The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 20 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 Sussex 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 25 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing C 6 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 2.632% 0.308% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.897% 0.775% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £535 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.12% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -
All Programming Languages
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
87 129 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 38.16% 39.69% 38.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 50 43
Average daily rate £335 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £201 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £27.88 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +106.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
South East

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 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
Brighton - 5 £535 -
Hove - 1 £535 -
C
South East

C
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 11 (73.33%) C++
1 11 (73.33%) MS Office
1 11 (73.33%) UML
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded C++
1 11 (73.33%) Electronics
2 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (13.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 2 (13.33%) Six Sigma
2 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (13.33%) Java
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C
3 1 (6.667%) Lean Six Sigma

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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.

Applications
1 11 (73.33%) MS Office
General
1 11 (73.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Software Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) C++ Software Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) C Programmer
2 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Programmer
2 2 (13.33%) Process Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) UML
2 2 (13.33%) Six Sigma
2 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
2 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.667%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) C++
1 11 (73.33%) Embedded C++
2 2 (13.33%) Java
3 1 (6.667%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle