Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Hertfordshire region.

 C
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank152955
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+26
Matching contract IT job ads323142
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire6.166 %4.189 %2.754 %
As % of the Programming Languages category21.33 %13.78 %7.836 %
Daily rates quoted1265
Average daily rate£275£361£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.87 %-15.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£123£285£340
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£405£410£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£340£350
% change year-on-year
-13.97 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted101215
Average hourly rate£31.00£33.40£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.180 %-4.570 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.74£30.15£31.40
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£34.55£39.85£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.97£34.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-24.17 %-2.140 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
150225536
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire28.90 %30.41 %35.15 %
Daily rates quoted6057195
Average daily rate£300£275£388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.090 %-29.03 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£200£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£495£450£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted182243
Average hourly rate£34.50£33.40£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.290 %-4.570 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
C East of EnglandC
East of England

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.

C
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Hertfordshire C Hourly Rate Histogram

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 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
StevenageDown-15--
Welwyn Garden CityDown-13£240-
LetchworthNew entry-2--
St AlbansNew entry-2£275-
HitchinNew entry-1--
C East of EnglandC
East of England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

118 (32.73 %)C++
214 (25.45 %).NET
214 (25.45 %)Software Engineering
312 (21.82 %)Games
312 (21.82 %)Java
312 (21.82 %)OpenGL
411 (20.00 %)DirectX
411 (20.00 %)C#
411 (20.00 %)UML
411 (20.00 %)Military
411 (20.00 %)Programme Management
411 (20.00 %)Visualisation
56 (10.91 %)SQL
65 (9.091 %)Embedded C
74 (7.273 %)Project Management
74 (7.273 %)Retail
74 (7.273 %)Oracle
74 (7.273 %)UNIX
74 (7.273 %)Windows
74 (7.273 %)Degree
83 (5.455 %)Linux
83 (5.455 %)MS Office
83 (5.455 %)J2EE
83 (5.455 %)PL/SQL
83 (5.455 %)Oracle Forms
83 (5.455 %)Oracle Reports
83 (5.455 %)Embedded C++
83 (5.455 %)ProC
83 (5.455 %)HP
83 (5.455 %)JDeveloper

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (25.45 %).NET
212 (21.82 %)OpenGL
311 (20.00 %)DirectX
43 (5.455 %)J2EE
51 (1.818 %)Qt
51 (1.818 %)EDI
51 (1.818 %)WebSphere
51 (1.818 %)LAMP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (3.636 %)EPiServer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (5.455 %)MS Office
13 (5.455 %)MATLAB
21 (1.818 %)Spreadsheet
21 (1.818 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.818 %)Navision
11 (1.818 %)Dynamics NAV
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (5.455 %)Firewall
13 (5.455 %)Wireless
22 (3.636 %)VoIP
31 (1.818 %)LTE
31 (1.818 %)WAN
31 (1.818 %)WCDMA
31 (1.818 %)Ethernet
31 (1.818 %)SNMP
31 (1.818 %)VPN
31 (1.818 %)DNS
31 (1.818 %)LAN
31 (1.818 %)SMS
31 (1.818 %)MPLS
31 (1.818 %)OSPF
31 (1.818 %)BGP
31 (1.818 %)EIGRP
31 (1.818 %)IPv6
31 (1.818 %)SAN
31 (1.818 %)FirePass
31 (1.818 %)Cisco PIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.455 %)Oracle Reports
21 (1.818 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (1.818 %)SQL Server
21 (1.818 %)Informix
21 (1.818 %)SQL Server 2005
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (5.455 %)Oracle Forms
13 (5.455 %)ProC
13 (5.455 %)JDeveloper
21 (1.818 %)ClearCase
21 (1.818 %)ClearQuest
21 (1.818 %)LoadRunner
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (21.82 %)Games
211 (20.00 %)Military
34 (7.273 %)Retail
43 (5.455 %)Telecoms
51 (1.818 %)Banking
51 (1.818 %)Marketing
51 (1.818 %)Finance
51 (1.818 %)Government
51 (1.818 %)Manufacturing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (18.18 %)Developer
26 (10.91 %)Software Engineer
35 (9.091 %)Project Manager
43 (5.455 %)Administrator
43 (5.455 %)Oracle Developer
43 (5.455 %)Embedded Software Engineer
52 (3.636 %)Consultant
52 (3.636 %)Graduate Developer
52 (3.636 %)Project Administrator
52 (3.636 %)Graduate
61 (1.818 %)Dynamics NAV Developer
61 (1.818 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (1.818 %)IT Support
61 (1.818 %)IP Engineer
61 (1.818 %)Desktop Technician
61 (1.818 %)IT Project Manager
61 (1.818 %)Navision Developer
61 (1.818 %)Server Engineer
61 (1.818 %)Network Support
61 (1.818 %)Java Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (20.00 %)Visualisation
22 (3.636 %)Handset
22 (3.636 %)Smartcard
31 (1.818 %)EPoS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (7.273 %)UNIX
14 (7.273 %)Windows
23 (5.455 %)Linux
31 (1.818 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (1.818 %)Windows 2000
31 (1.818 %)AIX
31 (1.818 %)VxWorks
31 (1.818 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (1.818 %)Windows Mobile
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (25.45 %)Software Engineering
211 (20.00 %)UML
211 (20.00 %)Programme Management
34 (7.273 %)Project Management
42 (3.636 %)Content Management
42 (3.636 %)ITIL
42 (3.636 %)PRINCE2
51 (1.818 %)V-Model
51 (1.818 %)Security Architecture
51 (1.818 %)Software Architecture
51 (1.818 %)OO
51 (1.818 %)Configuration Management
51 (1.818 %)Technical Architecture
51 (1.818 %)Email Marketing
51 (1.818 %)Performance Testing
51 (1.818 %)Test Scripting
51 (1.818 %)Data Analysis
51 (1.818 %)Service Management
51 (1.818 %)Risk Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (32.73 %)C++
212 (21.82 %)Java
311 (20.00 %)C#
46 (10.91 %)SQL
55 (9.091 %)Embedded C
63 (5.455 %)PL/SQL
63 (5.455 %)Embedded C++
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (7.273 %)Degree
21 (1.818 %)Security Cleared
21 (1.818 %)MCSE
21 (1.818 %)CCNA
21 (1.818 %)Cisco Certification
21 (1.818 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.818 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.636 %)SLA
21 (1.818 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.818 %)Xen
11 (1.818 %)VMware ESX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (3.636 %)WSUS
21 (1.818 %)SolarWinds Orion
21 (1.818 %)ZENworks
21 (1.818 %)CiscoWorks
21 (1.818 %)Unicenter
21 (1.818 %)Legato
21 (1.818 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (1.818 %)EMC NetWorker
21 (1.818 %)SCCM
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (7.273 %)Oracle
23 (5.455 %)HP
32 (3.636 %)VMware
32 (3.636 %)IBM
32 (3.636 %)Microsoft
32 (3.636 %)BladeLogic
32 (3.636 %)Dell
41 (1.818 %)Kaseya
41 (1.818 %)Cisco
41 (1.818 %)Remedy
41 (1.818 %)BMC
41 (1.818 %)CA
41 (1.818 %)Novell
41 (1.818 %)Blue Coat