The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 68 45 55
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +10
Contract jobs citing C 8 23 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 1.074% 2.584% 0.319%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.492% 6.805% 0.985%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 1
Average daily rate £328 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.96% -3.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.12% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £43.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +45.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -
All Programming Languages
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
321 338 203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 43.09% 37.98% 32.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 215 113
Average daily rate £283 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.07% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £390 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 5
Average hourly rate £13.50 £29.75 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.62% +8.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.50 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £61.25 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C
West Yorkshire

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 (42.11%) Mathematics
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Linux
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) PHP
3 2 (10.53%) C++
3 2 (10.53%) Apache
3 2 (10.53%) CRM
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Internet
3 2 (10.53%) Configuration Management
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 2 (10.53%) Firewall
3 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (10.53%) Test Management
4 1 (5.263%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.263%) Network Security
4 1 (5.263%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (5.263%) Reference Data
4 1 (5.263%) Data Integration
4 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (5.263%) Android
4 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.263%) CentOS
4 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.263%) OpenLDAP

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (5.263%) CSS
1 1 (5.263%) XML
1 1 (5.263%) XSLT
1 1 (5.263%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Apache
2 1 (5.263%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (5.263%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.263%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Internet
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
2 1 (5.263%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.263%) BIG-IP
2 1 (5.263%) Network Security
2 1 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (5.263%) OpenLDAP
2 1 (5.263%) NetScreen
2 1 (5.263%) DNS
2 1 (5.263%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) MySQL
1 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) ChangeMan
General
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
1 2 (10.53%) Retail
2 1 (5.263%) Billing
2 1 (5.263%) Investment Banking
2 1 (5.263%) Banking
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Customer Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Developer
2 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Software Configuration Manager
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Network Security Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Software Manager
3 1 (5.263%) ScrumMaster
3 1 (5.263%) Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
3 1 (5.263%) Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Project Leader
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.263%) RIA
2 1 (5.263%) Reference Data
2 1 (5.263%) Data Integration
2 1 (5.263%) Open Source
2 1 (5.263%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.263%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Linux
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Solaris
2 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
2 1 (5.263%) zOS
2 1 (5.263%) Android
2 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) CentOS
2 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.263%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.263%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) Configuration Management
1 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (10.53%) Test Management
1 2 (10.53%) CRM
2 1 (5.263%) ETL
2 1 (5.263%) B2C
2 1 (5.263%) OO
2 1 (5.263%) Test Scripting
2 1 (5.263%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (5.263%) Security Architecture
2 1 (5.263%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (5.263%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (5.263%) User Stories
2 1 (5.263%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
2 1 (5.263%) Release Management
2 1 (5.263%) Project Management
2 1 (5.263%) MVC
2 1 (5.263%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) C++
2 2 (10.53%) PHP
3 1 (5.263%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.263%) COBOL
3 1 (5.263%) Java
3 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.263%) Perl
3 1 (5.263%) VB
3 1 (5.263%) Python
3 1 (5.263%) Assembly Language
3 1 (5.263%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Control-M
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.263%) SAP
2 1 (5.263%) Sun
2 1 (5.263%) Juniper
2 1 (5.263%) NetApp
2 1 (5.263%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.263%) McAfee
2 1 (5.263%) Perforce
2 1 (5.263%) Blue Coat
2 1 (5.263%) Zend
2 1 (5.263%) F5
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The ideal candidate will have experience of: - Developing iOS and Android apps - Strong OO design and programming skills - Objective C and Java (J2EE/J2ME) or C and C++.
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 14 May 2013