The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Hertfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 47 41 30
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -11
Contract jobs citing C 16 29 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.512% 2.968% 3.995%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.061% 6.921% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 1
Average daily rate £315 £338 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +77.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 19
Average hourly rate - £37.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% -1.36%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
264 419 308
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 41.44% 42.89% 35.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 168 111
Average daily rate £375 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 39 53
Average hourly rate £20.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £26.00 £30.19
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.80 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
East of England

C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire C Jobs Demand Trend

C
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire C Daily Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Royston - 4 - -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
C
East of England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 8 (38.10%) LTE
2 7 (33.33%) 3G
3 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 6 (28.57%) C++
3 6 (28.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
4 5 (23.81%) Finance
4 5 (23.81%) Java
4 5 (23.81%) SQL
4 5 (23.81%) .NET
4 5 (23.81%) Embedded C
4 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
4 5 (23.81%) ERP
4 5 (23.81%) Android
5 4 (19.05%) 3GPP
5 4 (19.05%) Cognos
5 4 (19.05%) Symantec
5 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
5 4 (19.05%) XML
5 4 (19.05%) C#
5 4 (19.05%) JBoss
5 4 (19.05%) Flash
5 4 (19.05%) Multimedia
5 4 (19.05%) Subversion
5 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (19.05%) IPTV
6 3 (14.29%) Degree
6 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
6 3 (14.29%) Windows
6 3 (14.29%) Data Warehouse

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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
1 5 (23.81%) .NET
2 4 (19.05%) XML
2 4 (19.05%) Flash
3 1 (4.762%) COM
Applications
1 5 (23.81%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.762%) MS Project
2 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (4.762%) LabWindows
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) LTE
2 7 (33.33%) 3G
3 4 (19.05%) 3GPP
4 2 (9.524%) 2G
5 1 (4.762%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Subversion
2 2 (9.524%) LabVIEW
3 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (23.81%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Multimedia
3 1 (4.762%) Spanish Language
3 1 (4.762%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.762%) Electronics
3 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) Navision Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Android Developer
5 2 (9.524%) DSP Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Storage Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Java Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Dynamics NAV Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Automated Test Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Desktop Technician
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) IPTV
2 1 (4.762%) Mathematics
2 1 (4.762%) RIA
2 1 (4.762%) PMI
2 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Android
2 3 (14.29%) Windows
3 2 (9.524%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (4.762%) AIX
4 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Software Engineering
1 5 (23.81%) ERP
2 3 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (9.524%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (9.524%) Signal Processing
3 2 (9.524%) Time Management
3 2 (9.524%) OO
3 2 (9.524%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Project Planning
4 1 (4.762%) TDD
4 1 (4.762%) Scrum
4 1 (4.762%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.762%) ITIL
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.762%) Project Management
4 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.762%) Service Management
4 1 (4.762%) Regression Testing
4 1 (4.762%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) C++
2 5 (23.81%) Java
2 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 5 (23.81%) Embedded C
3 4 (19.05%) C#
4 2 (9.524%) Embedded C++
4 2 (9.524%) MATLAB
5 1 (4.762%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.762%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Cognos
2 4 (19.05%) Symantec
2 4 (19.05%) JBoss
3 1 (4.762%) VMware
3 1 (4.762%) Serena
3 1 (4.762%) HP
3 1 (4.762%) Cisco
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