The first table below looks at the demand for C skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Surrey 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C
Rank 45 54 69
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +15
Contract jobs citing C 39 40 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 3.178% 2.477% 1.674%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.333% 6.667% 4.867%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 8
Average daily rate £338 £475 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.94% +35.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £247 £261
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £687 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £360 £320
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 7
Average hourly rate £34.25 £42.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.41% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +2.73%
All Programming Languages
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
468 600 637
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 38.14% 37.15% 34.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 292 330
Average daily rate £341 £350 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £260 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £460 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 58 33
Average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.35 £27.95 £23.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.95 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C
South East

C
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Staines +1 12 £375 - 10
Guildford -4 10 £325 - 4
Redhill 0 2 - - 3
Dorking - 1 - -
Egham - - - -
Epsom - - - -
Farnham - - - -
Godalming - - - -
Leatherhead - - - -
Oxted - - - -
Camberley - - - - 1
Chertsey - - - -
Reigate - - - -
Walton-on-Thames - - - - 2
Woking - - - - 1
C
South East

C
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 40 (48.19%) C++
2 29 (34.94%) Linux
3 20 (24.10%) Electronics
3 20 (24.10%) Degree
4 19 (22.89%) OpenGL
5 17 (20.48%) DTV
5 17 (20.48%) Computer Science
6 16 (19.28%) C#
7 15 (18.07%) Embedded Linux
8 13 (15.66%) Java
8 13 (15.66%) Telecoms
9 12 (14.46%) Embedded C
10 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
10 11 (13.25%) SQL
10 11 (13.25%) Device Driver
11 10 (12.05%) Games
11 10 (12.05%) GLSL
11 10 (12.05%) Test Strategy
11 10 (12.05%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (10.84%) Smartphone
12 9 (10.84%) Android
12 9 (10.84%) Project Management
13 8 (9.639%) Visual Studio
13 8 (9.639%) Embedded C++
13 8 (9.639%) Windows
13 8 (9.639%) MS Excel
13 8 (9.639%) Test Automation
13 8 (9.639%) Automated Testing
13 8 (9.639%) Embedded Software Development
14 7 (8.434%) Software Architecture

C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 19 (22.89%) OpenGL
2 5 (6.024%) POSIX
3 4 (4.819%) WCF
3 4 (4.819%) .NET
4 3 (3.614%) XML
4 3 (3.614%) Middleware
4 3 (3.614%) REST
5 2 (2.410%) HTML
5 2 (2.410%) ASP
5 2 (2.410%) CSS
5 2 (2.410%) Web Services
6 1 (1.205%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.205%) Swing
6 1 (1.205%) Flash
6 1 (1.205%) J2ME
6 1 (1.205%) Java RMI
6 1 (1.205%) Jini
6 1 (1.205%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (1.205%) JNI
6 1 (1.205%) Java ME
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.024%) CM System
2 4 (4.819%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.410%) CMS
3 2 (2.410%) Adobe CQ
3 2 (2.410%) WebLogic
3 2 (2.410%) IIS
3 2 (2.410%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.205%) ESB
4 1 (1.205%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 8 (9.639%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.229%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.410%) MS Project
4 1 (1.205%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.205%) SAP CRM
1 1 (1.205%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.410%) LAN
1 2 (2.410%) Bluetooth
1 2 (2.410%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.205%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.205%) GSM
2 1 (1.205%) WCDMA
2 1 (1.205%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.205%) HTTP
2 1 (1.205%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.205%) Internet
2 1 (1.205%) DWDM
2 1 (1.205%) DVB
2 1 (1.205%) NFC
2 1 (1.205%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.229%) SQL Server
1 6 (7.229%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.205%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (9.639%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.229%) ClearCase
3 4 (4.819%) Subversion
4 2 (2.410%) SilkPerformer
4 2 (2.410%) Xcode
5 1 (1.205%) NetBeans
5 1 (1.205%) JUnit
5 1 (1.205%) GCC
5 1 (1.205%) WiX
5 1 (1.205%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.205%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.205%) JMeter
5 1 (1.205%) Bugzilla
General
1 20 (24.10%) Electronics
2 13 (15.66%) Telecoms
3 10 (12.05%) Games
4 5 (6.024%) Marketing
4 5 (6.024%) Finance
5 1 (1.205%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.205%) Automotive
5 1 (1.205%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 28 (33.73%) Software Engineer
2 10 (12.05%) Development Engineer
3 8 (9.639%) Project Manager
4 7 (8.434%) Analyst
5 6 (7.229%) Developer
6 5 (6.024%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (4.819%) Software Development Engineer
8 3 (3.614%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 3 (3.614%) Android Developer
8 3 (3.614%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (3.614%) Linux Engineer
8 3 (3.614%) Business Analyst
9 2 (2.410%) Tester
9 2 (2.410%) Senior Developer
9 2 (2.410%) Test Engineer
9 2 (2.410%) Support Assistant
9 2 (2.410%) Software Test Engineer
9 2 (2.410%) iOS Developer
9 2 (2.410%) Senior iOS Developer
9 2 (2.410%) Portfolio Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.48%) DTV
1 17 (20.48%) Computer Science
2 11 (13.25%) Device Driver
3 10 (12.05%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (10.84%) Smartphone
5 7 (8.434%) Mathematics
6 6 (7.229%) Kinect
7 5 (6.024%) 3D Graphics
8 4 (4.819%) Streaming Video
8 4 (4.819%) STB
8 4 (4.819%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (4.819%) Visualisation
8 4 (4.819%) Open Source
9 3 (3.614%) iPhone
10 2 (2.410%) Animation
10 2 (2.410%) Speech Recognition
10 2 (2.410%) Management Information System
10 2 (2.410%) Mobile App
11 1 (1.205%) Mobile Payment
11 1 (1.205%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 29 (34.94%) Linux
2 15 (18.07%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (10.84%) Android
4 8 (9.639%) Windows
5 4 (4.819%) UNIX
5 4 (4.819%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.410%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (12.05%) Test Strategy
2 9 (10.84%) Project Management
3 8 (9.639%) Automated Testing
3 8 (9.639%) Embedded Software Development
3 8 (9.639%) Test Automation
4 7 (8.434%) Software Architecture
4 7 (8.434%) Data Analysis
5 6 (7.229%) Scrum
5 6 (7.229%) Software Engineering
5 6 (7.229%) Code Coverage
5 6 (7.229%) Process Architecture
5 6 (7.229%) Game Development
6 5 (6.024%) Analytics
6 5 (6.024%) Configuration Management
6 5 (6.024%) PRINCE
6 5 (6.024%) Software Testing
6 5 (6.024%) Project Planning
7 4 (4.819%) PRINCE2
7 4 (4.819%) UML
7 4 (4.819%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 40 (48.19%) C++
2 16 (19.28%) C#
3 13 (15.66%) Java
4 12 (14.46%) Embedded C
5 11 (13.25%) SQL
6 10 (12.05%) GLSL
7 8 (9.639%) Embedded C++
8 5 (6.024%) JavaScript
9 4 (4.819%) Python
10 2 (2.410%) Objective-C
11 1 (1.205%) Bash shell
11 1 (1.205%) Assembly Language
11 1 (1.205%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.205%) Perl
11 1 (1.205%) PHP
11 1 (1.205%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.205%) VBScript
11 1 (1.205%) VB.NET
11 1 (1.205%) VBA
11 1 (1.205%) VC++
Qualifications
1 20 (24.10%) Degree
2 5 (6.024%) ISTQB
3 4 (4.819%) PMP
4 3 (3.614%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.410%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.410%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.205%) CCNA
6 1 (1.205%) CCDA
6 1 (1.205%) ISEB
6 1 (1.205%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.205%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.819%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.205%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.229%) Oracle
3 2 (2.410%) Business Objects
3 2 (2.410%) SAP
3 2 (2.410%) Cisco
3 2 (2.410%) Adobe
3 2 (2.410%) Perforce
3 2 (2.410%) Planview
4 1 (1.205%) VMware
4 1 (1.205%) Teradata
4 1 (1.205%) Huawei
4 1 (1.205%) Intel
4 1 (1.205%) Citrix
4 1 (1.205%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (1.205%) Symantec
4 1 (1.205%) Primavera
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