C Contracts in the Thames Valley

C
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 121 144
Rank change year-on-year +13 +23 -19
Contract jobs citing C 33 23 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.25% 0.81% 0.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.26% 3.51% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 15
10th Percentile £425 £369 £393
25th Percentile £481 £425 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £542 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.26% +3.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £688 £611 £584
90th Percentile £691 £703 £645
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 3 0
10th Percentile £46.25 £43.25 -
25th Percentile £47.50 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £58.30 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.05% - -
75th Percentile £63.30 £54.38 -
90th Percentile £65.00 £54.75 -
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £49.04 £50.50
% change year-on-year +18.88% -2.89% +17.96%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 527 656 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.01% 23.02% 21.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 474 567
10th Percentile £331 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £680 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.67% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 20 5
10th Percentile £33.94 £25.64 £61.45
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £62.50
Median hourly rate £58.40 £56.88 £67.36
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -15.57% +68.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £76.61 £80.40
90th Percentile £67.63 £79.41 £81.66
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -17.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for C in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for C in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for C in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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
Berkshire +6 18 £650 +16.18% 17
Oxfordshire +4 8 £450 -14.29% 26
Buckinghamshire +36 7 - - 19
C
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Teamcenter
2 4 (12.12%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (12.12%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (9.09%) Azure Functions
3 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 3 (9.09%) Serverless
4 2 (6.06%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) RS-232
1 4 (12.12%) Wireless
2 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Git
2 8 (24.24%) Subversion
3 4 (12.12%) JIRA
3 4 (12.12%) Visual Studio
4 1 (3.03%) Selenium
General
1 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Aerospace
3 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Aviation
6 1 (3.03%) Automotive
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Administrator
1 10 (30.30%) Systems Administrator
2 9 (27.27%) Developer
2 9 (27.27%) Senior
2 9 (27.27%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 7 (21.21%) Embedded Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Software Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Software Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Azure Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Full Stack Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Full Stack Python Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Python Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Firmware Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
6 2 (6.06%) Software Verification Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (30.30%) Itk
2 3 (9.09%) React
3 2 (6.06%) .NET
3 2 (6.06%) 802.1X
3 2 (6.06%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.03%) CSS
4 1 (3.03%) Google JAX
4 1 (3.03%) HTML
4 1 (3.03%) Node.js
4 1 (3.03%) PyTorch
4 1 (3.03%) scikit-learn
4 1 (3.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Algorithms
2 4 (12.12%) Device Driver
3 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.06%) FMCG
4 2 (6.06%) IoT
5 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (24.24%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
2 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
2 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (3.03%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) DevOps
2 10 (30.30%) PLM
3 9 (27.27%) Agile
4 7 (21.21%) Change Management
4 7 (21.21%) CI/CD
4 7 (21.21%) Software Engineering
5 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.18%) Validation
6 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
6 4 (12.12%) Data Acquisition
6 4 (12.12%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (12.12%) Product Backlog
6 4 (12.12%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) SDLC
6 4 (12.12%) Signal Processing
6 4 (12.12%) Software Optimisation
6 4 (12.12%) Unit Testing
7 3 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
7 3 (9.09%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (42.42%) C++
2 10 (30.30%) Python
3 6 (18.18%) C#
4 4 (12.12%) Assembly Language
4 4 (12.12%) MATLAB
4 4 (12.12%) Shell Script
5 3 (9.09%) Java
6 2 (6.06%) Embedded C
6 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.03%) Go
7 1 (3.03%) PHP
7 1 (3.03%) R
7 1 (3.03%) Rust
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 9 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) Master's Degree
3 4 (12.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) JTAG
2 1 (3.03%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Firmware
2 4 (12.12%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Atmel
3 1 (3.03%) QNX