The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hounslow 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 Hounslow 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 10 13 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing C 8 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 13.33% 2.597% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.62% 8.696% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £425 £330 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% -1.36%
All Programming Languages
Hounslow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
37 23 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hounslow 61.67% 29.87% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 12
Average daily rate £450 £350 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £330 £118
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
London

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow 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 Hounslow region.

Hounslow C Daily Rate Trend

C
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the Hounslow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hounslow C Daily Rate Histogram

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hounslow C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) C++
3 4 (44.44%) STB
4 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Bash shell
5 2 (22.22%) DTV
5 2 (22.22%) DVB
5 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
5 2 (22.22%) Middleware
5 2 (22.22%) Java
5 2 (22.22%) Perl
5 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 2 (22.22%) Web Services
5 2 (22.22%) UNIX
5 2 (22.22%) Python
5 2 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) JSON
6 1 (11.11%) JIRA
6 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
6 1 (11.11%) QA
6 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Security Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Test Management
6 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Network Security

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hounslow 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 2 (22.22%) Middleware
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) JSON
2 1 (11.11%) WML
2 1 (11.11%) J2EE
2 1 (11.11%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DVB
2 1 (11.11%) Wireshark
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 1 (11.11%) Hudson
1 1 (11.11%) GDB
1 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Interactive Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Development Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Manual Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Test Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) STB
2 2 (22.22%) DTV
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (11.11%) Open Source
3 1 (11.11%) IPTV
3 1 (11.11%) MPEG
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (11.11%) HPUX
3 1 (11.11%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Security Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Test Management
2 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (11.11%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
2 1 (11.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C++
2 3 (33.33%) Bash shell
3 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
3 2 (22.22%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) Perl
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Python
4 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) HP
1 1 (11.11%) OpenTV