The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry 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 Coventry 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 27 22 22
Rank change year-on-year
-5 0
Contract jobs citing C 5 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 2.488% 3.475% 1.667%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.36% 11.69% 7.895%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% -1.36%
All Programming Languages
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
44 77 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 21.89% 29.73% 21.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 34 19
Average daily rate £300 £400 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £313 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £415 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 2
Average hourly rate £37.80 £23.75 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.15% -18.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
West Midlands

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (66.67%) SQL
1 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
4 2 (22.22%) VB
4 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
4 2 (22.22%) MS Access
4 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
4 2 (22.22%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Automotive
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Marketing
5 1 (11.11%) Business Development
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
5 1 (11.11%) LTE
5 1 (11.11%) Qt
5 1 (11.11%) GStreamer
5 1 (11.11%) Hazard Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) 4G
5 1 (11.11%) Progress
5 1 (11.11%) Ethernet

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) Qt
2 1 (11.11%) GStreamer
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (11.11%) LTE
2 1 (11.11%) 4G
2 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) MS Access
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Automotive
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Service Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Business Manager
1 4 (44.44%) Head of IT
1 4 (44.44%) IT Services Manager
1 4 (44.44%) IT Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Real Time Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Development Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
1 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Business Development
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
3 1 (11.11%) Hazard Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VB
3 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Progress
1 1 (11.11%) EMC