C Contracts in the East of England

C
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 46 70
Rank change year-on-year +31 +24 -1
Contract jobs citing C 149 86 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 7.83% 4.26% 3.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.17% 14.75% 9.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 16
10th Percentile £300 £425 £406
25th Percentile £397 £475 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £559
90th Percentile £719 £562 £615
England median daily rate £536 £577 £575
% change year-on-year -7.11% +0.35% +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 34 42
10th Percentile £60.25 £54.33 £47.83
25th Percentile £62.50 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +24.32%
75th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £58.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year +12.07% +4.50% +23.33%

All Programming Languages
East of England

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 412 583 781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 21.64% 28.85% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 338 460
10th Percentile £305 £300 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £570 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £638
England median daily rate £541 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.92% +2.33% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 95 88
10th Percentile £52.50 £49.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £53.75 £47.69
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +28.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.00 £66.24
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.10
% change year-on-year +4.17% +19.76% +15.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for C in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for C in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for C in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +16 94 - - 21
Cambridgeshire +5 29 £550 +8.64% 108
Essex +25 25 £308 - 11
Norfolk - 1 £375 - 6
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 26 (17.45%) Simulink
2 2 (1.34%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (2.68%) Power Automate
1 4 (2.68%) Power Platform
1 4 (2.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (24.16%) Modbus
1 36 (24.16%) RS-422
1 36 (24.16%) RS-485
2 6 (4.03%) 5G
3 4 (2.68%) NAS
3 4 (2.68%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (2.68%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.34%) 5G NR
4 2 (1.34%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.67%) 802.11
5 1 (0.67%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.67%) Broadband
5 1 (0.67%) RTMP
5 1 (0.67%) RTP
5 1 (0.67%) RTSP
5 1 (0.67%) VoIP
5 1 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (10.74%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (6.71%) Rational Rhapsody
3 8 (5.37%) Git
4 7 (4.70%) JIRA
4 7 (4.70%) Subversion
5 5 (3.36%) GCC
6 4 (2.68%) CppUnit
6 4 (2.68%) gcov
6 4 (2.68%) GDB
6 4 (2.68%) Gradle
6 4 (2.68%) PVCS
6 4 (2.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (1.34%) Rational Team Concert
8 1 (0.67%) CMake
8 1 (0.67%) VTune
General
1 50 (33.56%) Electronics
2 43 (28.86%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.04%) Aerospace
4 8 (5.37%) Law
5 6 (4.03%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.36%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.34%) Automotive
7 2 (1.34%) Aviation
7 2 (1.34%) Military
7 2 (1.34%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.34%) Wearables
8 1 (0.67%) Finance
8 1 (0.67%) Games
8 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 82 (55.03%) Software Engineer
2 35 (23.49%) C++ Software Engineer
3 29 (19.46%) C Software Engineer
4 28 (18.79%) Embedded Engineer
4 28 (18.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 18 (12.08%) Developer
6 17 (11.41%) FPGA Engineer
7 16 (10.74%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 16 (10.74%) Design Engineer
7 16 (10.74%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 11 (7.38%) Embedded C Engineer
8 11 (7.38%) Embedded C Software Engineer
9 10 (6.71%) Ada Engineer
9 10 (6.71%) Ada Software Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (5.37%) Architect
11 8 (5.37%) Software Architect
12 7 (4.70%) Real Time Engineer
12 7 (4.70%) Real Time Software Engineer
12 7 (4.70%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.07%) Yocto
2 9 (6.04%) DirectX
2 9 (6.04%) OpenGL
2 9 (6.04%) Vulkan
3 8 (5.37%) OpenGL ES
4 5 (3.36%) LLVM
5 4 (2.68%) .NET
5 4 (2.68%) REST
6 3 (2.01%) JSON
6 3 (2.01%) YAML
7 1 (0.67%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.67%) FFmpeg
7 1 (0.67%) GStreamer
7 1 (0.67%) NumPy
7 1 (0.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (0.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.79%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (13.42%) FPGA
2 20 (13.42%) Verilog
3 17 (11.41%) VHDL
4 9 (6.04%) Ray Tracing
5 8 (5.37%) 3D Graphics
5 8 (5.37%) STB
6 5 (3.36%) Digital TV
7 4 (2.68%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (2.01%) ASIC
8 3 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.67%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.67%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 32 (21.48%) Linux
2 4 (2.68%) Unix
3 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (55.03%) Software Engineering
2 49 (32.89%) Agile
3 40 (26.85%) Unit Testing
4 39 (26.17%) Software Testing
5 36 (24.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (24.16%) Continuous Integration
5 36 (24.16%) Customer Requirements
5 36 (24.16%) DevOps
5 36 (24.16%) Pair Programming
5 36 (24.16%) TDD
6 31 (20.81%) Validation
7 26 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (13.42%) UVM
9 17 (11.41%) FPGA Design
10 16 (10.74%) Open Source
10 16 (10.74%) Signal Processing
10 16 (10.74%) Verification and Validation
11 13 (8.72%) Multithreading
12 12 (8.05%) Embedded Software Development
13 10 (6.71%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 93 (62.42%) C++
2 41 (27.52%) C#
3 20 (13.42%) SystemVerilog
4 18 (12.08%) Embedded C
5 12 (8.05%) Python
6 10 (6.71%) Ada
7 9 (6.04%) Bash
7 9 (6.04%) Embedded C++
7 9 (6.04%) MATLAB
8 6 (4.03%) SQL
9 3 (2.01%) Assembly Language
9 3 (2.01%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.01%) Tcl
10 2 (1.34%) Fortran
10 2 (1.34%) Java
10 2 (1.34%) VB
11 1 (0.67%) GLSL
11 1 (0.67%) HLSL
11 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (22.15%) Degree
2 14 (9.40%) PhD
3 12 (8.05%) Master's Degree
4 6 (4.03%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.03%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.67%) CCNP
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 4 (2.68%) Firmware
1 4 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (13.42%) Xilinx
2 17 (11.41%) Intel
2 17 (11.41%) Microsemi
3 10 (6.71%) IBM
4 4 (2.68%) Klocwork
4 4 (2.68%) Perforce
4 4 (2.68%) VMware
5 3 (2.01%) Cadence
5 3 (2.01%) Synopsys
6 2 (1.34%) Broadcom
6 2 (1.34%) MathWorks
6 2 (1.34%) Twitter
7 1 (0.67%) Cisco
7 1 (0.67%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.67%) Juniper
7 1 (0.67%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.67%) SAP