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The table below looks at the demand for C skills within the Stockport 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank36
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below40.00 %33.33 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£352
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£27.81
Average hourly rate£32.50£27.81
% change on same period last year+16.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£27.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.49£34.15
% change on same period last year+0.98 %
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Stockport
Matching contract IT job ads515
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£282£200
Average daily rate£298£210
% change on same period last year+42.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£332
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted26
Average minimum hourly rate£29.17£29.38
Average hourly rate£32.08£30.54
% change on same period last year+5.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£31.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.89
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
C ManchesterC
Manchester

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.

C
Demand Trend

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

Stockport C Demand Trend

C
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Stockport C Hourly Rate Trend

C
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
21 (50.00 %)XPath
21 (50.00 %)Multithreading
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (50.00 %)COM
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)UML
21 (50.00 %)OO
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)COM
11 (50.00 %)XML
11 (50.00 %).NET Framework
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Visual Studio
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)C++ Developer
21 (50.00 %)C# Developer
21 (50.00 %)C Developer
21 (50.00 %)C++/C# Developer
21 (50.00 %)Software Developer
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Multithreading
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)UML
11 (50.00 %)OO
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)XPath
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Java
Stockport IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft