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This section looks at the demand for C skills within the Coventry 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3419
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads97
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.007 %
As % of the category below7.895 %12.50 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£350£275
Average daily rate£375£300
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£354
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£34.25-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.75-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.80£34.88
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads11456
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.152 %0.057 %
Daily rates quoted3212
Average minimum daily rate£308£268
Average daily rate£324£291
% change on same period last year+11.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£334
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted84
Average minimum hourly rate£27.27£31.20
Average hourly rate£29.23£34.50
% change on same period last year-15.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.18£37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.07
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
C West MidlandsC
West Midlands

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry C Daily Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Coventry C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

121 (63.64 %)Ethernet
121 (63.64 %)Military
219 (57.58 %)C++
317 (51.52 %)VSS/SourceSafe
317 (51.52 %)ClearCase
317 (51.52 %)TCP/IP
317 (51.52 %)VxWorks
317 (51.52 %)Configuration Management
411 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
57 (21.21 %)SC Cleared
65 (15.15 %)Windows
65 (15.15 %)SQL
74 (12.12 %)HTML
74 (12.12 %)Oracle
74 (12.12 %)SQL Server
74 (12.12 %)CSS
74 (12.12 %)EMC
74 (12.12 %)Electronics
74 (12.12 %)Mentor Graphics
74 (12.12 %)Software Engineering
83 (9.091 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
83 (9.091 %)Government
83 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (9.091 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (9.091 %)ColdFusion
83 (9.091 %)JavaScript
83 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
83 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
92 (6.061 %)UML
92 (6.061 %)RAD

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (12.12 %)CSS
14 (12.12 %)HTML
22 (6.061 %).NET
22 (6.061 %)XSLT
22 (6.061 %)ASP.NET
31 (3.030 %)Swing
31 (3.030 %)AWT
31 (3.030 %)J2EE
31 (3.030 %)JSP
31 (3.030 %)Servlets
31 (3.030 %)Struts
31 (3.030 %)XML
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (9.091 %)ColdFusion
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.030 %)MS Office
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (63.64 %)Ethernet
217 (51.52 %)TCP/IP
32 (6.061 %)SDH
32 (6.061 %)3G
41 (3.030 %)Internet
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (12.12 %)SQL Server
23 (9.091 %)Oracle 8/8i
23 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (3.030 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (3.030 %)MS Access
31 (3.030 %)RDBMS
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (51.52 %)VSS/SourceSafe
117 (51.52 %)ClearCase
21 (3.030 %)StarTeam
21 (3.030 %)JUnit
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (63.64 %)Military
24 (12.12 %)Electronics
33 (9.091 %)Government
42 (6.061 %)Telecoms
51 (3.030 %)Finance
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (51.52 %)Software Engineer
117 (51.52 %)Embedded Software Engineer
24 (12.12 %)Developer
24 (12.12 %)Electronics Engineer
33 (9.091 %)ColdFusion Developer
33 (9.091 %)Real Time Software Engineer
33 (9.091 %)Real Time Embedded Engineer
33 (9.091 %)Real Time Engineer
33 (9.091 %)Design Engineer
33 (9.091 %)Project Manager
42 (6.061 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
51 (3.030 %)Citrix Engineer
51 (3.030 %)J2EE Team Leader
51 (3.030 %).NET Developer
51 (3.030 %)Test Engineer
51 (3.030 %)VB.NET Developer
51 (3.030 %)Team Leader
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.030 %)Client/Server
11 (3.030 %)N-Tier
11 (3.030 %)NHS
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (51.52 %)VxWorks
25 (15.15 %)Windows
33 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
41 (3.030 %)UNIX
41 (3.030 %)Linux
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (51.52 %)Configuration Management
211 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
37 (21.21 %)SC Cleared
44 (12.12 %)Software Engineering
53 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
62 (6.061 %)UML
62 (6.061 %)RAD
62 (6.061 %)RUP
62 (6.061 %)Agile Software Development
62 (6.061 %)Network Planning
62 (6.061 %)Project Planning
71 (3.030 %)Resource Management
71 (3.030 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (3.030 %)Test Scripting
71 (3.030 %)Business Analysis
71 (3.030 %)Project Management
71 (3.030 %)E-business
71 (3.030 %)E-Commerce
71 (3.030 %)OOA/OOD
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (57.58 %)C++
25 (15.15 %)SQL
33 (9.091 %)JavaScript
41 (3.030 %)PL/SQL
41 (3.030 %)Java
41 (3.030 %)VB.NET
41 (3.030 %)VBA
41 (3.030 %)C#
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (9.091 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.030 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (12.12 %)EMC
14 (12.12 %)Oracle
14 (12.12 %)Mentor Graphics
22 (6.061 %)Citrix
31 (3.030 %)Borland
31 (3.030 %)Infragistics
31 (3.030 %)Wyse
31 (3.030 %)Microsoft
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