The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 24 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 North West 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 65 82 82
Rank change year-on-year
+17 0
Contract jobs citing C 53 50 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.274% 1.607% 1.443%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.946% 4.826% 4.900%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 23
Average daily rate £350 £360 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £155 £257
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £300
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 7
Average hourly rate £25.36 £38.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.12% +2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £37.30 £19.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £39.70 £38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-9.72% -1.36%
All Programming Languages
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
763 1036 898
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 32.73% 33.30% 29.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 568 497
Average daily rate £315 £315 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 54 44
Average hourly rate £34.50 £21.86 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.82% -20.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.90 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £112.50 £37.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C
England

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West C Hourly Rate Histogram

C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +4 15 £404 +34.35%
Cheshire +4 13 £371 -14.65%
Lancashire -1 9 £300 -27.85%
Merseyside +10 8 £325 +8.33%
C
England

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 25 (21.74%) C++
2 21 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 21 (18.26%) Active Directory
2 21 (18.26%) Windows
3 20 (17.39%) Java
4 17 (14.78%) MS Exchange
5 16 (13.91%) UNIX
5 16 (13.91%) C#
5 16 (13.91%) Mathematics
5 16 (13.91%) Security Cleared
6 15 (13.04%) SC Cleared
7 14 (12.17%) Statistics
7 14 (12.17%) SQL
7 14 (12.17%) MS Excel
7 14 (12.17%) Citrix
7 14 (12.17%) VPN
7 14 (12.17%) SLA
8 13 (11.30%) ISO 9000
8 13 (11.30%) Windows NT
8 13 (11.30%) .NET
8 13 (11.30%) Web Services
8 13 (11.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (11.30%) Incident Management
8 13 (11.30%) MVC
8 13 (11.30%) DV Cleared
9 12 (10.43%) LDAP
10 11 (9.565%) Linux
10 11 (9.565%) Perl
10 11 (9.565%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (9.565%) Banking

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 13 (11.30%) .NET
1 13 (11.30%) Web Services
2 11 (9.565%) WCF
3 7 (6.087%) HTML5
4 6 (5.217%) XSL
4 6 (5.217%) Middleware
4 6 (5.217%) WebSphere
5 5 (4.348%) ASP.NET
5 5 (4.348%) XML
6 4 (3.478%) XSLT
6 4 (3.478%) Servlets
6 4 (3.478%) MFC
7 3 (2.609%) JSON
7 3 (2.609%) OpenGL
7 3 (2.609%) SOAP
7 3 (2.609%) CSS
7 3 (2.609%) J2EE
7 3 (2.609%) HTML
7 3 (2.609%) Unity DI Container
7 3 (2.609%) REST
Application Platforms
1 17 (14.78%) MS Exchange
2 6 (5.217%) WebSphere Application Server
2 6 (5.217%) Apache
3 3 (2.609%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.739%) SAS
5 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.870%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.870%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (12.17%) MS Excel
2 6 (5.217%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.609%) MS Office
4 1 (0.870%) MS Project
4 1 (0.870%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.870%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.609%) SAP MDM
2 2 (1.739%) SyteLine
2 2 (1.739%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.739%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.17%) VPN
2 12 (10.43%) LDAP
3 7 (6.087%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.217%) Firewall
5 5 (4.348%) ZigBee
6 4 (3.478%) GSM
7 3 (2.609%) Wireless
7 3 (2.609%) DNS
7 3 (2.609%) GPRS
8 2 (1.739%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.739%) DHCP
8 2 (1.739%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.739%) HTTP
9 1 (0.870%) SSH
9 1 (0.870%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.870%) SAN
9 1 (0.870%) Internet
9 1 (0.870%) LAN
9 1 (0.870%) UMTS
9 1 (0.870%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.087%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.217%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (4.348%) Informix
4 3 (2.609%) RDBMS
4 3 (2.609%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.609%) DB2
4 3 (2.609%) SQLite
5 2 (1.739%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.739%) SAP BW
5 2 (1.739%) SAP BI
5 2 (1.739%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.870%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.870%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.870%) TOAD
6 1 (0.870%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.870%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 9 (7.826%) Subversion
2 4 (3.478%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.609%) NUnit
3 3 (2.609%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 3 (2.609%) TeamCity
3 3 (2.609%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.739%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.739%) WATIR
4 2 (1.739%) Selenium
4 2 (1.739%) FitNesse
5 1 (0.870%) JIRA
5 1 (0.870%) ERwin
General
1 11 (9.565%) Banking
2 7 (6.087%) Telecoms
3 6 (5.217%) Finance
4 5 (4.348%) Electronics
5 3 (2.609%) Retail Banking
5 3 (2.609%) Games
5 3 (2.609%) Retail
6 1 (0.870%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (20.87%) Developer
2 13 (11.30%) Analyst
2 13 (11.30%) Help Desk Support
3 11 (9.565%) Software Engineer
4 10 (8.696%) Help Desk Analyst
4 10 (8.696%) Support Engineer
4 10 (8.696%) IT Support
5 9 (7.826%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (7.826%) Architect
6 7 (6.087%) .NET Developer
6 7 (6.087%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (5.217%) Systems Support Engineer
7 6 (5.217%) Consultant
7 6 (5.217%) Systems Support
8 5 (4.348%) C++/C# Developer
8 5 (4.348%) C Developer
8 5 (4.348%) Customer Engineer
8 5 (4.348%) C++ Developer
8 5 (4.348%) C# Developer
8 5 (4.348%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.91%) Mathematics
2 14 (12.17%) Statistics
3 9 (7.826%) Firmware
4 7 (6.087%) Wiki
5 5 (4.348%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.478%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.478%) Mainframe
7 3 (2.609%) SCADA
7 3 (2.609%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 3 (2.609%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (2.609%) N-Tier
7 3 (2.609%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.609%) FMCG
8 2 (1.739%) Smart Meter
8 2 (1.739%) CMDB
9 1 (0.870%) Cryptography
9 1 (0.870%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.870%) Handset
9 1 (0.870%) STB
9 1 (0.870%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.26%) Windows
2 16 (13.91%) UNIX
3 13 (11.30%) Windows NT
4 11 (9.565%) Linux
5 6 (5.217%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.609%) Windows CE
6 3 (2.609%) Android
7 2 (1.739%) Windows 2000
7 2 (1.739%) VMS
7 2 (1.739%) OpenVMS
7 2 (1.739%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.870%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.870%) Solaris
8 1 (0.870%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (11.30%) Incident Management
1 13 (11.30%) MVC
2 11 (9.565%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (6.087%) Web Application Development
4 6 (5.217%) Project Planning
5 5 (4.348%) Data Analysis
5 5 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (4.348%) Unit Testing
6 4 (3.478%) Configuration Management
6 4 (3.478%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (3.478%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (3.478%) Migration
7 3 (2.609%) Web Development
7 3 (2.609%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (2.609%) Scrum
7 3 (2.609%) Data Modelling
7 3 (2.609%) OO
7 3 (2.609%) ITIL
7 3 (2.609%) Game Development
7 3 (2.609%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.74%) C++
2 20 (17.39%) Java
3 16 (13.91%) C#
4 14 (12.17%) SQL
5 11 (9.565%) Perl
6 9 (7.826%) JavaScript
6 9 (7.826%) Embedded C
7 8 (6.957%) Ruby
8 4 (3.478%) Uniface
8 4 (3.478%) XPath
9 3 (2.609%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.739%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.739%) Bourne shell
10 2 (1.739%) Bash shell
10 2 (1.739%) PHP
10 2 (1.739%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.739%) Python
10 2 (1.739%) PowerHouse
10 2 (1.739%) Pascal
10 2 (1.739%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 16 (13.91%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.30%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.348%) Degree
5 4 (3.478%) MCP
5 4 (3.478%) PhD
5 4 (3.478%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.609%) MCTS
6 3 (2.609%) MCAD
6 3 (2.609%) MCSD
6 3 (2.609%) HND
7 1 (0.870%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.870%) ISEB
7 1 (0.870%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.870%) CCDA
7 1 (0.870%) CCDP
7 1 (0.870%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.870%) PMP
7 1 (0.870%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.17%) SLA
2 13 (11.30%) ISO 9000
2 13 (11.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.609%) QA
4 1 (0.870%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (18.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.870%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (5.217%) Puppet
1 6 (5.217%) Netcool
1 6 (5.217%) Nagios
2 1 (0.870%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.870%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (0.870%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.17%) Citrix
3 9 (7.826%) IBM
4 7 (6.087%) Oracle
5 6 (5.217%) SAP
5 6 (5.217%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.739%) IronPort
6 2 (1.739%) F5
6 2 (1.739%) Remedy
6 2 (1.739%) BMC
6 2 (1.739%) HP
6 2 (1.739%) Curam
7 1 (0.870%) QNX
7 1 (0.870%) Informatica
7 1 (0.870%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.870%) Motorola
7 1 (0.870%) Avaya
7 1 (0.870%) Unisys
7 1 (0.870%) Cisco
7 1 (0.870%) Renesas
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