C Contracts in Hertfordshire

C
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 27 34
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 +6
Contract jobs citing C 94 53 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 11.42% 6.49% 5.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.54% 21.46% 15.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £320 £523
25th Percentile - £350 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -36.00% -
75th Percentile - £450 £706
90th Percentile - £480 £748
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 31 34
10th Percentile £61.25 £57.00 £47.98
25th Percentile £62.50 - £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 -
90th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +24.32%

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 186 247 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 22.60% 30.23% 34.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 101 125
10th Percentile £360 £363 £358
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £506 £600 £625
90th Percentile £650 £676 £655
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 85 56
10th Percentile £60.00 - £46.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £53.75 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year - +16.07% +24.44%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for C in Hertfordshire

C
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for C in Hertfordshire

C
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for C in Hertfordshire

C
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in Hertfordshire

C
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Stevenage +4 91 - - 14
C
East of England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 26 (27.66%) Simulink
2 2 (2.13%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 36 (38.30%) Modbus
1 36 (38.30%) RS-422
1 36 (38.30%) RS-485
2 4 (4.26%) 5G
2 4 (4.26%) NAS
2 4 (4.26%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (4.26%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 16 (17.02%) Rational DOORS
2 10 (10.64%) Rational Rhapsody
3 4 (4.26%) CppUnit
3 4 (4.26%) gcov
3 4 (4.26%) GDB
3 4 (4.26%) Git
3 4 (4.26%) Gradle
3 4 (4.26%) JIRA
3 4 (4.26%) PVCS
3 4 (4.26%) Subversion
4 2 (2.13%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 46 (48.94%) Electronics
2 29 (30.85%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.45%) Aerospace
4 5 (5.32%) Law
5 4 (4.26%) Multimedia
5 4 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.13%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 67 (71.28%) Software Engineer
2 35 (37.23%) C++ Software Engineer
3 29 (30.85%) C Software Engineer
4 19 (20.21%) Embedded Engineer
4 19 (20.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 17 (18.09%) FPGA Engineer
6 16 (17.02%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 16 (17.02%) Design Engineer
6 16 (17.02%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 11 (11.70%) Embedded C Engineer
7 11 (11.70%) Embedded C Software Engineer
8 10 (10.64%) Ada Engineer
8 10 (10.64%) Ada Software Engineer
9 8 (8.51%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (7.45%) Real Time Engineer
10 7 (7.45%) Real Time Software Engineer
11 4 (4.26%) C++ Developer
11 4 (4.26%) Developer
11 4 (4.26%) Validation Engineer
11 4 (4.26%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (29.79%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (18.09%) FPGA
2 17 (18.09%) Verilog
2 17 (18.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (71.28%) Software Engineering
2 40 (42.55%) Unit Testing
3 36 (38.30%) Agile
3 36 (38.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (38.30%) Continuous Integration
3 36 (38.30%) Customer Requirements
3 36 (38.30%) DevOps
3 36 (38.30%) Pair Programming
3 36 (38.30%) Software Testing
3 36 (38.30%) TDD
4 28 (29.79%) Validation
5 17 (18.09%) FPGA Design
5 17 (18.09%) UVM
6 16 (17.02%) Signal Processing
6 16 (17.02%) Verification and Validation
7 12 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (10.64%) Code Quality
8 10 (10.64%) Embedded Software Development
8 10 (10.64%) Systems Engineering
8 10 (10.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 64 (68.09%) C++
2 36 (38.30%) C#
3 17 (18.09%) SystemVerilog
4 10 (10.64%) Ada
4 10 (10.64%) Embedded C
5 9 (9.57%) MATLAB
6 8 (8.51%) Embedded C++
7 4 (4.26%) Python
8 2 (2.13%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 19 (20.21%) Degree
2 5 (5.32%) SC Cleared
2 5 (5.32%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 4 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (18.09%) Intel
1 17 (18.09%) Microsemi
1 17 (18.09%) Xilinx
2 10 (10.64%) IBM
3 4 (4.26%) Klocwork
3 4 (4.26%) Perforce
3 4 (4.26%) VMware
4 2 (2.13%) MathWorks
4 2 (2.13%) Twitter