The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 21 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 Milton Keynes 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 47 60 43
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -17
Contract jobs citing C 8 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.527% 0.279% 2.017%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.797% 1.111% 6.977%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 4
Average daily rate £260 - £326
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 - £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £342 - £379
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £47.50 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +31.03%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £36.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-7.48% +0.68%
All Programming Languages
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
138 180 172
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 26.34% 25.07% 28.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 90 79
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £375 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 7
Average hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £35.00 £23.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.50 £40.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
Buckinghamshire

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (60.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) MS Project
4 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (10.00%) J2EE
5 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (10.00%) SEO
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (10.00%) Content Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Ajax
5 1 (10.00%) Web Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) UML
5 1 (10.00%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (10.00%) IBM
5 1 (10.00%) Commerce Server
5 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
5 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (10.00%) Change Control
5 1 (10.00%) Analytics
5 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2013

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (10.00%) J2EE
1 1 (10.00%) Ajax
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (10.00%) Commerce Server
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Project
2 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Assistant Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Project Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) SEO
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) Content Management
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (10.00%) UML
2 1 (10.00%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (10.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (10.00%) Change Control
2 1 (10.00%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) IBM