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This section looks at the demand for C skills within the Home Counties region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited C over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1315
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below13.79 %10.26 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£351
% change on same period last year-0.27 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£45.00
Average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.68£34.77
% change on same period last year-0.27 %
Programming Languages Home CountiesProgramming Languages
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads2939
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.041 %
Daily rates quoted27
Average minimum daily rate£600£361
Average daily rate£600£375
% change on same period last year+60.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£333
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£13.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£13.00£44.17
% change on same period last year-70.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£13.00£48.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.21£33.14
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
C South EastC
South East

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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties C Daily Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Home Counties C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

133 (84.62 %)Java
133 (84.62 %)DV Cleared
133 (84.62 %)Security Cleared
227 (69.23 %)Linux
325 (64.10 %)C++
418 (46.15 %)Windows
512 (30.77 %)HTML
512 (30.77 %)JSP
610 (25.64 %)XML
610 (25.64 %)UML
610 (25.64 %).NET
610 (25.64 %)J2EE
610 (25.64 %)Oracle
610 (25.64 %)Ant
610 (25.64 %)RUP
610 (25.64 %)Eclipse
78 (20.51 %)Device Driver
78 (20.51 %)SC Cleared
78 (20.51 %)Microsoft
78 (20.51 %)C#
87 (17.95 %)JUnit
87 (17.95 %)JavaScript
87 (17.95 %)EJB
87 (17.95 %)CSS
87 (17.95 %)Oracle 10g
87 (17.95 %)BEA
87 (17.95 %)Rational Rose
87 (17.95 %)Spring
87 (17.95 %)Hibernate
95 (12.82 %)Oracle 8/8i

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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
112 (30.77 %)HTML
112 (30.77 %)JSP
210 (25.64 %)XML
210 (25.64 %).NET
210 (25.64 %)J2EE
37 (17.95 %)EJB
37 (17.95 %)CSS
37 (17.95 %)Spring
37 (17.95 %)Hibernate
Applications
13 (7.692 %)MS Office
Business Applications
13 (7.692 %)LabWindows
Communications & Networking
11 (2.564 %)GSM
11 (2.564 %)WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
17 (17.95 %)Oracle 10g
25 (12.82 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (7.692 %)Oracle Reports
Development Applications
110 (25.64 %)Ant
110 (25.64 %)Eclipse
27 (17.95 %)JUnit
27 (17.95 %)Rational Rose
33 (7.692 %)ClearCase
33 (7.692 %)ClearQuest
33 (7.692 %)LabVIEW
General
12 (5.128 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
130 (76.92 %)Developer
220 (51.28 %)Java Developer
314 (35.90 %)Software Engineer
410 (25.64 %)Software Developer
57 (17.95 %)Java Web Developer
57 (17.95 %)Java/J2EE Developer
57 (17.95 %)GUI Developer
57 (17.95 %)HTML Developer
57 (17.95 %)Web Developer
63 (7.692 %)Tester
63 (7.692 %)Systems Tester
63 (7.692 %)C Software Engineer
63 (7.692 %)C++ Software Engineer
71 (2.564 %)Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
18 (20.51 %)Device Driver
22 (5.128 %)Firmware
Operating Systems
127 (69.23 %)Linux
218 (46.15 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
133 (84.62 %)DV Cleared
133 (84.62 %)Security Cleared
210 (25.64 %)UML
210 (25.64 %)RUP
38 (20.51 %)SC Cleared
43 (7.692 %)CMMI
43 (7.692 %)Software Testing
52 (5.128 %)Test Scripting
61 (2.564 %)Validation
61 (2.564 %)Yourdon
Programming Languages
133 (84.62 %)Java
225 (64.10 %)C++
38 (20.51 %)C#
47 (17.95 %)JavaScript
54 (10.26 %)VC++
63 (7.692 %)SQL
71 (2.564 %)Assembly Language
71 (2.564 %)Embedded C
71 (2.564 %)Delphi
Qualifications
13 (7.692 %)ISEB
21 (2.564 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (7.692 %)QA
Vendors
110 (25.64 %)Oracle
28 (20.51 %)Microsoft
37 (17.95 %)BEA
41 (2.564 %)Motorola
41 (2.564 %)Borland
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