C Contracts in Essex

C
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 35 51
Rank change year-on-year +24 +16 -7
Contract jobs citing C 24 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 10.34% 1.92% 2.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.24% 5.81% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £285 - £419
25th Percentile £300 - £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 - £463
75th Percentile £545 - £503
90th Percentile £575 - £516
East of England median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
Median hourly rate £80.00 - £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

All Programming Languages
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 99 86 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 42.67% 33.08% 39.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 50 109
10th Percentile £266 £206 £291
25th Percentile £302 £250 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £489 £485
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +0.77% +7.78%
75th Percentile £563 £549 £599
90th Percentile £600 £614 £631
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% +3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 10
10th Percentile - £19.50 £26.98
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.63 £31.49
Median hourly rate £59.50 £25.00 £59.31
Median % change year-on-year +138.00% -57.85% +18.62%
75th Percentile £80.00 £46.63 £73.28
90th Percentile - £58.10 £77.32
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +25.84%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Essex

C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for C in Essex

C
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Essex over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in Essex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for C in Essex

C
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Essex region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Brentwood -1 16 £300 - 3
Basildon - 5 - - 1
C
East of England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) 802.11
1 1 (4.17%) Broadband
1 1 (4.17%) RTMP
1 1 (4.17%) RTP
1 1 (4.17%) RTSP
1 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) CMake
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (4.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Principal Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Principal Software Engineer
2 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Firmware Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Audio Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) C Developer
4 3 (12.50%) DTV Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Linux Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Embedded C Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Embedded Developer
6 1 (4.17%) C/C++ Developer
6 1 (4.17%) C++ Developer
6 1 (4.17%) DTV Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (58.33%) Yocto
2 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.17%) FFmpeg
2 1 (4.17%) GStreamer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) STB
2 5 (20.83%) Digital TV
3 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.17%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 17 (70.83%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Unix
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Agile
2 9 (37.50%) Open Source
3 6 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (4.17%) Agile Project Management
6 1 (4.17%) Coaching
6 1 (4.17%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (4.17%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.17%) Programme Management
6 1 (4.17%) Project Management
6 1 (4.17%) Security Hardening
6 1 (4.17%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) C++
1 7 (29.17%) Embedded C
2 6 (25.00%) Bash
3 1 (4.17%) Java
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Broadcom
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat