Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the East of England region.

 C
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank73429
Rank change year-on-year
Up+27Down-5
Matching contract IT job ads17190198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England10.28 %4.167 %4.513 %
As % of the Programming Languages category25.99 %12.91 %12.77 %
Daily rates quoted382030
Average daily rate£275£288£331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.340 %-13.20 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£90£225£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£368£370£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£340£350
% change year-on-year
-12.57 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted802873
Average hourly rate£26.00£35.50£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.76 %-5.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£30.00£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.55£45.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£33.40£35.00
% change year-on-year
-22.15 %-4.570 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6586971550
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England39.57 %32.27 %35.33 %
Daily rates quoted245221427
Average daily rate£275£290£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-17.14 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£185£217£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£450£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted13990212
Average hourly rate£30.00£33.40£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.17 %-4.570 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.25£22.50£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.20£45.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
C EnglandC
England

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.

C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeshireUp+1383£268-3.60 %
EssexUp+835£218-36.02 %
HertfordshireUp+1331£275-23.87 %
SuffolkUp+111£225-
East AngliaUp+87£300-
NorfolkUp+83--
BedfordshireDown-82--
C EnglandC
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

192 (32.39 %)C++
239 (13.73 %)Embedded C
338 (13.38 %)Java
436 (12.68 %)Automotive
535 (12.32 %)Windows
634 (11.97 %)Linux
634 (11.97 %)Assembly Language
733 (11.62 %)UNIX
829 (10.21 %).NET
928 (9.859 %)Degree
1025 (8.803 %)C#
1025 (8.803 %)SQL
1124 (8.451 %)Perl
1124 (8.451 %)MATLAB
1222 (7.746 %)Configuration Management
1222 (7.746 %)Wireless
1222 (7.746 %)Software Engineering
1321 (7.394 %)UML
1420 (7.042 %)SQL Server
1519 (6.690 %)Python
1519 (6.690 %)Electronics
1618 (6.338 %)Education
1618 (6.338 %)Computer Science
1715 (5.282 %)Military
1813 (4.577 %)Multimedia
1813 (4.577 %)Marketing
1813 (4.577 %)LTE
1813 (4.577 %)Telecoms
1813 (4.577 %)Oracle
1813 (4.577 %)HP

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (10.21 %).NET
212 (4.225 %)ASP.NET
212 (4.225 %)OpenGL
311 (3.873 %)DirectX
49 (3.169 %)HTML
58 (2.817 %)XML
58 (2.817 %)Flash
67 (2.465 %)XHTML
75 (1.761 %)WCF
75 (1.761 %)J2EE
84 (1.408 %)ADO.NET
84 (1.408 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
84 (1.408 %)jQuery
93 (1.056 %)Silverlight
93 (1.056 %)Qt
93 (1.056 %)J2ME
93 (1.056 %)Middleware
102 (0.704 %)WinForms
102 (0.704 %)ODBC
102 (0.704 %)CSS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (2.465 %)SharePoint
17 (2.465 %)OpenROAD
26 (2.113 %)Apache
33 (1.056 %)MS Exchange
42 (0.704 %)IIS
42 (0.704 %)EPiServer
42 (0.704 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (0.704 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (0.352 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (0.352 %)ColdFusion
51 (0.352 %)WebLogic
51 (0.352 %)Documentum
51 (0.352 %)Lotus Notes
51 (0.352 %)LiveLink
51 (0.352 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
124 (8.451 %)MATLAB
211 (3.873 %)MS Office
38 (2.817 %)MS Excel
42 (0.704 %)Simulink
51 (0.352 %)Doxygen
51 (0.352 %)Spreadsheet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.352 %)Dynamics NAV
11 (0.352 %)Navision
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (7.746 %)Wireless
213 (4.577 %)LTE
312 (4.225 %)WCDMA
48 (2.817 %)SNMP
57 (2.465 %)3GPP
57 (2.465 %)Wi-Fi
66 (2.113 %)Firewall
66 (2.113 %)UWB
75 (1.761 %)TCP/IP
75 (1.761 %)Bluetooth
84 (1.408 %)LDAP
84 (1.408 %)VoIP
84 (1.408 %)DNS
84 (1.408 %)NAS
93 (1.056 %)WAN
93 (1.056 %)UMTS
93 (1.056 %)DHCP
93 (1.056 %)LAN
93 (1.056 %)SAN
93 (1.056 %)TETRA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (7.042 %)SQL Server
212 (4.225 %)MySQL
36 (2.113 %)PostgreSQL
36 (2.113 %)Ingres
45 (1.761 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (1.408 %)ETL
54 (1.408 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (1.056 %)SQL Server Integration Services
63 (1.056 %)Oracle Reports
72 (0.704 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (0.704 %)MS Access
72 (0.704 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (0.704 %)PerformancePoint
72 (0.704 %)SQLite
72 (0.704 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.352 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.352 %)RDBMS
81 (0.352 %)TOAD
81 (0.352 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.352 %)DTS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (4.225 %)ClearCase
28 (2.817 %)Visual Studio
37 (2.465 %)AccuRev
45 (1.761 %)Team Foundation Server
54 (1.408 %)LoadRunner
63 (1.056 %)SilkPerformer
63 (1.056 %)Rational Performance Tester
63 (1.056 %)JDeveloper
63 (1.056 %)Oracle Forms
63 (1.056 %)JMeter
63 (1.056 %)ProC
72 (0.704 %)JUnit
81 (0.352 %)Subversion
81 (0.352 %)JIRA
81 (0.352 %)Git (software)
81 (0.352 %)Eclipse
81 (0.352 %)Ant
81 (0.352 %)InstallShield
81 (0.352 %)ClearQuest
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
136 (12.68 %)Automotive
219 (6.690 %)Electronics
318 (6.338 %)Education
415 (5.282 %)Military
513 (4.577 %)Multimedia
513 (4.577 %)Marketing
513 (4.577 %)Telecoms
612 (4.225 %)Games
79 (3.169 %)Government
88 (2.817 %)Electric
97 (2.465 %)Insurance
106 (2.113 %)3D Graphics
106 (2.113 %)Finance
115 (1.761 %)Aerospace
124 (1.408 %)Retail
133 (1.056 %)Manufacturing
142 (0.704 %)Financial Institution
151 (0.352 %)Auditing
151 (0.352 %)Legal
151 (0.352 %)Pharmaceutical
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
151 (17.96 %)Developer
246 (16.20 %)Software Engineer
314 (4.930 %)DSP Engineer
411 (3.873 %)Analyst
59 (3.169 %)Firmware Engineer
59 (3.169 %)Administrator
59 (3.169 %)Programmer
68 (2.817 %)Senior Developer
68 (2.817 %)Embedded Software Engineer
68 (2.817 %)Designer
77 (2.465 %)Integration Engineer
77 (2.465 %)Software Configuration Manager
77 (2.465 %)OpenROAD Developer
77 (2.465 %)Software Manager
77 (2.465 %)Test Engineer
77 (2.465 %)Configuration Manager
86 (2.113 %)Web Developer
86 (2.113 %)Project Manager
86 (2.113 %).NET Developer
86 (2.113 %)Web Designer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (6.338 %)Computer Science
212 (4.225 %)Firmware
212 (4.225 %)Blog
311 (3.873 %)Visualisation
410 (3.521 %)Mathematics
57 (2.465 %)Device Driver
57 (2.465 %)Handset
63 (1.056 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
63 (1.056 %)iPhone
63 (1.056 %)NHS
63 (1.056 %)VHDL
72 (0.704 %)Smartcard
72 (0.704 %)Blackberry
72 (0.704 %)Thin Client
72 (0.704 %)Fat Client
72 (0.704 %)Multithreading
81 (0.352 %)Data Protection Act
81 (0.352 %)Open Source
81 (0.352 %)EPoS
81 (0.352 %)Clustering
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
135 (12.32 %)Windows
234 (11.97 %)Linux
333 (11.62 %)UNIX
47 (2.465 %)Windows CE
56 (2.113 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (1.761 %)Windows XP
72 (0.704 %)VxWorks
72 (0.704 %)Solaris
72 (0.704 %)Android
72 (0.704 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.352 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.352 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.352 %)Windows 7
81 (0.352 %)Mac OS X
81 (0.352 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.352 %)AIX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (7.746 %)Configuration Management
122 (7.746 %)Software Engineering
221 (7.394 %)UML
312 (4.225 %)Validation
411 (3.873 %)Programme Management
510 (3.521 %)OO
68 (2.817 %)Software Testing
76 (2.113 %)Project Management
76 (2.113 %)Software Architecture
76 (2.113 %)Information Management
85 (1.761 %)Systems Analysis
85 (1.761 %)Web Development
85 (1.761 %)Reverse Engineering
85 (1.761 %)Business Intelligence
85 (1.761 %)ITIL
94 (1.408 %)Identity Management
94 (1.408 %)Performance Testing
94 (1.408 %)Unit Testing
94 (1.408 %)Test Scripting
94 (1.408 %)ERD
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
192 (32.39 %)C++
239 (13.73 %)Embedded C
338 (13.38 %)Java
434 (11.97 %)Assembly Language
525 (8.803 %)C#
525 (8.803 %)SQL
624 (8.451 %)Perl
719 (6.690 %)Python
810 (3.521 %)Embedded C++
99 (3.169 %)PHP
99 (3.169 %)JavaScript
99 (3.169 %)Shell Script
107 (2.465 %)T-SQL
115 (1.761 %)PL/SQL
122 (0.704 %)VB
122 (0.704 %)VB.NET
122 (0.704 %)ActionScript
122 (0.704 %)ActionScript 3.0
122 (0.704 %)ActionScript 2.0
131 (0.352 %)PHP5
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
128 (9.859 %)Degree
24 (1.408 %)Security Cleared
33 (1.056 %)Cisco Certification
42 (0.704 %)CCSA
42 (0.704 %)CCVP
42 (0.704 %)MCSE
42 (0.704 %)CCNP
42 (0.704 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.704 %)CTC Cleared
42 (0.704 %)CCSE
51 (0.352 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.352 %)Citrix Certification
51 (0.352 %)CCNA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.408 %)SLA
14 (1.408 %)QA
21 (0.352 %)PCI DSS
21 (0.352 %)JTAG
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
18 (2.817 %)Active Directory
22 (0.704 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.352 %)VMware ESX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (2.113 %)Nagios
16 (2.113 %)OpenView
22 (0.704 %)WSUS
31 (0.352 %)SCCM
31 (0.352 %)SolarWinds Orion
31 (0.352 %)Unicenter
31 (0.352 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.352 %)ZENworks
31 (0.352 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.352 %)ARCserve
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (4.577 %)Oracle
113 (4.577 %)HP
211 (3.873 %)Microsoft
36 (2.113 %)Cisco
45 (1.761 %)Citrix
45 (1.761 %)VMware
54 (1.408 %)CheckPoint
54 (1.408 %)Remedy
63 (1.056 %)Blue Coat
63 (1.056 %)Xilinx
63 (1.056 %)Mentor Graphics
63 (1.056 %)Dell
72 (0.704 %)Nokia
72 (0.704 %)IBM
72 (0.704 %)Infoblox
72 (0.704 %)Imperva
72 (0.704 %)BladeLogic
81 (0.352 %)Visualfiles
81 (0.352 %)Google
81 (0.352 %)Kaseya