Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the South Wales region.

 C
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank102727
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17No change0
Matching contract IT job ads391627
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales11.89 %4.040 %3.994 %
As % of the Programming Languages category36.45 %12.03 %11.20 %
Daily rates quoted2250
Average daily rate£340£475-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.42 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£350£350
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-
Hourly rates quoted5322
Average hourly rate£42.50£22.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+93.18 %-37.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.60£22.00£32.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£83.00£22.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.25£33.40£35.00
% change year-on-year
-21.40 %-4.570 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
107133241
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales32.62 %33.59 %35.65 %
Daily rates quoted473335
Average daily rate£340£278£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.52 %-7.500 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£170£200£221
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted91243
Average hourly rate£24.50£22.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.36 %-37.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.40£22.00£32.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£110.00£40.60£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-8.060 %-11.42 %
C WalesC
Wales

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.

C
Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
NewportUp+512£360+20.00 %
CardiffUp+156--
TorfaenNew entry-1£300-
Vale of GlamorganNew entry-1£300-
BridgendNew entry-1--
CaerphillyNew entry-1--
C WalesC
Wales

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

113 (19.40 %)SQL Server
212 (17.91 %)Migration
311 (16.42 %)C#
311 (16.42 %)Oracle
410 (14.93 %)SQL
410 (14.93 %).NET
410 (14.93 %)Security Cleared
59 (13.43 %)Java
59 (13.43 %)Windows
59 (13.43 %)OO
59 (13.43 %)Government
68 (11.94 %)UNIX
77 (10.45 %)Ingres
77 (10.45 %)Microsoft
77 (10.45 %)WebLogic
86 (8.955 %)Manufacturing
86 (8.955 %)VMware
86 (8.955 %)ASP.NET
86 (8.955 %)VB
86 (8.955 %)VMS
95 (7.463 %)Oracle Application Server
95 (7.463 %)VMware Infrastructure
95 (7.463 %)Oracle 11g
95 (7.463 %)Unit Testing
95 (7.463 %)PRINCE2
95 (7.463 %)Finance
104 (5.970 %)Cisco
104 (5.970 %)HP
104 (5.970 %)ISEB
104 (5.970 %)VB.NET

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (14.93 %).NET
26 (8.955 %)ASP.NET
33 (4.478 %)HTML
42 (2.985 %)OpenGL
42 (2.985 %)DirectX
42 (2.985 %)CSS
42 (2.985 %)XML
42 (2.985 %)XSLT
42 (2.985 %)WPF
42 (2.985 %)XNA
51 (1.493 %)Spring
51 (1.493 %)JSF
51 (1.493 %)Spring MVC
51 (1.493 %)Facelets
51 (1.493 %)Silverlight
51 (1.493 %)Spring Web Flow
51 (1.493 %)J2EE
51 (1.493 %)Flash
51 (1.493 %)XHTML
51 (1.493 %)MVC
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (10.45 %)WebLogic
25 (7.463 %)Oracle Application Server
32 (2.985 %)OpenROAD
32 (2.985 %)Oracle HTTP Server
41 (1.493 %)MS Exchange
41 (1.493 %)WebLogic Portal
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (4.478 %)MS Excel
21 (1.493 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (1.493 %)MS Office
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.493 %)Oracle BPM
11 (1.493 %)Oracle EBS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (4.478 %)SAN
22 (2.985 %)Firewall
22 (2.985 %)HTTP
31 (1.493 %)VLAN
31 (1.493 %)Cisco IPT
31 (1.493 %)LAN
31 (1.493 %)VoIP
31 (1.493 %)RFID
31 (1.493 %)Internet
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (19.40 %)SQL Server
27 (10.45 %)Ingres
35 (7.463 %)Oracle 11g
43 (4.478 %)Crystal Reports
52 (2.985 %)ETL
52 (2.985 %)SQL Server Integration Services
52 (2.985 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (1.493 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (1.493 %)OLAP
61 (1.493 %)BusinessObjects
61 (1.493 %)MS Access
61 (1.493 %)Datawarehouse
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (4.478 %)WinRunner
13 (4.478 %)LoadRunner
22 (2.985 %)Visual Studio
22 (2.985 %)Expression Blend
31 (1.493 %)Maven
31 (1.493 %)Rational Robot
31 (1.493 %)Subversion
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (13.43 %)Government
26 (8.955 %)Manufacturing
35 (7.463 %)Finance
43 (4.478 %)Construction
52 (2.985 %)Multimedia
52 (2.985 %)Health
52 (2.985 %)Legal
52 (2.985 %)Police
52 (2.985 %)3D Graphics
52 (2.985 %)Auditing
61 (1.493 %)Insurance
61 (1.493 %)Publishing
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
124 (35.82 %)Developer
27 (10.45 %)Programmer
27 (10.45 %)Software Developer
36 (8.955 %)Analyst
36 (8.955 %)Software Engineer
36 (8.955 %)Software Programmer
44 (5.970 %)Consultant
53 (4.478 %)WebLogic Developer
53 (4.478 %)VMware Consultant
53 (4.478 %)Support Engineer
53 (4.478 %)Architect
53 (4.478 %)Project Manager
53 (4.478 %)Team Leader
53 (4.478 %)Test Team Leader
62 (2.985 %)C# Developer
62 (2.985 %)Solutions Architect
62 (2.985 %)Tester
62 (2.985 %)Designer
71 (1.493 %)Web Manager
71 (1.493 %)Web Project Manager
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (2.985 %)CESG
12 (2.985 %)Clustering
12 (2.985 %)Blackberry
21 (1.493 %)Open Source
21 (1.493 %)Video Conferencing
21 (1.493 %)NHS
21 (1.493 %)W3C
21 (1.493 %)Management Information System
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (13.43 %)Windows
28 (11.94 %)UNIX
36 (8.955 %)VMS
43 (4.478 %)AIX
52 (2.985 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (1.493 %)Windows Vista
61 (1.493 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (1.493 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (1.493 %)Windows XP
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (17.91 %)Migration
29 (13.43 %)OO
35 (7.463 %)Unit Testing
35 (7.463 %)PRINCE2
43 (4.478 %)Capacity Planning
43 (4.478 %)Web Testing
43 (4.478 %)Test Management
43 (4.478 %)ITIL
43 (4.478 %)PRINCE
52 (2.985 %)Asset Management
52 (2.985 %)Information Security
52 (2.985 %)Stakeholder Management
52 (2.985 %)Project Management
52 (2.985 %)Information Security Management
52 (2.985 %)Security Management
52 (2.985 %)Business Intelligence
52 (2.985 %)RUP
52 (2.985 %)Test Scripting
52 (2.985 %)Information Assurance
52 (2.985 %)Data Migration
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (16.42 %)C#
210 (14.93 %)SQL
39 (13.43 %)Java
46 (8.955 %)VB
54 (5.970 %)VB.NET
54 (5.970 %)Perl
63 (4.478 %)Embedded C
72 (2.985 %)VB6
72 (2.985 %)JavaScript
72 (2.985 %)PHP
72 (2.985 %)PL/SQL
72 (2.985 %)T-SQL
72 (2.985 %)XAML
81 (1.493 %)ActionScript
81 (1.493 %)Uniface
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (14.93 %)Security Cleared
24 (5.970 %)ISEB
24 (5.970 %)SC Cleared
24 (5.970 %)ISEB Practitioner
33 (4.478 %)ISTQB
42 (2.985 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (2.985 %)ITIL Certification
51 (1.493 %)Cisco Certification
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (4.478 %)QA
13 (4.478 %)ISO27001
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (7.463 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (2.985 %)VMware ESX
22 (2.985 %)Active Directory
31 (1.493 %)XenApp
31 (1.493 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (1.493 %)VMware Workstation
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.493 %)Tivoli
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (16.42 %)Oracle
27 (10.45 %)Microsoft
36 (8.955 %)VMware
44 (5.970 %)Cisco
44 (5.970 %)HP
53 (4.478 %)Citrix
62 (2.985 %)Novell
62 (2.985 %)Capita
71 (1.493 %)Computacenter
71 (1.493 %)Business Objects
71 (1.493 %)EMC
71 (1.493 %)CA
71 (1.493 %)Hitachi
71 (1.493 %)Apple
71 (1.493 %)IBM
71 (1.493 %)Adobe
71 (1.493 %)Websense