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This section looks at the demand for C skills within the London 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank107125
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads522619
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.696 %0.626 %
As % of the category below4.295 %3.301 %
Daily rates quoted223249
Average minimum daily rate£398£434
Average daily rate£427£465
% change on same period last year-8.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£457£497
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£354
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Hourly rates quoted4047
Average minimum hourly rate£25.43£31.25
Average hourly rate£27.26£33.39
% change on same period last year-18.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.09£35.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.80£34.88
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
London
Matching contract IT job ads1215318750
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled16.20 %18.97 %
Daily rates quoted55157526
Average minimum daily rate£405£442
Average daily rate£436£474
% change on same period last year-7.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£505
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£334
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted382653
Average minimum hourly rate£28.70£32.81
Average hourly rate£30.66£35.14
% change on same period last year-12.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.62£37.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.07
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
C EnglandC
England

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-12124£467-6.18 %
WimbledonNew entry-11£228-
Docklands, LondonUp+2010£390-16.91 %
UxbridgeNew entry-6--
Canary WharfUp+116£378-5.46 %
LutonUp+43£472+17.43 %
SurbitonNew entry-2£280-
HounslowDown-42--
BrentfordNew entry-1--
BexleyNew entry-1£120-
GraysNew entry-1£300-
HammersmithNew entry-1£550-
HendonUp+21--
C EnglandC
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1334 (31.84 %)C++
2268 (25.55 %)UNIX
3261 (24.88 %)SQL
4249 (23.74 %)Java
5231 (22.02 %)Banking
6214 (20.40 %)Finance
7180 (17.16 %)Oracle
8178 (16.97 %)Perl
9149 (14.20 %)C#
10148 (14.11 %)Investment Banking
11146 (13.92 %)Windows
12139 (13.25 %)Sybase
13136 (12.96 %)Linux
14118 (11.25 %)XML
15116 (11.06 %).NET
1690 (8.580 %)Derivative
1785 (8.103 %)SQL Server
1877 (7.340 %)Fixed Income
1973 (6.959 %)HTML
2071 (6.768 %)Security Cleared
2166 (6.292 %)Front Office
2265 (6.196 %)Solaris
2364 (6.101 %)VB
2364 (6.101 %)JavaScript
2461 (5.815 %)J2EE
2558 (5.529 %)OO
2654 (5.148 %)PL/SQL
2753 (5.052 %)Government
2753 (5.052 %)PRINCE2
2852 (4.957 %)Project Management

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1118 (11.25 %)XML
2116 (11.06 %).NET
373 (6.959 %)HTML
461 (5.815 %)J2EE
547 (4.480 %)ASP.NET
629 (2.765 %)CSS
728 (2.669 %)Middleware
826 (2.479 %)Struts
924 (2.288 %)WebServices
924 (2.288 %)JSP
1023 (2.193 %)JDBC
1119 (1.811 %)CGI
1217 (1.621 %)Swing
1316 (1.525 %).NET Framework
1415 (1.430 %)AJAX
1415 (1.430 %)Hibernate
1415 (1.430 %)Spring
1415 (1.430 %)XSL
1415 (1.430 %)J2ME
1514 (1.335 %)J2SE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
141 (3.908 %)Apache
223 (2.193 %)WebLogic
319 (1.811 %)Tomcat
417 (1.621 %)IIS
515 (1.430 %)Exchange Server 2003
611 (1.049 %)MS Exchange
611 (1.049 %)SAS
710 (0.953 %)SharePoint
89 (0.858 %)BizTalk Server
98 (0.763 %)Oracle Workflow
107 (0.667 %)CMS
107 (0.667 %)SharePoint Server 2007
116 (0.572 %)Commerce Server 2007
116 (0.572 %)Rendezvous
116 (0.572 %)Commerce Server
125 (0.477 %)Exchange Server 2007
134 (0.381 %)Exchange Server 2000
134 (0.381 %)MQSeries
143 (0.286 %)Tuxedo
143 (0.286 %)WebSphere MQ
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
132 (3.051 %)MS Excel
223 (2.193 %)MS Project
223 (2.193 %)MS Office
312 (1.144 %)MS Visio
411 (1.049 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.477 %)Photoshop
64 (0.381 %)Quicktime
64 (0.381 %)MATLAB
72 (0.191 %)Maya
72 (0.191 %)Adobe Illustrator
72 (0.191 %)SPSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (1.907 %)Summit
27 (0.667 %)Oracle EBS
35 (0.477 %)Temenos Globus
44 (0.381 %)JDE OneWorld
44 (0.381 %)RMDS
53 (0.286 %)Oracle Clinical
53 (0.286 %)Oracle Applications
62 (0.191 %)SAP CRM
62 (0.191 %)Sophis RISQUE
62 (0.191 %)Oracle Financials
62 (0.191 %)Singl.eView
62 (0.191 %)SAP ERP
62 (0.191 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
62 (0.191 %)Kondor+
71 (0.095 %)Loan IQ
71 (0.095 %)SunGard GMI
71 (0.095 %)Oracle iRecruitment
71 (0.095 %)arcHouse
71 (0.095 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
71 (0.095 %)SAP PS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
144 (4.194 %)Internet
232 (3.051 %)TCP/IP
318 (1.716 %)Firewall
414 (1.335 %)LAN
414 (1.335 %)WAN
512 (1.144 %)DNS
611 (1.049 %)Wireless
79 (0.858 %)SAN
79 (0.858 %)HTTP
79 (0.858 %)VoIP
88 (0.763 %)VPN
97 (0.667 %)IIOP
97 (0.667 %)DHCP
97 (0.667 %)Ethernet
97 (0.667 %)GSM
106 (0.572 %)DVB
106 (0.572 %)MPLS
115 (0.477 %)Intranet
124 (0.381 %)Ethereal
133 (0.286 %)IPsec
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
185 (8.103 %)SQL Server
234 (3.241 %)MySQL
234 (3.241 %)SQL Server 2005
330 (2.860 %)Oracle 10g
423 (2.193 %)Oracle 9i
515 (1.430 %)Datawarehouse
515 (1.430 %)RDBMS
613 (1.239 %)Oracle Reports
711 (1.049 %)Oracle 8/8i
711 (1.049 %)Ingres
810 (0.953 %)TOAD
810 (0.953 %)MS Access
810 (0.953 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
810 (0.953 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
99 (0.858 %)SQL Server Integration Services
99 (0.858 %)ETL
107 (0.667 %)SQL Server 2000
116 (0.572 %)SQL Server 7
125 (0.477 %)Oracle Discoverer
125 (0.477 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
126 (2.479 %)Ant
126 (2.479 %)Eclipse
225 (2.383 %)PowerBuilder
321 (2.002 %)Oracle Forms
420 (1.907 %)LoadRunner
518 (1.716 %)Subversion
617 (1.621 %)ProC
715 (1.430 %)Flash
814 (1.335 %)ClearCase
814 (1.335 %)TestDirector
913 (1.239 %)Visual Studio
1010 (0.953 %)NUnit
116 (0.572 %)WinRunner
116 (0.572 %)Rational Rose
116 (0.572 %)QuickTest Pro
125 (0.477 %)RequisitePro
134 (0.381 %)JUnit
143 (0.286 %)ClearQuest
151 (0.095 %)LabVIEW
151 (0.095 %)Dreamweaver
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1231 (22.02 %)Banking
2214 (20.40 %)Finance
3148 (14.11 %)Investment Banking
466 (6.292 %)Front Office
553 (5.052 %)Government
645 (4.290 %)Back Office
727 (2.574 %)Telecoms
820 (1.907 %)Health
820 (1.907 %)Insurance
919 (1.811 %)Games
1017 (1.621 %)Marketing
1110 (0.953 %)Multimedia
1110 (0.953 %)Education
129 (0.858 %)Electronics
129 (0.858 %)Financial Institution
138 (0.763 %)Legal
138 (0.763 %)Retail
147 (0.667 %)Law
147 (0.667 %)Aerospace
156 (0.572 %)Construction
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1356 (33.94 %)Developer
2190 (18.11 %)Analyst
384 (8.008 %)Project Manager
466 (6.292 %)Software Engineer
555 (5.243 %)C Developer
654 (5.148 %)Programmer
654 (5.148 %)Consultant
751 (4.862 %)Java Developer
842 (4.004 %)Support Analyst
941 (3.908 %)C++ Developer
1040 (3.813 %)Sybase Developer
1040 (3.813 %)Business Analyst
1137 (3.527 %)Analyst Programmer
1232 (3.051 %)Tester
1327 (2.574 %)Applications Support
1425 (2.383 %)Embedded Software Engineer
1524 (2.288 %)SQL Developer
1622 (2.097 %)Perl Developer
1721 (2.002 %)C# Developer
1721 (2.002 %)Administrator
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
190 (8.580 %)Derivative
277 (7.340 %)Fixed Income
349 (4.671 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
439 (3.718 %)Equities
531 (2.955 %)Credit Derivative
531 (2.955 %)Credit Risk
620 (1.907 %)Market Risk
719 (1.811 %)DTV
818 (1.716 %)STB
818 (1.716 %)IPTV
917 (1.621 %)NHS
1016 (1.525 %)Interactive TV
1115 (1.430 %)Equity Derivative
1212 (1.144 %)W3C
1311 (1.049 %)Clustering
1410 (0.953 %)E-Learning
1410 (0.953 %)Interest Rate Derivative
159 (0.858 %)Computer Science
159 (0.858 %)Handset
167 (0.667 %)Tandem
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1268 (25.55 %)UNIX
2146 (13.92 %)Windows
3136 (12.96 %)Linux
465 (6.196 %)Solaris
522 (2.097 %)VMS
619 (1.811 %)Windows XP
718 (1.716 %)VxWorks
817 (1.621 %)Mac OS X
914 (1.335 %)Windows Mobile
914 (1.335 %)Windows Server 2003
1011 (1.049 %)AIX
119 (0.858 %)Windows CE
127 (0.667 %)Windows NT
135 (0.477 %)Windows 2000
135 (0.477 %)Windows Vista
144 (0.381 %)Embedded Linux
144 (0.381 %)OpenVMS
153 (0.286 %)HPUX
162 (0.191 %)MVS
162 (0.191 %)Nucleus RTOS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
171 (6.768 %)Security Cleared
258 (5.529 %)OO
353 (5.052 %)PRINCE2
452 (4.957 %)Project Management
547 (4.480 %)UML
646 (4.385 %)Asset Management
736 (3.432 %)Scrum
831 (2.955 %)Risk Management
929 (2.765 %)ITIL
1026 (2.479 %)Migration
1125 (2.383 %)SC Cleared
1223 (2.193 %)User Acceptance Testing
1322 (2.097 %)Business Intelligence
1322 (2.097 %)Agile Software Development
1421 (2.002 %)Data Modelling
1519 (1.811 %)Workflow
1519 (1.811 %)RUP
1618 (1.716 %)Algorithmic Trading
1717 (1.621 %)Business Analysis
1816 (1.525 %)Software Engineering
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1334 (31.84 %)C++
2261 (24.88 %)SQL
3249 (23.74 %)Java
4178 (16.97 %)Perl
5149 (14.20 %)C#
664 (6.101 %)JavaScript
664 (6.101 %)VB
754 (5.148 %)PL/SQL
846 (4.385 %)VBA
943 (4.099 %)Transact-SQL
1040 (3.813 %)VB.NET
1137 (3.527 %)Shell Script
1233 (3.146 %)Korn
1332 (3.051 %)PHP
1431 (2.955 %)Embedded C
1520 (1.907 %)Python
1616 (1.525 %)VBScript
1715 (1.430 %)Ruby
1811 (1.049 %)COBOL
1811 (1.049 %)Pascal
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (2.479 %)Degree
211 (1.049 %)ISEB
211 (1.049 %)Cisco Certification
211 (1.049 %)PRINCE2 Certification
38 (0.763 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (0.572 %)CCNA
55 (0.477 %)MCSA
55 (0.477 %)CCIE
64 (0.381 %)Oracle Certification
64 (0.381 %)PMP
64 (0.381 %)PMI Certification
73 (0.286 %)MCSE
82 (0.191 %)CISSP
82 (0.191 %)CCNP
82 (0.191 %)PhD
82 (0.191 %)ITIL Certification
82 (0.191 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
82 (0.191 %)ISEB Practitioner
91 (0.095 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
91 (0.095 %)CIPD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
139 (3.718 %)QA
27 (0.667 %)ISO9001
33 (0.286 %)ISO27001
42 (0.191 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.191 %)JTAG
42 (0.191 %)SLA
42 (0.191 %)HMG Infosec
42 (0.191 %)JSP 440
51 (0.095 %)ISO/IEC 20000
51 (0.095 %)Basel II
51 (0.095 %)RosettaNet
51 (0.095 %)BS7666
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (1.907 %)Active Directory
29 (0.858 %)VMware ESX
38 (0.763 %)Xen
47 (0.667 %)NFS
55 (0.477 %)Backup Exec
64 (0.381 %)MetaFrame
64 (0.381 %)VMware Infrastructure
73 (0.286 %)NDS
82 (0.191 %)Oracle RAC
82 (0.191 %)Citrix Presentation Server
82 (0.191 %)Squid
82 (0.191 %)Oracle RMAN
91 (0.095 %)AquaLogic
91 (0.095 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.095 %)ISA Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
119 (1.811 %)AutoSys
26 (0.572 %)BMC PATROL
34 (0.381 %)Tivoli
43 (0.286 %)Nagios
52 (0.191 %)OpenView
61 (0.095 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.095 %)MOM
61 (0.095 %)WSUS
61 (0.095 %)ServiceCenter
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1180 (17.16 %)Oracle
2139 (13.25 %)Sybase
344 (4.194 %)Microsoft
437 (3.527 %)HP
527 (2.574 %)Murex
625 (2.383 %)Red Hat
724 (2.288 %)Calypso
823 (2.193 %)IBM
921 (2.002 %)Bloomberg
921 (2.002 %)OpenTV
1019 (1.811 %)Reuters
1118 (1.716 %)Sun
1217 (1.621 %)TIBCO
1316 (1.525 %)Cisco
1415 (1.430 %)Citrix
1513 (1.239 %)Apple
1612 (1.144 %)BEA
1612 (1.144 %)VERITAS
1711 (1.049 %)BMC
1711 (1.049 %)VMware
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