C Contracts in the North West

C
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for C skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 138 157
Rank change year-on-year +11 +19 -25
Contract jobs citing C 11 22 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.41% 0.70% 0.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.65% 2.39% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 19
10th Percentile - £345 £385
25th Percentile £445 £392 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -10.42% +48.15%
75th Percentile £544 £638 £625
90th Percentile £590 £734 £634
England median daily rate £538 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.52% - +35.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £43.80 - £27.42
25th Percentile £51.92 £37.80 £30.30
Median hourly rate £68.12 £40.59 £35.34
Median % change year-on-year +67.81% +14.86% -25.60%
75th Percentile £84.14 £43.39 £40.14
90th Percentile £92.16 £46.60 £42.86
England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £56.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +7.14% +23.76%

All Programming Languages
North West

C is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 668 922 1,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 24.94% 29.49% 35.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 497 683 1,078
10th Percentile £329 £325 £315
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +23.46%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £614 £650 £663
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 41
10th Percentile £39.25 £25.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £42.41 £37.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £48.43 £40.59 £50.20
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -19.14% +67.33%
75th Percentile £71.87 £56.40 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.45 £65.85 £77.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +18.59%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for C in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the North West.

Daily rate trend for C in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for C in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +9 6 £525 -4.55% 20
Cheshire - 4 £445 - 12
Cumbria - 1 - -
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (9.09%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) AWS
3 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) SaaS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) DB2
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Banking
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) German Language
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Research Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Research Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) .NET
2 3 (27.27%) React
2 3 (27.27%) SOAP
3 2 (18.18%) RESTful
4 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET
4 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (9.09%) CSS
4 1 (9.09%) CSS3
4 1 (9.09%) HTML
4 1 (9.09%) HTML5
4 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (27.27%) Mainframe
1 3 (27.27%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (9.09%) FPGA
2 1 (9.09%) Verilog
2 1 (9.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Android
1 3 (27.27%) Apple iOS
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) SDLC
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) API Design
3 3 (27.27%) Architectural Design
3 3 (27.27%) Containerisation
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Domain-Driven Design
3 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 3 (27.27%) Microservices
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (9.09%) FPGA Design
5 1 (9.09%) Product Requirements
5 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) C++
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.09%) Bash
4 1 (9.09%) Embedded C
4 1 (9.09%) Fortran
4 1 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (9.09%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Ansible
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Intel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsemi
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Xilinx