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This section looks at the demand for C skills within the Glasgow region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4847
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1021
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.021 %
As % of the category below3.745 %4.872 %
Daily rates quoted29
Average minimum daily rate£300£309
Average daily rate£338£315
% change on same period last year+7.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£354
% change on same period last year-2.38 %
Hourly rates quoted42
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£19.03
Average hourly rate£35.00£19.31
% change on same period last year+81.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£19.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.21£34.57
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads267431
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.356 %0.430 %
Daily rates quoted85157
Average minimum daily rate£308£319
Average daily rate£324£335
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£336
% change on same period last year-1.79 %
Hourly rates quoted1222
Average minimum hourly rate£24.93£30.03
Average hourly rate£28.43£32.69
% change on same period last year-13.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.93£35.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.25£32.93
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow C Daily Rate Trend

C
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Glasgow C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Glasgow C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 %)SQL
215 (57.69 %)Oracle
313 (50.00 %)UNIX
411 (42.31 %)Java
510 (38.46 %)Solaris
69 (34.62 %)Sybase
78 (30.77 %)Perl
78 (30.77 %)Linux
78 (30.77 %)Sun
78 (30.77 %)SAN
78 (30.77 %)BMC
78 (30.77 %)VERITAS
78 (30.77 %)Replication
78 (30.77 %)SSH
78 (30.77 %)Sybase ASE
87 (26.92 %)Finance
95 (19.23 %)XML
95 (19.23 %)VB.NET
95 (19.23 %)SQL Server
95 (19.23 %).NET
104 (15.38 %)PHP
104 (15.38 %)Dreamweaver
104 (15.38 %)Flash
104 (15.38 %)MS Access
104 (15.38 %)HP
104 (15.38 %)FrontPage
113 (11.54 %)IBM
113 (11.54 %)HPUX
122 (7.692 %)Ingres
122 (7.692 %)Microsoft

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (19.23 %).NET
15 (19.23 %)XML
21 (3.846 %)ADO
21 (3.846 %)COM+
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (30.77 %)SAN
18 (30.77 %)SSH
21 (3.846 %)LAN
21 (3.846 %)WLAN
21 (3.846 %)MPLS
21 (3.846 %)Firewall
21 (3.846 %)Wireless
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (30.77 %)Sybase ASE
25 (19.23 %)SQL Server
34 (15.38 %)MS Access
42 (7.692 %)Ingres
42 (7.692 %)RDBMS
51 (3.846 %)Datawarehouse
51 (3.846 %)Oracle Reports
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (15.38 %)Flash
14 (15.38 %)Dreamweaver
14 (15.38 %)FrontPage
22 (7.692 %)LoadRunner
31 (3.846 %)ProC
31 (3.846 %)Oracle Forms
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (26.92 %)Finance
21 (3.846 %)Education
21 (3.846 %)Government
21 (3.846 %)Telecoms
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (30.77 %)DBA
18 (30.77 %)Sybase DBA
25 (19.23 %)Developer
25 (19.23 %)Analyst
34 (15.38 %).NET Developer
34 (15.38 %)Access Developer
34 (15.38 %)C Developer
34 (15.38 %)SQL Developer
34 (15.38 %)VB.NET Developer
42 (7.692 %)Applications Support Analyst
42 (7.692 %)Architect
42 (7.692 %)Tester
42 (7.692 %)Software Engineer
42 (7.692 %)Performance Tester
42 (7.692 %)Support Analyst
42 (7.692 %)Applications Support
51 (3.846 %)Administrator
51 (3.846 %)Test Manager
51 (3.846 %)Senior Consultant
51 (3.846 %)Consultant
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (30.77 %)Replication
21 (3.846 %)Video Conferencing
21 (3.846 %)N-Tier
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (50.00 %)UNIX
210 (38.46 %)Solaris
38 (30.77 %)Linux
43 (11.54 %)HPUX
52 (7.692 %)Windows
52 (7.692 %)AIX
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (7.692 %)Performance Testing
12 (7.692 %)Security Cleared
21 (3.846 %)Test Management
21 (3.846 %)Performance Management
21 (3.846 %)UML
21 (3.846 %)Project Management
21 (3.846 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (3.846 %)Software Engineering
21 (3.846 %)Software Testing
21 (3.846 %)Requirements Analysis
21 (3.846 %)Release Management
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (65.38 %)SQL
211 (42.31 %)Java
38 (30.77 %)Perl
45 (19.23 %)VB.NET
54 (15.38 %)PHP
62 (7.692 %)VB
62 (7.692 %)C++
62 (7.692 %)Shell Script
71 (3.846 %)VBA
71 (3.846 %)PL/SQL
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.846 %)PhD
11 (3.846 %)CCNP
11 (3.846 %)ISEB
11 (3.846 %)Cisco Certification
11 (3.846 %)ISTQB
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.846 %)SLA
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (7.692 %)Tivoli
12 (7.692 %)Tivoli Monitoring
12 (7.692 %)Netcool
12 (7.692 %)Foglight
12 (7.692 %)ServiceCenter
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (57.69 %)Oracle
29 (34.62 %)Sybase
38 (30.77 %)Sun
38 (30.77 %)BMC
38 (30.77 %)VERITAS
44 (15.38 %)HP
53 (11.54 %)IBM
62 (7.692 %)Microsoft
62 (7.692 %)CA
71 (3.846 %)Siemens
71 (3.846 %)Cognos