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The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Chester 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 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank10-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads230
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.000 %
As % of the category below32.86 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£323-
Average daily rate£331-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£339-
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£353
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.56£34.46
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads7047
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.114 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted96
Average minimum daily rate£289£297
Average daily rate£296£318
% change on same period last year-6.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£330
% change on same period last year-4.23 %
Hourly rates quoted71
Average minimum hourly rate£31.78£46.00
Average hourly rate£34.50£46.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.22£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.08£32.56
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
C CheshireC
Cheshire

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

121 (87.50 %)C++
215 (62.50 %)Java
314 (58.33 %)Windows
314 (58.33 %)Finance
314 (58.33 %)Banking
413 (54.17 %)UNIX
413 (54.17 %)SQL
511 (45.83 %)VMS
610 (41.67 %)Perforce
78 (33.33 %)Extreme Programming
78 (33.33 %)C#
87 (29.17 %)Perl
96 (25.00 %)MS Office
96 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
105 (20.83 %)Unit Testing
105 (20.83 %)Integration Testing
105 (20.83 %)COBOL
105 (20.83 %)Swing
105 (20.83 %)MS Excel
105 (20.83 %)Middleware
112 (8.333 %)Change Management
112 (8.333 %)Mainframe
112 (8.333 %)SQL Server
121 (4.167 %)OOA/OOD
121 (4.167 %)OO
121 (4.167 %)Visual Studio
121 (4.167 %)ASP.NET
121 (4.167 %)SOAP
121 (4.167 %)WebServices
121 (4.167 %)XML

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (20.83 %)Swing
15 (20.83 %)Middleware
21 (4.167 %).NET
21 (4.167 %)ASP.NET
21 (4.167 %)SOAP
21 (4.167 %)WebServices
21 (4.167 %)XML
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (25.00 %)MS Office
25 (20.83 %)MS Excel
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.167 %)ATM
11 (4.167 %)Internet
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.333 %)SQL Server
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.167 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (58.33 %)Finance
114 (58.33 %)Banking
21 (4.167 %)Marketing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (79.17 %)Developer
29 (37.50 %)C++ Developer
38 (33.33 %)C Developer
44 (16.67 %)Analyst
53 (12.50 %)Senior Developer
53 (12.50 %)Business Analyst
53 (12.50 %)C# Developer
53 (12.50 %)Java Developer
53 (12.50 %)C++/C# Developer
61 (4.167 %)VB Developer
61 (4.167 %)Systems Developer
61 (4.167 %)Senior Java Developer
61 (4.167 %)Financial Business Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Mainframe Developer
61 (4.167 %)COBOL Developer
61 (4.167 %)Tester
61 (4.167 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Analyst Programmer
61 (4.167 %)Programmer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.333 %)Mainframe
21 (4.167 %)N-Tier
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (58.33 %)Windows
213 (54.17 %)UNIX
311 (45.83 %)VMS
41 (4.167 %)zOS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (33.33 %)Extreme Programming
26 (25.00 %)Agile Software Development
35 (20.83 %)Unit Testing
35 (20.83 %)Integration Testing
42 (8.333 %)Change Management
51 (4.167 %)Test Scripting
51 (4.167 %)Incident Management
51 (4.167 %)Internet Marketing
51 (4.167 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (4.167 %)OOA/OOD
51 (4.167 %)OO
51 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
51 (4.167 %)OOD
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (87.50 %)C++
215 (62.50 %)Java
313 (54.17 %)SQL
48 (33.33 %)C#
57 (29.17 %)Perl
65 (20.83 %)COBOL
71 (4.167 %)Transact-SQL
71 (4.167 %)VB
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.167 %)QA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (41.67 %)Perforce
21 (4.167 %)Microsoft
21 (4.167 %)Informatica