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This section looks at the demand for C skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited C over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5260
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads69
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.010 %
As % of the category below2.632 %2.857 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£320
Average daily rate-£320
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£348
% change on same period last year+2.21 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£28.00
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.50
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.70£34.72
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Programming Languages EdinburghProgramming Languages
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads228315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.301 %0.334 %
Daily rates quoted4756
Average minimum daily rate£294£335
Average daily rate£317£351
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£332
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted29
Average minimum hourly rate£100.00£28.33
Average hourly rate£103.75£29.40
% change on same period last year+252.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£107.50£30.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.13£33.16
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
C ScotlandC
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

117 (65.38 %)C++
210 (38.46 %)OpenGL
210 (38.46 %)DirectX
210 (38.46 %)Multimedia
210 (38.46 %)Symbian
210 (38.46 %)Quicktime
39 (34.62 %)Embedded C++
39 (34.62 %)Unix
39 (34.62 %)Symbian OS
48 (30.77 %)Windows
55 (19.23 %)AIX
55 (19.23 %)Finance
64 (15.38 %)Oracle
64 (15.38 %)SQL Server
64 (15.38 %)XML
64 (15.38 %)Degree
73 (11.54 %)Banking
73 (11.54 %)J2EE
73 (11.54 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (11.54 %)Interwoven
73 (11.54 %)OpenDeploy
73 (11.54 %)TeamSite
73 (11.54 %)Java
73 (11.54 %)Perl
73 (11.54 %)SQL
73 (11.54 %)Shell Script
82 (7.692 %)SQLPlus
82 (7.692 %)APACS
82 (7.692 %)Subversion
82 (7.692 %)Visual Studio

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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
110 (38.46 %)OpenGL
110 (38.46 %)DirectX
24 (15.38 %)XML
33 (11.54 %)J2EE
41 (3.846 %).NET
41 (3.846 %)Motif
41 (3.846 %)X-Windows
41 (3.846 %)WebSphere
41 (3.846 %)ArcObjects
Application Platforms
13 (11.54 %)TeamSite
21 (3.846 %)ArcGIS
21 (3.846 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
110 (38.46 %)Quicktime
Communications & Networking
11 (3.846 %)SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (15.38 %)SQL Server
22 (7.692 %)TOAD
22 (7.692 %)SQLPlus
31 (3.846 %)GIS
31 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.846 %)RDBMS
31 (3.846 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
13 (11.54 %)OpenDeploy
22 (7.692 %)Visual Studio
22 (7.692 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (7.692 %)Subversion
31 (3.846 %)WinRunner
General
110 (38.46 %)Multimedia
25 (19.23 %)Finance
33 (11.54 %)Banking
41 (3.846 %)Retail
41 (3.846 %)Financial Institution
41 (3.846 %)Pensions
41 (3.846 %)Retail Banking
41 (3.846 %)Marketing
Job Titles
111 (42.31 %)Consultant
210 (38.46 %)Senior Consultant
210 (38.46 %)Technical Consultant
210 (38.46 %)Senior Technical Consultant
34 (15.38 %)Analyst
43 (11.54 %)Administrator
52 (7.692 %)C++ Software Engineer
52 (7.692 %)Software Engineer
52 (7.692 %)Developer
52 (7.692 %)C Software Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Quality Analyst
61 (3.846 %)Project Manager
61 (3.846 %)Tester
61 (3.846 %)Analyst Programmer
61 (3.846 %)Programmer
61 (3.846 %)Desktop Engineer
61 (3.846 %)Technical Analyst
61 (3.846 %)GIS Developer
61 (3.846 %)UNIX Consultant
61 (3.846 %)Senior Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
12 (7.692 %)APACS
12 (7.692 %)Statistics
12 (7.692 %)Mathematics
21 (3.846 %)Computer Science
21 (3.846 %)Client/Server
21 (3.846 %)Blackberry
21 (3.846 %)Mainframe
21 (3.846 %)Device Driver
Operating Systems
19 (34.62 %)Unix
19 (34.62 %)Symbian OS
28 (30.77 %)Windows
35 (19.23 %)AIX
43 (11.54 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (7.692 %)Solaris
61 (3.846 %)Linux
61 (3.846 %)Windows XP
61 (3.846 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
11 (3.846 %)UML
11 (3.846 %)OO
11 (3.846 %)Performance Testing
Programming Languages
117 (65.38 %)C++
29 (34.62 %)Embedded C++
33 (11.54 %)Shell Script
33 (11.54 %)Java
33 (11.54 %)Perl
33 (11.54 %)SQL
42 (7.692 %)VC++
51 (3.846 %)C#
Qualifications
14 (15.38 %)Degree
System Software
11 (3.846 %)Active Directory
Vendors
110 (38.46 %)Symbian
24 (15.38 %)Oracle
33 (11.54 %)Interwoven
41 (3.846 %)Remedy
41 (3.846 %)Microsoft
41 (3.846 %)Citrix
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