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The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Luton 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank818
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads620
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.020 %
As % of the category below17.65 %18.18 %
Daily rates quoted33
Average minimum daily rate£283£463
Average daily rate£292£463
% change on same period last year-37.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£353
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£20.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.19£34.43
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Luton
Matching contract IT job ads34110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.108 %
Daily rates quoted1935
Average minimum daily rate£274£301
Average daily rate£287£350
% change on same period last year-17.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£301£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted512
Average minimum hourly rate£27.00£33.05
Average hourly rate£29.25£35.55
% change on same period last year-17.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.50£38.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.30£32.93
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
C LondonC
London

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

16 (75.00 %)Windows
16 (75.00 %)C++
25 (62.50 %)UNIX
34 (50.00 %)Java
34 (50.00 %)JNI
42 (25.00 %)Government
42 (25.00 %)Military
42 (25.00 %)Degree
42 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
42 (25.00 %)C#
51 (12.50 %)Firewall
51 (12.50 %)Finance
51 (12.50 %)Solaris
51 (12.50 %)Linux
51 (12.50 %)FreeBSD
51 (12.50 %)Cisco
51 (12.50 %)Sun
51 (12.50 %)Embedded C
51 (12.50 %)Embedded C++
51 (12.50 %)CCIE
51 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
51 (12.50 %)Juniper
51 (12.50 %)Load Balancing
51 (12.50 %)Network Security
51 (12.50 %)Network Design

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (50.00 %)JNI
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)Firewall
11 (12.50 %)Network Security
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Government
12 (25.00 %)Military
21 (12.50 %)Finance
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
14 (50.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
22 (25.00 %)C Software Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Developer
31 (12.50 %)C++ Developer
31 (12.50 %)Software Developer
31 (12.50 %)Architect
31 (12.50 %)Network Architect
31 (12.50 %)C Developer
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (75.00 %)Windows
25 (62.50 %)UNIX
31 (12.50 %)Solaris
31 (12.50 %)Linux
31 (12.50 %)FreeBSD
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Network Design
11 (12.50 %)Load Balancing
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (75.00 %)C++
24 (50.00 %)Java
32 (25.00 %)C#
41 (12.50 %)Embedded C
41 (12.50 %)Embedded C++
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (25.00 %)Degree
21 (12.50 %)CCIE
21 (12.50 %)Cisco Certification
Luton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Cisco
11 (12.50 %)Sun
11 (12.50 %)Juniper