North West C Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the North West 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Avon Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexley Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crewe Crowthorne Croydon Cumbria Dartford Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Fife Filton Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guernsey Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Huntingdon Ilford Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Ripon Runcorn Saffron Walden Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	29	52
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	131	105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.210 %	0.113 %
As % of the category below	11.70 %	7.997 %
Daily rates quoted	22	9
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£404
Average daily rate	£354	£429
% change on same period last year	-17.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£454
UK excluding London average daily rate	£345	£353
% change on same period last year	-2.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.62	£27.84
Average hourly rate	£29.73	£29.60
% change on same period last year	+0.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.85	£31.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.32	£34.44
% change on same period last year	-0.32 %
Programming Languages North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1120	1313
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.800 %	1.410 %
Daily rates quoted	187	230
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£307
Average daily rate	£321	£323
% change on same period last year	-0.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£339	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£331
% change on same period last year	-4.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	141	142
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.17	£25.31
Average hourly rate	£27.58	£27.48
% change on same period last year	+0.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£29.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.93	£32.68
% change on same period last year	-5.35 %
C 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

C
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C across the North West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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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 2 December 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheshire	+26	44	£311	-25.08 %
Manchester	-1	36	£362	-36.68 %
Lancashire	+21	23	£230	-24.59 %
Cumbria	+2	4	-	-
Merseyside	-8	2	£301	-39.90 %

C England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 98 (50.52 %) C++ 2 66 (34.02 %) Java 3 55 (28.35 %) UNIX 4 47 (24.23 %) SQL 5 33 (17.01 %) Windows 6 30 (15.46 %) Finance 7 28 (14.43 %) Linux 7 28 (14.43 %) Embedded C 8 26 (13.40 %) Oracle 8 26 (13.40 %) Security Cleared 9 19 (9.794 %) Embedded C++ 10 18 (9.278 %) VB 10 18 (9.278 %) Perl 10 18 (9.278 %) XML 10 18 (9.278 %) Banking

11 17 (8.763 %) VMS 11 17 (8.763 %) Middleware 12 16 (8.247 %) Fortran 12 16 (8.247 %) C# 13 15 (7.732 %) Aerospace 13 15 (7.732 %) HTML 13 15 (7.732 %) VxWorks 13 15 (7.732 %) SC Cleared 13 15 (7.732 %) Degree 14 14 (7.216 %) .NET 15 13 (6.701 %) PL/SQL 15 13 (6.701 %) Assembly Language 16 12 (6.186 %) Microsoft 16 12 (6.186 %) SQL Server 16 12 (6.186 %) IPTV

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 18 (9.278 %) XML 2 17 (8.763 %) Middleware 3 15 (7.732 %) HTML 4 14 (7.216 %) .NET 5 5 (2.577 %) CSS 5 5 (2.577 %) XSLT 5 5 (2.577 %) Swing 5 5 (2.577 %) .NET Framework 6 4 (2.062 %) J2ME 7 3 (1.546 %) COM 7 3 (1.546 %) J2EE 7 3 (1.546 %) ASP 8 2 (1.031 %) WebServices 8 2 (1.031 %) WAMP 9 1 (0.515 %) Spring 9 1 (0.515 %) OpenGL 9 1 (0.515 %) XHTML 9 1 (0.515 %) ASP.NET 9 1 (0.515 %) SOAP 9 1 (0.515 %) STL	Application Platforms 1 8 (4.124 %) Oracle Application Server 2 1 (0.515 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 1 (0.515 %) Apache 2 1 (0.515 %) SAS
Applications 1 10 (5.155 %) MS Excel 1 10 (5.155 %) MATLAB 2 8 (4.124 %) MS Office 3 2 (1.031 %) Spreadsheet 3 2 (1.031 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.515 %) AutoCAD 4 1 (0.515 %) CATIA	Business Applications 1 3 (1.546 %) Oracle 11i 1 3 (1.546 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (0.515 %) Oracle Financials 2 1 (0.515 %) Navision 2 1 (0.515 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 11 (5.670 %) DVB 2 10 (5.155 %) VoIP 3 9 (4.639 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (2.062 %) VPN 4 4 (2.062 %) SDH 5 3 (1.546 %) ATM 5 3 (1.546 %) Ethernet 5 3 (1.546 %) SNA 5 3 (1.546 %) SSH 6 2 (1.031 %) VLAN 6 2 (1.031 %) TELNET 6 2 (1.031 %) Firewall 6 2 (1.031 %) Frame Relay 6 2 (1.031 %) SNMP 6 2 (1.031 %) EIGRP 6 2 (1.031 %) Internet 6 2 (1.031 %) 3G 6 2 (1.031 %) BGP 6 2 (1.031 %) WAN 6 2 (1.031 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (6.186 %) SQL Server 2 8 (4.124 %) Oracle Reports 3 6 (3.093 %) SQL Server 2000 3 6 (3.093 %) SQL Server 2005 4 5 (2.577 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 5 (2.577 %) Oracle 9i 5 4 (2.062 %) RDBMS 6 3 (1.546 %) Crystal Reports 6 3 (1.546 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 2 (1.031 %) MS Access 8 1 (0.515 %) Datawarehouse 8 1 (0.515 %) MySQL 8 1 (0.515 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 8 (4.124 %) Oracle Forms 2 5 (2.577 %) Visual Studio 3 2 (1.031 %) Oracle APEX 3 2 (1.031 %) PeopleTools 3 2 (1.031 %) ProC 4 1 (0.515 %) LabVIEW 4 1 (0.515 %) NUnit 4 1 (0.515 %) QuickTest Pro 4 1 (0.515 %) LoadRunner	General 1 30 (15.46 %) Finance 2 18 (9.278 %) Banking 3 15 (7.732 %) Aerospace 4 11 (5.670 %) Multimedia 5 9 (4.639 %) Government 6 8 (4.124 %) Telecoms 7 6 (3.093 %) Electronics 7 6 (3.093 %) Military 8 5 (2.577 %) Pharmaceutical 8 5 (2.577 %) Manufacturing 9 3 (1.546 %) Electric 10 2 (1.031 %) Health 10 2 (1.031 %) Back Office 10 2 (1.031 %) Local Government 11 1 (0.515 %) Pensions 11 1 (0.515 %) Marketing 11 1 (0.515 %) Insurance 11 1 (0.515 %) Automotive 11 1 (0.515 %) Construction 11 1 (0.515 %) Law
Job Titles 1 63 (32.47 %) Software Engineer 2 53 (27.32 %) Developer 3 28 (14.43 %) Analyst 4 18 (9.278 %) Embedded Software Engineer 5 16 (8.247 %) C++ Developer 6 14 (7.216 %) C Developer 7 12 (6.186 %) DSP Software Engineer 7 12 (6.186 %) DSP Engineer 7 12 (6.186 %) Programmer 8 11 (5.670 %) Analyst Programmer 8 11 (5.670 %) Oracle Developer 9 9 (4.639 %) Consultant 10 8 (4.124 %) Project Manager 10 8 (4.124 %) Analyst Developer 10 8 (4.124 %) C++ Software Engineer 11 7 (3.608 %) C Software Engineer 12 6 (3.093 %) Embedded C Engineer 12 6 (3.093 %) Administrator 13 5 (2.577 %) Java Developer 13 5 (2.577 %) Embedded C Software Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 12 (6.186 %) IPTV 2 11 (5.670 %) STB 2 11 (5.670 %) iDTV 3 6 (3.093 %) NHS 3 6 (3.093 %) Mainframe 3 6 (3.093 %) Multithreading 4 4 (2.062 %) Smartcard 5 3 (1.546 %) VAX 6 2 (1.031 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 6 2 (1.031 %) Tandem 6 2 (1.031 %) NPfIT 7 1 (0.515 %) Device Driver 7 1 (0.515 %) Replication 7 1 (0.515 %) ASIC 7 1 (0.515 %) Cryptography 7 1 (0.515 %) Client/Server 7 1 (0.515 %) N-Tier 7 1 (0.515 %) PDA 7 1 (0.515 %) CPLD 7 1 (0.515 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 55 (28.35 %) UNIX 2 33 (17.01 %) Windows 3 28 (14.43 %) Linux 4 17 (8.763 %) VMS 5 15 (7.732 %) VxWorks 6 5 (2.577 %) AIX 7 2 (1.031 %) NetWare 7 2 (1.031 %) Windows NT 7 2 (1.031 %) Windows XP 7 2 (1.031 %) Windows Mobile 8 1 (0.515 %) Embedded Linux 8 1 (0.515 %) Red Hat Linux 8 1 (0.515 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (13.40 %) Security Cleared 2 15 (7.732 %) SC Cleared 3 9 (4.639 %) UML 3 9 (4.639 %) Validation 4 8 (4.124 %) Agile Software Development 4 8 (4.124 %) OO 5 7 (3.608 %) Extreme Programming 5 7 (3.608 %) Unit Testing 5 7 (3.608 %) Integration Testing 6 5 (2.577 %) BC Cleared 7 4 (2.062 %) DV Cleared 7 4 (2.062 %) Information Security 7 4 (2.062 %) Network Planning 7 4 (2.062 %) Project Planning 7 4 (2.062 %) OOD 8 3 (1.546 %) Configuration Management 8 3 (1.546 %) Change Management 8 3 (1.546 %) CRM 8 3 (1.546 %) ITIL 8 3 (1.546 %) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages 1 98 (50.52 %) C++ 2 66 (34.02 %) Java 3 47 (24.23 %) SQL 4 28 (14.43 %) Embedded C 5 19 (9.794 %) Embedded C++ 6 18 (9.278 %) VB 6 18 (9.278 %) Perl 7 16 (8.247 %) C# 7 16 (8.247 %) Fortran 8 13 (6.701 %) Assembly Language 8 13 (6.701 %) PL/SQL 9 9 (4.639 %) JavaScript 10 6 (3.093 %) COBOL 10 6 (3.093 %) Shell Script 11 4 (2.062 %) XPath 11 4 (2.062 %) Ada 12 3 (1.546 %) VB.NET 13 2 (1.031 %) Pascal 13 2 (1.031 %) DCL 13 2 (1.031 %) PeopleCode	Qualifications 1 15 (7.732 %) Degree 2 6 (3.093 %) HND 3 4 (2.062 %) CCNA 3 4 (2.062 %) CISSP 3 4 (2.062 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (1.031 %) CNA 4 2 (1.031 %) Novell Certification 4 2 (1.031 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.515 %) CIMA 5 1 (0.515 %) CIPD 5 1 (0.515 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (4.639 %) QA 2 1 (0.515 %) HL7	System Software 1 1 (0.515 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.515 %) Snort
Systems Management 1 1 (0.515 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.515 %) MOM 1 1 (0.515 %) Nessus 1 1 (0.515 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 26 (13.40 %) Oracle 2 12 (6.186 %) Microsoft 3 11 (5.670 %) Perforce 4 4 (2.062 %) Cisco 5 3 (1.546 %) SAP 5 3 (1.546 %) Informatica 6 2 (1.031 %) Novell 6 2 (1.031 %) Nortel 6 2 (1.031 %) Citrix 6 2 (1.031 %) PeopleSoft 7 1 (0.515 %) Cognos 7 1 (0.515 %) Symbian 7 1 (0.515 %) IBM 7 1 (0.515 %) EMC 7 1 (0.515 %) Intel 7 1 (0.515 %) Spotfire 7 1 (0.515 %) Red Hat 7 1 (0.515 %) Mapinfo 7 1 (0.515 %) Autodesk 7 1 (0.515 %) ESRI