)Change Management
52 (8.000 %)UML
52 (8.000 %)CAD
52 (8.000 %)Network Design
52 (8.000 %)Integration Testing
52 (8.000 %)Test Scripting
61 (4.000 %)System Testing
61 (4.000 %)Software Engineering
61 (4.000 %)Project Management
61 (4.000 %)Validation
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (36.00 %)Shell Script
28 (32.00 %)C++
37 (28.00 %)Perl
43 (12.00 %)Embedded C
52 (8.000 %)C#
52 (8.000 %)Ada
52 (8.000 %)VB
61 (4.000 %)VC++
61 (4.000 %)Java
61 (4.000 %)Embedded C++
61 (4.000 %)Assembly Language
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.000 %)MCAD
12 (8.000 %)HNC
12 (8.000 %)HND
12 (8.000 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (4.000 %)Degree
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (24.00 %)NFS
Cheltenham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (8.000 %)Oracle
21 (4.000 %)HP