C Contracts in England

C
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 224 341
Rank change year-on-year +53 +117 -46
Contract jobs citing C 513 575 533
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.40% 1.18% 0.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.72% 3.35% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 288 253
10th Percentile £343 £375 £413
25th Percentile £451 £493 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £583 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.84% +1.43% +35.29%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £644
90th Percentile £706 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £535 £561 £575
% change year-on-year -4.63% -2.43% +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 105 93
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.00
25th Percentile £59.25 £50.00 £48.58
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +23.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £73.40
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +24.44%

All Programming Languages
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 England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,870 17,144 25,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.57% 35.08% 36.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,899 12,520 19,102
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +2.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 443 422 451
10th Percentile £37.78 £26.08 £20.00
25th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year - +21.95% +19.19%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.95
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.43 £62.50 £50.64
% change year-on-year -0.12% +23.43% +17.08%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for C in England

C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for C in England

C
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in England

C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for C in England

C
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in England

C
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 11 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
East of England +27 143 £550 +10.00% 114
South East +14 98 £540 +2.86% 150
London -31 93 £475 -26.92% 99
South West +29 89 £600 +14.29% 110
Midlands +82 64 £535 +33.75% 57
West Midlands +67 57 £535 +42.67% 21
North of England +17 21 £525 +3.96% 61
North West +6 11 £525 -2.33% 38
East Midlands +22 7 £445 -1.11% 36
North East - 6 - - 8
Yorkshire +5 4 £425 -11.46% 16
C
UK

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (2.73%) Confluence
2 6 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.78%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.58%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.58%) nginx
4 3 (0.58%) SAS
5 1 (0.19%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.19%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.19%) JBoss
Applications
1 37 (7.21%) Simulink
2 7 (1.36%) Stateflow
3 5 (0.97%) TargetLink
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (1.17%) Teamcenter
2 5 (0.97%) Endur
2 5 (0.97%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 4 (0.78%) LabWindows
3 4 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 69 (13.45%) AWS
2 56 (10.92%) Azure
3 16 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (1.75%) SaaS
6 8 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.36%) Serverless
8 5 (0.97%) GCP
8 5 (0.97%) GitHub
9 4 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (0.78%) Datadog
9 4 (0.78%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.78%) OpenShift
9 4 (0.78%) PaaS
9 4 (0.78%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.78%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (7.02%) RS-422
2 35 (6.82%) Modbus
2 35 (6.82%) RS-485
3 19 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (1.75%) 5G
4 9 (1.75%) 802.11
4 9 (1.75%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.17%) RS-232
6 5 (0.97%) DHCP
6 5 (0.97%) DNS
6 5 (0.97%) J1939
6 5 (0.97%) Network Security
6 5 (0.97%) Wireless
7 4 (0.78%) AMQP
7 4 (0.78%) Firewall
7 4 (0.78%) NAS
7 4 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (0.78%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.09%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.53%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.34%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.36%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.17%) Data Mining
5 6 (1.17%) DB2
6 5 (0.97%) MySQL
6 5 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.78%) InfluxDB
7 4 (0.78%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.58%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.58%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 50 (9.75%) Git
2 48 (9.36%) Visual Studio
3 46 (8.97%) PVCS
4 29 (5.65%) JIRA
5 21 (4.09%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (3.90%) Subversion
7 17 (3.31%) Bitbucket
7 17 (3.31%) Jenkins
8 14 (2.73%) Rational Rhapsody
9 8 (1.56%) Gradle
10 5 (0.97%) GCC
11 4 (0.78%) ClearCase
11 4 (0.78%) ClearQuest
11 4 (0.78%) gcov
11 4 (0.78%) GDB
11 4 (0.78%) Karma Test Runner
11 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.58%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.58%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 82 (15.98%) Social Skills
2 67 (13.06%) Electronics
3 38 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 25 (4.87%) Automotive
5 22 (4.29%) Telecoms
6 21 (4.09%) Aerospace
7 20 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (3.31%) Finance
9 11 (2.14%) Banking
10 7 (1.36%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.17%) Aviation
11 6 (1.17%) Law
11 6 (1.17%) Multimedia
12 5 (0.97%) Billing
12 5 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.58%) Military
14 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.39%) Retail
14 2 (0.39%) Wearables
15 1 (0.19%) Games
Job Titles
1 175 (34.11%) Software Engineer
2 96 (18.71%) Developer
3 82 (15.98%) Embedded Engineer
4 78 (15.20%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 55 (10.72%) Programmer
6 51 (9.94%) C Programmer
7 46 (8.97%) C++ Software Engineer
8 34 (6.63%) Senior
9 29 (5.65%) C Software Engineer
10 26 (5.07%) Architect
11 22 (4.29%) FPGA Engineer
12 20 (3.90%) C Developer
12 20 (3.90%) C++ Developer
12 20 (3.90%) Full Stack Developer
13 19 (3.70%) Design Engineer
13 19 (3.70%) FPGA Design Engineer
14 18 (3.51%) Lead
15 16 (3.12%) C/C++ Software Engineer
16 15 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
17 13 (2.53%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.26%) React
2 26 (5.07%) .NET
3 22 (4.29%) AngularJS
4 20 (3.90%) Yocto
5 19 (3.70%) Spring
6 16 (3.12%) HTML
7 13 (2.53%) REST
8 12 (2.34%) Node.js
9 11 (2.14%) 802.1X
9 11 (2.14%) DirectX
9 11 (2.14%) OpenGL
9 11 (2.14%) RESTful
9 11 (2.14%) Vulkan
10 10 (1.95%) CSS
10 10 (1.95%) Itk
10 10 (1.95%) OpenGL ES
10 10 (1.95%) Spring Boot
11 9 (1.75%) Middleware
11 9 (1.75%) XML
12 7 (1.36%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
2 28 (5.46%) VHDL
3 27 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 26 (5.07%) Verilog
5 25 (4.87%) FPGA
6 19 (3.70%) ARM Cortex
7 13 (2.53%) Device Driver
8 11 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.14%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.14%) STB
9 10 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.75%) 3D Graphics
10 9 (1.75%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
10 9 (1.75%) Ray Tracing
11 7 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.36%) IoT
11 7 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 118 (23.00%) Linux
2 22 (4.29%) FreeRTOS
3 19 (3.70%) Windows
4 14 (2.73%) Unix
5 12 (2.34%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.14%) Android
7 7 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.97%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.97%) Windows Server
9 4 (0.78%) SafeRTOS
9 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.19%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) Solaris
11 1 (0.19%) VMS
11 1 (0.19%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (41.33%) Software Engineering
2 137 (26.71%) Agile
3 111 (21.64%) DevOps
4 78 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (12.67%) Unit Testing
6 55 (10.72%) Software Testing
6 55 (10.72%) Validation
7 46 (8.97%) TDD
8 40 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (7.80%) Continuous Integration
8 40 (7.80%) OO
9 38 (7.41%) Scrum
10 35 (6.82%) Customer Requirements
10 35 (6.82%) Pair Programming
11 34 (6.63%) Test Automation
12 32 (6.24%) Software Architecture
13 31 (6.04%) Full Stack Development
13 31 (6.04%) Multithreading
14 30 (5.85%) SDLC
15 27 (5.26%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 251 (48.93%) C++
2 118 (23.00%) Python
3 80 (15.59%) Java
4 76 (14.81%) C#
5 67 (13.06%) Embedded C
6 54 (10.53%) PL/SQL
7 49 (9.55%) SQL
8 35 (6.82%) Bash
9 31 (6.04%) JavaScript
10 28 (5.46%) Shell Script
11 25 (4.87%) MATLAB
12 21 (4.09%) SystemVerilog
13 18 (3.51%) Go
13 18 (3.51%) Perl
14 17 (3.31%) Embedded C++
15 15 (2.92%) PowerShell
16 13 (2.53%) Tcl
17 12 (2.34%) Ada
18 11 (2.14%) TypeScript
19 9 (1.75%) Swift
Qualifications
1 159 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 105 (20.47%) SC Cleared
3 65 (12.67%) Degree
4 52 (10.14%) DV Cleared
5 29 (5.65%) Master's Degree
6 20 (3.90%) PhD
7 15 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.39%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.39%) OSCP
9 2 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.19%) CCIE
10 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.19%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.51%) QA
2 13 (2.53%) AUTOSAR
3 9 (1.75%) MISRA
4 7 (1.36%) JTAG
5 6 (1.17%) MISRA C
6 5 (0.97%) DO-178B
6 5 (0.97%) ISO 26262
7 4 (0.78%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.58%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.58%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.39%) MiFID
10 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.19%) NIST
10 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 36 (7.02%) Docker
2 21 (4.09%) Firmware
3 6 (1.17%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.17%) VMware NSX
3 6 (1.17%) vSphere
4 5 (0.97%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (6.04%) Terraform
2 29 (5.65%) Kubernetes
3 26 (5.07%) Ansible
4 10 (1.95%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.36%) Grafana
5 7 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.97%) Functional Safety
6 5 (0.97%) Puppet
7 4 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (0.78%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.78%) Kibana
7 4 (0.78%) Nagios
8 3 (0.58%) Consul
8 3 (0.58%) Packer
9 1 (0.19%) logstash
9 1 (0.19%) SCOM
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 32 (6.24%) IBM
2 26 (5.07%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.07%) Oracle
3 24 (4.68%) Xilinx
4 18 (3.51%) Lauterbach
5 17 (3.31%) Intel
5 17 (3.31%) Microsemi
6 8 (1.56%) Splunk
7 7 (1.36%) SAP
8 5 (0.97%) Google
8 5 (0.97%) HP
8 5 (0.97%) OpenLink
8 5 (0.97%) Triple Point
8 5 (0.97%) VMware
9 4 (0.78%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.78%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.78%) BT
9 4 (0.78%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.78%) Klocwork
9 4 (0.78%) Perforce