C Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 30 42 38
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Contract jobs citing C 115 114 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 5.339% 3.868% 4.452%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.92% 9.216% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 38 42
Average daily rate £320 £319 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.39% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £288 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £393 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.12% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 36
Average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £35.00 £31.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £49.75 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -
All Programming Languages
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 890 1237 1002
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 41.32% 41.97% 38.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 608 424
Average daily rate £315 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 106 133
Average hourly rate £35.50 £36.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.38% +5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £26.28 £23.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £50.00 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C
England

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England C Daily Rate Trend

C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C across the East of England region.

East of England C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England C Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridgeshire +15 61 £303 -1.62%
Essex +12 26 £325 -
Hertfordshire -12 16 £315 -6.66%
Norfolk - 8 £318 -
Suffolk +3 2 £425 +47.82%
Bedfordshire -3 2 - -
C
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 64 (36.57%) Linux
2 51 (29.14%) Embedded C
3 49 (28.00%) C++
4 35 (20.00%) Python
5 29 (16.57%) Java
6 27 (15.43%) Wireless
7 26 (14.86%) Windows
8 22 (12.57%) Project Management
9 21 (12.00%) C#
9 21 (12.00%) HTML
10 19 (10.86%) Android
10 19 (10.86%) LTE
11 16 (9.143%) Software Testing
11 16 (9.143%) Embedded Linux
11 16 (9.143%) .NET
11 16 (9.143%) UNIX
12 15 (8.571%) MATLAB
12 15 (8.571%) Software Engineering
12 15 (8.571%) OpenCL
13 14 (8.000%) Microsoft
13 14 (8.000%) 3GPP
13 14 (8.000%) SQL
14 13 (7.429%) Scrum
14 13 (7.429%) Finance
14 13 (7.429%) Device Driver
15 12 (6.857%) VMware
16 11 (6.286%) Degree
16 11 (6.286%) Telecoms
16 11 (6.286%) VMware Infrastructure
17 10 (5.714%) Migration

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 21 (12.00%) HTML
2 16 (9.143%) .NET
3 15 (8.571%) OpenCL
4 5 (2.857%) Hibernate
4 5 (2.857%) Spring
4 5 (2.857%) Apache Flex
4 5 (2.857%) GWT
4 5 (2.857%) XML
5 4 (2.286%) CGI
5 4 (2.286%) Flash
5 4 (2.286%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.714%) Qt
6 3 (1.714%) iOS SDK
7 2 (1.143%) GTK+
7 2 (1.143%) HTML5
7 2 (1.143%) COM
8 1 (0.571%) EJB
8 1 (0.571%) JSP
8 1 (0.571%) Servlets
8 1 (0.571%) STL
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.286%) IIS
1 4 (2.286%) Confluence
2 1 (0.571%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (0.571%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.571%) Tuxedo
2 1 (0.571%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.571%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (0.571%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 10 (5.714%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.429%) MS Project
2 6 (3.429%) MS Office
3 1 (0.571%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.571%) Simulink
3 1 (0.571%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.571%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.429%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.143%) LabWindows
3 1 (0.571%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.571%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (15.43%) Wireless
2 19 (10.86%) LTE
3 14 (8.000%) 3GPP
4 9 (5.143%) DHCP
4 9 (5.143%) DNS
4 9 (5.143%) Firewall
5 8 (4.571%) 3G
5 8 (4.571%) 4G
6 6 (3.429%) Ethernet
6 6 (3.429%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.429%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.857%) 802.15
7 5 (2.857%) Network Security
7 5 (2.857%) HTTP
7 5 (2.857%) WAN
7 5 (2.857%) ZigBee
8 4 (2.286%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (2.286%) DLNA
8 4 (2.286%) DMVPN
8 4 (2.286%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.000%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.857%) Oracle OWB
2 5 (2.857%) Oracle BI EE
3 4 (2.286%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (2.286%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.571%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.571%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.571%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 8 (4.571%) Subversion
1 8 (4.571%) JIRA
2 6 (3.429%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.857%) LLVM
4 4 (2.286%) Trac
4 4 (2.286%) ClearCase
4 4 (2.286%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (2.286%) Git (software)
4 4 (2.286%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.714%) LabVIEW
5 3 (1.714%) Bazaar
6 1 (0.571%) ProC
6 1 (0.571%) PVCS
6 1 (0.571%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (7.429%) Finance
2 11 (6.286%) Telecoms
3 9 (5.143%) Electronics
3 9 (5.143%) Games
4 5 (2.857%) Multimedia
5 4 (2.286%) Automotive
6 3 (1.714%) Advertising
7 2 (1.143%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.571%) Legal
8 1 (0.571%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.571%) Marketing
8 1 (0.571%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (25.71%) Developer
2 23 (13.14%) Software Engineer
3 20 (11.43%) Test Engineer
4 16 (9.143%) C Developer
5 12 (6.857%) DSP Engineer
5 12 (6.857%) Embedded C Developer
6 10 (5.714%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (5.143%) Project Manager
8 8 (4.571%) Software Developer
9 5 (2.857%) Development Manager
9 5 (2.857%) Tester
9 5 (2.857%) Navision Developer
9 5 (2.857%) Microsoft Developer
10 4 (2.286%) Network Specialist
10 4 (2.286%) Network Security Specialist
10 4 (2.286%) Security Specialist
10 4 (2.286%) Android Developer
10 4 (2.286%) E-Commerce Specialist
10 4 (2.286%) Senior Software Engineer
10 4 (2.286%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.429%) Device Driver
2 9 (5.143%) VHDL
3 7 (4.000%) Verilog
3 7 (4.000%) NHS
4 6 (3.429%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (3.429%) Augmented Reality
5 5 (2.857%) Computer Science
5 5 (2.857%) Mobile Computing
5 5 (2.857%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 5 (2.857%) Mathematics
6 4 (2.286%) Handset
6 4 (2.286%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.286%) Thin Client
6 4 (2.286%) IPTV
6 4 (2.286%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.714%) ASIC
7 3 (1.714%) Streaming Media
8 2 (1.143%) Firmware
8 2 (1.143%) SystemC
8 2 (1.143%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 64 (36.57%) Linux
2 26 (14.86%) Windows
3 19 (10.86%) Android
4 16 (9.143%) Embedded Linux
4 16 (9.143%) UNIX
5 9 (5.143%) Windows Mobile
6 7 (4.000%) Solaris
7 5 (2.857%) Windows XP
7 5 (2.857%) Mac OS X
7 5 (2.857%) Windows 7
8 4 (2.286%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.714%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.714%) Windows CE
9 3 (1.714%) Debian
9 3 (1.714%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.571%) AIX
10 1 (0.571%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.571%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (12.57%) Project Management
2 16 (9.143%) Software Testing
3 15 (8.571%) Software Engineering
4 13 (7.429%) Scrum
5 10 (5.714%) Migration
6 9 (5.143%) Configuration Management
6 9 (5.143%) OO
6 9 (5.143%) Test Automation
7 7 (4.000%) Multithreading
7 7 (4.000%) Digital Signal Processing
7 7 (4.000%) Signal Processing
7 7 (4.000%) Regression Testing
8 6 (3.429%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (3.429%) Game Development
8 6 (3.429%) Electronic Design Automation
9 5 (2.857%) Resource Management
9 5 (2.857%) Matrix Management
9 5 (2.857%) Waterfall
9 5 (2.857%) High Availability
9 5 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 51 (29.14%) Embedded C
2 49 (28.00%) C++
3 35 (20.00%) Python
4 29 (16.57%) Java
5 21 (12.00%) C#
6 15 (8.571%) MATLAB
7 14 (8.000%) SQL
8 9 (5.143%) Embedded C++
9 7 (4.000%) PL/SQL
9 7 (4.000%) JavaScript
10 6 (3.429%) Objective-C
11 5 (2.857%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.714%) VC++
13 2 (1.143%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.571%) Korn
14 1 (0.571%) Haskell
14 1 (0.571%) Erlang
14 1 (0.571%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.571%) Bourne shell
14 1 (0.571%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 11 (6.286%) Degree
2 6 (3.429%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.857%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.286%) CCSE
4 4 (2.286%) CCIE
4 4 (2.286%) CCNP
4 4 (2.286%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.714%) HNC
6 2 (1.143%) HND
7 1 (0.571%) MCSE
7 1 (0.571%) MCSA
7 1 (0.571%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.571%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.571%) MCP
7 1 (0.571%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.571%) JTAG
2 7 (4.000%) QA
3 2 (1.143%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (6.286%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.000%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.429%) Xen
4 4 (2.286%) ProxySG
5 1 (0.571%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (2.286%) Cisco UCCX
1 4 (2.286%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.571%) SCCM
2 1 (0.571%) Oracle Statspack
2 1 (0.571%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 14 (8.000%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.857%) VMware
3 8 (4.571%) Citrix
4 6 (3.429%) Cisco
4 6 (3.429%) Oracle
5 5 (2.857%) HP
5 5 (2.857%) Juniper
6 4 (2.286%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.286%) Symantec
6 4 (2.286%) JBoss
6 4 (2.286%) Cognos
6 4 (2.286%) Blue Coat
6 4 (2.286%) Infoblox
6 4 (2.286%) Imperva
6 4 (2.286%) F5
7 3 (1.714%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.143%) Motorola
8 2 (1.143%) QNX
8 2 (1.143%) BT
8 2 (1.143%) Perforce
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