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The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Leicester region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank521
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads184
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.004 %
As % of the category below43.90 %9.302 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£349
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£32.50£26.50
% change on same period last year+22.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.90£34.50
% change on same period last year-1.74 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads4143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.058 %0.043 %
Daily rates quoted612
Average minimum daily rate£337£372
Average daily rate£348£375
% change on same period last year-7.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£25.18
Average hourly rate£32.50£26.50
% change on same period last year+22.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£27.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
C LeicestershireC
Leicestershire

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester 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 Leicester region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Leicester C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

13 (13.64 %)C#
13 (13.64 %)C++
13 (13.64 %)HTML
13 (13.64 %)JavaScript
13 (13.64 %)VB
13 (13.64 %).NET
13 (13.64 %)Oracle
13 (13.64 %)Crystal Reports
13 (13.64 %)Windows
13 (13.64 %)UML
13 (13.64 %)OO
13 (13.64 %)Visual Studio
13 (13.64 %)ASP.NET
13 (13.64 %)OOD
13 (13.64 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (13.64 %)AJAX
22 (9.091 %)Degree
22 (9.091 %)QA
22 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
22 (9.091 %)Software Engineering
22 (9.091 %)ISO9001
31 (4.545 %)Microsoft
31 (4.545 %)PRINCE2
31 (4.545 %)Oracle Reports
31 (4.545 %)MS Office
31 (4.545 %)Education
31 (4.545 %)Government
31 (4.545 %)Project Management

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (13.64 %)HTML
13 (13.64 %).NET
13 (13.64 %)ASP.NET
13 (13.64 %)AJAX
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.545 %)MS Office
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (13.64 %)Crystal Reports
22 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
31 (4.545 %)Oracle Reports
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (13.64 %)Visual Studio
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.545 %)Education
11 (4.545 %)Government
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (9.091 %)Developer
12 (9.091 %)C# Developer
21 (4.545 %)Trainer
21 (4.545 %)Software Engineer
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (13.64 %)Windows
13 (13.64 %)Windows Server 2003
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (13.64 %)UML
13 (13.64 %)OO
13 (13.64 %)OOD
22 (9.091 %)Software Engineering
31 (4.545 %)PRINCE2
31 (4.545 %)Project Management
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (13.64 %)C#
13 (13.64 %)C++
13 (13.64 %)JavaScript
13 (13.64 %)VB
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (9.091 %)Degree
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (9.091 %)ISO9001
12 (9.091 %)QA
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (13.64 %)Oracle
21 (4.545 %)Microsoft