The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim 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 County Antrim 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 31 28 17
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -11
Contract jobs citing C 2 1 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 1.031% 0.602% 8.157%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.626% 1.887% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £188
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.42 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% -1.36%
All Programming Languages
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
123 53 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 63.40% 31.93% 43.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 18 37
Average daily rate £350 £280 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £256 £291
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.42 £36.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.97% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
Northern Ireland

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim C Hourly Rate Trend

C
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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast -3 2 - -
C
Northern Ireland

C
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) SUSE
4 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) Django
4 1 (16.67%) jQuery
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) GStreamer

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) Django
1 1 (16.67%) jQuery
1 1 (16.67%) GStreamer
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Development Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) C Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared